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After years of speculation, it has finally happened. Amazon India is now open for business. More than a year after launching Junglee, a price comparison engine, the ecommerce giant has launched its own full-fledged marketplace.
"Our vision, at Amazon, is to be Earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. With Amazon.in, we endeavor to build that same destination in India by giving customers more of what they want – vast selection, low prices, fast and reliable delivery, and a trusted and convenient experience," said Greg Greeley, Vice President of International Expansion at Amazon.com. "We're excited to get started in India and we will relentlessly focus on raising the bar for customer experience in India."
India is Amazon's tenth marketplace, after countries like USA, UK, Canada, China, and Japan. The Seattle based online retailer is starting off with its strong suite – books. Amazon India claims that it currently has more than 7 million books in its catalog. The Indian store also has nearly ten thousand movies and a little over one thousand TV shows for sale. Other categories including Mobiles and Camera are expected to be launched soon.
The Amazon India launch was months in the making. However, the biggest stumbling block was the Indian government. Restrictions on foreign investment on multi-brand retailers prevented Amazon from setting shop in India. However, it appears that Amazon has found a way around the regulations. Unlike in the US and many other countries, Amazon won't be maintaining its own inventory. Instead it will be operating purely in a marketplace based model. Times of India is reporting that Amazon has signed up 100 vendors across the country, and has setup a 1.5 lakh sqft fulfillment center near Mumbai to service online orders. Amazon is also inviting other retailers to sign up and list their products in the Amazon marketplace. It is providing two options for vendors – Selling on Amazon and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). The former allows the seller to list their products on Amazon.in, while retaining control over inventory, shipping, and customer service. The latter allows the seller to leverage Amazon's expertise by offloading logistics, shipping and customer service also to Amazon.


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(Reuters) – Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator who staged a filibuster against sweeping abortion restrictions, is expected to announce plans to run for governor on Thursday, ending months of speculation.
The 50-year-old Democrat gained national attention when she talked for nearly 11 hours on the Texas Senate floor in June to temporarily block new restrictions on abortion.
Davis, a second-term state senator, saw her national profile skyrocket when her filibuster drew thousands of demonstrators to the state Capitol and played out in livestreams on websites across the United States.
The bill would have banned most abortions after 20 weeks and imposed strict new requirements on clinics. It eventually passed, but Davis' newfound popularity continued and she was able to add $1 million to her campaign coffers.
The second-term senator has declined to confirm publicly what her plans are before Thursday's announcement. Highly placed Democrats have said she has told them of her intentions to run for the seat being vacated by Gov. Rick Perry, the former presidential contender who has said he will not seek re-election.
She will announce her plans Thursday afternoon at a rally at the coliseum where she received her high school diploma, in the working-class Fort Worth suburb of Haltom City.
If Davis gets the nod by her party during the primaries next spring, the Harvard graduate and twice-divorced mother of two who rose from poverty as a single teen mom in a Texas trailer park to a successful career in law and politics will face an expected uphill battle.
Her likely opponent would be current GOP frontrunner, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who has a war chest close to $25 million. The election is in November 2014.
Perry has not said what his plans are, but many speculate that he will try a second time for the Republican nomination for president after his attempt in 2011 fell flat.
Supporters of Davis in Texas had been trying to recruit her to run for governor since 2011, when she forced Republicans into a special legislative session over their plans to cut billions from state education – another bill that eventually passed the GOP-dominated statehouse.
But her stand in the now-famous pink running shoes earlier this summer, which landed her on the cover of the storied September issue of Vogue magazine, identified her as the Democrat who might have the best chance of claiming the state's top seat after nearly 20 years of Republican victories in statewide races.
The last Democrat to win the governor's spot was Ann Richards in 1990. Republicans have won every statewide seat since 1994 and have dominated the Texas Legislature since 2003.
(Editing by Karen Brooks and Diane Craft)
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Darren Criss, aka the swoon-worthy and stylish Blaine on 'Glee,' gamely covers Madonna's 'Dress You Up' from her 'Like a Virgin' album for the latest Fashion's Night promo spot.
Usher, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Michael Kors, the always fabulous Marc Jacobs and several other celebs and designers do their level best to remind fashionistas and shopaholics that FNO takes place on Thursday, Sept. 6, as Criss sings and dances to the song.
Swift also dances to the beat, looking adorbs while doing so.
While many Madge fans have clutched their hearts and gasped painfully, considering Criss' version of the song to be akin to butchery and a hatchet job, we don't think it sucks. At all.
The 'Glee' star is clearly having fun with the song, and he looks good. That's critical, since he is starring in a commercial for a global fashion event. Essentially, he's loyal to Madge's '80s-era original, but it does sound a bit different, simply because it is being crooned by a male voice as opposed to hers.
Remember, FNO takes place next Thursday on a global scale. Stars and celebs are all coming out for it, so if there are FNO events in your hood, you may as well partake in 'em. All the cool kids, with names like Swift, Bieber and Usher are doing it!
