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How the folks at The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe got it all wrong. And why James Randi's Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge remains an impediment to progress.
If you read Fringe-ology, or heard me interviewed on the radio, you know I think the value of paranormal stories often lies in what our reactions to such tales reveals about us.
In researching subjects like telepathy, UFOs, ghosts and consciousness, for instance, I found that the people most vocal about the paranormal tend to resist the unexplained. That statement probably sounds counter-intuitive, but allow me to explain: To the most ardent believers, a UFO report is evidence of alien visitation. To passionate skeptics, a UFO report is evidence of how readily people misidentify Earth-bound phenomenon as exotic technology. The truth, of course, is that an Unidentified Flying Object is just that—unidentified—and nothing more. It should go without saying that a UFO, once identified, ceases to be a UFO.
In these terms, skeptics and believers should be able to rally around a common set of cases. After all, listen to alien-visitation advocate Stanton Friedman or arch-skeptic James Randi speak on the subject and both will acknowledge the vast majority of UFO reports can be explained as mis-identified but well-known phenomena. Only a small handful of cases remain unexplained. But even when the data runs out, skeptics and believers go on arguing for their point of view. Friedman advances the E.T. hypothesis. Randi, or the like, explains that these unsolved cases will likely be answered by Earth-bound explanations—and in any case there is no evidence that aliens have visited; and so this is not a possible explanation we should take very seriously; and—may I add?—harrumph.
In my opinion the conversation about any of these unresolved cases should conclude in the exact geolocation where we really sit: at the edge of a mystery, which might be solved by any number of possible explanations—from the prosaic to the powerfully strange—and which cuts right to the heart of one of the deepest existential questions humankind has yet to answer: Are we alone in the universe? But as I mentioned at the outset, mystery—even if it is reality—is less appealing to the blinkered believer or dogmatic skeptic than the answer they have presupposed.
This is a natural phenomenon—as natural as aliens (if they exist). We all bring some bias to the conversation. We view new information through the lens of what we already believe. And we tend to notice or give greater weight to information that confirms our beliefs, or to interpret the data in some way that leaves us feeling more secure about our worldview.
This phenomenon, dubbed confirmation bias, operates within us all—and overcoming it requires a willful effort. In politics, we either assume our favorite candidate will withstand every scandal or we just flat-out ignore any salacious information that emerges. But we are far less gracious toward our political opponents. Consider: To the farthest right republicans, every facet of Democratic President Barack Obama's biography seems to hint at his real status as a secret Muslim who hates America. To democrats situated most dramatically left, republican president George W. Bush was a dry drunk with daddy issues who allowed 9/11 to happen so he could invade Iraq.
I argue, in Fringe-ology, that such biases prove particularly destructive in conversations about the paranormal. But I now hold a more intimate understanding of how confirmation bias operates. Because in mid-January, I got to see how I look through the eyes of skeptics disinterested in looking past their own worldviews.
The occasion was a podcast produced by the good people over at the The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. On Jan. 19, the team there compounded lead host Steven Novella's off-point rebuttal to my critique of James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge with a litany of what I can only guess were heart-felt, bias driven mistakes.
I'll take you through the segment, point-by-point, interjecting as needed. Where I can, I identify the speaker. But there are enough voices chiming in (five) that I occasionally can't make out who is talking. In those instances, I simply identify the speaker as "SG", for Skeptics' Guide. (My comments are preceded by "Volk.")
Steven Novella: So Evan, more people are attacking our beloved Million Dollar James Randi paranormal challenge.
Evan Bernstein: Yeah, the latest is by a fella named Steve Volk. Anyone ever heard of Steve Volk?
Novella: No.
Rebecca Watson: Nope.
Bernstein: No. Of course you haven't. Because he writes about the paranormal.
Volk: There are already a couple of interesting things here. But the most intriguing to me is that Bernstein presumes his skeptical co-hosts wouldn't have heard of me precisely because I write about the paranormal.
I would've thought skeptics might actually consider it part of their beat (in journalistic terms) to familiarize themselves with what people in the paranormal community are writing. But Bernstein and his cohorts casually dismiss the idea. Back to the show…
Bernstein: He floats along unnoticed in the paranormal soup that's out there with thousands of other like-minded authors. He's a freelance writer, a journalist, and he's made appearances on radio shows, usually in the Pennsylvania area, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and he was recently on Joe Rogan's podcast—
SG: Oh!
Bernstein: He's been on Coast to Coast so maybe there are a few people who've heard of him. In any case, he wrote a book about the paranormal, and it's called: Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Paranormal—and Couldn't.
Volk: He misses some small things. The subtitle uses the word "unexplained," not "paranormal." I freelance, but I am on staff at Philadelphia magazine. Also, I'm guessing he misspoke but he seems to be saying most of the radio I've done has been in the Pennsylvania area. For what it's worth, I've actually done comparatively few media appearances in Pennsylvania, and I'm terribly grateful to have received a lot of national exposure, including the recent Joe Rogan appearance, two interviews on the nationally syndicated Coast to Coast AM and segments on NPR's Radiolab and MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan show. But who cares? These guys are just warming up.
Bernstein: He saw a ghost as a kid and he hasn't been regular ever since. That's the gist of the book. And if you think about it, it's kind of an argument from ignorance, right? "I can't explain it, therefore it must be the paranormal."
SG: Exactly!
