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Questions about FERPA
FERPA for Students
FERPA for Faculty/Staff
FERPA for Parents
Annually, Fort Lewis College informs students of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Buckley Amendment), as amended. This Act protects the privacy of educational records, and affords students certain rights with respect to their records.
1. What is FERPA?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, also known as the Buckley Amendment, helps protect the privacy of student records. The Act provides for the right to inspect and review educational records, to seek to amend those records, and to limit disclosure or information from the records. The Act applies to all institutions that are the recipients of federal funding under any program administered by the Secretary of Education.
2. Who is protected under FERPA?
When a student begins attending a postsecondary institution, regardless of age, FERPA rights transfer from the parent to the student. At Fort Lewis College, "attending" starts on the day the student registers for classes. FERPA applies to all students who are currently enrolled (including Continuing Education), or were formerly enrolled, and does not apply to deceased students or persons who have applied but have not attended.
3. What are educational records?
With certain exceptions, an educational record is any record from which a student can be personally identified and maintained by Fort Lewis College or an authorized party.
Educational records include any records in the possession of an employee that are shared with or accessible to another individual. The records may be handwritten, print, magnetic tape, film, diskette, or some other medium. A student has the right to access these records. FERPA does not require that certain records be kept. This is a matter of institutional policy and/or state regulations.
Students do not have access to the financial information of their parents, even though that information is part of the student's educational record.
4. What is not included in an educational record?
5. What is directory information?
Institutions may disclose information on a student without violating FERPA if it has designated the information as "directory information." At Fort Lewis College, this includes (as defined by the Student Handbook):
Students must be notified annually of what constitutes directory information. Students may, if they desire, request that directory information not be released. Such a request must be submitted in writing to the Registrar's Office by the last day to add classes (Census Date).
6. Who may have access to student information?
7. What is a school official?
8. What is "legitimate educational interest?
A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official is performing or providing a:
What is NOT "legitimate educational interest"? Legitimate educational interest does not convey inherent rights to any and all student information. The law discriminates between educational interest, and personal or private interest; determinations are made on a case-by-case basis. Educational interest does not constitute authority to disclose information to a third party without the student's written permission.
9. When is the student's consent not required to disclose information?
The exceptions:
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1. What rights are afforded a student under FERPA?
These rights include:
The right to inspect and review the student's education records within 3 days of the day the College receives a request for access. Students should submit to the Registrar's Office, dean, head of the academic department, or other appropriate official, written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The College official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the College official to whom the request was submitted does not maintain the records, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
The right to request the amendment of the student's education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading. Students may ask the College to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the College official responsible for the record, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the College decides not to amend the record as requested by the student, the College will notify the student of the decision and advise the student of his or her right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
2. How does a student make Directory Information confidential?
"Directory Information" at Fort Lewis College will be made available to the general public unless the student notifies the Registrar's Office of their intent to have this information confidential. This notification must be made at the Registrar's Office either in person or in writing before the last day to add classes (Census Day). If Directory Information is requested to be confidential, the following procedures are in effect:
3. Whom should a student contact with a FERPA complaint?
Student's may file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by Fort Lewis College to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-4605.
4. How does a student authorize the release of an academic transcript?
Students must authorize the release of an academic transcript by written request with signature to the Registrar's Office. The request may be submitted via mail or in person.
Request forms are available in the Registrar's Office and on the campus Website.
1. Penalties for Violating FERPA Regulations
The Family Policy Compliance Office of the US Department of Education reviews and investigates complaints of violations of FERPA. If the Office finds that there has been a failure to comply with FERPA, it will notify the institution about the corrections that need to be made to bring the institution into compliance. The Office will establish a reasonable period of time for the institution to voluntarily accomplish the specified changes.
If the Secretary of Education finds, after this reasonable period of time, that an institution has failed to comply with FERPA and determines that compliance cannot be secured by any means, he can, among other options direct that no federal funds under his administrative control (financial aid, education grants, etc.) be made available to that institution.
2. Parental Access to Student's Educational Record
When a student reaches the age of 18 or begins attending a postsecondary institution, regardless of age, FERPA rights transfer from the parent to the student. Parents must obtain a signed consent from their child to receive non-directory information. The Registrar's Office keeps that consent on file and the authorization is flagged on the Comment Form (SPACMNT) of the Banner System. Should a parent contact you regarding their child, faculty/staff must check for this authorization prior to releasing that information. If the authorization does not exist, faculty/staff must not discuss the student with their parent and advise the parent that their child must provide Fort Lewis College signed, written authorization before information may be released.
3. Posting of Grades by Faculty
The public posting of grades either by the student's name or ID number without the student's written permission is a violation of FERPA. This includes the posting of grades to a class website and applies to any public posting of grades for students taking distance education courses.
Instructors and others who post grades should use a system that ensures that FERPA requirements are met. This can be accomplished either by obtaining the student's written permission or by using code words or randomly assigned numbers that only the instructor and individual student should know.
Notification of grades via a postcard violates a student's privacy rights.
Notification of grades via e-mail is not recommended. There is minimal guarantee of confidentiality on e-mail. The institution would be held responsible if an unauthorized third party gained access, in any manner, to a student's educational record through any electronic transmission method.
Fort Lewis College provides a secure web application for students (Webopus) to view their academic record. In addition to the ID number, a student must also supply a self-assigned PIN, which is a second level of security, to view these records.
4. Letters of Recommendation
Statements made by a person making a recommendation that are made from that person's personal observation or knowledge do not require a written release from the student. However, if personally identifiable information obtained from a student's educational record is included in the letter of recommendation (grades, GPA, etc.), the writer is required to obtain a signed release from the student which (1) specifies the records that may be disclosed, (2) states the purpose of the disclosure, and (3) identifies the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure can be made.
If the person writing the recommendation keeps this letter on file, it would be part of the student's education record and the student has the right to read it unless he or she has waived that right to access.
Sample letter of recommendation –
I give permission to Prof. Smith to write a letter of recommendation to:
Allstate Insurance
324 Wilkins Drive
Atlanta, GA 33011
Prof Smith has my permission to include my GPA and grades.
I waive (or do not waive) my right to review a copy of this letter at any time in the future.
5. The Media
Nothing in FERPA allows an institution to discuss a student's educational record publicly – even if a lawsuit has made the information a matter of public record. A school official may not assume that a student's public discussion of a matter constitutes implied consent for the school official to disclose anything other than directory information in reply. Additionally, university employees should follow university policy regarding the release of information to the media. The official spokesperson for the university is the Assistant to the President/External Affairs.
6. Legitimate Educational Interest
What is "legitimate educational interest"? In accordance with FERPA, a school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his/her professional responsibility. This includes such purposes as:
What is NOT "legitimate educational interest"? Legitimate educational interest does not convey inherent rights to any and all student information. The law discriminates between educational interest, and personal or private interest; determinations are made on a case-by-case basis. Educational interest does not constitute authority to disclose information to a third party without the student's written permission.
7 Special "DON'TS" for Faculty
To avoid violations of FERPA rules, DO NOT:
Resource: The AACRAO 2001 FERPA Guide


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Chicken Fried ChickenSounds a little silly doesn't it? I mean fried chicken is just, well, fried chicken, how could it be a chicken fried chicken? Right?
