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This Week In Island History
Week of December 1
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Dec. 1, 1911
Mrs. W. L. Arnold entertained the P. H. Society at Dutch Whist at her home on Howland Avenue.
The annual roll call meeting at the Central Baptist Church was well attended. Supper was served at 6:30 after which the company gathered in the audience room
A number of fishermen visited the rocks at Beavertail and the Dumplings Sunday, but returned with small catches of tautog. The fish have evidently struck off for the winter.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Dec. 1, 1936
Dr. H. Connor will be at the Carr School Dec. 3, 10 and 17 to give infants and small children the special vaccine treatment to protect them from whooping cough.
The Bayside Whist Club held the last meeting in the series Monday evening at the club room.
From the Newport Daily News, Dec. 3, 1936
At the meeting of the Town Council, the town treasurer was instructed to hire the sum of $15,000 for three months in anticipation of taxes assessed in June 1936.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 30, 1961
Increased water rates will go into effect in Jamestown tomorrow under authorization of the state Public Utilities Division. The town of Jamestown has appealed the rate increase. The minimum rate for Jamestown householders will be increased from $24 to $29, as against $36 asked by the company. From the Newport Daily News,
Dec. 1, 1961
Invitations to the second annual Holly Hop are out this week from the Jamestown Recreation Commission. This semi-formal dance for high school students of the town and their guests will be held on Dec. 28 at Memorial Hall. From the Newport Daily News,
Dec. 4, 1961
The Brenton Reef Lightship left Sunday at 5:30 a.m. for Boston where she will undergo annual dry dock overhaul.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News,
Dec. 1, 1986
The Town Council tonight will conduct an open forum on the prospective town purchase of the Jamestown Country Club. Supported by most if not all town offi- cials, the purchase of the nine-hole golf course and accompanying restaurant-lounge will be weighed by voters at a Special Financial Town Meeting, Dec. 8. The town has signed a $2.1 million sales agreement with course owners Francis and Lily Costa. From the Newport Daily News,
Dec. 2, 1986
The head of a private foundation group [Champlin Foundation] today raised the possibility of providing financial help for the town's prospective purchase of the Jamestown Country Club. From the Newport Daily News,
Dec. 3, 1986
The state department of Environmental Management has approved a $250,000 grant to the town to help it buy the Jamestown Country Club.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 27, 1996
The Town Council has approved spending another $61,000 from the Marine Development Fund to repair the existing steel dock at East Ferry.
(Photo caption) The Pilgrims and the Native American Indians had much for which to be thankful Tuesday when the Jamestown School second graders presented their class's annual Thanksgiving play.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 29, 2001
The Town Council Monday recognized the proposal of its embattled Town Building and Facilities Committee Chairman William Kimball to zero in on two possible sites – the sewage treatment plant site or Lot 47 in the old landfill area for a new public works barn.
The doorway to the holidays offi cially opens this Saturday when island merchants put out the red carpet, the Christmas tree is lit and groups hold their annual holiday craft fairs.


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Whitaker's Words is a popular English<->Latin dictionary. (If you just want to try out the dictionary online, not download it, you can do so here.) The main reason I don't use it too much is because it doesn't mark vowel length, and I mark vowel length obsessively when I make flash cards out of Latin sentences. But I've gotten tired of consulting a physical copy of Cassell's every time I just want to know which vowels are long, and since Whitaker's Words is a dictionary, and as far as I can see there is nothing preventing us (from either a legal or technical standpoint) from modifying the dictionary, it seems to me that we ought to try to fix it.
As for the scale of the project, there are approximately 39,000 words in the dictionary according to the website. (It said this of a slightly out-of-date version of the dictionary, but I'm sure the next couple of releases haven't made it significantly larger.) I think, as a group project, adding vowel length for that many entries is within reason, no?
As for where to get the vowel length information from, it should be simple to use the dictionaries that many of us already have. This shouldn't constitute copyright infringement, because a compilation of publicly available information cannot be fully copyrighted. The presentation of the information -- the exact wording and such -- can be copyrighted, but the raw information, such as which vowels are long, cannot.
There is a bit of a problem, however: people don't always agree on which vowels are long. For example, Wheelock and the Oxford Latin Desk Dictionary have "adulēscēns"; Cassell's has "adulescens" with no long vowels. (In fact, Cassell's seems to never mark length on vowels when they are followed by two consonants.) At least one Latin book I've seen -- A&G's New Latin Grammar, available on this site -- says that it's "māgnus", not "magnus", but no other book I've seen has said so, and it's quite old, so maybe general opinion has changed. (Lingua Latina did use "māgnus", in the form "māgnīne", on page 15, line 57, but I assume it was a typo, since it's "magnus" everywhere else.) I'm not fully sure how to resolve this.