Volk: The problem, for anyone who knows the first thing about what I've written or said, is that the only people arguing from ignorance here are the hosts of Skeptics' Guide.
For starters, I've never seen a ghost. I've also never claimed to see a ghost. The Family Ghost Story, as I call it in Fringe-ology, involves noises we could never explain. I had my own, fragmented memories of these sounds. But I never, as Bernstein suggests, conclude these bumps in the night represented an actual ghost. In fact, I write the opposite: "…to leap from an unexplained sound to the existence of disembodied life forms is, well, too great a leap to make, based on the evidence at hand."
I even spend a great deal of the chapter looking into some ambitious materialist explanations for ghost stories, including infrasound and electromagnetic waves.
I can't say I was entirely surprised that The Skeptics' Guide screwed this up so thoroughly. I spent a lot of time researching just how mired the modern skeptical movement can be in its own conceits. And while this is sheer speculation on my part, I can guess at how Bernstein arrived at his mistaken notions. I suspect that whoever researched me looked at the description of Fringe-ology on my website or my Amazon bio and saw that I wanted to "investigate an old family ghost story." Interpreting this phrase according to their own pre-existing biases The Skeptics' Guide flew off into a host of pejorative associations. Then they moved on to my blog post.
Bernstein: Mr. Volk has a blog called "Steve Volk: The Generalist," and let's see…on January 9th he posted a blog titled "The Joke of the James Randi Challenge: In Defense of Sheldrake." He dubbed Randi the "cranky elf" of the skeptical movement.
Watson: I think Randi would accept that, actually.
SG: (Laughter)
Watson: I think he would like it.
Bernstein: Volk lets us know in this blog post, he'd like to address what is likely the worst, least credible thing that Randi promotes, which is his long running challenge in which he vows to give one-million dollars to anyone who can prove paranormal claims in a controlled test. He says the Challenge has been muddled by the very boundaries of science* [I write that the Challenge muddles the boundaries of science, but Bernstein can be forgiven for the mis-quote]…allowing Randi-ites—I guess that's us—to say paranormal claims don't hold up to scientific scrutiny, while conceding—when pressed—that the Challenge isn't science. I think Volk entirely misses the point here.
Novella: Yeah.
Bernstein: The Challenge is an effort to design a statistically sound protocol for any given extraordinary claim, which greatly minimizes bias and/or fraud.
Volk: Actually, I think the statistical thresholds on the Challenge are set primarily to minimize the chance of luck intervening. But let's keep moving…
Watson: He seems to want the million dollars to be given to anybody whose results are statistically significant in a scientific sense. Like, if you were to do this, and publish it in a journal, that should get the million dollars. But he forgets the fact that the whole point of the Challenge is to find proof that the paranormal exists and that proof needs to go beyond a reasonable doubt…
Volk: Again, there are a few problems here. Watson suggests I want some paranormal researcher to collect the million. But I don't want that. I have also never written or said so. Further, the point of the Challenge is not to prove or disprove the paranormal. She is simply, like so many others (as I will soon demonstrate) attributing a power and purpose to the Challenge that it does not hold. Incredibly, she also directly contradicted the nominal leader of the Skeptics' Guide, Steven Novella, whose written response to me states: "The purpose of the challenge is not to design and run scientific experiments, and it is not to scientifically prove or disprove the existence of the paranormal or any particular supernatural phenomenon."
Still, he lets Watson get away with this misstatement. Did he miss it? Or is he simply disinclined to criticize one of his own?
Novella: Let's look at this another way. Like, if you wanna use a p-value of .05, which is a traditional cut off for statistical significance in a scientific publication, that means Randi would be giving a million dollars to every 20th applicant of the million dollar challenge, which is obviously not practical. So essentially, what Volk says is that [research of the sort conducted by Dean Radin or Rupert Sheldrake] would require years of research and thousands of trials. Again, completely missing the point. The point of the Million Dollar Challenge is not to conduct publishable scientific research. It's not to look for subtle effects that would require lots of trials…
Volk: Um, actually, that is my point. In other words, Novella seems to miss this entirely, but he and I agree. What I write in my initial post, "The Joke of the James Randi Challenge," and a subsequent follow-up, "Randi's Minions and the Million," is that the MDC is not set up to serve any meaningful scientific aim. There are no papers coming out of it. And the results applicants need to generate in order to achieve victory are far beyond what scientific researchers like Radin and Sheldrake claim to be able to produce. Street corner psychics may claim inerrancy, but the Sheldrakes of the world are looking for much smaller, subtler effects. My criticism is that, too often, paranormal researchers conducting actual science are subjected to questions about why they don't apply for Randi's million; or the entire field of parapsychology is somehow cast under suspicion because no one has won Randi's prize.
To illustrate this, I had—in the very post these skeptics are so ineffectively critiquing—used the new atheist thinker Sam Harris as an example. In his own appearance on the Rogan podcast, Harris claimed that there is "something fishy" about the failure of a scientist like Sheldrake to apply for the million.
In response to Harris, I wrote:
"…There is nothing 'fishy' about the disinclination of a scientist like Sheldrake to participate in the Challenge. Statistical significance is built through sheer repetition. In fact, achieving a proper 'sample size,' testing an effect enough times, is bedrock science. Conversely, failing to obtain a representative sample size is a hallmark of the Randi Challenge. Scientists like Sheldrake, Dean Radin or Daryl Bem conduct studies that require dozens of people (or more) and take weeks or months or even years to perform. Randi puts on events that occur in a fraction of the time, generally over an evening or afternoon. In conclusion, Randi's protocols simply won't allow Sheldrake to conduct real science."