A Facebook reader posed that very oddity when I mentioned I was making Chicken Fried Chicken for Sunday supper. It really just refers to the preparation - a method similar to chicken fried steak - and, what sets it apart from traditional bone-in fried chicken. For this dish, a boneless, skinless chicken breast is pounded flat, sort of like a schnitzel, then dredged in flour and fried. Then, like it's kissing cousin, it is served with a drizzle of creamy milk gravy made from some of the pan drippings. Good ole southern comfort indeed.
One advantage to the huge chicken breasts that you find in the stores today is that once you pound them out, you can usually get two cutlets out of one breast. You're not tenderizing here, so all you need is a simple rubber mallet, the flat side of a tenderizer, or even a simple rolling pin to pound the thicker part of the breast flat, then cut in half for 8 cutlets. Season chicken with Cajun seasoning.
Dredge the chicken cutlets in flour seasoned with salt and pepper and set aside on a rack. Dip the cutlets in the flour, then in the egg wash, then back into the flour. Heat about a half inch of canola oil in a skillet with a couple tablespoons of bacon fat for extra flavor.
Carefully slide cutlets into the hot oil, cook until golden brown on both sides, and drain on a clean rack while you make some gravy out of the pan drippings and some milk.
To save time, you can extract 1/4 cup of the pan drippings from the chicken fryer before you start the last batch of chicken frying and get the gravy going in a separate skillet, while you finish the chicken. Taste the gravy, season with salt and pepper and adjust to your taste.
Plate immediately, spooning some gravy over the chicken, and serve with some homemade mashed potatoes and a green vegetable. Pure heaven y'all.
Recipe: Chicken Fried Chicken with Southern Peppered Milk Gravy© From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 minYield: About 4 servings
For the Chicken:
For the Gravy:
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, halved and pounded flat (for 8 cutlets)
- 1/2 teaspoon of Creole or Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama), or to taste
- 2 cups of self rising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 cup of milk
- 2 large eggs
- One-half inch of cooking oil (canola, vegetable) for the skillet, plus 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings
- 1/4 cup of reserved pan drippings
- 1/4 cup of reserved seasoned flour
- 1-1/2 to 2 cups of milk
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper, or to taste
Use a rubber mallet to gently pound the thicker part of the chicken breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap until breast is flattened and even. Cut in half to make 8 cutlets, and season both sides with Cajun seasoning. Place a rack over a baking sheet covered with paper towels; set aside.
Whisk together the flour, salt and pepper; remove and set aside 1/4 cup of the seasoned flour mixture for the gravy. Beat the cup of milk with 2 large eggs for an egg wash. Dip the chicken into the seasoned flour, the egg wash and back in the flour, shaking to remove any excess flour. Let cutlets rest at room temperature for about 10 minutes.
Heat the cooking oil and bacon fat in a cast iron or heavy bottomed skillet over a medium high heat. Cook the chicken in batches to avoid overcrowding the skillet, until browned on the bottom; turn and finish cooking until golden brown and cooked through. Place onto the rack of the prepared pan and tent very loosely with aluminum foil to hold.
Remove all of the oil from the skillet except for 1/4 cup, and over medium heat, sprinkle in the 1/4 cup of reserved seasoned flour a little at a time. Cook, stirring constantly until a light blond color. Slowly whisk in 1-1/2 cups of milk until fully incorporated and until mixture begins to thicken. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and let cook for a few minutes, adding additional milk, if needed, to reach desired consistency. Taste, season with salt and plenty of pepper and adjust as needed.
Place a piece of chicken on each plate and spoon a bit of the gravy across the center of the chicken. Serve immediately with homemade mashed potatoes and a green vegetable.
Tip: To substitute for self rising flour, use 2 cups of all purpose flour with 1-1/2 teaspoons of baking powder; add salt and pepper and proceed as above. To speed up the process, remove 1/4 cup of the pan drippings and start the gravy in another skillet while the last batch of chicken is cooking. Brining also makes a difference with chicken, so if you have time, brine the chicken in advance. Place into a zipper bag filled with water and 2 tablespoons of kosher salt for about 2 hours. Drain well and proceed.
Saltine Variation: Increase flour to 4 cups and season with salt and pepper; take out 1/4 cup of the seasoned flour and set that aside for the gravy. Divide the remaining seasoned flour into 2 bowls. Crush one sleeve of saltine crackers fine and mix with one bowl of the flour. Whisk together milk and egg. Dredge the chicken in the seasoned flour. Dip into the egg wash and dredge in the cracker crumb mixture. Set on a rack until ready to fry.
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Large-format projection specialist E/T/C London brought Cambridge's Senate House and Old School buildings alive with 50 metre wide video projections for the launch of the legendary University's 800th anniversary year.
Ross Ashton was commissioned to produce the artwork by Cambridge 800, a committee set up to co-ordinate events for the 800th year celebrations. His brief included delivering an image-based story that encapsulated some of the incredible ideas, concepts and inventions that have emanated from the university.
Says Ashton, "It was a hugely exciting work with which to be involved. The historical and ground-breaking moments that have flowed from Cambridge have changed the world. I wanted to give spectators a glimpse into the depth of this incredible body of work and show that the same innovative genius will continue to shape our world in the future."
The 9 minute looped show was projected onto the two buildings - that sit at right angles to each other - by 4 Christie S+20K projectors. These were positioned in custom constructed hides, designed by E/T/C London's Paul Highfield, which sat directly opposite across a large lawn in front of the buildings. The images were soft edged together in the middle.
The highly engaging content included amazing cartoons of two of the University's most famous alumni, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, which were specially created for the show by illustrator and Downing College alumnus, Quentin Blake.
The show's artwork, produced by Paul Chatfield and Ross Ashton, predominantly consisted of multiple layered still art images which were then animated using E/T/C's versatile OnlyView control platform. Four OnlyView servers, one per projector, were loaded with the content and programmed by Richard Porter using the system's practical multi-timeline function.
The control position was inside the Senate House for weather protection, so Porter set up a second system outdoors to line-up the projectors during rigging and rehearsals, keeping the two systems carefully synched. The projectors could also be tweaked from the indoor control position via a WIFI link into the OnlyView producer computer.
During the get-in, Michael Barry joined the team and diligently fitted all 31 arched windows in the fascias of both buildings with tailored Corex white-outs. Glen Jenkins was also onboard to assist Porter in setting up the control.
The projections kicked off immediately after Quentin Blake and BBC Look East presenter Susie Fowler-Watt officially launched the Celebrations. The show ran from 7 – 10 p.m. for 3 nights and attracted massive crowds into the centre of Cambridge, all of whom were wowed by the colour and vitality of the high impact images.


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Welcome to the beta release of The Racer X Vault, a new motocross records archive for you to access records, results and rankings from yesteryear. The records and info will be released in sections, and we begin with the 40-year history of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championships, with top-twenty finishes in the 125/250/500 classes, going back to 1972. Bench racers, start your browsers!
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We live in a hurting and hurtful world. News reports abound, of course, that makes nihilism a quotidian way of life. But more than that, it is a viable option for moving through times that give us so little reason to smile, to love, to have joy. But the beat drops and you see folks nodding their head in a hooptie in the hood. You see a kid running, laughing, with the biggest smile on his, her or hir face. And you begin to wonder. And feel, maybe just slightly, wonderful. There is beauty in the world, in this world. Not because of what we do, what we create or our life situation; there is beauty because we are here, because we exist, because we are.
