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April 7, 2012 | 11:29 am
Posted by Jonathan Kirsch
Of Peter Beinart's much-attacked book, "The Crisis of Zionism" (Times Books, $26), I am compelled to ask: Why is this book different from all other books about the politics of Israel and the Zionist movement?
Beinart's book has been ably covered in these pages by several of my colleagues at The Jewish Journal, but the book is so compelling that, frankly, I am sufficiently provoked by the book itself to have my say, too.
Over the last year or so, I have reviewed three other books whose authors, like Beinart, courageously ask questions about the challenges that Israel is facing, both in its own democracy and in dealing with the aspirations of the Palestinian Arabs. None of them attracted a fraction of the attention that Beinart now commands.
All of the other authors — J-Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami in "A New Voice for Israel," Hirsh Goodman in "The Anatomy of Israel's Survival" and Gershom Gorenberg in "The Unmaking of Israel" — asked the same tough questions that are so concerning to Beinart and came up with many of the same unsettling answers. Only Peter Beinart, however, has sparked such a firestorm in the media and the Jewish community.
One reason is that Beinart, a former editor of The New Republic, seems to know how to make himself heard. He trailed his coat provocatively in the pages of The New York Review of Books in 2010 and thus prompted his critics to attack the ideas in his book long before you could actually buy and read a copy.
Above all, however, Beinart did something that none of the others dared to do — he openly calls for American Jews to participate in a boycott aimed at Jewish enterprises located in the West Bank. The so-called "Zionist B.D.S." — the acronym refers to "boycott, divest, sanction" — is meant to pressure Israel into ending Jewish settlement in the occupied territories by resorting to the same economic weapon that the United States is deploying to pressure Iran into ending its nuclear weapons program.
Even his sympathetic readers cannot quite endorse Beinart's book, although they are willing to credit him for a certain measure of courage in speaking his ideas aloud.
"Although I doubt a 'Zionist boycott' is the right tactic, 'The Crisis of Zionism' is a remarkably articulate and compelling statement about what has gone haywire in Israeli politics and at the top of some American Jewish organizational leadership," writes Don Futterman in Haaretz. "Refusing to accept the settler map, calling for an honest debate, on both sides of the Atlantic, about the occupation, and demanding accountability of ourselves - these are Jewish and Zionist acts of the highest order, the acts of 'free people' who have left the slave mentality of bondage behind."
Beinart certainly knows that a call for a Jewish boycott is a poke in the eye, not just to the settler movement in Israel but to the Jewish people around the world. To be sure, Israel is now forced to confront one of the fundamental flaws in the Zionist idea — Palestine was never "a people without a land for a land without a people," and no one has a good solution to the problem of Arab-Jewish co-existence. But Beinart is far too smart to believe that any significant number of Jews in America will use the checkbook as a weapon against their fellow Jews in Israel.
Indeed, Jews who live in security and prosperity in the United States are — or should be — reluctant to dictate to Jews who live under the threat of annihilation in Israel how they should deal with the dangers that beset them. We may share Beinart's conviction that the occupation of the West Bank is ultimately an existential threat to Israeli democracy — it is also Goodman's belief, and Gorenberg's, and Ben-Ami's — but, after all, the rockets are falling on Ashdod, Beersheba and Eilat rather than Dupont Circle, Union Square or Westwood Village.
Israel will survive Beinart's book, which suggests that all of the anxiety directed at his book is overstated. A more subtle point is also true — Beinart only subverts himself by calling on American Jews to boycott Israel. He may sell more copies by charging his book with such an explosive idea, but he is unlikely to convert even his like-minded readers to his own way of thinking.
Of course, I think he knew it all along.
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I'm glad someone's willing to call Advent Children out as being a dud. After reading all the "OMG FFVII OMG AWESOME A+" reviews that the original cut got when it came out Stateside on DVD, once I got my copy from Netflix I had to wonder if I was watching the same movie as everyone else.
So it sounds like the Complete cut isn't the massive overhaul that'd be needed to make this even worth another rental, then.
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Well I am a BIG Final Fantasy fanboy and I do love FFVII: Advent Children but Chris' grade is very accurate (then again I would still subject myself to this film repeatedly then one more session of that OTHER video game based anime I had the misfortune of watching). Let us call the film what it is, one big EYE CANDY fest for the fans.
But it doesn't try to be anything more or less. It doesn't try to be a comprehensible feature film nor does it try to dissapoint fans. This is THE film Final Fantasy fans wanted and they got it. Hence the constant re-releases. This is not Spirits Within, or FF:U, of the FF OAV. This is a film directly continuing the story of the most popular RPG game made. I agree with the grade, but there's also a reason it's so popular. It's one of the few video game based animated incarnations that actually made a moderate success. (I'm willing to debate Sonic and Street Fighter have accomplished this as well, but not to this level this single movie has). O-chan
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Members of Concordia's research centre in Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG), Lab Six and a half, and the Mount Royal Game Society recently transformed the atrium of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual ArtsIntegrated Complex into a gamer's paradise. The event, entitled Mixcade, was a showcase for innovative local and international video games, held as part of the President's Conference Series.
Scarlet and Mammy-Hattie McDaniel and Margaret Mitchell
This clip from Gone with the Wind gives you a glimpse of the role Hattie McDaniel played in most of her movies. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help build real world connections between the classroom and the History of African Americans in the United States. (2:30)
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Developing and using Open Educational Resources at KNUST
In May 2011, Pro Vice Chancellor Peter Donkor published this article in the Digital Learning Resources online journal.


