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The winner of last week's giveaway of the Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Ink Pads is Laura Church:
Ooo thanks for the chance to win. I have every colour of TH Inks so I definitely need these!
This week's giveaway sponsored by Scrapbook Update is another big trend from another big industry name: Amy Tan's signature line from American Crafts called Amy Tangerine. And the big trend I'm talking about is mini books!
I've got two Amy Tangerine mini books to share with Scrapbook Update's readers…these are duplicates of ones that I myself have and am planning future projects with. One of them is going to be a "things you say" album about my daughter, since she's starting to talk more lately – and with that has come much hilarity. I have a couple ideas I'm still bouncing around for the second one.
Mini-books in general are very trendy right now but it's especially hot to make them out of a variety of different shapes and designs of papers. Several companies have built popular binding tools to cater to this trend, but for those not into DIY-ing a project like that (or who don't use them often enough to invest in a tool to facilitate the binding), the Amy Tangerine line of books is a beautifully designed option.
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Avira and Labwise Partner to Protect Smart TVs and Set Top Boxes from Malware
Tettnang, Germany & Tampere, Finland --- September 7, 2012 – Security expert Avira and digital television specialist Labwise announced today an agreement in which Labwise will implement Avira's Protection Suite software into third-party smart TVs and set top boxes in order to protect these devices and digital IP (Internet Protocol) networks from malware and virus attacks.
"As televisions and set-top boxes are becoming more interactive -- using IP networks and IP technologies with open software and application platforms -- we expect that these smart TV devices will quickly become vulnerable to virus attacks in a similar fashion as what has happened in the computer and smart phone industries," said Pasi Toiva, Managing Director of Labwise Ltd. "So we are working with Avira to integrate their state of the art virus protection to prevent these attacks from happening in the TV device industry."
Labwise is an independent digital TV testing and verification company that works with the world's leading manufacturers of televisions and electronics devices. Avira is an award-winning maker of security software that detects and blocks viruses, Trojans, keyloggers, spyware, worms and other digital threats.
"Avira takes its role seriously to protect not only devices, but also the networks and people who use them," said Travis Witteveen, COO of Avira. "We already protect over 100 million users using Microsoft, Mac OS, Android or Linux devices in the world, and we are honored to be working now with Labwise to secure TV devices and entertainment networks as well."
About Labwise Ltd
Labwise Ltd is a professional digital television specialist offering services and support in the fields of device testing, device specifications and standards, product implementation, product management and product sourcing for TV device manufacturers, system providers, operators and distributors. Labwise is headquartered in the city of Tampere, Finland. Visit www.labwise.fi for more information
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Além de proteger o mundo online, o CEO da Avira promove o bem estar no mundo offline através da Fundação Auerbach, que apoia projetos de caridade e sociais. A filosofia da fundação é ajudar pessoas a se ajudarem.
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FBI arrests would-be Capitol bomber outside D.C.
Updated at 10:12 p.m. ET
A 29-year-old Moroccan man who authorities say wanted to be the first suicide bomber on U.S. soil was arrested Friday after strapping on what he thought was an explosive vest and heading for the U.S. Capitol, CBS News' John Miller reports.
A source told CBS News' John Nolen that the suspect was identified as Amine El Khalifi, a Moroccan citizen who has lived in the United States for more than 12 years. He was taken down by FBI agents and U.S. Capitol Police officers in Alexandria, Va., outside Washington. An intelligence source confirmed the suspect's name to CBS News.
The Justice Department announced that El Khalifi was charged "by criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property that is owned and used by the United States." He faces life in prison if convicted.
Read the federal criminal complaint against El Khalifi
El Khalifi made a brief appearance in federal court in Alexandria on Friday afternoon. He was wearing a green shirt and black parts and holding his arms together behind his back.
A judge set a bail hearing in his case for Wednesday at 2 p.m.
In a statement released by the Justice Department, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Lisa Monaco said: "Today's case underscores the continuing threat we face from homegrown violent extremists. Thanks to a coordinated law enforcement effort, El Khalifi's alleged plot was thwarted before anyone was harmed."
Added FBI Assistant Director in Charge James W. McJunkin: "This individual allegedly followed a twisted, radical ideology that is not representative of the Muslim community in the United States. He became known to the JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force) because of his stated desire to carry out attacks in the U.S., specifically, the U.S. Capitol building. This arrest is the result of dedicated special agents, task force officers and intelligence analysts from the FBI and our partner law enforcement agencies that make up the JTTF."
Last December, the suspect allegedly told an undercover law enforcement officer that he planned to detonate a bomb at an Alexandria building that contained offices for the U.S. military, Nolen reported. His plans changed until he settled on the Capitol. Other targets the suspect allegedly considered were a synagogue and a Washington restaurant frequented by members of the military.
Man says he reported Capitol suspect to police
Domestic terror plots down after terror leader's death
A high-ranking source told CBS News the man was "never a real threat."
Undercover FBI agents met with the suspect Friday morning in his garage, giving him a vest filled with explosives that had previously been rendered inoperable, Miller reported. The agents also provided the suspect with an impaired automatic firearm that he allegedly planned to use to shoot U.S. Capitol Police officers, Nolen reported.
Both the House and the Senate were in session Friday voting on a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits.
Congress passes payroll tax cut extension
At some point, the suspect came close to actual explosives and allegedly participated in a demonstration of an improvised-explosive device in a quarry, Nolen reported.
He believed he was working with an al Qaeda operative on the plot, according to an affidavit.
El Khalifi came to the U.S. when he was 16 years old and is unemployed and not believed to be associated with al Qaeda. He had been under investigation for about a year and had overstayed his visitor visa, which expired in 1999, making him in the country illegally, according to court documents.
He told acquaintances in January 2011 that he agreed the "war on terrorism" was a "war on Muslims" and that they needed to be ready for war, the affidavit said.
A former landlord in Arlington, Va., said he believed El Khalifi was suspicious and called police a year and a half ago.
Frank Dynda said when he told El Khalifi to leave, the suspect said he had a right to stay and threatened to beat up Dynda. Dynda said he thought El Khalifi was making bombs, but police told him to leave the man alone. Dynda had El Khalifi evicted in 2010.
El Khalifi had several men staying with him and based on packages left for him, Dynda said. It appeared that he was running a luggage business from the apartment, though Dynda never saw any bags.
"I reported to police I think he's making bombs," Dynda said. "I was ready to get my shotgun and run him out of the building, but that would have been a lot of trouble."
Two people briefed on the matter told The Associated Presst he FBI has had him under surveillance around the clock for several weeks. They spoke on a condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center imam Johari Abdul-Malik, who along with other Muslim leaders meets regularly with the FBI, said he was contacted by an agency official and told that Khalifi was not someone he needed to worry about.
He said the official told him that Khalifi was "not a regular at your mosque or any mosque in the area."
He said he offered to supply the FBI with surveillance video of the mosque in Falls Church, Va., in case it helped with their investigation but was told that was it not necessary.
Police are close to arresting one of his associates on charges unrelated to the terror conspiracy, the counterterrorism official said. The associate was said to also be a Moroccan, living here illegally. Police are investigating others El Khalifi associated with, but not because they believe the associates were part of a terror conspiracy, the official said.


