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Any forum bros near Gettysburg PA? I'm looking forward to checking out the battlefield and maybe taking some "ghost tours". Should be fun.....I hope. lol
Any forum bros near Gettysburg PA? I'm looking forward to checking out the battlefield and maybe taking some "ghost tours". Should be fun.....I hope. lol
The last time I was there was about Four Score and Seven Years ago. Things have probably changed since then.
I think I was last there around 1977 or so. I still remember thinking it was awesome.
I would totally love to go again and geek out.
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I went as part of a Washington DC trip I took with my school in 8th grade. I remember thinking that Gettysburg was awesome and it was the most memorable part of the trip for me. Going on the tour of the area and hearing the war stories gave me a pretty erie feeling while being out there, but in a cool way. There is a ton of history there and you can sorta just feel it in the air.
The ghost tour we went on was pretty entertaining too, but all I really recall from that is that after every pause in speech, our little old lady tour guide would say "again". It was sort of like a nervous twitch or habit I guess. I think she said it to the tune of 180+ times. Yes, my buddy kept count. But the lady was hilarious.
its a fantastic place to visit .. doubly so if you spend a few hours in advance of your trip reading or watching some documentaries about the battle ... the story of the 20th regiment from Maine on little round top gives me chills .... how a mess up of almost colossal proportions became the one thing that lead us to where we are today as a nation ... if it went the way that was probably statistically most likely to, well, lets just say that some of the reasons for infractions on here would be opposite
enjoy your visit
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Martinsixstringcustoms is in Harrisburg. Not too far away. I am probably within 2 hours or so of it.
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Thanks for the info, fellas. I'm really looking forward to the visit.
I was there a few years back Skull. That summer the cicada's (bugs) were taking over the whole area. It was the only semi-downside to a wonderful experience.
I would start by getting a map from the welcome center. That way you can workout a path to all the stops. I didn't get through everything in one day, but I did get a pictures of all the NH monuments, and many other things. I found it personally interesting how close many of the NH, Maine and VT brigades were together. I enjoyed the soldiers cemetery, stop and pay some respects to your statesmen, and the confederate story from Devil's Den. The best of it all for me was Little Round Top.
Read every plaque you can see, enjoy it all. You are going to need your car for the tour. There is a museum and gift shop also.
We ate at the "Dobbin House" a historical old tavern. I recommend that highly.
Have fun on the trip Skull. Feel the history.
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Thanks for the heads up on the "Dobbin House", Wixed. I'll definitely check it out.
So far, my plan is to take a double decker bus tour through the grounds, then go back with my own vehicle and spend more time at the spots I may not get enough time with. I'm gonna have two days and nights there. Hopefully I can see a majority of everything in that time.
I visited Gettysburg for a few hours during my stay in the US. Interesting, but I think one needs to read up on a fair bit in order to really appreciate it.. My knowledge of the US history is quite limited.. And of course, a few hours there is way too little..
You always hear about the ghost stories. Be sure and take a few walks late at night. I figure even the most manly man would get a few goosebumps.
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A graduate of Lesley's Threshold Program, Brian Gomes works at famed Fenway Park.
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Brian Gomes, a graduate of Lesley University's Threshold Program, has won a 2013 "Employee of the Season" award from the Red Sox.
Brian has worked for three seasons as a Yawkey Way Host, greeting fans, bringing people to their tickets at will-call, and directing people at the famed ballpark. Jae Holland, the Coordinator of Fan Services, says Brian is a model employee for newer Yawkey Way hosts.
"Day in and day out, Brian reports to his shift with a smile on his face ready to embrace the legions of fans who enter into our ballpark ready to embrace the Fenway experience," said Holland. "Brian always reports to his shifts early and is willing to assist in any way possible. His consistency in being reliable is a great trait that has our newer Yawkey Way Hosts following in his footsteps. He is a model employee and more importantly a great person."
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a complex mental health disorder that can affect a child's success in school and with interpersonal relationships. Unfortunately, the symptoms of ADHD do vary and are sometimes difficult to recognize. Here are seven common signs that may indicate ADHD.
Please note: many of the symptoms are within the normal range for children to experience. A diagnosis of ADHD is made by evaluating the child under several criteria. ADHD is generally diagnosed by age 7. Older children exhibiting these symptoms may have ADHD, but often have exhibited rather florid symptoms early in life.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
First Photos: Soma Rush Special Edition
The Rush has been rocketing around for about 8 years. Some of you might consider that it's an old geezer among modern fixed gear frames. But ask anyone young or old who has ridden one.... the Rush is aptly named.
This Special Edition Rush frame features newly developed Tange track ends, a hometown-inspired headbadge, and is bottle boss-free. Will be available in shops in a couple of weeks. Matching fork has been delayed a couple of months; we recommend one of our chrome-plated lugged forks in the mean time... available threadless or threaded. (Click on images to +)
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- May 28, 2010 at 9:00 PM
the "SOMA" lettering looks so much like branding on that other, old Soma bike brand.
- June 1, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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Not really. Lettering looks totally different from the old Soma.
It does look a little 'vintage' though.
I like it!
- June 1, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Logo is light years ahead of current burning man tattoo version currently ruining my rush frame. Sell the badge as separate option. i would gladly buy it.
- June 2, 2010 at 11:07 PM
- Brad M said...
Anyone have pictures of this built up? Also when can we expect the matching fork?
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I'm almost certain I'm getting one of these beauties. Will the matching fork be threaded, threadless or will both be available?
- June 16, 2010 at 1:39 AM
Brad: The matching fork when it comes will be threadless only. Working on getting one built up as I write.
- June 19, 2010 at 12:38 AM
- Victor said...
This special edition Rush is really nice. It's ashame a threaded, curved fork in matching green paint doesn't seem to be in the works. That option would seal the deal for me. A chrome straight-blade fork leaves me on the fence. Any plans to sell the beautiful new headtube badge separately?
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At Lily's cookies, at 2716 McCullough, the sugar rush is on.
"We do have a full staff right now getting ready," said owner Christine McCrae Kelly.
Workers were busy piping icing and sprinkling sugars onto cookies that look like works of art.
In addition to the traditional heart-shaped cookies, there are ladybugs, owls, Spiderman and cowboy boots.
Most iced cookies sell for between $2 and $4.
The holiday is big business for small businesses that cater to the sweet tooth.
There will be plenty of lovin' from the oven. Kelly said she expects they'll bake thousands of cookies.