But amazingly, Novella never mentions Harris in his written critique of my initial post. And during this subsequent Skeptics' Guide podcast, he and his peeps never address the Harris portion of my argument—my central exhibit—either. Readers familiar with my book, or simply alert to the problems associated with group dynamics, might already see what's happening here. But allow me to explain: Me and the good people at Skeptics' Guide are talking past each other. They accuse me of "missing the point" of their "beloved" challenge while I keep waiting for them to even make the faintest move toward addressing the point I actually made. The issue, as I see it, is that I am writing from the perspective of someone sympathetic to parapsychology researchers. That marks me as "outside" their group—skeptics—and so they start ascribing to me all kinds of visions (he saw a ghost), motivations (I want Randi to give away his million) and thoughts (can't explain it, must be a ghost), with a staggering 100-percent inaccuracy rate. Further, because I am defending the group they seek to defeat, I can't be granted any sort of win—or even traction.
Again, I am speculating. But I can only guess that they essentially back up my chief point—The Challenge isn't science—but avoid delving into the Harris portion of my argument because they never wanted to string three particular words together: "Volk is right."
To make matters still worse (for them), by the time this Skeptics' Guide aired, I had already rebutted Novella's initial printed response.
Here's a quick excerpt*:
*Greg Taylor, at the Daily Grail, has done a bang-up job of addressing the Challenge's shortcomings. And he has already published a response to Novella of his own. He notes that Harris is far from the only interested party who is unclear on the Challenge's range and authority. "New Scientist asked Daryl Bem if he would apply for Randi's million dollars," writes Taylor. "We even find the appearance of this trump card in the scientific literature. For instance, in the Wagenmakers et al. response regarding Bem's famous experiments ('Why Psychologists Must Change the Way They Analyze Their Data: The Case of Psi')—an editorial that Novella himself described as 'the best thing to come out of Bem's research'—we find this mention about the chances of precognition being a real phenomenon: '[T]here is no real-life evidence that people can feel the future (e.g., nobody has ever collected the $1,000,000 available for anybody who can demonstrate paranormal performance under controlled conditions, etc.)'"
In other words, there is an odd pattern here, in which really smart people with scientific backgrounds wind up confused about just what James Randi's Challenge is all about. Given that the resulting confusion affords the Challenge greater standing, skeptics might even be seen to hold a keen self-interest in allowing delusions over the Challenge's boundaries to persist.
Intriguingly, Harris remarks, in his interview with Rogan, that he had met with Randi and discussed the Challenge. Yet he walked away with a muddled view. And frankly, there are moments in their mid-January podcast when the hosts of The Skeptics' Guide also seem similarly confused: As I write above, Watson falsely stated that the point of the Challenge is to prove the paranormal exists; additionally, another host (I couldn't make out which one) said "[Volk] doesn't get that there has to be a protocol and it has to be difficult or you're not proving anything"—again falsely raising the idea that the MDC is about proving paranormal phenomena exist; and even Novella himself slips into referring to the Challenge as "the study" and "these studies." But, as he himself argued, the MDC is not the sort of test that might result in a peer-reviewed scientific publication or even stand as a preliminary experiment; so the word "study", with all its scientific connotations, is inappropriate.
Slips of the tongue, if that's what they were, are understandable. And it may seem as if, here at the end, I am being particularly hard on The Skeptics' ragged use of language. But whether such self-contradictory statements were intentional (I doubt it) or accidental (more likely) is, to me, almost beside the point. What intrigues me is that this segment of Skeptics' Guide functions less as a critique of my argument than as a kind of unintended support: The Challenge is too often confused with what it isn't: science. Thanks for that, guys. But even though I am giving myself the win here—hey, maybe I'm a little biased too—I emerge from this entire exchange more disturbed than happy.
The skeptical movement purports to guard the boundaries of science. The slogan employed by the Skeptics' Guide is "Your escape to reality." But in this encounter, reality was the victim. And I can only wonder if the population at large is as skeptical as it needs to be of a modern skeptical movement that has so much trouble seeing past its own worldview.


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NFL Week 9 storylines: Steelers-Giants meet in storm-ravaged New York
There are, no doubt, plenty of other issues on the minds of New Jersey and New York residents right now beside the Giants' matchup with Pittsburgh on Sunday afternoon. Yet, you can virtually guarantee fans will pick through downed trees and powerless city blocks to show up in droves at the Meadowlands for that contest.
From a football standpoint, the Steelers-Giants game is an important one — the surging Steelers are just a game back of Baltimore in the AFC North; the 6-2 Giants would love to maintain the wiggle room they've generated in the NFC East.
It's also a matchup that we don't get to see that often, because of the NFL's rolling schedule. The last time these two teams got together was in 2008 (a Giants win) and the time before that in 2004 (a Steelers win).
That makes this — barring a Super Bowl rematch — the rubber game between Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning.
Of course, football has to take a backseat to everything else that's happened in New Jersey, New York and along the Eastern seaboard since Hurricane Sandy hit on Monday.
The Giants did not play at home for 19 days following the September 11 tragedy. The circumstances this week are entirely different, and yet the underlying story is the same: fans turning to sports for a much-needed distraction.