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05/21/2012 (09:00PM - 11:00PM) (Monday) : 'AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR' PREMIERES ON NBC WITH SOUTHWEST REGIONAL FINALS FROM VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA - MATT ISEMAN AND JONNY MOSELEY HOST - ANGELA SUN REPORTS FROM THE SIDELINES
Comedian Matt Iseman and Olympic Gold Medalist Jonny Moseley host the heart-racing obstacle course competition series "American Ninja Warrior," premiering on NBC Monday, May 21. The top 30 finishers from the southwest region preliminary round (which airs on G4) will take on an even more challenging course and compete for the chance to move into the national finals, which will take place in Las Vegas, NV. Competitors range from trained athletes to everyday Americans including schoolteachers, police officers, moms and even granddads, who must all tackle the arduous obstacle course in their quest for the $500,000 cash prize and a chance to win the coveted title of the first ever "American Ninja Warrior." Angela Sun ("Yahoo! Sports Minute") reports from the sidelines.


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Creating a new spec
To create a new specification or module, you can use the template spec as a model. This is a stripped-down, empty module with some of the more common bits that are needed for an SVG spec.
Template Files
The template folder contains several files:
- SVG Template: this is the main file, and the only one that's strictly necessary. This document contains normative prose, language features, schemae, and implementation details. This file assumes a single-page spec, though it can be split into multiple pages
- SVG Template Primer: this is a supplementary file, for providing usage examples, informative prose, rationalization for design decisions, and introductory material for authors.
- SVG Template Use Cases and Requirements: this is a supplementary file, for providing use cases and requirements for the main specification. It is strongly recommended to have one of these.
Customizing Templates
To reuse and customize the template for your own use, follow the following guidelines:
- Create a new folder in the "modules" directory, with an appropriate short-name ("fonts", "filters", "layout", "integration", etc.)
- Copy the desired files into a new directory. You only need to copy those files that you need (for example, you may not wish to have a primer yet, or you may wish to put the use cases and requirements directly in the main spec; note that in general, it is better to have a separate document for use cases and requirements, at least). Don't forget the stylesheets, if you need specific styles beyond those provided in the official W3C stylesheets.
- Replace instances of the work "Template" or "Template" with the short-name in the file names and in the document itself
- Edit the document to contain at least an introduction, and as much content as you have available
- Add and commit the new directory and files into CVS
- Add a link to the file in the SVG WG wiki under Specifications, and a tentative timeline on the Roadmap
- Email public-svg-wg (and maybe www-svg) that this is done, for broader review
Build Scripts
Currently, the template is not hooked into the build scripts, because we haven't quite got them in place yet for modules. Therefore, handy things like automatic generation of a table of contents, automatic linking to definitions and such are not yet working. This is normaly fine for smaller specs, but quickly becomes unwieldy for larger specs, especially multi-page specs.
When using the build script, you can use the shorthand notation term in the spec to link element names, attribute names, interfaces, methods, keywords, terms, definitions, etc. to their canonical definitions. Here are some rough notes detailing usage:
- if the type of references is ambiguous you can do 'mask element' or 'mask property'
- if it's not ambiguous you can leave out the "element" or " property" bit
- for attributes, if they're element-specific attributes, and in the definitions.xml you put <attribute name="foo" elements="myElement" href="..."/>
- in the spec you can do: <edit:with element="myElement"> ... blah blah spec text </edit:with>, so that the attributes for that element are "in scope" for the  lookup
- for interfaces, you omit quotes, such as InterfaceName and InterfaceName::memberName
- for small specs that only define one element, or don't have any clashing attributes, then you can leave out the elements="myElement" bit on the elt in definitions.xml
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UBS consumption indicator: pessimistic mood despite solid figures
The UBS consumption indicator fell by another 0.23 points: In July, it reached a level of 1.29 points, with the pessimistic mood of consumers and retailers contributing significantly to this decline.
The downward trend of the UBS consumption indicator continued in July. It fell by 0.23 points to a level of 1.29 its lowest level since December 2009. Poor performance in the retail sector and declining consumer sentiment were responsible for the drop. Countering this trend were the strong number of new car registrations and the increase in overnight stays in hotels by Swiss residents.
The UBS consumption indicator is calculated from a range of sub-indicators. Currently, clear divergence is apparent between the sub-indicators that are based on subjective and those based on objective assessments. The two subjective sub-indicators, consumer sentiment (collected by SECO) and business activity in the retail sector (collected by KOF), both declined last month and were lower than the long-term average. However, this negative view is not supported by the objective sub-indicators: The number of overnight stays in hotels by Swiss residents rose slightly in the first six months of the year and was nearly on par with the record level in 2008, while the number of new car registrations has already exceeded its pre-crisis level by a considerable margin.
The negative mood can be explained by the crisis reports that have repeatedly emerged in recent months from Europe and the United States. In the past, however, sentiment indicators in Switzerland have not been particularly good economic indicators. UBS therefore still expects robust growth in private consumption of 1.6 percent for this year.
UBS Consumption Indicator and private consumption in Switzerland
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Daniel Kalt, Chief Economist Switzerland
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Responsive website design may be a setup wherever the server continually sends an equivalent HTML code to all or any devices and CSS is employed to change the rendering of the page on the device
There's no doubt regarding it that, within the close to future, responsive web design are going to be a requirement. Responsive web design gained plenty of traction as folks appreciated the approach it created websites seem of their devices, providing an improved on-line expertise. So, if you wish your company and whole remembered and appreciated by your shoppers, then you wish to own a responsive web design on your web site if you haven't done it however. But, before you launch yourself into something, there are some aspects you wish to understand regarding this explicit web site development.
What makes the responsive web design therefore different from all the rest?
The main issue you wish to own in mind once pondering responsive web design is that the fact that it will create a website change its size and visual components in line with the kind of screen utilised by the tip user. In different words, it does not matter if the user can decide on a pill or smartphone, because he are going to be ready to see the whole page of a website as an entire, similar to on a computer, however at a smaller scale, one thing that does not happen within the case of web site style. This function uses CSS press concerns and it means one will not have to be forced to run on screen to be ready to check out a headline, phrase, or to examine the an eye of a website. Considering that there are terribly many varieties of mobile devices out there which every people has our own preferences, exploitation responsive web design means that creating terribly many folks happy once it involves on-line experiences.
How does it work?
Now, you'll most likely surprise however is it doable to create a website match each variety of separate there. Well, this can be wherever the CSS comes in. counting on the size of the used screen, it's capable of adjusting the planning of a website, as well as to arrange components like navigation menus, images, and varied items of content, so the ultimate image can give everything in a very whole and balanced manner. So, it's a rather complex method meaning quite simply adjusting the dimensions of images, however additionally adjusting the dimensions and position of different components for a stronger user expertise.
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There is a mix up that responsive web design is just for the massive and in firms, because it are a few things terribly valuable. whereas several spectacular things may be achieved with the assistance of responsive web design, like those rather "fancy" details you will have seen once visiting a precise web site through a mobile browser, responsive web design isn't one thing out of reach. it's not one thing which will be achieved through easy processes either, however it's positively not a side reserved just for the made and affluent. If you contact a reliable selling agency, you'll resolve that responsive web design may be utilised by almost any type of business out there that needs to induce additional attention and customers.