Another obstacle is, of course, that humans are not perfect and may make a typo when copying. Thus, some safeguard needs to be implemented, which probably means multiple people doing the same work (so we can spot potential mistakes when two people disagree).
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Given the male domination of Texas politics, the events of June 25—the night women took over the Capitol—seem even more incredible.Given the male domination
On the fateful night when Wendy Davis, in her now-famous pink running shoes, filibustered the anti-abortion bill, sometime after midnight everyone was scrambling to piece together whether the bill had passed. A crowd of reporters formed around Davis on the Senate floor. Most reporters were asking how Davis felt ("tired") or what she thought the political implications would be ("I'm not really thinking about that right now"). As I looked around at the older, male reporters, I couldn't understand why no one was asking about the people Davis had done all of this for—women. So I asked.
"Women showed a lot of strength today," Davis said. "They showed that they're paying attention and that these issues mattered deeply to them. I think that women in Texas are tired of being on the receiving end of some pretty abusive power plays here in the Texas Capitol."
Since she joined the Senate in 2009 after defeating Republican incumbent Kim Brimer—who The Washington Spectator once called a " cigar-chomping, silver-haired good-old-boy "— Davis hasn't shied away from controversy. She's been a vocal critic of cuts to education and family planning, and she's attempted two filibusters in her three sessions. Despite her outspokenness—or perhaps because of it—she's endured some especially condescending remarks.
Sen. Troy Fraser has trouble hearing "women's voices."
During a floor debate in Davis' first session, Sen. Troy Fraser, a Republican from Horseshoe Bay, infamously told Davis that he couldn't understand what she was saying because he "can't hear women's voices." And during the Senate budget debate this session, Davis and Republican Finance Committee Chair Tommy Williams had a run-in of their own. Everyone was getting along swimmingly, going around the room thanking each other for their leadership and for Williams' hard work on the budget. That is, until Davis raised an amendment and questioned whether the budget actually provided schools with adequate funding. Despite the fact that Davis was clearly informed on the subject,
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Our dough is in the fridge now and my daughter and I are very excited to bake them tomorrow! We used all-purpose flour/ cornstarch mixture as substitute for cake flour, batter tasted good though. Used salted butter and omited the added salt. only had semi-sweet chocolate so we cut out 1/4 cup of the white sugar. thanks for the great recipe!
@Daniella: Sounds like you doctored it up quite well! It may have been the cornstarch that made them mushy like that, unfortunately, but I'm glad that you only made half!
@Lauren: I hope you get to!
@Sharon: It's the gluten levels that make the real difference, but I'm curious to see how they turned out!
@Dean: From what I understand, it's about the gluten levels, but I just trust Mr. Torres with his measurements!
350 for ten minutes burned the bottoms and the tops were all mush good thing I only made half the dough!
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These look amazing!
CCCs are a staple around my house, Boyfriend loves them after dinner, in his lunches, and when he gets home from work… I need to make these right away!
Reading this in England and not sure about Cake flour so going to go with plain as you've baking powder in them… will also use plain choc, as we just have milk (sweet) and plain (bitter) here but you can buy them in different % of cocoa mass which will make a massive difference! Will be interesting to see if they beat my current fav cookie recipe that only has 5 ingredients!!!
Why do you mix the low and high protein flours?
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Bedford maintains highest credit rating from Moody's
BEDFORD — Moody's Investors Service recently reaffirmed the town's Aaa rating bond because of its low debt burden, healthy reserves and conservative budgeting. Moody's also listed the town's strengths as its diverse tax base, strong demographic profile and easy commute to Boston, Manchester and Nashua.
"The town of Bedford is the only New Hampshire municipality to achieve Moody's highest credit rating, which provides the town with a significant advantage in the municipal bond marketplace," said Jessie Levine, Bedford town manager.
Because of its rating, the town was able to secure bond financing at a 1.43 percent interest rate, saving the town and taxpayers money.
"The town is independently rated and is able to seek bids on the open market so we don't have to go through the New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank," said Levine.
The town received nine bids and the winning bid went to Piper Jaffray, an investment bank and asset management firm serving U.S. and international clients.
