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This is a theme I've been writing about, on The Internet, for the last 2 or 3 years. Here, below, is my latest bit of work along the lines of this developing theme.
One of my references lately has been "Plate no.10" in Richard C.Hoagland's 4th edition of "The Monuments of Mars". This shows an orthographically-rectified photo mosaic of the Cydonia area on Mars. An ongoing reference of mine has been the work of Erol O.Torun, a professional cartographer with The Defense Mapping Agency (US Government). Around 1990 or 1991, Torun (on his own time and volition) made a map of Cydonia ... such that Hoagland and Carl Munck could appropriately work with it. Hoagland sent a copy to Munck, who then was able to study it in detail, even down to the 'arc-second' realm of accuracy. Munck then found very obvious (and amazing) correlations, involving precisely- positioned latitude and longitude, between 'The Face', 'The D&M Pyramid', AND a number of major ancient monuments on Earth. He self-published these findings in 1992. My main point, here, is ... the latitude and longitude at Cydonia was very accurately mapped by Erol O.Torun ... a professional cartographer. And that accuracy is then reflected in Munck's work, regarding 'The Face' and 'The D&M Pyramid'. In turn, I've used Munck's work as my own primary reference.
I was recently able to conclude, based on "Plate no.10" in Hoagland's book, "The Monuments of Mars" (4th Edition) ... that The City Square and The Tholus share an identical latitude. [ 41 deg 03 min 10.53658537 sec ]. How am I able to come up with such accuracy ? I can DERIVE the accuracy, in effect, from identifying the Grid LAT as a valid entity within the planetary archeomatrix ... 41 (deg) X 03 (min) X 10.53658537 (sec) North ... = "1296 North". Determining the validity involves the study of this archaeomatrix, with Munck's work pioneering this new field of study.
Bear in mind that this "new field of study" is still TABOO to The Establishment.
I think a grassroots effort is needed to bring this work ... this new field of study .. to a level of being recognized by a consensus awareness.
I've also been able to identify a major 'planetary archaeomatrix' figure ... "13.15947253" ... as the apparently-intended azimuth, in arc-degrees, from the apex of 'The D&M Pyramid' to the Nose on 'The Face'. This figure, in turn, is a decimal harmonic of what I refer to as "the intented/original/ideal" Polar circumference of Mars .. 13159.47253 statute miles.
Also, in my own work, I have found "13159.47253" as the shared, identical Grid LONG of 2 prominent, modern structures on Earth ... The White House and The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. ... 108 (deg) X 10 (min) X 12.18469679 (sec) W.Giza ... = 13159.47253 W.Giza. [ W.Greenwich 77 deg 02 min 11.38469679 sec ].
Notice the correlation ... 2 ancient structures on Mars with the identical latitude, and 2 modern structures on Earth with the identical longitude ... at Cydonia, and at Washington, D.C. What is their ratio ? 13159.47253 / 1296 = 10.15391399 We will return to this figure of "10.15391399".
I've found a set of obviously-valid planetary archaeomatrix numbers for what I now call "Earth Face" ... an analogue to 'The Face' at Cydonia. This heavily- eroded structure was found by Dr. Bruce Cornet, Ph.D, geologist and paleontologist. Although he has back-peddled (under extreme pressure from The Establishment, I think) as to the reality and the awesome significance of this 'find' (remember ... this subject is still TABOO in The System) ... the numbers I found for this huge FACE speak for themselves. I am certain, beyond a reasonable doubt, that this is a true and planned ancient analogue of 'The Face' at Cydonia on Mars. It is located at Middletown, New York, USA ... astride The Wallkill River.
It is roughly the same width and length as 'The Face' at Cydonia on Mars. Again ... it is heavily eroded, as originally described by Dr. Cornet. But the *features* are definitely discernable, especially (I would think) from an *aerial view*. Hopefully, as of this writing, it hasn't been destroyed (sabotaged) by someone (or by certain factions) wanting to perpetuate the covering-up of our TRUE ancient heritage.
Notice carefully its "matrix" numbers : Grid LAT 41 (deg) X 24 (min) X 21.33658537 (sec) North ... = 20995.2 North. Grid LONG 105 (deg) X 31 (min) X 7.963133641 (sec) W.Giza ... = 25920 W.Giza. [ W.Greenwich 74 deg 23 min 7.163133641 sec ]. Grid POINT Value 25920 / 20995.2 = 1.234567901
Notice the "25920" Earth precession cycle in years. And ... the Grid POINT Value is the SQUARE of ... "1.111111111" ... which, in turn, is the Grid POINT Value I found for "The Tholus II", nearby ... ANOTHER Cydonian analogue found and reported, originally, by Dr. Cornet !!!
Now, I present you with the following equation ... 21600 / 10.15391399 = 20995.2 / (Pi Squared).
Recall, now, that "10.15391399" figure, from earlier. Now you see it in this equation. The "20995.2" you see in this equation, is the Grid LAT of "Earth Face". The "21600" is the Polar circumference of Earth in nautical miles. It is also the Grid LAT of Stonehenge (Munck, 1992) ... = 51 (deg) X 10 (min) X 42.35294118 (sec) North. AND, "21600" is the number of arc-minutes in "360" arc-degrees. I also point-out, here, that "21.6" is the Grid POINT Value I found for our current North Pole Star ... POLARIS ... {http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/skymat_1.htm}.
Finally, I cannot fail to mention what I have very recently found to be the precise *difference* in "longitude variances" between Mars and Earth ...
31 deg 08 min 0.8 sec minus 09 deg 32 min 0.8 sec = 21 deg 36 min 00 sec
And ... 21 deg 36 min is equal to exactly "21.6" arc-degrees.
There has been a carefully-executed plan, involving the exact variances in longitude ... on Earth, between Greenwich, England and the center of The Great Pyramid of Giza .... and on Mars, from the center of 'The D&M Pyramid' at Cydonia ... to a meridian .. 09 deg 32 min 0.8 sec to the East. These variances have been consciously co-ordinated, and this is self-evident.
[quote] There appears to be a culturally-common numerical system, and a common latitude/longitude 'matrix' system ... self-evident ... between Mars and Earth.[quote]
Yep, Michael, right on the money, excellent, evenhanded, bravo!
Only thing I could offer is that, if you were to incorporate the approach of Bucky Fuller, the basic principle being that there are no straight lines in this universe, at least, all lines are curves, all surfaces are curves, no matter how slight the curvature over a short distance, it's possible that all the correlative numbers, proportions, relationships, might resolve to whole numbers rather than the lengthy decimal scalar numbers you have so correctly identified. The grid, when worked with on the basis of curvature, sort of on the basis of spherical trigonometry, but according to Bucky's approach, might not only resolved to whole number relationships but it might then reveal the even more elegant rule that governs it. *N*
And, of course, "latitude and longitude" are implicitly "of curvature" .. arc-degrees, arc-minutes, arc-seconds !!!!
And what does this "matrix" display ... basically ? It displays UNITY within an elegant variety of 'places in time' ... 'spaces in rotation'. Eh ??!!!
It displays this 'unity' because this matrix is based on :
1) Base 10 ... decimal harmonics.