At Alamo Sweets, 150 W. Olmos, owner Linda Heard was baking her most popular Valentine's goodies.
"Cake balls, cake balls, cake balls," she said. She makes about 20 flavors like chocolate mixed with her homemade buttercream and then topped with more chocolate.
She also sells cake pops and makes custom cakes decorated to the hilt.
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At Choicolate Artisan Chocolates, 700 E. Sonterra, owner Jamie Choi said Valentine's Day is their biggest single day.
Each truffle and bon bon is painstakingly made from scratch.
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Northeastern Illinois University has recently entered a second partnership with Chicago Public Media, the parent company of Chicago Public Radio 91.5FM and Vocalo 89.5FM. This new partnership brings the voices and stories of NEIU faculty, staff and students to the airwaves of Vocalo.
Chicago Public Media selected NEIU to participate in a pilot project aimed to bring public radio to the Millennial generation. The NEIU public relations office is closely working with the hosts/producers of Vocalo's morning show, the Morning Amp, to generate content of interest to young adults of ethnically diverse backgrounds in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.
Through the show, NEIU faculty and staff are able to relate their expertise to various topics of general interest. Those who already have participated in the program have joined Molly and Brian, hosts of the Morning AMp, in their studio on Navy Pier for these 20-minute segments.
Edward Stuart, professor, economics and international/intercultural studies, has been on the show twice--once to talk about taxes and another time to talk about the lagging economy. Barbara Cosentino, assistant director, career services, was featured on a show and provided tips for job seekers. And Lisa Hollis-Sawyer, associate professor, psychology, and coordinator, gerontology program, discussed cultural and social attitudes toward aging. The Morning AMp also has featured a pre-produced radio piece about flash mobs, which was created by Janet Bar, Angelica Echon, Carrie Robertson, and Patryk Szwanhowski -students of Edie Rubinowitz, assistant professor, communication, media and theatre.
This partnership with Vocalo is the second for NEIU with Chicago Public Media. The initial partnership, called Chicago Amplified, is with Chicago Public Radio and includes an audio archive of presentations that have taken place at NEIU. To explore the archive, visit http://www.wbez.org/amplified.


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Just sayin'.
Everybody else in Illinois staying dry?
Just sayin'.
Everybody else in Illinois staying dry?
Almost May in DFW and we have a freeze warning tonight. For reference it was 79-80 degrees yesterday - bizarre weather nationwide...
Mike Cantrell
Sergio, why bail it out? Put in some sunlamps, throw some sand on the steps, get a nice little raft, and enjoy the beach!
If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your short-wave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV.
-- Homer J. Simpson
It's been raining like mad here in STL area as well.
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How can we get some of that rain shipped to Colorado? We're already under water restrictions and there's still snow on the ground.
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This is the next township over from where I'm at, less than a mile away from my home.
That means my old house on Burlington Ave. is under water. It's flooding here in B-N too.
The river behind my house floods the trail often enough, but it is too far up the hill to get to my basement.
Check it out: Phillybri used to have a band: Resonance But he's soooo over them now!
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This isn't guitar related ... surprised the mod didn't lock it down.
Check it out: Phillybri used to have a band: Resonance But he's soooo over them now!
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The news is too preoccupied with other things to report on this, it's the first I've heard of it.
In Phoenix news, I just had to increase the amount of water the watering system sprays on my back lawn because it was looking pretty dry. 77 and sunny.
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Dusek is a composer of craft and intelligence whose music really communicates.
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Robert Dusek received his academic training at the Eastman School of Music, Southern Methodist University and the University of Colorado – Boulder, where he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1990. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors in the field of composition, including Columbia University's Bearns Prize, the A.S.C.A.P. Raymond—Hubbard Award, an A.H.A.B – Neodata Fellowship for his Symphony no. 1, and several national and local awards and grants. His music has been performed worldwide and recorded by such groups as North-South Consonance and the Warsaw Philharmonic.
As a pianist, he has performed in 38 states and has recorded with the Eastman Philharmonia and the Musica Nova ensemble. He has been a soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic, the S.M.U. symphony and various university and community orchestras. He has been a frequent guest artist of the Milwaukee Civic Music Association concert series, and continues to perform in solo and chamber recitals across the nation.
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I Made That!
A Southern girl at heart, Brandi Henderson of the blog I Made That! is the pastry chef at Delancey, the Seattle wood-fire pizza joint opened last year by Molly Wizenberg (whom many of you already know and love from her blog Orangette and memoir A Homemade Life) and her husband, Brandon Pettit. You have to really dig into Brandi's blog to find this out though, since her About Me page exclaims, simply, "Hi! I make things! Things like this and that and sometimes even those. My goal is to make absolutely everything I eat from scratch. And I mean everything."
And she' s not kidding — from nutella to candy corn to Girl Scout cookies, Brandi really does make her own everything. And her unique blend of genuine passion, ambition, humor, and honesty makes it impossible not to be charmed and inspired. She has a penchant for exclamation marks (her enthusiasm cannot be contained!), making her own cheese ("When I see a sticky white bundle of cloth dangling in my kitchen, I know good things are coming"), homemade pasta ("At this point in our relationship, I think John [her boyfriend] has learned to leave the house quickly and quietly when he sees me dragging the pasta machine out of the pantry"), and, of course, desserts galore, but she makes plenty of savory main courses too, and is particularly enamored of pork.
Even if you're the type of cook who prefers recipes on the quick and streamlined side, you may just find yourself running to the kitchen to try Brandi's versions of Nutter Butters or Whatchamacallits or lemon icebox cake (even if the cake does take 16 hours to make!). But if you lack time and Brandi's boundless energy, rest assured that she has plenty of from-scratch recipes that are simple to throw together, like homemade power bars and bourbon pecan praline. And if Brandi has you curious about cheese making, start with her ricotta. It's "super easy. I know I say that a lot but this time I really mean it," she says. So what are you waiting for?
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over 3 years ago Oui, Chef
Thanks, gang for turning me on to such a terrific food blog...I am loving it!
over 3 years ago Brandi Henderson
Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my blog! I added a link in the post to the thin mint recipe this morning. Sorry for the delay, that one was from back when only friends were my audience. Happy baking!
over 3 years ago
Mrs. Larkin is a trusted source on Baking.
