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Lincoln: A President Lies, and People Cheer
by Jo Ann Skousen | Posted November 21, 2012
Abraham Lincoln is one of the most complex presidents in American history. For over a century he was revered as our most important president, after George Washington. Recently his star has been tarnished by questions about his motives and tactics. Most Americans are surprised to learn that Lincoln was a Republican, because Democrats today love to accuse Republicans of racism. Nevertheless, it was the Republicans in Congress who supported the 13th Amendment, enfranchised the slaves, and squelched states' rights, while Democrats remained firmly on the other side of the aisle. Was Lincoln a forward-thinking civil rights advocate who restored a nation to wholeness, or was he merely a politician playing the race card to win the war and create a whole new constituency of former slaves?
Steven Spielberg's ambitious Lincoln tries to answer some of these questions. It is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (2005), a book that focuses on Lincoln's conciliatory spirit and determination to work with cabinet members he selected from among those who had opposed him in the 1860 election. This forgiving nature is what I admire most about Lincoln. His beatific "When I make them my friends, am I not destroying my enemies?", said in response to those who wanted to continue punishing the South after the war had ended, is a quotation that guides my life.
Lincoln is so determined to see the 13th Amendment pass before the war ends that he resorts to corruption and deception.
The film, however, focuses less on conciliation than on politics as-would-become-usual. Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) works relentlessly to shepherd (some would say "push") the 13th Amendment through Congress in the waning days of the Civil War. Support for the amendment, which would outlaw slavery, was divided along party lines; Republicans favored it, but did not have enough votes to pass it, and Democrats were against it.
Although many Americans were ready to end the buying and selling of slaves, few were ready for further developments that might proceed from abolition. "What would happen if four million colored men are granted the vote?" one cabinet member asks rhetorically. "What would be next? Votes for women?" But Lincoln knew that his war-weary citizenry would do anything for a truce, even grant equal rights to former slaves, so he convinces them that ratifying the amendment would force the South into surrendering.
Lincoln makes a compelling argument for why the Emancipation Proclamation was only a stopgap wartime measure. Ironically, slaves were freed under a law identifying them as "property seized during war." The Emancipation Proclamation did not actually end slavery; in fact, it had to acknowledge the property status of slaves. Since rebels residing inside the southern states were at war, not the states themselves, after the war ended state laws would still be in force, including laws permitting slavery, or so he complains. A constitutional amendment would be necessary to end slavery for good. Lincoln claims that southern voters would be unlikely to ratify such an amendment, passing it and ratifying it before the war ended was essential.
The movie's position on this seems strange, given that, as losers in the war, all state officials under the Confederacy would be turned out of office, with no legislative authority. Once the South surrendered, the Union lost no time in selecting new officials who would make and enforce new laws. In fact, Lincoln's program for reconstruction was to install governments in the Southern states that would ratify the amendment, and this policy was followed by President Johnson.
Nevertheless, Lincoln is so determined to see the amendment pass before the war ends that he resorts to corruption and deception. He enlists a group of unscrupulous patronage peddlers to promise political jobs and appointments to lame-duck Democrats if they will promise to vote for the amendment. They add piles of cash to sweeten the deals, and the votes start piling up too. The group is headed by a bilko artist with the unlikely name of "Bilbo" (James Spader). All of their scenes are accompanied by comical music to make us laugh at their outrageously funny and effective techniques. Aren't they clever as they connive to buy votes?
In addition to buying votes for his amendment, Lincoln also resorts to outright lying. When Jefferson Davis sends emissaries to discuss a negotiated peace while the amendment is coming to a vote, Lincoln knows that some of his "negotiated support" is likely to change, and the amendment is likely to fail. Consequently, he sends a letter denying any knowledge of the peace delegation from Richmond, even though this is clearly a lie. He sends this note with a flourish and a chuckle — and the audience in my theater cheered. I was disheartened that they didn't feel the same shame I felt when I saw a president of the United States deliberately lie to get his way. But I wasn't surprised. It's what we expect today.
In case you haven't noticed this yourself, I will spell it out: the tactics for pushing the 13th Amendment as shown in Spielberg's Lincoln are almost identical to the tactics used by Obama to pass his healthcare bill. Each was sponsoring a highly controversial bill with far-reaching consequences; each had a Congress divided along party lines; each used high pressure arm-twisting, political patronage, and outright lies to accomplish his goals; and each met vociferous opposition after the bill was passed. Why? Because they both chose expediency over integrity. Persuasion and education were needed, not force and deception. When expediency rules, tyranny reigns.
What I have written here makes the film seem much more interesting than it actually is. My thoughts about writing this review kept me engaged; you probably won't have that advantage. Daniel Day-Lewis creates a masterfully crafted Lincoln and deserves all the accolades he is gathering for the title role. But it is not a very engaging movie. Playwright Tony Kushner, who wrote the script, is more comfortable writing for the stage, and it shows. The pacing is ponderously slow, and the script, though elegant, is dialogue-heavy. In short, the film is all talk and no action. That's OK for a 90-minute stage play, but not for a three-hour film on a gigantic screen. I'm also skeptical about his accuracy, based on the biases that appear in other works.
When expediency rules, tyranny reigns.
There is also surprisingly little dramatic conflict for a film that takes place during the height of the costliest war in our history. We see the effects of war in the form of dead and mutilated soldiers, but we never see examples or effects of slavery; in fact, all the black characters in this film are well-dressed and well-spoken, and except for the soldiers, they sit and socialize with the whites. If a viewer didn't already know the history of slavery in America, he would have to wonder, what's the complaint? On either side? Moreover, the "bad guys" are being invaded by a superpower, while the "good guys" are lying and buying votes. So how does that fit our usual expectation of heroes and villains?
I'm also offended by the deliberate racebaiting in this film, and indeed in several films and Broadway shows I have seen in the past couple of years. Why is it OK to add "for a white person" (followed by self-deprecating chuckles and head-nodding from the audience) when describing someone's physical appearance or personal attributes? I thought we gave up saying "for a [colored] person" long ago. Haven't we finally come to a place where we can just stop noticing race and gender? Why do pollsters and educators continue to divide people by ethnicity? It's time to just burn that race card and bury it. Economics and education are at the root of inequity today, not race.
Lincoln tries to be an important film, and in one respect it is — as a cautionary tale for today. But it falls short — even though it's way too long.
Editor's Note: Review of "Lincoln," directed by Steven Spielberg. DreamWorks Pictures, 2012, 149 minutes.
Jo Ann Skousen is the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival and the entertainment editor for Liberty. She teaches English literature and writing at Chapman University and Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
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First thing is first, he signed an Executive order for the biggest Mass execution in history for the Native Americans. In the Letter to Horace Greeley he stated, Hon. Horace Greeley:
Dear Sir.
I have just read yours of the 19th. addressed to myself through the New-York Tribune. If there be in it any statements, or assumptions of fact, which I may know to be erroneous, I do not, now and here, controvert them. If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not now and here, argue against them. If there be perceptable in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right.
As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.
I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.
I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men every where could be free.
A. Lincoln.
Wed, 2014-02-05 10:12
I disagree with your assessment that Lincoln lied in the movie. He stated in his letter that as far as he knew there was no delegation in the city. That was actually true because they were held up outside of the city. It was a classic politician kind of answer which does not qualify as an outright lie.
Wed, 2014-01-01 19:46
I hope you realize the entire movie is a fiction.
See here:
"There is no evidence that Lincoln provided any significant assistance in the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives in 1865, but there is evidence of his effectiveness in getting an earlier Thirteenth Amendment through the House and the Senate in 1861. This proposed amendment was known as the "Corwin Amendment," named after Ohio Republican Congressman Thomas Corwin. It had passed both the Republican-controlled House and the Republican-dominated U.S. Senate on March 2, 1861, two days before Lincoln's inauguration, and was sent to the states for ratification by Lincoln himself.