2) 360 arc-degrees on one circumference, in 2-D or 3-D.
3) The Radian (deg) of ... 57.29577951 arc-degrees.
4) The Pi Constant.
5) The Phi Constant ... DOUBLE the Cosine of "36" .. 36 being a decimal harmonic of "360" itself.
6) An Earth precessional movement (a celestial 'mechanism') of 25920 years, reflecting an apparent ecliptical 'sky-motion' of One arc-degree per 72 years. This, in turn, reflects a resonance with pentagonal ("Phi-nesting", as per Dan Winter) geometric form.
This 'subject' is not necessarily limited to "those 6" parameters. But those are among the main items, certainly.
But .. yes ... it's "curvature-based" ... as you prompt the term, Neil !!
Could we go on to say that "5"-fold and "6"-fold symmetries ... 10-based and 12-based ... are also involved and-at-the-heart of this ??!!! I say 'yes'. Erol O.Torun has discussed the 5-fold and 6-fold symmetries involved in-display at/on 'The D&M Pyramid' at Cydonia. "Pentagonal and Hexagonal". The basic geometrics of "Nature" ??!!! And "5" is HALF of 10 ... our "Base 10". And "6" is DOUBLE of 3 ... the great Triad. DOUBLE 6 is 12, of course. And "10" is 10 times One ... Unity.
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The Guardian's Top 10 TV of 2015 – congratulations!
That's really wonderful. I guess it has been a talking point and it's full of things that are provocative. I thought a gay love story might not be embraced by everyone, but I was really surprised that Danny and Alex's sex scene in episode one shocked anyone. It was as mild as I could have made it. I was less surprised by the second one [a chemsex orgy] creating a stir, but the two scenes were narrative counterpoints – you needed to see one to fully understand the other...
You've said: "It had to be for TV because, with a gay relationship at the centre of the story, it would have been impossible to fund a movie."
I've heard executives ask what the point is of having a gay relationship when it's off-putting to so many people. Gay people have been watching straight relationships and been engrossed by them for years. Why would you need to see a mirror version of yourself to connect with a story?
Writer Tom Rob Smith interviewed in The Guardian - SPOILER ALERT!!
PS Note how the journalist adds 'a chemsex orgy', to make it more à la mode.
Thursday, 17 December 2015
London Spy: A Love Story
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It was ok..but there were so many holes in the plot...ones you could have driven the vintage car through...Charlotte R just wiped the screen with everyone..and our Ben , is now stuck.. having seen a view of him in The Danish Girl[ watch out for small comedy beret ] he's being typecast.. as soooo sensitive..ReplyDelete
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Councilors George Brown, Greg Evans and Chris Pryor do not recall the Eugene City Council ever voting to move into the "construction documents and bid the project" phase for a new City Hall.
Yet buried in a June 1 Register-Guard article "Lane County eyes bigger chunk of Eugene's City Hall block for new courthouse" was a comment from city spokeswoman Jan Bohman: The City Hall "project team is currently working with the direction we received from (the City) Council on April 27, which is to complete construction documents and bid the project so that we have firm costs to present for their consideration in July."
Brown wonders how the City Hall project could move to this middle phase when the City Council has yet to approve designs or approve a budget, one that has ballooned from $15 million to potentially $25 million or higher.
"The project is still not transparent," Brown says of City Hall. The city manager is "doing this exactly backwards."
Pryor tells EW that he sees no problem with moving forward to the next phase.
"There was no specific motion to direct the city manager to prepare bids," he says. "I didn't think we needed one. I don't know how we would expect to get accurate cost estimates without doing bid documents."
The remaining councilors did not respond to a request for comment on whether they recall voting to move City Hall to the next phase.
Confused? Let's back up.
The City Council is technically the boss of City Manager Jon Ruiz (not an elected official), who oversees all city staff. The city manager takes direction from the City Council, not vice versa, and communicates that direction to staff. When it comes to City Hall, however, it's become unclear who is directing whom.
Secondly, a capital project like City Hall typically has five phases. Boiled down they look like this: 1) initial design; 2) refined design; 3) the "construction documents" phase, or when the architects create detailed requirements for construction, which are used to secure bids and permits; 4) bidding and negotiation; 5) construction.
"That's pretty standard," confirms Matt Tinder, American Institute of Architects spokesman.
On April 27 — the work session to which Bohman refers — the City Council voted on four areas relating to City Hall, including rejecting private offices for councilors and voting to forego building to the highest seismic standard. The council also approved building City Hall to LEED Gold energy standards and gave the nod to certain "civic quality" standards, like using salvaged materials from the old City Hall.
"Those are potential elements of the project that we voted on," Brown says. "Nothing ever said 'proceed to construction documents phase without finalizing the budget.'"
Brown sought answers about the City Hall process and status and, on May 27, emailed City Hall Project Manager Michael Penwell — cc-ing the council, city manager and mayor — with six questions regarding the project's budgeting and phasing.
Brown says Penwell has yet to respond, but on June 2 Mayor Kitty Piercy responded to answer one of Brown's questions to Penwell, writing that the council had approved a series of motions April 27.
"Those motions gave the final direction that staff and the architects needed to complete the documents for the bidding process," Piercy writes. "Staff explained during that work session that based on the final direction, bid documents would be finalized and sent out; bids would be received and reviewed by the general contractor; and the general contractor would provide the city with a not-to-exceed construction price."
She continues: "Staff then would bring to council that proposed construction price so that council could decide whether to approve moving forward with construction."
The mayor tells EW she is in Beijing and unavailable for further comment.
On June 5, Brown responded to the mayor via email:
"Staff and city manager are putting the cart (soliciting bids) before the horse (setting a project budget and identifying funding sources)," he wrote. "The budget and funding should be approved by council first; then the architects, construction manager and subcontractors all know where they stand and how to make the bids fit into the monies available. Otherwise, council will have to tailor the budget to the total of subcontractor's apparent low bids approved by the construction manager/general contractor."
As for an April 27 motion to move the City Hall project to the "construction documents" phase, Brown says, "I'm sure that no one ever made a motion like that."
Councilor Evans seconds that notion.
"My recollection of that meeting is the same as Councilor Brown's," Evans writes to EW. "My understanding was that the council would receive a 'report' on the revised costs estimates for the [city hall] project. I am certainly not ready to move the project forward without more information and a full vetting of our options."
Brown tells EW he believes that the project is still in the design development phase.
"You don't tell a contractor to get bids when you don't even know what the budget is or where the money is going to come from," he says. "We obviously have to approve a budget before bidding and construction."
The city staff will present on City Hall to the council July 11.
To see all of Councilor Brown's questions to Project Manager Penwell, see the story's extended online version at eugeneweekly.com.


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Trying to seduce someone who seems interesting or irresistible is applicable for both men and women. The only difference is that women use more subtle ways of seducing men while men mostly express their intention quite bluntly. Women sometimes are so subtle in their ways that the men they are trying to seduce are often left unsure whether they are interpreting it right or if they are reading too much into the signs given by the women.
It is true that certain behavior of women can confuse a man of the actual intentions. But if a woman is actually trying to seduce a man then a specific set of signs or hints will surely be present in her behavior or attitude. Here we will discuss about those sure shot signs that will make it clear that a woman is trying to seduce you.