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Everyday there is a new website created, that gets published on some showcase/gallery website and still only 30% of us get to see it. With this in mind, I will try to present some inspiration from the webdesign environment every week. Websites that bring something new to the table, that present something with different eyes,
Graphic design, Showcase
Alpha Males, a typographical tribute to the world's manliest males
January 31, 2013 | comments 0Alpha Males is an interesting project, using shape and color to give a typographical tribute to the world's manliest males.
Graphic design, Showcase
Philographics, big ideas in simple shapes
January 30, 2013 | comments 0Philographics is a collection of posters explaining complex philosophical theories through basic shapes. A practical, light, fast and accessible visual guide to philosophy powered by curiosity.
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Revolved forms
January 29, 2013 | comments 0Revolved forms is an abstract 3D project, which explores different shapes, colors, lights and materials.
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Graphic Design books to get you started
January 24, 2013 | comments 1A collection of well written graphic design books that present the world of visual communication and her beauty. They will get you started, no matter if you are studying by yourself or at school, on how to: understand, research, create and implement your design.


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Andre Agassi played the first two sets of the most important match of his life like a petrified pretender today. Then, when the shock and embarrassment failed to destroy him, he gathered his wits about him and played like someone who deserved to be in the company of Rod Laver, Fred Perry, Roy Emerson and Don Budge.
By capturing the French Open singles title with a 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Andre Medvedev, Agassi became the fifth man in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam events -- the Australian, French and United States Opens and Wimbledon -- and completed the latest and most significant turnaround in a career marked by flashes of brilliance amid unfilled promise.
Ranked No. 1 in the world for 30 weeks in 1995, Agassi went into a spiral that dropped his ranking as low as 141st in November 1997. He took a long hiatus that year during which it was uncertain whether he would return to the sport. But he resurrected his career, beginning by accepting wild-card entries to several satellite tournaments. After his victory today, his ranking will rise from No. 14 to No. 4.


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Successful schools don't just change test scores. They create organizational conditions that support learning among students and educators. They actively draw upon expertise in their community and reach shared agreements about how to best challenge students over time. They make time to understand, as a team, why and how students are learning and ensure that faculty has the flexibility to make decisions in the best interest of each learner. In addition, they establish an expectation that the approaches they employ will be shared transparently and used as a basis for ongoing improvement. In short, successful schools operate much like successful online communities, as described in Connect and Inspire. A key challenge for improving education in America is to link together such schools and enable others to join their ranks. Online communities of practice can play an important role in documenting and enhancing the collaborative practice essential for successful schools.
This month, the National Council of Teachers of English, in partnership with the Ball Foundation and 20 leading organizations committed to the advancement of literacy and learning, announced the creation of the National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE). The goal of NCLE is to improve literacy learning by sharing and strengthening the plans, practices, support systems, and assessments used by successful, innovative communities of practice across the United States. This goal will be accomplished through the Literacy in Learning Exchange (the Exchange), a free online community of practice that will provide cases that show clearly how teams of educators develop powerful teaching and planning processes. More than just sample lesson plans and assessments, the Exchange will describe how to build the conditions and capacity to support sustained literacy learning over time in all school and community settings. Because it links resources and techniques to rich representations of the contexts in which they have been successfully applied, and because its content is enriched through the interactions it mediates, the case may prove to be a crucial genre for online communities of practice that seek to help schools and districts bring collaborative educational practices to scale.
For example, a draft case on the pilot version of the Exchange documents a community of practice at Rowland High School in Rowland Heights, California, that has been working since 2010 to explore the question, "What is the significance of academic vocabulary and how does it impact instructional practices and learning outcomes?" The description of the community's activities and context is sufficiently detailed to help other schools and districts understand how they might replicate, modify, or build on the work in Rowland Heights. Moving beyond just collecting and implementing best practices to allow time for reflection that connects instructional strategies to teachers' professional identities has proved critical for the group. This analysis is supported by a series of multimedia companion pieces that can help other educators capitalize on the community's learning, such as a video that details five principles of vocabulary learning, complemented by excerpts from related research.
The case is not simply a static collection of resources. The Exchange's community tools allow other educators to discuss and augment the case, sharing their own experiences, uploading related resources, and reporting back about their efforts to use the case materials to guide the development of communities of practice in their own schools. In the course of discussion, members of communities of practice at schools across the United States can support each other, and the persistent record of that support has the potential to benefit yet others. In this way, the value of the case itself will increase as other members of the Exchange use it.
Creating such compelling cases that document cross-subject literacy education communities of practice requires sustained effort. To provide incentives for schools to find the time to share their practices through the Exchange and at demonstration sessions held at national conferences across the county, NCLE will celebrate and support Literacy in Every Classroom Sites. These sites (schools or school systems) will earn badges by committing to share data about how they collaborate across disciplines to support literacy, how practices are changing, and what they are observing about changes in student learning. In return, not only will they be recognized for their work by NCLE and stakeholder organizations, but they also will gain access to a select network of educators and literacy experts who can provide constructive feedback and advice as they work to improve school practices. They also will be eligible to apply for small demonstration grants to fund efforts to widely disseminate their work.
To sustain and broaden the gains observed in participating schools as captured through the cases and online interactions around them, NCLE will fund collaborative research projects and share their findings with policy leaders at local, state, and national levels. Findings will be infused back into participating schools, and implications will be made available to policymakers through peer-reviewed publications, seminars, and colloquies.
As we've learned from decades of trying, no single initiative can transform teaching and learning. However, by building an initiative that draws upon a network of resources and expertise from successful schools and professional organizations and supports school teams in making their own choices about how to enrich literacy learning, we can see if "ground-up" improvement efforts can gain a measure of success that has eluded top-down models. We are eager to learn the role case-based online communities of practice can play in the emergence of such educational transformation.
Kent Williamson is executive director of the National Council of Teachers of English and director of the National Center for Literacy Education.


