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What's the homeless person's story? Did he take care of his responsibilities in the past? Did he go from an adult to a child? How can you lump all old homeless men into a single group? Do you assume that they are all worthless? Not all homeless people don't have responsibilities. Many do, from where to find a place to sleep, what to eat, etc etc. They are trying to survive with what they have and what they can find (that is, if they are truly homeless). Some come together to form a community and strive to help each other out, therefore making other homeless old men with "0 responsibility 0 sway in anything 0 control over anything" responsible, have a voice in their small community, and have control on whether they eat or have a place to sleep by doing his part to keep the homeless people alive.
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You turned 18? Congrats
Though, I personally don't treat anyone under 20 as an adult... Eighteen, Nineteen... Still teenagers in my mind.
And if you look at the way the majority act and/or behave then they really don't deserve to be considered or treated as adults yet anyways.
And yes, with me being 19 I still don't consider myself an adult yet either.
That's assuming you stay at home.
Those who move out into dorms and/or on their own have a lot more responsibility to be worrying about.
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This largely depends on peoples meaning of it, many people use it purely as a measure of how long you've lived on the earth for.
Others use it as a way to describe maturity or amount of responsibility.
If were to look up the actual definition though...
a·dult(-dlt, dlt)n.1. One who has attained maturity or legal age.
2. Biology A fully grown, mature organism.
adj.1. Fully developed and mature.
2. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education.
3. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies; adult bookstores.
[From Latin adultus, past participle of adolscere, to grow up; see adolescent.]
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a·dultness n.
According to Noun #1, it seems to be whatever comes first may it be legal age or maturity. But to #2 it's all about your physical body growth and with how everyone grows differently that's not something either mental maturity or legal age can measure. Well they could roughly, but not accurately.
Adjective #1 though, like Noun #1 but instead of whatever comes first it's obtaining both so being the legal age and the right maturity level. #2. Seems to be more an identifier. #3. How to describe, sexual content. In other words not related to the discussion on hand.
Then there's the Thesaurus:
1. adulthood - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
2. adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
Noun #1 is purely physical based. Noun #2 seems to relate to the responsibilities though like you've been vouching.
In the end? We either need to rule it seems that it means both physical and mental growth to a certain level or that it's either one or the other so it's meaning can be changed/altered or is simply not clear and conflicting with itself.
So in the end, both of you are right.
Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/adulthood
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"Did he go from an adult to a child?"
That's what I'm asking, maybe at some point he was responsible for something, at the point of that picture he didn't have any responsibilities, sure he had to eat and sleep somewhere, but that's only personal responsibility, he doesn't care about anything else, the guy fights for liquor.
Sure a lot of homeless people get together, usually at places run and funded by people with homes.
The point is, even if you have no responsibilities, you're still an adult.
It's a matter of age, it's like my mom telling me when I was 16, "if you don't get a job, you'll never be a man!"
a·dult [uh-duhlt, ad-uhlt]
having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
Nothing about responsibilities.
Look, right there it says "Age: 19" .
But yeah, I'm only recently starting to feel like an actual adult instead of just an old teenager.
Really? You obviously do not know about a homeless camp, where the homeless do band together to survive, and not in some shelter funded by people with homes. And who is to say that that old homeless person does not belong to one? Get out of the country and into the city, and you will see a lot of homeless camps.
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"Get out of the country and into the city, and you will see a lot of homeless camps."
I live near the downtown area of potentially the worst city for both housing and jobs, I've never seen a homeless "camp".
I'm not trying to diss the homeless, I'm trying to say that being responsible is not the same as being an adult, responsibility is just part of AdultHOOD. Cause and Effect mixed up.
I'm not gonna go selling smokes to 10 year olds, no matter how responsible they are.


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The continent of Tyrith has always been a tranquil world. For centuries, each of the five nations of Tyrith have stood by an oath to maintain peace throughout the realms known as the White Pact, and has contributed to the forwarding of human civilization in the ways of architecture, industry, magic and culture. But for how long can the peace last? How strong are the bonds of an ancient deal? Only time knows the answers...
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September 11, 2003 - Tampa, Florida
With President Robert Leger presiding, the meeting of the board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists was called to order at 8:10 a.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2003, at the Hyatt Regency in Tampa, Fla.
Secretary/Treasurer Irwin Gratz called the roll. The following board members were in attendance for all or a portion of the meeting:
President Robert Leger
President-elect Mac McKerral
Secretary-Treasurer Irwin Gratz
Immediate Past President Al Cross
Vice President of Campus Chapter Affairs Jim Highland
Director At-Large Jim Parker
Campus Advisers At-Large Mead Loop and David Carlson
Student Representatives Jeff Douglas and Autumn Sanders
Regional Directors: Guy Baehr, Jonathan Hunley, Holly Fisher, Bruce Cadwallader, Vicky Katz Whitaker, Dave Aeikens, Travis Poling, Paul Husselbee, Steve Maynard, Mark Scarp and Clint Brewer.
Executive Director Terry Harper and other staff members as well as members of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation board of directors and various chapter members and SPJ members also were present for all or portions of the meeting.
