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I photographed trout in the Truckee River, the only river that empties into Lake Tahoe. Our form of life depends upon liquid water, which makes up 70% of human bodies. Liquid water only exists at temperatures above 273 degrees Kelvin, and Earth's average temperature is about 283K. We occupy a very narrow temperature range.
According to the Standard Solar Model, life as we know it could not have evolved here because when Earth was formed the Sun was only about 75% as luminous. Power is related to temperature by the Sefann-Boltzmann Law P = aT^4. Earth's temperature would have been (.75)^{1/4} or 93% of its present value. At a temperature of -10 C Earth would have been frozen solid, making evolution of life unlikely. Fortunately the Sun turns its fuel to energy according to E = mc^2. Speed of light c has changed in exactly the amounts needed to keep the Sun constant.
The first Earth life was probably bacteria living below the surface. Sea life evolved next, and was confined the water for much of Earth's history. The trout must think it amazing that we survive above the surface, and would drown in water. We are one step in an evolution where the next stop is Space.


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Community project flash mobs to dance across town for Riverside Festival - find out how to join a dance mob here
PUBLISHED: 10:20 17 April 2017 | UPDATED: 10:20 17 April 2017
Pop-up dance routines will be going on consecutively in five different locations across town
A new community project is waltzing, shuffling, jigging and bopping its way to Gravesend.
Gravesham Borough Council is calling out for anyone who is interested in dancing to be part of its Dancing in the Street project, a part of this year's Riverside Festival.
On July 22 from 12pm, there will be a pop-up flash mob happening consecutively in five different parts of the town centre.
The first will be on Community Square, then outside B&M in New Road, outside Gravesend Borough Market, by St Andrew's Gardens, in Fort Gardens and then culminating in a grand finale on the stage by the river side.
It is hoped each flash mob will consist of about 18 different dance groups, that can have up to 20 people.
Each dance group will have the opportunity to work with one of three top class choreographers to learn a variety of different dances – and it'll include anything from Bollywood to Hip Hop.
If you're interested go along to The Woodville on May 12 from 6pm to 8pm to meet with other dancers, and choreographers. There will be rehearsal days following this date.
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l'm sharing something super vulnerable today, but what Dr. Jacob Liberman shares with me is so comforting.
I wasn't going to share this quite yet.
l've barely had time to process it myself.
In fact, one could judge me and say, "Then what good is your work?"
Or they could say, "Why do I need to have a spiritual practice if this can happen to you, a spiritual teacher?"
But As Dr. Jacob Liberman shares with us in this interview, the diagnosis is usually worse than the dis-ease.
The way we hold on to information in the mind can exaggerate the diagnosis.
It can amplify it because we, as humans, tend to hold on to information long after we need to.
But when you come into your spiritual practice and use your tools, like your breath, meditation, yoga, journaling and reflecting on the energy of your chakras, you can let the mind go
You can free up the energy and activate the healing light, the higher consciousness that brings you back to loving yourself.
No matter what.
My guest, Dr. Jacob Liberman, is a pioneer and Visionary in the fields of light, vision and consciousness. His newest book, Luminous Life: How the Science of Light Unlocks the Art of Living, shares how we can open up and share in the greatest human connection of loving each other that is powered by light.
Originally trained as an optometrist and vision scientist, his life changed in 1976 after the miraculous healing of his eyesight, leading him to a deeper understanding of light and the science of life.
An internationally respected public speaker, Dr. Liberman shares his scientific and spiritual discoveries about light as the divine spark that guides our life's journey, entwining us with the unseen architect of all that is. He has addressed more than 2,000 live audiences worldwide and has been endorsed by award-winning artists, Hall of Fame athletes and luminaries in science, spirituality and medicine.
Dr. Liberman is the author of two other seminal books on light and vision, and the developer of the first FDA-cleared medical device for vision improvement. His years of clinical research and direct experience have led him to a new philosophy of life that can be implemented by anyone at home, resulting in profound transformation that is rapid, significant and permanent. For more information, visit www.JacobLiberman.org
As this interview is a little longer than usual and packed with great information, below are the time stamps for each topic we discussed:
1:52 Meditation
9:05 How does light guide us?
11:09 What is Light?
13:05 Why does the Sun have a bad rap right now, ie. skin cancer, vitamin 9?
16:27 Discernment about sun light and the medical approach.
18:10 His suggestions to me about my situation
19:00 All aspects of our physiology is dependent on the Sunlight.
19:48 Where does Color come into Light and Consciousness?
26:44 The body knows what it needs. Our beliefs are mirrored in our biology.
28:34 Light brings us back into that present moment. The body innately knows everything it needs.
30:15 Vision is so much more that what we see with our eyes.
34:28 Intuition is the awareness of the invisible, the signals of light. Cells can detect a single photon. The body is frozen light.
35:50 Light and Technology - Light is the Medicine of the Present.
42:27 A most profound moment for Dr. Jacob Liberman that has spread to love and acceptance of all.
We all have difficulties. We all have worries. We are all in the same boat. We need each other.
As Dr. Liberman says, "It's our caring for each other that does something really profound for each other."
So no, there is no giving up and no quitting the Spiritual Practice.
Quite the opposite.
It is time to dig deep and remove the dis-ease, to understand what's really going on beneath the surface.
There is a lesson here
The 5 Day Spiritual Challenge is underway in the Facebook group. It's never too late to start your own practice. Come join in this force of energy!
As you start to build this practice, maybe you will also recognize the empathic nature you hold. And, just maybe, this is blocking your intuitive abilities.
I'll be offering a Facebook Live webinar on the topic of Empathy. Click here for more information and to get a reminder.
There are still some spaces available in the Spring Season of the Empowered Spirit Program. Contact Terri for a Complimentary Intuitive Assessment.
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How to Get More Cool Air to the Second Floor of a House
Add fans to circulate the air and increase air flow and balance.
Closing the lower level vents to force the cool air up may cause your HVAC system to run longer and increase the cooling cost.
Hot air rises and when the outside temperature is hot you must adjust your vents to force the cool air to the upper floors. You will need to adjust you vents in the summer months in order to keep the upstairs cool. This can be accomplished by adjusting both the upstairs vents and the downstairs vents.
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text: SAVE We know you fashion aficionados are excited for what's in store this 2016, that's why the StarStudio team sought tips from celebrity fashion stylists on how they plan to dress five of today's most fashionable young stars. Feel free to use their tips to achieve your own style goals! Kim Chiu. "We're excited to dress Kim in this season's latest trends. The bow at the waist will work for her," said stylist Maita Baello of Qurator. Kathryn Bernardo. Fashion stylist sisters Kim and Boop Yap both agreed that an outfit that will accentuate Kathryn's shoulder would be most fitting. Liza Soberano. For fashion designer Edwin Tan, "orange and the varying shades of it works well with Liza's fair skin tone." Maja Salvador. Undoubtedly, off-shoulder is a big trend, which according to fashion designer Rica Rico shows just the right amount of skin to look sexy and elegant at the same time. "I see Maja wearing an off-shoulder ensemble with an edgy twist," adds Rica. Julia Barretto. "We want her to take advantage of her youth by wearing clothes that represent the bold young ones of today while still being chic, feminine, and age appropriate. We can inject the 'cold shoulder top' a la (American fashion stylist) Rachel Zoe," says stylist Em Millan. Original article from StarStudio's January 2016 issue, written by Jane Abigail Lopez. Photographs courtesy of StarStudio and the Star Magic Catalogue 2016. Check out all these and more in the StarStudio January 2016 issue, now out in major bookstores. StarStudio is available in bookstores and on newsstands for P100. Download the StarStudio app for access to all digital editions on your tablet or smartphone, available in Zinio, Android and Apple App Stores. Like StarStudio on Facebook (www.facebook.com/startudio.magazine) and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@starstudiomag).


