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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00621257
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Maintenance phase outcome unattenable)
First Posted : February 22, 2008
Results First Posted : February 17, 2017
Last Update Posted : March 22, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Inflammatory Bowel Disease Crohn's Disease Ulcerative Colitis
|Dietary Supplement: ergocalciferol Dietary Supplement: Cholecalciferol
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Vitamin D is essential for bone mineralization. The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency [serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D concentration (25OHD) ≤ 20 ng/mL] is high among adults with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and even higher in pediatric patients with IBD. Protein-losing enteropathy could represent both an etiologic factor for hypovitaminosis D, and an obstacle in treating it in IBD patients. There are currently no guidelines for the treatment of hypovitaminosis D in adults or children with IBD. Moreover we have obtained evidence that optimal vitamin D stores (25OHD ≥32 ng/mL) may not be maintained throughout the year in patients with IBD following current RDA recommendations. On the other hand, the prevalence of low bone mineral density is high among young patients with IBD, during a period in their lives when they should experience the most rapid acquisition of bone mass. Optimization of vitamin D status and its impact on the bone health of children with IBD has not been studied. In addition, vitamin D may play an important role in the regulation of the immune system as supported by animal models of colitis and in vitro human studies.
Prospective studies of the effect of vitamin D supplementation on disease outcomes have not been undertaken in children with IBD to date. We aim to perform a) a randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of 3 regimens in treating vitamin D insufficiency in pediatric patients with IBD over a period of 6 weeks. We will also evaluate the effects of each regimen on markers of bone resorption, bone formation and parathyroid hormone levels, and the relationship between the magnitude of gastrointestinal protein loss, as reflected by clearance of fecal alpha -1-antitrypsin, and the efficacy of the treatment. b) We also aim to perform a randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of 2 regimens of different doses of oral vitamin D2 in maintaining optimal vitamin D stores in pediatric patients with IBD over a period of 2 years. We intend to study the effect of each regimen on a) bone mass acquisition (measured via DXA and pQCT) and bone strength (measured via pQCT), b) bone formation and resorption markers and parathyroid hormone, and c) disease outcomes and disease severity over the same period of time.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|134 participants
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|Optimization of Vitamin D Stores and Its Impact on the Bone Health and Disease Outcomes of Children and Adolescents With IBD.
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|January 2008
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|March 2011
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|March 2011
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2,000 IU/day of ergocalciferol orally for 6 weeks (control arm)
Dietary Supplement: ergocalciferol
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Other Name: Vitamin D2
Experimental: Treatment B
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8000 units/ml
Other Name: Vitamin D2
Active Comparator: Maintenance A
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Dietary Supplement: ergocalciferol
8000 units/ml
Other Name: Vitamin D2
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Dietary Supplement: ergocalciferol
8000 units/ml
Other Name: Vitamin D2
- Treatment of Low 25 Hydroxy Vitamin D Levels in Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
Change in serum 25OHD levels after treatment with vitamin D formulations for 6 weeks in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
25OHD is the most abundant vitamin D metabolite, which is bound to vitamin D binding protein. The measurement of its concentration in serum, reflects vitamin D stores.
- Maintenance of 25 Hydroxy Vitamin D Levels in Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Percentage of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease who maintained their serum 25OHD level at or above 32 ng/mL at all study visits over the duration of the maintenance study 25OHD is the most abundant vitamin D metabolite, which is bound to vitamin D binding protein. The measurement of its concentration in serum, reflects vitamin D stores. Concentration at or above 32 ng/mL has been identified as optimal vitamin D level for bone health by majority of experts.
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- Clinical diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
- serum 25OHD level ≤ 20 ng/mL (Treatment Trial)
- serum 25OHD level > 20 ng/mL (Maintenance Trial)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients unable to take medications by mouth, pregnant, with liver/kidney failure, receiving anticonvulsant medications (specifically, phenobarbital, carbamazepine and phenytoin, since they lead to increased vitamin D metabolism through hepatic induction of the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) hydroxylase enzymes), regularly attending a tanning salon (once weekly or more), currently being treated for hypovitaminosis D with therapeutic doses of vitamin D (> 800 IU per day) and unwilling to discontinue this regimen.
- patients on growth hormone, anabolic steroid hormones, calcitonin, bisphosphonates (Maintenance Trial only)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00621257
|United States, Massachusetts
|Children's Hospital, Boston
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Principal Investigator:
|Helen Pappa, MD, MPH
|Boston Children's Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Helen Pappa, Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
1K23DK076979-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
1K23DK076979-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|February 22, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|February 17, 2017
|Last Update Posted:
|March 22, 2017
|Last Verified:
|February 2017
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Crohn's Disease
Ulcerative Colitis
Vitamin D
Crohn Disease
Colitis, Ulcerative
Intestinal Diseases
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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Colonic Diseases
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Vitamin D
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Hey, i'm new here and tried posting. It said i needs to be approved. So here it is. Just let me know, if i should change anything.
Was there a worldwide Flood?
The food accounts: There is plenty of evidence that the flood happened just like the Bible says. In fact, more than 200 ancient and present civilizations have reported different cultural accounts of a worldwide flood. Before I show you some of these accounts, let's review what the Bible says about the Flood.
And the rain came tumbling down.
Long ago, the world became so evil God decided to destroy it with a worldwide flood. He gave a man named Noah special instructions to build an ark to save himself and his family. It took Noah 120 years to build the ark. When the job was completed, Noah and his family went inside the ark and took male and female of every living creature (Genesis 7:1-5). Then God shut them in the ark (7:16) and caused rain from the sky and water from underground to flood the whole planet. Everyone and everything died except Noah and his family and the animals in the ark (Genesis 7:11,21-23). More than one year after the Flood began, the earth was dry and Noah, his family and the animals were able to leave the ark.
What Evidence? Although the flood account is believable, no one can prove it happened because technology hasn't made time travel possible. But, you know, we don't need to see the Flood with our own eyes to believe it happened. We have plenty of historical and geological evidence.
Evidence among Different cultures.
1. China: Fah-he escaped a great flood with his wife as well as his three songs and three daughters.
Evidence from geology.
Naturally, the only true flood account is recorded in the Bible. Yet, legends among different cultures worldwide provide convincing evidence that there was some kids of accident flood. But legends passed down from generation to generation aren't as convincing as evidence we can see.