Body Language
Yes, body language is the best way to read a person's mind when the person is not expressing his/her thoughts or intentions in words. Women mostly use nonverbal ways of seduction. Very few women will actually tell you in words that they are interested in or attracted to you. Hence, body language gains all the more importance. So notice and find out if she is mirroring your words and actions, if her arms are open and legs are uncrossed. These are sure signs of her liking you and getting attracted to you. If these signs are added to the other signs listed below, then she is surely trying to seduce you.
Flirtatious Speaking And Behavior
Flirting by words or behavior, using double meaning words while conversing, laughing a lot, talking seductively are all distinct signs of seduction. The tone or voice of a woman will also change while speaking to a man she is trying to seduce.
Her Looks And Eye Movement
What she looks at or how she looks at can indicate about her motives to you. If she is maintaining continuous eye contact with you, concentrates on looking at you only and not at the entire room or the crowd present there, checks you out while you are talking to her, you can be sure that she has only one intention in her mind – seducing you.
The "Touch" Factor
Seducing by touching can be of three kinds. In the first kind she seduces you by touching herself, in the second type she touches you and in the last and most clear type she makes you touch her. She may try to attract you to herself and her body by touching herself a lot. Touching herself doesn't mean that she will involve in some obscene or restricted kind of movement in front of you. She may simply touch or rub her arm slightly, fondle or play with her hair, touch her neck or other parts of her body.
She may also try to get closer to you physically by sitting very close to you, leaning on you, touching you by pretexts or making it seem accidental. How far she goes in touching you depends entirely on how bold the lady is. And the last type of touch, i.e., making you touch her is a step taken by the boldest women. This surely is a sign of seduction which even the dumbest man would understand.
Exposing Physical Features
We all know that men are turned on by what they see. So a woman trying to seduce you will try to attract you to herself by exposing herself to you. Now, how much she exposes again depends on how bold she is and how good your luck is.
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International Media Watch of news headlines and current affairs reports about Romania
Friday, November 20, 2009
EU probes 50 mln euros of Romanian aid to Oltchim
BRUSSELS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had launched an in-depth investigation into 49.6 million euros ($73.8 million) of aid granted to chemical maker Oltchim OLTC.BX by the Romanian government.
The Commission, executive arm of the 27-nation European Union, said in a statement that it had doubts about whether the assistance, offered under a previous temporarily approved scheme, was in line with EU state aid rules.
EU regulators had launched a different probe in September after Romania announced plans to grant aid amounting to 135 million euros in a debt-to-equity swap and a 339.2 million euro guarantee for the state-controlled chemical producer.
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Tracking Our Favorite Songs of 2013 #6
This week on Tracking – a regular series in which we discuss our current favorite songs – you can listen to additions from Vampire Weekend, The Knife, Autre Ne Veut, Angel Olsen and Smith Westerns.
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Vampire Weekend - "Step"
It's pretty surreal to write that one of the year's best songs borrows a melody from former pop star Vitamin C, but it does. Ezra Koenig's opening refrain, "back back way way back I used to front like Angkor Wat," follows the very same structure as the starting verse of Vitamin C's "Graduation Song," that unavoidable, slightly unbearable anthem celebrating "all the times we had together."
Fortunately, this fleeting moment marks the only similarity between the two songs. "Step" has no schmaltzy strings, no painfully obvious Hallmark-card message, no soulful sing-along finale. Instead, it's a magical new tune from a band that continues its career-long trend of releasing new music with consistent, instant excellence.
With a harpsichord, a piano, a drum-set and the soft sounds of a choir, Vampire Weekend has crafted a stunner in "Step," which finds the foursome transforming an old-school rap song into a sentimental ballad; effortlessly blending typically witty lyrics with gorgeous production and the heartfelt vocals of Ezra Koenig.
Koenig's voice has always been compared to Paul Simon's – their voices naturally share a certain pitch. Here on "Step," his vocals may be even less reminiscent of Simon's than usual, but the connection between the two artists has never been more apparent. Koenig has developed that rare, uncanny ability, reserved for legends like Simon and James Taylor, to cut directly through the recorded medium and project straight to the ears of listeners. He's singing in the room with you.
If "Step" isn't magical enough on its own, the stunning, hypnotic lyrics video only adds to the song's allure. Channeling the opening shots of Woody Allen's "Manhattan" and the title cards of Wes Anderson, Koenig's seemingly random assortment of words fill the screen, "Magnetic Poetry"-style, sprawled out on top of subtly beautiful images of New York City.
Until now, all of Vampire Weekend's music videos have been silly, rambunctious affairs – the frenetic confetti splash of "Cousins," the werewolves of "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," the ping-pong match of "Giving Up The Gun." Those videos worked, since there has always been a streak of goofiness running through this group's image. But there has also always been a glorification of young life in the city (dating all the way back to "Ladies Of Cambridge"), and it's never been visualized better than with these minimalist shots of a black-and-white NYC.
For three years now, fans have patiently waited for new music from this Columbia crew. With yesterday's release of "Step" and "Diane Young," we now know what took so long. Great songs like these don't come around too often. Neither do bands like Vampire Weekend. – Adam Offitzer
The Knife - "A Tooth for An Eye"
Shaking the Habitual is shaping up to be a vibrant and stylistically diverse album. "Full of Fire" was a dark and driving tour de force and, while "A Tooth For An Eye" creates a similarly intense atmosphere, it employs more tropical, buoyant instrumentation. The song once again reinforces the strengths of The Knife's core elements – Olof's razor-sharp synth arrangements and Karin's searing vocals – but it also owes its success to the unexpected flourishes that pop up throughout.
Karin's voice escalates into a fierce shriek coming out of the first verse; the synths at times sound like birds chirping at one another; the end of the song breaks down into an epic, convoluted rhythm. These new aural territories are welcome but I suppose it just wouldn't be a Knife song without lyrics that delve into divisive social issues. As with "Full of Fire," "A Tooth For An Eye" focuses on questions of gender roles and, from the looks of the video, specifically addresses masculinity and power. These are clearly important issues for the duo however the message is usually obscured by distorted or indecipherable vocals. One gets the sense that The Knife's songs are more cathartic exercises than attempts to make a point. I imagine that's why they're so powerful. – Drew Malmuth
Autre Ne Veut - "Ego Free Sex Free"
The booming fourth track of Autre Ne Veut's Anxiety may claim to be "sex-free," but make no mistake about it – "Ego Free Sex Free" is relentlessly sexual. The initial, aggressive thud of a drum gives way to a living, breathing pulse that pounds throughout the entire song. This beat (along with the chipmunk vocals and synthesized ghost choirs thrown on top of it) bangs along like a morphed, alternate-reality version of Justin Timberlake's "Summer Love." It's FutureSex/LoveSounds, just further in the future.
Arthur Ashin's vocals are otherworldly in their own right, turned on to maximum seduction level for this one. "I want to be the knight in armor," he wails, "when you say this is forever." There's no great lyrical depth; no more than your average sex-driven pop song: "Love riding your sexy body…I know the place that you want," and so on. But the chorus does differentiate it ever so slightly – "Ego free, sex free, I can't feel my body moving." How can a song be all about sex but glorify an experience that is "sex free"?