I remember the sermon I preached at Metro State Women's Prison in Atlanta, GA in 2005. Women locked up, behind bars, behind walls…away from family, with khaki colored prison uniforms, white socks and sneakers on. To consider life within the compressed space of the prison is to think about the possibility for joy in the most constrained environments. To think about the life, love and laughter there is to elucidate for me how there is the possibility for something new in situations that are rather horrific. To linger in the condition of imprisonment would make us miss the humanity of the women altogether. What can we learn from the incessant desire to remake the world, even in the confines of constraint? The sermon I preached – "You Are Beautiful" – resonates with me even, if not especially, today because I do not think we hear it often enough. So here, right now, to you, I say: you are beautiful.
In the biblical book of Genesis – that space where things began, where things were spoken, where things were called forth – is a simple mythic declaration from the deity figure: "let us make humankind after our image and in our likeness." Surely, this seems simple at first blush until we consider the context in which this initially oral tale was told. Israel was a captive group, always in danger of being stolen from their land into diverse places and put to work. The Egypt narrative – where they were enslaved and forced to labor – is one such space to consider. Other religious traditions in existence during the time this Hebrew biblical story was being told posited that only the king or chief or leader was created in the image of the Divine. As such, the status of the individual was the condition of possibility for beauty.
Beauty – in the way of image and likeness – is conferred upon us all. Thus, the narrative of "let us make humankind after our image and in our likeness" democratizes the notion of beauty. This beauty is not a function of what one does or what one's labors produce. Beauty is not limited to those who have a particular class, gendered or ethnic status but is opened up to all created being. Beauty resides in the very fact that you are an idea, an idea that exists…here. Now.
To begin again.
In Beloved, Baby Suggs preaches in the clearing – the compressed space of the wilderness, the far far away, distant land – always in danger of being violated because the bodies populating the worship service were constantly surveilled. It was there in that place that she told the people to laugh, cry and dance, to love their hands and hearts. If there was a confession of faith it was in this: say that you love yourself. Indeed, that is the prize. Loving yourself indulges your beauty.
Loving yourself in the face of impossibility is the prize, it is the knowledge of beauty in the world of refusal. There is a gap between love and the things deemed possible. In that gap is desire for relationality, for love, for remaking the world. In the gap between the fact of enslavement and the idea of freedom are those dancing, moaning bodies to whom Baby Suggs preaches. In the space between the fact of imprisonment and the idea of liberation are the women of Metro State Women's prison, having social, sexual, erotic lives when the prison would preclude this potential. Evident is that we can inhabit multiple worlds simultaneously. The world we perceive quickly is not the only one available. There is beauty in the world…this world.
I have been obsessing over the bass lines in songs lately because they do what I wish to do: extend the beat with playfulness, by the pluck of the string. The virtuosity with which bass players perform is a primary example of the sorta play that intrigues me (listen to Musiq's "Until" for an example: http://www.theregen.net/music/until.mp3). Running and jumping and descending the scales, sometimes in succession, others in atonal intervals. In between the bass notes plucked is, I think, the desire to stretch the meaning of that very infinitesimal pluck of the string, the hope that the vibration of the string which we hear can be ongoing, that it will allow us to linger just a little while longer. I want to be in between these notes, to look around a bit, to explore possibilities unbounded, possibilities abounding.
Love, in my opinion, allows us to relate to one another. It is what caused Harriet Tubman to think of freedom as a fundamentally social thing: she missed the people with whom she lived and laughed, felt pleasure as well as pain. Freedom was a spiritual thing, and a community experience. To be in New York alone was not freedom. To escape with others…that was freedom. Freedom was not in the place of New York. Rather, it was in the space, in the between, in the movement back and forth. Freedom was in her love, in her loving movements, in her loving escapes. Freedom was in her capacity to have emotion and to find ways to enact them.
Relationships are the occasion for organizing and targeting toward specific objects, thoughts about love, happiness, joy, affection and care. Emotion resides in us and is quickened when we meet someone towards whom we would like to explore the possibilities of expressing these feelings. These emotions exist previous to their being enacted. Love precedes the occasion or event, simply searching for a chance to be performed. Our emotions exist as preface and many times there is the undesirable postlude (the break-up). But we want the song. The song is the in-between-ness that gives the chance for social interaction.
To love is to linger, to extend the feeling as long as possible. Maybe this is why repetition in music is so powerful, why bent notes are so persuasive, why melisma is so enrapturing, why screams are so piercing. These sounds go down, way down, deep down below the surface to infinite depths, exploring possibilities for life, love and liberty.
And Baby Suggs preached about love and beauty. And in Genesis, we have a narrative about love and beauty. We continually are reminded that even in the most horrible of conditions, love and beauty must be possible. They are what allow us to relate to one another, what prompts our imagination toward the making of a new world. So in this world of hurt and hurtfulness, love and beauty are not destroyed. Rather, since they precede action and are organized according to situation, when they are compressed they are enacted creatively.


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The Best Drinks We Drank in December
The best stuff we've sipped lately.
December is something of a heavy-drinking month, with office parties and friends' festivities, family dinners and escaping-from-the-family bar visits. And we lucked into some delicious sips along the way: beers you can't get everywhere, cocktail discoveries at bars and at home, a flute of Champagne looking over the frosty skating rink, and some really good wine. Here, the Serious Eats team shares the best drinks they drank in December, from warming ginger milk tea to a rum-spiked Tom and Jerry.
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Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education: A Research SymposiumWed 16 May 2018
Centre for the Study of Higher Education
This research symposium brings together five assessment and feedback researchers who will discuss their own research findings in relation to these key concepts and consider implications with delegates. Sponsored by the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Kent, the event is free to participants both within and external to Kent, though places are limited.
Attendees are encouraged to use public transport where possible as parking spaces on campus are limited.
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Event Programme
12.30 – 13.00 Registration - Sibson Atrium
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome Address – Dr Kathleen M. Quinlan, Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Kent.
13:15 – 14.15 The Assessment-for-learning (AfL) movement in primary and secondary education: Lessons for higher education. Dr Therese Hopfenbeck, Director, Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, University of Oxford.
14.15 - 14:45 From alienation to engagement through programme approaches to assessment. Professor Tansy Jessop, Professor of Research Informed Teaching, Solent Learning and Teaching Institute, Southampton Solent University.
14:45 – 15:00 Refreshment Break - Sibson Atrium
15:00 – 15:30 University students' development of evaluative expertise for essay writing in literature through peer assessment activities. Ms Natalie Usher, PhD Candidate, Oxford Centre for Educational Assessment, University of Oxford.
15:30 – 16:00 How university students receive and cognitively process feedback. Dr Naomi Winstone, Senior Lecturer, Department of Higher Education, University of Surrey.
16:00 – 16:30 Researching models of dialogic feedback between lecturers and students. Dr Edd Pitt, Director PGCHE, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Kent.
16:30 – 17:00 Panel Discussion facilitated by Dr Kathleen M Quinlan
17:00 – 17:30 Drinks Reception - Sibson Atrium
Full programme with abstracts available https://www.kent.ac.uk/cshe/events/Programme-Assessment-and-Feedback-Symposium-160518.pdf


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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the UNESCO Apia Cluster Office in Samoa, Department of Conservation in New Zealand, and Vanuatu Cultural Centre in Vanuatu, and with financial support from the Nordic World Heritage Foundation, will organize a regional workshop on potential themes for serial and transboundary cultural World Heritage sites in the Pacific at Port Vila, Vanuatu from 5-8 September 2005.