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I'm working on a windows computer and can't find any tutorial on how to connect any of these programs to a remote oracle database. Can somebody help me to program this from scratch?
I tried to use "clsql" by doing this:
But the last line already gives an error that clsql doesn't exist. I think I did something wrong to "install" this, but I don't know what.
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(load "C:/Program Files/Steel Bank Common Lisp/1.3.3/clsql-6.7.0/asdf.lisp")
(load "C:/uffi/uffi.asd")
(push #P"/usr/share/lisp/uffi/" asdf:*central-registry*)
(push #P"/usr/share/lisp/clsql/" asdf:*central-registry*)
(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op 'clsql)
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Your Guide to College Scholarships
Of all the methods students can use in order to pay for college, scholarships are the most attractive. With a scholarship, students have a set amount of money to use for school, and they're never required to pay that money back. It's a gift, and for some students, it can mean the difference between taking out a huge loan for school and emerging from school with no debt at all.
While scholarships should certainly play a role in any student's school planning, the competition for these pools of money can be fierce, and receiving a scholarship is far from guaranteed. The information provided here may help students understand their choices just a little better, and perhaps make better choices as a result.
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A Tight Market
While most, if not all, students should plan to apply for scholarships, few might be awarded these funds, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).
Source: https://www.nacubo.org/Business_and_Policy_Areas/Finance/Finance_News/Private_Scholarships_Count.html
Common Scholarship Providers
Lynn O'Shaughnessy, consulting director of college planning, K-12 at the University of California, San Diego Extension, suggests that private scholarships from small businesses and local charitable organizations aren't the primary sources for most scholarships. Instead, she suggests that most awards come from larger, more conventional sources, like federal and state governments as well as the colleges themselves.
Search Local
Even so, it's advisable for all students to search for, review, and consider every last scholarship opportunity that might be available to them. Some lucky student is bound to be a recipient of each scholarship, and there's no sense in ignoring a potential source of free funds. A good local search might involve these steps:
Visit the high school counselor's office
Ask parents to talk to their employers
Visit websites of state or local agencies
Contact local businesses and charitable organizations
Common Scholarship Amounts
While some students believe that a scholarship should help them cover the entire amount of their college education, the amount they're provided in a typical scholarship could leave them with a significant funding gap. Some scholarships may provide a full ride for the recipient student, but most scholarships are only awarded once, and range in amount from $100 to $10,000. Other scholarships may be distributed periodically to help meet living costs and may require verification of school-related expenses, like receipts for books or proof of rent.
This chart cheats a bit, as the tuition amounts come from 2013, while the scholarship amounts come from 2010. However, evidence suggests that scholarship amounts are growing smaller, not larger, with each year. For example, the NCAA Division I board decided to amend scholarship rates in 2011, making their awards much less generous and much harder to get. It's a trend other institutions are following as well. The Bright Futures Scholarship in Florida, for example, underwent rule changes in 2013, and experts interviewed by local news suggested that the number of eligible students would be cut by half. It's a serious problem, and it might make charts like this even grimmer in the future.
Making It Work
If scholarships are growing smaller, and school is becoming more expensive, it's reasonable to expect that the competition for available funds would be fierce. By following a few simple steps, however, students can stand out from the crowd and get the funds they need for school.
Good steps include:
- Researching the institution in advance: Understanding what sorts of values the institution promotes, and what kinds of people tend to affiliate with that organization, can allow applicants to develop targeted, tailored, effective responses to scholarship application questions.
- Poring over the instructions carefully: Skipping a detail or two could mean losing out on valuable funds.
- Find any similarities among the applications: Many may have personal statements and ask the same questions. Save time by identifying which responses can be used in more than one application.
- Taking time with each application: Rushing through questions and dashing off answers is the best way to make big mistakes. Confirm that word counts fall in the acceptable range, and that responses address all aspects of the questions.
- Asking for a second opinion: A second reader might spot spelling errors or thought loops the writer finds invisible.
All of these steps can seem tedious, but they have a huge impact on the perception of the reviewer, as demonstrated by this study in The Journal of General Psychology. The number of spelling errors that a reader identifies directly relates to their reduced perception of the ability of the writer.
Skipping the small stuff can mean seeming uninterested or just unworthy, so it pays to be careful and ask for help when needed.
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text: Many former teen mothers are dismayed at what they perceive to be a exaltation of teen pregnancy in pop culture. Evelyn Rodriguez, 34, who had a son at age 15 and is just now getting her college degree tells the AP, "[Teen pregnancy] has been glorified all over the place." Rodriguez believes lower income girls might see Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin and think, "'Oh, wow, they're doing it, it's cool.' But it's not cool. I've been through it. It's a job. I don't appreciate what's going on out there making it seem so beautiful, when it's not." Lausell Bryant, the executive director of Inwood House, a NYC nonprofit that takes in pregnant teens says that government support is hard to come by for her organization. "These girls are seen as to blame for where they are…It's a double standard. If you're a poor kid of color, it's a bad thing. If you're affluent and white, it's not so bad."The research shows that the vast majority of pregnant teens do not have the financial and familial advantages of Bristol Palin and Jamie Lynn Spears. According to Saul Hoffman, a University of Delaware economist who has just written a book, Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy, "The children are more likely to be in foster care, less likely to graduate from high school…The daughters are more likely to have teen births themselves, the sons are more likely to be incarcerated." In addition, Hoffman calculations show that teen motherhood costs American tax payers $7.6 billion a year. He also notes that the dire effects of teen motherhood drop a great deal if a woman delays childbirth by just a few years. As previously reported, only 40% of teen moms graduate from high school, and a recent event in Nebraska is a stark reminder that not all teen pregnancies are wrapped up neatly like an episode of Zoey 101. A 16-year-old teen mom took advantage of Nebraska's "Safe Haven" law, which t allows parents to abandon their children without repercussions. But here's the twist: she was using the Safe Haven law "not to abandon her baby, but to get help for herself and her son. The girl, who was escorted by an aunt last week to Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha, told a social worker that she was kicked out of her mother's home," the AP reports. "She also said that she had been emotionally abused and suffered physical harm." Sarah Brown, director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, tells the AP, "We are, as a society, uncomfortable with sitting down and having conversations about what we expect…When is the last time we said, as a culture, 'Babies need adult parents?'" Teen Motherhood: Celebrity Buzz Belies Its Cost [AP via CBS News] Neb. Teen Mom Seeks Safe Haven For Baby, Herself [AP via Brattleboro Reformer] Earlier: Ask Not What Bristol Palin Can Do For You, Ask What Sarah Palin Can Do For Your Pregnant Daughter


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Marica S. Tacconi, professor of musicology and assistant director for research and graduate studies in the School of Music, was honored with a 2013 Achieving Women Award from the Penn State Commission for Women.
The Achieving Women Award recognizes Penn State women who have shown notable leadership and accomplishment in their fields, and have gone beyond the requirements of their employment duties and responsibilities in support of the University's diversity efforts, promotion of equal opportunity or contribution to human causes and public service activities.