Whatever your interpretation, "Ego Free Sex Free" is undeniably a banger of a track and a definitive cut from Anxiety, an album that perfectly encapsulates the recent movement of futuristic, new-wave soul music. – Adam Offitzer
Angel Olsen - "Sweet Dreams"
Angel Olsen's "Sweet Dreams" is a moody, grim slouch toward Bethlehem. Her guitar starts as a simple strum then devolves into a sharp, '60s-psych-tinged echo that sounds like fragile things being knocked from high shelves; over it her voice soars and, even more affectingly, cracks; she fights out lyrics that figure her lost love as her personal apocalypse as though each word is a little demon that possesses her. She sings about dying a little more every day. She sings "the time will come for everyone" and you get the feeling there's more behind those words than the surface value. She sings with her voice like a candle flame guttering "say goodbye, sweet dreams, sleep tight," and how are you supposed to after that?
This year's already treated us to a handful of fantastic, very sad, and seething angry folk-inflected songs by women – I'm thinking mostly of Torres' "Honey" and Waxahatchee's "Dixie Cups and Jars," joined by Olsen's "Sweet Dreams" – in which these songwriters grit their lyrics out through their teeth, turn up the reverb on their guitars, and engineer apocalyptic emotional devastation. Though that kind of slow-burning, deep-current fury is no new sentiment in music, something about it is refreshing, and inspiring in the face of the love-song industrial complex – why would you be sad about being heartbroken when you can be so angry? – Genevieve Oliver
Smith Westerns - "Varsity"
The best tracks on Smith Westerns' breakout sophomore full-length Dye It Blonde thrived as hazy, washed-out stadium anthems. The vocals were always slightly filtered and drained, the guitars fuzzy and faded, but the hooks, melodies, and riffs were so catchy that the songs were instantly accessible no matter what. With their first new track in over two years, Smith Westerns have added a bit more polish to their music, and the shine is visible.
"Varsity" radiates with joyous, shimmering synthesizers and the lovely high-pitched howling of lead vocalist Cullen Omori. Hardcore fans might not like the lush, squeaky-clean sound, but the Smith Westerns we've come to know are still very much present – the lyrics are still youthful and nostalgic, the guitars are still breezy, and the vocals are still light and airy. By broadening their scope, polishing up their production and brightening their tone, perhaps Smith Westerns haven't changed their sound so much as they've perfected it. – Adam Offitzer


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It is often argued that education is concerned with the transmission of middle-class values and that this explains the relative educational failure of the working class. Consequently, distinctive culture needs a different kind of education. This volume examines this claim and the wider question of culture in British society. It analyses cultural differences from a social historical viewpoint and considers the views of those applying the sociology of knowledge to educational problems. The author recognizes the pervasive sub-cultural differences in British society but maintains that education should ideally transmit knowledge which is relatively class-free. Curriculum is defined as a selection from the culture of a society and this selection should be appropriate for all children. The proposed solution is a common culture curriculum and the author discusses three schools which are attempting to put the theory of such curriculum into practice. This study is an incisive analysis of the relationships between class, education and culture and also a clear exposition of the issues and pressures in developing a common culture curriculum.
1 Introduction: The Two Traditions of Schooling and Curriculum 2 The Meaning of Culture 3 Social Class and Culture 4 Sociology, Knowledge and the Curriculum 5 Knowledge and Curriculum Planning 6 A Common Culture Curriculum 7 Common Culture Curricula in Three Schools 8 Summary and Conclusion: Social Justice and Education
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I have to admit; I LOVE CHANGE! Being able to move the store around on racks has been wonderful, but even better has been that I've finally been able to put up more slatwall!
I think you'd agree, nothing quite compares to being able to see garments up on display, rather than having to sift through rack upon rack.
I've decided to use this new area in the store as a dedicated retro and sexy lingerie area. Yes, right next to the bridal wear ;-)
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The Descent filmmaker Neil Marshall hasn't directed a feature film since 2010's Centurion, but it looks like that may finally change very soon. Marshall earned high praise for helming the "Blackwater" episode of HBO's Game of Thrones, and now Deadline reports that he has signed on to rewrite and direct a remake of the 2010 Norwegian film Troll Hunter. Production is looking to get underway in early 2014 while there's still snow on the ground, which means that things are going to move very quickly on the project. The original pic centered on a group of students investigating mysterious bear killings who come across a troll hunter and, subsequently, a giant troll.
Hit the jump for more, including news of Marshall helming another massive episode of Game of Thrones.
We learned a few months ago that Marshall was being asked back to helm another episode of Game of Thrones, and Deadline confirms that the filmmaker is currently in Ireland directing the show's biggest episode of season four, noting that it is on the scale of "Blackwater." Marshall also directed the pilot for Starz's pirate drama Black Sails, which premieres in January. Once the director returns from his Game of Thrones duties, he will start work straight away on the Troll Hunter redo. Producers are apparently aiming high in casting the lead for the $25 million pic, with their sights set on a male actor not normally associated with the genre.
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One of Dancehall's greats has become wary of the musical path taken by Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg) as Lady Saw recently took the popular American musician to task for his venturing into Reggae music.
In an interview published Tuesday in the Jamaica Gleaner, the 'Queen of Dancehall' voiced her disapproval of Snoop's dabbling into the Reggae market. When speaking following her performance at Usain Bolt's Tracks and Records in late July, Lady Saw spoke about the implications for Jamaican Reggae artists who strive to achieve chart and commercial success internationally with overseas acts such as Snoop Lion infiltrating the market.
"Snoop, mi like yuh as a rapper, but low dancehall ting, low Reggae ting," she told the Gleaner. "Mi no like yuh as no Snoop Lion. Weh yuh get lion from? Not your business, leave it alone."
Snoop Lion's foray into the Reggae industry has garnered positive results since the release of his debut Reggae album, Reincarnated in April. The album sold over 21,000 copies in its opening week, topping the Billboard Reggae charts in the process.
However, Snoop has received a litany of criticism from Rastafarians, most notably, Bunny Wailer for his alleged gimmick, suggesting that he has mocked their way of life.
Lady Saw says overseas acts have been able to capitalize on Jamaican music and its benefits because of the infighting going on within the local industry.
"We acting like children, puss and dog, crab inna barrel ting. Yuh ain't going nowhere with all them behavior, wah kinda music yuh going put out?" she said. "It's best we argue with Snoop than people arguing with me."
Since the turn of the year, several overseas acts such as French Montana, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and other have been sampling Jamaican music in their song while the aforementioned Minaj collaborated with Busta Rhymes did their recently released version of the Twerk It remix entirely in patois.
Additionally, the Billboard Reggae chart has been dominated by American Reggae bands such as SOJA, Rebelution and many others in recent times, with little presence from Jamaican Reggae albums in the top 10.
"I see foreigners taking over the music. It's not our music anymore," Lady Saw concluded.