Upon proper motion and second by Highland and Cadwallader, respectively, the minutes of the April 26, 2003, SPJ board of directors meeting were approved as amended.
Upon proper motion and second by Parker and Carlson, respectively, the minutes of the April 26, 2003, joint meeting of the SPJ and Sigma Delta Chi Foundation boards of directors were approved.
Leger referenced his printed report, which was available in the board packets. He asked for questions or comments. Leger's report is attached to these minutes as Exhibit A.
Harper referenced his report, which was e-mailed to board members in advance of the meeting. He briefly reviewed SPJ's financial management plans and explained that he was confident in the organization's financial position but that current financial reporting left much to be desired. The financial management has been brought in-house, and that should make the reporting process more manageable. Harper distributed un-audited financial statements and explained that they were for board members' general informational purposes only; the figures would change as the books were closed on Fiscal Year 2003.
Harper reported that he had been notified that SPJ was the beneficiary of the estate of Frederick I. Archibald. The Society's ten percent (10%) share is worth approximately $76,000 and is to be used to establish a journalism scholarship fund in Mr. Archibald's memory. Harper recommended that the Society gift the funds to the SDX Foundation and administer the scholarship from there. Using the Foundation's five percent spending policy, three $1,000 scholarships could be made each year.
Upon proper motion and second by Scarp and Highland, respectively, the board voted to gift the Archibald bequest to the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation to set up the scholarship fund and create an ad hoc committee to be appointed by the SPJ President to establish criteria for awarding scholarships in the future.
The committee will be chaired by Highland, and committee members will include the campus representatives and advisers at-large on the SPJ board.
Gratz led the discussion, which centered on a memo in the board packets that outlined ideas for improving the organization's financial situation. The group discussed ways to move beyond dues as the organization's primary source of funding.
Items discussed included: investing in the SDX awards through advertising and cash awards; increasing advertising sales, possibly through a fulltime staff person; refocusing Quill to report more on the organization as opposed to the industry; publishing or selling SPJ materials; increased merchandising; establishing a "master journalist" program that would not create First Amendment issues; and reexamining options for using the headquarters building.
The group paused at 8:46 a.m. for a moment of silence to reflect on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor two journalists and national SPJ members who recently died.
From the revenue discussion, the following issues arose:
SPJ should carefully examine its core focus before selecting individual revenue projects
Priorities need to be established for what to explore first.
Board members would like to see a cost/benefit analysis for a plan to process all dues at one point during the year.
It was suggested that SPJ measure its success by programs created and quality rather than an increase in membership numbers. If a program is self-financing, it's not as important how many members it brings in.
For every project, SPJ should have a business plan or a business model that shows the project's sustainability before it is implemented.
Consider a new convention model that generates more revenue and isn't as dependent on hotels.
The board established an ad-hoc committee to review the financial strategies and ideas and present a report to the Executive Committee in January and to the full board in April. Board members interested in serving on the committee should contact Leger.
Highland reviewed his report, which was available in the board packet. He highlighted recent activities and accomplishments in the campus realm, particularly with regard to First Amendment and free press issues. Highland encouraged continued letter-writing in support of a continuing journalism program to the administration at Texas A&M University.
Reports from Regions 2, 3, 5, 10, and 11 were presented in the board books. The Region 6 report was distributed at the meeting. The reports stood as prepared.
SPJ/IRE Better Watchdog Workshops
Board members reviewed the retention rates for members from the SPJ/IRE Better Watchdog workshops. The current retention information was available in the board packets. A question arose about how many of the individuals were already SPJ members before attending the workshops. The group briefly discussed programming efforts, retention efforts and ideas for future programs. One suggestion was to consider requesting those funds to develop local chapter programming rather than national programs.
Membership Committee Update
Membership Committee Chairman Howard Dubin reiterated his request for increased membership promotion and marketing efforts. He discussed a new mailing currently going out to lapsed members. Another idea yet to be implemented is having local chapters submit names to headquarters, which headquarters will contact with a localized membership pitch.
Council of National Journalism Organizations Survey
Carlson distributed the results of a survey of journalism organizations he conducted for the Council of National Journalism Organizations.
Graduated Chapter Requirements Update
Grimes updated the group on the implementation of the star rating system for professional chapters. The program has created additional paperwork and responsibilities for staff and regional directors, but it has resulted in better information about those chapters that submitted reports. Chapter leaders did a good job evaluating their chapters. The program will now be carried over to campus chapters for 2004. At the 2004 fall meeting, the board will be considering dissolving or revoking chapter charters for chapters that remain noncompliant.
Highland suggested sending a letter to the dean of all schools that did not submit a report this year explaining that the chapter was not in compliance and would be placed on probation if they were not brought into compliance by next year.
Regional Directors asked for a responsibility list for working with one-star chapters in the coming year.
Upon proper motion and second by Whitaker and Highland, respectively, the board voted to revoke the charter of the Central Illinois Pro Chapter.