1. Bone Beds
2. Inland Bodies of Water
3. Coal Beds and Oil Fields
4. Mammoth Bodies Found in Siberia
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Well, actually it isn't. It might be if we were all living in the Middle East during the Bronze Age, when and where people believed that the sky was a solid dome holding back an immense amount of water.
But once we realized that the earth is a solid sphere in the midst of a vacuum, the flood story became rather implausible.
The second sentence is false, but I'm glad to see the first sentence. Most creationists say that we can't really know what happened in the past, and that we can interpret the evidence any way we want. I'm happy to see a creationist who does admit that we can learn a lot about the past, and even rule scenarios out, by examining the evidence that exists in the present.
Actually, the mammoth story isn't true. But the part I like is:
So, you are claiming that these mammoths were drowned in a global flood, buried under flood sediments, and then, after the water receded, they froze to death?
You might want to think this one through a little more.
Q: If science doesn't know where this comes from, then couldn't it be God's doing?
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Your other points are easily refuted. But point 3 in particular shows us not just that the idea is wrong, but that more careful examination tells us that the food in fact DID NOT happen.
3. Coal Beds and Oil Fields
One of the biggest problem for flood geology is the sheer QUANTITY of biologically derived material buried in the earth. Coal and Oil are only one kind of biologically derived materials. If you add up the sheer mass of compressed material (that we know about) you quickly come to the conclusion that the surface of the earth is not large enough to accomidate all of those lifeforms at the same time.
The reason all of that fits into the earth now is because it is both compressed and it is buried in depth. As soon as you have to take into account that all of the things that comprise coal and oil had to at one point in time, at effectivly the same time, be alive and growing on the surface of the earth, the idea that they were all killed and deposited quickly is instantly falsified by the fact that there is simply not enough room.
Creationists also need to get their stories straight. In response to this, some creationists have said that oil is not biological in origin but rather that it somehow is created deep within the earth. This has also been falsified but it goes to show you that even some creationists realize that the quantity of material formed by biomass in the earth is a killer for flood geology.
There are other problems with flood geology, such as how large structures of evaporite minerals could make layers during the flood. Evaporites are types of rock created by evaporation. You can evaporate a whole lake of very "salty" water and get mere millimeters of salt or gypsum to accumulate. Some large evaporite layers are dozens of meters tall.
You could say that the flood receeded and allowed time to evaporate before returning but that would not be consistent. Remember the bible says that there was only one flood. There is also problem considering the amount of time it would take to produce these layers in the earth that are then buried by even more layers that have different properties that take time that just simply cannot fit into a year time frame.
There are many more "silver-bullet" evidences that disprove a global flood. What I listed here are merely some of them. If you stick around and ask, there are plenty more to show you if you are not convinced by those.
Of course, biblical creationists are committed to belief in God's written Word, the Bible, which forbids bearing false witness; --AIG (lest they forget)
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Actually the flood account might have been believable even as recently as 250 years ago, it was not probable even then. Believing in a word wide flood today it is simply silly, there has never been a world wide flood.
If something like that had happened, we most certainly could prove it. There would be evidence in geology, biology and in particular, genetics.
Others I am sure will deal with the geological evidence, but let me deal with the genetic, since it sounds an absolute death knell for the Biblical Flood Myth.
If the Biblical Flood had happened, there would have been a bottleneck event in EVERY species of living critter and all pointing to exactly the same period and also that bottleneck even would be almost yesterday as gentic time goes.
Well, the geneticists can see bottle neck events in some species, but they are all at different times and most are tens or hundreds of thousands of years in the past.
The genetic information shows that there has not been a single unique bottleneck event affecting all species.
The Flood never happened. Period.
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The older ones -- from which the biblical flood was likely derived -- were the Sumerian and Babylonian myths, thus their similarity.
Of course my favorite that exactly matches the biblical flood story is the Norse myth:
It amazes me that anyone could think this and the biblical flood could be different stories. :rolleyes:
The other ones are coincidentally similar but specifically different in character: a raft is not a boat built to the task and filled with animals. Different cast of characters on board. And I suspect that if one looked at the rest of the myths and not JUST the superficial similarities that there would be SUBSTANTIAL differences.
The logical conclusion is that all these people experienced floods because -- gasp -- they lived on flood plains.
What we have here is a failure of logic and critical thinking.
Naturally this is a complete leap of faith and not supported by any of the evidence, and is just another example of a breakdown in logic and critical thinking.
Gosh all those myths talked about people walking around too: what an amazing coincidence!!!!
Spare me.
Short answer: no.
Long answer: at no time in the natural history of the earth is there any evidence consistent with a single world wide flood.
Obviously, as this is a favorite creationist PRATT (point refuted a thousand times). Of course you did not reference your source material (a big no-no for several reasons, one of which is to allow people to check your references for accuracy, a thing creationist sites are not well known for).
I expect you are also likely young or at least inexperienced in facing real facts about the world we live in -- you certainly have a lot to learn.
Keep an open mind an you will learn something.
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The assumption here is that because ancient cultures share a Flood myth, this must be a shared mythology which has passed down from earlier civilizations.
Well, there are several problems with this. Here's one simple example, by the time line given for the flood, the Aborigenies were already in Australia, which means either a) they were all killed off and replaced by Noah's decendants who then subsequently also became aborigenies, or b) they were spared by the Flood (which can't be true).
So, how could this be? What could these societies share in common that makes a world wide flood a common myth?
Well, for starters, all of these societies are populated by humans.
Look at the flood myths and you will find that they are nearly universally about the birth or re-birth of the world.
Have you heard the expression "my water broke"? The birthing process which would be same for all of these human societies, and which is perhaps the most significant event these people would witness, involves a release of water prior to the emergence of the child.
Water is a universal symbol for birth/rebirth largely due to this.
So, mythologies involving birth / rebirth are largely going to rely on water as a metaphor.
I find it interesting that Flood proponents will point to flood myths as evidence of God's role, but ignore the pantheon of other Gods which come along with plunging a society for it's myths.
Are we to think that these cultures, upon witnessing God's most devistating wrath, the total destruction of virtually all life on the planet, took away from it a memory of a flood but not of the God who caused it?
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Other people have summed up well the arguments against the evidence for the flood you have presented. I just want to add something to this.