The Corwin Amendment would have prohibited the federal government from ever interfering with Southern slavery. It read as follows:
"No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State,, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State."
"Person held to service" is how the Constitutional Convention referred to slaves, and "domestic institutions" referred to slavery. Lincoln announced to the world that he endorsed the Corwin Amendment in his first inaugural address:
"I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution – which amendment, however, I have not seen – has passed Congress to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service . . . . [H]olding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable" (emphasis added)."
Wed, 2013-03-06 00:09
This author is misrepresenting the film. Example: "He sends a letter denying any knowledge of the peace delegation from Richmond." She says Lincoln told an obvious lie (which made her sad). But in actuality, the letter says something along the lines of "I'm not aware of any such men IN THE CITY," which isn't a lie because he detained them elsewhere. It's shrewd and deceptive, and another character quickly points this out, but it's not a lie. Of course, after that, Jo Ann explains that she's making a comparison to the passing of healthcare, a political statement she feels strongly about. So really, she's just bending the facts a little in the pursuit of something greater. And if her end goal is important then it's not really such a bad thing... kind of exactly what Lincoln did. Neat.
Thu, 2013-01-10 04:06
The writer doesn't understand politics. Lincoln believed that sometimes the end justified the means.
Fri, 2013-09-06 02:37
Superb review! I searched the Internet for the word "lie" connected to this movie and found your review. Are we so used to politicians lying, that we not only don't notice if a filmmaker shows one of our historical idols lying, but we applaud it?
Sat, 2013-01-05 00:52
I was disappointed to see (in the movie) that Lincoln had to lie its way through, but i think it is very unfair to characterize passage of Obamacare with Lincoln lie about Richmond delegate. I think Lincoln was very deliberate about his lie to date that lie is irrefutable, however, help me understand, what lie did Obama tell that can be compared to what Lincoln did? there was no one in congress waiting for a note from Obama to pass Obamacare, right? These are not really comparable events. I am sure there are things in Obamacare that are disputable but they are clearly not as black and white as the note Lincoln sent to the congress at 11th hour expressing a clear lie.
Mon, 2012-12-31 07:12
Freeing slaves and enslaving doctors and patients are exactly the same kind of deviously enacted legislation? I haven't seen the movie and don't say anything about the realism of its portrayal. But suppose that without Lincoln's supposed pretense of ignorance, the 13th Amendment would not at that time have been passed, and the U.S. would have had slavery for ten or twenty more years, or longer. Morally superior outcome?
Mon, 2012-11-26 03:33
I totally walked away from the movie frustrated that vote buying and lying we're as common then as now and that somehow the "ends" justified the means.
To me, this was the overriding message. I was certainly looking to be uplifted but instead I was sad about the same old same old
Sun, 2012-11-25 23:39
Gary Jason
Jo Ann, your review makes all the right points about Spielberg's over-rated flick. Great job.
Sat, 2012-11-24 14:23
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The Government needs to step in fast to revive a scheme to build a high-speed telecommunications link out of New Zealand or we risk only ever having a single connection, says an industry commentator.
Competition on New Zealand's international broadband link was dealt a blow earlier this month with news the high-profile backers of a second submarine internet cable were pulling the pin. The Pacific Fibre project had planned to build a 13,000km cable between Auckland, Sydney and Los Angeles at a cost of around $400 million.
Big business names behind the project included Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel, Trade Me founder Sam Morgan, Xero's Rod Drury and the Warehouse founder Sir Stephen Tindall.
Announcing the cancellation, Pacific Fibre chairman Sam Morgan said it had spent millions of shareholder funds and despite getting some good investor support had not been able to find the level of investment required in New Zealand and offshore.
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Investor Rod Drury told the New Zealand Herald earlier this month there had also been political concerns over the potential of Chinese involvement in the project.
Currently New Zealand's only broadband cable link is provided by the Southern Cross Cable Network, a venture in which Telecom has a 50 per cent shareholding. IDC senior analyst Glen Saunders says Southern Cross extending the estimated lifespan of the cable to 2025 and earlier this year slashing prices by 44 per cent on new customer contracts has perhaps put off "a desperate need" for an additional link.
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The agreement limits the number of amendments to be voted upon to 30, Majority Leader Harry Reid said. The Senate will begin slogging through the amendments on Thursday, and it's possible that a vote on passage of the bill could come that night. However, it's likely that action on the bill will drag over until Tuesday, when senators return from a weekend break.
Reid, a Nevada Democrat, plans to immediately send the bill over to the House, where GOP leaders have been struggling to corral enough votes to pass their own five-year bill. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, warned rank-and-file Republicans at a closed-door meeting Wednesday that if they don't act quickly to pass their own bill, he will bring the Senate bill to the House floor for a vote, lawmakers who attended the meeting said.
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LONGMONT — How do you pay for citywide fiber?
That's the question on tap tonight for the Longmont City Council. The city plans to make its high-speed fiber-optic loop available to every home that wants it and to do the buildout in three years.
But that rapid rollout can't happen if the city has to wait for the first customers to pay enough to bring the next ones online, a pay-as-you-go method that broadband services manager Vince Jordan sometimes calls "the 40-year plan."
"We'll do what we can with what we've got right now, but it's very limited and very slow," Jordan said.
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What: Discussion of how to fund a three-year rollout of Longmont's citywide fiber-optic network.
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To finance director Jim Golden, COPs are lease-purchasing on a big scale. The idea is one any homeowner could understand — borrow money by putting up enough collateral.
Like, say, city hall.
"With a certificate of participation, what the investors are looking at is … how essential it is to the community," Golden said. "You're not just going to walk away from (the debt) and just say goodbye to the Safety and Justice Center or the Recreation Center."
COPs have the advantage of being flexible. They don't require a community vote, and they get reauthorized by the council every year instead of locking the city in for a 10- or 20-year bond period. But because of that, the certificates also tend to be rated lower than a similar bond would; the difference, say, between an A-plus and an AA-minus.
In addition, Longmont already plans to use COPs to cover its $27.5 million investment in the Twin Peaks Mall redevelopment. Stacking more certificates on that could lower investor expectations a little because there are only so many essential city buildings out there to secure the funds.
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Longmont could issue bonds, securing them with existing sales and use tax. Right now, the city has a tax rate of 3.275 percent; of that rate, 2 percentage points are not earmarked for something else and could be used to repay the bonds if revenue from the broadband utility fell short.
It's a traditional method for big projects and would likely get some response from investors; Golden estimates the rating would be AA.
However, timing becomes crucial. Because it uses tax money, it would have to be approved by voters at a November general election. Most likely this November — when the city already plans to have a $28 million sewer project on the ballot.
"With both of these bond issues, it's pretty crucial timing-wise that we move as soon as we can," Golden said. "Both of them, the sooner the better."
The council would have to decide on a ballot issue before the end of August; Golden said Aug. 14 would be the most likely date.
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A utility revenue bond is the same idea, but a different source — have the revenue from Longmont Power & Communications hold down the debt. It's also a unique source in that the electric utility has never issued bonds.
"It's been all cash-driven," Golden said.
Voters would have to approve this one, too, but there's a little more flexibility as to when. Unlike a tax-supported bond issue, utility bonds can be approved at a special election.
The staff has not recommended any particular option, leaving it to the council. Whichever way the council chooses, Jordan said, he has no doubts about the power of a citywide fiber service to pay the costs back quickly.
"The demand is there, certainly," he said.
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The new meadow is supported by RSPB to mark its 50th anniversary and will encourage birdlife.
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The Daily Word in repealing Obamacare, truck-stop stripping in Moriarty and another expensive settlement in another wrongful death suit against APD
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A group of Republicans have yet another plan to "repeal and replace" Obamacare -because we all want to be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions, right?
Obama expected to tell Congress off in tonight's State of the Union speech.
Part two of the Moriarty, NM strip-club story by VICE Magazine.
The sage words of Newt Gingrich.