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HYT's first timepiece, the H1 Watch, is absolutely incredible!
The watch will come in three types of cases, titanium, black DLC-coated titanium and respectively red gold. It's quite a large sized watch, with dimensions of 48mm x 18mm, impression which is a bit lessened by the minimalist-designed bezel. The watch also features a luminescent greenish ring around the dial.
This has a real function – showing the hours on a circular path around the edge of the dial – an interesting principle that will surely have its fans. The quite visible parts are the pistons at the bottom of the dial – they have important functionality as well, pushing and pulling the liquid throughout the round tube.
The side that contains the minutes is located on the medium-sized sub-dial near the center top watch, assisted by a paddle-wheel-seconds hand to the left. The power reserve indicator is located on the right and runs up to 65 hours.
This particular timepiece is a revolution in watch-making industry, especially when talking about design, also being highly-advantaged by the non-bling looks of it, inspiring a good load of elegance. The cheapest of the series is the HYT H1 titanium model, purchasable for $45,000, while the rose gold and titanium DLC-coated models' price will go much higher.
This article was written by Richie Rich in Jewelry & Watches.
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I just passed our local gas stations and saw $3.75! I swear it goes up every F* day!
I just passed our local gas stations and saw $3.75! I swear it goes up every F* day!
$3.29 today (3/3). It actually hit $3.99 back in the summer of 2008, but for some reason, people stopped driving and magically the price came back down!
Sweet down here it $3.54 down in my area of CA
You guys don't know how lucky you are....
In Scotland it's £1.40 per litre, which equates to over $9 per gallon.
These prices are going to kill me as I am an extreme commuter. At least 3 days a week I do a 5 hour round trip commute to my office. (Damn Tim, that is insane!!!)
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OMG!!! Do you two know each other???
Paid $3.25 last night and today it jumped to $3.50. Holy crud!!!
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Synopsis: Atom Egoyan casts himself as the lead character in Calendar. He portrays a shutterbug who brings an array of different women to his apartment. Every time one of the women makes a phone call, the character notices a calendar consisting of photographs he took while in Armenia. The film flashes back to the time he took each of the photos. Traveling th... Continue Reading
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And I don't think it's fair to blame the victims in this case. When you purchase space at a storage facility, I think there is really an expected level of safety and security for your belongings. Hopefully the victims and all of us can at least chalk it up as a lesson learned.
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ROCKLEDGE, FL (PRWEB) December 22, 2010
Professional Standards Institute (PSI), a professional certification and education association established in 1997, today announced the release of a completely reengineered certification program that provides a wide variety of options to include three levels of certification, area specializations, and certification endorsements. In addition, new re-certification guidelines and the web site have been completely redeveloped from the ground up.
"We have spent the last three years researching and redeveloping our program. We have taken a 'real world' approach with our certification programs by providing credentials that reflect a level of knowledge and capability an individual has attained," said G. Allen Harris, Executive Director. "Most credentials from other certification organizations simply describe the area in which an individual is certified. Our credentials go a step further and indicate the knowledge level of the certification holder."
Professional Standards Institute now offers three levels of certification: Associate Level, Senior Level, and Master Level. The Associate Level is an "entry-level" certification for those individuals starting out in a specific field. The Senior Level certification is for those individuals who have attained an advanced level of expertise and knowledge in their field. It is recommended that an individual have at least five years of experience in their field prior to applying for the certification. The Master Level certification is for those seasoned professionals who have attained a broad expert knowledge and mastery in their chosen field. It is strongly recommended that an individual have at least ten years of experience in the field prior to applying for the certification.
"The certifications offered by Professional Standards Institute are vendor-neutral, role-based, and are very appropriate to many functions within an organization," said Clayton Lundy, President of JCL Enterprises, Inc. "There are several positions within most organizations that are directly related to their professional certifications."
In addition to three levels of certification, area specializations and certification endorsements are available for some certifications at the Senior and Master levels. Specializations identify unique areas within a certification field that an applicant has attained specialized knowledge, such as information technology or information security. Endorsements identify additional skill sets that can be applied within a certification field, such as educator/trainer, project lead, or consultant. Specializations and endorsements increase the value of a certification by indicating that an applicant can apply their knowledge uniquely within a certification field.
An important aspect of any certification program is how re-certification is accomplished and evaluated. Professional Standards Institute has reengineered the guidelines for re-certification for all programs. Re-certification can be accomplished through a combination of education, full-time employment, and teaching experience, which can be submitted on-line. A simple Professional Development Credit (PDC) program has been established to evaluate a certification holder's accomplishments for re-certification purposes. Each level of certification has a specific amount of PDC's to accumulate during the three-year certification period. The new PDC requirements provide for valuable continued professional development in a field.
"We have found PSI's certifications to be valuable assets on the resumes of our contract candidates, primarily because they represent real-world experience and hands-on expertise," said Daniel James, CEO at Larkin Industries, Inc. "Anyone can memorize facts and parrot them on a certification exam. PSI's exams ensure that candidates actually know what they're talking about."
Professional Standards Institute started a new, free membership program. Individuals must become a member prior to applying for certifications. PSI is currently looking for Affinity Programs for its members.
The final piece of Professional Standards Institute's reengineering efforts is the redevelopment of the PSI web site, designed to be more intuitive, simple to use, and easy to find information. A certification transcript page has been added to display current and past certifications, testing history, and certification logos available for download and use on personal web sites, resumes, and business cards. In addition, certification verification has been added to the web site. Certificate holders can provide a verification password to employers and potential employers that can be easily entered on the new web site to verify a certification.
"We have plans for many additional offerings. First and foremost, we are working with new Subject Matter Experts for the development of new certifications in business, information technology, quality, and education," said G. Allen Harris, Executive Director. "In addition, we will soon be offering self-paced continuing education courses and instructor-taught professional development courses. We are also developing new education and research fellowship programs. These will provide exciting new opportunities for our members."