OMG...The Fried! Pig! Skin! Now that is a beautiful thing!
over 3 years ago Midge
Love this blog. Thanks for highlighting it.
over 3 years ago Bob the sea cook
I really want the thin mints recipe, or as they are called here at home, minty fresh cookies, but I couldn't find it. Anyone?
over 3 years ago
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Here it is:
over 3 years ago
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Oh, the recipe's not there...sorry!
over 3 years ago
Cathy is a trusted source on Pickling/Preserving.
I am addicted to this blog - have tried a few recipes - appreciate the helpful hints and photos - love the tone - adore the photography.
over 3 years ago lapadia
I second that MrsWheelbarrow!!
over 3 years ago testkitchenette
Lovely, I am all over the nutter butters!
over 3 years ago arielleclementine
nom nom nutter butters! fun blog!
over 3 years ago TheWimpyVegetarian
What a great blog! I found several things that I really must make! And very enjoyable to read.
over 3 years ago mollywizenberg
Brandi is every bit as awesome in person as she seems on her blog. So happy to see her featured here!
over 3 years ago lapadia
Great blog, I know I will enjoy reading it! Welcome to Seattle I lived, worked and played there for many years before moving a ferry ride away.
over 3 years ago Sagegreen
Where to begin? Such a bounty of delights on this blog. Lemon icebox cake included. I just may have to quit my day job! Thanks for sharing.


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Star studded Blues wary of Eagles threat
A formidable New South Wales Blues, led by Simon Katich, will take on the Diamond Eagles of South Africa in a Group B encounter of the Champions League T20 at the Kotla on Friday.
With players like Katich, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Nathan Hauritz and David Warner in their ranks, the Australians are one of the strongest contenders for the title.
We have a great T20 side, who are capable of even beating an international team. Given the form of our players, we should be able to win the title, Lee said.
On the contrary, the Eagles consist of relatively unknown players, except their captain Boeta Dippenaar, a former South African international.
All-rounder Morne van Wyk will also play a key role for the South African team.
New South Wales Blues (from): Simon Katich, Aaron Bird, Doug Bollinger, Stuart Clark, Nathan Hauritz, Moises Henriques, Phillip Hughes, Simon Keen, Brett Lee, Steve Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Daniel Smith, Steven Smith, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.
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4Suite XML is a Python-based toolkit for XML application development. It features a library of integrated tools for XML processing, implementing open technologies such as DOM, SAX, XPath, XSLT, XInclude, XPointer, XLink, XUpdate, RELAX NG, and XML/SGML Catalogs. The RDF and Repository components of 4Suite are separate packages that must be installed separately, on top of 4Suite XML.
ACFTools is a utility for manipulating X-Plane flight simulator aircraft and weapon models without using its Plane Maker. It can decode both Apple and Intel ACF/WPN formats into plain text files with a syntax similar to C, which can be edited and then re-converted into binary data. It is able to extract almost complete 3D models of aircraft (fuselage, floats, tanks, wings, stabs, propellers, engines) and write it in AC3D modeler format. Edited 3D parts can then be merged into plain text and consequently converted into binary ACF files.
ASCIIMathML is a script that converts calculator-style ASCII math notation (and many LaTeX formulas) to Presentation MathML while your Web page loads. It works with HTML and XHTML files in Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape 7+ browsers, as well as in Internet Explorer 6 with MathPlayer. For example, the solutions for the equation 'ax^2+bx+c=0' are expressed in the HTML file as '(-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a)', and display as nicely formatted MathML. The script can be easily used in wikiservers and blogs, as a rudimentary MathML editor (with instant preview), and to preview math formulas as they are typed into a Web page input area.
ATG Dynamo integration for JBuilder is a JBuilder 5 plugin that makes it easy to deploy J2EE applications to the ATG Dynamo Application Server version 5.1 (DAS). It can be installed and run with the other JBuilder 5 plugins such as BEA WebLogicServer 5.1, BEA WLS 6, IBM WebSphere 3.5, Borland AS 4.5, etc.
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Advanced Website Creator is a Web development environment. Created websites use an MVC framework written in PHP 5 and a simple database abstraction layer. At present the database layer supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite as backends. All PHP classes are auto-loaded, so there is no need to include() or require() files manually. Search engine friendly URLs are supported via mod_rewrite. The program has wizards for quick generation of forms and CRUD pages.
Akeni Messenger Jabber Edition is a cross-platform client for Jabber compliant servers. It features an XML-based messaging protocol, private chatting, conference mode, broadcast messages to groups of people, message log, a typing indicator, a full-featured rich-text editor, emoticons, and powerful online presence management.
Algraeph is a tool for manual alignment of linguistic graphs, such as phrase structure trees or dependency structures, where each node corresponds to a subsequence of the analyzed input sentence. It allows you to express the similarity between two graphs by aligning their nodes and attaching relation labels to these alignments. Graphs are read from one or more graphbanks (or treebanks) in the GraphML or Alpino formats. Alignment relations are user-defined and are stored in a simple XML format, which can be used for further processing. The resulting parallel graph corpus is a useful data set for many tasks in computational linguistics and natural language processing.
A utility that converts an ICC profile from v2 to v4.
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Sneakers on the couture runway
Chanel and Dior paired high fashion looks on their spring couture runways with sneakers.
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Style a pencil skirt with a fun T-shirt and bright clutch to give the classic piece a laid back edge.
Street style: Paris
Blogger Tala Samman's look is polished on top, party on the bottom.
John Galliano to teach at Parsons
Disgraced former Dior designer, John Galliano will teach a three-day master class at Parsons The New School of Design.
Andy Warhol's fashion moment
Andy Warhol has recently influenced collections by Marc Jacobs, Nars, Dior and Uniqlo.


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This section of policies and procedures was approved by the Earlham Faculty on November 30, 2011, and by the Board of Trustees at their February, 2012 meeting.
Earlham College's Student Code of Conduct exists within the context of Earlham's Principles and Practices. Further, this conduct policy, as well as Principles and Practices, exists within the mission of Earlham College as an educational community committed to pursuing truth wherever that pursuit leads, and to educating morally sensitive leaders. These policies and procedures are the methods of an educational community, not a state, nor a court of law. It is our community's hope that disputes be confronted directly and honestly among the parties involved. Further, we hope that personal conduct can be influenced by the development of a student's sense of responsibility to and for the community, and through the practices of self-examination and restraint by individuals and groups.