Freedom of Information Committee Chair Ian Marquand presented his report, which was included in the board packets. Marquand mentioned past year's highlights, including the establishment of the State Open Government Hall of Fame. He pointed out that there had been few Legal Defense Fund requests in recent months. Marquand's term as FOI Chair will end at the convention. The committee will be lead by co-chairs Charles Davis and Joel Campbell.
Bruce Sanford of Baker & Hostetler distributed the B&H annual report. He recognized Marquand's excellent work in the past few years. Sanford, too, mentioned the LDF and suggested the group seek out a high-impact issue that SPJ is willing to pursue. He suggested a focus on privacy issues that would be beneficial to the public (not just journalists). Sanford reiterated his firm's willingness to participate in local chapter programs based on a selected issue. The key would be advanced scheduling.
The group briefly discussed current HIPPA legislation. Davis has a comprehensive file on the subject. The message here should be that there is a very high cost to misguided expectations with regard to privacy. Sanford suggested SPJ work with other groups also interested in these issues. It was pointed out that this was a concern for members of the clergy because they were unable to visit their church members.
Committee Chair Sally Lehrman discussed her report, which was included in the board packet. Lehrman mentioned SPJ's diversity teaching module, which was presented at a recent AEJMC conference. The Diversity and Journalism Education committees will be making revisions to the module and preparing it for distribution. The Rainbow Sourcebook is gaining popularity, and The Whole Story, SPJ's diversity newsletter has been popular. Both require an ongoing commitment. Lehrman reminded board members that SPJ's commitment to diversity is just starting to show and must be maintained.
Lehrman shared with the board a proposed change to SPJ's Bylaws preamble to add diversity and freedom of information commitments to the preamble.
Upon proper motion and second by Poling and McKerral, respectively, the board voted to support the bylaws change proposed by Lehrman.
McKerral mentioned that he will be meeting with committee chairs during the weekend, and will ask them to each be involved in projects in the coming year that will result in physical, tangible things journalists can use.
The remaining committee reports stand in written form. Other committee reports included in the board packet were: ACEJMC, Chapter Doctor, Ethics, International Journalism, Journalism Education, and Project Watchdog.
Governance Committee Chairman Reginald Stuart distributed his committee's report at the meeting. A copy of the report is attached to these minutes. Board member Christine Tatum joined this discussion via phone. The committee made several observations but no recommendations that required board votes at this meeting.
General Observations:
Board size should remain the same. The President should assign specific board members to serve as active members of each committee to ensure that committee work is represented during board discussions.
No recommendations were made to create board positions based on media type.
The committee recommended sticking with the current delegate voting system.
The Executive Committee acts in absence of the full board of directors. The committee should fully communicate its actions to the board as soon as possible.
Region Directors are responsible for their regions but must also think and act with the best interests of the entire organization in mind.
Consider increasing the stipends for regional directors and board members.
Directors at large positions need to be carefully thought out. They need specific responsibilities each year, depending up on the person in the position. It is the responsibility of the Nominations Committee Chair to seek out individuals for these positions.
Regional conferences are important SPJ tools. The board should set a goal to improve the regional programs. Consider setting a common theme each year to build every conference around. Consider helping regions secure funding and speakers and preparing marketing plans and materials.
The board discussed each of the above issues and others related to governance. Some board members felt strongly that the group should still consider decreasing the size of the board and looking at ways to better serve local chapters and members. Others expressed displeasure with maintaining the regional system, saying the geographic regions were too constricting.
The group agreed that is was important to keep these discussions going. The committee's report, along with alternative notes compiled by McKerral, Tatum, Hunley and Brewer, will be distributed to all chapter presidents and advisers. Discussions should be scheduled at each regional conference, with a follow-up discussion at the April board meeting.
2003: Tampa
McKerral pointed out that things are running as smoothly as possible. The group was close to its fund raising goal of $75,000 as the convention opened. He asked board members to make notes about suggestions for next year.
2004: New York
Convention planner Betsy Ashton distributed her report and reviewed fund raising commitments and visits to date. The committee's goal is $200,000, and they are planning for 1,200 in attendance. Ashton discussed confirmed and potential keynote speakers as well as major events being planned. Sanford offered to assist with organizing panels for the convention.
Ashton introduced Amy Lemel, publisher of The Journalist, the 2004 Convention magazine. The Executive Committee in July approved initial plans for this magazine, but completion will require securing a loan for work done prior to the magazine's publication.
The group discussed the risks of the project and determined the potential value outweighed those risks. The program could "redefine" the organization and the convention.
Upon proper motion and second by Parker and Scarp, respectively, the board voted to seek a loan from the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation to fund the development of The Journalist. The board authorized a loan of up to $180,000 for this purpose.
2005: Las Vegas
Harper discussed difficulties in finding adequate hotel space on the Las Vegas strip using SPJ's current weekend day pattern. Consensus was to consider an early week convention in Las Vegas.
Future Conventions
Harper suggested that planning logistics and programming for future conventions should reside with the national staff, with assistance from the national Professional Development Committee. HQ would create the structure, make the plans and involve those necessary to successfully complete the program.
Upon and proper motion and second by Carlson and Gratz, respectively, the board directed headquarters staff to plan and execute future conventions, including convention programming.