On June 13, the town closed on a $7,785,000 bond, the second portion of the $13.2 million infrastructure bond approved by Bedford voters in 2011 and the refinancing of the 1999 landfill closure bond that was originally borrowed at 4.48 percent. Refinancing the landfill bond yields Bedford taxpayers about $48,000 in present value savings, Levine said.
In addition to the 1.43 percent rate, the town received a bond premium of more than $200,000 — basically cash back at closing — which will fully cover the costs associated with issuing the bond and provide additional capital for the town's infrastructure projects, she said.
In 1999, the town issued 20-year bonds to close the Chubbuck Road Landfill. The $2 million bond was at a rate of 4.48 percent — 3.48 percent interest and 1 percent administrative fee to the state. The outstanding principal as of May 3 was $600,000.
Until recently, the town did not have the ability to refinance this bond because of its participation in the state revolving loan fund with the Department of Environmental Services.
"The town of Bedford commends its Finance Department for Moody's recognition of its professional and strategic leadership in the government finance community, and also recognizes its Planning Department and the business community for ensuring continued successful commercial development in the town of Bedford," said Levine.
Recent developments have added to the town's tax base, Levine said, including the newly renovated Bedford Mall; the Bedford Medical Center on South River Road; Bedford Hills mixed-use project at the intersection of Routes 101 and 114 that includes the Copper Door and the Bedford Falls assisted-living facility; Optics1; and the new Market Basket on Donald Street.
Levine said the town estimates the recent and approved future projects will add more than $50 million to the town's taxable valuation during the next few years.


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DADE CITY, Fla. -- Daniela Murray shot a 1-over 73 in the final round of the Sunshine State Conference Championships, Taylor Babcock finished fourth individually, and Barry University placed fourth as a team.
The No. 6-ranked Buccaneers shot 309 in the final round, finishing with a three-day, 54-hole total of 919 on the 6,140-yard Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club. Florida Southern and Nova Southeastern tied after the final hole, both shooting 906. Florida Southern won the five-player tiebreaker.
Lynn finished third, five strokes ahead of the Bucs.
Murray had three birdies in the final round, moving up six spots on the leaderboard on the final day. Babcock put together her best tournament of the season, finishing at 9-over 225. Securing her first top-5 finish of the season, Babcock birdied the 325-yard third hole in the final round to finish with seven for the tournament. Murray had six birdies in the tournament.
Nova Southeastern's Lilianna Cammisa won the tournament, shooting par in the final round to finish at 7-over 223. Lynn's Jessica Bradley and Florida Southern's Barbara Vejlupkova tied for second, a stroke ahead of Babcock.
Barry's Nancy Vergara finished in a three-way tie for 19th in the 44-player event, shooting 235 in the 54 holes. Teammate Maria Paola Fiorio was 22nd, following her second straight 79 in the final round. She finished a stroke behind Vergara's group. Fiorio had two birdies Tuesday.
Nicky Ferre used two birdies to shoot 79 in the third round and finish 28th.
In every round of the league tournament, Barry had at least four players shoot in the 70s.
The Bucs will await their postseason fate when the NCAA South Regional pairings are announced Monday, April 29.


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Holy Name Medical Center, based in Teaneck, announced Wednesday that it has named Ryan Kennedy vice president and chief financial officer.
Kennedy will oversee all of the hospital's financial, accounting and budgetary matters, it said in a news release.
"I am proud to uphold the patient-centered values of Holy Name Medical Center in order to help our community achieve the highest attainable level of health through prevention, education and treatment," Kennedy said in the release. "As CFO, I will continue to focus on the long-term financial stability needed for us to continue to be a premier, innovative, health system devoted to the highest quality patient care."
Kennedy started at Holy Name in 2010 as director of budget and reimbursement, then was promoted to assistant vice president of financial services in 2012. In January, he was promoted to vice president of financial services, and in June he was named CFO.
"Ryan's results-oriented approach and ability to think strategically will play a pivotal role in continuing our track record of delivering high-quality health care and driving innovation, while helping Holy Name to realize its plans for growth in the new service areas," says Michael Maron, President and CEO, HNMC.
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MIRATEK – AEDC engineers' AIAA award-winning technical paper sets stage for future hypersonic program test capability
by Philip Lorenz III AEDC/PA
1/17/2013 – ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — An American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) award-winning technical paper, authored by Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Tom Fetterhoff and Wade Burfitt, represents a significant stepping stone to the future of hypersonic weapons system program development.