Kim Jong-un is going all Stalin on his perceived enemies.
The original Porsche was discovered in a warehouse.
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Low diastolic blood pressure may be associated with brain atrophy
Low baseline diastolic blood pressure (DBP) appears to be associated with brain atrophy in patients with arterial disease, whenever declining levels of blood pressure (BP) over time among patients who had a higher baseline BP were associated with less progression of atrophy, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Neurology.
"Studies have shown that both high and low blood pressure (BP) may play a role in the etiology of brain atrophy. High BP in midlife has been associated with more brain atrophy later in life, whereas studies in older populations have shown a relation between low BP and more brain atrophy. Yet, prospective evidence is limited, and the relation remains unclear in patients with manifest arterial disease," according to the study.
Hadassa M. Jochemsen, M.D., of University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, and colleagues examined the association of baseline BP and change in BP over time with the progression of brain atrophy in 663 patients (average age 57 years; 81 percent male). The patients had coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral artery disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm.
According to the results, patients with lower baseline DBP or mean arterial pressure (MAP) had more progression of subcortical (the area beneath the cortex of the brain) atrophy. In patients with higher BP (DBP, MAP or systolic BP), those with declining BP levels over time had less progression of subcortical atrophy compared with those with rising BP levels.
"This could imply that BP lowering is beneficial in patients with higher BP levels, but one should be cautious with further BP lowering in patients who already have low BP," the study authors conclude.
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Case donates Congressional Papers to the University of Hawaii at ManoaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (2002-2007) has donated his congressional papers to the Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Hamilton Library. Case's donation will be recognized at a reception Thursday, Nov. 8, 3:30 to 5 p.m., in the UH Campus Center Executive Dining Room.
"The Congressional Papers Collection is exactly the right place for these records," said Case. "They are part of the history of our Hawaiʻi and country, and I hope will shed light for future historical researchers on the times in which I served."
Case represented Hawaiʻi in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 107th (portion), 108th and 109th congresses. He also served in the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives (1994-2002), was a candidate for Governor and United States Senate in 2002 and 2006, respectively, and served as legislative assistant for U.S. Congressman/Senator Spark Matsunaga in Washington, D.C. (1975-1978). The Ed Case Papers encompass his records in those and other efforts.
The Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection was established in 1998 with the founding donation of the papers of U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga. The collection acquires, preserves and makes available for the citizens of Hawaiʻi and the worldwide research community the records of Hawaiʻi's members of Congress from Statehood to the present. Holdings to date include the records of U.S. Senator Hiram L. Fong, U.S. Representative Thomas P. Gill, and U.S. Senator Spark M. Matsunaga; and the memorabilia collections of Delegate John A. Burns, U.S. Senator Oren E. Long, and U.S. Representative Patsy T. Mink.
"The University of Hawaiʻi is honored to accept the generous donation of Congressman Case's papers," said Jan Zastrow, Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Archivist. "They serve to strengthen the Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection as a whole, which is increasingly recognized as one of the foremost integrated collections of any state's Congressional representation."


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Most people using LaTex feel that creating tables is no fun. Some days ago I stumbled across a neat function written by Paul Johnson that produces LaTex code as well as LaTex code that can be used within Lyx. The output can be used for regression models and looks like output from the Stata outreg […]
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Paul Domowitch took a trip down to Atlanta to see his good friend and erstwhile foil Asante Samuel, who seems to be enjoying himself with his new team. It's hard not to love Samuel, who was always a straight shooter (if not as often a sure tackler) in Philadelphia.
Talking about his dissatisfaction with the Eagles front office last year, Asante explained how quickly he fell out of favor:
"When they first traded for DRC, I got a call from upstairs and everybody was excited. 'We got DRC. You and him are going to be great together.' Then, no sooner did they hang up then I got another call telling me they had signed Nnamdi (Asomugha) and that people were calling and wanting to trade for me. First, they said, 'You're not up for trade. Those are just rumors.' But at the end of the day, it was all a lie. They did have a trade on the table (at the October trade deadline). But it broke down at the last minute. So we just kind of played the season out, seeing how it went."
A year ago around this time I was praising Howie Roseman and company for pulling off the rapid series of stunning offseason moves. Only later did it become clear that despite all the planning they did to take advantage of the post-lockout free agency, the Eagles decision-makers had gotten too greedy. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Samuel might have made a great one-two punch at cornerback. But adding Asomugha caused as many problems as it solved -- especially after they botched an attempt to trade Samuel.
It was stunning mismanagement. You can't take one of the most critical members of the team and first praise him, then try to trade him, then allegedly lie and try to piece the eggshell back together again. Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. has (rightfully) received plenty of flak, but at least when he pulled off the "trade for Halladay, trade away Lee" deals he was decisive. He didn't yank one of his star pitchers in and out of limbo.
Not only did that failure anger Samuel, it ruined his trade value. As a make-up gift, Reid let his Pro Bowl cornerback have some say in the trade decision:
"Coach Reid and I sat down and considered the options," he said. "He let me pick and choose where I wanted to go. This was the No. 1 place I wanted to go. There were a couple of other teams interested. But ultimately, this is where I wanted to be."
We know (or at least heard rumors) that Reid did the same thing for Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb. I'm not sure how practical it is for every player, but Reid's collaborative approach helps everyone leave the negotiating table happy -- a skill the team has sorely lacked in matters like this.


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Stevens researcher Dr. Chen Detects Driver Cell Phone Use to Decrease Accidents
To increase safety on the road, wireless researchers are looking for technologies that can passively influence the behavior of drivers who put themselves and others at risk through distracting cell phone use. For their paper demonstrating a technique that detects drivers using phones, Dr. Yingying Chen and her graduate students in the Electrical and Computing Engineering Research and Education Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology recently won the Best Paper Award at the ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2011).
"Their research addresses the problem of distinguishing between a driver and passenger using a mobile phone, which is a key milestone for enabling numerous driver safety and phone interface enhancements," says Dr. Yu-Dong Yao, Department Director for Electrical and Computer Engineering. "MobiCom is a competitive and highly-regarded conference for mobile computing and network research, and it is a great honor to receive the Best Paper Award."
The research was led by Dr. Chen at Stevens and Drs. Marco Gruteser and Richard Martin of WINLAB at Rutgers University. The other authors of the paper, "Detecting Driver Phone Use Leveraging Car Speakers," are Jie Yang, Simon Sidhom, Gayathri Chandrasekharan, Tam Vu, Nicolae Cecan, and Hongbo Liu.
The team developed a cell phone detection scheme using an acoustic approach wherein a phone leverages the built-in Bluetooth and car stereo to generate a series of high frequency beeps over the stereo. The phone records these beeps, which are spaced in time across the left, right, and if available, front and rear speakers, and times their arrival. Using a differential ranging approach to estimate the phone's distance from the car's center, a passenger or driver classification can be made.
Although a car is a relatively small space, a moving car with the radio on or windows down is an extremely complex acoustic environment. Despite this multipath noise, experimental trials with the team's detection technique, using two different phones in two different cars, demonstrated that the customized beeps are imperceptible to most drivers yet robust to background noise. They achieved accuracy in pinpointing a driver's phone up to 95% of the time, with a low false positive rate.
Their passive technology approach reflects statistics that demonstrate hands-free phone operation has not effectively reduced phone-related accidents. In 2009 alone, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration identified cell phone distraction as a factor in crashes that led to 995 fatalities and 24,000 injuries. And while simply conducting a cell phone conversation provides more than enough distraction to increase a driver's accident risk, the wide range of activities available on mobile devices—including texting, checking email, using navigation, and even playing games while driving—has the potential to create extremely dangerous situations.
Mitigating dangerous driver behavior requires a detection technique such as proposed and tested by Dr. Chen and her colleagues. Their demonstrated success provides a foundation for future applications that will assist drivers to maintain safer cell phone habits.