"I remember arriving here as a young 28-year-old fresh out of graduate school," Tacconi recalls. "Almost immediately, Penn State's vision statement—to be the nation's finest university in the integration of research, teaching, and service—resonated with my own goals as a scholar, teacher, and citizen of our community."
From 2005 to 2010 Tacconi served as director of the Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH). In 2008-09 she was selected to participate as a Fellow in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Academic Leadership Program. She is an elected member of the Board of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council (chair, Governance Committee) and serves as the Faculty Leader for Curricular and Academic Programs for the Penn State Center for the Performing Arts Classical Music Project.
In her nomination statement, Sue Haug, director of the School of Music, says of Tacconi, "Under her directorship, the IAH became increasingly viewed as a leading institution among arts and humanities centers/institutes nationwide. I have observed Dr. Tacconi's tenaciousness, thoroughness, and inclusiveness as she has brought together more than a dozen institutional partners and large numbers of people (students, faculty, staff, community members) to plan complex IAH initiatives such as Moments of Change, and then watched in admiration as she brought to fruition the more than 40 public events a year that were part of these programs."
In her acceptance speech Tacconi expressed her gratitude. "I have been very fortunate to hold various positions of leadership that have enabled me to contribute in small measure to the vitality of our campus and greater community," Tacconi says. "I will never forget the thrill of introducing Salman Rushdie and Toni Morrison to packed audiences, or the almost dizzying excitement of receiving a kiss on the cheek from cellist Yo-Yo Ma on the Eisenhower stage. And then there are the less public, but equally satisfying thrills: a lively and unscripted exchange of ideas with a colleague in a team-taught course, or seeing the sparkle in a student's eyes in transcribing music unheard for five centuries."
A native of central Italy, Tacconi joined the School of Music faculty in 1998 and teaches undergraduate and graduate music history. Her interdisciplinary research interests focus on the music, art, and culture of late medieval and early modern Italy, and has been supported by several institutions and grant agencies, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Robert Lehman Foundation, and the American Musicological Society. In 2002-03 Tacconi was a post-doctoral research Fellow at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy. She returned to Villa I Tatti in 2011 as the Robert Lehman Visiting Research Professor in Residence.
"To be a true scholar, in the most fundamental meaning, is to be a student—a student of intellectual pursuits, but also a student of how best to share one's knowledge and passion with the leaders of tomorrow—our current students and future scholars," Tacconi states. "I strive to inspire and to be inspired by the wonderfully rich community that a vibrant place like Penn State offers."


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Molar Pregnancy
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I had a molar pregnancy in November of 2001. While in school, one of my teachers told me that molar pregnancies are "most of the time" linked to cancer. Is this true? If so why didn't my doctor tell me? I'm only 27 yrs. old and so far all my paps have been normal. Should I be worried?
Christina S. Chu, MD, Assistant Professor of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
Luckily, molar pregnancies are only associated with "cancer" some of the time. First of all, there are two basic types of molar pregnancies: complete and incomplete. Complete moles have a well-recognized potential for invading the uterine wall, or spreading to other organs. In patients designated high risk (HCG or pregnancy hormone levels greater than 100,000 mIU/ml, excessive uterine enlargement, or the presence of theca lutein cysts of the ovary measuring greater than 6cm in diameter), the chance for developing invasion of the tissue into the uterus is about 30%, with the risk of spread to other parts of the body being about 5-10%. In contrast, patients with low risk complete molar pregnancies and incomplete (or partial) molar pregnancies experience local invasion in only 3-4% of cases, and spread to other organs in less than 1% of cases. When local invasion or spread to other organs occurs, chemotherapy is often very effective treatment.
The usual follow up after the diagnosis of a molar pregnancy involves checking the blood level of HCG, a marker physicians use to follow persistence or recurrence of the disease, to ensure that the level stays negative for at least 6-12 months after initial diagnosis. Patients are usually counseled to use effective contraception during this time. Afterwards, the risk of additional problems is rare, though after having one molar pregnancy, the risk of having another is slightly increased.


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Diablo III server problems in South Korea have been bad. Korean gamers have been pissed—so pissed that they seemed rarin' to sue Blizzard. Good news, Korean gamers, Blizzard is offering an olive branch.
The server problems—caused by overwhelming player volume—have hit PC bang (net cafes) hard. Blizzard Korea rolled out more servers earlier this month, which should help with connection issues. The refund should help mend relations with angered gamers.
On its forums, the Blizzard Korea wrote that players who less than Level 40 can get a refund. The offer is only good for a limited time (June 25 to July 3). From now on, players under Level 20 can also apply for a full refund within fourteen days of purchasing the game.
Blizzard Korea seems to have been pressured to offer these refunds—something it originally didn't want to do. In late May, the country's Fair Trade Commission began investigating allegations that Blizzard refused to offer refunds to players who purchased Diablo III and were frustrated with overloaded game servers.
디아블로 III 커뮤니티에 드리는 감사 선물과 환불 안내 [Battle.net via Korea Realtime via Eurogamer]


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Possibly a hoax. But then aren't they always ? That's what makes them The KLF !
Loved the video - doesn't matter if fake or not.
It's one of those videos where you say to yourself - I'm gonna preview 5 minutes and move along, and 35 minutes later you find yourself glued in space-time


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Read lots of reviews on line regarding gil Hibbin's (most amusing, auto correct changed it to girl hobbies) design, United Cutlery and Master Cutlery. Lots of unboxing YouTube events of never to be used 'limited edition' knives. Have to say never really liked the knowledge that Hibben made a bunch of prototypes and no doubt spent an inordinate amount of time making the best possible distressed emergency forged edged weapon in history. Good old Johnny Rambo in the film Knocks it out in a day. Then you get all the clones and copies and comparisons 're: carbon content , film accuracy etc. Bought one other day, not a Hibben, unbranded no sheath. Not overly distressed, just some hammer marks. It is a nasty weapon if it didn't cut it would crush bones, think about trying to turn a sledge hammer into a knife. That's it, and that's what Rambo would of ended up with after a day, want realism? Get one that is quickly made, am going to rewrap grip, but with duct tape not hand tooled leather, no sheath? Good reason for that it would pull you off balance a sheath if any would need to either be bag mounted or strapped to your back, you will notice this bad boy is there.
Bought mine for £16.00. Well worth it, like I said not a Gil Hibben, but you would actually use this one rather than be worried about scratching it, it's got weight use it as a hand ax rather than a traditional machete. You could of course fork out 'real' money for the signed ones but why? Or even get a ray mears wallet breaker, but you wouldn't baton for fun with that.
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In this thread we post short things that don't require a seperate thread.
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Of course, he doesn't answer "why", but this is still pretty cool.
Might as well rant here...
A couple of months ago one of my friends (socialist) started a group on Facebook about "practical tax and spending cut deal" where he started a debate on taxes.
Today, another friend of mine (Democract, I suppose) was talking to me about how me and my other friend were looking into the matter as if it were pure math and economics and how we are disconnected from reality (something like that).
He always sensationalizes whatever he says, but this time especially.