Fortunately for those fans, Sunday's game between the Steelers and Giants should be a dandy.
• The best game no one is talking about
If the playoffs started this weekend (I know, I know, we're not even that close to the postseason), the Dolphins and Colts would be involved. That's hard to believe, given the preseason expectations — or lack thereof — surrounding these two teams.
One of them will take another step toward joining the playoff party on Sunday, when Miami visits Indianapolis. For all the talk about Robert Griffin III this year, Ryan Tannehill and Andrew Luck are turning in terrific rookie seasons too. Tannehill may have to sit this one out after sustaining an injury in Week 8, but his team has a capable backup in Matt Moore.
Maybe Miami and Indianapolis can't maintain this early-season success, but the winner Sunday has a much better shot.
• Cam vs. RGIII
And speaking of RGIII …
Despite the combined 4-11 records of the Panthers and Redskins, a lot of eyes will be on Washington, D.C., on Sunday as Griffin and Cam Newton go toe-to-toe.
Newton's sophomore season has been one to forget — he's rarely looked like the dynamic QB that took the league by storm in 2011. Griffin, meanwhile, could be on his way to an Offensive Rookie of the Year award (Newton won last year), even as his teammates struggle to help him. The Redskins dropped nine passes last week in a loss to Pittsburgh.
While Carolina badly needs a win to stop the bleeding, the 3-5 Redskins still have a shot to get back in the playoff race.
• Is Cleveland already better than we thought?
The Browns started the season 0-5 and appeared headed toward the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft. A funny thing happened over the past two weeks, though: Cleveland won a couple games.
Suddenly, despite a 2-6 record and last week's ugly 7-6 victory over San Diego, the Browns are set to play spoiler for the rest of the year. A big opportunity presents itself Sunday when AFC North-leading Baltimore ventures into Ohio. The Ravens are coming off a bye, but their last outing was an embarrassing 30-point loss in Houston.
It would have been hard to believe a month ago, but the Browns really have a shot to keep Baltimore from getting back on track.
• Mario Williams makes his Houston return
Mario Williams was the face of the Texans' defense from his rookie season of 2006 until he suffered a season-ending injury in 2011. At the end of last year, Williams left Houston for Buffalo and $96 million.
Houston has thrived anyway, posting a 6-1 record with the help of one J.J. Watt. Buffalo has nosedived, at least defensively, where the Bills rank last in points allowed. Williams, who underwent wrist surgery during Buffalo's bye week, needs to get back to his old form for the Bills to turn that around. On the road against the Texans is not an easy place to start.
• Can Chicago keep fighting off its NFC North rivals?
Chicago's win over Carolina last week wasn't exactly a Monet, but the Bears will take it. Mainly because the NFC North feels as if it's on the verge of tightening up.
While the Bears visit Tennessee in Week 9, the Packers host Arizona and Detroit visits Jacksonville — both those games looking extremely winnable for Chicago's rivals. Minnesota, at 5-3, ventures into Seattle to take on a Seahawks team coming off back-to-back losses.
The 6-1 Bears still have four games to play within the division, plus matchups with Houston, San Francisco and Seattle. In other words, dropping one to Tennessee would not help their cause.
• Let's start sorting the playoff picture
Counting the Chargers, who moved to 4-4 on Thursday night, there are 13 teams in action in Week 9 who are at or within a game of .500. As you might expect, given that parity, the NFL's playoff races are a clustered mess right now.
Two more key matchups to keep an eye on: 4-3 Denver at 3-4 Cincinnati and 3-4 Tampa Bay at 3-4 Oakland. By the end of the weekend, there should at least be some semblance of playoff clarity — at least in terms of which teams have the inside edge.
• The NFC East's other team in turmoil
Everyone's aware of the trouble facing Philadelphia right now, but the Cowboys are not far from being in the same predicament. Last week's loss was as fitting as it gets: Dallas trailed the Giants 23-0, rallied to take the lead, fell behind again and lost when Dez Bryant landed a hair out of bounds on what would have been a TD catch.
While the Cowboys continue to say they're committed to Tony Romo long-term, can the same faith be placed in the coaching staff? How about the inconsistent playmakers like Bryant and Miles Austin?
Dallas could reclaim a ton of positive momentum Sunday night by knocking off undefeated Atlanta. The Falcons, though, have their sights set on the top spot in the NFC.
• The Michael Vick saga hits New Orleans
Talk about a game that has lost some of its luster …
Before the season started, Week 9′s Monday nighter between Philadelphia and New Orleans stood out as one of the better games on the schedule. Now, the Eagles are 3-4 with an embattled coach and quarterback, and the Saints are 2-5 and barely breathing in the playoff race.
There were rumblings this week that Andy Reid was considering a switch at QB, from Vick to rookie Nick Foles. Reid denied those rumors and stood behind Vick. If Reid wants to keep his job beyond 2012, though, how much longer can he afford to do that?
Vick may put up some hefty numbers Monday, with New Orleans' sieve-like defense awaiting. That still might not be enough to get past the Saints, especially given how porous Philadelphia's own D was last week.

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Buy Low, Sell High: Fantasy Week 1 (Dimemag.com)
Impatience can work in your favor if you can work it the right way. Many people, including you maybe, are quick to judge players based on just a game or two, despite the many reasons not to.