As an Assistant Professor at Stevens, Dr. Chen leads the Data Analysis and Information Security Laboratory (DAISY Lab), which facilitates research into access and security of data on wireless networks. She has been the PI on multiple National Science Foundation (NSF) grants as well as the recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER Award. Dr. Chen's research addresses wireless security and the challenges faced as wireless networks become increasingly pervasive and ubiquitous. Her work supports new approaches to conventional and wireless security by building location-oriented information into the wireless stack.
MobiCom 2011 was the 17th annual iteration of the conference dedicated to addressing challenges in mobile computing and wireless and mobile networking. A premiere international forum on the systems and applications that progress our mobile computing power, MobiCom covers a wide range of topics and is highly selective. MobiCom 2011 was held in Las Vegas from September 19-23.


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Who Is The Lewes Computer Guy?
First of all, thank you for taking time out to visit my website. I believe that everyone should have access to friendly, jargon-free computer advice and support at an affordable price. My services are aimed solely at home users and small businesses based in or around the Lewes area. I am not part of a large nationwide support service.
My name is Pete, and I have lived in Lewes all of my life (39 years), and have been in the computer and communications industry for over 25 years. I'm often called a "geek" by friends and family, but I prefer to be called a "techie" (it sounds nicer). Whenever I help anyone with a computer problem, I always try to explain exactly what I am doing, and use plain English (where ever possible) instead of computer jargon. I know how confusing terms like "gigabytes" and "megahertz" can be if you don't use them every day.
Politeness, integrity and common courtesy are key attributes that I feel are important to have, especially when you are inviting me in to your home. I will always respect your wishes, and accommodate you in any way that I can, as I feel that a personal recommendation from you is more valuable than any amount of advertising and flashy websites.
If you like what I do, tell your family and friends. If you don't like what I do, tell me so that I can put things right!
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Customers often say to me that they are having problems with their computer, laptop or mobile device. These problems can vary from things like running really slow, annoying pop-ups, sending & receiving emails, setting up a printer or transferring information from an old computer. I can help you with all of these issues.
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If you run a small business, you rely heavily on computers to make the day to day running of your business smoother and easier. Having a computer crash or lock-up on you can cost time and money. Having a simple website or company email can generate extra business and income. I can help you with all of these issues.


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Find the top rated dog walking trails in Winfield, whether you're looking for an easy short dog walking trail or a long dog walking trail, you'll find what you're looking for. Click on a dog walking trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
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The winding 3rd Street Trail parallels an irrigation ditch between Interstate 135 and Lorraine Avenue in Wichita, making a link between disconnected portions of 3rd Street via a non-motorized route....
|1 mi
The 10-mile Arkansas River Path is Wichita's longest and most popular multi-use trail, running mainly along the southwest bank of the Big Arkansas River between 21st Street (near I-235) and Galena...
|10 mi
Situated along the eastern shore of Augusta Lake, the Augusta Pedestrian & Bicycle Path serves as the primary trail for the community of Augusta, Kansas. The trail connects residences to the east and...
|1.3 mi
The 4.9-mile Canal Hike and Bike Trail runs underneath and alongside the I-135 Canal Route, starting at E. 17th Street N. (at McAdams Park) and heading south to Stafford Street (just north of Pawnee)....
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The El Dorado Bike Trail was built in two phases, with a portion of the older, northern segment occupying a former railroad bed. The trail winds through El Dorado, offering safe and enjoyable...
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The Gypsum Creek Bike Path runs for 6.5 miles along its namesake creek between Towne East Square at Douglas and Turnpike Drive. The trail parallels I-35 between Cottonwood Park and Plainview Park. The...
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The Haysville Hike and Bike Path is a system of trails and sidepaths located in the Wichita suburb of Haysville. The system connects many of the important amenities of this community, including...
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The K-96 Bicycle Path runs for 8 miles along the K-96 bypass, from the intersection of 127th Street East and Central Avenue to N. Oliver Avenue. A newer trail, the McAdams Bike Path—which leads to the...
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The McAdams Bike Path, so named because it leads to the northern edge of McAdams Park, provides an important connection between two other popular trails: the K-96 Bicycle Path and the Canal Hike and...
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Wichita's Midtown Bike Path is a short stretch of paved path that cuts diagonally across the city's Midtown neighborhood on a former Missouri Pacific Railroad corridor. The trail features...
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The Prairie Sunset Trail is located west of Wichita and runs between S. 295th Street in Garden Plain and S.Hoover Rd. The trail is pretty straight, occupying a portion of the old rail bed that once...
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The Redbud rail-trail takes users on a journey via the former BNSF railway corridor that slices right through downtown. The railroad was once the lifeblood of this town, and many in the region. It was...
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Despite its name, the Sedgwick County Zoo and Park Path makes several different loops throughout the park, totaling 8.9 miles, and doesn't really incorporate the zoo itself, except for going around...
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The Zoo Boulevard Path runs along the diagonal Zoo Boulevard for 1.5 miles between Windmill Road and Central Avenue, where the trail heads ude east to the Arkansas River, joining the Arkansas River...
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I rode from Maize rd to Garden Plain on a hybrid bike. The path was well kept with just a couple of larger rocks near garden plain. There are really nice parks in Goddard and just north of the trail end in garden plain. I will definitely ride again with my kids.
Really nice trail!! Saw deer and coyote between Goddard and Garden Plain.
Love the new part going from Andover towards Augusta. Not much traffics and nice chipped path. Like to run and bike on it.
I am not sure where this path starts to the west. I took an unmarked bike path from 135 to the RedBud trail a few miles away. It is paved and out of the way - which makes it nice for riding. But at one point the paved trail stops and a gravel portion starts. The gravel portion is blocked off making it look like it is closed. The gravel portion was ok. The gravel can be a bit loose and thick. I was riding 700x41 Knards and would not like to be on smaller tires. I wanted to really love this path BUT the constant road crossings was horrible. One intersection took me probably close to 5 minutes to cross - HORRIBLE. The street crossing are abundant and really made me dislike this trail (out east). The trails were also roped off so you had to stop and lift your bike over them - at least I had to. Parts of the trail were very nice but I gave up due to the street crossings. It was nice that this path crossed the K96 path which allowed me to connect trails and get in a 30 mile ride. Like the previous review, I hope they leave it gravel instead of concrete. Crushed limestone would be best and cheaper... Wichita is trying to provide a better bikeway (Bike, Hike, Walk) and this is a good start on the west end.
This is a connector path which makes it nice to get in longer rides. To the east is the K96 bike path. On the other end is the Canal hike and bike path which travels under 135. The ride will take you into an area marked with gang graffiti. I would not ride this path in the evening alone. I think early morning would be the safest but your experiences may vary. I liked the beginning of the trail off Oliver to 27th. The trail was clean and well kept.
I really wanted to love this path but the street crossing, sidewalks and poor signage made it just ok. I thought I was lost when the path just ended without any signs - but that it the was it was designed. I like parts of the path but it was just not long enough and had too many street crossings to be good for distance cycling. You can meet up with other paths and get in 30-40 miles+ BUT that is a lot of street crossings. I think it is a much more suited for joggers and people only wanting to ride a few miles.
Great trail, it is now paved all the way to Woodlawn. East of Woodlawn it is gravel all the way to Andover. Its a great gravel-bike ride, I hope they keep it gravel and do not pave it all.
Love it! Clean, sitting areas, well keep, awesome trail!
You can go along way on this path. You can start pretty far south(I have started at the dog park at hydraulic and i135) and go all the way to Sedgwick county park. This might be several paths but most of it is Arkansas river path. Lots of path. Few stops.
Lots of stops on busy intersections. Many automobiles entering crosswalks.
Enjoyed the well maintained trail from Fairfield Inn to the Keeper of the Plains statue. After that the trail deteriorated - several dead birds on the trail and approximately 1 mile from the statue the trail was flooded!