One might ask why there are so many stories about a "world wide" flood in different cultures around the world? There are 2 main reasons for this coincidence.
(1) For the people in the Bronze Age, a flood was a pretty big deal. It's still a pretty big deal today. It's a natural disaster that happened just often enough to be a bigger deal than the rarer natural disasters like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions but not often enough to kill off the civilizations back then.
Unlike today, there was no national aids, no insurance, and certainly no international aids. There was no helicopters to rescue stranded people. No relief shelters. In other words, to the ancients a flood would have meant the end of their particular world, which brings me to the second reason.
(2) For the people in the Bronze Age, the world to them was pretty much the local area that they grew up in. They imagined the world to be a big place, but to our standard to day their world was tiny and insignificant. A local flood to these people literally meant judgement day for their whole world.
Again, you have to remember that we are talking about people in the early to mid Bronze Age. Life for most people was a daily struggle. The normal person was malnourished, diseased, overworked, underpaid, and certainly very ignorant of everything except the work he did. Now, imagine him waking up one morning and seeing all around him nothing but water, and the water level is rising by the minute. Trees are being washed away. People are screaming. Houses are falling and washed away. As far as the eye can see, there is no escape. Oh, and have I mentioned that there was no helicopters back then to help rescue these people? Now, use your imagination and see if you can at least empathize with these Bronze Age peasants that got caught in a local flood. To them, the world had just started to end.
Let me ask you this. The ancient people of the Bronze Age didn't even know the world was round. If there was a world wide flood, how on Earth do you suppose they figured out that there was no place in the world that was not flooded?
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Um, I don't see a quote option anywere?
"Actually, the mammoth story isn't true."
Actually it is.
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You said this:
The news story said one baby mammoth was found. Another story on the topic said the mammoth's tail and ear were bitten off. This would pretty much negate any suggestion that it was "suddenly frozen alive."
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So your saying because its eye and tail were bitten off, it couldn't of been suddenly frozen?
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The story is of ONE mammoth. Where is your source for 1,000's frozen?
There are bones found but very, very few frozen. It appears the number is about 40. Your number was 5 million wasn't it? That is one major thing (you would agree that 40 is not near 5 million right?) utterly wrong. (btw, only about 5 or so are nearly complete).
You need to supply your source so it can be examined for accuracy. It is entirely possible that you have been lied to.
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Curious that you completely ignored the question about how many mammoths there were....
I'm saying that if it had been "suddenly frozen" as you claim and it was found frozen, it's unlikely that there would have been anything around to nibble its ear and tail off.
BTW, it's a pet peeve of mine, but you shouldn't say "couldn't of been." The phrase is "couldn't have been."
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Assuming that that's true:
Where I live, a few people are "suddenly frozen alive" every year.
We call those changes "winter".
Each one was frozen quickly. Nobody said they were all frozen at the same time. A few this winter, a few next winter... eventually adds up to quite a few frozen mammoths.
There is nothing mysterious in the mammoth story and nothing whatsoever to indicate a flood of any kind.
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I'd also like to point out that it's more than a little amusing to see you cite to a mammoth that was frozen some 40,000 years ago, according to the article, to support your contention about an event that you presumably believe happened some 4,000 years ago.
So, since you are promoting the mammoth find in support of your position, does that mean you believe the Earth is more than 6,000 years old?
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Sampling is classically performed by recording the amplitude of the input at given time instants; however, sampling and reconstructing a signal using multiple devices in parallel becomes a more difficult problem to solve when the devices have an unknown shift in their clocks. Alternatively, one can record the times at which a signal (or its integral) crosses given thresholds. This can model integrate-and-fire neurons, for example, and has been studied by Lazar and Tóth under the name of "Time Encoding Machines". This sampling method is closer to what is found in nature. In this paper, we show that, when using time encoding machines, reconstruction from multiple channels has a more intuitive solution, and does not require the knowledge of the shifts between machines. We show that, if single-channel time encoding can sample and perfectly reconstruct a 2Ω-bandlimited signal, then M-channel time encoding can sample and perfectly reconstruct a signal with M times the bandwidth. Furthermore, we present an algorithm to perform this reconstruction and prove that it converges to the correct unique solution, in the noiseless case, without knowledge of the relative shifts between the machines. This is quite unlike classical multi-channel sampling, where unknown shifts between sampling devices pose a problem for perfect reconstruction.
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The 18th round of negotiations is currently under way in the Malaysian resort of Kota Kinabalu. Japan is expected to make its debut as the 12th member of the nearly 4-year-old talks on Tuesday, after the United States completes the requisite 90-day notification period to Congress.
Japan will be able to fully join the free trade discussions in the 19th round.
The TPP members rotate the hosting duties for the talks every two to three months.
Although the next round was initially expected to be held in September, it might be moved up slightly because negotiations on removing tariffs have run into trouble and Japan isn't due to join until the final phase of the Malaysia round, the sources said.
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Cold meats: the typical Umbrian sausages are produced mainly in the area of Norcia, which for many centuries preserved the tradition of meat processing for the production of hams, sausages and all kinds of sausage, hence the term "norcino", who then since Roman times was the expert engaged in pork processing.
Among the most typical mazzafegati meats (liver sausages sweet and salted that are consumed both fresh and cured), the Sanguinaccio (blood pudding pork, white wine, spices and orange peel).
Also important is the production of sausages of deer, which occurs in the area of Nocera Umbra as deer flake or filet (sirloin, boneless and defatted), bocconcini di daino (small sausage mixture), cacciatorini deer (cured sausage) and ham deer (leg bone).
Cacciatorini DOP
Pork Salami
Cacciatorini sausages are popular for their characteristic taste and small size, which is quickly seasoned and can always be consumed fresh, since eaten quickly one at a time.
Bocconcini di Daino
Mildly gamy tiny sausages.
Budellaccio di Norcia
Pork Salami
Sausage flavored with salt, pepper, and fennel seeds, dried by the hearth and grilled.
Pork Salami
Pork Salami Salami shoulder and neck stuffed into pork bladder, amply spiced; sometimes smoked or conserved in olive oil or flavored with cooked wine.
Ciauscolo or Ciavuscolo
Pork Salami
A soft, spreadable pate'-like smoked pork sausage, often spiked with garlic and vino cotto.