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Alabama running back Bo Scarbrough may be "ahead of schedule" with his injured knee, but the Crimson Tide won't have the 5-star running back available until the fifth game of the season, AL.com's Matt Zenitz reports.
Per Zenitz, Nick Saban said following Alabama's Thursday practice that Bo Scarbrough's four-game suspension is NCAA-mandated, thus he must "respect what they say about amateurism."
The nature of Bo Scarbrough's suspension is unclear otherwise at this time. More certain is that his absence leaves a running back platoon — typically the deepest position on a given Alabama offense — is somewhat thin.
The Tide lost Altee Tenpenny to transfer earlier this offseason, following an arrest for marijuana possession. Kenyan Drake is working on his return from a devastating leg break suffered midway through last season. Freshman Damien Harris will get carries behind Derrick Henry, perhaps ahead of schedule, as a result of the unit's uncertainty.
Bo Scarbrough's absence ostensibly puts added pressure on the still-developing quarterback situation. The multiple-man competition to take over for Blake Sims remains a mystery and, no matter who wins the job, Alabama's new quarterback is throwing to a largely rebuilt wide receiving corps.
Depending on how the Tide's passing game is developing through the first month, Bo Scarbrough coming back as a wide receiver hardly seems outlandish. At 6-foot-2, 240 pounds, with good speed for his size, he could be a possession receiver.
BYU RB Jamaal Williams Out for 2015 Due to Rules Violation
Jay Drew, The Salt Lake Tribune
Bo Scarbrough wasn't the only running back scratched Thursday: BYU lost Jamaal Williams to undisclosed rules violations.
Williams' suspension is more profound on a few levels. The Cougars lose the star back for the entire campaign, leaving a gaping hole in the backfield. BYU knows firsthand the trouble that can cause, as it embarked on a struggle-filled second half of his 2014 slate with Williams out due to injury.
The Cougars averaged a middling 4.17 yards per carry for the season. In games without him, their YPC including outputs of 3.86 (UCF), 2.74 (Cal) and 1.83 (Memphis). Of course, BYU's run-game woes were compounded by losing dual-threat quarterback Taysom Hill to injury.
Keeping a healthy Hill in the lineup is now more important than ever for BYU to avoid a rough start. With an opening docket of road trips to Nebraska, UCLA and Michigan, and home game against Boise State — which held BYU below 3 YPC with Williams in the lineup — the Cougars could face a deep hole early.
Louisiana-Lafayette to Wear Decals Honoring Theater Shooting Victims
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The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns will honor the victims of the theater shooting in ULL's community last month.
Ragin' Cajun head coach Mark Hudspeth discussed the attitude of the community at ULL's media day event this week:
"I couldn't be more proud of this community, I couldn't be more proud to be a part of this community because of the way this community has rallied in the last few weeks since the horrible tragedy that took place. The community support and what I saw at Cajun Field, and now what I see driving home every day with all the Lafayette Strong signs out in the community, it's unbelievable."


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The St. Louis Cardinals Baseball front office and Cordish Companies say they need the breaks to finally get construction going near Clark Street and Broadway, across from Busch Stadium.
This is just the first meeting on the road to state approval. The board has to hold a second hearing. So, the earliest the incentives will be approved will be mid-September.
The St. Louis City Board of Aldermen approved the Village development plan in two rounds of voting last month. The Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Authority green-lighted developers to go after the tax incentives the same week as the first aldermanic passage.
Things have not always gone so well for the project. For years, developers faced government-funding rejections and key tenants leaving the negotiating table.
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During the SpierAthlon we followed Ninthe and her family. We got to tell their impressive story by creating a portrait video. Besides that we also produced a Aftermovie about the SpierAthlon.


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It turns out a goody-goody high school science teacher isn't the most unlikely suspect for leading a drug operation. Police suspect that a 64-year-old man was running a meth lab out of his Fresno, Calif. retirement community.
Robert Short was arrested Saturday night after police found four ounces of meth in his car following a routine traffic stop. When they went to his home in the California League-Fresno Village, a community for senior citizens, they found half a pound of meth, heroin, and materials to make a meth lab including baggies and scales. The cost of the drugs was approximately $1,700.
"Just shocking someone that age would do that, but actually a perfect place to do it, right?" police Lt. Joe Gomez told a local ABC affiliate. "Retirement village, who would suspect it going on there?"
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Quality Improvement in Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Covered in the March 2010 Issue of Clinics in Perinatology
Philadelphia, PA, April 15, 2010 - The March 2010 issue of Clinics in Perinatology, published by Elsevier, provides Neonatologists and Maternal-Fetal-Medicine specialists with the tools and concepts necessary to understand Quality Improvement (QI) methodology and to initiate QI projects within their own practices and neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
With the American Board of Pediatrics recently making quality improvement part of its program for the Maintenance of Certification process, this issue of Clinics in Perinatology comes at an important time for physicians when participation in quality initiatives is being recognized as a core of their medical career.
Guest Editors Alan R. Spitzer, MD (Senior Vice President and Director, Center for Research, Education, and Quality, Pediatrix Medical Group) and Dan L. Ellsbury, MD (Director, Continuous Quality Improvement, Pediatrix Medical Group) have invited some of the world's foremost QI leaders to share their expertise on a variety of topics addressing the tools and specific applications of Quality Improvement methodology in Neonatal-Perinatal practice.
The issue includes articles on topics such as: "Crossing the Quality Chasm" in neonatal and perinatal care, QI methodologies and measurement, human factors related to QI, using evidence-based medicine, and the role of data collection, as well as tools for "Meaningful Use", quality-assurance procedures, pay for performance, and collaboration between obstetricians and neonatologists. Various QI programs and resources offered by Pediatrix Medical Group, the Vermont Oxford Network, and the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative are also reviewed. Specific applications of QI practices are covered in articles addressing the improvement of outcomes and delivery room interventions, comprehensive oxygen management for the prevention of retinopathy of prematurity (COMP-ROP), the use of human milk, decreasing central line associated infections, and improving chronic lung disease.
Drs. Spitzer and Ellsbury highlight that while quality improvement has been an integral part of Neonatal and Maternal-Fetal Medicine for decades, outcome evaluation and the role of QI processes in improving patient care is quickly becoming an even larger part of the physician's daily life. As a result, their focus as guest editors is on the agenda of QI in continuing to move neonatal-perinatal outcomes in a positive direction for all physicians who "remain deeply committed to our infants surviving with the fewest possible adverse outcomes".
For more information about this issue, visit the Clinics in Perinatology website at www.perinatology.theclinics.com.