Oh, and while we have you, watch the Swift 'n' Biebs FNO commercial here.
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Boston actress Jane Alexander, known for films such as "The Cider House Rules," "All The President's Men," and "Kramer vs. Kramer," picked up the Radcliffe Medal on Friday for her support and commitment to the arts. She said during her address at the Radcliffe Day event, "We are the only species that has put together a 90-piece orchestra to play Beethoven. We can do so much more." Alexander (center) was joined at the celebration by Harvard's president, Drew Faust (left), and Lizabeth Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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Make these in the morning. You'll be glad you did.
I was flipping through some of my cookbooks the other day and became mesmerized by a recipe for these biscuits from the book Deep Dark Chocolate. It's filled with decadent recipes using dark chocolate. And with a title like that I would normally go for something all chocolate, super rich and fudgy. And I almost always pick a recipe accompanied by a photo. I'm very visual and like to see what I'm in for before hand. This one didn't have a photo with it, but it still captivated me.
Swirled chocolate in a biscuit.
I'm all in.
These are pretty quick to make. You can have one in your tummy in no time.
Chopped dark chocolate.
Get it. Get it good.
Beginnings of the biscuits.
Flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and buttah.
Stir in some milk and the dough will start to come together.
Flour your work surface and hands and form the sticky dough into a ball that you can then start to flatten and roll.
Roll into a rectangular shape.
Spread some softened butter on top.
Sprinkle with a bit of sugar.
And a little chocolate. Just a little. ; )
And roll it up all jelly roll style for chocolaty swirls.
Then cut the roll into equal sections.
Like so. Maybe smaller chocolate chunks would have made my swirls more distinct.
That's ok. I'm good with over-the-top chocolate.
Umm… yeah. Totally fine with that.
Eat them warm from the oven.
Warm with a little melted butter. Yes, please.
A yummy way to start the day.
Chocolate Morning Biscuits
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
3/4 cup whole milk
3 tablespoons butter, softened
2 tablespoons sugar
4 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped
Topping (optional)
1 large egg yolk
1 tablespoon whole milk
sugar for sprinkling
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until blended.
- Using fingers or a pastry blender, work butter into the dry ingredients until crumbly.
- Add milk and stir with a fork until a loose, sticky dough forms.
- Turn dough out on a floured work surface. Flour your hands and form dough into a ball. Then gently knead it several times (8-10).
- Flour surface and hands more as necessary and use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough into a 13X11 inch rectangle.
- Position the long side of the dough in front of you.
- For the filling, spread softened butter over surface of dough. Sprinkle with sugar and cover with chopped chocolate.
- Roll the dough up in a jelly roll fashion and cut the roll into 10-12 equal sections.
- Place cut sections on parchment covered baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Add topping if desired. Mix egg yolk and milk together and brush on tops. Then sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for about 18 minutes or until biscuits are golden and puffed up.
- Serve warm with butter.
Recipe from Deep Dark Chocolate with permission from Chronicle Books.
Enjoy and have a good morning!


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Snap o' the Day: Making it ped-friendly
A City crew heats the pavement at the outlet of Old Preston Avenue at Market Street at 8:20am on April 22 in preparation for the application of crosswalk stripes. A week earlier, a crew ripped up the foreground sidewalk to replace the corner with a pebbled curb cut to assist the disabled. In the City that once ticketed a man after he was hit by a police car in a crosswalk, such work appears part of a $700,000 City push for pedestrians.
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How many guys does it take to screw in a light bulb ? If the tea party crowd wants to look for wasteful spending they should start with the city public works dept.
so the road was the problem not the police officer who drove wrecklessly! i get it now!
Dan, it's always been like this in city governement. Most departments have twice as many employees as they need. This is why the city employee count is now almost up to 1,000 employees. Almost 1,000 employees for a population of less than 40,000. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out something is wrong with this picture. The picture above is evidence as a matter of fact. 3 employees watching, 2 doing the work.
In the department I used to work in, we always had one employee sitting around doing absolutely nothing for every one employee that was actually out in the field doing something. At last count while I was employed.... we had 5 chiefs and 4 indians. The 4 indians did all the work of course.
"A city crew heats the pavement" = incorrect reporting.
"A city crew observes one man heating the pavement"
Sorry about the error.
WrecklessIn CVille, when is the last time you recall a cop ever being charged in an accident? I don't recall a police officer ever being charged and/or convicted. The worst crash I recall in the last decade or so was when a county cop ran a stop sign and hit a Toyota truck. Seriously injured the two occupants of the truck. Was he even charged? Cop hits wheelchair bound man, no charges. Cop hits and kills pedestrian, no charges. Cop almost runs over two pedestrians in a crosswalk, no charges, except the pedestrians faced trumped up BS charges for yelling at the cop..... commonly know as "Contempt Of Cop" in law enforcement circles. The list just goes on and on and on and on. Don't ever hold your breath in any cop being charged and held accountable when they make a mistake and crash into somebody.