The Student Code of Conduct is designed to provide clear, fair, and consistent procedures and policies relevant to all student conduct. Earlham College's Principles and Practices outline the Friends' testimonies that help to shape and sustain the community we strive to become, and the practices that are necessary if our community is to thrive. Earlham's principles of respect for persons, integrity, commitment to peace and justice, concern for human and global resources, and governance based on consensus decision-making, provide the ideological framework for the College and its Student Code of Conduct. Therefore, Earlham stresses peaceful resolution of conflict, equality of persons, and high moral standards of personal conduct.
A good Student Code of Conduct encourages compassionate and thoughtful student, staff, and faculty involvement in student life. It focuses on the maintenance and development of a community based upon thoughtful interpersonal education and early intervention.
Members of the College community have responsibilities to federal, state, and local laws. The College will report any possible felony to the local authorities at the discretion of the College and whenever required by law. Further, Earlham holds students accountable for on and off-campus violations of College regulations and expectations. For the purpose of this Code, a "student" is defined as any person who is admitted, enrolled, or registered for study at Earlham College for any academic period and those who may attend other educational institutions but reside in an Earlham residence facility. Persons who are not officially enrolled for a specific term but who have a continuing student relationship with, or an educational interest in, Earlham College are considered "students". A person shall also be considered a student during any period in which the student is under suspension from the institution or when the person is attending or participating in any activity preparatory to the beginning of school including, but not limited to, orientation, placement testing, and residence hall check-in.
Earlham will also enforce students' rights and freedoms in relation to College policies and will practice restraint in the exercise of its jurisdiction. Any member of the Earlham community wishing to bring a complaint against a faculty or staff member may do so by reporting them to the Grievance Officer. The College protects students' civil rights, including the right to a degree of privacy as outlined by federal and state law, freedom from discriminatory harassment, access to a fundamentally fair conduct process, access to information, and participation in College governance.
As noted above, Earlham's Student Code of Conduct is inextricably related to the Friends' testimonies cited in our Principles and Practices. Respect for persons, for example, requires that one act with respect, responsibility, and caring for all people. Any behavior that counteracts that imperative is subject to review under the Student Code of Conduct. At the same time, the procedures of the Student Code of Conduct review process require that persons under its purview be treated with respect.
This dual application of the testimonies to individual behavior and to institutional process applies to each principle. Integrity not only requires that individuals behave truthfully, honestly, and fairly with each other and the institution; it also requires the Student Code of Conduct to be careful and honest in its evaluations. Peace with justice works against violence whether physical, emotional or verbal, as manifest in our institutional process and personal associations. Simplicity not only requires clarity, calm, and focus in Earlham's Student Code of Conduct, it also speaks to individual behavior that causes or results in distraction, stress, and excess. Community participation in the Student Code of Conduct is guided by the College's commitment to consensus governance. The acceptance of the result of consensus decisions speaks to the responsibility of all persons who participate in the Student Code of Conduct.
The goals and process of Earlham's Student Code of Conduct attempts to reflect our highest aspirations for living in community. Once engaged, the student conduct system seeks, as a primary goal, to address the most basic expectations of student conduct at the College through education and intervention.
Below is a list of actions that will be subject to disciplinary sanctions. The list is not all-encompassing. Being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol will not serve as an excuse if found in violation of the Student Code of Conduct.
Acts of dishonesty including, but not limited to, the following:
Cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty
Providing false information to any College official, faculty member, office, or hearing board acting in performance of their duties.
Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any College document, record, or instrument of identification.
Tampering with the election of any College-recognized student organization.
Disruptive activity that causes the obstruction of teaching, learning, research, administration, conduct, or infringement upon the rights of others. Such activity includes, but is not limited to, behavior in a classroom or instructional program that interferes with the faculty member or presenter's ability to conduct the class or program or the ability of others to profit from the class or program.
Failure to comply with the directions of College officials or law enforcement officers acting in performance of their duties.
Violation of published College policies, rules, or regulations including, but not limited to, smoking, traffic, and computer-related misconduct.
Theft of any kind, including seizing, receiving, or concealing property with knowledge that it has been stolen is prohibited. Sale, possession, or misappropriation of any property or services without the owner's permission is also prohibited.
Damage to, or destruction of, property or actions that have the potential for such damage or destruction is prohibited. Conduct which threatens to damage or creates hazardous conditions such as dropping, throwing, or causing objects or substances to fall from windows, doors, ledges, balconies, or roofs is also prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, unauthorized application of graffiti, paint, etc. to property or removal of window restrictors, security screens, etc.
The unauthorized creation of a fire within a building or on College grounds, safety or health hazards including tampering with fire safety equipment, failure to evacuate College buildings, or willfully disregarding an emergency or fire alarm system.
Harm to Persons: Actions which result in physical harm, have the potential for physically harming another person, which create conditions that pose a risk of physical harm to another, or which cause reasonable apprehension of physical harm are prohibited.
Harassment: Conduct that creates or attempts to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for another person is prohibited. Such conduct includes, but is not limited to, action(s) or statement(s) that threaten harm, that intimidate a person, stalking, voyeurism (or peeping), or any other form of unwanted contact.
Hazing and/or other conduct which threatens or endangers the mental or physical health or safety of any person.
Weapons, firearms, or explosives: illegal, unauthorized or possession of ammunition, firearms or other weapons (including, but not limited to, knives, slingshots, metal knuckles, paintball guns, BB guns, and air pistols). The use or display of any object or instrument in a dangerous or threatening manner is prohibited.
Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome, gender-based verbal or physical conduct that:
Is sufficiently severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive.
Unreasonably interferes with, limits or deprives someone of the ability to participate in or benefit from the College's educational program and/or activities.
Is based on power differentials (including quid pro quo), the creation of a hostile environment, or retaliation.
Sexual Misconduct: non-consensual sexual contact (or attempts to commit same), non-consensual sexual intercourse (or attempts to commit same), and/or sexual exploitation.
The Conduct Policy for Academic Violations is based on Earlham's academic expectations of its students as set forth in the College's policies.
Please refer to the Academic Policy listing at the website and the explanation of Academic Integrity in the Academic Life section of the Student Handbook.
Sanctions resulting from an Academic Violation include, but are not limited to:
A review of these Conduct Policies and Procedures shall occur following the periodic review of Earlham's Principles and Practices. Any community member or group may propose amendments by contacting the student and faculty leadership of the Committee on Campus Life. Generally, amendments need to be approved by the Faculty and in some cases by the Board of Trustees.
The College defines administrative authority in the following manner:
In the event of unforeseen difficulties with this policy and process as it pertains to academic violations, the Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, in consultation with the enumerated Conduct Process Authorities, may institute changes as appropriate.