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About Clinics in Perinatology
Published quarterly, each issue of Clinics in Perinatology focuses on a single topic relevant to your practice. Comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews by experts in the field provide current, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the mother, fetus, and neonate.
The Clinics were introduced in February 1912 with publication of the first issue of the Surgical Clinics of North America. Today, there are nearly 60 different Clinics titles, each one covering a distinct area of surgery, medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, and dentistry.
About Pediatrix
Pediatrix Medical Group is a national medical group that comprises the nation's leading provider of neonatal, maternal-fetal and pediatric physician subspecialty services. Physicians and advanced practitioners practicing as part of Pediatrix are reshaping the delivery of care within their specialties and subspecialties, using evidence-based tools, continuous quality initiatives and clinical research to enhance patient outcomes and provide high-quality, cost-effective care. Pediatrix Medical Group was founded in 1979 and now includes neonatal physicians who provide services at more than 275 neonatal intensive care units, who collaborate with affiliated maternal-fetal medicine, pediatric cardiology and pediatric intensivist physician subspecialists to provide a clinical care continuum. Pediatrix is also the nation's largest provider of newborn hearing screens. Combined, Pediatrix and its affiliated professional corporations employ more than 1,300 neonatal, maternal-fetal and pediatric subspecialists and 575 advanced practitioners in 33 states and Puerto Rico.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a global information analytics business that helps scientists and clinicians to find new answers, reshape human knowledge, and tackle the most urgent human crises. For 140 years, we have partnered with the research world to curate and verify scientific knowledge. Today, we're committed to bringing that rigor to a new generation of platforms. Elsevier provides digital solutions and tools in the areas of strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, and professional education; including ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell, 39,000 e-book titles and many iconic reference works, including Gray's Anatomy. Elsevier is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. www.elsevier.com
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From: "Mikael Eriksson"
Date: May 20, 2017 12:31 AM
Subject: How to adapt your running pace on hills and in headwinds (real numbers!)
From: "Mikael Eriksson"
Date: May 20, 2017 12:31 AM
Subject: How to adapt your running pace on hills and in headwinds (real numbers!)
I recently came across some very interesting findings that I wanted to share with you:
How running uphill and into headwinds affects the energy cost of running (ECOR). And more importantly, what does that mean for running pace.
What is the ideal pace change when some nasty race director puts a hill or a headwind in your way?
The data I'm about to share comes from white papers (here and here) published by Hans van Dijk and Ron van Megen. Hans is a scientist and retired professor from the Delft University of Technology and Ron is an engineer.
The pair has authored the book "The Secret of Running" which I just ordered and can't wait to sink my teeth into.
Running hills:
- The (theoretical) energy cost of running increases by 4.5% per percent grade of the hill your running up.
- This means that if your pace on flat ground is 5:00 / km (8 minute mile pace), and you come to a 3% hill (which isn't steep at all), your pace should become 5:41 / km (9:08 mile-pace). The math is (1 + 0.045 x 3) x 300 s/km = 341 s/km = 5:41 / km.
- Hans and Ron tested the theoretical model in practice (see the white paper). They used the Stryd running power meter and could confirm these results.
Running into headwinds
- With wind the theoretical model gets much more complicated. The energy cost of running increases as the square of your running velocity plus the wind velocity. And what's more, the power required to overcome air resistance itself changes. See the white paper for more details.
- But as a practical application example, say you're running at 3:58 pace (6:23 mile-pace) in still conditions. And then you turn into a 15 km/h headwind (~9 mph). Your pace now should become 4:24 (or 7:04 mile pace). If you turn into a tailwind, you can increase your pace to 3:48 (6:06 pace) at the same energy cost of running (and same power).
- Again, Hans and Ron tested this in practice. In this case though, we need more testing to verify how accurate the model is. At the moment, running power meters don't take winds into account when calculating running power. At least Stryd doesn't, but they're working on it.
Wrap up
My guess is that although you decrease your running pace on hills and in headwinds, the changes you make are not this dramatic. I know that's the case for me at least. (Which is one of the reasons why I finally caved and ordered a Stryd unit for myself...)
My challenge to you is to try and think about these things on your next run. Slow down properly on hills and in headwinds. Try it out for size and see how it feels. Does it affect the overall quality of your run?
Now over to you, let me know how it goes!
Train smart,
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Wow! Another Month!Posted: September 1, 2011 Filed under: Child of God, Daddy's Girl, Just Wondering Leave a comment
Today is the first day of September! It's hard to believe that summer is almost over and next we will be getting ready for the Holidays! On one hand it has seemed like a long summer but that has been because of the extremely hot, dry summer we have had! Sixty something days of 100+ temperatures and most of those were well over 100℉! We have had the worst drought in history. People have had to sell off cattle and horses because of the hay shortage; trees are losing their leaves as if it were Fall because of stress; yards are turning brown and we have had the worst wildfires ever!
Then on the other hand when you realize that this is September and Christmas is only a little over 3 months away, you wonder where the time has gone! Weeks are flying by like jet planes leaving only their vapors behind! My next thought is, "what have I accomplished during this time?"! Have I made a difference in any thing or any one? Is the world a little better because of something I have done for or something I have said to someone in this last 9 months?
Now I don't mean some grand, praise worthy word or deed, but something that touched someone and made a difference in their day! I'm not looking for recognition or praise. I just want to know that I have put a smile on my Daddy's face by allowing Him to use me to help someone. You see, I am definitely my Daddy's girl and one day I want to hear…"Well done, My faithful daughter!" I love my Daddy! ♡
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I first became aware of the possibilities of digital databases for historical research when using the Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection to establish the reception and impact of a particular text, Emancipation in the West Indies by James A. Thome and J. Horace Kimball. A full text word search instantaneously called forth the minutes of the American Anti-Slavery Society, the public addresses and private correspondences of many prominent abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Theodore Dwight Weld, as well as the letters of James G. Birney and other politicians. Although I also used non-digitized archival materials and hard-copies of multivolume edited primary source collections, this research experience came in stark contrast to the painstaking research of historians of an earlier generation, like Gilbert Hobbs Barnes, who had traveled to dozens of archives in order to construct an argument about the impact of antislavery literature like Emancipation in the West Indies.[1]
This example, and countless others like it, point to some of the many changes that the digitization of archival materials and the introduction of optical character recognition (OCR) has wrought on the study of the past. Now, the largest and most commonly known digital databases are Google Books, the HathiTrust Digital Library, the Internet Archive, and Open Library. The largest collections of digitized materials to date are in English, though Google Books is digitizing materials in at least seven other languages and there are other major projects digitizing materials in Latin, for example, and in French.[2] Tools such as Google N-Gram Viewer and Bookworm have made it possible to do frequency analysis of particular words over time.
Accessibility has been and will remain a major concern with digital archives. While the above collections and digitization initiatives like the Library of Congress' American Memory Project or the University of Michigan's Making of America are open access, many other collections remain accessible only through paid subscription or institutional affiliation. Some of the largest early curated collections – like the Early American Imprints series, Early English Books Online, or Eighteenth-Century Collections Online, for example – and some smaller and more tailored collections – like Alexander Street's Black Thought and Culture or their North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories database, for example – still require subscription access. Similarly, the Gale Slavery and Anti-Slavery transnational archive, one of the largest of its kind, is available only through paid subscription. Many universities are moving to make their collections open-access, however. Harvard University Library Open Collections Program provides such databases as Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, for example, and digital collections like their Latin American Pamphlets are also openly accessible.[3] Similarly, access to resources like Brown University's Latin American Travelogues is complete free and open to all and is part of a broader collaboration with the Open Library project mentioned above.