"We've got to come to realize that we can't cut like this right now. That deficits are not a bad thing, that every country runs them and that we can run them as well. If we just cut cut cut we'll have nothing left and we'll just destroy the economy"
More rant here which I forget... Somehow he then changed topics into some "Great realization we need to make to save ourselves":
"If we just create a universal base which everyone must have to live, then we could fix things in the world. We could make people in Africa have houses for example."
So I asked how do we "force" them?
"We tax people and government gives it to the people in Africa. The people there wouldn't have to be rich, but have some universal basis that everyone must have. We can't just live while Africa is the way it is right now."
Now I remember he began this argument by saying "you know how in the past if you really wanted something you could kill someone and get it?" To which I replied "I guess de facto..." And he says "Well, so you had to do that in the past, but what if we can distribute the wealth better and you don't have to do that any more?" So then after his Africa idea I said "you're saying we should force people to give their property to those in Africa?" He said "yes." Well, what if they don't want to? "Kill them." (maybe not exactly, but something very much along these lines)
The convo went on like this, with me arguing "you can't aggress against people like that" and him saying "we already do it!" and me saying "exactly the problem with the system!"
I could not believe what he was advocating. He was quite literally advocating some Orwellian government superseding human rights to establish some order of things.
Where can I even begin to argue against him? His argument has so many holes and unethical points that I can see my hand through it if I wave it behind the argument.
I guess my best beginning argument would be "you're applying different principles to Africans and to the rest of the world. Africans thus have rights and humanity while we don't?"
Maybe I couldn't think of any argument because I was just so astonished by what he was saying.
Wheylous:And he says "you know how in the past if you really wanted something you could kill someone and get it? ...Well, so you had to do that in the past, but what if we can distribute the wealth better and you don't have to do that any more?" So then after his Africa idea I said "you're saying we should force people to give their property to those in Africa?" He said "yes." Well, what if they don't want to? "Kill them."
Seems to me that he's proposing to kill Group A (or threaten to kill them) so that Group B wouldn't have to "do that any more" -- all the while neither group has asked him to do anything in their stead. Diagnosis: psychosis. Good thing you get to choose who your friends are.
Haha. He's generally not psychotic, yet this was pretty insane. I was quite shocked. But yeah, my friends do come off as a bit leftist :P These at least. Sadly our resident Republican in the school left, so I can't talk with him about stuff. Good thing is I know of two libertarian teachers in my school.
Surprisingly good description of anarchy by TvTropes:
I am also amazed how Wikipedia handles the subject.
Why does the public view anarchy so badly even when Wikipedia gives it a fair article? Is it because of Spanish anarchists?
I started a new subreddit (so I am the moderator): http://www.reddit.com/r/austrian_economics/ .
http://www.reddit.com/r/circlejerk/ spoofs ronpaulbots.
Very funny, imo.
Live remix of 39 songs.
Think of the possibilities! (..of no IP)
An accompanying street dance video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxPbgnO81sQ .
A perennial classic:
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Architects & Engineers - Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 - AE911Truth.org
2 weeks old, 250K views.
Are there any well-known anarcho-objectivists?
Fox Business right now is talking about new regulations on the fishing industry. One man that they interview says we MUST regulate fishers or else there will be overfishing and that we know this will happen, No one ever mentions the obvious solution, that is more clearly defined property rights.
@Porco Rosso: I think we have to careful to avoid making glib policy recommendations - what exactly are property rights in ocean fishing? Without a free market in arbitration (dispute-resolution) there is no non-arbitrary way to assign property rights. "Property rights" assigned by government monopoly courts are a mockery of genuine property rights.
You'll probably appreciate this:
I'd say the people that have been fishing those waters for decades or a century have some claim wouldn't you?
Thanks for the pointer, Nielsio... I didn't have the patience to watch the whole video from the beginning.
I think one of the important things to note is that it's really a mistake to refer to statutes as law at all. I will post my article on "A Praxeological Approach to Law" on this forum (had posted it on the new forum but nothing happened... plus, I've decided I'm not going to participate on the new forum due to the complete lack of respect that mises.org has shown to its users in this transition).
unbelieveable and bizarre.
An interesting video about what Bob Pisani forgot to tell you about the GLD:
I linked it up here:
More commentary:
SILVER ETF MANIPULATION. 'Why Gold & Silver?'
If you want to hear a short debate about the NHS click on the link to the audio at the bottom of that page. The man arguing in favor of the NHS basically makes up a bunch of "facts".
Thanks as well for the nice video Nielsio.
New Symphony of Science video!
"Repelling States: Evidence from Upland Southeast Asia"
If someone claims that property cannot exist without a state or that traditional societies did not have individual property rights, which is obviously ludicrous anyways, refer them to this paper. Also, the one mentioned in the paper by Dove is also very good. It can be found in the Journal of Agroforestry Systems in the 1983 issue on page 85-99.
Commentary on the Murphy-Smith Debate
The Murphy-Smith debate was advertised with a Mises Daily titled Tonight: Econ Cage Match of DEATH. After it aired, Jeffrey Tucker offered his thoughts. The video is available on YouTube.
I believe the debate would have been better if it was on paper rather than oral. Instead of time limits, let each debater write as much as they want. There could be opposing Mises Dailies on the front page. One day are the opening statements, followed by the rebuttals, followed by more rebuttals or their closing arguments, and that is all followed by reader questions. Also, a more thorough background of the Austrian and Keynesian paradigms would be helpful to those who are not as knowledgeable of each. This debate is a fog to newcomers, so if each side could give a summary of its view, followed by the details, that would be helpful.
4 yrs old, but new to me. Never heard of the guy before. Not sure if it has been posted before.
Interview with Aaron Russo...
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Pretty sure its [ view: video link] no spaces. Like this
And if you can tell me who Nicholas Rockefeller is (and more importantly, how he fits into the John D. Rockefeller dynasty), you'll win a prize.
It seems the guy is hard to pin down...?
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And if you can tell me who Nicholas Rockefeller is (and more importantly, how he fits into the John D. Rockefeller dynasty), you'll win a prize.
I'll see if I can find any books he's written or public debates he has partaken where he explains his thoughts or agenda in more detail, and I'll get right back to you.
Just realized that my class colors are black and gold :)
Quick note to whoever reads this in time (by the end of Sept 6):
Vote Ron Paul (a little bit down the page):
Is Paul's logic sound here:
? I find it a bit "eh" as anyone could make his argument.
@JJ: Good point - and then there's this guy:
Is Paul's logic sound here:
? I find it a bit "eh" as anyone could make his argument.
It's not about logic. It's about definitions. All these morons who talk about outlawing earmarks have no idea what an earmark is. While a straightline definition is difficult to pin down, the main point is clear:
The federal Office of Management and Budget defines earmarks as funds provided by Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents Executive Branch merit-based or competitive allocation processes, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails the ability of the Executive Branch to manage critical aspects of the funds allocation process.
That's basically it right there. Earmarks allow Congressional representatives to specify how federal funds should be spent...as opposed to the Executive branch dictating in a more centralized fashion. Don't mistunderstand me, the whole system is wrong, so it's pretty tough to defend a specific way of operatating within a system that you disagree with. And that's why Paul's case doesn't sound as good as it should. (Plus the host is doing his best to make him look bad.)