Coppa Umbra
Pork Salami
A head cheese flavored with orange zest.
Corallina di Norcia
Pork Salami
A salami of finely ground pork mixed with cubes of pork fat, scented with garlic, sometimes smoked over juniper wood and aged up to 5 months.
Fiocco di Daino
Intensely red and mildly gamy cured buck tenderloins.
Pork Salami
Liver sausage; flavored with orange zest, pine nuts, raisins, and sugar when sweet. A must on Carnevale tables.
Mortadella Umbra
Pork Salami
From the Val di Nera; like the Mortadella of Abruzzo, it is threaded with a single large strip of lard.
Pork Salami
Fatty meat from the pig's belly, shaped in rectangles or coiled. Essentially it is un-smoked bacon; it is served raw as an antipasto or cooked in numerous dishes.
Prosciutto di Daino
Ham made from buck thighs.
Prosciutto di Norcia IGP
Pork Salami
The most characteristic Umbrian cured meat; large pear-shaped ham, rosy or red, slightly spicy, subjected to a salt cure for 2 to 5 months and then aged a minimum of 1 year.
Salame di Cinghiale
Wild boar
Salami made from the wild boars that roam Umbria's woods.
Salame di Daino
Subtly gamy buck salami.
Sella di San Venanzo
Pork Salami
It was born from the refined pork butchering art of the grocers from San Venanzo, a town situated in the middle of the very green area on the slopes of Mt. Peglia. It is a particular kind of lard preserving some lean meat grafted into the scented fat part.


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One Friday evening in Emerald, two girls were walking through a tunnel. The tunnel was well known to locals, as it was a quick and easy short-cut that connected the main road to the area behind Mitre-10 and if you lived on the south side of the railway line it was an easy way to get to the north side where most of the fast food and take away food outlets were in Emerald. However, the tunnel could be a bit isolated and parents always told children not to go through it. Most people drove cars around Emerald anyway.
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Now, the girls were returning after buying Friday night take-away dinner for their family, McDonalds and KFC for themselves and a Red Rooster for their younger brother. It looked a bit like rain and, anyway, the girls wanted to get back in time for TV.
"Come on, lets go through the tunnel, " said one of the girls.
"What? The tunnel! It's way too dark to go through there!" exclaimed the other.
"No way, there are lights all the way along. It's quick and anyway, it'll be fun! You're not scared are you?" urged the first girl.
The second girl, just wanting to get home, reluctantly agreed and into the tunnel they went.
As they walked through the tunnel, the girls were starting to regret their decision. Nevertheless, they continued along the seemingly endless tunnel. They were nearing the end when they heard mumbling.
"What was that?!" whispered on of the girls. The first girl hushed were and nudged a crumpled heap with her toe. Just then for the first time, the girls noticed a smell - a vile odour filled the tunnel. It seemed to be coming from ................... the lump.
The lump began to move. The mumbling became louder and the odd word became recognisable. The man, they were fairly sure now that the lump was a man, rose to his feet.
The dumbstruck girls said the first thing that came into their heads.
"What is that smell?" The drunk man grinned, and from behind his back he produced a .................... a hand - a dead, rotting, maggot-infested hand. The girls screamed. The man slowly shook the hand, back and forth, back and forth. Two greenish-yellow fingernails dropped off the hand and onto the floor of the tunnel. The girls screamed again, louder this time.
"Whose hand is that?!" asked one of the terrified girls
The man broke into tears, "This hand belongs to the one of the greatest men who ever lived, my, my, my ............ brother!" The man staggered around as the girls tried to push past him and he fell back to the ground and into oblivion and the hand disappeared.
The girls ran home as fast as they could
"Where have you two been?" shouted their mother as they entered the house, puffing and panting.
"Did you get my Red Rooster?" demanded their brother. One of the girls shot him a dirty look while the other threw him the bag.
"Mum, mum, you'll never believe what we saw!" said one of the girls excitedly.
"A man, an old homeless man, just lying around in the tunnel. And guess what he had. A hand! A real live hand!"
"Are you sure? Absolutely positive?"
"Yes mum! Call the police or something! Please!"
"OK, Ok, Ok. I'll call them now. What's that smell by the way?" said their mother as she walked towards the phone.
Meanwhile, their little brother was opening his Red Rooster bag, "Oh, ha, ha, ha!"
"Ha, ha what?" said one of the girls.
"You think it's really funny don't you, putting rubber hand on top of my Red Rooster don't you. Well here's what I think of it." He grabbed the hand a took a bite out of it.
"Oh yuck! You are so gross! That was THE HAND!" screamed one of the girls. The brothers face turned pale, pale as a ghost. He ran to the bathroom and the family could hear the retching from the other end of the house.
"Right! That's it. I'm calling the police," said the mother. Then she took what was left of the hand, put it in a plastic hand and left it on the front porch.
It wasn't long before they heard a car pull up out front and Constable Pratt was at the door.
"Did you ring the police?" The constable asked the mother.
"Well, yes ....., yes, I did," the mother said, slightly uncomfortable and not knowing how to address such a figure of authority. "But it's the girls who know the story."
"Well then, what's this about a hand?" he said, looking at the girls.
After they told him the story, he went out to look at the hand.
"So where is it? inquired the constable.
"Well, it's right over here .................," the mothers voice faltered. "Well it was,"
As the family stood silently contemplating the spot where the hand had been, they heard, "Grrrr, woof, woof, woof, woof." And with that their family dog came trotting around the corner, with the old, rotting, smelly hand in his mouth.
If that wasn't bad enough, out of the darkness lurched the drunk, roaring incoherently at the dog. The dog dropped the hand and took off for the back yard. The drunk fell onto the ground clasping the hand to his chest and fell asleep.
"Is this the man," constable Pratt asked.
"That's him, that's him!" said the girls.
The old drunk was dragged into the back of the police car and the hand was put carefully into a specimen bag and placed in a grey box in the boot of the car.
"Thanks," said the constable. "Enjoy your tea!"
They didn't see the old man or the hand again and it took the children a while to start using the tunnel short cut again. Now they rush through it and jump at the slightest strange sound. It's strange though, there used to be cans and rubbish strewn around but now it's always mysteriously cleaned every night, especially the area around the photo of a coal train and a little white cross stuck on the wall. There's often a small flower sticking out from behind the photo. It's usually close to the railway worker in the photo.