The workshop has been proposed within the framework of the Action Plan for the implementation of the World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme. Furthermore, the proposed workshop in Vanuatu is in line with the World Heritage Global Strategy for a balanced, representative and credible World Heritage List. The main objective of the workshop is to reach an agreement on serial and transboundary cultural themes that will assist the Pacific Island countries in developing their own Tentative Lists. A Desk Study, to serve as basis for the workshop, is being conducted by Mr Kevin Jones at the Department of Conservation in New Zealand.


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Crochet garments with the impeccable fit youve always wanted! Discover custom pattern alteration techniques as you create a chic Tunisian crochet vest.
Create garments that truly flatter with personalized pattern alterations. Join crochet designer and author Dora Ohrenstein as she demystifies Tunisian crochet and shares accessible techniques for making a flattering vest youll adore. Warm up your hook by reviewing the Tunisian simple, knit and slip stitches the three stitches youll need in this class. Then, learn proper methods for accurately measuring your bust, shoulders, waist and more. Dora will show you how to make adjustments to your pattern and flawlessly complete key alterations to your bust width, armhole and often-overlooked shoulder shaping. Finally, leave no curve unattended as you discover simple techniques for flattering your waist and hips before weaving in your ends for a perfectly polished garment. Enjoy showcasing your gorgeous new vest and add these unique stitches to your crochet repertoire today!
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The purpose of this article is to help teachers integrate biotechnology into their classroom, by providing resources along with background information and a guide to appropriate topics and exercises. Should biotechnology topics be included in the Biology classroom? My answer is a resounding "Yes!" because biotechnology
A strip of eight PCR tubes, each containing a 100?l reaction. The PCR is a technique widely used in molecular biology. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
can provide a "hook" for getting students interested in and excited about biology, since this topic is frequently featured in the news media
illustrates the integration of basic scientific research into applied biology; for example, basic research about the biology of viruses that infect bacteria led to the modification of viral DNA to act as a vehicle for moving specific genes from one cell to another
underlies many current social and ethical controversies
encompasses methods that are widely used in all areas of biology, and students with an interest in biological research should be exposed to these techniques early in their training
In spite of the importance of biotechnology in modern biological science, many teachers are reluctant to include concepts about biotechnology in their classrooms because they are concerned that biotechnology
- may be too complex for students
- may be too expensive to implement
- is not within the teacher's area of expertise
- may be too controversial to manage in the classroom
However, many resources are available to help teachers incorporate laboratory and other biotechnology activities in the classroom, to provide background, and to facilitate discussions about controversial topics.
Biotechnology techniques and background
Modern biotechnology methods rely on the isolation and subsequent manipulation of DNA. Once students are familiar with DNA and its role in genetics, a useful starting point for introducing biotechnology concepts is DNA isolation.
DNA isolation
Although DNA isolation techniques vary slightly depending on the experimental organism, all of these techniques share the following characteristics:
- a treatment for breaking open cells and releasing DNA
- a method for removing or inactivating DNA-degrading enzymes
- a means of separating DNA from proteins and other contaminating molecules
There are several simple, inexpensive laboratory exercises for DNA isolation from bacteria, onions, and other organisms. They generally use heat and detergent to break open cells and inactivate DNA-degrading enzymes, and separate DNA from most other contaminants using precipitation with alcohol. There are many published methods for simple DNA isolation. The method I have found to be most reproducible is DNA isolation from bacteria16, although there are a number of published isolation exercises using onions9,10,12,16 and other organisms and tissues. Many biological supply companies sell kits for this technique and others.
DNA transformation
Another technique at the heart of many biotechnology methods, called DNA transformation, involves adding foreign DNA to cells. This foreign DNA then can be "turned on" to make a useful product. This method has been used to produce many pharmaceuticals, such as human insulin.
For classroom purposes, DNA transformation is most easily accomplished in bacteria. The basic scheme is to
- take a bacterial mini-chromosome called a plasmid,
- insert foreign DNA into the plasmid,
- and then put the modified plasmid back into bacteria.
Many transformation laboratory exercises have been published.4,15,16 Some companies sell pre-packaged DNA transformation kits.
Restriction enzyme digestion and analysis
Restriction enzymes are proteins that cut DNA molecules at specific sequences of bases. These enzymes allow biotechnologists to reproducibly cut DNA molecules into well-defined fragments. Restriction enzymes are frequently used in biotechnology to analyze and make new DNA molecules.
Typically, the analysis of DNA using restriction enzymes involves a technique called agarose gel electrophoresis.
- Agarose consists of chains of sugars, and has a consistency similar to gelatin when used for this purpose.
- An electric current moves the DNA through the agarose, and the DNA molecules separate according to their size, with the smaller DNA molecules moving faster.
- The bands of different-sized DNAs are then detected by means of a dye added to the gel.
One of the easiest ways to incorporate these techniques in the classroom is to do a combined restriction enzyme digestion & agarose gel electrophoresis laboratory exercise. Typically, students would do a restriction enzyme digestion on an inexpensive, readily available DNA, then run that DNA in an agarose gel. Students would then analyze the pattern of different-sized DNA bands.
A number of articles describe laboratory activities that deal with this topic.14,16,17,21 In addition, all the companies listed in the previous two sections sell pre-packaged kits that demonstrate these techniques. If your budget does not allow conducting wet labs, a number of simulation activities have also been developed.16,24,26,29,30
Polymerase Chain Reaction
The PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) has become a common biotechnology technique for the production of multiple copies of relatively short DNA molecules. This method is somewhat analogous to a molecular copy machine for pages (short sections) of DNA. PCR requires
- DNA that will act as a template
- short, single-stranded DNAs called primers (starting points for making DNA)
- an enzyme that makes DNA
- the building blocks of DNA called nucleotides
- a machine called a thermal cycler, which repeatedly subjects the reaction mixture to varying temperatures
There are a number of ways to incorporate PCR into the classroom. Simulations of PCR can enhance student understanding of the methodology without the need for equipment and supplies.8,16 Basic equipment, such as two or three water baths, can be used to perform the reactions if a thermal cycler is not available. For advanced classes, several exercises using a thermal cycler could be included.5,11,25 There are commercial pre-packaged kits for doing PCR in the classroom.
DNA sequencing
DNA sequencing is the heart of the human genome project, and is indispensable for many biotechnology projects. The purpose of DNA sequencing is to determine the exact order of bases (letters) in a DNA molecule. This information can then inform a scientist about the nature of a protein encoded by that DNA, the likely evolutionary relationship between different organisms, and a wealth of other information.
There are many avenues for incorporating DNA sequencing into the classroom. These include
- simulations done with pencil and paper16,18
- downloading and analyzing real sequence data over the internet19,22,23,27
- having students prepare DNA (e.g., through PCR, as described above), sending out the DNA for sequencing, and then analyzing the sequence data13
One of the best places for information about the last option is the Dolan DNA Learning Center site.11 They have developed a kit for doing PCR from students' DNA (available through Carolina Biological Supply Company) and, currently, they will sequence that specific DNA for free.