Obtaining professional certification is extremely beneficial to individuals because it proves to potential and current employers an advanced level of knowledge in a field. Professional Standards Institute's certifications go a step further by ensuring that this knowledge is obtained through experience and not merely bookwork.
Professional Standards Institute is dedicated to the establishment, development, and preservation of high professional standards and ethics. For more information, please visit http://www.ProfessionalStandardsInstitute.com.


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The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work.
- The zeroeth law of Wikipedia
Perhaps, a decade from now, they'll say the same about the crowd-up.
The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it can never work.
- The zeroeth law of Wikipedia
Perhaps, a decade from now, they'll say the same about the crowd-up.
Brilliant but all those bar codes in product land could also make for a really awesome scavenger hunt game with the right effort.
Who needs Venture Capital?
Addendum: Unbeknownst to the authors of this post, a San Francisco startup Uber has recently secured additional VC funding and announced plans to expand to New York with its own variation of a next gen ride service. Wired's done a nice job of describing an initial user experience with Uber, which allows SF users to hail one of 100 city drivers from their mobile phones. Drivers come from non-taxi "sedan services" that partner with the company. While Uber's business model does not yet constitute the wholly networked solution to the cab industry we envisioned, it does mark a step in the right direction. Convenience comes at a cost, however; there is a minimum price of $15 per ride. Hopefully the founders of Uber read this blog and steal the rest of our idea(s).
Addendum 2: The call for more peer-to-peer transportation gained strength again two weeks ago at TechCrunch Disrupt, where car-sharing service Getaround was officially launched. Getaround lets mobile users peruse the gallery of available cars to borrow, and notably, allows owners to rate their renters, creating a nice incentive to be a responsible member of the network.
Potential Scenario: What if you could simply push a button on your smart phone to notify a cab of your current location and get an on-demand pick-up within minutes (or seconds if you are in a large city)? That would be a great feature for anyone, particularly people with visual disabilities or other impairments that make hailing a taxi difficult (citation: Paul Parravano). Going one step further, why shouldn't anyone be able to pick you up and take you someplace for a few bucks? Just like sleeping on a stranger's couch, hitchhiking is something that is dangerous in theory but may be feasible with the proper technology and protocols.
Solution: (First note complete disregard the enormous government regulation of the taxicab industry as we present this utopian transportation scenario.) Anyone with a car less than five years old and of a certain make/model can apply for "gypsy cab" status. Approval is based on the applicant's driving and insurance record. Once approved, the driver is sent a kit, including a GPS device, web camera, and LED light. If a driver is open to pick up a fair, he/she can turn on the device to find available passengers and notify the world (with a green LED in the windshield) that any pedestrian is free to hail. As soon as a passenger is picked up, the driver enters the destination in the GPS, the LED changes from green to red, and the fair begins as they proceed on the directed route. In order to maintain safety, the web cam will turn on during the fair and broadcast the interior of the car to the web, allowing a community of netizens to ensure the safety of these cabs just like citizens do for the streets of London, England.
In short, the internet can help to solve the transportation problems of our society. With the right changes and proper technology, we can crowdsource transportation and make moving people a peer-to-peer process as efficient as moving packets of information around the interweb.
Citation: Andrew Magliozzi & Nathaniel Levy
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Problem: While the services listed in our last post offer worthwhile alternatives to conventional modes of getting around, several less laudable features of our urban and suburban transportation environments remain unchanged. Taxicabs, for instance, still crowd the streets of most cities, yet they benefit company owners more than either consumers or drivers. How can we change the inefficiencies of the taxicab industry in a way that: a) increases access to ground transportation in city and suburb, and b) caters to Americans' penchant for driving by continuing to build a sellers' market for ride-sharing?
1) Taxi Cab transportation is a highly regulated market with enormous barriers to entry. As a result there are too few cabs in most places and prices tend to be pretty high. This is mostly because of the steep cost of purchasing a medallion required to run a taxi, particularly in New York City: "Because of their high prices (often over $400,000) medallions (and most cabs) are owned by investment companies and are leased to drivers (aka "hacks")."
2) In order to drive a cab, you must work for a large corporation, which is responsible for ensuring quality and safety. While these are essential regulations, there are also better and more efficient ways to solve this issue in the 21st century. We've seen the proliferation of couchsurfing. Why not more digital hitch hiking?
Citation: Andrew Magliozzi and Nathaniel Levy
Looks like the anti-SOPA sentiment is brining about a new age in crowd-sourced government lobbying.
Trapped in a K-hole: The truth lies hidden in plain sight. Simply parsing political rhetoric reveals that lobbyists wield much more influence on our political process than most realize. Some members of Congress spend up to 70% of their time rounding up funds for reelection. Last year, the average Senate seat cost campaigners a cool $8.5 million. With the number of former lobbyists now working as congressional aids having more than doubled since the most recent elections, it's clear that K Street has a vested interest in Congress. But who owns K Street?
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em: Here at Pleasestealthisidea, we support technological solutions to increase efficiency and transparency for everything from voting to taxes. When it comes to lobbyists, there is no love lost for those who pedal influence obedient only to dollars but rarely sense. Unfortunately, entrenched systems (particularly those in politics) are notoriously difficult to disrupt. Until we subvert the whole system, our best option is to co-opt it for good. That is, we should aggregate the public interest - like we do on sites like donorschoose.org - to vote with our collective wallet and hire lobbyists to pedal the influence of groups of individuals rather than simply those with private interests.