(Story created by Daryll Bellingham, Storyteller and the year 6/7 students at Denison State School in Emerald South. Written by Jessamy Routley.)


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The monopoly law was adopted after more than ten years of waiting. This law was meant to bring China into the modern business world. This business world is the world of competition and antitrust law. The china's anti-monopoly law has four essential aspects. These sections are meant to prompt some agreements unless they are among the exempted agreements. Secondly they are supposed to dormant market that abuses their position. Thus there will be a chance of the determining the time that a dominant market is necessary. One of the major objectives of this law was to create a merger review scheme that will be broad and finally it was meant to prevent the misuse of government administrative powers. There was a part which was reserved for creating penalties for those who will not comply with the set rules. A part from that a sector for differentiation between enforcement that were legitimate and those that were not was set.
There are many parts of the merger review thresholds that still remain incomplete. Basically the Chinese law looks neutral though there are some many aspects of Chinese characteristics which were preserved and for this reason the international community has a keen eye on some of these aspects. Some of the aspects of this law that has got the attention of the international community include the enforcement of the relative foreign multinational treatment as well as the domestic industry. Therefore this paper will basically take a look of the distinctive features in the Chinese law as well as there implications on the companies operating with China. The question which this paper seeks to answer is the potential effectiveness of the china's antimonopoly law. The necessary information will obtained through a number of methods which will be listed under the methodology.
The methods that will be employed in carrying out this research are found in this section. Basically focus on literature review because that is where most of the information will be obtained from. Other methods which are of great importance when it comes to data collection include surveys, questioners, and interviews among others. The other aspect which forms part of the methodology is the importance of the dissertation and its possible limitations
Aims/Objectives of this dissertation
This dissertation is aimed at finding the potential effectiveness of the china's anti-monopoly law. Other important aspects which will be seriously dealt with in this paper include;
The significance of the dissertation
This dissertation will enable the concerned parties to get a clear picture of the China's anti-monopoly law. Through it the business world will be able to know the impacts of the law on the progression of there business. It will provide an opportunity for further analysis on knew aspects that need urgent amendments. The comparison of the china's law with that of the US and Europe will enable observes to rate the three laws accordingly. Through this research the international community will be able to find out about the unique considerations of the Chinese government when it comes to business as well as relationship with other countries.
Research statement
In order for the above objectives to be met there is need for critical analysis of the research statement and a few other concepts that will enable us to fully discuss the subject in question. The main research statement for these paper is; critical analysis of the potential effectiveness of the Chinese anti-monopoly law. The other statements which are important for completion of this research include;
Research Limitation
This research paper solely focuses on literature review which like any other method of data collection has both advantages and disadvantages. Literature review is bound to have some biasness in data collection and in order for the limitations to be overcome it's important for a wide range of sources to be consulted. This does not completely eliminate biasness but it only reduces it. According to some authors research design is something that must be done with a lot of care because the objectives of a research paper are well achieved by employing a methodology which is well structured. When the appropriate structure is being designed one needs to bear in mind the relevance of the objectives of the research as well as the procedures which are economical. A structure that is well designed with the objective of proper and effective data collection is essential for quality information. Therefore this dissertation will consult credible sources to ensure validity and high standard of the paper. Relevant information from books and journal will be reviewed for conclusive analysis.


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Private vs. Public Space
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My bachelor project from The Danish Designschool, department Fashion.
A concept collection with a street attitude, It contains key items that represent the essence of a bigger collection, every item can stand for itself and as a representative for the idea as a whole.
This is a playful study, on how clothing can interfere with the public and private space, where is the line drawn and who defines where what is ?
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Use zoning in a sentence
" You should always know all of the zoning in your area so that you know if you are in the right place to be. "
" Due to county ordinances and zoning restrictions, the chemical plant was not able to open on property near local fresh-water sources. "
" The zoning had been finalized for the land so transferring ownership could now take place, for the initializing of the new business project. "


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by Sara Galluccio
What does a ghost writer really do?
According to the Oxford Dictionary, a ghostwriter is "a person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author".
Ghostwriters usually help celebrities, politicians or other well-known personalities who need to give a public speech or want to write their memories, but don't have the necessary time or skills to make it properly from a professional point of view.
A good ghostwriter will collect all the information and contents that the would-be author wants to convey, absorb her/his communication manners and come out with a text that sounds professional and commercially attractive and, at the same time, has the characteristic mould of the person who will result as the author.
Anything else?
On a smaller scale, there are many other, less-typical forms of ghostwriting that have been gaining ground a lot in recent years, as web and social media turned more and more important in promoting and advertising commercial activities.
I am thinking in particular of small commercial activities such as individual services or craft activities, that are not structured like big companies but still need some online visibility to improve their business. In these cases, unless she/he is a very good communicator, the owner will hardly have the time and the skills to handle the advertising and social promotion in a profitable way: this is absolutely normal! Everyone should be put in the condition to do her/his own job, and if the hairdresser round the corner is extremely good in her profession, she might be not equally good in promoting herself and her salon appropriately.
This is where an expert in communication can help: more than a simple advertisement, a ghostwriter can be useful for managing blog, newsletter and Facebook page writing all contents in place of the professional himself.
Let's consider, as an example, a little shop of hand-made jewels whose artisan and owner wants to increase the shop's popularity and find new clients: in order to come out with texts sounding credible and real to the clients of the shop, the ghostwriter will need to socialize with the artisan, get to know some details of her activity – even technical, if possibile – keep informed on sales promotions, trade fairs and fashion trends and then put it all together, find a style that fits that specific person and be her/his voice on the web.
Blog and newsletter should be written in the first person as the artisan would do: a good ghost writer will disappear and play the part of the person he's writing for.
But it's hard, isn't it?
Yes, it is. This kind of work may seem easy but, on the contrary, it needs a lot of time and skills to be effective. The ghostwriter will have to change subject-matters and style from time to time, paying attention to contents but also to the personality of the person he's writing for, making the blog or Facebook post credible and effective.
Is it worth it?
We believe it is.
Keep in mind we're talking about social identity and how to introduce oneself to possible clients: if you want to give an impression that reflects your reliability and professionalism, you should really entrust an expert in communication that puts his/her skills at your disposal and leaves you the time to do what you do best: your work.