I rode the entire trail this evening from Central Ave to N Oliver Ave and back. This trial is really great! Not too much elevation change since Kansas is flat, but there were a few spots that had some incline that made the legs burn a bit. The asphalt and concrete trail surface is in good shape. The only "bad" spot was a mile or so stretch just west of Cabelas outdoor store. The asphalt surface was a little uneven in a few spots but not bad at all. The places where you cross busy intersections have crosswalks and lights so that wasn't an issue. I rode in the evening after business hours so the parking lot entrances you cross on Cypress Dr and E 32nd weren't an issue. I'm guessing they might be earlier in the day. All in all a great trail!
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If you aren't already using a planner, start using one. It is a great way to give yourself an idea of how much time you will need to complete your homework as the day progresses. That way if you have any assignments that are not due the next day, you can try to decide if you should put them off because you have a lot of work to do. If you have one paper due Wednesday and one due Friday and you have a game on Thursday, you may want to start working on the one essay early so that you have time to work on the second one on Wednesday because Thursday you will be at the game.
Create a work space
There should be someplace like a desk or table that you do your homework every day. This is your work space. It should be clutter free and distraction free, so that you can concentrate on your homework. Stock this space with the essentials that you may need like a dictionary or a calculator.


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An easy way to take a screenshot of your curent system is using the import command:
import -window root screenshot.jpg
import is part of the imagemagick package.
If you run twinview or dualhead, simply take the screenshot twice and use imagemagick to paste them together:
import -window root -display :0.0 -screen /tmp/0.png import -window root -display :0.1 -screen /tmp/1.png convert +append /tmp/0.png /tmp/1.png screenshot.png rm /tmp/{0,1}.png
There are also several other ways to do this. You could use the application called scrot or it might be a overkill but you also can take screenshots with gimp (File -> Acquire -> Screenshot ...).
If you use KDE, you might want to use ksnapshot, and if you use Gnome, you can just press the <Prt Scr> key.


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Saturday October 25 2008 04:30:00 PM
Surf spot: Kata Beach, Thailand
Session's Rate:
Wind direction: No wind
Wind Strength: Glassy
Nb waves ridden: <10
Length of the surf session: 60 min
Surfboard ridden: soft shortboard
Weather and water temp: ~26
Waves height: Less than 1m / 3ft
Waves Quality:
- Mushy
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After last surf at this beach, that was so impressive.
But not today, the sea was flat. There were more than 20surfers around lying on their boards waitin for a good enough wave. Even if there was a wave but someone closer to the break would be on that one.
So boring& sun burned.
Just an hour& enough. no need to be around anymore.
Maybe I'll be back surfing here next monsoon season.
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Preceptor: Artur Zembowicz, M.D., Ph.D.
Students: Neal Kumar, Erika Brewer, Svetlana Faktorovich, Catherine Buzney
Location: Department of Pathology, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
130 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02115 and Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA 08103
This selective is designed for students interested in dermatology, pathology and/or having experience or interest in internet media, programming and educational digital technologies. The students will assist Dr. Zembowicz in selecting teaching material, interesting cases and other educational content for the first dermatology/ dermatopathology wiki and social networking website www.dermpedia.org.
The students will be able to learn how to use clinical microscope and take pictures of tissue sections. They daily goal will be to write up and illustrate one dermatological entity and post in on the website.
The students will be required to spend their allocated elective time in Dr. Zembowicz's office, but depending on the students' interests, they will be able to do extra work at home during their spare time. Students will have an opportunity to participate in daily dermatopathology signout looking at cases with Dr. Zembowicz using multiheaded microscope
Importantly, students who will develop passion for dermatology and/or pathology and the project will be encouraged to become part of Dermpedia Team and serve as editors of Dermpedia website as they go through medical school.
Goals and Objectives:
Familiarize students with pathology laboratory setting and work of a diagnostic pathologist.
Give students an opportunity to learn about the importance of tissue diagnosis and clinicopathological correlation in medicine
Familiarize students with selected dermatological disease
Encourage interest in pathology and dermatology as a career
Help students build CV to compete for increasingly competitive residency programs in dermatology and pathology
Learn about the state of the art and future of on-line teaching and telemedicine
1. To learn how to use clinical microscope.
2. To learn how to take microscopic pictures.
3. To learn clinical and microscopic features of common dermatological diseases and tumors
4. To appreciate importance of clinicopathological correlation in dermatology
5. To learn the use of internet technologies in dermatology education
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Speedway Motors and Classic Trucks joined teams to build a 1952 Chevy truck for the newest Week to Wicked build. Ryan and Damon talk about the Vintage Air products that wound up on the build.
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Speedway Motors employee Pat joins us once again. This time Pat is talking to the Model A and Model T owners, specifically in regards to Moto-Meters and accessories.
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Co Kim, my new business relation, she owns an assemble warehouse with 50 staffs in Sydney. Starting from today I commit 2 hours every week with her for consultation and business review. She wants to pick my brain because I'm full of ideas.
Life as a carbon-based life form; a journey of building on success and learning from mistakes.
Co Kim, my new business relation, she owns an assemble warehouse with 50 staffs in Sydney. Starting from today I commit 2 hours every week with her for consultation and business review. She wants to pick my brain because I'm full of ideas.
Our team state finals today at Penrith, last race for this season. I didnt competes, I came late, got caught up with work and family matter to take care first. We had a fun day nonetheless. Next season I'll be interested in the treasurer position in the team committee.
After party at V-bar, mostly boring RNB - bar rating, 2.7 hip hoppin' monkeys out of 10... Met up with Tu Anh at the bar, shes growing up to be quite a charmer; just like her mum.
The fear of commitment is still there, there are so many things I havent yet achieve; and I'm only half way there. Being single is still fun. Thus I'm putting career first, because its an easier option.
How do you measure kindness of the human heart? It's only after the person's death that we are truthly understand that value. Its human nature.
I was raised from a Buddhism family and adopt Confucianism learning in my teens, growing up I admires people with great moral values and who is passionate about their work.
I was moved to hear His Holiness Pope John Paul II has passed away. The world has loss a hero. But in times like this everyone will know about his works. Many of us will be inspired by his visions and continue on with his work, as an outcome, tens of thousands hero will be born. I believe the world will be a better place.
Being the Anh Hai (eldest) in the family carry responsibilities. My little brother is undecided about his future, I wanted him to committed to his financial portfolio. His choices are simple; (1) If he chose to work full-time then lets buy a bigger house, with land and a lemon tree. (2) If he chose to studies then we stay where we are and increase the mortgage repayments. Neither way he got my full support and he's saving up money.
Chu Tay show me photos of his Boatpeople Reunion trip to Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. This is where I grew up, I wanted to go badly, but an organiser said it was cancelled due to the tsunami and earthquakes. In the end they re-open and only a handful of people went.. I wasnt informed!
Coming to the office in early hours of the morning, I notice some crack glasses when I walk pass the exit door. When I entered the office I immediately realise there has been a break in, 5 guys attempting to steal two LG Plasma TVs in the customer service center. The alarm went off, it look like they left empty handed and in a hurry, leaving behind a mess. The police came for some DNAs, they are looking after the matter now.
PS: im happy with Virgin Credit Card service, applying for another card for little sister so I can teach her use responsibility.
Saturday guitar class, I havent been turning up regularly, I got lots of catching up to do.
Still looking for that right house, so far nothing yet.
Whats recent on my schedules; house search, paperwork with the bank, Virgin credit card for little sister, re-enrolling to uni semester 2, mentoring new jr. engineers.
Whats upcoming on my schedules; dragon boat season has ended, start inventing a makeshift bike to kill time on my Sundays, its an enviromental friendly vehicle, solar powered used in farm harvesting work. Also, I'm collaborating on a new enterprise content integration IT project, it's a brave and new directions in Web Services for the company. If I have any free time after all these, I'll look for love; I have no sexlife lately.. PoisonIvy: Every guy has some pornography? (magazines, on computer, dvds)
scottn: you got that right! my favourites are soft porns.. check out this bad girl.