The AIAA Hypersonics Program Committee recently selected "Overview of the Advanced Propulsion Test Technology Hypersonic Aero Propulsion Clean Air Testbed (HAPCAT)" as a co-recipient of the Best Hypersonics Program Paper from the 17th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference.
Fetterhoff is AEDC Test Division's technical director and Burfitt is AEDC's site manager for MIRATEK, Inc. and the deputy executing agent for OSD's High Speed Systems Test (HSST) program at the Complex.
In 2002, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), represented by George Rumsford, the manager of OSD's Test Resource Management Center, had tasked Fetterhoff, Burfitt and their team at AEDC to devise methodologies for ground testing hypersonic flight regime technologies.
Fetterhoff said, "We [at AEDC] should be very proud of the fact that we managed this technology area for OSD and that this, along with some other projects, are world-class, recognized by the Department of Defense as ground-breaking technology advancements."
Burfitt said the award-winning AIAA technical paper that Fetterhoff and he authored has provided an excellent opportunity to get the word out to the public on the initial tangible payoff from their team's efforts – a special facility located at ATK GASL (General Applied Science Laboratory) in Ronkonoma, New York.
"Once the clean air, variable Mach number technologies are perfected in the HAPCAT demonstration facility, it is envisioned that similar larger scale capabilities will be built at AEDC to enable much more accurate and thorough test and evaluation of hypersonic weapons systems," he said. "HAPCAT will be operational in 2016 and will likely be followed by an applicable investment program at AEDC."
Fetterhoff and Burfitt were unable to attend the award ceremony for their paper, held at the 2012 awards luncheon at the 18th AIAA /3AF International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technology Conference in Tours, France.
However, Burfitt said he appreciated being acknowledged, but the significance of the award went well beyond two engineers writing a paper.
"The acknowledgement is more tied to the importance the hypersonic community sees in the technologies we are developing rather than the paper in and of itself," he said. "We received a great deal of interest in the topic while at the conference [held in San Francisco, Calif., in April 2011]."
Fetterhoff said, "I'm proud of the organization we built between the government and the contractor workforce – and their expertise – it's second to none."
He emphasized that the work accomplished by the collective team at AEDC will benefit a wide range of customers and the network of commands, including AEDC, which will support the technical requirements for those cutting-edge hypersonic weapons system programs.
"It's important because most of the investments that they're making will be transitioned into capabilities we have here," he said. "We're talking about a $100 million worth of project-on-contract. That's a very large investment in advancing technologies aimed at supporting our mission at AEDC or the Air Force Test Center's mission."
Regarding the award-winning technical paper, AEDC Chief Technologist Dr. Ed Kraft said, "Tom and Wade have successfully articulated an ongoing collaborative effort that hopefully will position AEDC to provide unique ground test capabilities to the hypersonic weapon systems program community. Their paper sums up how the High Speed Systems Test (HSST) program team at AEDC and HAPCAT will help enable us to meet future test needs."
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After seemingly being stuck on a yield and quality plateau for years, cotton varieties have begun "busting out the top" of the yield and quality charts, helping U.S. growers produce back-to-back record crops in the last two years. But it's possible that U.S. producers "haven't seen anything yet," according to a veteran cotton breeder who works for one of the new kids on the block among U.S. cottonseed companies.
"We have had varieties with 40 staple and 40 strength," says Tom Kilgore, cotton breeder with Beltwide Cotton Genetics, the Collierville, Tenn.-based cottonseed company started by Delta King Seed Co. founder Noal Lawhon. "And those varieties have produced good yields."
Kilgore credits the south Texas base he uses for his cotton breeding efforts for the success some of the new Beltwide Cotton varieties seem to be enjoying.
Although Beltwide Cotton Genetics is based in west Tennessee and Delta King, its sister company, is headquartered in McCrory, Ark., Kilgore hails from the more tropical Rio Grande Valley area of south Texas.
That locale and the fact that Beltwide grows most of its seed production in west Texas, helps explain why Beltwide's varieties are better known in Texas than in the Mid-South and Southeast. But Beltwide representatives are working on the latter.
"Most of the cotton breeding you read about has been done in the Delta or Lubbock or California or St. Louis," says Kilgore. "We're in south Texas, and we believe that gives us several advantages."
For one, cotton is a semi-tropical plant, which fits well with the semi-tropical climate in the Rio Grande Valley area of Harlingen, Texas. Another is that the mild south Texas winters allow Kilgore to plant and harvest at least two greenhouse crops per season.