But the point Paul tries to make is a simple one: the Congress should dictate where money is spent...not the President. If you search around for other videos you'll find one where Paul says "we should earmark everything"...meaning all monies should be appropriated specifically by Congress.
And what's more, Texas is a donor state...
Texas taxpayers receive less federal funding per dollar of federal taxes paid compared to the average state. Per dollar of Federal tax collected in 2005, Texas citizens received approximately $0.94 in the way of federal spending. This ranks the state 35th nationally and represents a slight decrease from 1995, when Texas received $0.95 per dollar of federal taxes paid (ranking them 37th nationally). Neighboring states and the amount of federal spending they received per dollar of federal taxation paid were as follows: New Mexico ($2.03), Oklahoma ($1.36), Arkansas ($1.41), and Louisiana ($1.78).
So this whole notion of Ron Paul "pork barreling" federal money into his state is just plain false. The state is on net losing money thanks to the federal government's redistribution deal, while every one of the states surrounding it are on the federal dole. As Paul said, he's just putting in the requests his constituents ask for, as they try to get at least some of their own money back.
Huh. That is really really interesting. I myself would have readily taken up the cry against earmarks, but now I view things differently.
According to [http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/883]:
Ron Paul routinely votes against appropriations bills that include funds he requests earmarks for; he opposes those spending bills while believing that Congress has a responsibility to designate exactly how appropriated money must be spent.
Ron Paul routinely votes against appropriations bills that include funds he requests earmarks for; he opposes those spending bills while believing that Congress has a responsibility to designate exactly how appropriated money must be spent.
Could it be true that his votes do not add to the total but allow him to redistribute it, and then he votes against the whole thing?
This sounds too good to be true :)
But wow, my view on earmarks has changed. Thanks. This seems like something less than 1% of the population would know... I feel special now :)


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Quote on MLK Memorial to be removed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation.
Salazar said he had reached an agreement with King's family, the group that built the memorial and the National Park Service to remove a paraphrase from King's "Drum Major" speech by carving grooves over the lettering to match existing scratch marks in the sculpture. Memorial sculptor Lei Yixin recommended removing the inscription this way to avoid harming the monument's structural integrity.
Critics including poet Maya Angelou complained after the memorial opened in 2011 that the paraphrased quotation took King's words out of context, making him sound arrogant. The paraphrase reads: "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness."
The full quotation was taken from a 1968 sermon about two months before King was assassinated. It reads: "Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter."
In a statement provided to The Associated Press, Salazar explained the resolution of the long disagreement over the inscription and how it should be repaired.
"I am proud that all parties have come together on a resolution that will help ensure the structural integrity of this timeless and powerful monument to Dr. King's life and legacy," Salazar said.
Work is scheduled to begin after the presidential inauguration in February or March of 2013 to be completed in the spring, according to federal officials. Lei, the original sculptor, will do perform the stone work to remove the inscription, and the memorial will remain open to visitors.
In a joint statement released by the U.S. Interior Department, King's family voiced support for the new plan. King's youngest daughter Bernice King, who is chief executive of the King Center in Atlanta, thanked Salazar and the National Park Service for taking "care to maintain the spirit and appearance of such an important monument to our country's history and my father's memory."
King's sister, Christine King Farris, said the family had wanted the entire quotation to be inscribed in the memorial.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. is open for a few days before it's unveiling August 28, 2011.
"While our family would have of course preferred to have the entire 'Drum Major' quote used, we fully endorse and support the Secretary's proposal," she said.


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On Friday night Caroline, Jay and I sat on our bed reading bedtime stories. This is a nightly routine for us. We put Jay in his pajamas, brush his teeth, and then plop him on the bed between us with a cup of milk and read from a pile of picture books. This particular night Caroline was reading Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things that Go and Jay was being particularly sweet, pointing out his favorite trucks and kicking his feet excitedly when Caroline turned to the page with all the construction equipment.
I was tired and feeling happy and I lay my head on Jay's tiny shoulder. Jay didn't like this at all. He pushed against my forehead with his little hand and said "No Daddy, go away." I sat up, a bit chagrined. I love Jay more than I've ever loved anybody, and that love wants to express itself through affection. But I realized in that moment that while Jay can lay his head on my shoulder, it's not my place to lay my head on his.
A few weeks ago I wrote about a conversation I overheard between a mom and her college-aged son. It struck me, listening to the two of them talk for almost an hour, that there was an imbalance between them: the son gave the impression that he was indulging his mom with his company, while for her part it seemed that there was no one she would rather be spending time with.
My mother-in-law emailed that essay to several of her friends with grown sons. One wrote back, "I think that love flows down, parent to child, in a way that it just can't flow the other way." I liked that, and I think it captures a little of why it felt unnatural for me to put my head on Jay's shoulder. In every other loving relationship such a gesture would have fit: we rest our heads on the shoulders of our spouses, our friends, our siblings, our parents. But children recoil—almost instinctively—when their parents show signs of needing them emotionally.
On Saturday morning I was talking about this with a friend—a man with two grown children of his own—who recommended I read Michel Montaigne's essay "On the affection of fathers for their children." That night I read it on the couch beside an open window with Wally asleep in my lap.
Montaigne, I knew, is considered the "father of the essay," and as I began to read I was amazed, first of all, at how current the writing seemed. I paused after a page and looked him up in Wikipedia, expecting to find that he'd written in the late-19th century or something like that—just long enough ago to give him stature, but recently enough that his sensibilities don't seem radically different than our own. I was stunned to discover that he died in 1592. The world has turned over a few times at least between then and now, but not everything has changed, apparently, in how parents feel about their children.
Montaigne writes that after a desire for self-preservation, "the love which the begetter feels for the begotten" is the most powerful law of nature. Given that the reproductive success of the human race depends on parents loving their children, but not on children loving their parents, Montaigne writes, "it is not so surprising if love is not so great when we go backwards, from children to fathers."
It takes the fun out of the best things in life to reduce them to biological causes. Montaigne seemed to realize this, so he offered a more romantic explanation for why love only flows down:
Anyone who does a kindness to another loves him more than he is loved in return; anyone to whom a debt is owed feels greater love than the one by whom the debt is owed; and every creator loves what he has made more than it would love him.


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Crib or childs quilt, early 2004-2005. Bibijan Ibrahimsahib, Kendalgri, India. Cotton, 37H x 49W. Purchase 2006 The Members Fund 2006.32.2
Quilts are considered by many to be one of America s great indigenous folk-art forms, but patchwork also has a rich and important place in other parts of the world as demonstrated in a pair of exhibitions opening September 14 at the
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Since purchasing its first quilt in 1918, the Newark Museum has amassed one of the most comprehensive quilt collections in the nation. Drawing 30 magnificent quilts, half by New Jersey artisans, from its rich holdings of more than 150 works, the Museum will showcase the art form in its upcoming feature exhibition, Patchwork from Folk Art to Fine Art, September 14 through December 31, 2011. A broader world view of the art form is examined in a small accompanying exhibition entitled The Global Art of Patchwork: Asia and Africa . As is traditional with all major Newark Museum exhibitions, a rich and diverse schedule of educational programs and activities are planned throughout the run of the exhibition.