Delicious vegetarian lunch at Phuoc Hau temple, headed by abbot Ven. Thich Quang Nghiem. Its where we leave memories of my grandma.
Visiting uncle's farm to organise space for my workshop, gathering measurements and materials.
Drop by the office for afew hours, got something to do..
More and more I see myself using this camera to keep mental notes, it has nothing to do with photography.
Two criminals and a gang of police. Car chase, road block, two dogs jump out and attacks the police. Shots were fired, killed the one dog, one guy got away the other got thrown in the cage. Finish the other dog with two bullets in the head. Bloody, but cool stuff.
Chat with Dad about my relocation ideas, he gave me his supports and advice to widen my view, he's the greatest. He said to never give up, failure is when you stop trying.
Finishing work late today, too many deadlines. I decided to put my place on the market for $250,000, I'm going ahead with the relocation. I enrol two courses in the University of Western Sydney through cross institutional study.
I havent talk to J for awhile, dont know how she went with her exams. Thats the problem being middle class, you never have the time for the people you care about.
Intimate talks on the Lounge About Arts at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Very fun and mellow, for people who is passionate about arts and local community projects.
Tonight topic explores the motivations and efforts in making the film THE FINISHED PEOPLE. Its what I love about Anh Khoa's works, its very authentics and insightful of people and their enviroment. Presented by Jaimie Leonarder, Khoa Do and the main cast of the film - Jason McGoldrick, Joe Le and Sarah Vongmany.
Special thanks to Anh Cuong Le for sending me the invitation, I'll be there this Saturday for the launch of THE FALL OF SAIGON exhibition.
Catching up with my ifriends (Internet friends) who I been ignoring for while. Sorry guys, life has been really fast lately.
Suong sent me the Turkish March music sheet to practice, its too hard. I got distracted with closed up angles with the camera.
A patch of my hair is turning pale, gray hair will follows. Baggy eyes, its 1:05AM, I need sleep.
Revisit the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre for a history lesson.
By night I'm an out-of-control-alcoholic-freak. Vincent is back from his Asia trip, fresh from the airport to a karaoke bar somewhere in Campsie.
The song Creep by Radiohead has alot of appeals to me.. and Dav gets violence when drunk, "do it again Dav!"
Happy Lao New Year! or its better known as the Water Festival. If my memory serves me right, many Asian countries today celebrate festivities according to the Buddhist calendar and famous legends, like the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tet and Chinese New Year Festival.
In Buddhism, water symbolises purity, clarity and calmness, and reminds us to cleanse our minds and attain the state of purity. Thus, the Water Festival is about clean the bad and disease away and gain the best wishes for next year, full of long lives, clean bodies and health.
In reality it is one massive wet and wild day! I was at the Wat Phrayortkeo Dhammayanaram Lao temple getting soaked and tasting delicious spicy food.
While doing my research I tumble across a publication from my long time mentor, Dr. Ian Gorton. He was truthly excellent. He answered all of my questions sincerely and honestly. He provided personal experiences as well as current trends in the field. He inspired me to be in my profession where I am today!
These days my work is based on system architecture and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), in the world that is increasingly demanding for a single global electronic market.
Business has already seen the stand-alone computer give way to networks. The next big shift is from local networks to internet-based computing and EDI middleware is the key enabling technology behind this transition.
My current project is an Integrated Tracking Web Service, with the budget of $63,000 to spend. Follow by a Customer Portal project with a budget of $169,000.
Brother's birthday yesterday. All the male members in the family hate center of attention, only the girls in the family keen to organise stuffs.
We found a 3 bedroom house (632 sqm) at a good location, fully brick built in the late 70's. Still negotiating on the price at the moment. I applied alot of what I learnt from my first home purchased experience, to avoid being bait to the estate agent and the bank manager.
The house was previously owned by a drug dealer.
If this deal is successful, my brother and I will move to the new place and rent out our current home. This means I have even tighter spending budget. I'm in debt upto me chin, but at least I have cashflow. Apparently I'm worth $370,000 on life insurance.
Chu Phuoc's house is accross the street. We can lookout for each other house while we're on holiday.
There's an old Vietnamese saying - "an cu lac nghiep"; meaning you must have a place call home before you can start your life.
Dinner party with the dragon boat gang, all the girls look amazing; on the boat and off the boat. Hilarious awards were given out to the goods, the bads and the nasties rowers of the season.
I missed out for the team's Treasurer position, its hard to beat Chris who did such an exceptionally good job last season. Thanks the coaches for the award, for recognising my contribution to the team.
I'll start training for the City to Surf run, waiting for the time to pass. I believe in days ahead, and more good times will come.
Lastnight I couldnt sleep. With many thoughts and a heavy heart. Something triggered this depression. I put the song Creep playing in the background, tonight I drink myself to sleep.
Almost booked a ticket flight from Sydney to Coffs Coast; for some thinking space, but I didnt.


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Thursday, March 20, 2008
29 comments:
re: "unflinching truth": "In pursuing a jaundiced view of the world, writers run the risk of lapsing into a kind of reverse sentimentality: All People Are Basically Good can be flipped with surprising ease into Everybody Sucks. The latter view often manifests itself as a bullying righteousness that insists that life at the bottom -- life at its most degrading and sordid -- is Real Life [...] for all its pretense to tough-mindedness and unflinching truth-telling, reverse sentimentality can be every bit as predictable and unrewarding as the more treacly variety."
-- Washington Post, 08 August 1999.
What qualifies you to know how the literary world works? You may know about the "underground" part of it, but what about the "establishment" part? You've never been a part of that portion of the literary world, so how do you know how it works? You've witnessed the products of this literary world, the establishment literature you don't like, but that doesn't mean you know how the process works.
It's like saying you know how a lawnmower works just because you've seen it cut grass.
So to tell the unflinching truth, you must know what that truth is, but how can you when all of your experience with establishment literature has come from the outside?
- Patrick S. @ RedFez said...
So you're saying that only insiders can see the "truth" and bestow it upon the rest of us? Jeez i hope not! Ideally that's what the self-educated outsider is supposed to do...observe, study, and report. The activist, the journalist, the broadcaster, the blogger. King Wenclas, Alex Jones, Michael Savage, the ULA, just to name a few in no particular order.
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies.
I'm not talking about examining the finished product, that is, the books published, but the process undertook to get them published. King said he give unflinching truth about, among other things, the way the literary world operates. That is, the process or the inner workings of the inner world. And someone who has never experienced that process is at a strong disadvantage to know what that process is.
- FDW said...
+My world is not of this kingdom"
-- Lee Poe
- FDW said...
In the venacular venial palance of our time publishing is one thing but for the sake of augment while the demi-mores drag down as is their tendency letters beside doing with so called literature alsoand can on;y mean for their advancement like venom in the bloodstream to say that publishing is limited to the inside.
No king then is implying "printing" and as alll things published are first and formost printed the demi's have lost the aurgument as pubishing has, is, and shall be done mostly on the outside and in fact in the underground. By printers! Glory be to the newspaper/ printing Unions.
That these Tories could claim all the publishing on the inside belies the fact that yes it is also the truth and a truth that King is touching upon that our day and age is lauded over by corporate monopolies and trust funded millionaries-- but a fluke in the history of printing and publishing in this country.
And a fluke that is to be overwhelmed by the freedom of expression and the freedom of, most direly for them, assembly.
- FDW said...
That's all the Establishment publishes anon.-- preverse sentimentality. No great emotions, no fine ideals, nor naive but delisciously dark comic parables, no epics, no true elevated lyric, no calls to arms against a sea of troubles, no mythic love, no populist rousing Great Stories.
They are ill- literate cynics and solipsitic plagarists.
And no true transcendant emotions.
- FDW said...