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The ROSE WINDOW
Written by Richard Coombes, Rector 1951-1956
In order to understand the fineness of the great rose window in St. Paul's Church it is necessary to say a few words concerning the principles that guide those who designed and created it. The jewelesque effect of the colors, and the absence of pictures and symbols, may make this window somewhat different from other windows with which one is familiar.
The art of stained glass originated in Europe during the middle ages and reached its supreme heights in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Anyone who has had the opportunity to stand in awe before the glass at Rheims, Chartres, Sainte Chappelle, or Cologne, comes away with the feeling that surely the beauty of God's Heaven can, through the inspired creativeness and genius of man, be brought very close indeed to this earth. That famous glass is a product of the medieval period. And it has possibly never been equaled.
In those ages a stained glass window was regarded as a mosaic of pieces of glass designed to suggest spiritual values through harmonies of color. The artists had received much of their inspiration from the real mosaics of earlier years. It was color, and the effective harmonizing of it, which was primarily important.
But beginning with the Renaissance other values were introduced into the art, values which tried to give it a purpose for which it was never originally intended, and for which it was not too well suited. These new values were material rather than spiritual. Craftsmen began to "paint pictures" with glass. The use of colors, and harmonizing of them, was demoted gradually to second place. And recently, the "painting of a picture" in stained glass has become so associated with the art in the minds of so many people that we have almost entirely lost sight of the original purpose.
But the rendering of a picture is properly the aim of painting and photography. Both of those arts are admirably suited to the purpose. In them, the use of color, while it may be very important, is, nevertheless, an accessory. On the other hand, in the art of stained glass, color ought to be primary, and the picture, if indeed, there is one at all, ought properly to be the accessory.
The recapturing for the stained glass craftsmen of these classical medieval principles has become the dedicated purpose of a few firms both in America and abroad in recent years. One of these is the Whitefriars Studios of Messrs. James Powell and Sons, in Wealdstone, Middlesex, England, of which the chief designer is Mr. E. Liddall Armitage. The rose window of St. Paul's was made by them under Mr. Armitage's personal direction. Whatever artistic and spiritual values the window may have are due to his competence.
The Whitefriars Studio is of great historic interest. It is mentioned in the Diary of Samuel Pepys. The words were founded in 1680 by one William Davis on a site near the Temple alongside the banks of the Thames in the City of London, where at one time had stood a monastery occupied by the Carmelites or White Friars. Along with all the other monasteries of England, this one had been dissolved in the sixteenth century. But the buildings remained, and the area continued to retain its rights of sanctuary, so that it became the refuge of impecunious debtors and criminals of all sorts and conditions, who, once they had entered the area, could not be put in jail.
It is thought that William Davis located his glassblowing firm on that site because land and labor were cheap, and because it was near to the river wharfs from which Newcastle coal, sand, clay, and other materials, could be conveniently drawn. The Whitefriars works remained in that location for nearly two hundred and fifty years until 1923 when larger premises were required, and they moved to Wealdstone. It is interesting to note that at the time of the move a brazier of live coals was taken from the old works to light the first furnace at the new works, so it can be said truthfully that the Whitefriars furnaces have been burning continuously for over 270 years.
For the first 150 years after its founding the works changed hands frequently. But in 1834 the firm was bought by James Powell, hence the name of the enlarged company. Today they are manufacturers of glass for many decorative purposes, including fine table crystal. But the stained glass department continues to retain the original name of Whitefriars.
In 1838, shortly after the purchase of the firm by James Powell, an event occurred which was of great significance. There was a certain Mr. Charles Winston, a man of varied interests and accomplishments. He was a lawyer, an archaeologist, and especially a connoisseur of fine stained glass. Mr. Winston approached Mr. Powell, owner of the company, with a proposition by which they might together attempt to discover some of the secrets of the medieval glass. Pieces of the early glass were chemically analyzed and carefully studied. As a result of the knowledge thus gained, Mr. Powell was able to develop from his furnaces a range of color and quality of brilliance which was remarkable, and which, after the further development of over a hundred years, today rivals the brilliance of medieval glass. The beauty of the material with which the firm was thus enabled to work attracted the devotion of the finest craftsmen throughout the nineteenth century, and still does today. The succession of artists who have been associated with the Whitefriars Studio are the peers of the profession.
The greatest achievements of recent years were made under the direction of Mr. James Hogan, who, until his death in 1947, was chief designer of Whitefriars. Many authorities feel that the genius of Mr. Hogan has not been surpassed anywhere in the world in modern times. His magnificent windows for Liverpoor Cathedral (which are over 100 feet tall, and the largest gothic windows in the world), and his outstanding windows for St. Thomas', and the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York City, prove that the finest tradition of stained glass has been truly rediscovered, and is once more a living art that can compare with the finest medieval work.
This classical tradition is still alive today in the Whitefriars Studio where artists and craftsmen work under the direction of Mr. Hogan's successor, Mr. Armitage. It is believed to be the only studio in the world which manufacturers its own glass, a feature which enables the chemist, the glass maker, and the artist to cooperate in producing whatever color the harmony of the design dictates. But in the final analysis it is more than technical accomplishment which is required in producing a fine work of art. As Mr. Armitage himself has said, "In much modern art values have become confused. Self-expression has been emphasized rather than a humble and anonymous reverence for the highest aspirations of mankind. Technical accomplishments has been valued above spiritual significance. In the finest windows of the medieval period we feel a sincerity that is often lacking in modern work. The lessons of tradition combine not only technical guidance, but also spiritual. The creation of beauty is conditioned by faith."
From the time that the new St. Paul's was conceived it was anticipated that a stained glass window would be set in the liturgical east wall over the altar. The size and shape of the opening were determined only after many consultations and much correspondence among the building committee, the donors, the rector, architect, contractor, designer, and many others.
The designing of the tracery (or wood frame) and its manufacture were matters which also required a vast amount of consideration. At Mr. Armitage's suggestion we engaged his brother, Mr. H. M. A. Armitage, A. R. I. B. A., a distinguished London architect, to submit proposals in this regard. The one which was chosen was among the dozen or more suggested. Normally such tracery is made from stone, which hardly seemed appropriate for St. Paul's. Yet is was not a simple matter to find someone who was familiar with the procedure of undertaking such a project in wood.
At length, however, the Pacific Manufacturing Company of Santa Clara agreed to make it. Under the supervision of Mr. James Pierce and Mr. H. Thomson the resources of that huge millwork firm were concentrated on it, and within four months they had finished the tracery, laminated together from literally hundreds of small pieces of sugar pine, and weighing just under a ton. Meanwhile, templates of the actual lights in the window had been made and sent to England so that the glass, the general color design of which had already been approved, could be cut.
The glass was finished and shipped from England in May, 1954. It arrived in Salinas the first week of July. The tracery was brought from Santa Clara and hoisted into place. And the glass was set in the tracery by the Cummings Studios of San Francisco.
Thus, while the rose window is, in every sense truly a "Whitefriars" window, it has required the services and cooperation of many people half way around the world. It is the earnest hope of the Rector of St. Paul's, and of the donors, that the radiance which shines forth from this window may carry into the hearts of all who see it something of the beauty and majesty of God.