Until recently, when it came to answering questions like "Which genes are expressed in cancer cells that aren't expressed in normal cells?," a very laborious gene-by-gene analysis was required. Techniques using microarrays are now available for simultaneously analyzing the expression of many genes. These microarrays are made on either a glass slide or silicon chip, and contain hundreds or thousands of parts of genes in a small section of the slide or chip. In this procedure, the expressed genes are isolated from cells, after which those genes are detected by determining which DNAs on the chip bind to which genes from the cells.
Wet lab exercises are difficult with this technology, since it is quite new and the supplies and equipment are expensive. However, students can experience microarrays in several ways, including viewing examples of microarray data6 or viewing an internet-based simulation describing how gene expression is studied using microarrays7. Many companies that manufacture microarrays have information for educators on their websites.1
Social and ethical issues relating to biotechnology
Biotechnology applications have generated many social and ethical controversies. In a biology classroom, I think the best approach is to help students understand the information behind developments in biotechnology so they can develop a fact-based understanding of the potential benefits and risks associated with these techniques. Some examples of biotechnology-based controversies include:
- genetically modified foods
- genetically engineering microbes for bioremediation
- cloning whole organisms
- embryonic stem cell research
- gene therapy
- genetic testing
Background information on many of these controversies, and some excellent suggestions for dealing with these issues in the classroom, is found in a number of references.2,16,20,28
Many resources are available to help teachers incorporate biotechnology lessons into their classes. The information that could be included ranges from simple to complex, from purely scientific issues to ethical issues, from lecture to dry lab to extensive wet lab activities. Because of its currency and importance in modern biology, teachers should strongly consider adding biotechnology topics to their curriculum.
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They will come from near and far, the most dedicated of Iowa Republicans, for a day of speeches, barbecue, and music. Most important, they will cast ballots in the first major test of the 2012 GOP presidential field: the Aug. 13 Iowa straw poll.
Granted, the vote – which takes place at Iowa State University in Ames – is nonbinding. Three of the nine candidates on the ballot that day aren't even competing: former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the national front-runner for the Republican nomination; former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.; and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
But for the six taking part, who are the more conservative contenders in the field, it will matter a lot. Those who fare poorly may find that fundraising dries up and they have to drop out. Those who do well could find the wind in their sails – and a fresh influx of campaign cash – as they head into the Republican Party's first-in-the-nation nominating contest, the Iowa caucuses, early next year.
"The Ames straw poll is a good thing, because it shows what candidates have or don't have in terms of organizational muster," says Steve Scheffler, an Iowa Republican national committeeman and Christian conservative leader. "Based on past history, I'm guessing it will winnow the field."
A three-way battle is shaping up among Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. A new poll of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers, released Monday by Rasmussen Reports, shows Congresswoman Bachmann in the lead with 22 percent, Congressman Paul at 16 percent, and Mr. Pawlenty at 11 percent. (Mr. Romney came in at 22 percent and Texas Gov. Rick Perry is at 12 percent, but neither is competing in the straw poll.) But Pawlenty could in fact do quite well, and even challenge Bachmann for first place.
Pawlenty's big A-list campaign team in Iowa and organizational strength mean lots of Pawlenty buses heading to Ames. (Just how many, the campaign won't reveal.) The campaign's recent hire of Sarah Huckabee Sanders was a coup. Four years ago, she helped orchestrate the surprise second-place finish in Ames for her dad, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, by reaching out to Iowa's extensive homeschooling network.
Paul's ace is a committed cadre of supporters who will drive to the ends of the earth – or at least to Ames, the geographic center of Iowa – to cast ballots for him. His campaign also won't say how many people are signed up to go, but one Des Moines-area Republican activist sees much more enthusiasm in Iowa for Paul's libertarian/tea party brand than when the Texan ran in 2008.
"Four years ago, at Ron Paul rallies, most of the cars were from out of state," says Pete Jeffries, a Dallas County Republican Party official. "Today, the parking lots are full of Iowa plates."
This matters, because to take part in the straw poll one has to be an Iowa resident and vote in person.
Bachmann, a native of Iowa and a tea-party firebrand, also generates enthusiasm among Iowa conservatives – but she entered the race late and not all that organized. Still, as a champion of homeschooling, she, too, is reaching out to that and other Christian conservative networks. There are other signs that she's getting her act together.
"Bachmann is in hyperdrive on trying to get people out to the straw poll," says John Mayne, a lawyer in Sioux City, in conservative northwestern Iowa, who is undecided in the race. "The robo-dialing is almost oppressive. I think the phone rings twice a day from Bachmann. I don't hear from anyone else."
How these top three emerge from Ames depends in part on expectations. Bachmann is expected to finish first; therefore, anything less will take some of the shine off her star. The charismatically challenged Pawlenty has kept expectations low – he often mentions his "back of the pack" polling – but realistically a less-than-second-place finish for him could be problematic and may deny him a needed fundraising boost. A first-place finish for Paul would cement his reputation for skill at winning straw polls, but it would not necessarily recast his image as a niche candidate.
The Romney factor
Notable for his absence is Mr. Romney. He is taking part in a candidate debate Aug. 11, also in Ames, but will have no official presence at the day-long festival of politics that the straw poll – a fundraiser for the Iowa GOP – has become: no free entry tickets or bus ride there, no air-conditioned tent with free Hickory Park barbecue, no entertainment (Bachmann is bringing in Randy Travis), no speech in the big auditorium.
In 2007, Romney spent $1.5 million in an all-out effort to win Ames – which he did – but lost the Iowa caucuses five months later to Mr. Huckabee. This time, his supporters say, he has nothing to prove; better to conserve his resources.
Romney still polls well in Iowa, leading to speculation about a stealth operation on his behalf at Ames. Romney backers will certainly be there, waving the flag. Romney says he's not skipping Iowa altogether, as is the other sort-of-moderate in the race, Mr. Huntsman. Romney's just keeping expectations low for the caucuses. Soon thereafter, New Hampshire will hold its primary, which Romney must win to remain a viable candidate, analysts say.
Romney is also reading the handwriting on the wall. Since the 2008 cycle, "social conservatives have taken over the Iowa Republican Party," says Dianne Bystrom, a political scientist at Iowa State. "Republicans in Iowa are a much more diverse group than what gets covered in the media. But given the ... state of politics in Iowa, Romney's strategy is a smart one."
If all goes according to Romney's plan, the nomination race will boil down to him and an alternative. But the field may not be complete yet.
The Perry factor
By summer's end, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to enter the race – a move that would shake up the contest and make the Iowa straw poll feel like ancient history. Given Governor Perry's charisma, fundraising chops, long executive experience, and record of job growth, he could be a formidable competitor. Or, untested on the national stage, he could stumble out of the gate and become another Fred Thompson. He is the former Tennessee senator who, drafted into running last time, turned in a lackluster performance before dropping out.
Political strategist Craig Schoenfeld, hired to run the Iowa portion of the biggest "draft Perry" effort, rejects the Thompson warnings. News reports tell him that Perry is taking steps toward running, such as contacting potential donors. "He's doing his due diligence," says Mr. Schoenfeld of Americans for Rick Perry (ARP), which has no contact with Perry. "He'll be in it to win it."
ARP has eight paid staff in Iowa (including Schoenfeld), who have been talking up Perry with Republicans at local committee meetings, fundraisers, and festivals. Perry's name is not on the ballot, but other draft-Perry groups are urging a write-in effort at Ames. ARP staff and volunteers, for their part, are focused on identifying Perry supporters and urging them to keep an open mind in the caucuses.