In addition to collections of digitized archival material, there are also ever-increasing numbers of newspaper databases. The same issues of accessibility apply here, with such collections as America's Historical Newspapers (including early newspapers, 1690-1922, African American Newspapers, 1827-1998, Ethnic American Newspapers, 1799-1971, and Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980) and 19th Century Newspapers requiring paid access while other collections like NewsLibrary providing free accessibility. Many historians have also long been accustomed to using the powerful digitized archives of government and legal historical documents provided through companies like LexisNexis or Proquest, but we have yet to see how much of this material becomes freely available.
Although I have focused these introductory remarks on digital archives containing mostly primary source archival texts, we might also discuss the rapid proliferation of audio and visual archives as well. The online version of the Alan Lomax Collection of folk music, for example, premiered this year.[4] And, it is not just primary sources but also scholarly commentary that is increasingly going digital. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Havens Center Audio Archive, for example, contains podcasts from many renowned historians, including Thavolia Glymph's most recently posted "Turned into the Streets: Black Women and Children Refugees in the Civil War."
So, with that brief and necessarily selective introduction to some of the digital databases that are out there (apologies for also skewing the survey toward my own particular research interests in U.S. and Latin American history), we may want to discuss some of the new methodologies of historical practice these resources enable as well as the questions they inevitably raise.
One example is the way in which these databases open possibilities for doing concept history and the history of ideas in the field of intellectual history more generally. While diverse works of history – such as Raymond Williams' Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society (1976), Daniel Rodgers' Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics Since Independence (1987), Eric Foner's The Story of American Freedom (1998), Walter Mignolo, The Idea of Latin America (2006), Andrew Sartori's Bengal in Global Concept History: Culturalism in the Age of Capital (2008), João Feres Júnior's The Concept of Latin America in the United States (2010) – might broadly be thought of as interested in charting the history of particular words, ideas, or concepts, there is well-developed field of concept history which takes its inspiration from the work of Reinhart Koselleck and others originally begun in Germany (with similar national projects taking place in France, Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and Spain).[5] The journal Contributions to the History of Concepts has become the flagship publication for this research and the most exciting current research projects currently underway are seeking to write a transnational history of concepts.[6] As David Armitage has recently pointed out, the use of digital databases may help to bridge the gap between diachronic and synchronic approaches to intellectual history.[7] To me, the question of where to properly locate conceptual change remains open and should be productively contested; digital databases allow historians to analyze previously unimaginable amounts of material in previously impossible ways. (Here is an in-progress review essay I am working on about the field of concept history in relation to the field of intellectual history more generally for those interested to read more).
Some potential questions for discussion:
- What other fields of historical inquiry are the proliferation of digital databases rapidly transforming and with what kind of benefits and consequences?
- How have other people been using digitized databases in their own work and what possibilities and problems has this raised?
- In what ways do digitized databases transform our pedagogy as well as our research?
[1] See, Gilbert Hobbs Barnes, The Anti-Slavery Impulse, 1830-1844(1933; 1964). See also, Barnes and Dwight L. Dumond, eds., Letters of Theodroe Dwight Weld, Angelina Grimké Weld and Sarah Grimké(2 Vols., 1934; 1965); Dumond, ed., Letters of James Gillespie Birney, 1831-1857(2 Vols., 1938) which have since been digitized.
[3] For a selection of other web-accessible Harvard Collections see, http://digitalcollections.harvard.edu/.
[4] Larry Rohter, "Floklorist's Global Jukebox Goes Digital," (New York Times, Jan. 30 2012), accessed 11/18/12, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/arts/music/the-alan-lomax-collection-from-the-american-folklife-center.html?pagewanted=all; Michael Martin, "Major U.S. Folk Music Archive Makes Online Debut," (National Public Radio, May 9, 2012), accessed 11/18/12, http://www.npr.org/2012/05/09/152341534/major-us-folk-music-archive-makes-online-debut.
[5] See, Otto Brunner, Werner Conze, and Reinhart Koselleck, eds., Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe: Historisches Lexikon zur Politisch-sozialen Sprache in Deutschland, 8 vols., (Stuttgart, 1972-1990).
[6] See, Contributions to the History of Concepts, http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/choc/; Iberconceptos project, http://iberconceptos.net.
[7] See, David Armitage, "What's the Big Idea? Intellectual History and the Longue Durée," (History of European Ideas, 2012). See also, Martin J. Burke, "Conceptual History in the United States: a Missing 'National Project,' " (Contributions to the History of Concepts, 2005); Hartmut Lehmann and Melvin Richter, eds., The Meaning of Historical Terms and Concepts: New Studies on Begriffsgeschichte (1996).
Some suggestions of further reading:
Armitage, David. "What's the Big Idea? Intellectual History and the Longue Durée," (History of European Ideas, 2012).
Bamman, David and Davis Smith, "Extracting Two Thousand Years of Latin from a Million Book Library," (Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 2012).
Burke, Martin J. "Conceptual History in the United States: a Missing 'National Project,' (Contributions to the History of Concepts, 2005).
Foner, Eric. The Story of American Freedom, (New York: W.W. Norton, 1998).
Ifversen, Jan. "About Key Concepts and How to Study Them," (Contributions to the History of Concepts, 2011).
Júnior, João Feres. The Concept of Latin America in the United States (2010)
Koselleck, Reinhart. The Practice of Conceptual History: Timing History, Spacing Concepts, trans. Tood Samuel Presner, (Standford University Press, 2002).
--------. Futures Past: on the Semantics of Historical Time, tarns. Kieth Tribe (Columbia University Press, 2004).
--------. "Introduction and Preface to the Geschichlichte Grundbegriffe," (Contributions to the History of Concepts, 2011).
Michel, Jean-Baptist and others. "Quantative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books," (Science, 2011).
Mignolo, Walter. The Idea of Latin America (2006)
Rodgers, Daniel T. "Republicanism: The Career of a Concept," Journal of American History79, no. 1 (1992): 11–38.
--------.Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics Since Independence, New York, 1987.
Sartori, Andrew. Bengal in Global Concept History: Culturalism in the Age of Capital (University of Chicago Press, 2008).
Sebastián, Javiér Fernández, and others. Diccionario Político y Social Iberoamerico: Conceptos politicos en la era de las Independencias, 1750-1850, Vol.1 (Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales, 2008-).
Williams, Raymond. Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society (1976).
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September 11 Archive
Another digital database type I'd throw into the mix is collections of born-digital artifacts. I recently heard a talk by Dan Cohen, in which he showed the Center for History and New Media's collection, the September 11 Archive, which is a collection of all kinds of born-digital remembrances and artifacts of 9/11/01. He mentioned that people who are not historians have been using the database for non-historical purposes, such as mapping cell phone usage and analyzing teen slang.
What that example, as well as your many excellent examples, shows us is that we should feel free to approach these huge databases with unorthodox questions, perhaps questions that tell us more about the culture than about our specific historical subject.