Patchwork from Folk Art to Fine Art explores the evolution of quilts from those created for functional use in the 19th century to breathtaking works of art intended only for display. Woven throughout the exhibition are the stories associated with each quilt, reminding the visitor of the all-important human connection. The exhibition also demonstrates the historical importance of quilts as an acceptable means of creative and communal expression during times when women had no public voice and few legal rights.
Patchwork quilts, many of which have never been on public view, range from simple graphic designs pieced together from small geometric patches of silk, wool or cotton, to complex narratives filled with appliqué motifs and embroidered enrichment.
Patchwork offers a rare opportunity for museum goers to view these stylistically and historically important works, said Ulysses Grant Dietz, Senior Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts Collection, and Curator of Patchwork from Folk Art to Fine Art. This exhibition is a must for those who love textiles, both for their artistic beauty and exquisite craftsmanship. The accompanying exhibition, which takes a global look at the art of patchwork, provides an enriching perspective made possible by the significant global holdings of the Newark Museum .
Patchwork from Folk Art to Fine Art is presented in four sections: Making Quilts, The Social Fabric of Quilts, Quilted Memories, and Contemporary Quilts / Cultural Adaptations.
Making Quilts traces the evolution of quilt making from the early 19th century, when they were made by hand, through the Industrial Revolution and the advent of the sewing machine, to present day. Featured in this section is Wild Goose Chase (1800-1830), the initial acquisition of the Museums collection. Produced from homespun wool, this popular pattern of triangular patches evokes the image of flying geese.
The long-standing tradition of quilting requires patience, creativity and skill and usually takes place at a communal or family gathering. The Social Fabric of Quilts section explores the familial and communal occasions at which quilts are often created. During the 19th century, quilts were created as part of a new brides hope chest. Often, women also created quilts as a means of expressing their political views.
From the 19th century to the present day, a handmade quilt is a highly-valued and cherished gift. Quilted Memories exhibits examples of quilts that uniquely memorialize historic and family events for posterity. During the 19th century, the desire to commemorate and memorialize major events in fluenced the popularity of album quilts. Each block in the album quilt reflected a memory and was signed by one or more people who helped create the block.
The Hurley Family Album, exhibited publically for the first time, is one of the Museums most important recent acquisitions. Made in 1867 in Wall Township , New Jersey , by the members of a prominent farming family, this is the finest example of its type known today, according to Dietz.
The final section of the exhibition, Contemporary Quilts / Cultural Adaptation, showcases the modern day quiltings that are of ten created and viewed as works of art. The most recent acquisition, from 2006, is entitled Midtown Direct, made by Teresa Barkley, a Maplewood resident, who started working on the quilt in 1998. This quilt commemorated the introduction of direct New Jersey Transit train service into Manhattan , an event that transformed New Jersey s suburbs and had a great impact on the artists own daily commute into New York . Since the events of September 11, 2001, the quilt has taken on a darker aspect, becoming a memorial to the World Trade Center towers that had formed part of every New Jersey Transit commuters daily life.
Significant contributions and in fluences made by African-Americans are now being documented as part of the development of the quilt as a distinctly American folk expression, Dietz said. Research shows that some quilt patterns can be traced back to ancestral African textile design. For example, the striking syncopated design in Tied Center Medallion quilt made by an unknown African-American woman in Kansas in the 1920s bears an uncanny similarity of modern geometric painting of the same period and comes from a quilting tradition largely outside of the Euro-American aesthetic.
The accompanying exhibition, The Global Art of Patchwork: Africa and Asia features textile-related patchwork traditions outside the world of quilts, including works from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana , Japan , Korea , India , Nigeria , Sudan and Tibet . Drawn from the Newark Museum s broad collections, the exhibition offers a global perspective for the art of patchwork textiles.
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"Mr. Spencer, what do you think the most important subject is?" a student asks as we transition from math to writing.
"Most people think I'm crazy for saying this, but I'd have to go with social studies," I respond.
"I thought you'd say philosophy," a girl points out.
"Yeah, but I have to sneak that one into school," I say.
"No you don't. It's all over social studies. History is just philosophy with story."
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Two years ago, we studied globalization. Students interviewed community members, family, police officers, civil servants and business owners in order to get the story of Maryvale and how it had changed as a result of globalization. From there, they began a documentary, a series of service projects and finally a proposal for how this urban enclave should redefine itself in light of a globalized world.
It was philosophy.
It was story.
It was human.
Did students read? Constantly. Did they write? More than I could have imagined. Did they do math? Take a look at their community needs assessments and you'll see how in-depth they went in their statistical analyses. Realizing the potential for new learning, I asked if I could redesign my intervention class to be a History Day exploratory project. The teachers in leadership quickly dismissed this as "fluff" and "fun" and "unable to help us increase test scores."
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Perhaps this is a symptom of urban education, but I have a hunch it's true throughout the U.S. that we are experiencing the death of social studies. In the primary grades, classes gloss over it briefly in order to move to the "tested subjects" while secondary schools treat it as a subject used to help boost reading and writing scores. When power brokers and political pundits grow glassy-eyed of STEM, they are quick to ignore AHEM (Art, History, Economics, Music) and thus social studies experiences a distinct silent treatment.
It's viewed as the past. A slightly embarrassing vestige to the days when people wore wigs and tight pants. People miss the human element, the problem-solving skills, the critical thinking and the creativity of the subject. So, here is a list of why social studies matters.
- Interconnectedness: Social studies allows for students to connect subjects, ideas, concepts and content from multiple sources. Thus, while a reading class might spend three weeks on expository text, a decent social studies class hits expository, persuasive, narrative and functional text while mixing it with alternative media in multiple social contexts.
- Creativity: While creativity can happen in any subject, social studies provides a certain flexibility that is not always possible in subjects with more rigid procedural demands. Thus, students can do a PBL (redefine the city), a multimedia play or documentary without going against the standards or curriculum map.
- Story and Systems: It's fun to teach a subject where I can teach economic systems, social norms or financial literacy while still providing the perspective of a human narrative. I get to blend micro and macro history and help students see how they intersect.
- Relevance: On a regular basis, we get to be practical (here's how you balance a budget), personal (tell your story, share your beliefs) and philosophical (what are the ideas that shape your world) without being too explicit or preachy.
- Critical Thinking: I teach all subjects and it's painful at the beginning of the year to watch students in math who are scared to ask questions or solve an equation the "wrong way." In much of school, students are forced to answer questions. In social studies, they get to question the answers.
- Civic Duty and Civil Rights: We are raising a generation of students who are civically illiterate. They don't know their rights. They don't know their world.
- Understand the Past Narratives: Students can make sense of current events and how those events shape their life by delving deeper into the events of the past. I watch worldviews widen when they access the collective voice of generations before them. They learn to value the vintage and find relevance in the classic.
- Better in the Core Curriculum: Social studies is often the place where students "practice" reading, writing and math in contexts that are closely linked to the way the world actually works.
- Ethics: Students have a chance to think ethically in a way that is not dogmatic. It's a subject where mystery and paradox are not forbidden and where moral requires debate, discussion and deliberation.