Caucus crystal ball: anybody's guess
Iowa Republicans take their job seriously. They know that, between the straw poll and the caucuses, they have the power to knock out candidates – or give them the rocket fuel to mount a credible campaign. So, many Iowans take their time deciding whom to support – and polling shows that a large percentage of Republicans are undecided or can change candidates.
For a long shot like former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, hope lives. At a town-hall event in Osceola, Iowa, Mr. Santorum spoke to the 14 audience members – all senior citizens – on freedom, the sanctity of life, and "Obamacare." But it wasn't clear that he closed the sale with anyone.
"It's between him and Pawlenty," said a retired nurse, who declined to give her name. "They're similar in character and what they stand for. I just don't want Obama back in."
"I'm waiting for Rick Perry, see what he has to say," said another attendee, Marilyn Dorland of Osceola.
By late July, Santorum aide Jamie Johnson said the campaign had 30 buses and 1,500 people signed up to go to Ames. With 10,000 to 13,000 people expected to attend, a few thousand votes could win it. But if Santorum finishes outside the top three, as expected, it's not clear he'll have the funds to keep going. Ditto businessman Herman Cain. Another long shot is Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan, who entered the race only on July 2.
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Very rarely is a film able to capture current events in the way Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty does. Chronicling the United States' efforts to capture Osama bin Laden, the project was in production before the leader's death at the hands of Navy SEALs, necessitating a complete restructuring of the movie's plot. It continues to make news on its own, named by various movie critics and organizations as the best film of the year and is the focus of a Senate investigation to see if the CIA shared sensitive information with Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal. You can't buy publicity like this – as if it were needed. There is an inherent fascination by many to find out how one of the seminal events of our time came to be.
The film gets off to a gripping start as we hear the audio of many frantic phone calls made by people trapped in the World Trade Center during the attacks on 9/11. This is done behind a blank black screen, and it's a chilling, effective reminder of the horror of that day and serves as the catalyst for the movie's main character Maya (Jessica Chastain), a low-level CIA operative eager to work her way up the ladder. Transferred to Pakistan, she immediately immerses herself in the culture, attempting to piece together bits of information gotten from various sources in order to ascertain the whereabouts of bin Laden.
Maya soon figures out that this is like searching for a needle in a haystack. The terrorist has successfully covered his tracks and his followers prove to be a tight-lipped bunch. However, after hearing one of their sources speak of couriers who take and deliver messages to and from bin Laden from the outside world, she focuses on finding the identity of the man who serves this role for the leader, reasoning that if they can find him, he will lead them to the terrorist's hiding place. Maya's direct superior Bradley (Kyle Chandler) is less than impressed with this theory but her colleague Dan (Jason Clarke) pulls some strings to help her, even after the lead seemingly goes dead.
To be sure, this is a fascinating procedural drama as we witness the arduous, frustrating and deadly process these agents go through. That they had the tenacity to spend 10 years on this case speaks to more than simple job loyalty. The script, based on first-hand accounts, provides a thorough look at the process Maya goes through and it's gripping. The film is punctuated with al-Qaida terrorist attacks that take place around the world, adding fuel to Maya's ire and that of her colleagues. Bigelow stages these attacks in a startling manner, underscoring their random nature and the carnage they cause.
This is not for the weak-of-heart and neither are the torture scenes early in the film. Bigelow and Boal pull no punches in showing the extreme measures our operatives resorted to in extracting information. We witness waterboarding and other heinous exercises. The movie casts no judgment on these agents or the government, viewing these actions as ends justifying the means toward stopping greater tragedies from occurring.
Without question, the film is engaging but it's a cold exercise, personified by the protagonist who goes from meek to being a crimson-haired avenger who stops at nothing to track down bin Laden, making sure she gets full credit along the way. Though Chastain is a fine actress, there's very little gradation in her performance. The movie's climax will come under scrutiny, as well as it's filmed through night-vision goggles and is often confusing and unclear. It captures the step-by-step approach the SEALs used in breaching the compound and eliminating their target with accuracy. Unfortunately, it's a bit anti-climactic. It goes on too long and bin Laden's death is almost treated as an afterthought. That Bigelow strived for realism here is commendable, but it doesn't make for gripping cinema. There's an expert sense of efficiency at play here that's impressive and makes for a good film. However, there's very little heart, which keeps it from being great.
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It's been said that you can judge a man by the company he keeps, but the same holds true when it comes to his hobbies. When one person explores a new interest it's sure to arouse the curiosity of his friends and in this case, one man's hobby turned a trio of friends into an award-winning trifecta known best for their custom bike builds.
It all started in 2011 when Ruben Perez purchased his first bike. "My first boy had a pedal car that we took to shows, so I wanted to get something for my second son, so he could have something of his own." Within three months Ruben had already picked up a bike and got a ton of work done but unfortunately his attentions were needed elsewhere so he didn't put the bike back together until almost two year s after he purchased it.
During that time, Ruben and good friends Gabriel and Carlos would always talk about cars and bikes and soon enough Gabriel built a bike for his 4-year-old daughter. Soon enough, the bike, which began as a rough canvas, was then slowly transformed into a masterpiece built in toddler proportions. With painted hubs, two-tone seats extra pin striping; this was just the start of more things to come.
Shortly thereafter, it was time for Carlos to get into the mix and he'll be the first to admit that he was bit by the bug. "I got [this] bike for my son's third birthday and I got the idea from Ruben and Gabriel," says Carlos Santamaria. The bike, which he found in Hemet, California, was purchased for $20 and it was that initial purchase, which would soon have Carlos dedicated to the quality build you see here.
Since then, the trio have continued to sweep their respective categories at shows throughout the nation and not only do these bikes serve as great representation of the style and finesse of their club Southern Royalty, but they also double as a great case study in the power of friendship, the influence of lowrider culture as well as the family values which power the evolutionary spirit of the culture we all love.
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Owner: Danny Perez
City/State: Anaheim, California
Club: Southern Royalty
Body/Paint: Kustom Chrome & Polish in Anaheim, CA, used candy red while Mike Lamberson of Draggin Lines in Riverside, CA, added the leafing and stripping.
Interior: Manny of Manny's Creations in Anaheim.
Owner: Samantha Cabrera
City/State: Montebello, California
Club: Southern Royalty
Body/Paint: Universal Powder Coating used candy purple while Mike Lamberson of Draggin Lines in Riverside, CA, added the leafing and stripping.
Interior: North Hollywood Auto Upholstery in North Hollywood, CA, stitched the white and purple vinyl seat.
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Owner: Charlie Santamaria
City/State: Riverside, California
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The recent storms that brought such devastation to Oklahoma and elsewhere in Texas have provided the benefit of some much-needed rain for Dallas. I was lucky enough to capture this amazing rainbow close to my house after one of the recent storms. I'd intended to write an inspiring post to go with it — even had some great topics picked out. Unfortunately, I'm not feeling particularly inspirational, but I wanted to share the picture with you regardless.
The Euflexxa injections have quit working on my left knee. After more than two months of being blissfully pain-free, I am now back to hobbling around, barely able to put any weight on it. The Euflexxa started working immediately after the third injection. I woke up the next morning without any pain and, other than the occasional twinge associated with my RA acting up, I've been doing great.