Hunley recommended involving headquarters more in regional conference planning.
Upon proper motion and second by Parker and Cadwallader, respectively, the board voted to recommend for funding by the SDX Foundation only the $10,000 request from the SPJ FOI Committee, New Jersey Foundation for Open Government and NFOIC.
Responsibilities of the Resolutions Committee
Cross asked the board to review the responsibilities of the Resolutions Committee. Should the committee have the power to refuse to present proposed resolutions to the convention delegates? Or, should it simply review the language of the resolutions and make recommendations to the delegates? Consider developing a basic standard for proposed resolutions.
The Resolutions Committee should formalize what it believes its role to be and present that to the full board for review.
Leger named Fisher, Sanders and Baehr as vote counters for the general elections.
Leger named the following board members as sergeants at arms for the delegates meetings: Cadwallader, Douglas, and Aeikens.
Leger named the following individuals to the Credentials Committee during the convention: Maynard, Scarp and Chapter Doctor Kyle Niederpruem.
Leger appointed the follow officers to conduct elections in the following regional meetings: Region 2, Leger; Region 8, Leger; Region 3, McKerral; Region 11, McKerral; Region 6, Gratz; Region 10, Cross; and Region 12, Highland.
There being no further business to come before the board of directors and upon proper motion and second by Carlson and Scarp, respectively, the meeting was adjourned at 12:59 p.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2003.
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What impact acute stress (or hippocampal neurogenesis, for that matter) has on AD is a bit of a stretch from the data at hand. However, if the high rate... Read more
What impact acute stress (or hippocampal neurogenesis, for that matter) has on AD is a bit of a stretch from the data at hand. However, if the high rate of cell death among newborn hippocampal progenitor cells (roughly 80 percent die within 4 weeks of mitosis) reflects a population of cells that are teetering on the brink between life and death, and this study shows that acute stress can push them over the edge in even greater numbers than normal, perhaps cells struggling to stay alive in the face of high levels of Aβ might also succumb in greater-than-normal numbers following episodes of acute stress (arguments with caregivers, agitation following a change in routine, etc.). Admittedly, this is an enormous extrapolation from their results, but one that would be interesting to test in mouse models of the disease.
In reading the results, I wonder if the Thomas study might have revealed an even greater impact of stress on neurogenesis than the authors state. Specifically, they find 60 percent more CldU-labeled newborn cells in the hippocampi of stressed animals than in non-stressed controls. The difference in means is just short of statistical significance (p = 0.068), but this experiment used only four animals in each condition. Would they have also observed a significant difference in proliferation as well as survival had they counted more animals? Further, Thomas et al. show that an increased percentage of the newborn cells in stressed rats express a marker of immature neurons (DCX) shortly after cell division (41.9 percent vs. 26.3 percent). Could this suggest that recent stress increases the production of new neurons, but that these cells later die in greater numbers, ultimately resulting in a normal number of surviving mature neurons after the two effects cancel each other out?
Finally, because I have been stumped by this in my own work, I wonder whether the effect of stress on hippocampal neurogenesis is influenced by gender. The paradigm they have used, a form of resident-intruder aggression testing, is most often used with male animals. Females are more accepting of outsiders, and might not reach the same stress levels as males under the same conditions. But if corticosterone were directly administered at the same doses to male and female rats, would they show the same decrement in neurogenesis? And how does neurogenesis in each gender respond to chronic stress? Thomas et al. have shown an almost frightening consequence of a single acute stressor—I hate to think how many new neurons I have lost sweating over deadlines even in my brief academic career. View all comments by Joanna Jankowsky
In this study the authors make several important points. They suggest that mouse neuronal stem cells (NSCs) may be a useful model of human NSCs, something others in the field have argued may not be true. They also suggest a synergy between therapies and indicate that enzymatic replacement is more important and leads to reduced inflammation and prolonged survival of endogenous neurons. The authors do show some neurogenesis but agree that this cannot account for the global changes seen.
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While these studies are encouraging, it is clear that much additional work needs to be done. Longer-term studies, absence of tumorigenesis as was shown to occur with embryonic stem cell transplants in other studies, the potential for longer-term rejection, and the effects of any immune suppressives that may be required need to be evaluated.
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The differential effect of acute stress on proliferation and survival of progenitor cells raises the important question of whether these processes are innate properties of the progenitors, or processes regulated by the neurogenic microenvironment.
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In addition, it would be interesting to examine alterations in other measures of hippocampal plasticity following stress. Examination of the effect of acute stress on neurogenesis in the subventricular zone may help us identify whether stress exerts a general effect on neurogenic processes or if these effects are hippocampus-specific. During the last decade, an increasing number of studies demonstrate that stress induces alterations in expression of several neurotrophic factors, such as BDNF, VEGF and FGF-2, in limbic brain regions that play a role in the regulation of cognition. Stress can further lead to depressed synaptic physiology, neuronal atrophy and cell loss in specific brain areas such as the hippocampus and amygdala. Although the physiological response to stress is not fully understood, it becomes increasingly clear that the effects of environmental factors on homeostasis, metabolic pathways, and cellular processes are far reaching. Whether impaired neurogenesis leads to compromised cognitive function in AD and whether a cross-talk exists between Alzheimer pathology and hippocampal neurogenesis are highly relevant questions that have yet to be explored. View all comments by Orly Lazarov
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Though reports vary as to what it's like to spend a night in Lamont, it's clear that as the night drags into morning, the library ambience changes drastically. "I think there is a certain hour when the atmosphere becomes one of desperation," said Ariel R. Walzer '15.