- Recovering Geography: Students get a chance to make sense of their world, both in a global and local context. They get a sense of how the land, the people and the culture have shaped them in addition to learning what it means to interact with people in other lands, cultures and nations. Thus, when they do a "flat classroom" project they recognize the forces at work both in the positive (a chance for understanding) and in the negative (the dangers of technophilia and neo-imperialism).
John T. Spencer is a teacher in Phoenix, AZ who blogs at johntspencer.com. He recently finished two books, Pencil Me In, an allegory for educational technology and Drawn Into Danger, a fictional memoir of a superhero.


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I Need My Fix Michael Fassbender to appear tonight... any moment now I guess given the time difference...on Top Gear (in the UK)
Movie|Line details all the messy pre-release problems surrounding John Carter. I hope to see it soon. I would so much rather see movies than hear about their production for months beforehand.
Rope of Silicon 'the ABCs of cinema'. How many of these 26 movies can you name. I had a tough time since it moves so fast (one minute) but it's a cool animation.
Coming Soon gets its hands on the diaries of Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Associate Press Dame Judi Dench is fighting blindness via macular degeneration :(. Having scripts read to her now.
Guardian interviews BAFTA's rising star winner Adam Deacon who is an unknown on these shores.
Serious Film our Michael C reveals his Best Actress ballot. We share three choices.
Animation Mag the theatrical run of the Oscar Shorts package has grown 80% in attendance over the past 7 years. Good to hear.
The Wrap shares the rumor that Jennifer Aniston nixed topless moment in the comedy Wanderlust out of consideration for new boyfriend Justin Theroux. I refuse to believe that Theroux is that touchy about nudity... especially since he's done it himself on my TV screen.
A Streaming Oscar Moment
If you understood Carrie Fisher as a kindred spirit when she famously said "Instant gratification takes too long." you should know that there are two Oscar nominees currently streaming here at Netflix.
- If a Tree Falls... the documentary feature nominee is on Netflix
- Hell and Back Again another documentary feature nominee is on Netflix
- OSS 117: Lost in Rio is not a nominee but gives you a chance to see Jean Dujardin strut his stuff... with sound!
- Kramer Vs Kramer in case Meryl loses again on Sunday and you need a good cry. That one's a multiple hankie effort and I know some of you haven't seen it because I read your Streep Ranking Ballots
- And finally...
Oh damnit. I was going to list a Woody Allen documentary streaming on PBS but turns out it was only doing that for five days. This is the problem with "instant watch" anywhere and everywhere. SO inconsistent. It's always peek-a-boo. Clearly the distributing channels of entertainment have not quite caught up with audience's "gimmegimme" modern tendencies.
Appropos of nothing, I'm kind of obsessed with this music video at the moment Henry Wolfe's "Someone Else". Sure it's almost a year old but I shall not be constricted by currency with my flash obsessions.
The Actress Brit Marling (Another Earth) stars -- you'll remember she just made the Vanity Fair rising stars cover -- and it's directed by Terri's writer/director Azazel Jacobs. I love music videos that treat themselves like short films and get how to take snapshots of larger stories and condense them. Henry Wolfe is, of course, Meryl Streep's son; you can totally see it in his profile. It probably drives the children of famous people crazy that people always mention the famous person they're related to but I really love his music and I might not have ever discovered him if I hadn't been chasing Streep info one day a few years ago and chanced upon one of his performances.


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Global efforts to prevent corruption in football today reached a milestone with the announcement that world football's governing body, FIFA, is to donate to INTERPOL the largest grant it has ever received from a private institution to create an unprecedented ten-year programme worth millions of euros a year at a dedicated FIFA Anti-Corruption Training Wing within the INTERPOL Global Complex (IGC) in Singapore.
The announcement was made by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at a press conference held at the Home of FIFA in Zurich. Under the agreement, INTERPOL will receive €4 million in each of the first two years, followed by €1.5 million in each of the following eight years.
INTERPOL's longest-ever funded initiative will target illegal and irregular betting and match-fixing, the scale of which has been highlighted by recent fixing allegations and the involvement of Asian gambling syndicates in global match-fixing – with estimates by INTERPOL's global law enforcement network that illegal football gambling is worth up to hundreds of millions of US dollars in Asia alone each year.
In this respect, the initiative will provide cutting-edge training, education and prevention to protect the sport, the players and the fans from fraud and corruption.
"The threat of match-fixing in sport is a major one, and we are committed to doing everything in our power to tackle this threat," said President Blatter. "In the fight against illegal betting and match-fixing, the preventive measures that can be taken and the protection of the players and the integrity of the game are of the utmost importance. Joint work with the authorities and with INTERPOL is crucial for success, and for this reason we are very pleased to announce this contribution today, which will further enhance our cooperation," he added.
During the press conference, FIFA also announced the creation of an internal Betting Integrity Investigation Task Force, which will comprise members of FIFA's Legal Division and Security Department, as well as the Early Warning System GmbH.
The threat of match-fixing in sport is a major one, and we are committed to doing everything in our power to tackle this threat.
"Match-fixing shakes the very foundations of sport, namely fair play, respect and discipline. That's why FIFA employs a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to any infringement of these values," concluded the FIFA President.
INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble hailed FIFA's and President Blatter's commitment to keeping the world's most popular and influential sport clean. "By funding a long-term corruption prevention training programme to be designed and implemented by INTERPOL – the world's largest international police institution with 188 member countries – to counter transnational organised crime's attempts to corrupt the sport and its players, officials and administrators, FIFA has taken a significant step towards ensuring the integrity of football worldwide," said INTERPOL Secretary General Noble.
"As INTERPOL and FIFA look to the future, basing this anti-corruption initiative at INTERPOL's upcoming Global Complex in Singapore while delivering training programmes from INTERPOL Regional Bureaus and offices all over the world will help both INTERPOL and FIFA achieve their common goal of keeping the world's most popular sport free of the corrupt influences of transnational organised crime syndicates."
"Illicit betting and match-fixing rings have demonstrated their global reach to fundamentally undermine football from one continent to another by corrupting administrators, officials and players and they require a global response," said Secretary General Noble.
Endorsing the initiative, the World Bank's Vice-President of Integrity, Leonard McCarthy, said: "Corruption should always be offside. Cleaning-up initiatives are a much-needed golden goal against corruption, and an important step toward keeping football worthy of its nickname: the beautiful game."
Secretary General Noble outlined how links had been established between match-fixing, illegal betting and organised crime at international level and how organised criminals frequently engage in loan-sharking and use intimidation and violence to collect debts, forcing their desperate, indebted victims into drug smuggling and their family members into prostitution.
"Today's agreement between INTERPOL and FIFA therefore provides a unique opportunity to challenge corruption both on and off the pitch," concluded the head of INTERPOL.
INTERPOL has co-ordinated several successful operations targeting illegal gambling in Asia, with SOGA III, conducted throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, involving police across China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand and resulting in the arrest of more than 5,000 individuals with raids conducted on nearly 800 illegal gambling dens which had handled more than USD 155 million worth of bets.
The programme will create a continuous learning and operational platform for all officials involved directly or indirectly in international and national football. It will also deliver regional training and advice at international football events such as the FIFA World Cup™ and FIFA Club World Cup, as well as at youth competitions ranging from U-17 to U-20 events.