The Rose Window has been given by Mr.and Mrs. L. Michael Tynan to the glory of God and in memory of Mr. Tynan's mother, Mrs. Annie Tynan, who, until her passing into life of the Church Expectant in 1947, was a devout communicant of Saint Paul's. May her soul rest in peace, and may light perpetual shine upon her.
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In Ancient Egypt, Apis or Hapis (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh) was a bull-deity worshiped in the Memphis region and thought to represent rulership and masculine vigor. Though originally a local deity, his popularity grew throughout the dynastic history, such that, by the Ptolemaic period, he was "a kind of national mascot."[1] The worship of Apis was certainly the most popular of the three great bull cults of ancient Egypt (the others being the bulls Mnevis and Buchis.)
Though Hape (Apis) is named on some of the earliest monuments in ancient Egypt, the most detailed accounts of his cult can be traced back to the New Kingdom period (1570–1070 B.C.E.). He was originally seen as "the renewal of the life" of the Memphite god Ptah, but after death he became Osorapis, (the Osiris Apis).[2]. Under the Ptolemaic dynasty, this deity became Serapis, a Hellenistic syncretism between the popular Egyptian cult and the iconography (and characterization) of the Greek god, Hades.
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As an Egyptian deity, Apis belonged to a complex religious, mythological and cosmological belief system developed in the Nile river basin from earliest prehistory to 525 B.C.E.[3] Indeed, it was during this relatively late period in Egyptian cultural development, a time when they first felt their beliefs threatened by foreigners, that many of their myths, legends and religious beliefs were first recorded.[4] The cults within this framework, whose beliefs comprise the myths we have before us, were generally fairly localized phenomena, with different deities having the place of honor in different communities.[5] Despite this apparently unlimited diversity, however, the gods (unlike those in many other pantheons) were relatively ill-defined. As Frankfort notes, "the Egyptian gods are imperfect as individuals. If we compare two of them … we find, not two personages, but two sets of functions and emblems. … The hymns and prayers addressed to these gods differ only in the epithets and attributes used. There is no hint that the hymns were addressed to individuals differing in character."[6] One reason for this was the undeniable fact that the Egyptian gods were seen as utterly immanental—they represented (and were continuous with) particular, discrete elements of the natural world.[7] Thus, those who did develop characters and mythologies were generally quite portable, as they could retain their discrete forms without interfering with the various cults already in practice elsewhere. Also, this flexibility was what permitted the development of multipartite cults (i.e., the cult of Amun-Re, which unified the domains of Amun and Re), as the spheres of influence of these various deities were often complimentary.[8]
The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely appropriate to (and defined by) the geographical and calendrical realities of its believer's lives. Unlike the beliefs of the Hebrews, Mesopotamians and others within their cultural sphere, the Egyptians viewed both history and cosmology as being well ordered, cyclical and dependable. As a result, all changes were interpreted as either inconsequential deviations from the cosmic plan or cyclical transformations required by it.[9] The major result of this perspective, in terms of the religious imagination, was to reduce the relevance of the present, as the entirety of history (when conceived of cyclically) was ultimately defined during the creation of the cosmos. The only other aporia in such an understanding is death, which seems to present a radical break with continuity. To maintain the integrity of this worldview, an intricate system of practices and beliefs (including the extensive mythic geographies of the afterlife, texts providing moral guidance (for this life and the next) and rituals designed to facilitate the transportation into the afterlife) was developed, whose primary purpose was to emphasize the unending continuation of existence.[10] Given these two cultural foci, it is understandable that the tales recorded within this mythological corpus tended to be either creation accounts or depictions of the world of the dead, with a particular focus on the relationship between the gods and their human constituents.
Given that Apis (as deity) was actually understood to be the sacred bull, his cult presents another permutation of the highly concrete and immanental understanding of theology common in Ancient Egypt.
The cult of the Apis bull is one of the most archaic in the Egyptian religious system, hearkening back to the earliest epoch of their dynastic history. From the outset, it appears that he was a fertility god connected to grain and the herds. However, his most important affiliation was with the pharaoh, as he was seen to symbolize the king's courageous heart, great strength, virility, and fighting spirit. This association is borne out in religious iconography, as the bull god was occasionally depicted with the sun-disk between his horns—a clear reference to Ra, the divine ruler par excellence.[11] Further, the Apis bull is unique in their iconographic system in that he is the only Egyptian god represented solely as an animal, and never as a human with an animal's head. This is likely because the physical bull, that dwelt in an enclosure at the temple in Memphis, was literally seen to be the god.[12] In this way, Apis is more strongly affiliated with the particulars of his animal existence than are the other deities in pantheon, who are merely represented by their animal forms (i.e., Horus and the falcon, Bast and the cat, Sebek and the crocodile, Thoth and the ibis).[13]
In the original Memphite cult, Apis was conceived as Herald of Ptah, the chief god of the area. However, the specifics of the relationship between the two deities was complex: "Ptah was never depicted as a bull or believed to be incarnate in a bull; but the Apis bull was called 'the living Apis, the herald of Ptah, who carries the truth upwards to him of the lovely face (Ptah).'" [14] This divine bovine, as a herald/manifestation of the god, was understood to be unique, in that there was only ever one Apis bull at a given time.