Digital databases of texts also provide opportunities for breadth of inquiry that would not be possible without digitization. I, for one, have used America's Historical Newspapers to look at public interest in the navy frigate Philadelphia, a task that would not have been possible without keyword searches. (I will say, though, researching a ship named the Philadelphia is not all fun and games: a keyword search for the term Philadelphia is naturally problematic when you're looking for a ship and not a city. There wasn't a uniform code of reference for ships, not even a USS, so I had to get creative with my search keywords. Because of that difficulty, I'm sure I didn't actually see all the newspaper articles that referenced the Philadelphia, because I skipped over ones that appeared to be only about the city. The problems of the keyword search, though, don't negate the amount of time saved by not doing all the searches by hand.)
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Great Points!
You've made a lot of great points regarding the role of digital databases in transforming the study of history.
It's also becoming true that many people still prefer viewing print and hard copies over e-resources. I believe it's because the physicality of the manuscript, archive or book makes it much more exciting to see as a research experience than a scanned copy online.
I spoke to a few professors in various fields of history, particularly East Asian history, and some have told me that they love reading original manuscripts and its annotations, mainly concerning the thought process of the writer - how he/she started revising their ideas chronologically.
Since the digital copies can't really project the density of the ink so well on the screen, the originals can reveal what was initially thoughtfully conceived, what was revised and the underpinning ideas behind the texts.
But in any case, I do see a trend of visitors altering their research methodology via online databases. But of course, many of them (students particularly) always seem to start with "google" first and consider that as the ultimate "database."
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Cost of Digital Databases and Accessibility
There are major benefits for historians to having access to digital databases in todays world. However as you point out, there are alot of costs in running a website and storing digital information. Many institutions that run the digital databases then pass on this cost to the reader and make it subscription based. This limits the accessability as some people cannot afford it or simply get put off by it. One way that some website databases have overcome this is by having advertisements cover the cost instead. Although this does seem to affect the perception of credibility it does allow for open access.
In my experience the most successful databases are the ones that are completely open access and do not have advertisements. The costs are usually covered by institutions such as Universities and Government Ministries in order to keep it running. One example of these databases is a website called Paperpast that has been useful to me in previous studies.
The Cost of Accessing History Online
I think that it is a great thing that historical document and artefacts are being put online for not just historians but other people who may be interested in looking at them, for example, family history. But as you have pointed out the problem with this is the lack of access to a lot of databases, with them costing.
I have tried using a few databases when I was doing a family tree and I wanted to know more about my ancestors. This though was made quite difficult with a lot of them that had the information you had to subscribe to. And I didn't want to pay monthly just to look at a few documents that may or may not relate to my ancestors.
Though as you have pointed out it does costs to digitise these things. It's not cheap to put it online. But then you have the databases that are free and you can go on and it's open access. Though I have found that some of these databases can be questionable and you need to check the information. Although the ones that cost, you should also be suspicious about as there are a lot of scams online.
The ones that I have found to be the best are the ones designed by the government, libraries and universities. These are the best and some of them cost and some don't it depends on the database and funding.
The Cost
I do agree that it can be annoying to pay for access to a website. But given the cost and need for constant revision, don't you think that this is fair? Most online subscriptions are not overly dear, and allow 24/7 convenient access. I see making a minimum payment for subscription as a fair trade off instead of paying a lot more money to physically access them in the country of origin. With the genealogy site for instance, if you wanted to find records of English ancestors, you would have to go to England to get that information if it was not digitized. I would much rather prefer to pay $160 for a year subscription than the alternative.
However, I do believe that a monopolization effect can occur when big corporations have vast majority of sources that forces you to pay. This is what I don't like about it. Just like you (and I'm sure most others), I would prefer to have free access, which is usually government funded. But I will pay, if needed, to access information I need.
I do agree with you that when you compare the cost of accessing it online to going to the country of origin, that it is a cheaper option. As you have stated with genealogy you would have to go to the country where it would hold the records. So it is the better option in that way. But then you also have the problem that not all documents have been digitized and only a small portion has been put online. I don't want to pay for access when the site does not even have what I am after. As I do know it takes time but if your paying and they have yet to make it available you almost feel you're being taken advantage of. I think that the best solution before you pay try and see what information they have and is it what you want and is there another that is free.
But in saying that a few of the sites I've visited that cost have a certain time where they are free. Just if you don't like the site, the trick is you have to make sure you cancel it before they charge you. Which I think could catch a few people out. http://www.ancestry.com.au/ is a site where it cost for UK heritage alone $21.95 a month but once again its trying to remember to cancel it as i don't know many people who will need to use at that much. As once you have the information you don't need the site and this could be in a week depending on what information you want. To me not many people will need it for a long term contract most databases don't take to long to distinguish what you want and then you have no use for it and cancel it but its already cost you for the month or the year whatever subsrciption you go for. For it to be fair I think needs to be free but there are other options which are free. It al depends on what you want some well have them others won't. The problem to me is that some cost.
Having Coin To Look Up Your Own Ancestory
I'm on the same page as Kendal in terms of the barriers to accessing online information pertaining to family history. History online is a great medium for the archiving, researching and gathering of information for groups and individuals but the cost barrier is a big one in my opinon. When endeavouring to research into aspects of my own family tree I was a bit aghast at the prices of some of these databases that have the POTENTIAL to connect you with others that they or may not have sources and information relevant to you. While some databases like ancestory.com are arguably legitimate I find it a little distasteful that they want to charge me money for the potential to share and connect to my own family members but by the same token if the other family members are already paying they have access to my information.
I'm all for the free online databases like the maorilandonline.co.nz website for example. I found a wealth of knowledge about my grandparents and great grandparents land interests. Some of which my family and I did not even know about! Didn't cost me a cent and unlike some databases it actually didn't require me to sign up to have access to any of this information.
The Cost of Accessing History Online
Kendal :
You give us good point about The Cost of Accessing History Online, I agree with you, "it is a great thing that historical document and artifacts are being put online for not just historians but other people who may be interested in looking at them." But for cost, I think I have different point with you.
If you want use a database, you may charged by that website or some organization. May be you just want to have looked a few filed, but still need log in the ID, and pay few money for first time. But I think if that website is trustworthy, I would like to pay the little money to get the real good answer for my question. Yes, we can see, the Databases make it easier for us to enter and get what we want, and save our times, and as we know, no good goods cheaper, why they spend lots of money to sharing thevaluable results and important information and number for free to public, and public, I mean may be they just have look for fun, not for study not for teaching, that is unfair and unsafe.
The company or organization set up the database for them works, so they must have payback for they worked hard, I think. So, maybe, Universities and Government Ministries can set up foundations to keep those website is running, I still think they should charged for visit.
Should they charge
I see your point and yes I agree with you to a point. I agree that though do alot of work to get things digitize and to put the information online. It takes time and money. Not to mention trying to keep it constantly updated with the correct the information. I disagree with that they should charge, if they set up a foundation. I think for some websites there should be funding. As I know alot of people who will choose to go on a free database than a cost one purely because they can't afford it. But I think thats dangerous as you can get some very wrong and dodgy databases. So if they can get funding and make them free people won't need to do that. But I do understand why they have to charge and I can accept their reasoning to do it. I wish they didn't have to but I do understand it.