"The semi-tropical climate allows me to accomplish two and sometimes three complete growing cycles per season," he said. "In the last nine years, I've already run 18 cycles through my program.
Although Kilgore's varieties are developed in south Texas, they appear to be gaining "traction" in other parts of the state.
Bobby Byrd, a producer from Hale Center, which is located north of Lubbock on the High Plains, said of his experience with BW-4021 B2RF stacked gene cotton, "I was a little worried about planting it so late (May 28). I had another variety of similar maturity in between BW-4021B2F and my other varieties, but this beat it in yield and quality."
The field of BW-4021 B2F produced an average of 1,425 pounds of lint per acre with a staple length of 35.91, micronaire of 3.58 and strength in the 28 to 30 range. The loan value of the cotton was 56.98 cents per pound.
"I was very surprised with that being my first year with Roundup Ready Flex," he said. "All told, I made three applications of Roundup WeatherMax on it, and it turned into the prettiest patch of cotton I've ever seen. This was also the second highest loan value I had in 2005. The best was 57.03 cents per pound."
Beltwide varieties are also beginning to attract attention in the Mid-South, according to Ray Young, a consultant who works for growers in northeast Louisiana.
Young, who has been scouting cotton since the early 1950s, said he was impressed with the way Beltwide's BW-9124 B2F grew off in a trial on one of the Panola Co.'s farms near St. Joseph in northeast Louisiana last spring.
"It has a fairly open canopy," he said. "Some of these varieties are so thick you can't set bolls in the bottom of the plant. It appeared to yield with their best varieties this year, but we'll have to see how it yields over time." The block of BW-9124B2F averaged 2.75 bales per acre.
The micronaire for BW-9124 B2F averaged 4.3, which was below the readings for a number of other varieties planted in northeast Louisiana in 2005. The staple for BW-9124B2F averaged 34.5, "but there were a lot of 36s, 37s and 38s.
"They're saying the surface has just been scratched with some of these new varieties," he said. "I'm not sure it has been. The jury is still out on that, but I believe we'll be trying this variety on a much larger basis next year."
Rick Rice, director of marketing for Beltwide Cotton Genetics, said he believes the 2005 results for Beltwide's varieties are validating the company's decision to move directly to the Roundup Ready Flex and Bollgard 2 technologies when it began its breeding program rather than to the Roundup Ready and Bollgard traits.
"I think you can see why we're so excited about our new varieties and about the ones that we'll be introducing in future years," he said. "And I think you can see why we think the world is about to change for cotton producers."


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other chapters as well as the need to address individuals with disabilities as
well as other population subgroups.
James Rimmer, Ph.D., led discussion on physical activity
relative to people with disabilities. A central focus in this area is to
identify if there is evidence that physical activity improves key health
outcomes in people with physical, cognitive and sensory disabilities.
Additionally, a key goal is to begin formulating research questions that will be
pertinent to this area as research progresses.
While the group has identified 15 different categories of
disabilities the focus of the presentation will deal with physical, cognitive
and sensory disabilities with research examples from individuals with strokes,
spinal cord injury and Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.).
Much of the work was devoted to refining the database search as
the group only wanted to review data from individuals with a disability,
excluding studies with specific therapeutic exercises. Many of the studies did
not look at a specific health outcome; however, when looking at disabled
populations one is really looking at two areas: can physical activity improve
mental health and can it improve functional health. The data is not available to
compare discrete changes in VO2 max at this point. Refining the research will be
a continuing work in progress.
In the area of M.S. one may have difficulty developing
recommendations as someone recently diagnosed with M.S. will have different
symptoms then someone who has lived with M.S. for a long period of time.
There has not been much work done in the area of musculoskeletal
health relative to disabilities. Most studies that were available did show
benefits in bone health in all groups (individuals with strokes, spinal cord
injury and M.S.).
For functional health the outcomes the group were able to
identify included balance, functional independence, quality of life and pain.
Outside of balance, the other three categories are mostly self-report measures,
but again, most of the evidence seems to be positive in nature.
In mental health, the outcomes that were identified include
depression, interpersonal relationships, mood, emotional well being and fatigue.
Once again, there were a very limited number of studies but of those available,
in general, showed significant improvements in these areas.
Dr. Yancey continued the subcommittee presentation with respect
to ethnic and socio-economic (SES) subgroups. As a subset of the Energy Balance
Subcommittee, we looked specifically at race, ethnicity and to some extent SES
influences and their relationship to physical activity and weight status.