So, for the sake of helping you channel this impatience into something to your advantage, here's a list of players to buy low and sell high, which I posted on Dimemag.com today. (Click here for the actual post and more details.)
Buy Low:
- Richard Jefferson: will adjust to new team soon
- Al Jefferson: as Achilles heals, so will his value
- Antawn Jamison: out a few more games, but grab him now
- J.R. Smith: ditto
- Rashard Lewis: ditto
- D.J. Augustin: being dropped like he's hot, but should still have substantial value
- Tony Parker: hard fall took down his numbers too; won't be this cheap ever again
Sell High:
- Carmelo Anthony: no way he sustains these stats
- Jermaine O'Neal: ditto
- Danilo Gallinari: seven threes makes him sexy, but the morning is coming soon
- Al Horford: will be great to own, but his first game was monstrous and unsustainable
- Andrew Bynum: ditto


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In my nightclubbing days Monty was simply the guy who ran the Tuxedo Princess moored on the Gateshead bank of the Tyne. A big extrovert, a good pal and, yes, football-mad. But then aren't most Geordies?"
The club is rotten from top to bottom. I hate being continually negative, but there is not a shred of positivity surrounding the club these days. It's hard to put on a happy face"
All the main courses were winners but be warned, they are substantially bigger than we expected and I struggled to finish mine"
The OBE awarded Take That star is a true showman and for all us fortysomething fans it was a night about nostalgia"
Ali Dia remains probably the worst signing British football has ever witnessed and I was the chairman who dared sign him immediately after he had duped Graeme Souness!"
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This is an arduous/hazardous law enforcement position which requires the applicant tentatively selected pass a medical examination prior to appointment to ensure he/she can perform job related duties without physical injury to themselves or others. This medical examination may include but not be limited to an evaluation of vision, hearing, cardiovascular/pulmonary function, and mobility of the extremities. An offer of employment will be withdrawn if the tentatively selected applicant cannot pass the medical examination. An applicant appointed to this position is required to undergo periodic medical examination on a scheduled basis for the remainder of his/her law enforcement career.
Prior to entry on duty for this position, the applicant appointed to this position must pass all test elements of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB). An applicant appointed to this position must continue to pass all test elements of the PEB on an annual basis for the remainder of his/her law enforcement career, in the manner prescribed by agency policy. Current PEB test elements include:
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This is a drug testing designated position under the Department of the Interior's Drug Free Workplace Program. An applicant tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to and pass a urinalysis screen for illegal drug use. An applicant appointed to this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use for the remainder of his/her law enforcement career.
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Video: Catching Up With Chrissie Wellington
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- Published Jul 10, 2012
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How is four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington spending her year away from racing? Bob Babbitt interviewed Wellington in San Diego, Calif. to find out how she got into the sport and what she's up to now. Enjoy the complete, uninterrupted interview in the video above.
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Flourish Open Source Conference 2010 at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
March 19, 2010 to March 20, 2010
Welcome to the Flourish 2010 Open Source Conference site! Our goal is to promote the use of open source and provide a gathering place for open source enthusiasts in the Chicagoland area. This will be our fourth Flourish Conference, and although times are tough, this year we're working even harder to make this conference the best one yet!ChicagoAndroid.com's own Uki D. Lucas will be presenting on Saturday at 12:30PM "Android 101"Make sure to RSVP (on the RIGHT) and…See More


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Campus Housing:
You have your good places and your bad places, just like all other cities in the united states.
Study, you can focus on nightlife when your done with school. Six figure tuition isn't meant to be spent drinking and partying all night. Stay disciplined, you came to art center to learn, not screw around.
Off-Campus Dining:
Learn to cook, it'll save you lots of money. Otherwise there are many good places to dine around the area
Very Diverse, great atmosphere to learn and accept happily
Illustration is the background of drawing. Foundation classes will help you in all aspects of visual art, there is no denying that.
Apply early and spend time on your portfolio before submitting. Look at the works of others who submitted their portfolios and trying to make your best judgement between showing life studies and work that brings out your personal flare.
Campus Strictness:
As long as your here to study and become the best artist you can possibly be, you wont have any issues with the campus being strict.
Shuttles are back and forth from both campuses throughout the day. You can also use the Gold line to get around which is nearby the south campus.
We're artists, sports are cool but I'd assume you'd come here for art... not throwing footballs.
Local Atmosphere:
Beautiful Scenery, but you'll be focused on assignments and homework so much, there wont be anytime to experience the nightlife. On your off terms, hiking, bicycling and painting are your best friends.
Good area surrounded by skilled motivated artists that will challenge your tastes in the best way possible. It's an expensive school but you'll get the biggest bang for your buck. Learn the foundations and target the need of the industry by being taught by industry professionals. Location - the heart of the industry, if you have the opportunity, strive for it.
Off-Campus Dining:
to many people not handling there work
Off-Campus Dining:
Still exploring all of Pasadena's amazing foods.
Campus Dining:
Food tastes pretty good considering its cost.
Faculty will do all they can to help with internships.
Off-Campus Housing:
School bulletins helped tremendously with housing.
Overall Experience:
Faculty and students create the experience, not $.
Local Atmosphere:
Pasadena has tons of places to explore and eat at.
Health & Safety:
Security is often visible and very helpful.
We're all too busy working to party.
Staff direct traffic to available free parkingspace
Health & Safety:
The security is extremely strict and caucious about what anyone does on campus.