That's all the Establishment publishes anon.-- preverse sentimentality. No great emotions, no fine ideals, nor naive but delisciously dark comic parables, no epics, no true elevated lyric, no calls to arms against a sea of troubles, no mythic love, no populist rousing Great Stories.
They are ill- literate cynics and solipsistic plagarists.
And no true transcendant emotions.
How could you possibly know a thing like that? Have you read every single work published in the mainstream? Or, have you just decided that none of those authors could possibly be any good?
- FDW said...
Tis true-- the whole mainstream, music being the best example, is about feelings, And nostagia (the Jones'n' after them feelings that are gong fer ever)-- to the AUTIST and the critiques there from-- what we gots hear is really musak and kitsch and smaltz
bound up to project the spectacle-- overboard ad and prono budgets, mob action controled and cattle-shooted in gated stadium at high prices-- with the purpose of addicting people to the past that never existing, the great happy-sad complexes of fantasy (cf. "thrills")and the hypnotic "watch the watch not the man behind the curtain" to sell the crap of the mainstream consumer pipedream.
I've never read the obsessive- compulsive Moody, Eggars, Miranda July,etc. all the way thru, but just sampling while standing around in a bookstore, no need to, and I doan think I could stomach the ulterior cynicism and maudlin sentimentality that instead of offering the chace to change the heart of the reader affixes the reader to the affect of being "dirty like that". At the same time connecting the dots that form a blueprint of the devil-in-the-details, which is the only reason I wld. chance being contaminated by their toxic waste in the first place.
More importantly why would I waste valuable time when there is so much fine emotion inducted and of good humor independent/underground writing out there published by the ULA Press?
- King Wenclas said...
One thing being demonstrated here: that the demi-puppets (or at least the "pod" portion of them) don't believe in truth. They're unwilling to back with they say with their own identities-- which tells me they don't believe in their words themselves.
Re: Washington Post. Who wrote that?
Your standard variety yuppie?
This is the fact, chump: The top 5% of this society gets 100 times the media space than the bottom half put together.
We've had ENOUGH of genteel yuppie "real life." Time to see the other point of view, don't ya think?
Re the publishing industry:
I posted the result of some research into it, facts taken from a 991-page book written by an Insider. My conclusions were drawn from his presentation.
Can you tell me what part of my series is wrong?
Well, you admit you "skimmed" the book. So your analysis is based on skimming.
I know only a handful of people in publishing, but they're not rich kids. They're people who love books. And it doesn't seem like you even read the books you're talking about them - just leaf through the press and read a paragraph or two here and there. There are lots and lots of books written about all sorts of Americans, published by major houses. Nobody has time to read all of them, so your insistence that nobody wants to publish relevant books ends up sounding like nobody wants to publish you.
Your turnarounds on Robbe-Grillet prove you don't do your homework - is he a shining example for undergrounders, or a solipsistic mainstreamer? Maybe he's neither: an individual. Maybe we're all individuals. And maybe we all have individual tastes. Of course, it's easier to rant about pod people, isn't it?
--the wandering jew
It was David Gates in the Washington Post. Here's the article:
- FDW said...
skimming the Anonamouch--
most glaringly for me and gleaningly
most talltellingly is he she or its
cla'm--- "Maybe he's neither: an individual. Maybe we're all individuals. And maybe we all have individual tastes."
Tautology followed by the silly cliched solipsism "blah, blah, tastes."
Weal, taste is like scruples a socially conditioned apprehesion of one of society's (especially in this freak'n' Notion these daze)number who'd, like scruples and other such wds of shim-sham, marry's subjective perception to their class- distinct ideology/belief system to use sensitivity as an excuse to justify their economic superiority/inferiority.
In other words BouZgHEE. ( cf. ATDPs, EYE OPENER, Oct.3 /07, comment 10/04/07)
And yes pod people- aren't individuals they're the collective concs., of a super- ego. Ya know
admitting you have a problem is half the cure-- for alieNation
Yeah, my taste is shaped by sociological position. Whose isn't? The writing you seem to prefer, based on the writing you post, seems informed by a confrontational self-reflexive slang borne out of Beat and beer. Do you seriously believe that to be underepresented in American culture?
--the wandering jew
- FDW said...
Its subversive and subterfuge. A cut up of cliff notes tickling the soles of the hanged man's enchanted corpse.Really, I just entertain myself otherwise a waste of time, but it may just maybe to seduce the young mind over to the darkride of the Imagination and though the sticks be picked up some kid might build a house of stone from the proscibed perscriptive "syn-tax" hoes of cards fallen hard down.
You dig, scarecrow?
- FDW said...
Don't give a fig 'bout taste and scruples and why not morality.
Affectation at best that lends a flourish and perhaps the swish of a gaudy fandango to the stale air of feelings toward a thing or occasion, but of little use to the sensibility of a cultured person independent of economic class or conditional e-judication merged in the experience of the awe of the beauty of a thing.
You can brandish and flourish your sword til your blue in the face but all ends with the clean clear single thrust of the a calm and disciplined opponent.
I'd rather speak of "savor" than taste. Someone who hankers for the taste of a thing or their taste wants to bite off more than they can chew-- and then some, consuming rather the savoring the Autistic experience and leaving well enough enough alone for the others in the party.
Perception and its ontologies and the grand emotions of the aesthetic experience.
Concrete parabolas to carry my dirty laundry in rather than abstract feelings that are drunk through a glass darkly.
I'm telling you: check out two minutes of this poor hairball stammering and sweating. It gives you a whole new perspective. Pity is the word. Wandering Jew, I love you: "Beat and beer" is right. Someone around these parts has mistaken retardation for erudition.
- Karl Wenclas said...
A lot of snobbery presented here.
Again, what passes for American literature today is coming almost completely from the top 5% of American society. Our own aristocracy.
Sure, to themselves they appear to be regular people. They have no clue about those inhabiting the rest of the society-- especially not about those in the bottom half.
Yes, "Beats and beer."
This is the real bottom line, chumps: Your precious literary machine, given the amount invested in it, is a failure. It's producing no great writers, only many marginally talented competent ones.
Sure, it has its successes, does a few things right.
So did the Soviet Union!
That didn't mean it wasn't in bad need of change.
Re Robbe-Grillet: Yes, he was an individual, whatever that means. But his philsophy, so representative of the trends of the last fifty years, was exactly the wrong direction for literature to go in.
As I've said, it was a retreat into solipsism. I'll be presenting more examples of this on my two main blogs.
Pod people? Yes! What the lit scene badly needs is excitement. Energy. "Beer and beats." Which the underground has been providing. Enough of genteel stagnation.
Curious to me how demi-puppets can find so many flaws in a handful of rebels, yet find not one thing wrong with a massive publishing/writing industry soaking in billions of dollars, employing or bilking many thousands of people, and producing as a result: sweeping mediocrity.
Re Walsh. Check out his poetry sometime before judging. He's one of the best poets in the country.
(You should find some examples on the ULA P&F blog.)
He follows in the true, interrupted stream of poetry-- in the line of Berryman and Dylan Thomas, and other greats before the John Ashbery enervated quacks came on the scene.
To Mr. Walsh:
Please give me a reason why I shouldn't ban you from my blogs for one month, seeing as you attempted to have me banned from the ULA's forum? Reciprocity is only fair!
Please note (to FDW and everybody):
This is one of my personal blogs, which I operate through the indulgence of Google and Microsoft, and which people like you post on through the indulgence of me.
I believe in open and free discussion-- but am not going to continually let that belief be taken advantage of by one and all to my own detriment.
Re the ULA. I'm still listed as a Supporter of it. I wish it only the best. How could I not? I'll forever be identified with it. That doesn't mean I give up my rights of free speech, or my ability to ask questions. It's BECAUSE I want the best for the ULA that I've hated to see the ideals it was born with trampled.
A brief history of chumps:
"Time for you to go back to what you do best, chump." 05/07/05.
"The bottom line, Chump, is that if I didn't believe 100% in the ULA mission, in what we're doing, I would long since have fallen by the wayside." 08/05/05.