Implementation: Our site, which replicates the function of KickStarter for congressional lobbying must unfortunately begin by with those currently in control. Hopefully the infusion of interest and investment would attract a whole new rank and file to the industry of influence in our nation's capital and bring about at least a little lasting transparency. Rather than let the powers that be continue to propagate their influence, let's all get together and show each other what to change and how to change it. All we have to do is start by swapping the corruption of Jack Abramoff for the openness of the Internet.
Atrribution: Andrew Magliozzi
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Movie theaters continue to show mediocre new releases, while Netflix controls the market for rentals. Even though most classic films are better viewed on the silver screen, few of us will ever see Luke Skywalker, Marty McFly, or The Dude on anything larger than a 40-inch Panasonic TV set. There is a demand for old movies on the big screen, but theaters have no way to identify and serve the diverse demands of the market.
We should have a website that allows groups to gather and purchase tickets to see any move at any time on the big screen. With aggregate demand (and digital projection technology), movie theaters should be able to deliver classic movies to an interested audience at off-peak times, enabling en masse on-demand movie-going.
With access to the Netflix database (note: we can already share our queues with our friends) through a simple API, someone could easily aggregate the interests of the crowd based on individual queues. If I were to participate, the site might send me a message like this: "You and 314 others in Cambridge, MA have The Big Lebowskion your Netflix queue. Would you like to see a showing of it at 8pm on Tuesday May 3rd?" If I opt in, I can buy a ticket and also invite my friends to join me so we reach the 50-viewer minimum. So, who wants to see Donnie, Walter, and The Dude with me on the big screen?
Attribution: Matthew Hatoun
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For those of you out there who are feel that September has nothing to offer at the movies besides an unshaven Shia, fret not! The NYTFGP(New York - Tokyo Film Grand Prix) 2008 Festival Part One, in all media sponsored by MTV, is scheduled to begin on September 28th, 2008! The festival is comprised of eight Japanese films, mixed between viewers' choice and some selectively picked from NYT. All films are presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
With a diverse selection of Japanese films released this year, NYTFGP2008 FESTIVAL is a premiere screening series representing the full spectrum of Japan's cultural vibe. It is comprised of the most popular top ten films selected by the NYTFGP audience votes and a further selection of New York-Tokyo staff-chosen films.
NYTFGP2008 FESTIVAL PART ONE will kick off on September 28th, 2008 at NYU's Cantor Film Center, with a steady stream of screenings in the following weeks in October, and at other key venues including Anthology Archive and Tribeca Cinemas around the city of New York.
Check out more details about the films and venues after the jump. To purchase your tickets, head on over to the festival website for more information. Read through it all and you could win some free passes to the festival!
9/28 - 6pm - NYU Cantor - CORAZON DE MELON
10/7 - 7pm - Tribeca - ASYL - PARK AND LOVE HOTEL
*Appearance by Director Kumasaka*
10/8 - 7pm - Tribeca - THE CHASING WORLD
10/9 - 7pm - Tribeca - DEATH OF DOMOMATA
10/12 - 2pm - Anthology - GENIUS PARTY
10/13 - 7pm - Anthology - 77BOADRUM
10/13 - 9:15pm -Anthology - 77BOADRUM
*Appearance by Director Kawaguchi*
10/14 - 7pm - Anthology - BLOODY SNAKE UNDER THE SUN
*Appearance by Actor Shogen*
10/15 - (Other NYT Screening Event)
10/16 - 7pm - Tribeca - KAMACHOP
*Appearance by Director Matsumoto*
NYU Cantor. 36 East 8th Street. 212-998-4100
Tribeca Cinemas. 54 Varick Street. 212-996-8163
Anthology Archives. 32 Second Street. 212-505-5181


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Hi all!
For those who are looking to hire a Realtor (either buying or selling...but in this case, mostly for selling your home)...CHECK THEM OUT! Here are a few ideas...
1) Always interview 2 or 3 (hopefully us!) to see who you are most comfortable with,
2) Ask if you can talk to a past client or two and,
3) Call them from different phone numbers 2-3 times to see if they answer the phone or call back immediately.
Number three is a BIGGIE! Why? If they don't answer the phone, how are they going to sell your home? We just tried to set up a tour for a customer of 12 homes. Of those 12 we were only able to reach 3 on the first attempt. Of the remainder, 2 of them still have not gotten back to us...8 hours later. Now I wish we could say this is an isolated event...but it's not! This is common. If their customer only knew! When wondering why your home isn't selling...this can be one reason.
Don't be afraid to test your Realtor (within reason...lol). They should never be offended when a potential client tries to determine the best person to sell you home!
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R&D News: Scientists identify new metabolic pathway for controlling brain inflammation
The new report focuses on the type of inflammation normally treatable with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin or ibuprofen. The study shows this type of inflammation is controlled by different enzymes in different parts of the body.
"Our findings open up the possibility of anti-inflammatory drugs that are more tissue-specific and don't have NSAIDs' side effects,†said the study's senior author Benjamin Cravatt.
The serendipitous discovery originated with an attempt by Cravatt and his colleagues to develop a new kind of pain-relieving drug targeting an enzyme known as monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL). This enzyme normally breaks down a natural pain-relieving neurotransmitter known as 2-AG, a cannabinoid molecule whose actions are mimicked by certain compounds within marijuana.
To reduce the rate of 2-AG breakdown, allowing 2-AG levels to rise and provide more pain relief, the Cravatt lab developed a powerful and selective MAGL-inhibiting compound, which the scientists described in 2009 and are still investigating as a possible pain drug.
In the course of this research, the scientists tested their MAGL inhibitor on mice and also engineered mice that genetically lack MAGL.
"We noticed that the brains of the MAGL-inhibited mice showed reduced levels of arachidonic acid, a key precursor molecule for inflammatory lipids,†said Daniel Nomura, a former member of the Cravatt lab.