If you run a stop sign and crash into a Toyota truck injuring the occupants, YOU'RE going to be charged. Count on it.


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Scotland Sets Date for Referendum
Scots will vote in a referendum on Sept.18, 2014, on whether to remain a part of the U.K. Dow Jones's Jason Douglas says a "yes" vote would bring an end to 300 years of the union that started when Scotland still had its own king, James VI.
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Main Street in Salt Lake City gets a touch of Paris with the recent opening of Eva's Bakery and Cafe at 155 S. Main.
Owner Charlie Perry who also operates Eva, a small plates restaurant down the street has remodeled the spot where Vasuvio's used to be. You can't miss this "Parisian-style boulangerie," with its bright blue exterior and yellow canopy.
Inside, there are artisan breads and a glass case with more than a dozen delicious-looking cakes, cookies and other French-style pastries. There's also a breakfast and lunch menu, with all the items priced at $10 or less.
Today, at lunch, the bakery was doing a brisk business. I had to wait a few minutes in line before ordering a cup of the "soup du jour," the creamy tomato soup and a square slice of pizza ($3) topped with Creminelli meats and figs. Next time, I'll try the French onion soup, which is available every day and one of the open-faced croque-monsieur sandwiches topped with ham and cheese or tomatoes. The menu also includes salads and sandwiches, coffees and tea.
The restaurant is a long, narrow space. But it offered plenty of seating at a long counter against the south wall and at the mix of small and large tables in the back.
Eva's Bakery and Cafe is open Monday-Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.


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Geysers of the World
Geysers of Yellowstone
Artemisia Geyser
Feature Type: Geyser
Geyser/Spring Type: Fountain geyser
Upper Geyser Basin
Cascade Group
Artemisia has one of the prettiest pools visible in the Upper Geyser Basin. The name is due to the color of some of the sinter around the geyser. The people who named Artemisia thought that the pale green-gray sinter was similar in color to sagebrush (Artemisia).
Artemisia's highly variable intervals range from 9 to 34 hours, durations range from 15-30 minutes and heights can reach 30 feet.
Artemisia infrequently has minor eruptions. Minor eruptions last about five minutes, requiring about two hours for the pool to refill afterwards. Minor eruptions are often followed by a major eruption about 6 hours later.
Artemisia is next to the old road. The road bed at this point was raised above the geyser. Sitting on the edge of the old road provides an excellent view into Artemisia's large blue pool. Artemisia's eruptions are not overly tall but they put out a huge amount of water and are fun to watch, hear and feel.
What to look for:
After a major eruption, Artemisia's pool drops about two feet. The pool slowly rises and reaches overflow about 5 hours later. From this point until just prior to the eruption, Artemisia overflows gently. As far as anyone has determined, Artemisia gives no indication that it is about to erupt. Suddenly, the water rises and there is a massive overflow,which by convention, is the start of the eruption. This is fun to watch. The massive overflow lasts about 2-5 minutes and then the pool starts to boil and erupt. During the early portion of the eruption, strong underground thumping can be felt and heard as steam bubbles in the plumbing system of the geyser collapse. This strong thumping is one of the unique features of this geyser. It is one of the main reasons many people are willing to wait hours to see an eruption.
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Some of the temperature data used to derive the eruption times and durations used in this section were collected by Ralph Taylor under a National Park Service research permit, and the remainder was collected by personnel working for the Geology Department of the Yellowstone Center for Resources (including Ralph Taylor). The loggers are a combination of loggers owned by the NPS and Ralph Taylor. Analysis of the raw temperature data to extract the eruption data was performed by Ralph Taylor. The eruption time files on this website may be used provided that Yellowstone National Park is credited for the temperature data and Ralph Taylor is credited for the eruption times.
Activity Recorded by Data Logger - by Ralph Taylor
A data logger has been deployed at Artemisia Geyser since October of 2000. We have attempted to obtain a continuous record of Artemisia's activity since that time, but the record has several gaps caused by equipment failure or our inability to recover the data in wintertime.
The sensor for Artemisia is located in one of the runoff channels about a meter from the edge of the main platform and about five meters from the edge of the pool. The sensor easily detects the temperature rise signifying the wave of hot water resulting from the eruption start. Electronic times are recorded to the nearest minute currently, but in the earlier deployments sample intervals of five minutes were used during the winter and 30 seconds was used in summertime when more frequent downloads were performed.
Activity in 2011
The overall eruption interval statistics for Artemisia in 2011 are shown at
Artemisia 2011 Statistics.
A pdf of this summary is at
Artemisia Recent Activity Summary.
The activity of Artemisia Geyser in 2011 is shown in the graph at the right. The blue line shows all of the eruption intervals and the green line shows the 1-week moving median interval. The straight red line is a linear regression fit, included to show the general trend of intervals. The graphs for the current year are updated about every six weeks from October to June and weekly from June to the end of September. The data ends with the 3 November download because of a logger failure.