Why could there be differences in recommendations in this area
along ethnic and SES lines? One possibility is differences in the energy cost of
physical activity, such that some ethnic groups appeared to derive lesser
benefits for weight maintenance at the same level of physical activity.
Additionally, different physiology along ethnic lines can also account for the
need for different approaches. Overall though there is insufficient data to
conclude that physical activity recommendations should be different for race,
ethnic or SES groups. There is however significant confounding which may lead
the group to re-analyze the data only on SES criteria. This however leads to
other issues as low-income whites are very much under-represented in most
studies and many studies simply do not report SES.
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Round One saw the Engineers begin their sweep of the Ivy Leagues with a 15-12 victory over Brown University. They were unable to handle the St. John's Red Storm, falling 19-8 to St. John's, but bounced back to defeat Cornell by a slim 14-13 margin. MIT went on to handle Haverford (18-9) and Yale (17-10) to finish the meet with a 4-1 record.
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Senior Jenna Caldwell led the Engineers foil squad with seven bout victories, two each against Haverford and Cornell. Julia Hopkins won four bouts herself and Julia Kimmerly added one more victory for foil.
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Knox Strawbridge never saw it coming.
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The icy water found the back of his neck with the shock only a first-year coach can truly experience. But the surprise of his first Gatorade bath was the only thing that caught the 23-year-old off guard in Friday's District 4A-4 championship match as his Wildcats captured the league crown with a 3-0 win over rival Vanguard at Forest Field.
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Two minutes later Kay picked up a yellow card, but the Wildcats were able to respond with their triggerman on the bench as goal-leader Jimmy Wear found the lower right corner of the net with a well-placed 20-yard direct kick in the eighth minute.
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Vanguard (14-5-4) started the second half in the same fashion, managing to get their leading scorer, Davis, in breakaway one-on-one situations with defenders. But as the Knights threatened to swing the momentum in their favor, it was the lone freshman defender on the Forest roster who stole it back.
Sebastian Del Rio picked Hall's pocket in back-to-back trips, starting a break the other way with the second steal. It culminated with Kay's goal off a direct kick from just outside the paint. Teammate Jeremy Diaz got a foot up to draw keeper Thomas Truchement's attention just enough to allow Kay's blast to find the net.
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"I knew it was gonna be tough coming in here," Flynn said. "Those are very talented players. (Forest) is a good, strong team. But our kids fought to the end, period. They had two free kicks on us and it kind of took the air out.
"We've got another game ahead of us, so we're not done yet. We'll be ready to go next week and anything can happen then. We might come back and see (Forest) again."
Strawbridge and the Wildcats will get to stay home for next week's quarters. And the young coach knows that keeping his kids humble between now and then will be key in extending the 'Cats' historic season.
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Critical Clues Can Save Millions from Ravages of Facial Disorder
CHICAGO (April 4, 2011) -- Today's expanding knowledge of the many potential signs and symptoms of rosacea can help unmask this widespread but poorly understood facial disorder now estimated to affect more than 16 million Americans. The National Rosacea Society (NRS) has designated April as Rosacea Awareness Month to alert the public to the warning signs of rosacea and to encourage those who suffer from this conspicuous and often embarrassing condition to seek diagnosis and appropriate treatment before it increasingly disrupts their daily lives.
"It has been called 'The Great Impostor' because people often confuse rosacea with other conditions, such as a sunburn or acne, or even eye irritation, and fail to seek medical help," said Dr. Jonathan Wilkin, chairman of the NRS medical advisory board. "People need to be more aware of this highly prevalent disorder, and the need for treatment and lifestyle changes before it becomes progressively severe."
The incidence of rosacea is now rapidly growing as the populous baby boom generation passes through the most frequent ages of onset -- between 30 and 60. Yet surveys have found that the public has little knowledge of this chronic but treatable disorder, including how to recognize it and what to do about it.
Characterized by relapses and remissions, rosacea typically begins as a redness or flushing on the cheeks, nose, chin or forehead that may come and go. Over time, the redness becomes ruddier and more persistent, and visible blood vessels may appear.
This condition, known as subtype 1 rosacea, often occurs before or at the same time as subtype 2 rosacea, which includes facial redness with bumps and pimples if left untreated. In severe cases the skin may become swollen and bumpy, especially around the nose -- a condition known as subtype 3 rosacea, or rhinophyma.
In many rosacea sufferers, the eyes are also affected, feeling irritated and appearing watery or bloodshot. Without proper care, this condition, known as subtype 4 or ocular rosacea, can lead to further irritation and, in severe cases, reduction of vision.