Arachidonic acid had been thought to originate similarly throughout the body, from a process involving fat molecules and phospholipase A2 enzymes. To their surprise, the researchers found that in the brain, arachidonic acid production is controlled chiefly by MAGL.
In effect, the enzyme takes pleasure-associated 2-AG, which is found in high concentrations in the brain, and turns it into arachidonic acid - the precursor for pain- and inflammation-causing prostaglandin molecules. The researchers showed that blocking the activity of MAGL, or genetically eliminating it, shrinks the pool of arachidonic acid and prostaglandins in mouse brains, effectively limiting the possibility of brain inflammation.
To further test this effect, the researchers set up two standard models of brain inflammation in lab mice. In one, they tried to induce inflammation with lipopolysaccharide, a highly pro-inflammatory molecule found in bacteria. In the other, they used the toxin MPTP, which induces brain inflammation and preferentially kills the same muscle-regulating neurons lost in Parkinson's disease.
"In both models, reducing MAGL - genetically or with our MAGL-inhibitor - provided the animals with protection from neuroinflammation,†said Nomura.
In the brain, where MAGL is the major controller of arachidonic acid levels, blocking the enzyme could be a better strategy. Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and traumatic brain injury all involve harmful but potentially treatable brain inflammation.
"In principle, with a MAGL inhibitor we could avoid the gastrointestinal toxicity that's associated with NSAIDs while still maintaining the anti-inflammatory effect,†said Nomura.
The new findings also are important from a basic science perspective because they advance the understanding of prostaglandin-mediated inflammation. Phospholipase A2 enzymes have long been considered the dominant producers of arachidonic acid, and thus a major element in prostaglandin-mediated inflammation throughout the body.
Nomura, Cravatt, and their colleagues confirmed in their experiments that phospholipase A2 enzymes play a major role in arachidonic acid production in the gut and spleen. However, in the brain, the MAGL enzyme was the principal regulator, with phospholipase A2 enzymes making a more limited contribution. MAGL also regulated arachidonic acid and prostaglandins in liver and lungs.
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Every Sunday morning I enjoy a walk along a two-mile stretch of the world's most sensitive gravimeter. The sun's and moon's gravitational tugs on my body amount to only a few millionths of the earth's, and yet that tiny force acting over the Pacific Ocean regularly raises the sea level so high as to batter my path with waves. But isolating these feeble forces inside a laboratory tasks even professional instruments. That's why I was astonished to learn that Roger Baker of Austin, Tex., has developed a device that can gravitationally track the position of the sun and moon--for about $100.
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One of my favorite truisms of science asserts that yesterday's discovery is today's calibration and tomorrow's noise. That is particularly applicable here. Last January I described another Baker invention that can detect micropulsations in the earth's magnetic field. But even these minute magnetic effects would swamp the gravitational forces that we are trying to measure here. In fact, eliminating all the spurious influences is by far the most challenging part of this project, and success depends on experience. Only expert gadgeteers should attempt it.
In Baker's apparatus, a small but powerful magnet delicately floats between two permanent magnets. A clever optical device senses small movements caused by gravitational shifts, seismic activity, thermal expansion, a stomping toddler and so on. A control circuit counters the motion by fine-tuning the current through an electromagnet. Changes in this current thus track forces acting on the floating magnet. The float is weighted to make it insensitive to high-frequency motion. But it does capture slowly oscillating signals from earthquakes (with undulations of a few tens of hertz) and the changing position of the moon as the earth turns on its axis. In fact, Baker originally designed the instrument as a vertical-motion seismograph.
The optical sensor accounts for much of the instrument's sensitivity. To monitor the float's position, it uses an opaque flag to block some of the light from an LED and keep it from reaching a phototransistor a few millimeters away. When the float and flag move, the light signal changes quickly; shifts in position on the order of a nanometer have a discernible effect.
Radio Shack sells ceramic magnets in sets of five for about $2 (part no. 64-1888). You'll need two sets for a total of 10 ring magnets. Stack six of them into two groups of three and epoxy them to bolts. The seventh magnet will serve as the float; the other three are unneeded. Baker keeps the float from moving sideways by attaching it to a steel razor blade. The sharp edge of the razor will abut a brass plate on the side of the instrument support. Two miniature rare-earth magnets (Radio Shack part no. 64-1895) behind the plate fix the razor's edge to the brass. A smear of oil along the blade creates an almost frictionless hinge that allows the float to swing up and down but not side to side. Finally, Baker attaches a one-ounce lead fishing weight to lower its natural frequency and the small opaque flag to sense its position


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Woman of the traditional Dani tribe shows her amputated fingers on October 10 in Wamena, West Papua, Indonesia. The primitive tribe still lives a very traditional existence due to the remoteness of its location. The tribe were once famed as a head-hunting tribe and still demonstrate specific customs today, including the women cutting off segments of their fingers whenever a relative dies.


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Making the Band 4 Group Named DAY26
by Matt Richenthal at .Finally, the guys who won last season's Making the Band 4 competition - and make up Diddy's new recording quintet - have a name.
Brian Andrews, Mike McCluney, Qwanell Mosley, Willie Taylor and Robert Curry are now officially known as DAY26.
The name comes from the date of August 26, when the band officially took shape. What do you think of it?
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Ilove yall espeacially Qwanell cuz him and will iz so fine .Why?Q has juci lips and he iz very sexy alaround and will gotta body witta voice!!!!!!!!!!
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Event Type: Off-Site Event Age Group(s): Adult, Senior Citizen, Young Adult/Teenager Date: 10/11/2012 Start Time: 11:00 AM End Time: 1:00 PM Description: The 2012 Big Read: Quincy will feature the book, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. The month-long initiative will kick-off the 2012 Big Read with a gathering at the Illinois Veterans Home, 1707 North 12th Street, Quincy, IL.