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The second graph expands the time line for the past three months.
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The next graph shows Artemisia's activity for the month preceding the last download.
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The next graph shows the interval distribution for 2010. The width of the peak shows the uncertainty in intervals. Blue shows the intervals for the whole year to date, maroon shows the previous month, and yellow the previous week. Note that in this and the other histograms displayed here the labels shown on the X-axis represent the upper boundary of the class, not the midpoint. Geyser times are traditionally truncated. The graph at the right has class widths of 60 minutes. The bar appearing above the label "22:00," for example, contains intervals from 21h01m through 22h00m.
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The final chart for 2011 shows the monthly statistics for the year to date.
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Activity since October 2000
One way to present the eruption interval data is to graph the interval as a function of time. The graph shown at the right shows all of the electronically recorded intervals since 2000. The gaps in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 are many weeks long and resulted from logger failures. We were somewhat more successful in 2005 but there is a gap in July caused by yet another failure. The 2007 data is complete and the 2008 data has a 15 hour gap in early January and a six day gap in April when the logger filled. The 2009 data is complete up to the January download. The 2010 data is fragmentary until April due to logger technical issues.
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The interval graph shows the large variation in interval from one eruption to the next. A better idea of the change in intervals over time can be seen from the graph of the 1-week moving median intervals, shown at the right. From both graphs the sharp drop in intervals from late winter of 2002 to about June of 2002 shows clearly. Since that time intervals have generally risen to even longer than at the start of the data, and the variation from day to day and week to week has grown substantially since 2005.
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The chart at right shows how the maximum, minimum, mean, and median intervals for each month have changed. Note that since July 2004 Artemisia's intervals have steadily increased until midyear in 2006 when they stabilized. The maximum intervals in 2007 were quite a bit higher than previous years, even in the summer months. The low minimum intervals in July 2005 represents two minor eruptions (see below). The average interval has remained between 18 and 21 hours since early 2006.
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Activity in 2010
Activity in 2009
Activity in 2008
Activity in 2007
Activity in 2006
Activity in 2005
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The above picture shows the large overflow and upwelling at the start of the eruption. Note the copious water covering the entire platform and washing down the runoff channels.
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H.R.24 - Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2014113th Congress (2013-2014)
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|Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] (Introduced 01/03/2013)
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Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2014 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to: (1) complete, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, the required audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) and of the Federal Reserve Banks; and (2) submit to Congress, within 90 days of audit completion, a detailed report of audit findings and conclusions.
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A little Labor Day reading
//NA*// On the off chance that, like me, you're getting a little much-needed downtime, I thought I'd share some interesting but hard-to-categorize links I've encountered recently:
- Here's a novel approach to selling Photoshop plug-ins: a developer is auctioning the source code for Cinematte, a plug-in for removing green screens & similar backgrounds. [Via Tom Hogarty]
- On a more precompiled note, how about a "Brutality Filter"? New Mr. Retro filters are available (press release). See 'em in action here.
- Photo blogger Jason David Moore recently profiled me. (I didn't even know I had a favorite curse word.)
- The World's Best Logos & Brands blog has a (very) short history of the Adobe logo. [Via]
- If you're stumped, give the Idea Generator a spin. Seriously, wouldn't you like to see a Transparent Morphing Saxophone? (Goes well with the Brutality Filter, I'm told.) [Via]
- I'm keeping it Victorian these days, but I can dig this MIT-designed water-walled house. On a slightly related note, researchers are also exploring how to use water as insulation within windows.
- Of Audis & iMacs: The ConceptCar blog notes similarities between the new iMac design & the latest crop of Audis.
- Box.net has created a plug-in that facilitates sharing large images right from Photoshop. Their slogan? "Put your junk in the box." (I kid you not.)
- Ars Technica features info on battery life preservation–relevant to everyone who schleps around one or more rechargable devices (which, I'm guessing, is everyone who stops by here). I'm paranoid about being without power, but I'll be damned if I run my batteries down & store them in a freezer. ("Nothing more useless than an unloaded gun.") [Via]
- News.com reports on companies that put image sequences on subway walls. (I wonder if this is what Interpol had in mind.) In a lower-tech vein, peep subway gum art. [Via]
* As in "(Largely) Non-Adobe" — a note to those who'd rather skip anything not 100% tied to Photoshop
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I have collected below a list of snippets from various academics and bibliobloggers on the subject of James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici's 'discovery'.
First and foremost, everyone should check out the scholarly articles on the subject at the ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) blog.
Eric Meyers writes in his review of the new book on the "discovery":
The book is truly much ado about nothing and is a sensationalist presentation of data that are familiar to anyone with knowledge of first-century Jerusalem. Nothing in the book "revolutionizes our understanding of Jesus or early Christianity" as the authors and publisher claim, and we may regard this book as yet another in a long list of presentations that misuse not only the Bible but also archaeology.