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Dear Christmas,
We've endured a love-hate relationship for as long as I can remember. I have fond memories of waiting for dad to get home from the fire department at 8am on Christmas morning before we could open presents. Mom would barricade us in the back of the house until his arrival while she made breakfast. We would sit in the hallway impatiently testing our boundaries until the front door opened. I distinctly remember running into the living room to find all the Barbie accessories set up and ready for play one year. And on another Christmas morning the purple velvet dress, hat, and shiny Mary Janes on my favorite doll. These are probably my two favorite memories from childhood Christmases.
Often encircling these fond memories are the shroud of deciding which day to schedule our celebrations, as dad worked a 24-48 schedule, whether or not one brother or another was happy enough with their gifts, and which day our extended family would finally corral themselves together. As I have learned of late, corralling any sort of people following vastly different schedules is nigh impossible.
And even yet, this season has been marked distinctly by questions in my own heart. For years I begged friends and family not to buy presents for me: a boycott of sorts. I've struggled with the finite details – that Jesus actually graced us in human form during some warmer month, perhaps spring or summer, rather than this wintery day we mark each year in red and green.
We didn't trek through rows and rows of evergreens in boots with red-handled saws to find our perfect Christmas tree until my high school years, or perhaps thereafter. Bringing a tree in as a sign of Christmas celebration was "too pagan" or "too baptist" according to the group I learned many of these traditions from as a child. And even as an adult, the roots in paganism and fertility goddesses made me question the additions. Santa barely showed up on a gift bag here or there or in a movie we watched, let alone as the bearer of gifts.
And why should I receive gifts upon gifts during this one day in late December that marks not our Savior's birth. Rather, they stand as symbols of our own gluttony and gold-lined credit cards (because rarely do we spend within our means here in America) while we turn blindly from those whose hearts hurt from loss or fingers from cold during this time of year. I could easily stand on a soapbox and shout the distortions of our society, drawing credibility from suicide statistics and the increase of homelessness in our great nation. I could draw upon the very nature of our hearts to trim everything in gold and white so as to hide the flaws, instability, and staggering decay within. And yet..
Christmas, you offer more than just these blaring issues and faults. Somewhere beneath the mountains of ripped paper and decently overpriced gifts there lies a quiet hope and a twinkling joy. When glittering ribbons settle and we're all in our corners wearing new socks caught in the aftermath of short-lived excitement, something else stands quietly still in the corner.
Those evergreens, pagan though they may have been at their roots and fake though they may have come in boxes from Walmart or Target, they stand forever green. What better example of our faith? What better example of our Savior, even? No matter the scientific season of His birth, He came during a time of winter, a time when life lie dormant beneath years of silence and separation. This one God with us stood starkly green contrasting the gray fog and cold white snow that covered the earth, a quiet reminder that Life, that Love and Covenant, like breath still reigned.
There again, joy, like heat, shines red in this season – in ribbons and tags, wreaths and ornaments, sweaters and twinkling lights. This still small hope of life and love ignites the cold that often settles deep within us, from rejection, pain, or distrust, and burns away all the pieces taking up spaces without purpose. Joy light shines through our brokenness, our pain, our callousness, and gives us tender hope.
So, Christmas, I don't hate you. Sometimes I think you cause us to act preposterously, but only exposing issues already existing within our nature. I appreciate the whimsy and the silliness you bring as we don hats and ribbons and sing loudly for all to hear. But most of all, I appreciate the quiet hush in this season that can just be heard beneath the silver bells and crooning of Bing Crosby. It's quite a different hush than the one between crucifixion and resurrection. We wait still with bated breath, but with a much different tone of anticipation: one highlighted by shining stars rather than dense grey skies. This silence listens through the stillness for the sounds of a baby's cries. Our hope still rests entirely on one man showing up, but less weighted by the sins we bear. It is still. It is small. It is hidden. Even in the placidity I hear trees stretching and bending, waking themselves for the coming hope as joy breathes new life into cold bones.
Joy, oh joy, for Christ is born
the babe, the son of Mary.


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Odd One Out: categories and sorting 4+
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Odd One Out is a fun and engaging game for children to work on categorisation/semantic reasoning skills. Working with Dubdub, simply choose the object which doesn't belong from the items presented on the screen. This app helps children work on important skills to understand how words are related to each other, how words have meaning and to think about the differences between the meaning of words. Using vibrant symbols and clear visual and auditory feedback, this app is great for carrying over therapy goals at home.
With 20 sets of cards per level and record keeping, therapists and teachers can track progress and adjust the difficulty of the activity. Using vibrant widgit symbols and clear visual and auditory feedback, this app is great for carrying over therapy goals at home. At the end of each set, the user can watch motivational videos of Dubdub and see their results. Results can be viewed and shared.
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Over 240 years have passed since Thomas Osborne Mann, a young English merchant, began his successful export business as a vintner and wine merchant. Always a family company, today Osborne is run by its 7th generation with sherry at the heart of the business.
The traditional cathedral architecture of Osborne cellars provide the ideal atmosphere for sherry ageing and maturation; high ceilings and numerous windows complement the "Criaderas and Soleras" ageing technique, the required method for sherries that allows consistent quality year after year. Osborne exceeds the ageing years set by the Sherry Control Board to provide their wines with extraordinary character.
In 1956, Osborne commissioned its advertising agency, Azor, to find a symbol which could be used to represent its Veterano brandy on roadside billboards. The design proposed by Azor was a cut-out silhouette of a fighting bull. The original drawing by Manuel Prieto is on a piece of squared paper, still kept by the Osborne company. By 1964 more than 500 bulls had been erected on Spanish roads.
The silhouette of the bull standing out proudly against the Spanish countryside has become the perfect symbol of Spain.
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A spirit obtained from "holandas" (low alcohol content wine spirits) and wine spirits combined with selected distillates of agricultural origin. Following the traditional dynamic aging system known as "Criaderas" and "Soleras".
Osborne ports are voluptuous and luscious, an authentic delight for the palate that pays tribute to an exceptional land, a millenary tradition and a family's devotion to these wines.