Digital Database
I think Digital Databases is very useful for the scholar and students, like the Google Books, the HathiTrust Digital Library, the Internet Archive, and Open Library, which are really good information and books to doing the research, free sharing and no limited time. For example, the finance student doing their report cannot without the database online, the media study students also needs the database to do research by database. That is really useful, but also some issue we need to think about, like the how we can make sure the information is right and correct? How we can control the copyright online?
credibility of databases
Shanfa I agree with your thoughts about the digital databases. They are very useful for students and scholars as they help cut research time.
One way to make sure the information is right and correct is to asses the credibility of the database. Some websites are volatile in the fact they let people edit the contents, an example of this would be wikipedia.org. Other databases are likely to be correct based on the reputation of the institution that runs it. An example of a credible database is http://archives.govt.nz/. This website is trustworthy because it was built and is maintaned by the Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand. They take many steps to ensure the content is reliable and reputable. If there is any issues regarding the content they also have a complaints procedure so they can take the appropiate action. Since Archives NZ is funded and maintained by a department of the government they abide by all copyright laws. From these factors it is easy to asses the credibilty of this website and make sure the information in the website is correct.
Your question in regards to copyright is an important one though and we do need to think about this when accessing digital databases.
credibility of databases
Thank you point that, and yes, you are right, we can screen the website before we want have look, this is important. But, some time we do not have many choose online, I mean there are so many many website, we just can pass some famous one, but there is still some websites which looks like real one but they are not. So I think, maybe in the future, the technology will be getting right way to fix that, will be very helpful.
I agree with you Shanfa about how useful digital databases are for students and scholars. That it had made access to imformation that much easier to study and gather data. But in saying that their is the downside that some of the information is wrong and isn't accurate. As with some things like wikipedia where anyone who has access to the internet can change it. Which you can get those people who change something to be funny or those who merely are incorrect. But as historians we are taught to doubt everything and to check. Which makes us lucky as we question everything. Unfortunately not everyone is taught this and some take things as face value and assume that is right.
So the problem is as you have pointed out to make sure the information is correct. Anthony you are right that one way is for people to check the credibility of it. Checking to see how they operate it and control the information being put in. This is one way to solve that problem. But you have the issue of what they may not sure. As they control what information is put on it. Some only put on what they think people will want to look for and ignore some other information because of it. Although I understand that it takes alot of data to put things online and you have to continue to change and adapt to the technology of the internet and that is constantly changing.
Copyright is a massive problem online. As many people do not think that copyright applies online and that if its out on cyber space its free. But its not the case and the copyright applies online aswell. I can't really see a way this can be solved though realistically. They have tried but its just not possible to monitor it. The only thing that I can think of is to educate people and hope they have enough respect for other people's work to not take advantage of it.
Copyright as a check and balance
I'm on board with what Kendal is saying here about relying on copyright to manage peoples behaviour in regards to databases. It is difficult to use it as a check in balance all the time. you really do just have to educate people and hope that they respect the work of others.
I have to disagree with Anthony about whether or not just because it is a government department that they will adhere to ALL copyright laws. It is difficult for most people to adhere to them (or have adequate knowledge of them) let alone a government department.
The other thing about copyright law in NZ is that an infringement upon someones copyright has to be brought BY the creator of the copyright. There is no 'authority' to take infringements to, if you are just an average person noting someones infringement.
Noting copyright is a courtesy but I would think there would be a need for a stronger way to assess credibility etc...
Copyright: how to monitor it?
Skye you make some interesting points. I did not know that New Zealand law requires the creator to bring charges. That should not be happening and maybe there need to be a change in the law. Though in saying that how would you monitor copyright? But there needs to be a place where you can say that this has been copyrighted. I know it's not the most important thing to be focusing on in terms of violating laws but it is people's work and it's pretty despicable that they are stealing their work and not acknowledging them.
Copyright: its a tricky one
Hey Kendal,
Yup Nz law requires that the creator of the copyright brings the proceedings agasint whoever it is that has infringed upon their rights. It goes the same way for monitoring copyright its essentially up to the creator to do that - you don't really know whats going on with your 'works' until you see someone infringing them. When you copyright something they come under one of the following headings; literary works, dramatic works, artistic works, sound recordings, films, communication works, typographical arrangement of published works. For infringement to even occur it has to be by the use of either the whole or substantial amount of the 'works' itself - if there isn't this then infringement is questionable. There are a number of acts that don't amount to infringing ie using a work for private study, govt using it but I agree its pretty bad that people can steal your work and get away with it. I also totally agree that parts of the law does need to be re-looked at in this country.
Digital databases and Pedagogy
Hi Benjamin,
This was definitely an interesting read, thanks for sharing. I just wanted to touch on one of your suggested questions for discussion regarding the ways in which digitized databases have transformed pedagogy as well as research. I noticed that you were a former high school teacher. I have almost finished studying to become a history teacher myself and would like to expand on this idea. In New Zealand, the senior level history curriculum strongly pushes for teachers to include research or the incorporation of digital records in their pedagogy. This desire stems from the suggested 'key competencies', or what we want students to get out of education in a holistic sense (See here: http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum/Key-competencies) . Basically, it calls for the students to become effective users and contributors to their chosen field of future professional pursuit. This in turn suggests they need to be fully equipped with the knowledge of accessing and using research tools available. However, I do feel that we have not got it completely right yet, and I am concerned about the quality and reliability of things found online. Students can be quite lazy, which breeds passivity. They will select the first thing that comes up on Google without giving a second thought to authenticity, authorship or reliability. Digital databases of varying kinds have allowed this change to occur in the high school setting.
I do believe however, that it has improved research and pedagogy in a University/Tertiary Education level setting. Databases like ProQuest, JSTOR and Project Muse have absolutely improved my learning and research throughout study. I have no idea how I would have done it without it as it makes research so much faster and more efficient. This has transformed pedagogy in this setting in a huge way, giving more power to the student, in terms of efficiency, breadth of information, and amount of research that can be performed.
Therefore, I do think that age and scholarship play a huge role in the use of digital records and archives. Those who have studied are able to identify quality records more effectively than younger audiences and the untrained eye. I hope to teach this skill to my high school students, to give them an idea of how to access and use these databases correctly.


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Baseball in the air, on the field and on the cover of the latest issue of The New Yorker (actually, stickball's on the cover, which appears, to me anyway, as if it's a page out of an illustrated book).
Fewer illustrations/photos this week than last, but still, there are three full pages (including a full page photo of Hitler), and close to full page photo on the Goings On About Town lead page. How I wish we could see cartoons occupy a larger space every so often. Below are two pages from the issue of November 15, 1930. You can see how the drawings dominate the page and how the type follows the drawing. For instance: in the drawing on the left, by the great Barbara Shermund, the hanging plant is allowed to push up and compress the column of text. Notice too how the space afforded her beautiful drawing allows us to get far more visually involved in her work than if it had been squished in a rectangle.
And now on to the issue's cartoons. A fun issue, mostly.
It starts off well with a Danny Shanahan politically tinged(?) monkey drawing. Going out on a limb here, but Mr. Shanahan's fabulous monkeys are the obvious heirs to Charles Addams' takes on our ancestors.