In a new survey of 1,289 rosacea patients conducted by the NRS, 71 percent of the respondents said they had experienced persistent redness, and 63 percent said they had suffered from frequent flushing. In addition, 63 percent said they had suffered outbreaks of pimples (pustules) and 61 percent reported experiencing bumps (papules).
Sixty-one percent of the patients said they had also experienced eye symptoms, and visible blood vessels were cited by 56 percent. Other widely reported signs and symptoms included facial burning or stinging, reported by 51 percent; facial itching, experienced by 41 percent; dry appearance, named by 40 percent; raised red patches, reported by 30 percent; skin thickening or excess tissue on the nose, 22 percent; signs beyond the face, 21 percent; and facial swelling, 18 percent.
"Although the subtypes of rosacea represent common patterns, the manifestations of rosacea can vary substantially from one patient to another, and medical therapy must therefore be tailored for each individual case," Dr. Wilkin said. "With greater knowledge of its potential signs and symptoms, physicians should be able to achieve significant improvements in the diagnosis and management of this chronic and often life-disruptive disorder."
Perhaps even more devastating than its physical effects, rosacea often inflicts significant emotional and social damage on the lives of its victims because of its impact on personal appearance. In recent surveys by the NRS, nearly 76 percent of rosacea patients said this unsightly disorder had lowered their self-confidence and self-esteem, and 41 percent reported it had caused them to avoid public contact or cancel social engagements.
Adding to the embarrassment is a common myth that rosacea sufferers, who often have a red face and nose, are heavy drinkers. In fact, while alcohol may aggravate the disorder, the symptoms can be just as severe in a nondrinker. Another common misconception is that rosacea is caused by poor hygiene, while in reality it is unrelated to personal cleanliness.
Although the cause of rosacea is unknown, a vast array of lifestyle and environmental factors can trigger flare-ups of signs and symptoms in various rosacea sufferers. Common rosacea triggers include sun exposure, emotional stress, hot or cold weather, wind, heavy exercise, alcohol, spicy foods, heated beverages, humidity, certain skin-care products and many others.
"The good news is that rosacea can be effectively controlled with medical therapy and lifestyle changes to avoid factors that aggravate the condition in individual cases," Dr. Wilkin said. Individuals with any of the following warning signs of rosacea are urged to see a dermatologist for diagnosis and appropriate care:
• Redness on the cheeks, nose, chin or forehead
• Small visible blood vessels on the face
• Bumps or pimples on the face
• Watery or irritated eyes
During April and throughout the year, people who suspect they may have rosacea can visit the NRS Web site at rosacea.org, or call its toll-free number at 1-888-NO-BLUSH to obtain comprehensive information on the disorder. Information and educational materials are also available by writing the National Rosacea Society, 196 James Street, Barrington, Illinois 60010; or via e-mail at email@example.com.
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The Skudata, known as Skythai (Scythians) by the Greeks, lived an isolated life away from the troubles of the urbanized world, with a simple herdsman's life the nomad makes a living with his animals. Having only to move with them like one of the herd and take them to the favored grazing spots leaves much time for the practice of horsemanship and shooting the bow. A nomad's life may seem simple to the rest of the world, but living in such harsh climates and travelling a great many miles a day on the steppes every day has made the Skudata a fierce enemy. Whilst ordinarily the Skudata are not bothered by the politics of distant nations with their cities and decadence, the time always comes around when the nomads must mount their warhorses, take up the spear and bow and raid the neighboring countries for gold, cattle and glory.
The Skudata formed a loose network of nomadic tribes of horse-riding herdsmen and raiders. They invaded many areas in the steppes of Eurasia, including areas in present-day Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and southern Russia. Ruled by small, closely-allied elites, the Skudata had a reputation for their skilled archers, and many gained employment as mercenaries. But the Skudata main strength lies in their much practiced art of horse-archery and furthermore their developed use of heavily armored cavalry. The Skudata cavalry has a great reputation for its prowess in the charge and fire fight, but the Skythian infantry is underdeveloped as it is not surprising in a horse nomad society. In contrast, the shire presence of Skudata nobles in their full iron armor on iron clad horses is enough to make any enemy tremble.
Without the desire to conquer new lands the Skudata have led an arguably peaceful and isolated life disturbed only by raids into the south and internal strife. But with an ambitious ruler at the head of her army, Skudata could sweep down from the northlands and conquer all who foolishly attempted resistance.