"Maybe next month, chump." 08/29/06.
"Until then, stop the whining, chump." 10/25/06.
"Think the ULA is not for real, chump?" 04/08/07.
"Well, where is it, chump? What have YOU done?" 09/15/07.
"Is that all YOU can bring, chump?" 10/25/07.
"Besides myself, I'm being pronoid, and really sympathetic toward you, chump." 02/07/08.
"This is the fact, chump." 03/22/08.
"This is the real bottom line, chumps." 03/24/08.
— Chumps! You're all chumps, chumps! —
— and that's the bottom line! —
- Frank Marcopolos said...
Actually, Frank Walsh gives an insightful analysis of "Howl" on that video, IMO.
So "Beer and Beats" is your brave new option injecting excitement into the literary world? You really aren't paying attention. There are more Beaty poets, hanging out in bars and calling for revolution, in any given American city than fans of John Ashbery worldwide. That's subversive? That's a new direction? That's underground? I looked at Walsh's poety: it sounds like any open mic night in any college town on any given night. That's revolution?
I see lots of flaws in lit and publishing today but too many people liking Robbe-Grillet or Ashbery or Rick Moody? That's like saying that waterpolo coaches are what's wrong with American sports.
--the wandering jew
- FDW said...
And deliberat'ly perversion for criticism.
And the artist with the autist
then Simon of Cyrene was a retard to carry a while the cross of the KING [sic].
And mistaken mistakes and misteps for cynicism and skulduggery.
And mistaken the attentive reader who is not and could never be these bottom feeders for fools.
Anonymice take heed
for I am the ancient big cat, devourer of men and systems who watches above you from the tree at the center of the world. My roar you misrepresent and bear false witness against to assure yourselves in your trembling and smallness of mind.
I pick the place and I pick the time coming out of the shadows, the darkness is my sign.
You can never wear it as perfectly as I,
who plays with my prey before I dine.
The human I have respect for,
no more, no more,
Death-in-life, I make you mine.
- FDW said...
Weird reversals of psychic vectors in their direction but not
Freudian psychoanalytic symptoms like "projection", "substitution", "inversion", and toward me definitely "transference".
More prosaicly put, denial and the transposing of cause and effect to elicit self-justification.
Nothing atypical of the michu-puggala, but still the difference from the regulars that you insist on engaging on this "pers-blog" while threatening to suppress (while harping about open discussion!) me despite the fact that you conveniently bring up the ULA here there and everywhere in what ever contxt is convenient to your justification-of-the-day and try to downplay if not kiss up to the serious threat BD poses in his capacity of neo- liberal fascist to the Alliance's integrity while exposing all of us including yrself to IT to cut off your Pollock nose despite your prize-fighter's face, while you loud and clear throughout all this goofy squabbling claiming you're done with the ULA, come out of nowhere attacking me and JP and SK because your afraid of something the rest of us in the ULA have got over and are all working together and seperately (EGALITARIAN TRUMPS ELITIST), at the same time welcoming you back into the fold, for the whole time defending you one way or another here or there or everywhere, ISTHAT YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE! While theirs'... well, what can you do they are pod people or straw-dawgs.
By the way the moron anonymice who stupidly put up a corrupted link to ULATV files because of the gross incompetence one finds on the other end is Pfat Kink, J.Rat Fink is probably not far from his behind niether. When I think how they both "accidentally" tried to fck up the Howl protest/action-reading at Columbia Easter Monday-Tuesday of 2006 it makes me wonder if those OW rats had their ULA schism planned a long time before the fat hit the fire.
TH suggested that you take a month off from the proboardsforum to cool off while I just supraceded the suggestion.
"Do what tho wilt shall be the whole law, love under will."
Transmission ended........
- King Wenclas said...
Frank, get your facts straight, please. Tom suggested we both take a break-- not that I be banned from the site. (Which you had mentioned before his remarks!)
You initiated this dispute. YOU, with your post on my other blog, which happened to be completely wrong. You owe me an apology, my man. We should be on the same side, but I care not to be continually disrespected.
Make up your mind. Thanks.
Frank said,
By the way the moron anonymice who stupidly put up a corrupted link to ULATV files because of the gross incompetence one finds on the other end is Pfat Kink, J.Rat Fink is probably not far from his behind niether. When I think how they both "accidentally" tried to fck up the Howl protest/action-reading at Columbia Easter Monday-Tuesday of 2006 it makes me wonder if those OW rats had their ULA schism planned a long time before the fat hit the fire."
Whaaa?? How so did I try to wreck the event? By getting drunk and having a good time? By editing the video footage?
Frank, I know you don't like me, but what's with rewriting history? I mean, I HAD MOVED TO PHILLY A WEEK BEFORE TO BE PART OF THE ULA.
Your logic.....I mean, is there any? Sometimes I think you're hitting the keys just to hear the pretty sounds.
- King Wenclas said...
I'm going to can comments period, here, for a few days, to lessen the bickering-- and so I can focus on posting, because I have a lot of good stuff to put up.
Frank, I agree with your comment of the ULA Forum that we can resolve differences via phone-- once I get one again! (Waiting for the promised Bush $300 payoff.)
I've reached a point also, however, as I say, that I don't care if I AM banned from the forum-- so you won't see me there for awhile, which should make at least some people happy.
I have enough other on-line hangouts. . . .
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Content Area Textbooks: Friends or Foes?
Cousin argues that textbooks for K-12 and college students are boring. I found that shocking! (OK, not really.) She wrote, "Walk into any upper elementary, junior high, or secondary classroom and ask the teacher to tell you about one of the main areas of difficulty that students with learning problems are having as they learn social studies or science. You will hear the same reply echoed from classroom to classroom, "reading the textbook." There are many reasons for this--some having to do with the text itself, such as its organization and format; some having to do with the students, and their reading competencies, background experiences, or interests; and, finally, some centering on the teacher, such as his or her competence in organizing and presenting the material. "
A possible solution is noted by Cousin, "Studies of effective textbook adaptations have included recommendations to include more graphics (Burnette, 1982). Herum (1982) found that revising texts to include more graphics and to make the text more explicit supported college students with learning difficulties. Bergerud, et al. (1988) compared the effectiveness of two types of textbook adaptations--graphics and study guides--for the purpose of self-study, with students identified as either low achievers or learning disabled. The use of graphics, consisting of diagrams with parts of pictures or labels missing, was found to be superior to the other approaches as measured by a retention test. "
Are textbooks better now almost 20 years later? Has the integration of the Web into course textbooks (or the replacement or supplementing of textbooks with the Web) made classroom texts better? I think the answer is probably yes.
I can not imagine teaching history without using text. I always use primary sources as well as good books or websites which give good summaries of history. However, as always, the effectiveness of any textbook or reading has to do with how the teacher uses it. Just telling students to go read something is not very helpful. The teacher has to integrate it well into his/her teaching. And despite how the teacher goes about instruction, reading will always be an important part of understanding the past.
2 comments:
- M-Dawg said...
I teach 9th grade World History and our textbooks are horrible. I tend to use it as a resource during some activities.
For me, the textbook is a foe. The textbook the administrators picked 10 years ago isn't even aligned with our state frameworks. And, there is no money to buy new and updated textbooks so use old books.
Ahhh . . . . the joy of teaching in a K-12 public school. :-(
- M said...
"Ahhh . . . . the joy of teaching in a K-12 public school."
Other than talking to high school tour groups who visit campus, I have never had to teach in the K-12setting. However, I appreciate the work that K-12 teachers do. History is important. Good teachers can do a great job even with bad textbooks.
Good luck with your 9th Grade history courses. Some of those students are going to do you proud.


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1- 1 1/2 tablespoons chipotle mayonnaise*
1/4 lb baby arugula
2/3 lb sliced roasted turkey breast
1/3 lb lean capicola
4 slices provolone cheese
2 avocados
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