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David Zachary Gresham, 20, of Rome is considered a "person of interest" in the death of three-year-old Gabriella Ann "Ella" Camp.
Rome Police were called to Floyd Medical Center on Tuesday to file a report regarding the traumatic head injuries suffered by the child.
Ella was airlifted the same day to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta with traumatic head injuries and swelling of the brain. She died yesterday after being removed from life support.
Ella had been in the care of the mother's boyfriend Zack Gresham at the time of her injuries on Tuesday. Ella's mother states that she left Ella with Gresham at 9:40 a.m. with the understanding that Gresham would take Ella to her grandmother's house which should have taken approximately 20 minutes but instead, he had her for an unaccounted hour.
According to police reports, Gresham transported Ella and her mother to Floyd Medical Center and then he left the hospital. Ella was unresponsive upon arrival at the hospital at approximately 11:30 a.m.
No details between the time that the mother left the child with Gresham and the time that they arrived at the hospital have been made public at this time. The mother's public status states that the child was throwing up on herself, had six fractures and a cut liver.
Gresham was detained and taken into custody Wednesday evening from the Oak Knoll cemetery in Rome. He is being held without bond on a misdemeanor probation violation. He plead guilty to a DUI and drug charge in 2012 and according to court records, tested positive for drugs before his recent arrest.
Gresham posted a public Facebook status on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 stating; "In much need of prayer right now. Not lookin forward to Tuesday. Please please pray for me". Friends were advising him not to stress.
Tuesday came and little Ella died.
No formal charges in connection with Ella's death have been filed at this time.
The family and friends visitation for Ella has been changed from Saturday to Sunday at Henderson and Son's Funeral Home from 4-6 p.m. The funeral will take place at Desoto Park Baptist Church Monday at 2 p.m. with the Reverend Scott Lambert and Reverend Wayne Rogers officiating.
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Archive for October, 2011
Spooktacular Science was Spectacular!
Posted by: | CommentsBrainy Quote of the Week!
Posted by: | Comments Gateway to Science shares a Brainy Quote this week:
"Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Have a safe weekend. We look forward to seeing you at Haunting Arts & Spooktacular Science on Saturday, October 29 from 12:30PM-4:30PM at the Frances Leach High Prairie Arts & Science Complex.
Haunting Arts & Spooktacular Science is Almost Here!
Posted by: | CommentsThe partners of Frances Leach High Prairie Arts & Science Complex present Haunting Arts & Spooktacular Science! There will be spooky science, bewitching art, ghoulish treats and ghostly entertainment, all in support of Gateway to Science, Central Dakota Children's Choir, Theo Art School and Shade Tree Players. Each activity will cost between 1 to 8 tickets. Tickets are $.50 each and will be sold at the event. Wear your costume for even more fun!
Mad Scientists have landed at Gateway to Science!
Posted by: | CommentsMad Scientist University has landed at Gateway to Science! Polish up your laser gun, get your maniacal laugh ready. You're about to enroll in MAD SCIENTIST UNIVERSITY! This ingenious game has been tested by our very own Science Discovery Club at Gateway to Science. The kids all declared this game "a winner" and a "must buy."
Just in time for the holidays you can pre-order your very own copy of this totally demented game. Pre-orders will be accepted through November 30, 2011. Check out our MAD SCIENTIST UNIVERSITY page for all your ordering info!
Field Trips at Gateway to Science
Posted by: | CommentsDid you know that you can bring your class, of any size and age, to Gateway to Science for a Field Trip? Not sure if a Field Trip is in your budget this year? Consider asking for a sponsorship from parents, grandparents, businesses or local service groups. These are the people who help support Gateway to Science. They will be excited to support your classroom! It's easy to sign up for a Field Trip, just pick up the phone and call 701-258-1975. For more information on our Field Trip policies just go to FIELD TRIP.
How to name GRAIL spacecraft
Posted by: | CommentsAttention K-12 students: NASA is seeking your help to name two moon-bound robotic spacecraft! On September 10, 2011, the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft were launched to create a gravity map of the moon; the mission will enable scientists to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition, and give scientists a better understanding of its origin. However, the spacecraft are currently called GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B, and NASA is looking for some real names that capture the spirit and excitement of lunar exploration. US students in grades K-12 need a teacher to submit their entries, which should include the chosen names for the spacecraft, along with an explanation of why those names should be selected. The explanation can be any length, from a short paragraph to a 500-word essay. Go here for the complete rules and submission forms. The deadline is November 11, 2011. Good luck!
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Spooktacular Science returns next weekend!
Posted by: | CommentsGateway to Science will once again be hosting Spooktacular Science on Saturday, October 29th! This is part of a building-wide afternoon of Halloween fun at the Frances Leach High Prairie Arts & Science Complex. Between 12:30 and 4:30 pm, join Gateway to Science for hands on activities and demonstrations, including the perennial favorite, slime! You can also experience some Haunting Arts with Theo Art School and Shade Tree Players, and some scarily delicious concessions from Central Dakota Children's Choir. You choose which activities to do by purchasing tickets at the door. Check out this site for more information. We hope we see you there!
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P.S. Feel free to dress up in your Halloween costumes – we will!
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Posted by: | CommentsDonations can be dropped off at the Gateway to Science office Monday through Friday 9AM-3PM. Or if you would like someone to pick up your donations, please call me at 701-258-1975.
Chemistry Demo Night…What a Blast!