Christopher Rollston also reviews the the find:
Ultimately, therefore, I would suggest that these are fairly standard, mundane Jerusalem tombs of the Late Second Temple period. The contents are interesting, but there is nothing that is particularly sensational or unique in these tombs. I wish that it were different. After all, it would be quite fascinating to find a tomb that could be said to be "Christian" and to hail from the very century that Christianity arose.
Also check out Rollston's thorough refutation here. This is a snippet:
Here are the basic claims of James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici: "Talpiyot Tomb B contained several ossuaries, or bone boxes, two of which were carved with an iconic image and a Greek inscription. Taken together, the image and the inscription constitute the earliest archaeological evidence of faith in Jesus' resurrection." They go on and state that these ossuaries "also provide the first evidence in Jerusalem of the people who would later be called 'Christians.' In fact, it is possible, maybe even likely, that whoever was buried in this tomb knew Jesus and heard him preach."
In addition, Tabor and Jacobovici claim that because "Talpiyot Tomb B" is within around two hundred feet of "Talpiyot Tomb A" (the tomb Tabor and Jacobovici have also dubbed the 'Jesus Family Tomb'), "the new discovery [i.e., Talpiyot Tomb B] increases the likelihood that the 'Jesus Family Tomb' is, indeed, the real tomb of Jesus of Nazareth." Tabor and Jacobovici also believe that "Jesus of Nazareth was married and had a son named Judah," something which they have been proposing for several years now. Tabor and Jacobovici also assume that "both tombs appear to have been part of the property of a wealthy individual possibly Joseph of Arimathea, the man who, according to the gospels, buried Jesus."
At this juncture, I shall turn to a fairly detailed discussion of both tombs and the contents thereof. Anticipating my conclusions, I am confident that most scholars will not consider the grand claims of Tabor and Jacobovici to be cogent. The reason is quite elementary: the conclusions they draw do not follow from the extant evidence.
Jodi Magness fires this volley:
As a professional archaeologist, it pains me to see archaeology hijacked in the service of non-scientific interests, whether they are religious, financial, or other. The comparison to Indiana Jones mentioned in the media reports is unfortunate, as those films misrepresented archaeology as much as they popularized it. Archaeologists are scientists; whatever we find is not our personal property but belongs to (and usually must remain in) the host country. Archaeologists seek to understand the past by studying human material remains (that is, whatever humans manufactured and left behind) through the process of excavation and publication. For this reason, professional archaeologists do not search for objects or treasures such as Noah's Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, or the Holy Grail. Usually these sorts of expeditions are led by amateurs (nonspecialists) or academics who are not archaeologists. Archaeology is a scientific process.
Bob Cargill offers a refreshing take on the 'fish' iconography:
The initial thought that came to my mind was the so-called Tomb of Absalom (that we coincidentally discussed today in my "Jerusalem from the Bronze to Digital Age" class at Iowa). The shape of the figure resembles the shape of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem's Kidron Valley, which is dated to the 1st C. CE. I suggest that the "round" figure at the top of the ossuary image may be an attempted representation of a lotus flower, not unlike that which Kloner and Zissu state is carved into the top of the Absalom monument. (Kloner A. and Zissu B., 2003. The Necropolis of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period. Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi and The Israel Exploration Society. Jerusalem (in Hebrew), pp. 141-43.) The round figure could certainly be interpreted as an attempt at the petals of a flower.
The Tomb of Absalom may not be the exact inspiration for the image on the ossuary, but it is in line with what Drs. Rahmani, Rollston, and Meyers argue above. And it certainly seems more likely than a "fish" spitting out a "human head."
And Robin Jensen does not like having her words twisted:
Once I knew how my judgments were going to be used, I persistently tried to get my "handlers" to understand the much later Christian art from Rome is of an entirely different style and content than anything from first-century Palestine. There simply is no significant correlation between them. Because of this, my expertise was totally irrelevant. I know very little about ossuary art and could not possibly verify anything related to their authenticity or their iconography.
Therefore, I absolutely refute any claim that I concur with the interpretation of any first-century ossuary iconography as depicting Jonah. Nor do I believe that "first-century visual evidence of Christian belief in the resurrection" has been discovered to date.
Steven Fine offers his apt take on the 'discovery':
The interpretation presented by Professor Tabor is not grounded in the evidence, nor in even the most basic rules of art-historical analysis. The image has nothing to do with Jonah, Jesus, or Judea in the first century. Elsewhere I have referred to this genre of media-driven discoveries as the "DaVinci Codification" of our culture—the presentation of odd and associative thinking previously reserved for novels as "truth" to the general public (http://sbl-site.org/publications/article.aspx?articleId=655). The "Jonah Fish" is just the next installment in the Jesus-archaeology franchise—timed, as always, to proceed a major Christian feast.