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1.1 Controlling the Lights in Room
1.2 Where do I Plug in My USB Flash Drive
1.3 Changing the HP Tablet Resolution and Orientation
2.1 Classroom Access Control -- Using the Main Menu Presets
2.3 How Do You Play Your PowerPoint Presentation
2.4 How to Annotate the Source Image by Using the Crestron Panel
2.5 How Do I Just Project the Document Camera over to the One Screen
2.6 How to Send Different Sources to the Left and Right Projector
2.7 How Do I Connect My Laptop to the Crestron Panel
Note: At this screen, you may see four buttons or two buttons. If you�re in Fogarty Life Science 050/108/209 and Clark Science 125/128, and Henry Barnard School 215, you will have a dedicated Tandberg video conference unit plugged into the Crestron system. However, if you�re in any other STEM room, you would need to wheel in the portable Tandberg video conference unit and plug it in the wall mount either at the front or rear of the room.
3.3 Making a Conference Call in HBS 215
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VPA annex on EU procedures for imports of FLEGT-licensed timber products
The annex on EU procedures for imports of FLEGT-licensed timber products varies little among Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) as it draws on the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Regulation of 2005. This annex explains EU border control measures and describes the procedures authorities in EU member states will follow when a shipment of FLEGT-licensed timber or timber products arrives from a VPA partner country.
Control measures and procedures are enshrined in the EU FLEGT Regulation of 2005 and its Implementing Regulation of 2008. Under these regulations, once a VPA country starts FLEGT licensing, designated competent authorities in EU member states must verify that consignments of timber from the VPA partner country have valid FLEGT licences.
The annex on EU procedures for imports of FLEGT-licensed timber products explains two kinds of checks:
- Documentary checks of licences to ensure they have the correct format, date and content
- Physical checks, according to the normal procedures of customs authorities in EU member states, to ensure a consignment conforms with the accompanying licence
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Drunken assault MP Eric Joyce avoids jail
The MP Eric Joyce has been fined £3000 but avoided jail after pleading guilty to a drunken assault on four politicians in a parliamentary bar on the 22nd February.
He was given a 12 month community order - banning him from entering pubs and licensed premises for three months - and imposed with a curfew order from Friday to Sunday.
The 51-year-old former soldier reportedly went berserk without provocation after declaring:"There are too many f** Tories in here".
Mr Joyce headbutted Conservative MP Stuart Andrew during the bar brawl.
He also attacked Tory councillors Luke Mackenzie and Ben Maney before turning on Labour whip Phillip Wilson.
He was ordered to pay £1,400 to the victims of his assault.
ITV News reporter Harry Smith reports from Westminster Magistrates' Court:
Earlier, speaking outside court, Mr Joyce apologised for his behaviour and said he was lucky to avoid prison, but said he did not intend to stand down as an MP before the next election.
Stuart Andrew, the MP who was headbutted by Mr Joyce has said he "doesn't hold any grudges" towards him:
Eric Joyce faces expulsion from Labour after the party launched an internal disciplinary investigation.
A Scottish Labour Party spokesman said: "Eric Joyce was immediately suspended from the party.
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The Second Draft Reports for 14 NFPA documents in the Fall 2013 revision cycle are now available. These proposed NFPA documents with Second Draft Reports are as follows:
- NFPA 37, Standard for the Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines
- NFPA 69, Standard on Explosion Prevention Systems
- NFPA 82, Standard on Incinerators and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment
- NFPA 730, Guide for Premises Security
- NFPA 731, Standard for the Installation of Electronic Premises Security Systems
- NFPA 750, Standard on Water Mist Fire Protection Systems
- NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations
- NFPA 1005, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Marine Fire Fighting for Land-Based Fire Fighters
- NFPA 1192, Standard on Recreational Vehicles
- NFPA 1194, Standard for Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds
- NFPA 1561, Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System
- NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents
- NFPA 1963, Standard for Fire Hose Connections
- NFPA 1975, Standard on Station/Work Uniforms for Emergency Services
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Question for Professorial Readers
July 26, 2010
Brad DeLong makes his students read a buncha fucken shit over the summer for his Fall Econ 1 course at Cal. I say this makes him a dick. Do you give summer assignments for Fall undergrad courses?
23 Responses to "Question for Professorial Readers"
July 26, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Fuck no. Mostly because there would be no hope of them actually reading it, but also because many of them work all summer to afford school. School is not in session during the summer or over the December holiday and they don't need me piling on for no damn reason.
July 26, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Does he also assign readings during the semester, or do people just read everything up front? Because if it's the latter, that could be an interesting way to structure a course. If the students have the opportunity to register for a different econ course or otherwise plan around it, I don't see a problem.
If it got sprung on them and there are no other openings on the other hand, it's kind of unreasonable to fuck with people's schedules that way.
July 26, 2010 at 9:10 pm
No. He's a dick.
July 26, 2010 at 9:44 pm
No – I never liked summer reading assignments as a student (since I always worked full-time), and I don't think any perceived educational/pedagogical value would be worth the angst. Besides, at the smaller state school at which I teach, we have a high percentage of transfer students who don't register until just before classes begin (during transfer orientation), and my course roster is completely in flux, and will continue to be, until registration is formally closed two weeks after the start of the semester.
July 26, 2010 at 10:35 pm
I was given a summer reading assignment for my high school freshman biology class, and a report was expected on the first day of school. The teacher was a dick, but it ended up being a great book and I never forgot it.
Profs should do whatever they want to torture their students, as long as they're learning something from it. Yes, you can have a summer job AND read. Some of us had work study jobs during the school year. The kids have 8-10 weeks to do the assignment. It's not that fucking hard.
July 27, 2010 at 1:38 am
I was given a list suggested reading of about 12 books before starting undergrad biology in Cambridge (UK) and told that I'm expected to choose and read a couple of them. I think I read five although I was working full-time. I thought it was fair, given that there wasn't much spare time during term time.
July 27, 2010 at 2:21 am
Oh my !. You are a nerdy secchione but wonderful
July 27, 2010 at 8:35 am
No way. I can't even count on my students to read stuff I assign over the semester. Why penalize my responsible students (who might actually do the assignment), when I would have to reassign it for the vast majority who ignored it.
July 27, 2010 at 10:03 am
I require that my students have read the syllabus and checked out the course website by having them complete a really easy 10 question "orientation" quiz due the night before the first class. But that's it. I don't think I would ever assign reading before a class.