The pain came back just as suddenly. One day I was fine — Cinderella dancing at the ball with her glass slippers. The next morning my coach had turned back into a pumpkin and I sat in the kitchen ashes as a cast-off step-child. It's been about a week now. I thought it might be a temporary fluctuation, but each day seems to get a little worse — I guess as the Euflexxa continues to wear off.
So I go back to see my orthopedic surgeon in a couple of days. We were hopeful that the injections would work six or seven months. I guess I should be thankful that it relieved the pain during the time I had and recovered from back surgery. Unless my doctor has some other miracle tucked up his sleeve, we're headed for a knee replacement.
Given that I already have had a hip and shoulder replacement, I'm quickly running out of things to replace and just as quickly headed for my transformation into (drum roll, please!) Bionic Woman. Maybe I'll sponsor a contest to design a cool Bionic Woman Super Hero outfit.
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Nov 19 (Reuters) - The Toronto Blue Jays put the gloss on a blockbuster day of acquisitions by signing free agent outfielder Melky Cabrera to a two-year $16 million deal, the Major League Baseball team said on Monday.
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All Star Cabrera, 28, was leading the National League in batting with a .346 average and had 11 homers and 60 runs batted in at the time of his suspension.
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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
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ZusammenfassungAt Ircam, activities related to music indexing started in 1998, with the Studio-On-Line project, the first online large-sound-database with search-by-content facilities. Over the years and the successive national or European projects (Cuidad, Cuidado, Ecrins, SemanticHIFI, Ecoute, Quaero) Ircam has developed technologies for content-description related to most music facets: multi-pitch, beat, down-beat, meter, chords, key/ mode, music structure, singing voice, music genre/ mood/ tag, sound/music similarity using various methods ranging from low-level, to score estimation and source separation methods. Content-description relies on a large part on annotated data. Recent research activities focus on the development of annotation concepts and collection suitable for audio indexing and musically relevant for nowadays music. Content-description is commonly used for facilitating data access, it can also be used for sound creation or modification as was studied in the Orchestration project or is used in corpus-based concatenative music synthesis (musaicing). In this talk, we will review these various activities of Ircam.
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Album review: Brandy's 'Human'
Brandy hasn't released a new album since 2004's "Afrodisiac," but she's hardly spent the last four years in obscurity: In 2006 the 29-year-old singer-actor was involved in a traffic accident on the 405 Freeway that killed another driver, and though she's been cleared of all criminal charges, she still faces a $50-million wrongful-death suit filed by the dead woman's family.
Given its moody melodies and midtempo beats -- not to mention lyrics like, "I make mistakes but I can't turn back time / I'm only human, forgive me," from the title track -- it's hard not to hear "Human" as Brandy's musical response to that experience.
Unfortunately, it's also hard to make it through the thing. Brandy's strong suit has never been her thoughtfulness; appropriately for someone with her Hollywood history, she's long been one of R&B's emptiest vessels, a gorgeous voice used by a series of gifted producers (including Rodney Jerkins, Timbaland and Kanye West) to communicate their own unique ideas.
In "I Tried," one of the best cuts on "Afrodisiac," when Brandy sings about wanting to hear some Coldplay, Timbaland ingeniously weaves an interpolation of the band's music into the track.
On "Human" you can hear Brandy striving (understandably) to express herself, yet the result rarely rises above diary-entry tedium. "The whole world is freezing / Need to warm it up with love," she pleads at one point. The few highlights come when Jerkins, who helmed most of the album, including the catchy lead single, "Right Here [Departed]," manages to dial down Brandy's introspection and increase the groove factor.
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The Israel Museum's permanent exhibition of archaeology is devoted to the ancient Land of Israel – home to peoples of different cultures and faiths for more than a million years. The Bronfman Archaeology Wing presents some 6,000 finds, mainly from archaeological excavations in Israel, and sheds light on momentous historical events, cultural achievements, and technological advances, while revealing the everyday lives of the peoples of the region from the Stone Age through the Ottoman Period, telling a unique story arranged in seven chronological chapters:
The Dawn of Civilization
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Israel and the Bible
Greeks, Romans, and Jews
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Thematic galleries devoted to the development of ancient Hebrew script, the story of coins, and the revolutionary art of glassmaking enhance the narrative exhibition, as do fascinating displays presenting the neighboring cultures of Egypt, the Ancient Near East, Greece, Italy, and the Islamic Near East, each of which left an indelible mark on the region.
I invite you to explore our website and enjoy a glimpse of some of the remarkable treasures on view in the exhibition. I hope that someday you may have the opportunity to visit our galleries in person.
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Not surprisingly, the two Pirate Bay cofounders who appealed their Swedish conviction to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) have lost.
As we reported last year, Jonas Nilsson (attorney to Fredrik "tiamo" Neij) and Peter Althin (attorney to Peter "brokep" Sunde) filed an appeal in June 2012 to the Strasbourg, France-based court.
In a unanimous decision, the ECHR ruled Wednesday that the petitioners' application was "inadmissible," finding that the existing Swedish conviction did not violate Neij or Sunde's human rights. The decision was made by seven judges from across Europe, representing Liechtenstein, Germany, Slovenia, Ireland, Ukraine, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.
"The Court considered that the domestic courts had rightly balanced the competing interests at stake—i.e. the right of the applicants to receive and impart information and the necessity to protect copyright—when convicting the applicants and therefore rejected their application as manifestly ill-founded," the court wrote in a statement.
Ars reached out to the two applicants and their attorneys for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
So much for optimism
The attorneys had argued that their clients' human rights had been violated under the European Convention on Human Rights' Article 10, which guarantees freedom of expression.
That same article includes this caveat, however: "The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions, or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society…"
Even if the ECHR had ruled in Neij and Sunde's favor, it lacks the power to overturn decisions by member states. In 2010, a Swedish appellate court reduced their prison sentences to between four and ten months each, but it increased their collective fine to 46 million Swedish kronor ($6.8 million).
Last year, Nilsson explained to Ars that had the ECHR ruled in their favor, it perhaps could prompt a formal rebuke against Sweden, which might include financial damages and perhaps even a new trial. "I am an optimist," Nilsson told Ars in 2012.
"Award of damages cannot be regarded as disproportionate"
In its 12-page decision, the court left little room for doubt, rejecting all of the Pirate Bay defendants' arguments.
In this connection, the Court would also underline that the width of the margin of appreciation afforded to States varies depending on a number of factors, among which the type of information at issue is of particular importance. In the present case, although protected by Article 10, the safeguards afforded to the distributed material in respect of which the applicants were convicted cannot reach the same level as that afforded to political expression and debate. It follows that the nature of the information at hand, and the balancing interest mentioned above, both are such as to afford the State a wide margin of appreciation which, when accumulated as in the present case, makes the margin of appreciation particularly wide (Ashby Donald and Others, cited above, § 41).
Since the Swedish authorities were under an obligation to protect the plaintiffs' property rights in accordance with the Copyright Act and the Convention, the Court finds that there were weighty reasons for the restriction of the applicants' freedom of expression. Moreover, the Swedish courts advanced relevant and sufficient reasons to consider that the applicants' activities within the commercially run TPB [The Pirate Bay] amounted to criminal conduct requiring appropriate punishment. In this respect, the Court reiterates that the applicants were only convicted for materials which were copyright-protected.