Greek Life:
There is not frats or greek life in our school at all.
Campus Housing:
There is no on campus ammedities. You are on your own.
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"Now, if the Democratic rank and file haven't necessarily learned to love the bomb - though many certainly have - they have at least learned to stop worrying about it. Barack Obama may have dramatically expanded the war in Afghanistan, launched twice as many drone strikes in Pakistan as his predecessor and dropped women-and-children killing cluster bombs in Yemen, but peruse a liberal magazine or blog and you're more likely to find a strongly worded denunciation of Rush Limbaugh than the president. War isn't over, but one could be forgiven for thinking that it is."
TV presenter Rachel Maddow's latest book speaks out against war, but not the system which makes wars inevitable. - Charles Davis.
Such an important critical analysis of how many liberal democrats and "peace" activists speak against the idea of war but rarely engage in actively criticizing the Empire that enables the possibility, funding and activation of war.
For one, Maddow, a self-described "national security liberal" who is "all about counterterrorism", writes more like a politician seeking to flatter her US audience than a teller of tough, uncomfortable truths. While at times briefly alluding to its war-filled past, Maddow repeatedly paints a picture of the US as, at heart, a peaceful nation, one with a government structured by its noble founding founders with a "deliberate peaceable bias". It is only recently, she maintains - post-World War II, but especially since Ronald Reagan - that war and a gargantuan military-industrial complex have been deemed "normal".
Though many might perceive it as an anti-war work, Maddow's overriding concern seems to be not so much the wars themselves - certainly not the non-American victims of them, who are never once mentioned - but the modern, unilateral way in which we go about fighting them. Reagan, for example, invaded Grenada without first seeking approval from Congress and armed and funded right-wing insurgents in Nicaragua despite a congressional prohibition, facts she holds responsible for the creation of all that "'imperial presidency' malarkey".
Maddow doesn't tell her readers any of that. Nor does she advocate a radical break from the system of hierarchical power that allows a few people in Washington - one if you're a unilateralist, 535 if you're not - to have the literal power to destroy the world. Rather: "The good news is we don't need a radical new vision of post-Cold War American power," she says. "We just need a 'small c' conservative return to our constitutional roots, a course correction."
Just read the damn thing. It takes guts to face the Empire, the big guns that engage in war. Rarely will you find a media personality, political entity or activist questioning the validity of the Empire, of the Super Power. Those who do, have very little control and representation in the spheres where political narratives are established.
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Mehreen makes a very good and important point - those who routinely challenge conventional wisdom aren't given the platforms that those who don't are. It sounds cynical but it's a reality. Rachel Maddow is a talk show host on a once heavily pro-war network that still touts neoconservative talking points. The U.S. media is all about access, that is, never angering politicians or government officials in hopes that they'll appear on and return to your show or allow you to interview them in the future so you get your high ratings, pricey ad spots, and you sell more copies of your printed media. The heads of MSNBC have said that they are "the [Washington] establishment." This is true of every mainstream cable network and media outlet. The military industrial complex is, arguably, the most powerful and largest actor in U.S. politics so, of course, presenting a challenge to U.S. foreign policy is going to be seen by Washington as unfavorable.
It's not exactly fair to single Maddow out but using her as an example does a nice job of making the point that even the mainstream media giants who seem to be representative of leftist/progressive viewpoints really aren't and there are a number of reasons why this is true, including all of the silly patriotic ideals we've absorbed, but much of it has to do with the nature of our media and their reluctance to challenge Washington conventional wisdom.(via mohandasgandhi)
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Carson struggled against Cougar pitcher Nikk Audenried all day. Audenried scattered four hits over six innings of work. He walked four and struck out four to get the win on the mound. Troy Weller pitched a scoreless seventh for the save.
"Nikk Audenried stepped up big time on the mound for us," SSHS assistant baseball coach Brian Thompson said. "He's a horse that wanted to go out there for the seventh inning, but he was at a number where we needed to take him out. He's a real competitive kid."
The Senators did get on the scoreboard first. Brock Pradere drew a one-out walk in the top of the first.
A Rory Petersen double down the left-field line put runners on second and third. Clean-up hitter Luke Maher ripped a shot off Audenried, allowing Pradere to scamper home. But that was all the offense Carson could muster off Audenried.
The Senators' lead was short-lived. A walk by Shane Lawson and single by Chase Kittilsen left runners on first and second for the Cougars in the bottom of the first frame.
With the runners on the move, Vinnie Agliolo singled through the right side of the infield, driving in Lawson and putting runners on the corners.
Spanish Springs grab a 2-1 edge when Anthony Tiscareno popped out to the second baseman. But because the pop up took the Carson infielder into foul territory, Kittilsen was able to sprint home and slide under a late tag for the go-ahead run.
The Senators gave the Cougs a run in the fourth. Chadd Little opened the inning with a single. Kenny Semenko was hit by a pitch and Shannon Kelly dropped down a bunt single to load the bases. A second hit batsman in the inning forced in a run for a 3-1 advantage.
Spanish Springs tallied its final run in the fifth thanks to a Carson fielding error.
The Cougars could have pushed across many more runs, leaving the bases loaded in both the fourth and fifth innings. The hosts stranded 10 baserunners.