July 27, 2010 at 10:56 am
What, they work 24 hours? Should have enough leisure time to do a bit of reading. What's the problem?
July 27, 2010 at 3:50 pm
No way, man. The three people (out of 250) who would actually read it are also the same three who will read it if I assign it during the semester. They should be adequately prepared by the prereqs we require, and if they aren't there are academic year mechanisms in place for them to catch up or flail out.
July 27, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Absolutely not! I get them for 15 weeks, and that's it.
July 27, 2010 at 9:56 pm
I used to teach at a for-profit that had a mandatory "prep week" assignment. We taught 7 weeks on, 1-3 weeks off (depending on when in the year) so students often had only a week to do it. The instructor sort of had say over what the assignment was, but sort of not. If you were teaching for the first time, they generally just gave the students whatever your colleagues had assigned previously, and they didn't go to any great lengths to inform you that you had the option to change the assignment. If you wanted to change it, you could propose a new prep week assignment, and I think they were supposed to follow your wishes, but they could "forget" to put the new one in, or strongly encourage you to reconsider.
The first prep week assignment that I had to work with was shit. The one I devised was much better. Fortunately, my supervisors liked the one I devised.
I have to say that I worked with some great colleagues and students and had a lot of fun at the for-profit, but I also found the system to be weird and suspect. Every faculty meeting included reminders of new rules to deal with regulatory/accreditation/liability issues.
July 27, 2010 at 11:00 pm
No way.
Considering that he's an Economics professor, it's not surprising. These are the folks who believe in all that "free market"/deregulation crap and perpetuate it by teaching naive kids about it every semester. Anyway (and obviously), saying that most Economics professors are totally "out of touch" with the lifestyles of the "proletariat," preferring to stare up their own anuses, instead, is an understatement.
Not that I have anything against Economics professors.
July 28, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Whaaaaaaat? Wouldn't you then have to grade some shit just as the semester begins? Fuck that.
July 29, 2010 at 1:56 am
I've got no problem with it at all. It's piss — 200, maybe 250 pages, and as for expectations, Cal is probably the best public university on the planet.
Also, look at what he's actually assigning. Fair enough that DeLong wants people to start with a common vocabulary, especially since Econ is not a college-prep prereq like chem and physics.
Would I do it myself? No, but my course has a shitheap of prerequisites.
July 29, 2010 at 1:58 am
I should add that my HS AP English teacher assigned about 5 times that much reading the summer before his course. The majority of us did it, too.
July 30, 2010 at 7:12 am
Both of my kids had reading assignments of absolute BS before starting first year college. For that cr@p I paid for books plus tuition.
July 30, 2010 at 11:09 am
That's just the economics of summer reading.
July 30, 2010 at 11:11 am
Should I ever venture into an economics class again, the first question I am going to ask is:
what's the price of public health at the expense of deregulating industrial emissions.
Because *everything* in the realm of economics gets reduced to mere monetary value.
July 30, 2010 at 11:54 pm
No, not for undergrads.
September 23, 2010 at 2:43 am
Professorial young students………. are they being trained by Professorial Professors?


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Thanks to the new season of "Love & Hip-Hop" TV watchers are getting hip to a secret rap fans have known for years; rapper Joe Budden is the Black Hugh Hefner.
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Blog count has been somewhat slow in recent weeks – I can only apologise and say that employment status is still hazy and thus there have been other issues on my mind. (For example, how it is that I know only of two friends who have found graduate jobs, one of which involved driving and washing cars. When she asked in what way the job fitted the description of 'graduate job' she was told 'in that we only employ graduates.' Funny one liner, I'm sure.)
Anyway, training has been great. Following the departure of nasty flu-ey, achey disease, body felt rejuvenated and full of jumping beans. The lack of running is still scuppering normal plans a bit, but I've adapted to the nice, comparatively simple Leatherhead to Redhill commute beautifully with thanks to Donyngs leisure centre which is located just round the corner from work, has a gym, pool and showers (my colleagues will be pleased for this) and opens at 6.30am. So I can arrive, swim/gym, shower, and still arrive bright as a button half an hour early. Then go do it all again come 6pm, before heading 'home' to dinner. I'm staying at LBs parents home in Leatherhead, many thanks to their kindness.
I have been missing short commuting cycle rides in the light. Before buying car, I never thought I would say this, but as I walk from car to work in the rising light I keep spotting cyclists in their commute and feeling jealous, as regrettably my weekly cycling is all now carried out on turbo, sweating away in a lamp-lit garage.
Weekend cycling, with Farnham Triathlon Club, however, was beautiful. I went out both days, Saturday with the group, and on Sunday (on my own = no drafting), following the club swim session. In the latter, short sharp ride, I hit 30.8mph, on a ride that included few benefits from downhill sections, so I'm rather proud of my speed-limit-breaking ability on the flat. Outside riding gave me back the buzz I'd missed, and hopefully I'll be enjoying more come Saturday.
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CURTIS Davies was praised following his excellent second-half dis-play in Albion's 3-1 defeat at Highbury.
The defender, who has been linked with a summer move to Arsenal, kept Thierry Henry subdued during the clash in north London.
Davies did his growing reputation no harm with a series of perfectly-timed challenges against the Frenchman as Albion went in search of, first, an equaliser and then a second goal.
Manager Bryan Robson hailed the 21-year-old centre-back, but re-affirmed his intention to keep Davies at the club beyond the summer, despite increased speculation over the youngster's future.
And Robson felt his side could have been awarded a penalty after Davies was brought down by Kolo Toure when Arsenal were 2-1 ahead.
"Curtis Davies was excellent when he got caught one-on-one about four times against Thierry Henry," he said. "Henry is good in those situations but he dealt with it well. He's improving all the time and is doing very well."
Robson added: "We could have got three points at Villa and a point at Arsenal. It was a blatant penalty on Saturday and we just don't understand how the referee can miss it.
"The defender took a swipe at him and caught Curtis on his leg to send him down. It's not as if Curtis is someone who dives and, plus, he was going to get to the ball to try and score so it's simply a bad miss by the referee.
"But there's no point saying anything to the referees - you can't change any decisions once the game is over."
Responding to questions about Davies' future, Robson added: "I've said in the past that it will cost someone a lot of money if it was going to happen.
"I'm just happy Curtis is progressing the way he is. He has become a real asset."
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