These beliefs were complemented by a complex system of practices depicting the proper selection and veneration of the Bull of Ptah. Since the bovines in the region where Ptah was worshiped exhibited white patterning on their mainly black bodies, a system of beliefs developed concerning which types of markings a potential Apis bull required in order to be suitable to its role. Specifically, it was required to have a white triangle on its forehead, a white vulture wing outline on its back, a scarab-shaped lump under its tongue, a white crescent moon shape on its right flank, and double hairs on its tail.[15] A bull that matched these markings was selected from the herd, brought to a temple, given a harem of cows, and worshiped as a manifestation of the craftsman god. His mother, who was believed to have conceived her divine offspring after being impregnated by a beam of light from the heavens, was also revered. At the temple, Apis was used as an oracle, his movements being interpreted as prophecies. His breath was also believed to cure disease, and his presence was thought to bless those around with virility. As a result, the temples were constructed with a window that would allow the public to bask in his holy proximity. Further, this spiritual good was made available to the populace as a whole on certain festival days, when the god would be led through the streets of the city, bedecked with jewelry and flowers. Upon the animal's death, it would be mourned, mummified, and celebrated, after which point the new Apis would be found. These funerary elements came to be important components of the god's cult around the time of the conflation of Osiris with Ptah, a development that also led to a redefinition of the bovine god (as described below).[16]
When Osiris absorbed the identity of Ptah, becoming Ptah-Seker-Osiris, the Apis bull became seen as an aspect of Osiris rather than Ptah. Since Osiris was lord of the dead, Apis then became known as the living deceased one, whose cultic significance only increased with the death of his current incarnation. As he now represented Osiris, when the Apis bull reached the age of twenty-eight, the age when Osiris was said to have been killed by Set, symbolic of the lunar month, and the new moon, the bull was put to death with great ceremony.[17] There is evidence that parts of the body of the Apis bull were eaten by the pharaoh and his priests to absorb the bull god's great strength. As a form of Osiris, lord of the dead, it was believed that to be under the protection of the Apis bull would give the person control over the four winds in the afterlife.[18]
By the New Kingdom, the remains of the Apis bulls were interred at the cemetery of Saqqara. The earliest known burial in Saqqara was performed in the reign of Amenhotep III (1391–1353 B.C.E.) by his son Thutmosis; afterwards, seven more bulls were buried nearby. Ramesses II initiated Apis burials in what is now known as the Serapeum, an underground complex of burial chambers at Saqqara for the sacred bulls, a site used through the rest of Egyptian history into the reign of Cleopatra VII.[19]
Unlike the cults of most of the other Egyptian deities, the worship of the Apis bull was continued by the Greeks and after them by the Romans, and lasted until almost 400 C.E. Even after the inception of the Hellenistic period (323 B.C.E.), Greek and Roman authors, commenting on the beliefs of their new vassals, have much to say about the beliefs and practices surrounding the cult of Apis. In particular, they were intrigued by such issues as the marks by which the black bull-calf was recognized, the manner of his conception by a ray from heaven, his house at Memphis with court for disporting himself, the mode of prognostication from his actions, the public mourning that accompanied his death, his costly burial and the rejoicings throughout the country when a new Apis was found.[20] The continued veneration of the bull god is strongly attested to by the Rosetta Stone, a self-promoting text commissioned by Ptolemy V in 196 B.C.E. In it, the pharaoh uses his support of the Apis cult as a general yardstick representing his piety:
Under Ptolemy Soter, the first non-Egyptian pharaoh, efforts were made to integrate the indigenous religion with that of their Hellenic regents. Given this motivation, Ptolemy's goal was to find a deity that could be revered by both groups as a means of providing additional stability to his reign. Since the Greeks had little respect for animal-headed figures, a Greek statue was chosen as the idol, and proclaimed to be an anthropomorphic equivalent of the highly popular Apis. This syncretic deity was named Aser-hapi (i.e., Osiris-Apis, Hellenized as Serapis), and was said to be Osiris in full, rather than just his Ka. This figure's appeal to the Egyptian Hellenes was that Osiris and the Greek god Hades were considered to be equivalent, as both were chthonic deities tasked with administrating the afterlife. In this way, the figure provided a mythological and theological bridge between the two cultures.
Incorporating Osiris's wife, Isis, and their son Horus (in the form of Harpocrates), the cult of Serapis won an important place in classical Greek religion, eventually being propagated as far as Ancient Rome. The great syncretic faith survived until 385 C.E., when Christian fundamentalists destroyed the Serapeum of Alexandria and forbade all further expressions of the cult under the decree of the Theodosius I.[22]
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Morgan County government is trying to make the building and zoning permit process easier for homeowners, developers and contractors with new computer technology.
The Board of Morgan County Commissioners approved the purchase of new planning and zoning permit tracking software for the Planning and Zoning Department during the board's weekly meeting on Tuesday.
The software and support will cost the county $11,900 the first year and $4,800 each following year for maintenance and support, said Karol Kopetzky, information systems manager.
This software includes a smart-phone component, which will allow those doing building to see how the permitting process is going and use while working, and allow building inspectors to add information from the field, she said.
That should make the permitting process quicker, Kopetzky said.
Also, information on the buildings can be transferred to the Morgan County Assessor's Office to make its job easier, she said.
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In any case, the old system had to be replaced, since it is no longer supported by the company. If it were to fail, there might not be a fix, he said.
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So the store is called Snackz It. I know, right.
But I was hangry. Yes, hangry. Hungry and angry (at Saybon's for renovating) and must. have. food.
Thankfully I was happily slurping away just a few minutes later. I don't even know why I ordered Oyster Mee Sua when I'm not really fond of oysters. But thank heavens I did! It's a thick, gloopy soup with thin wheat noodles (mee sua), shredded chicken, fried shallots, chopped cilantro, and a generous helping of chili paste and Chinese black vinegar. Oh, and oysters. Perfect for a rainy day, or any day with air conditioners at full blast.
It came with (okay, I ordered) a side of spicy fried mushrooms. Not the best thing in the world, but good enough for when you want to pause from the soup slurping (to prolong the moment, see).
The very next day I tried out the more popular Taiwanese snack chain Shih Lin at 313@Somerset.
The oysters figure more prominently, and taste a wee bit fresher (but what do I know, really). However, no fried shallots. Boo.
Their plum-flavored sweet potato fries are good, though. Just make sure to step back from the counter while they're making them, because the seasoning is just all over the atmosphere. I don't know how the kuya manages to stay there without sneezing.
On the third day, having run out of nearby Oyster Mee Sua food carts to try, I went back to Snackz It.
Asked for extra vinegar for some added kick. And what do you know, I still wiped the entire bowl clean. I am officially addicted.
Disclaimer: I haven't tried Oyster Mee Sua in Taiwan (where it presumably originated) so I don't know if this is the real deal or not. Hopefully I'll get to visit real soon and find out. ^^


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Quick hits (part II)
July 24, 2016 1 Comment
1) Evolution is happening faster than we thought.
2) Kristof asks, "is Trump a racist?" Yeah, not a hard question. And there's way more to this than just his campaign statements:
My view is that "racist" can be a loaded word, a conversation stopper more than a clarifier, and that we should be careful not to use it simply as an epithet. Moreover, Muslims and Latinos can be of any race, so some of those statements technically reflect not so much racism as bigotry. It's also true that with any single statement, it is possible that Trump misspoke or was misconstrued.And yet.
Here we have a man who for more than four decades has been repeatedly associated with racial discrimination or bigoted comments about minorities, some of them made on television for all to see. While any one episode may be ambiguous, what emerges over more than four decades is a narrative arc, a consistent pattern — and I don't see what else to call it but racism.
3) Jeffrey Goldberg on the Republican cowards who could have done something to stop Trump, but didn't.
4) How humans have actually co-evolved with the bacteria in our gut.
5) Yes, high-quality pre-K is awesome. Too much pre-K, though, is kids standing in line and transitioning all day long. That needs to change.
6) Robert Frank on the value of finding a job you love (I heartily agree). I'm reading Frank's Success and Luck right now and it's quite good.
There is, of course, no guarantee that you'll become the best at what you choose to do, or that even if you do you'll find practical ways to extend your reach enough to earn a big paycheck. But by choosing to concentrate on a task you love, you'll enjoy the considerable proportion of your life that you spend at work, which is much more than billions of others can say.
Again, you'll have bills to pay, so salary matters. But social science findings establish clearly that once you have met your basic obligations, it's possible to live a very satisfying life even if you don't earn a lot of money.The bottom line: Resist the soul-crushing job's promise of extra money and savor the more satisfying conditions you'll find in one that pays a little less.
7) Katy Chatel writes about how she is raising her child "outside gender assumptions and stereotypes." Well, yes, there's something to that, but somehow pretending that gender in our society doesn't exist makes for a complicated childhood. How nice for her to make a political statement with her child's life.
8) Derek Thompson on how the political vocabularies of Democrats and Republicans have diverged.
9) A nice Op-Ed on Colorado's successful battle against teen pregnancy. LARC's for teens, damn it! Seriously, you want one single policy change that will dramatically reduce teen pregnancy, poverty, and abortion (hey, bipartisan!) this is it. This so needs to expand everywhere.