"We had a chance to blow open the game a little bit. Taking strike threes is not what should happen in that situation," Thompson said. "The team has gotten better from the first game until now, and I expect that will be our next evolution. We'll start doing a better job with runners in scoring position or with two strikes."
Agliolo and Kelly both had two hits in the win.
Spanish Springs (4-4, 2-1 in Northern 4A) will head to Carson Tuesday to finish off the two-game series. First pitch is scheduled for 3:45 p.m.
Douglas 9, Reed 3
The Raiders lacked the killer instinct Saturday and it cost them a chance for their first league victory.
Reed rallied for three runs on three hits in the first. A.J. Silva doubled home a pair of runs and scored the third thanks to a double steal in a first-and-third situation. Unfortunately for the Blue and Gold faithful, it only saw one more Raiders hit the rest of the game.
The Tigers got plenty of help from Reed's defense in getting their offense going. The Raiders committed five errors and only four runs were earned.
Douglas cut the deficit to 3-2 with a two-run fourth inning, and then took the lead for good with a four-run rally in the fifth. Cole Kynett and Dusty Fisher had RBI singles in the fifth inning.
Two more runs came across for the Tigers in the sixth as Cody Begovich drove one home with his double. Kaleb Foster's run-scoring single in the seventh made it a 9-3 game.
"It was good for about three innings. We jumped on them but we never put any pressure on them after that," Reed baseball coach Ray Charles said. "Their pitcher got in a little rhythm, and next thing you know we're down. We just didn't execute, had too many errors. I think our pitching has kept us in games. We're just not executing and putting runs on the board. Then our defense lets down. That's kind of where we're at."
Begovich was also impressive on the mound, picking up the complete-game victory. He struck out nine and walked four.
Jake Means pitched six innings for the Raiders, striking out five and hitting one batter in the loss.
After starting the season 4-1, Reed has lost its first three league games.
"It's frustrating a little bit. It's still early. We still have plenty of series left with teams," Charles said. "We don't want to panic. Obviously McQueen is a good team and Douglas is a good team. We're just going to come out on Monday and fix some things and hopefully come out with a split. If you come out with a split, at least you're even with that team. It's definitely not the panic button yet, but it definitely has caught our attention."
Reed (4-4, 0-3) travels to Minden Tuesday for a 3:45 p.m. contest.


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Beware of Valet Parking. – I real enjoy downtown Seattle and Homewood Suites is in a great location. The room was great. It was basically an apartment with a full kitchen, living room, bedroom, and a large bathroom with a jacuzzi tub. I could have easily rated this hotel with 5 stars if it wasn't for the valet serice (or lack of valet service). The parking was a nightmare. My wife and I didn't get to the hotel until about 11pm and when we arrived we were told that the valet was off for the evening so we had to park ourselves in a space that was only 50 feet from the lobby entrance. It was an open garage so I installed a security club on the steering wheel and we went back inside where they told us they still needed to check our keys into the valet office. When we came down the next morning, I gave the valet my ticket and let him know about the security club. He said it was no problem. We checked out of the hotel while they were getting our car and I asked for a discount for parking since I was unable to use the valet service when we arrived. They were persistent and said that if I didn't pay the $30 now (25 for overnight parking, 5 for parking fees/taxes) they would just charge our card. I paid it and as soon as we finished checking out, the valet returned on foot saying he could not get our car started. At this point, I was a bit irritated. So I grabbed the keys and hauled our stuff out to the car myself and we left. When I installed the club on the steering wheel, the wheel lock had engaged which also locks the ignition. To turn on the ignition, you have to turn the wheel slightly (pretty common feature on many vehicles). Apparently the valet couldn't figure that out. So, other than paying $30 for $25 overnight valet service with no valet, It was a nice stay.
The Best Hotel Experience Had In Seattle – I have travelled to Seattle many many times on business, and I have stayed in multiple hotels in downtown. After staying at the Homewood Suites, the search is over, I am staying here every time I come to Seattle in the future and will recommend my colleagues and friends to do so as well. I stayed for a total of four days and only wished I could stay longer! My room was enormous and the bed was so comfortable I found it hard to get up for work! They always have fresh coffee in the lobby, and they even offer free breakfast! And this is a real breakfast, eggs, bacon, waffles, the works. The staff was very helpful and very friendly, all in all I couldn't have asked for a better stay! And the price was GREAT! I would recommend this property to anyone coming to Seattle.
Wonderful Experience in Seattle – I'm not too sure what the other gentleman experienced with the management, but this hotel is not the Summerfield Suites anymore, it is the Homewood Suites and the management is different. These people went out of their way to ensure that my family and I had a wonderful time in Seattle. I would reccomend this hotel to anyone travelling with their family as well as anyone travelling on business. The suites were so big and comfortable, and the location was perfect!
A great place to stay! – Very large rooms with a kitchen and living area to boot! We stayed here last year during renovation and even then it was worth the fare. Recommend to anyone coming to Seattle. We will again be back next year! For sure!
Very pleasant supprise – This was our first stay at this hotel, which we booked on Priceline for a very attractive rate. The hotel is located on Pike street just east of the Seattle Convention Center.
The entire staff was very friendly, in fact I can't recall a hotel with a more pleasant staff. They have a decent hot breakfast with bacon, eggs, hash browns, fruit, yogurt, juices. None of the high carb junk you generally get at a hotel breakfast. There is a self serve coffee and tea bar that is open all day with good coffee.