In the event of unforeseen difficulties with this policy and process as it pertains to social violations, the Vice President and Dean of Student Development, in consultation with the enumerated Conduct Process Authorities, may institute changes as appropriate.
As a general rule the President of Earlham College is not involved in issues of Student Conduct. However, he/she is empowered to determine the status of any student at any time and may review any College process he/she chooses. However, she/he has an obligation to try to assure the safety of individuals, and to preserve the property, legal status and educational process of the College. Therefore, the President may, at any time, use executive authority to remove, suspend, withdraw or expel any student from the College. The President may concern themselves with a case that is deemed particularly complicated or troubling. No student may be expelled from the College without the President's consent.


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STEM education provides many opportunities and challenges. How can our practice evolve to meet the needs of 21st-century learners?
STEM Resources
What are your favorite STEM education resources?
I will get you started with a few of mine:
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STEM Grant Opportunities
HELP!!! I am a secondary teacher that must supply 100% of my equipment and supplies, including basic safety equipment, out of my own pocket. I am desperately looking for grant opportunities to bring funds into my program to better develop and support STEM education.
Lisa Tighe - I don't know
Lisa Tighe - I don't know where you are located, but in Montgomery County, PA a local college (Ursinus College) has a program called Science in Motion. They come to your school with computers/microsopes, etc. and offer free programs (PA funding, I think) and offer various science programs. Check out their web site http://academic.ursinus.edu/scienceinmotion/About/About_Mission.html
I would also look into programs at various scientific companies for grants or other programs.
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HELP!!! I am a secondary teacher that must supply 100% of my equipment and supplies, including basic safety equipment, out of my own pocket. I am desperately looking for grant opportunities to bring funds into my program to better develop and support STEM education.
Hey Lisa,
If you haven't already, make sure to check out our Grant Information page: http://www.edutopia.org/grant-information
Good luck!
Lisa- I feel your pain! Maybe this list will help! http://hsi.ocde.us/Resources/Grants.htm
Teach Engineering
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but Teach Engineering (http://www.teachengineering.com/) is a fantastic resource. I am a teacher and STEM Coordinator for our high School STEM Academy here at Skyline High School in Longmont, CO. We are partnered with the College of Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, and they have developed this website as a resource tool for educators. All of the materials are available free of charge and are tailor made to fit the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Fantastic stuff! Check it out!!
Hello I just joined the
Hello I just joined the group. I look forward to sharing what I do in the classroom and to learning from others in the group.
Google Computational Thinking Resources and Lessons
You will hear me talk about the work we do in computational science. Don't turn your nose up. You use supercomputing applications all the time. I guess it is American to pretend that you don't like what science can bring you. High performance computing helps us every day. You would be surprised to know what the applications are that are so much a part of your every day life. Computational reasoning is the core of all modern Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ( STEM) disciplines and is intrinsic to all sother disciplines from A to Z. You may not be able to define or share what computational thnking is but it is used in our every day lives from baking a cake, changing a tire or brushing our teeth. THe human brain is wired to think computationally as or modern computing devices. as educators a Computational Thinking perspective can help us to convey fundamental computing ideas to all students.Computer science is having a revolutionary impact on scientific research and discovery. Simply put, it is nearly impossible to do scholarly research in any scientific or engineering discipline without an ability to think computationally. The impact of computing extends far beyond science, however, affecting all aspects of our lives. To flourish in today's world, everyone needs computational thinking.
What is computational thinking?
Computational thinking makes it possible for transplant surgeons to realize that more lives can be saved by optimizing the exchange of organs among pools of donors and recipients. It enables new drug designs to be analyzed so that they are less likely to create drug-resistant strains of diseases. Artists, when given the tools to think and express themselves computationally, can create totally new modes of human experience. Users of the Internet, when empowered with computational thinking, can demystify privacy technologies and surf the web safely.
Tranforming Schools
I have been working with computational thinking and modeling for about ten years. At first the people in the field said they were only interested in juniors and seniors and undergraduates. When a group of us created a team to show the advantage of K-12 infusion we were treated as if we had lost our minds. Fortunately there were resources that were available in the Shodor.org Foundation, and then there were individual curriulum pieces that were generated for teacher use. Later there were visualization and modeling practices that were taught by NCIS, and through the Teragrid.
One person besides Bob Panoff was very much interested in K-12. That was and is Henry Neeman, who actually came to the various conferences where K-12 and college professors met to share and to work to create awareness. We are fortunate to have a SIG in the SITE.org ( AACE) conference. We are happy to be able to present in Nashville.
Another concern that people had was about teacher ability. Some argued that teachers were not able to learn languages nor understand visualization and modeling. There is on the Shodor.org site, curriculum that shows that this is not true. But , it is true that in the last two years, people have still been saying , well just take it to the kids.
Karen North, Ray Rose, Bob Plants, Vic Sutton, Bill and Katie Klinger worked at SC and in a grassroots initiative before ISTE to to create , share and show the possibilities. We are very grateful to the Teragrid staff, particularly Scott Lathrop who stood by us as we learned, shared and participated in the use of supercomputing though some people tried to Excel us to death. We love Excel and understand it, but for a while it was all that people though we could handie. Then came Alexander Repening of Agent Sheets, and using his programs and ways of teaching , he involved teachers in a workshop that changed the way that some of us think about how teachers can be taught. Scalable Game Design through the Atlas Institute was a model
that showed that teachers could do hands on, and even I was able to create a game in two days. Some of us as teachers have been rebuffed by those in authority, in education as being unable to learn, use and disseminate the use of computational thinking. What was also powerful was that we used digital wireless tools with visualizations on them IPAD to share what Supercomputers do.
I was glad to find this in my mailbox today. Way to go Google!!!
Exploring Computational Thinking
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 10/25/2010 10:00:00 AM
Posted by Elaine Kao, Education Program Manager
Over the past year, a group of California-credentialed teachers along with our own Google engineers came together to discuss and explore ideas about how to incorporate computational thinking into the K-12 curriculum to enhance student learning and build this critical 21st century skill in everyone.
What exactly is computational thinking? Well, that would depend on who you ask as there are several existing resources on the web that may define this term slightly differently. We define computational thinking(CT) as a set of skills that software engineers use to write the programs that underlay all of the computer applications you use every day. Specific CT techniques include:
Problem decomposition: the ability to break down a problem into sub-problems
Pattern recognition: the ability to notice similarities, differences, properties, or trends in data
Pattern generalization: the ability to extract out unnecessary details and generalize those that are necessary in order to define a concept or idea in general terms
Algorithm design: the ability to build a repeatable, step-by-step process to solve a particular problem
Given the increasing prevalence of technology in our day-to-day lives and in most careers outside of computer science, we believe that it is important to raise this base level of understanding in everyone.