Next up, three pages later, Jason Adam Katzenstein (aka JAK) goes to where many-a-cartoonist before him has gone: to the myth of Sisyphus. After I sped through an online refresher course about the King's uphill struggle, I realized how this scenario beloved by cartoonists has oftimes become untethered from its backstory. No matter — that's how we cartoonists roll. As Robbie Robertson wrote: "Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest…"
Speaking of backstories, three pages later Ben Schwartz gives us Beethoven on stage. What's really interesting about the drawing is Mr. Schwartz's sly nod to the great Al Hirschfeld. Do I, or do I not see Nina-esque shout-outs in the drapes. I do.
Five pages later, a Mick Stevens cave man drawing (he also had one two issues back). I like that he's used the words stalagmites and stalactites. A little memory trick I learned back in fourth or fifth grade — how to tell the difference between stalagmites and stalactites: stalactites are the ones pointing down; they need to hold on "tite" to the ceiling.
Three pages later, a shrink meets legume drawing by the wonderful Victoria Roberts. A fun and funny drawing. What more can one ask for.
Next up, a domestic situation courtesy of Will McPhail. Funny. Another three pages brings us to a sidewalk scene from Pia Guerra. Dogs lined up to use a fire hydrant. I found myself wishing for a line-jumping dog instead of a fireman…
Two pages later another intensely graphic drawing from William Haefeli. Detail-city! And very slice-o-life.
Three pages later, a typically formatted (three panel) Roz Chast drawing. The word "Comix" pops out here. On the very next page, A Haefeli-like (in its use of detail) drawing by Jeremy Nguyen. Yet another slice-o-life drawing. I like how he's given us two folks in silhouette in the foreground — that's different.
Four pages later a subway drawing from P.C. Vey (although here the subway is not central to the drawing — the situation could've taken place in any number of situations). A few pages later A Zach Kanin drawing focused on recreational drugs. On the very next page, A Lars Kenseth drawing. You know it's his work within a nano-second of turning the page. No one draws like this. I don't rate cartoons like the Cartoon Companion boys do, but occasionally I applaud a drawing.
On the next page Kim Warp has drawn a Spill favorite scenario: a bakery (in this case, a cupcake bakery). I didn't realize at first that there as an enormous Charles Addams-like cupcake involved in the drawing (initially saw the drawing on a tablet screen before switching to a laptop). An unusual cartoon in that I think it works both ways (with the big cupcake, and without). Sweet.
On the following page, a Paul Noth drawing with a splash of color. You have to be familiar with the commercial character who's central to this cartoon. Three pages later a Carolita Johnson umbrella triptych just in time for May showers. Six pages later, immediately following that aforementioned full page photo of Hitler, is an Amy Hwang domestic situation — another go-to for many cartoonists: the couple discovered in bed by a significant other. Three pages later, the last cartoon of the issue (not counting the caption contest drawings): an online whack-a-mole scenario from Sam Marlow.
Finally: we are oh-so-close to the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Rea Irvin's classic Talk Of The Town masthead. Here's a Spill piece about it from last Fall when I was convinced the masthead would soon return. Not giving up hope on this, folks!
Here's the missing masthead:
*Dept of Corrections: an earlier version of the Monday Tilley Watch for the April 30th issue incorrectly listed Sam Marlow as Sam Means.


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Welp, I had a whole lot planned today...
...but, my body has other plans.
Nothing serious, but enough signs and symptoms to tell me that I may have been pushing a bit hard lately.
So, today is going to be about takin it easy.
Hope y'all don't mind.
Evelyn Rae is 18 months old, I am 38 weeks along with bump
...and one of my friends I mentioned on Monday gave birth yesterday! Yay!


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Welcome to another blog and income update where I will show you how I earned a full-time income as a part-time blogger.
Income was stable last month, and although traffic fluctuated, it did not affect the income much.
This is because I focused on something else last month.
I will talk about that later in the post.
Last month was also the time where I took part in one of my first big affiliate launches. I have never done that before, and it was great.
I learned so much from this launch and being with so many big bloggers on the same platform was a great experience.
My primary focus for February was to work on Pinterest and SEO, and I see some excellent results. I know getting organic traffic is a long game, but I see small wins already.
I am quite excited to share this month's blog update because there was so much happening last month, and I want to give you a peek into how I did my first affiliate launch. It's a first for me!


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FanficRecs Leliel's Review: ZOMG, Nice!Asuka Written Well!
Well, the title says it: This fanfic is one of the few and far between that manages to tone down Asuka's latent bitchiness while managing to write it in an IC, logical fashion-she doesn't have a rival, so she feels more confident and isn't obsessed with her competition.
I also liked the fact that her genius IQ isn't an Informed Attribute-after her battle with Shamshel, she quickly figures out that Shinji's mind is now a part of EVA-01 and draws some very perceptive observations of what the Evangelions actually are.
As for the other characters, each one is very IC, and reacts very intelligently to EVA-01's increased independence and self-awareness.
FanFicRecs K 9 Thefirst 1's review
By far, this is among the most original ideas I've come across, and it's refreshing to see a take with Asuka as the leading role. Furthermore, the interaction between Asuka and Shinji is adorable, and the developing relationship/Maybe-Sorta-Friendship between her and Rei is rich with Crowning Funny Moments. The author is also not afraid of experimenting with different outcomes to canon events with the Angels. All too common a temptation with AU fiction is to have the events happen exactly as in canon, just with a few names swapped. Here, the first battle with Ramiel/The Fifth Angel is quite disturbing, with far reaching outcomes, and if Shinji had issue with Misato's drinking, he should be glad he never saw her new smoking habit.


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Ideas & Findings
Mixed-Age Classrooms
Although multiage and multigrade classrooms are increasingly common in schools around the world, teachers and parents generally oppose the arrangement, arguing that overall learning suffers when teachers have to contend with such a wide range of student abilities. A new European study, however, published in the Winter 1995 Review of Educational Research, suggests that these concerns are unfounded. Simon Veenman, a researcher at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, analyzed 56 studies from 12 countries. He separated the research into two groups--studies involving schools that were mixing grades for economic reasons and those involving schools trying out the idea for pedagogical reasons. He labeled the two groups "multigrade" and "multiage," respectively. Veenman found that, for the most part, students in multigrade classrooms do not learn more or less than students in single-grade classrooms. What's more, their attitudes toward school and themselves are no different than those of their peers in more homogeneous settings. Veenman also found that multiage classrooms do not have any real effect on student achievement. They do, however, produce a slight improvement in the way students feel about school and themselves. "These classes are simply no worse, and simply no better, than single-grade or single-age classes," Veenman concludes. Still, he calls for better training for teachers who have to work in these reconfigured settings. "Teacher training institutions should acknowledge that the multigrade/multiage class is a present and future reality," he writes.