I, for one, am wearied by the almost yearly "teaching moment" presented by these types of "discoveries." I am hopeful, however, that—this time—a forceful and quick display of unanimous dissent by the leading members of the academic community will be taken seriously by the media and the public at large.
Jim West opines:
It's just more marketing by the Discovery Channel team of 'biblical archaeologists' and here, most pertinently, we all need to remember- neither Tabor nor Jacobovici are archaeologists. They're marketers and promoters of their own ideas. That's all.
If you want to buy the book (that's the aim of all the publicity- to get you to buy the book), go ahead. But I recommend you wait a few weeks. It'll end up in the dollar bin soon enough, along with its predecessor.
Also see Jim West's excellent suggestion that we direct media attention towards ASOR.
Bob Cargill aptly writes:
Fascinating how these stories all hit the wires the same day – Feb 28, 2012 – precisely the same day that Jacobovici's new book gets released?? And, is it coincidence that said media marketing campaign gets kicked off during the Lenten season just before Easter?
This is nothing more than a coordinated press release to sell a book and promote a forthcoming documentary. There is no new discovery here; this has been known for years.
REMEMBER: don't watch what Simcha says – you know he's going to try and sell the public on his latest speculation. Rather, watch what the scholars say – or better yet, watch what the scholars don't say, and you'll have your answer.
Antonio Lombatti notes on the iconography itself:
The image found by Jacobovici et al. is not unique at all. Similar representaions have been found on Jewish ossuaries (see Rahmani and Figueras). The one over here was taken randomly from Rahmani's volume. I'm not convinced that the fish shown in The Jesus Discovery book is a whale eating Jonah. It might be, but I'm skeptic. Much more interesting is the fish-like graffito found on ossuary n. 402 (Figueras) on which there's also the name ישוע (Jesus).
He more recently discussed the probability that the 'fish' isn't a fish at all, but an amphora.
Rollston Epigraphy (Christopher Rollston's blog) links to an article Rollston wrote some years ago on the statistics of the so-called family tomb:
This (2006) article is methodological in nature and attempted to put the tomb which Tabor and Jacobovici dubbed (in 2006/07) the "Jesus Family Tomb" in its broader context, hence, I first discussed the nature of prosopographic analysis (i.e., attempts to discern familial relationships between ancient peoples, and then the attempt to connect those with people known from ancient literary sources) and then I turned in earnest to the Talpiyot Tomb.
Paleobabble had this to say:
The man who brought us the error-plagued Jesus family tomb, then the nails from the cross, now claims that he has found a tomb which held the remains of at least some of the disciples of Jesus. Granted, the article at the link is just a preliminary news leak to garner interest for an upcoming press conference where the world will get to see what $imcha has discovered. Still, this announcement isn't encouraging. Here's what we learn that supports the new discovery, at least in part:
- This cave is nearby the alleged Jesus family tomb (I read in another article that the site is considered pre-70 AD; by whom I don't know).
- There is a Jonah and the whale symbol in it (a "Christian symbol" the article notes)
- An inscription with the word "God" in Greek, the Tetragrammaton (the four-consonant sacred name of God: YHWH), and the word "arise" or "resurrected" in Hebrew
- Apparently the Tetragrammaton is on an ossuary, something that (according to the article) has never been found on an ossuary. That would suggest a Christian, not a Jewish, burial
My first question was whether the site bears any name of a disciple. If not, why conclude it is connected with them?
Fr Stephen Smuts also has an excellent roundup of the news articles (including a new press release from James Tabor) on the subject and some comments.
Joel Watts offers his take on the subject and links to other bloggers.
Mark Goodacre also posted up some comments:
It is difficult to comment until we know a bit more but no doubt that will be forthcoming. If there is to be a large website on this find, though, I hope that it will be better researched than the error-riddled Jesus Family Tomb Website (Jesus' Family Tomb Website: Errors and Inaccuracies, 2007, still on the web five years later). I'll be on the look-out.
And in case you missed it, James Tabor published a paper on Bible and Interpretation as well on the subject.
David Meadows over at rogueclassicism suggests the transcription done by Tabor, et al, might be completely wrong:
So as I see it, the inscription is a basic transliterated Latin-Greek commemorative inscription to one Gaius Iunius. But what about that mysterious last line? What I see is ΑΓΒ and one of Tabor's photos seems to show this very nicely — arguably it's the clearest line of all of them, but also the most puzzling. Tabor gives all sorts of possibilities, ranging from Greek, to backwards Aramaic, to Hebrew transliteration (he eventually settles on a Hebrew imperative which runs parallel to the hypso suggestion). Perhaps it has merit, but it seems to introduce a rather complicated linguistic scheme unnecessarily. If we are dealing with a simple transliterated Latin-style funerary inscription, we'd expect the inscription to end with some reference to the deceased's age (annos vixit x). Might we suggest that ΑΓΒ is an abbreviation for A(nnos) 3 B(ixit)? Or if that Gamma is actually a Pi, A(nnos) 80 B(ixit)?