To this end, we'd like to introduce you to a new resource: Exploring Computational Thinking. Similar to some of our other initiatives in education, including CS4HS and Google Code University, this program is committed to providing educators with access to our curriculum models, resources, and communities to help them learn more about CT, discuss it as a strategy for teaching and understanding core curriculum, as well as easily incorporate CT into their own curriculum, whether it be in math, science, language, history or beyond. The materials developed by the team reflect both the teachers' expertise in pedagogy and K-12 curriculum as well as our engineers' problem-solving techniques that are critical to our industry.
Prior to launching this program, we reached out to several educators and classrooms and had them try our materials. Here's some of the feedback we received:
CT as a strategy for teaching and student learning works well with many subjects, and can easily be incorporated to support the existing K-12 curriculum
Our models help to call out the specific CT techniques and provide more structure around the topics taught by educators, many of who were already unknowingly applying CT in their classrooms
Including programming exercises in the classroom can significantly enrich a lesson by both challenging the advanced students and motivating the students who have fallen behind
Our examples provide educators with a means of re-teaching topics that students have struggled with in the past, without simply going through the same lesson that frustrated them before
To learn more about our program or access CT curriculum materials and other resources, visit us atwww.google.com/edu/ect.
The Power of US site is creating trnasformational learning through the use of HPC at a school. Some of the applications came from tie ITEST community.
Bonnie Bracey Sutton
Be sure to check out the new eGFI
Thanks for mentioning ASEE's K-12 center, Eric! ASEE (the American Society for Engineering Education) has recently launched a new website and magazine targeting K12 students and their parents and teachers.
Our new site (egfi-k12.org) is chock full of fun lessons and activities to help get kids inspired! Be sure to also look at our teacher blog for more lessons plans and classroom activities.
Our weekly newsletter features all the new classroom-ready STEM lessons, plus K12 education news and more. Subscribe here!
Hi Don,I am new to this
Hi Don,
I am new to this group and a computer newbie, so I will have to make several postings to include the several "Engineering" resources available online... I agree totally with you concerning the real everyday experience we all have with "Engineering" and its products/productions etc. First I am going to post a link to the current edition of National Geographic magazine: (November 2010)their
"Big Idea / Innovation" section (published every month):
"Big Ideas - Little Packages" pages 24-25.
This is a brief very visually effective 2-page spread about current engineering projects, that are included in the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum exhibition from 2007:
"Design for the Other 90%" (and currently wonderfully permanently online! --that will be my second post, because I do not yet know how to copy & paste more than one hyper-link at this forum format ...but i will learn... :-)
btw: if you read about the Water Purifying Straw, called "LifeStraw", and go to their website: lifestraw.com
They list the Maufacturer of the product, which is a Professional European Engineering Firm, and if you click on their link for the English version "Bochure" of their product you can download the Adobe file --which I highly recommend -- because it is a real-life Professional Engineering Product Description and Social Environmental Impact Report/Evaluation Example for students to read and view and learn about Engineering "Best Practices" including: Schematics, Technical writing, Research data: tables and graphs, etc.
Then after the second link, I will post my one-page lesson/project outline for "The Engineering of Everyday Things: Structure and Function
-- The Anaysis of a Whole and its Parts"
Then there are a couple of pages of Teacher Resource Lists of
"Compare and Contrast Everyday Things" (Objects)
such as:
1. pencil vs. pen
2. flashlight vs. desk lamp
3. paper clip vs. stapler
4. ladder vs. staircase
5. nail clipper vs. Swiss army knife
6. child's bicycle vs. multi-gear bike
7. landline phone/home phone vs. cell phone
Then there cool books (CoolStuff and CoolStuff 2.0 etc.)
then there are cool website links...
then there are my arts & crafts 3-D geometry sculptures projects
and papermodel crafting websites etc.
to be continued...
I appreciate your collegial collaboration
Allen Berg
Hi Don and other
Hi Don and other colleagues:
as promised here is the second link to a fantastic Engineering website:
"Design for the Other 90%" sponsored by the aforementioned Smithsonian
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum:
Coincidentally, the Museum just concluded a second in this series of exhibitions: "Design for the Other 90%" (it ended in September, 2010...) but I could not find any online links to their collection...
I guess that is still a work-in-progress...
btw: Don't ask me why National Geographic magazine waited to publish their 2-page spread this month in November 2010, by using examples from the 2007 Exhibition which is long gone, except that I found it online...
ps: if you go to the National Geographic current link for Big Ideas -
Little Packages and read carefully the one paragraph about the "Infant Warmer", you will find a website link called:
Which I higly recommend because they have a fantastic diagrammatic
explanation of the "Analysis of the Whole and its Parts" of their product... including a new fabric technology (called something like a
"Phase _____"
Sincerely yours,
Allen Berg
ps 2: and the "Asthma Device" in the article is made from
"folded paper" !!! at 1/20th the cost of conventional Asthma Devices:
one dollar from paper vs twenty dollars for the other conventional product...


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Japanese automakers continue to experiment with super-small one- or two-seat electric vehicles. But does anyone want to ride these carts?
Glorified golf carts? Or a serious alternative to commuting short distances in bulky gas guzzlers? Here's a look at compact EVs and similar rides on display at the Tokyo Motor Show.
We pit BMW's newly announced i3 electric city car against competing EV models and check the specs.
The Business of Plugging In conference hosts a closer look at the Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, and other production electric vehicles.
Automotive News reports on how the lobbying group SAFE, Securing America's Future Energy, is pushing government policy to encourage the electrification of cars.
With garage outlet access in only 49 percent of detached homes and 14 percent of apartments, is the real EV market in the Midwest suburbs?
Using the Fit's telematics system, IBM demo project will gather data and set schedules for plug-in vehicles to show that the grid can handle millions of electric vehicles.
Volvo begins testing wireless charging technology for its Volvo C30 Electric.
To bring electric cars to market, an entire industry of battery manufacturers and charging station providers is ramping up.
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Unbuckling the mailbag:
Question: USC hangover? As a Stanford fan, this is painful but familiar.
Alicia Dingsdale
Answer: You're not kidding. Stanford looked like it spent its bye week after USC wasting away again in Margaritaville.
Blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop-top, cut my heel, had to cruise on back home (to Palo Alto).
Stanford played like it was sleeping off four double shots of Walt Harris with a Buddy Teevens chaser.
The 17-13 loss at Washington takes Stanford football back to the discombobulated, pre-Jim Harbaugh days. Stanford was besieged by dropped passes, delay-of-game penalties and unimaginative play-calling.
Washington stacked the box all night with eight defenders and not once did the campus of "outside the box" consider a misdirection play?
Stanford still had a chance to win until an offside penalty allowed Washington to run out the clock.
We should all appreciate now the true greatness of Andrew Luck. Any chance they could give him this year's Heisman Trophy?
The defeat did not bode well for the Pac-12 or for USC, which was hoping a strong Stanford showing could help mitigate the Trojans' Sept. 15 defeat.
Instead, USC just became "Wait a minute: You lost to the team that lost to the team that lost to LSU by 38?"
Good luck climbing back from that.
Maybe the Washington game was an aberration, but it's frightening to think of Stanford taking Thursday night's outfit into Notre Dame on Oct. 13.
Q: If you want to disparage the BIG (Ten) for its lackluster season so far, that's fine. However, the Rust Belt comment is uncalled for. Would you call the South the Redneck or Hillbilly Belt?
Pamela Mason
Lawrenceville, N.J.
(The Ohio State University, Class of '76)
A: I actually refer to people from Florida as living in the "Sansabelt." And anyone with a hunting license from Arkansas, situated in the general area between Fayetteville and Little Rock, I refer to as "Living Inside the Pelt Way."


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I have always been intrigued by two questions: How we can describe a cellular process such as proteinligand interaction at a molecular level, and how can we correlate structure of proteins to their diverse cellular functions? I found biophysics, which defines all these cellular phenomena at an atomic resolution, to be the best place for me to find the answers. Later during my PhD studies, the more I learned about this subject and the different multidisciplinary techniques it employs, the more and more it fascinated me!
What is your current research project?
I study the protein Toll Interacting Protein (Tollip), which is a negative regulator of Toll Like Receptor (TLR) signaling pathway and serves as an adapter protein for endosomal trafficking. My project is to find out how this protein is modulated by its binding partners such as ubiquitin and endosomal phospholipid Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) and exerts its role in TLR signaling pathway and protein trafficking.
What do you hope to do after graduation?
My long-term career goal is to establish my own lab in a research based institute or university. Therefore, I would definitely try to find a postdoctoral position in a laboratory where I would be able to contribute my knowledge and at the same time learn some more exciting biophysical techniques to explore some key fundamental concepts of cell functioning.
What do you see as the biggest challenge as a student of biophysics?
The two main challenges are in-depth knowledge of the basic science behind biophysics and critical thinking. Biophysics is a subject that uniquely combines biology and physics. For a biology student it imposes a challenge to understand the many mathematical concepts of physics. Biophysicists must think about the larger biological relevance of the basic work we do. We need to learn how to integrate and connect the structure we propose and the interactions we define to a broader cell biological perspective.
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When you're not studying biophysics, what do you like to do in your spare time?
I am an ardent fan of classical music, so listening to music (and occasional singing) comes first on this list. Also being an amateur painter of nature, I like to sit down with my art book, pens, ink, pencils and charcoal whenever I get some time or need to feel 'relaxed'! Last but not the least, driving just aimlessly with my car-buddy through the beautiful roads of Virginia!
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Two PKU delegations visit UCLA
President Wang, administrators further collaboration and understanding
Posted: 4/2/2014
New Course for Winter: Water and the City in Asia
Posted: 12/2/2013
Prepare for North Korea to endure, not collapse
North Korea has always been a maverick Marxist-Leninist regime, following a distinctly nationalist path. Having survived both the normalization of U.S.-Chinese relations and the collapse of the USSR, don't expect it to collapse any time soon, said Charles Armstrong, professor of history at Columbia University.
Posted: 11/27/2013
Work of UCLA Confucius Institute highlighted in new video
The "Chinese Alive!" program at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles — a partnership between the UCLA Confucius Institute and the i.am.angel Foundation of Black Eyed Peas' performer will.i.am, is featured in a new video made by UCLA graduate film student Lucretia Stinette.
Posted: 11/27/2013
Graduate student "localizes" Shanghailander exhibit at UCLA Hillel
Julie Kalmar, a UCLA graduate student in Information Studies at UCLA, seized the opportunity to add a local dimension to the "Jewish Refugees in Shanghai (1933-1941)" exhibit at the UCLA Hillel.
Posted: 11/26/2013
World Journal interviews authors of the "Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism"
Robert Buswell and Donald S. Lopez, Jr., distinguished professors of Buddhist studies at UCLA and the University of Michigan, respectively, are interviewed about their newly published "Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism," a reference work that defines major terms across the spectrum of Buddhist lineages.
Posted: 11/21/2013
Ten misconceptions about Buddhism
Buddhist scholars Robert E. Buswell, Jr., and Donald S. Lopez, Jr. — authors and and co-editors of the "Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism" — put paid to a number of false beliefs about Buddhism in a short article in Tricycle magazine.
Posted: 11/19/2013
Podcast: Looking Inland: From the Coast to the Steppe in Eurasian History
Eurasian Empires Series Inaugural Forum
Posted: 11/15/2013
Center Co-sponsors Exhibit in Berlin on Earthquake Reconstruction in Japan
This exhibition takes a critical look at the reconstruction and recovery efforts by presenting the work of ArchiAid, a reconstruction support network of Japanese architects formed in response to the large-scale official recovery strategy.
Posted: 10/9/2013
Rebirth of Japanese studies at UCLA
After being weakened by attrition and recession, Japanese studies at UCLA has been renewed through appointments of prominent junior faculty and a new focus on culture and the humanities.
Posted: 9/13/2013
Large collection of Buddhist relics in Rosemead
A recent Los Angeles Times article describes a collection of Buddhist relics housed at the Lu Mountain Temple in Rosemead, CA.
Posted: 8/27/2013
Complicite and Setagaya Public Theatre: Shun-kin - West Coast Premiere
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA presents Shun-kin -an intense sadomasochistic relationship between shamisen player Shun-kin and her devoted servant reveals the dark, erotic side of human nature. In Japanese with English Surtitles.