Esteem And Violence
Common wisdom has long held that low self-esteem can lead to a host of disturbing social problems, ranging from unemployment to murder. Schools have tried to do their part to fend off those outcomes by taking steps to boost children's self-confidence. But a new and potentially controversial report published in the February 1996 issue of Psychological Review calls into question this view. Researchers Roy Baumeister and Joseph Boden of Case Western Reserve University and Laura Smart of the University of Virginia contend that high, not low, self-esteem may be a cause of violence. As part of their study, the researchers reviewed dozens of empirical studies from several disciplines on people with hostile tendencies. They looked at data on murderers, rapists, violent young gang members, and spouse abusers. They also reviewed studies on political terrorism, genocide, prejudice, and oppression. In some of the studies, the aggressors' self-esteem had been directly measured; in others, it had to be inferred. Rather than feeling negative about themselves, the researchers write, "violent and criminal individuals have been repeatedly characterized as arrogant, confident, narcissistic, egotistical, assertive, proud, and the like." Moreover, the offenders became violent when their highly favorable--and often unrealistic--view of themselves was challenged. "The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone," Baumeister and his colleagues conclude, "may therefore end up doing considerable harm."
Boys, Girls, And Math
Do boys do better in math than girls? The question has been a subject of controversy for years. In the latest study on the matter, University of British Columbia researcher Xin Ma offers an international perspective. For his master's thesis, Ma re-examined data on 13-year-olds and high school seniors from the 1982 Second International Mathematics Study to compare male and female students in Canada, Hong Kong, and Japan. Within each setting, he found that female students at both age levels scored just as well as their male counterparts in algebra and geometry. He did find, however, some slight differences when he looked across the entire testing population. Analyzed that way, the data showed that male high school seniors had a slight edge over their female counterparts in geometry. But among 13-year-olds, both genders performed equally well. "If the gender gaps in algebra and geometry are fairly small up to the age of 13," Ma writes, "it is reasonable to suggest that boys and girls may not be born with different abilities in mathematics." His study was published in the November/December 1995 issue of The Journal of Educational Research.
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- Cheeky Kenyans have pin pointed another celebrity who bears an unlikely resemblance to DJ Mo
- From DJ Mo's latest photo, fans now believe he could be the brother to Teen Republik presenter Martin Kimathi
Just when the dust is finally settling oin the fact that DJ Pierra Makena's daughter Ricca is in no way related to DJ Mo, another celebrity has surfaced with a peculiar resemblance to Size 8's hubby.
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Lucky for Size 8, however, she need not worry about much as the celebrity in question is male, not to mention a fully grown man, rather than a baby this time.
As it turns out, teen presenter Martin Kimathi who hosts the TV music show Teen republic bears some unlikely similarity to Mo.
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TUKO.co.ke had to do some digging in their respective Instagram handles and indeed the two have some similar features, with the most distinct being their eyes.
READ ALSO: DJ Mo finally adresses the rumour that he fathered DJ Pierra's daughter
DJ Mo's latest photo was the one which sent a wave of confusion his fans way when he posed for a photo with Kimathi.
"Good times with my bro Marto". He captioned the photo.
The use of the word "bro" did little to help the situation as people started believing that they could indeed be of the same blood.
Beatrice Nyakio Twin bro ama? Who is older? Mmerock hard guys.
Philomena Kisumba Looking great guys. DJ MO ask your bro if he got a prayer partner.
Astar Justus You kinda bros or something you guys look alike
Ruth Wanyoike Waah is he ur real brother
Luckie Cole Terry Ariga ..kuja uone bro wa DJ mo
Minji Minji Sura ni moja ispokua colour kidogo hairingani na nkisema hairingani namaanisha moja imeoshwa na pesa ingne inaoshwa na mashda
Seneyia Tialal Waw!looking alike.....lovely
Kangai Ann Looking good,,soo look alike
Ann Mwangi You look alike.
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Last year, I made a mistake, one that has cost me a great deal of emotional distress and money.
Last year, I stayed silent.
When it came to my attention that Zoey Ellis' book infringed on my copyright of Born to be Bound, I kept silent on social media, did not engage with the author, and remained professional.
I stayed silent as Zoey Ellis accused me of blackmail, of slander, of harassment—without a shred of evidence.
What made this abuse of my character particularly egregious was that this very same author was one I had previously both encouraged and promoted.
Still, I stayed silent.
With #copypastecris drawing attention to the horrendous issue of plagiarism, and what authors can do to defend themselves, I feel compelled to tell you that I have experienced the dark side of privately standing up for one's hard work while trying to shield readers and friends from the ugliness behind the scenes.
After I had promoted her book and her brand, it was my readers who let me know what a grave error I had made. It was readers that I was protecting so that the individual could not turn around and attack them as well.
So, I stayed silent.
My publisher filed DMCA notices listing examples of infringement to remove this person's infringing works from publication.
Still, I stayed silent.
The theft of my work was devastating, but I was determined to focus on my writing in hope that my publisher would eventually succeed in protecting my copyright.
Unfortunately, I am now facing retaliation for doing what I am legally allowed to do, which is to try and prevent unauthorized uses of my works.
In September of 2018, claims were filed against me personally and my publisher in federal court alleging DMCA abuse—an almost 200 page complaint filled with accusations of author bullying, of review manipulation, of ongoing relentless harassment. It contained every horrible lie one could think of to say about me. There was just one problem—it didn't prove any of the accusations against me. Nothing. Not a single Facebook post showing harassment. Not a single email threatening blackmail. Not a single statement from any author supposedly bullied by me. Nothing. Why? Because I have never harassed, threatened, or otherwise bullied anyone in any forum.
Still, I stayed silent.
And trusted justice would prevail.
Can you imagine, just for a moment, the horror of having to hire an attorney to defend yourself in an out of state lawsuit over DMCAs sent by your publisher? Can you imagine the emotional distress? The impact on your work? The financial burden? I've already lost tens of thousands of dollars to this fight for both my reputation and my work.
Then, finally, after months of this upheaval, the lawsuit against me was dismissed.
But it isn't over. The individual continues to pursue claims against my publisher. These claims and accusations also contain no evidence in support.
And now I have been served with an overly broad subpoena directing me to turn over private Facebook messages from readers, posts, tweets, notes on my writing, research for my book that she infringed, emails—the list goes on. So, once more, I must incur additional hefty legal fees, because I'm not going to back down. This kind of abuse cannot be tolerated.
My fight is also yours. We cannot allow one bad player to change the rules of the game. We must stand as a community and refute the idea that one author can bully and manipulate another author over DMCAs sent by their publisher.
It sets a dangerous precedent for the next author who is just trying to protect their work and their livelihoods. Just think about all those DMCAs authors are sending to stop Travis McCrea's pirate website… can you imagine if he chose to drag you into court over just one of them? Unfortunately, I can.
I will no longer keep silent. It is now time to #GetLoud.
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From Reuters:
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday said it had obtained an email in which an executive of J&J's McNeil consumer medicines unit described an agreement with the FDA authorizing J&J to conduct an unpublicized recall of adult Motrin.
The committee said the agreement purportedly allowed McNeil to forgo a publicly announced formal recall of the Motrin product and to instead conduct a "soft market withdrawal." The committee for months has been examining what it describes as the "phantom recall" of Motrin, in which contractors quietly bought up stocks of the painkiller from store shelves.
The committee on Tuesday released a copy of a May 27, 2009, email from a McNeil executive to numerous colleagues, which cites a negotiated agreement with the FDA consenting to an unofficial recall of Motrin.
"This was a major win for us as it limits the press that will be seen," the email said, adding the company had promised the FDA to complete the informal recall by July 15.
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