10) Former Reagan adviser, Bruce Bartlett, on how the GOP has become the party of hate.
11) Jeffrey Goldberg on how Trump is doing all he can to help Putin. Seriously:
The Republican nominee for president, Donald J. Trump, has chosen this week to unmask himself as a de facto agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, [emphases mine] a KGB-trained dictator who seeks to rebuild the Soviet empire by undermining the free nations of Europe, marginalizing NATO, and ending America's reign as the world's sole superpower.
I am not suggesting that Donald Trump is employed by Putin—though his campaign manager, Paul Manafort,was for many years on the payroll of the Putin-backed former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. I am arguing that Trump's understanding of America's role in the world aligns with Russia's geostrategic interests; that his critique of American democracy is in accord with the Kremlin's critique of American democracy; and that he shares numerous ideological and dispositional proclivities with Putin—for one thing, an obsession with the sort of "strength" often associated with dictators. Trump is making it clear that, as president, he would allow Russia to advance its hegemonic interests across Europe and the Middle East. His election would immediately trigger a wave of global instability—much worse than anything we are seeing today—because America's allies understand that Trump would likely dismantle the post-World War II U.S.-created international order. Many of these countries, feeling abandoned, would likely pursue nuclear weapons programs on their own, leading to a nightmare of proliferation.
12) New research finds that those who read Harry Potter (not just watching the movies) are less supportive of Trump. Presumably, readers are making some Trump-Voldemort connections or learning the values of tolerance that Trump disdains. After a quick look at the study, I think it reasonably likely they are missing a confound that has nothing to do with HP books in particular, but the types of person who reads HP books. I'd feel far more confident in these results if there were any other questions on reading habits (fiction reading, YA fiction reading, etc.).
13) New research suggests no benefit of redshirting kids for kindergarten.
14) Great, great post from Ezra Klein laying out all the reasons Donald Trump makes him genuinely (and, appropriately) afraid. A good one to bookmark. If my dad starts leaning Trump under the influence of my not-wicked, but very conservative, stepmother, this is what I'm pulling out. (For now, my dad– a genuine independent– sees Trump for the bully and blowhard he is).
15) Really enjoyed When Breath Becomes Air. Not exactly light beach-reading for last week, though. So sad.
16) Mann and Ornstein with a must-read on how Donald Trump is absolutely the culmination of the GOP's increasingly radical, anti-government philosophy.


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HOUSTON -- Texans assistant secondary coach D'Anton Lynn knows what the Los Angeles Chargers are going through in preparation for their game against Houston on Sunday.
After all, he has been coached by Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn, his father. When he was growing up, D'Anton said, his dad coached all of his teams. And he was as hard on his son and his son's teammates as he is now.
"He was a perfectionist," D'Anton said. "I'd be 8 years old and he'd coach me like he coaches his guys now."
"As I go along in my career, I find myself in those situations, I always go back and think back to what would he do here."Texans assistant coach D'Anton Lynn, on working with his father, Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn
D'Anton, who played cornerback at Penn State, spent an offseason and training camp with the Jets when Anthony was the running backs coach in New York. He was also on the coaching staff with the Bills and Chargers with his dad. D'Anton is in his second season with the Texans.
"You raise your kids, but you never know how they're going to be when they grow up, especially when they come and work with you," Anthony said. "I thought the way he handled himself when he worked here with me -- he couldn't have done it any better. He worked his tail off. He's been around this game all his life.
"He knows this game, and he just turned into a really good young coach. Someone recognized it and called and promoted him, and I was happy for him, happy to let him go."
D'Anton said he learned so much from watching his father work his way up the coaching ladder and how much work he did to get there.
"[I watched] how he deals with players, how he dealt with other people on the staff, and as I go along in my career, I find myself in those situations. I always go back and think back to what would he do here," D'Anton said.
So whom will the Lynn family be rooting for on Sunday in Carson, California? D'Anton said they have family in California and Texas, so he thinks it will be a pretty even split. But Anthony sees it going another way.
"They'll all be at the game and they'll all be rooting for him, is what I've heard," Anthony said. "He's the darling of the family, I guess. I don't know. My mom said, 'You've won two Super Bowls already; I'm rooting for my grandbaby,' and I'm like, 'Well, hell, I need one as a coach, Mom.'"


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Happy Cinco de Mayo! To celebrate this festive holiday I thought I'd share a yummy and easy churro cupcake recipe that I'm sure you and your family will LOVE! If you love the taste of churros, but don't love that they're deep fried, then this easy churro cupcake recipe is for you. All the flavor without all the hassle.
Cinnamon? Check.
Sugar? Check.
Cream Cheese Frosting? Check.
I mean, what more do you really need?
First off, let me start out by saying that I originally came across my first churro cupcake recipe while cruising around Pinterest. I pinned it, printed it out, and planned on making it. But once I read through the recipe a few times I had a couple questions that went unanswered. So I googled "churro cupcake recipe" and man, did I get a lot of hits! So then I started reading, and decided to make my own version of the online recipes I found. Don't get me wrong, they were all pretty much the same awesome recipe, with a minor tweak here and there. And my version isn't much different. I just wanted you to know that my version is really just a mish mosh of the many recipes I found online.
So here goes.
Cupcake Batter:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups cake flour (I use Swan Down brand)*
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 sticks UNSALTED butter (room temperature)
1 3/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs (room temperature)
1 1/4 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 stick (salted) butter, softened
1 8 oz. bar of cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups confectioners' powdered sugar
Cinnamon Sugar Topping:
1/8 cup (2 heaping tablespoons) granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For Cupcakes:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
3. In one bowl combine all-purpose flour, baking flour, salt and cinnamon.
4. In a large bowl, or standing mixer bowl, use mixer to cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
5. Add eggs, one at a time until combined, and then beat in the vanilla.
6. On low speed, add flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture in three batches. Alternate those batches with one half of the milk, beating till combined after each addition. (i.e., flour, milk, flour, milk, flour).
7. Fill cupcake liners one half to three quarters full depending on the size of your tins. My tins were large, so I only filled them about half way full.
8. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out dry.
9. Cool on wire racks.
For Frosting:
1. In a large bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese together.
2. Add vanilla and cinnamon.
3. Add confectioners' sugar, one cup at a time, making sure it's completely incorporated before adding the next cup, until all 5 cups are added.
4. Once cupcakes have completely cooled, either spread or pipe (I piped) icing on top of each cupcake.
NOTE: Since the icing is made with cream cheese, the cupcakes need to be refrigerated once they've been iced.
For Final Topping:
1. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small pinch cup or ramekin.
2. Sprinkle mixture on top of each cupcake after it's been frosted.
I love to put my pretty cupcakes on display stands and in cloches.
Not that they last very long in this house.
You can also use colorful cupcake tin liners, and maybe stick a cute favor on top, too, to make it just a bit more festive.
But if my kids' reactions are any indication, it won't matter if you decorate them or not. They are da bomb.
And remember, it doesn't have to be Cinco de Mayo in order for you to make these awesomely delicious churro cupcakes!
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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