Faculty Members Say Grade Distribution is Not a Big Concern
With Harvard College under national scrutiny after Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris revealed Tuesday that students at the College are more likely to receive an A than any other grade, faculty members told The Crimson that they do not have to meet a particular grade distribution and that they are not overly concerned about the potential consequences of high grading averages.
The percentage of graduates in the life sciences concentration has risen in the last decade and has experienced a sizeable increase when compared to peer institutions.
Review of Life Sciences Concentrations Presented to Faculty
Student interest and satisfaction have both increased since the restructuring of concentrations and advising within the life sciences. In 2012, the life sciences concentrations graduated 52 percent more students than in 2006. Concentration satisfaction—a major concern before the restructuring—has also risen significantly, according to the report.
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S02 Ep15 (Part 2 of 3) - Holding on the bass for dear life with Ernie Isley
Interview Date: August 13, 2012 @10 am EDT
Special Guest: Ernie Isley (of the Isley Brothers) - is a key member in one of the most famous soul/funk/R&R bands of all time. Ernie Isley was a crucial component in the band at a historic and transitional time in music; they changed the sound of the band's early music with songs like "This Old Heart of Mine" and "Shout" and advanced into their later funk driven sound with songs like "Fight the Power Pts. 1 & 2," "Harvest for the World," "Voyage to Atlantis," and "That Lady." Ernie Isley helped make the Isley brothers one of the few groups that have charted in five consecutive decades. In this podcast we talk about why Jimi Hendrix had difficulty catching in America, the first time Ernie was in the studio to record "It's your thing," the 3 + 3 recording sessions, and the Beatles inspiration and introduction in America.
Attention Everyone: This is a Snobbery!
In these days of music snobs and jokes like "I'm into bands that haven't even formed yet." As great as some artists are lauded now and pasted on the front cover of magazines and whose image sell millions of t-shirts, some never got the popularity nor the due respect simply because they were too advanced for the population or market to accept. All this despite skill, mettle, integrity, or whatever you wish to say that separates a band from the crowd but also separates them so far for them to fail to realize success. Ironically, while recognition is the measure and aim (often) of budding artists pushing their craft to new levels hoping to make it big, the market and larger population tends to be pretty conservative.
But this is the market. And there's more than one side. The Delfonics probably wouldn't have such a cult following if it weren't so cool to be into the band before they broke, or never broke but should have. If every band that finally made it had a nickel from everyone who said they were into them before they got popular, well, let's just say that there would be a lot more money to go around to feed the starving artists, perhaps to the ends of time.
This is the priceless and intangible commodity; the je nes sais quoi of music appreciation. Lest not we forget Hammond's Folley: Bob Dylan. Hammond's Folley was the moniker given to Dylan because Columbia Records' A&R man John Hammond signed Dylan, and produced his album which sold poorly at first and Hammond's bosses found such disfavour with Dylan they dubbed him "Hammond's Folley." In fact, the Columbia Record execs didn't authorize his signing. It was Hammond's persistence and rebellious nature to go ahead and sign him despite his superiors objections. Obviously, he had an ear more advanced than the execs; Dylan's success and Hammond's reputation more than show for it.
There are scores of bands that influenced others and helped launch them into stardom but never got to reap the same degree of success. Jimi Hendrix credited the Isley Brothers because reporters fascinated by his sound wanted to know how he developed and would ask him directly what bands he was into and influenced by. Often, Hendrix would only mention the Isley Brothers.
Also, unfortunately, as time wears on influences get forgotten and stories get simplified. As Ernie Isley describes in the interview, finding McCartney in his audience, they happened to have a great meeting, and the two gushed on each other great respect. And while the same three names of Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Chuck Berry get mentioned as the influences of the Beatles, McCartney told Isley that the Beatles would never have gotten out of Liverpool had it not been for the Isley Brothers, and he got up on stage and said so to give them homage.
It's a mercurial nature of where a sound takes hold. Place and time are never consistent. Hendrix said that he really learned to play while he was in Memphis because the audiences were so hard and everybody there played guitar, but Memphis got to be limiting pretty quickly in terms of sound; that plus the race issue made it difficult to gain success there. In the U.S. in '63 only the major metropolitan areas were where mixed race bands were accepted; elsewhere, they were often shut down or forced out. Countless stories could be told. During this time, and the influx of the British Invasion, Hendrix was told that he just wouldn't sell in America. This is how Jimi was spirited away to the U.K.
But I'm not talking about the race issue here, it's the general acceptance issue-if their music was appreciated. The same goes for fine art and literature. Artists sometimes never get the recognition they deserve until they're dead.