Further, the court had stern words regarding the Pirate Bay defendants' argument that Sweden's penalties were too harsh.
In the present case, the Court considers that the prison sentence and award of damages cannot be regarded as disproportionate. In reaching this conclusion, the Court has regard to the fact that the domestic courts found that the applicants had not taken any action to remove the torrent files in question, despite having been urged to do so. Instead they had been indifferent to the fact that copyright-protected works had been the subject of file-sharing activities via TPB.
It's likely that the ECHR's decision will have little—if any—effect on the Pirate Bay four.
In a recently produced film, TPB AFK, Neij seems content to wantonly flout Swedish courts. He is living in Laos. Sunde, somehow, officially lives in Berlin. Svartholm Warg, who was deported last year from Cambodia on a visa violation, continues to be held in a Swedish prison.
After the appeals trial, the fourth codefendant, the millionaire Carl Lundström, paid 233,000 Swedish kronor ($35,000)—a tiny fraction of the total amount owed.
In 2012, Lundström spent his four-month sentence under house arrest in the Swedish city of Göteborg while wearing an "electronic tag" and performing community service. He then left the country and now lives in Rapperswil, Switzerland, just southeast of Zurich—where he has a pending application to declare himself bankrupt.


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An action plan for making the most of your telework days.
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Imagine waking up five minutes to 9 a.m., still in PJs with eyes barely open, grabbing that steaming cup of homemade coffee, and settling down in a comfy office chair to work. There's evidence such a scenario is becoming more common: One study estimates 45 percent of America's workforce has a job suitable for part-time or full-time teleworking. And research suggests employees who spend time working outside the office are more satisfied with their jobs and even argue less with family members. But working outside the office isn't always easy – it means learning how to manage time and prioritize, regardless of what those bunny slippers are saying.
Around a third of the American workforce teleworks; as of 2011, somewhere between 34 and 44 million Americans (the exact number varies between studies) worked outside the office at least occasionally. And the number of companies that allow employees to work from Starbucks or their friend's couch has increased at least 25 percent over the last few years. Today's teleworkers have such diverse jobs as public relations specialists, graphic designers, and nurses who give patients advice over the phone.
The potential benefits of working outside the office range from less time on a sweaty subway to more motivation to get stuff done. For one thing, a 2.4-second trip from the kitchen to the living-room workstation can save people time, energy, and money on commuting to the office. In some cases, teleworking can also increase employees' job satisfaction, improve work performance, and reduce stress. That's possibly because teleworkers feel more independent, free to take a break and look at images of cute puppies whenever. And one study found teleworkers experienced less conflict with family members the more time they spent working from home. (No more having to sneak to the stairwell to answer calls from that special someone.)
Perhaps surprisingly, working outside the office may also increase productivity. The boss can't check to make sure teleworkers are actually working, and not just playing Words With Friends, so employees might try to prove themselves by submitting a finished project at the end of the day. But not everyone is ready to jump out of the desk chair and onto the couch.
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Maybe the grass is always greener on the other side of the cubicle. Even part-time teleworking can cause tension between coworkers: One study found in-office employees thought they were treated unfairly when other employees got to work from home, while teleworkers felt just the opposite. And working from a house where the laundry machine's overflowing and dinner's burning in the oven may also mean family obligations distract us from professional responsibilities.
Before abandoning the office, consider whether teleworking is right for you. It takes strong self-discipline and motivation to produce results on the job when there's no one else around. Here are some general guidelines to follow when working outside (or inside) the office:
- Designate a workspace when staying at home. Use that area for work and only work. (When on the couch, commence reality-TV-watching!)
- Set a schedule. Let family and friends know you won't be able to answer the phone or pick up groceries during work hours.
- Keep it professional. It's hard to take someone seriously when the dog is barking in the background of a conference call – time to put Sparky outside!
- Work with a buddy. Having a coworker nearby can make sure you both stay on track.
- Switch up your location. If sitting at home, bring the laptop to a café; the new scenery might motivate you to get more done. (Just don't spill coffee on the computer.)
- Check email and social network updates at set times, no matter how distracting that Facebook notification may be.
- Take a break! One study suggests frequent short breaks from heavy computer use can actually boost productivity. Stand up and stretch or try a mid-day workout.
- Don't forget to go out and actually interact with people. Working alone all day and night isn't healthy for anyone, so save time for socializing!
- Bring water, but not food, to the work desk. Most of us know from personal experience that it's easy to get caught up in work and eat an entire bag of Pirate's Booty. Stick with just the water bottle.
- Make sure health is a priority. Don't use working at home as an excuse to slack on sleep or exercise. Good health is especially important since one study found people suffering from certain health issues tended to be less productive than healthy people.
Do you think it's possible to be productive working from home? Share your tricks with us in the comments below!
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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Anselm Grundhöfer
Disney Research Zürichüber das Thema:
Augmenting Physical Avatars Using Projector-Based IlluminationZeit: Tue 10.12.2013, 16:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: Science Park S2 120
ZusammenfassungBringing virtual characters to life is one of the great challenges in computer graphics. While there were tremendous advancements in capturing, animating, and rendering realistic human faces in the past decade, displaying them on traditional screens conveys only a limited sense of physical presence. Animatronic figures or robotic avatars can bridge this gap. However, in contrast to virtual face models, reproducing detailed facial motions on an animatronic head is highly challenging due to physical constraints. Although steady progress in creating highly sophisticated robotic heads that strive to recreate convincing facial motions can be observed, for example those in Disney World´s Hall of Presidents or "Geminoids", these achieve only limited expressiveness when compared to a real human being. In my presentation I will present a processing pipeline for augmenting physical avatars using projector-based illumination, significantly increasing their expressiveness by superimposing high-frequency details using projection based illumination. Besides a detailed description of the different processing steps of the system, I´ll present an overview of the variety of advanced projection systems the Walt Disney Company uses in current theme park installations to enhance the visitor´s sense of immersion.
VortragenderDr. Anselm Grundhöfer is a Senior Research Engineer at Disney Research Zürich, where he works in Dr. Paul Beardsley´s computer vision group as technical lead of the Procams Toolbox project. Before joining Disney, he graduated in Media Systems Sciences (2006) and obtained his Doctor of Engineering (2010) at Bauhaus University Weimar, where he worked under the supervision of Dr. Oliver Bimber. Anselm´s work is mainly focused on developing projector-camera systems and helping deploying them, for example, in Disney theme park attractions. Most recently, he is working on multi-projector optimization methods overcoming several still not satisfyingly solved problems when projecting onto non-trivial surfaces. Besides that he is also conducting research in other fields of computer vision, AR, video processing and display technologies.
Einladender: Prof. Dr Oliver Bimber, Institute of Computer Graphics
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Meredith Kooi
Meredith Kooi is a performance/visual artist, editor, and art critic based in Atlanta, GA and the editor for Radius, an experimental radio broadcast platform based in Chicago. She is currently pursuing a PhD in the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University where she teaches undergraduate courses in Visual Studies and Performance Studies. She received her MA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her BA in Environmental Studies, minor in Studio Art. Her academic work has been published in the DVD journal ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art, in the volume Theorizing Visual Studies: Writing Through the Discipline (Routledge 2013), and is forthcoming in the journal Jahrbuch Medizin und Literatur.
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