In other words, from a (rogue)classicist perspective, this pre-destruction-of-the-temple-collection-of-ossuaries is interesting not because of some purported early Christian connection, which is tenuous at best and requires an awful lot of argument to make it sound convincing. Nay rather, this collection of ossuaries is interesting because one of the niches includes the remains (possibly) of an obviously-Roman-named Julia and (apparently) of a Gaius Junius, whose ossuary commemorates him Roman-style with Greek letters.
Richard Carrier also writes on the inscription (which I echo elsewhere) and offers this:
The lesson to learn here is never to trust the media, much less the rumor mill, when claims of an amazing new find like this crop up. Wait for the evidence to actually be presented, for many independent experts to actually analyze it. Then see what survives. Usually, nothing.
Archaeologist Gordon Franz writes on this:
One thing that struck me on the ossuary is the orientation of the "fish." On all the blogs and news articles I have read, the picture of the "fish" is facing the wrong way. Sometimes it is horizontal, either facing left or right, and made to look like a swimming fish. Or the "fish" has the round ball ("Jonah", according to Simcha) facing upwards, thus making the "fish" look like a funerary monument. Usually pictures of Absalom's Pillar are shown to bolster the case for this view. The fact of the matter is that the "fish" is facing down! Please see the picture on page 86, fig. 26 of the book. It is clear enough, but a line drawing of the panel on the ossuary should have been included. So, one must understand the correct orientation of the picture in order to appreciate the discussion of the issue.
My initial impression is that the "fish" looks like an ornamental glass vessel, perhaps a pitcher or flask of some sort. The Ennion vessel found by Prof. Avigad in the Jewish Quarter comes to mind (see page 108 in Discovering Jerusalem). Perhaps some glass expert might suggest a better parallel from this period than the Ennion vessel, but this is worthy of consideration.
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FCC Chairman Genachowski and Secretary of Education Duncan hosted a discussion with CEOs, senior executives, and other leaders from the education technology ecosystem to develop ways the industry and states can meet their challenge to move all K-12 schools to interactive digital textbooks in the next five years. Together, the assembled CEOs, senior executives, and leaders discussed the challenges of making the transition from paper to digital, and developed concrete steps to move the nation to digital textbooks, including a model digital textbooks challenge, a blueprint template for states to work with the ecosystem to implement the transition, and the release of FCC guidance to make it easier for school districts and libraries to make the transition. The LEAD Commission will develop a blueprint for K-12 schools to make the transition to interactive digital textbooks in five years.
The FCC, the U.S. Department of Education & Ceos from the Digital Education Ecosystem Announce Actions to Move U.S. Schools to Digital Textbooks
Representatives included senior executives and leaders from Apple, Aruba Networks, Chegg, Discovery Education, Idaho Department of Education, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Inkling, Intel, Knewton, Kno, the LEAD Commission, McGraw-Hill, News Corp, Pearson, Samsung, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Together, they developed the following actions to meet the transition challenge towards digital textbooks:
The FCC evaluated a Project RED study and released new side-by-side cost models of traditional learning versus "new" learning, illustrating a savings of $250 per student each year if schools move to digital textbooks:
- A traditional learning environment, including traditional textbooks, paper, technology and connectivity, costs an estimated $3,871 per student per year;
- Based on a conservative evaluation, a new learning environment today, including digital learning content, devices, technology and connectivity, costs an estimated $3,621 per student per year.
- Based on a conservative evaluation, a new learning environment in three years, including digital learning content, devices, technology and connectivity, costs an estimated $3,811 per student per year.
A push for states to work towards positive outcomes in the transition to digital textbooks:
- Meeting participants discussed how the digital textbook ecosystem can work together to help states put interactive, digital textbooks in schools within five years.
- The participants discussed ways to work together to develop model policies for states that allow for the deployment of digital textbooks.
- View a state-by-state digital report card here: http://digitallearningnow.com/nations-report-card/
Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission to develop blueprint for K-12 schools to make the transition to interactive digital textbooks in five years:
- Announced in early March, the LEAD Commission will detail the opportunity for using technology as a catalyst to transform and improve American education. The LEAD Commission will incorporate input from a cross-section of teachers, parents, local government officials, school officials, students and education technology industry leaders and expects to release its findings and an action plan in late 2012.
- At the meeting, the LEAD Commission made a presentation to the assembled leaders on the opportunities of digital textbooks and the challenges of making the transition from paper to digital.
Announced a challenge to develop market-ready, model digital textbook products:
- Meeting participants discussed the idea of working together to develop a low-cost and high quality bundled solutions for interactive digital textbooks consisting of device, content, connectivity, and technical support.
- Chairman Genachowski and Secretary Duncan challenged the group to develop near market-ready products or bundles that are scalable.