And still, musicians get passed over because they were too advanced. All this considering the valuable commodity and bragging rights of being into the band that hasn't broke yet, but on the verge. Unfortunately, some remain on the verge and only make it to a revered cult following; such has been said of Sun Ra and Frank Zappa.
But what makes the long hours of research so rewarding is honing that appreciation to be able to flesh out the bands that had that sound, or skill, or philosophy, or audacity to push music in another direction but just weren't pushed, promoted, discovered, or simply just weren't accepted in their time and passed over. It's not just collecting, it's honing an appreciation and relishing the reward. It brings a higher level of integrity to music snob.
Parting Thoughts:
We thought we'd pay a little respect to some of the artists who didn't get their due in their day.
Little Jimmy Scott. He's a complex case, even his resurgence was diminished by interfering influence despite highest praise from respected professionals.
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Joseph Edward Buck Sr.
Joseph Edward Buck Sr., 79, Barnes, Wis., died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Superior.
Joseph Edward Buck Sr., 79, Barnes, Wis., died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Superior.
He was born on Sept., 14, 1933, in Grand Forks, N.D. to Joseph Francis and Nora Cecelia Margaret (Morrison) Buck.
Joe proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War also serving in Germany for two years. He was honorably discharged in Nov. 1955.
He worked as a lead mechanic for Ruan Leasing and Transportation, retiring in 1996, after 31 years of dedicated service. In retirement, Joe worked for the Town of Barnes. He was a member of the Teamsters Union.
Joe was an avid Green Bay Packer and NASCAR fan and loved working on cars. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, camping and helping others. He especially enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren.
Joe is survived by four sons, Joseph Buck, Jr., Fond du Lac, George Buck, Superior, Randy (Danelle) Buck, Superior, Troy Buck, Superior; three daughters, Kathryn (Dan) Parent, Superior, Tammy (Bruce) Lepage, Wisconsin Rapids, Janice (Shan) Martineau, Superior; four step-daughters, Lynette Beckwell, Barnes, Bernadette Beckwell, Long Island, N.Y., Pamela Johnson, Coon Rapids, Minn., Carla (Jon) Martin, Fountain City, Wis.; 25 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; five sisters, Nora Grage, Mellen, Joanne Buck, Minneapolis, Minn., Beverly Buck, Minneapolis, Jeannie Buck, Superior, Patsy Dagnan, Superior; three brothers, Ronald Buck, Donald Buck and Terry Buck, all of Indiana and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Bonnie in Oct. 2009, and two brothers, Maynard and Richard Buck.
Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. until the 1 p.m. funeral service on Friday, Nov. 9, in the Lenroot-Maetzold Funeral Home with Rev. Don Kania, Pastor of St. Anthony Catholic Church, officiating.
Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery where military honors will be accorded by the Richard I. Bong American Legion Post 435 and the Minnesota Patriot Guard.
Send a condolence or sign the on-line guest book at www.lenroot-maetzold.com.
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Ford Set to Discuss CEO Succession Plan
FBN's Adam Shapiro on Ford planning to discuss its succession plan for CEO Alan Mulally.
Sep 11, 2012
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Adam Shapiro -- Fox Business -- there was a bullish tone on Wall Street as all three major indexes ended the staying green and the blue chips hit their highest level since December 2007.
Ford is reportedly set to talk about life after Alan Mulally according to the Wall Street Journal the topic of a secession plan.
Will be on the agenda when the board of directors meet on Thursday many are speculating mark fields.
-- assume the role of chief executive one day when Mulally retires the company issued a statement to Fox Business in response saying.
Ford doesn't comment on speculation.
And a majority of US employers don't expect there hiring plans to change during the fourth quarter according to the quarterly hiring survey by manpower group.
Most employers won't time because of uncertainty over November's elections the federal budget.
And economic struggles in Europe and China.
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Magellan EXplorist 310
Magellan EXplorist 310
Good features.
I'm a complete beginner with GPS devices so not sure what to expect or what it can do. Learning more each day though wish the online manual was a bit fuller. Seems a little sparse on detail.
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The Magellan eXplorist 310 is a waterproof handheld GPS receiver with core outdoor navigation features, expandable mapping, and paperless geocaching.
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The Magellan eXplorist 310 is a waterproof handheld GPS receiver with core outdoor navigation features, expandable mapping, and paperless geocaching.