On the second floor they have a small work-out room open 24 hours and a billiards room. Free internet in the lobby and in the rooms.
However, the best supprise was the room itself, which is a suite the size of a small condo with sitting area and bedroom area. The room has a small galley kitchen. The bathroom had a large whirlpool tub. There were two flat screen tvs one in the sitting area and another in the bedroom area. The bed was very comfortable. The room was very quiet, which is supprising since freeway is very close. A great place to stay at an affordable price.
New Management disregards customers service for packing in the customers – Noticed lately that business do not care if you have good service anymore? Well add Summerfield Suites to the list of companies that dont care to service you.
It seems they would rather just ignore you because the hotel is full than address valid issues.
Once again, "if we ignore it, it will go away" becomes the Customer Service motto of the times.
An all-suite convention center hotel at the crossroads of downtown and Capitol Hill. – The Scene
This comfortable hotel may be right next to the convention center, but it is often overlooked because it doesn't belong to the larger, better-known chains and isn't quite in downtown proper. Traveling execs don't know what they're missing, beginning with the extra-spacious accommodations. The in-the-know clientele that stays here includes conventioneers, business travelers, groups and occasional tourists.
The Details
Only 26 of the 193 rooms in this hotel are not two-room suites, and most of the guests prefer the larger accommodations. Since the building was originally constructed to house condominium apartments, each suite has a kitchen and living room-sized sitting area with a fireplace and a desk. The large bedrooms have king or queen beds, and the views range from downtown and the Space Needle to Capitol Hill. The hotel's 24-hour shop offers TV dinners, midnight snacks and medicines. Room service is from a Brazilian restaurant across the street.
Location,Location,Location. – If you enjoy Capitol Hill and the Waterfront, You really can't find a better location for lodging in Seattle. The Suites are centrally located ,right in the heart of everything. Clubs,Restaurants,Shopping.
I really liked being only walking distance from my fav Capitol Hill Night Clubs. The Suites are friendly. One rainy evening they loaned me an umbrella from the front desk. They're also clean ,comfortble and great for entertaining. My new place for lodging when I'm in Seattle.
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Eight students selected as Agriculture, Home Economics Ambassador program enters second yearCookeville students Heather Andrews and Garrett Shepherd won't just be students at Tennessee Technological University when fall semester gets underway in August. They'll be ambassadors.
The two are among eight top students selected to be "AG/HEC Ambassadors" in the second year of a successful program organized by the College of Agriculture and Home Economics.
As such, they will give personalized attention to high school students who have indicated an interest in attending Tennessee Tech. They will also make presentations to high school classes across the state and help organize a variety of functions designed to strengthen and advance the college. Ambassadors are chosen for their communication abilities, poise, attitude and knowledge of Tennessee Tech's programs in agriculture and home economics.
Donald Elkins, dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, initiated and directs the program, which is modeled on a similar "Agbassadors" effort he launched at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he taught and served as associate dean before joining Tennessee Tech in 1995.
"I worked with the Agbassadors team at SIUC for 10 years before I came here, and I may have had a team as good as this one at Tennessee Tech, but not better. They are super young people!," Elkins said.
Although Tennessee Tech's program has been in existence for only 12 months, Elkins says he is already seeing considerable impacts.
"One of the most important services the ambassadors provide is in interacting with prospective students -- in person, by telephone and by letter, and our first eight ambassadors did all of those things in the 1996-97 academic year.
"We had no enrollment increase in the college last year, but as of the third week of May this spring, our admissions were up by more than 40 percent compared to the same date a year ago. We don't claim that all of this is due to the ambassadors, but I believe that they made a major contribution toward this admissions increase."
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There have been a lot of faith-restoring stories coming out of the social media world of late. Last week I wrote about the Facebook campaign that has helped save the life of young British student Philip Pain who fell seven-stories in Mexico and was in desperate need of blood. This week I want to acknowledge the huge effort made by social networking pages to help the people of Haiti.
Only minutes after the devastating earthquake floored the tiny Caribbean nation last Tuesday, the online world was mobilised and ready to help in any way it could.
One of the organisations leading the way was The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) who have now raised over £25 million after their appeal was announced on Twitter on last Wednesday.
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"Their donations mean our member agencies can continue to source and deliver the emergency supplies needed like safe water, shelter, medicine and food. We hope people will continue to give their support so that more emergency aid can be added to what will be a massive humanitarian effort."
DEC reported on Facebook that Flickr has been used to host images from the DEC's member agencies, with 34,000 views of the DEC account on Friday, while a video of the DEC broadcast appeal has attracted nearly 4,000 views on YouTube.
Not only has social media been an outstanding tool to stimulate aid and increase donations, it has also played a vital role in spreading news and remarkably, locating victims.
"This is the first example we've seen where that sense of global community has been expressed in action, for example using social media technology to get the story out faster, to locate victims, and to give instantaneous donations," said James Norrie, a media professor at RTS's School of IT Management. "That's an amazing use of a social media tool."
The events in Haiti, while both shocking and saddening, have reinforced social media's undoubted ability for social good.
I think Tom Brown, writing for The Burlington Free Press, captured it well when he wrote, "I've heard critics of social media say that users of communication tools such as Twitter and Facebook only want to talk to, and about, themselves and their friends. The earthquake in Haiti might help change the minds of some of those critics".
"When people can respond that quickly and in such numbers to help their fellow man, then there certainly is hope".
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