- Any group of companies can present their response to the challenge at the White House in the fall of 2012
- The Playbook is designed to help K-12 educators implement rich and effective digital learning environments in their schools. The Playbook outlines criteria and steps that educators can take to initiate the transition to digital textbooks. View the Digital Textbook Playbook here: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/digital-textbook-playbook
- The Playbook will help educators tackle the major barriers to the adoption of digital textbooks, including the challenge of connectivity, both at school, in the community, and at home; the challenge of device procurement; and the challenge of making the transition from paper to digital textbooks.
- The Playbook is an output from the Digital Textbook Collaborative, an effort by education technology leaders across private industry to accelerate the deployment of digital textbooks and improving the quality and penetration of digital learning in K-12 education.
- The Digital Textbook Collaborative was convened by the FCC and the U.S. Department of Education and builds on the FCC's National Broadband Plan and the Department of Education's National Education Technology Plan
Leveraging technology can improve the opportunity for educational access, improve student engagement and achievement, and improve learning productivity.
- Technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to reach a learning objective by up to 80 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Education and recent studies by the National Training and Simulation Association.
- Teachers' believe in the ability of technology to enhance learning; 93 percent believe that interactive whiteboards enrich classroom education and 81 percent feel the same about tablets, according to a PBS study.
- Continuous access to a computing device for every student leads to increased academic achievement and financial benefits, especially when technology is properly implemented, according to Project RED.
- A Federal Reserve study found that students with a PC and broadband at home have six to eight percentage point higher graduation rates than similar student who don't have home access to the Internet.
- A 40-year retrospective study from Concordia University concluded that classrooms where computer technology was used to support teaching had a positive effect on learning and attitude. Challenges to digital textbook adoption include state textbook procurement rules, device and content interoperability, connectivity costs and managing the transition.
- While the United States spends more than $7 billion a year on textbooks, too many students are using books that are 7-10 years old with outdated material.
- The U.S. trails countries like South Korea in transitioning to digital textbooks; the country has announced that all students will begin the transition to digital textbooks in 2015.
The FCC's Technology and Education Agenda
The FCC is the biggest funder of connectivity in K-12 schools in the United States and is helping connect America's schools to the networks of the future:
- The FCC's education agenda is focused on helping educators, students and parents transform learning opportunities through the use of technology at school, in the community, and at home.
By modernizing the E-rate program, the FCC is working to ensure that America's students receive the best education and the high-tech skills to compete in the 21st century economy. The E-rate program was established by Congress to bring connectivity to all schools and libraries in America:
- Learning-on-the-Go Mobile Pilots: The pilot program will help the FCC learn how best to support wireless connectivity services for mobile learning devices, like digital textbooks, so that students and patrons can connect with online resources even when they're not in school or at a library. The FCC selected 20 Learning On-the-Go applicants to enable schools and libraries to deliver Internet connectivity and digital learning over mobile wireless devices outside of the school or library.
- Super-Fast Fiber: The FCC's E-rate Order is helping to bring affordable, super-fast fiber connections to America's schools and libraries. It allows participants to use E-rate funds to connect to the Internet in the most cost-effective 3 way possible, including via unused fiber lines already in place across the country and through existing state, regional and local networks.
- School Spots:The FCC also opened the door to "School Spots" where schools have the option to provide Internet access to the local community after students go home. With affordable fiber, these School Spots are a major step toward the National Broadband Plan's goal of connecting an anchor institution in every community to affordable 1 Gbps broadband.
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Why We Sabotage Our New Year's Resolutions
Researchers are finding that hope and optimism can actually undermine our chances for self-improvement success. Shirley Wang joins Lunch Break to break down the latest findings, and to explain how to make a New Year's resolution that can last. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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After rolling out the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the Nexus 7, Google has started rolling out the 4.1.2 OTA updates for the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and the Motorola XOOM.
The Android 4.1.2 update for the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus S will bring with it some bug-fixes and performance improvements, along with the ability to expand notifications via a single finger gesture.
Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S owners can download the OTA update zip file from here and here, respectively. Owners of Nexus S (I9020 and 9023 variants) can manually install the update by downloading the OTA update, renaming it to "update.zip" and then transferring it to their handset. Then, reboot your handset into recovery mode by pressing the Volume Up and Power key and finally select the 'install update.zip' option.
The steps to manually install the OTA update on the Galaxy Nexus are a bit complicated, but if you are still interested, then head over to this thread on XDA for the steps.
Owners of the Wi-Fi variant of the Motorola XOOM will be automatically notified when the update is available for their tablet. The 4G LTE variant of the XOOM and the Galaxy Nexus will get the update only after Verizon is done with its internal quality testing, which can take quite a while.


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I am in the process of finalizing a date (week of Sep 19) for a LiveMeeting event that will focus on the upcoming PASS Community Summit. It will be primarily targeted at the first-timers to the Summit, but everyone will be welcome to join. There will be event information forthcoming on the PASS website - www.sqlpass.org.
Here is a rundown on the topics that I plan to cover:
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