- Waterproof handheld GPS receiver
- Easy to navigate menus and rich graphics
- 500 megabytes of available user storage
- 2GB internal memory
- High-sensitivity SiRFstarIII GPS with 3.5m accuracy
- Preloaded with World Edition map - Includes a complete road network in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and Australia and major roads throughout the rest of the world. This unique preloaded map also includes water features, urban and rural land use, and city centre
- Brilliant sunlight readable 2.2? QVGA colour screen
- Upload detailed topo maps
- Paperless Geocaching
- Record Tracks and See ?Breadcrumbs? on the Map Screen - Keep a log of steps taken then reference your track to find your way back or keep a digital journal of your trips
- Track Summary - Start your journey with one-click and keep tabs on useful statistics such as distance travelled, average speed, elevation gain and descent, and average time to find
- NMEA Message Output (USB Only) - For hardcore outdoor GPS enthusiasts who want to connect their device to laptop running VantagePoint software and see their position on computer screen
- Multiple Coordinates and Map Datums - Navigate around the world and do it accurately. See your geographic location in UTM coordinates or reference the OS Grid for use in Great Britain
- Suspend Mode - An advanced power saving mode. Turns off everything except for GPS tracking. Wake up the device with a single click
- 18hrs battery life using 2xAA batteries
- 2GB internal memory
- High-sensitivity SiRFstarIII GPS with 3.5m accuracy
- Rugged and waterproof to IPX-7 standards
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"Defeat the Defeat before the Defeat Defeats you"
(Swami Vivekananda)
This past year provided many important lessons in online security and protection. Based on these lessons and because of the numerous cyberattacks and threats in 2011, many organizations and businesses are currently revamping their online security guidelines and systems in an effort to improve authentication compliance and abide by authentication best practices.
In January, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recent updates to its Authentication Guidelines went into effect, requiring up-to-date and strong authentication compliance for financial institutions. The purpose of the guidelines is to "provide a risk management framework for financial institutions offering Internet-based products and services to their customers. Institutions should use effective methods to authenticate the identity of customers and that the techniques employed should be commensurate with the risks associated with the products and services offered and the protection of sensitive customer information" (See BankInfoSecurity for more information).
The Department of Defense (DoD) has also made updates to its authentication program, the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS). JPAS is a centralized security program that helps protect against unauthorized access to its networks and applications, comply with data protection regulations and enforce security best practices. As of January 21, 2012, non-DoD individuals in the JPAS program must use a digital certificate stored on a USB token or smartcard that has been issued by a DoD-approved External Certificate Authority (ECA).
Both the FFIEC and the DoD took note of the cyberthreat and attack lessons learned in 2011. In order for corporations to follow suit, they must implement authentication best practices that will more effectively keep their data and customer data secure. One of the most important solutions of identity authentication available to corporations today is two-factor authentication or risk-based authentication. Two-factor authentication helps corporations better protect themselves against hackers by requiring two methods of identity verification: a password (something the user knows) and an authentication token (something the user has). Risk-based authentication profiles a user's device and their behavior to assess the risk associated with their activity and invoke secondary authentication when that activity appears to be unusual.
The popularity of smartphones and tablet devices represents a security opportunity for organizations – more users already have a device that could function as an authentication token to provide a stronger assertion of their identity to a wide variety of parties. Unlike traditional two-factor authentication token solutions, approaches that enable re-use of existing mobile devices are faster and easier to deploy, and more cost-effective to maintain. And, unlike traditional hardware tokens, users are far less likely to forget their mobile device at home. And using risk-based authentication mechanisms that profile a user's device and behavior can provide similar protection, without any impact to a legitimate user's experience.
Like this last year, 2012 will be full of cyberthreats and attacks. We can expect hackers will only increase the number and intensity of their attacks. Among the current threats to users of financial institutions is the Zeus Trojan, which the FBI is calling "Gameover" because once the hackers get a user's financial information, it's game over. In fact, so far in 2012 Symantec has seen over 200,000 attacks each day from criminals using the Zeus tool kit. The Zeus Trojan, as well as the recent DreamHost attack, prove the urgency corporations should feel about stronger authentication.
As corporations and organizations implement these and other authentication best practices, they'll not only be keeping theirs and user data more secure, but they'll also be better equipped to avoid finding themselves the subject of the latest hacked corporation news headline.
The FFIEC guidance actually talks more about protecting all transaction types, rather than just increasing the security on authentication. The first FFIEC guidance (2005) was the one talking solely on login authentication. In 2011 FFIEC actually admitted that this approach was not sufficient to stop fraud, and therefore the focus on transaction monitoring.
Whether it is transaction or security level rise, it doesn't matter. A strong secutiry application procedure is felt if we review the last year hacking activity. It may be two-factor or risk-based authentication. I think the authentication token and device authentication are best in this situation as theses types of authentication procedures help to protect our system from phising malware or key loggers like the Zeus Trojan. They may get your password but can't use without the hardware authentication.


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I've been working on a new pattern for a long time now - I've finally got the assembly all figured out, but I just can't get it to work right. So I set it aside and decided to make this little pig who's been flying around in my head for awhile. I'll get back to the other one eventually, but it's nice to finish something and feel good about it - even if it means staying up until two in the morning so I can sew! (whew, I don't think I'll do that anymore.)
The pig is just a regular pig - but then you can button on his wings and he becomes a flying pig. He's a nice little reminder that anything's possible.
I'll be adding the pattern to my shop soon, but first I'm going to share it with 200 of you. You can download the pdf here until it's gone. The pdf has instructions and a pattern that measures 8x10 so it can be easily printed. This pattern would be great for a beginner or intermediate sewer. It's a sweet project for all those little scraps, and it comes together pretty quickly.