Based on the writings of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki / Directed by Simon McBurney / Original Music by Honjo Hidetaro
Cast: Kaho Aso, Songha Cho, Eri Fukatsu, Honjoh Hidetaro, Kentaro Mizuki, Yasuyo Mochizuki, Yoshi Oida, Keitoku Takata, Ryoko Tateishi, Junko Uchida
Posted: 8/15/2013
Buddhism course has enduring appeal for UCLA undergrads
"Introduction to Buddhism" is a popular UCLA course that regularly fills up whenever it is offered.
Posted: 7/12/2013
Hitoshi Abe's architectural works on display at MOCA
Terasaki Center Director Hitoshi Abe's architectural works will be exhibited at the upcoming show, A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California, at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA from from June 16-September 16.
Posted: 6/14/2013
Two UCLA professors win competitive grant for research on human rights archives
Historian Geoffrey Robinson and archivist Michelle Caswell will use a at $40,000 grant from the UC Pacific Research Program to explore the complex set of issues involved in the creation, housing, ownership, and use of archives on human rights abuses and crimes against humanity
Posted: 5/29/2013
Changing notions of identity and place in Central Asia
A May 2013 graduate research panel organized by the Asia Institute's Program on Central Asia explored the changing dynamics of identity and place in the region. The interdisciplinary session saw presentations by a linguist, an anthropologist and a geographer, respectively.
Posted: 5/23/2013
Terasaki Center looks to the future of Japanese studies
International collaboration and funding arise as main issues for scholars at the Annual Forum.
Posted: 5/17/2013
The China-Taiwan cross-strait relationship: Stable, but fragile
In the past five years, China and Taiwan have succeeded in stabilizing their relationship to the benefit of both. Most progress has been in the economic and cultural spheres, with political issues left aside for the moment. A recent Center for Chinese Studies conference examined how China, Taiwan and the United States view the increasingly complex trilateral relationship.
Posted: 5/7/2013
The post-Fukushima world: Interconnected and fragile
Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, former Chairman of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (2011–2012), and Professor Hitoshi Abe, Director of the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, addressed different aspects of the post-Fukushima world in a symposium on March 22, 2013.
Posted: 3/27/2013
East meets west in a portrait: A conversation with Korean art scholar Burglind Jungmann
UCLA Professor Burglind Jungmann, a member of the core faculty of the Center for Korean Studies, speaks about her work and Rubens's drawing, "Man in Korean Costume," on exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Posted: 3/25/2013
UCLA professor to speak on Korean art at Getty Center
Burglind Jungmann, UCLA Professor of Art History and a member of the core faculty of the Center for Korean Studies, will speak at a Getty Center symposium today, Friday, March 15.
Posted: 3/15/2013
Discussion of the film, "Enforcing the Silence"
Discussion following screening of "Enforcing the Silence," on February 21, 2013 at UCLA
Posted: 2/28/2013
Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake - Global Agenda in Post Fukushima & Reconstruction Efforts of Japanese Architects
"Fukushima Nuclear Accident awakened us." -- Come listen to Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa on March 22 as he gives his thought and experiences while acting as the Chair of the Independent Investigation Commission by the National Diet of Japan. Immediately following is a colloquium about the numerous reconstruction efforts of Japanese architects during the past two years.
Posted: 2/14/2013
METAMORPHOSIS - Film by Jun Hori (Feb. 28 from 2pm)
Documentary about the nuclear situation in the U.S. and Japan
Posted: 2/13/2013
Accolades for Collected Works of Korean Buddhism
The Jogye Order's "The Collected Works of Korean Buddhism" series has appeared on a list of "The Best Buddhist Books of 2012" published by The Buddhadharma magazine.
Robert Buswell (Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities, Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies) served as chair of the English Editorial Board for the series as well as a translator and editor.
Posted: 1/28/2013
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Airlines Stretched Too Thin
Cutbacks, outmoded systems leave fliers hanging during delays.
Charlie Miller could be a poster child for nightmarish air travel during the winter now drawing to a close.
A hospital consultant from Barneveld, N.Y., Miller got caught in the Dec. 20 blizzard that closed Denver International Airport for more than two days. Told by his carrier, Continental Airlines, that it would be Christmas night before it could get him home, Miller eventually set out on his own.
He managed to get home late on Christmas Eve. But to do it, he had to sleep two nights at the airport, check in at two high-priced hotels, pay $150 for an 8-mile cab ride in Denver, buy a first-class ticket on United, fly to Los Angeles, then connect through Philadelphia. His total extra cost: $3,000.
"I know weather is not covered" by the airline's policy for compensating displaced travelers because it is beyond their control. "But everyone was so rude and uncooperative," Miller said.
The travel collapse precipitated by recession and terrorism in 2001 has prompted draconian reductions by an industry that lost $35 billion over the five years ended in 2005. Domestic airlines are operating smaller fleets and filling more seats on the average flight. They've shed 154,000 workers, become heavily reliant on do-it-yourself ticketing and shifted some of their telephone reservations work offshore and to part-timers working from their homes.
The retrenchment has brought most airlines in the USA back to thin profitability. But it also has created an industry that is running full tilt all the time and more vulnerable to breakdowns when faced with adversity.
Lesser events than that pre-Christmas blizzard in Denver have disrupted air travel this winter. Hundreds of thousands of air travelers had their lives knocked off course this winter by a dust storm that closed Dallas/Fort Worth airport, an ice storm that slowed operations at New York John F. Kennedy on Valentine's Day and a flawed computer switch-over by US Airways last week.
It's not just the cutbacks that limit airlines' ability to bounce back from adversity. Outmoded systems for controlling aircraft on the ground and in the air, along with airport growth that lags behind the increase in passenger traffic, leave the aviation industry today with almost no margin for error.
R. John Hansman, an information technology and aviation expert at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says the nation's air travel system is approaching capacity.
It's operating so close to the edge, Hansman says, that when any little thing goes wrong in one location, things are prone to go wrong across a whole region or even the nation.
Traveler Jan Harrison, a corporate trainer from Poulsbo, Wash., who twice last month was thrown off schedule by long delays at Salt Lake City and Chicago, puts it another way: "The entire system is so stretched, so understaffed, without room to flex. If it's sunny, and not too windy, and everybody does his or her job exactly right at exactly the right time, and the passengers can board themselves quickly and without any issues ... well, maybe we have a chance to take off on time."
Fewer flights
Almost 684 million people boarded commercial planes in the USA through the first 11 months of last year, according to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. That's more than the record 670 million boardings in all of 2005. But there were 3% fewer flights operated last year than in 2005.
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