Posted by: | CommentsGateway to Science hosted Chemistry Demo Night on Tuesday, October 18, as a part of National Chemistry Week. Scott Weigum, Bismarck High chemistry teacher, demonstrated fun and fascinating chemistry experiments for the audience of over 100 children and adults! Weigum splashed, bubbled and even burned a little as he explained different properties of chemistry that had the audience cheering and asking for more. Check out our event page for pictures of some of the experiments.
Don't miss our next event: Haunting Arts & Spooktacular Science – October 29.
No Preschool Discovery Hour This Week
Posted by: | CommentsThere will be no Preschool Discovery Hour at Gateway to Science on Wednesday, October 19 or Saturday, October 22 due to the Teacher Convention school holiday. We are having fun every week and look forward to seeing you next week at Preschool Discovery Hour on Wednesday, October 26 at 10:30 AM and Saturday, October 29 at 10:30 AM.


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Man dies in home invasion
MIRAMAR, Fla. (WSVN) -- Police are investigating a deadly home invasion where a South Florida man was murdered in front of his wife and three kids.
"This is the act of cowards-- people who hide behind masks and take a father away from his sons," said Gentry Chambers, the victim's brother-in-law.
The incident occurred Tuesday, around 9 p.m., along 24th Street and Southwest 83rd Avenue. Wednesday morning, police were still on the scene. "The only thing I know is, my nephews lost a father, and I lost a brother," said Chambers.
Chambers said his brother-in-law, Raymond Adderly, was arriving at his home when he was attacked. "Apparently some cowards came and took his life unnecessarily," he said. "He was coming home from a Christmas party for his kids, and it's hazy at that point."
"We do know there are multiple suspects," said Tania Rues of Miramar Police. "They approached the homeowner, as he was approaching the residence."
Miramar Police said the people who committed the crime fled and are still on the run. Now detectives are interviewing Adderly's family who witnessed the crime. "We're in shock. It's awful. It's awful my nephews and sister have to go through this during the holidays," said Chambers.
One friend said she is still in shock about losing her neighbor and friend. "It hurts, but I still don't believe it," she said.
The unidentified friend said Adderly was a family man but also noted that he had a connection to famous rapper Rick Ross. "[They were] like best friends," she said.
Even neighbors who did not know Adderly, knew he had a music industry connection based on what they saw parked outside his home. "These Miami cars that have Flo Rida on them, cars with Rick Ross pictures-- party cars like you would see on South Beach," said neighbor Tiffany Douglas.
He have had a famous friend, but relatives will remember Adderly most as a loving father and husband. Adderly leaves behind three children who are 3, 5 and 7 years old.
If you have any information on this deadly home invasion, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward.
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SpaceX Just Made History. Again.
SpaceX has released a new video of last month's remarkable Grasshopper
First, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk inspired Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal of Iron Man
SpaceX's Grasshopper is even more impressive than you probably realized – and that's saying something. While previous
As government funding for space programs dwindles, our greatest hope seems to lie with space entrepreneurs like SpaceX's Elon Musk, who wants to put a city on Mars
At today's House hearing for the NASA Authorization Act of 2013, witness Thomas Young was asked how long it would take the Agency to put a human on Mars with its current budget. His response was unambiguous: "Never."
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Elon Musk is making all of our dreams of independent space flight come true, and he wants to put humans on Mars
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Dennis Tito wants to send humans to Mars. Earlier today, the millionaire space tourist announced more details on a mission that would see two astronauts set a course for the red planet in January 2018, perform a flyby (no orbital insertion or landing required) and head right back to Earth in the span of 501 days. After …
Late last night, word began circulating that entrepreneur Dennis Tito — who, in 2001, became the world's first space tourist — intends to launch a privately backed mission to Mars in 2018. Details will be announced next week, but initial reports indicate that the expedition will be round-trip and last 501 days.
SpaceX has just taken a major step closer to achieving the world's first reusable launch vehicle. The private space-firm has just released a video showing its Grasshopper Vertical Take Off and Landing Vehicle rising up to a height of 40 meters (130 feet) where it hovers for a brief moment, and then vertically…
Elon Musk (the billionaire genius who helped inspire RDJ's Tony Stark
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX, has announced an ambitious plan to colonize Mars by shuttling 80,000 pioneers to the Red Planet at a cost of $500,000 a trip. The first phase of the program, which is contingent on the development of reusable rocket that can take off and land…
Last night, SpaceX kicked off its brand new cargo-hauling contract with NASA by launching a supply-laden Dragon capsule on a trip to the International Space Station; and while all signs indicate that Dragon is doing fine, video footage reveals that the Falcon 9 rocket used to lift the capsule had some... technical…
The world knows him as Elon Musk — co-creator of PayPal, founder of Tesla motor sports, and CEO of SpaceX, the first private company in history to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station
Two months ago, SpaceX launched its Dragon space capsule into Earth orbit
After experiencing its fair share
Its first launch attempt was cut short less than a second before liftoff on Saturday morning
It's official. According to Elon Musk, CEO of private space-transport company SpaceX, NASA has given the final go-ahead on a launch that, if successful, will mark the dawn of a new era in spaceflight: the era of commercial spacecraft. Liftoff is scheduled for Saturday morning.


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Female kicker's NFL scouting combine tryout lasts all of 2 kicks
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Lauren Silberman's NFL tryout has lasted all of two kicks, neither of which traveled 20 yards.
Silberman is the first woman to compete at an NFL regional scouting combine. She is 28 years old and played club soccer at Wisconsin.
She left the New York Jets' practice field after injuring her quadriceps. She tried two kickoffs, the first going 19 yards and the second about 13 yards. She then asked to see a trainer.
As more than two dozen media, including E! Entertainment network, watched her every move, Silberman was examined by a trainer. About 30 minutes later, while 36 other kickers continued their workouts, she called the scene "surreal."
Silberman left the complex soon after that.
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