Thanks for all of your interest in the pattern! It has been moved to the shop now: wilsons.etsy.com
I appreciate feedback on the pattern. Hope you enjoy! Share your pigs in the flickr group.


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ASUS' miniature notebook, the Eee PC, has now been officially launched and is available on Newegg.com - a day before the originally expected release date. The 4G model on Newegg has dimensions of 8.9" x 6.5" x 1.4" and weighs just two pounds, featuring an Intel Celeron M ULV 900MHz processor, a 4GB solid state hard drive, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 802.11g wireless networking, three USB ports and a 7" 800x480 screen. The OS shipped with the Eee PC is a modified version of Xandros Linux, optimised by ASUS, with a battery that is expected to last about 3.5 hours between charges. Although it was rumoured the Eee PC could go on sale for as little as $199, Newegg has the notebook listed at $399, available here, plus $10.03 for shipping. Source: DailyTech
While I think the price is horrible, I do think it's cool that this is probably the first Linux-powered laptop that people actually have a reason to order (once the price drops a bit!).
Get this laptop instead of the EeePC. For $200 bucks more, you are getting a hella of a laptop more than that: http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/of...umber=1&rapid=472253&prvid=OfficeDepot-071028
Not bad -- finally, a Vaio that's somewhat affordable. Not to mention that Wal-mart's now selling a halfway decent Acer laptop for $348 now: [LINK]
Wow, we Brits are only getting ripped off by $57... that's about $13 less that the US price once you allow for VAT (VAT at 17.5% on a $400 item is $70)!!! Admittedly I don't know how much tax is on the US model, so we might still be paying more to ASUS.


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LeapFrog CEO: Excited About Company's Future
LeapFrog CEO John Barbour weighs in on company sales, gadgets for kids and his outlook for holiday sales.
Sep 26, 2012
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Okay we'll talk about a big -- Educational entertainment leader LeapFrog shares are up over a 136.
Per -- in the past year a trend the company hopes will carry it.
Very well into the holiday season and joining me now is John -- CEO of LeapFrog thanks for being -- of good news is you're stock is up 130% -- here.
But it's down 28%.
In the past month what went wrong what's going on there.
And nothing's going wrong which is saying it's a seasonal business them.
People are looking at what's gonna happen in the holiday season them -- real important as the way that we look at the future as the first time I came here a year ago.
-- stocks more than doubled.
We've grown faster than virtually any major company enough space.
We have some of the hottest product for this holiday season and we have great momentum -- and what shareholder I'm pretty excited about the future of the company.
-- to pick up the leap pad to that -- your next generation machine nice little tablet there for kids now one thing I'm really surprised that John.
Did you guys have not been wiped out by the Kindle fire and the iPad and now the apple wants to come with a smaller one.
Why is a dedicated educational device not getting I'll be aided by this new rise -- tablet.
What most of the tablets in the marketplace the -- this thing for adults and if a kid brought to the hot -- they would probably break.
And this has been make -- tough and needed to remember that when it comes to buying a tablet for a child.
The hot -- only -- of the equation what really changes children's life.
Lives as the content you -- it's the books -- that music has the videos.
-- tablets.
Every single book every video every song that goes on this has either been developed or has been selected by one of our -- -- child development expense and that's what makes -- different and everybody else in the space.
No -- in your total sales in the company how much is it from the actual devices the hardware and how much of yourself -- percentage is from software and content.
Well the so -- on the business of course was growing as the most published we've put into the marketplace.
And if you look to the future a bigger share of our business is going to be content -- the content that changes threatens lives do you lose money on that device you know a lot of these cattle makers.
-- Amazon willing to lose money.
Because it's used that to do other stuff with the seller things through it we don't lose money that we don't make much money on the tablets the public -- a vehicle for us to deliver these.
Highly entertaining educational experiences for children not.
Now your most recent quarter June 30 sales up 31%.
Here's September 30 corner probably sales could get another 30% of the year ago period and guess of that right gonna continue but that will find out in the next few weeks moment yes good -- back.
And I tell us about the outlook for Christmas is going to be a big leap -- Christmas and then generally think it's going to be a bigger Christmas shopping season are we all depressed an uncertain.
I think consumers are gonna continue to be cautious and other spending money.
And I think in the marketplace the -- of the market's going to be probably flat or slightly up.
Rid of them but I think the important thing for consumers Lewis and a marketplace where people -- conservative.
That usually means that the -- products sell analyst so I would advise people to take advantage of some of these really great lately programs some of the big -- getting.
And get the product -- -- showed once -- this holiday season because.
No do want to disappoint a kid the -- to your your iPad two you've also got this new -- -- video game player for little kids right they have shown about some hot toy list is that right.
Yeah we were fortunate and the fact that we only develop product for children we create great products that help educate and entertain kids.
Leap pad to use and a whole list that's been on that the Wal-Mart whole list -- in the -- Russell -- -- in the Kmart -- list.
You know -- pod one was the hottest kid tableau of last quality season them.
We expect this to followed up in -- -- to -- -- -- machine Hamlet wishing you luck with that thanks very much for being with us John barber of LeapFrog.
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