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In the previous post we saw how human beings are believed to not be natural critical thinkers, preferring instead to believe in the first plausible explanation for anything that comes along, not seeing these initial explanations as merely hypotheses to be evaluated against competing hypotheses.
But one might think that when we are exposed to alternative hypotheses, we might then shift gears into a critical mode. But Tim van Gelder, writing in the article Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Lessons from Cognitive Science (College Teaching, Winter 2005, vol. 53, No. 1, p. 41-46) argues that what foils this is the human desire for belief preservation.
He quotes seventeenth century philosopher Francis Bacon who said:
The mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
In other words, van Gelder says, "the mind has intrinsic tendencies toward illusion, distortion, and error." These arise from a combination of being hard-wired in our brains (because of evolution), natural growth of our brains as we grow up in the Earth's environment, and the influence of our societies and cultures. "Yet, whatever their origin, they are universal and ineradicable features of our cognitive machinery, usually operating quite invisibly to corrupt our thinking and contaminate our beliefs."
All these things lead us to have cognitive biases and blind spots that prevent us from seeing things more clearly, and one of the major blind spots is that of belief preservation. van Gelder says that "At root, belief preservation is the tendency to make evidence subservient to belief, rather than the other way around. Put another way, it is the tendency to use evidence to preserve our opinions rather than guide them."
van Gelder says that when we strongly believe some thing or desire it to be true, we tend to do three things: "1. We seek evidence that supports what we believe and do not seek and avoid or ignore evidence that goes against it. . . 2. We rate evidence as good or bad depending on whether it supports or conflicts with our belief. That is, the belief dictates our evaluation of the evidence, rather than our evaluation of the evidence determining what we should believe. . . 3. We stick with our beliefs even in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence as long as we can find at least some support, no matter how slender."
This would explain why (as vividly demonstrated in the popular video A Private Universe) people hold on to their erroneous explanations about the phases of the moon even after they have been formally instructed in school about the correct explanation.
This would also explain the question that started these musings: Why for so long had I not applied the same kinds of questioning to my religious beliefs concerning god, heaven, etc. that I routinely applied to other areas of my life? The answer is that since I grew up in a religious environment and accepted the existence of god as plausible, I did not seek other explanations. Any evidence in favor of belief (the sense of emotional upliftment that sometimes occurs during religious services or private prayer, or some event that could be interpreted to indicate god's action in my life or in the world, or scientific evidence that supported a statement in the Bible) was seized on, while counter evidence (such a massive death and destruction caused by human or natural events, personal misfortunes or tragedies, or scientific discoveries that contradicted Biblical texts) was either ignored or explained away. It was only after I had abandoned my belief in god's existence that I was able to ask the kinds of questions that I had hitherto avoided.
Did I give up my belief because I could not satisfactorily answer the difficult questions concerning god? Or did I start asking those questions only after I had given up belief in god? In some sense this is a chicken-and-egg problem. Looking back, it is hard to say. Probably it was a little of both. Once I started taking some doubts seriously and started questioning, this probably led to more doubts, more questions, until finally the religious edifice that I had hitherto believed in just collapsed.
In the series of posts dealing with the burden of proof concerning the existence of god, I suggested that if we use the common yardsticks of law or science, then that would require that the burden of proof lies with the person postulating the existence of any entity (whether it be god or a neutrino or whatever), and that in the absence of positive evidence in favor of existence, the default assumption is to assume the non-existence of the entity.
In a comment to one of those postings, Paul Jarc suggested that the burden of proof actually lay with the person trying to convince the other person to change his views. It may be that we are both right. What I was describing was the way that I thought things should be, while Paul was describing the way things are in actual life, due to the tendency of human beings to believe the first thing that sounds right and makes intuitive sense, coupled with the desire to preserve strong beliefs once formed.
van Gelder ends up his article with some good advice:
Belief preservation strikes right at the heart of our general processes of rational deliberation. The ideal critical thinker is aware of the phenomenon, actively monitors her thinking to detect its pernicious influence, and deploys compensatory strategies.
Thus, the ideal critical thinker
• puts extra effort into searching for and attending to evidence that contradicts what she currently believes;
• when "weighing up" the arguments for and against, gives some "extra credit" for those arguments that go against her position; and
• cultivates a willingness to change her mind when the evidence starts mounting against her.
Activities like these do not come easily. Indeed, following these strategies often feels quite perverse. However, they are there for self-protection; they can help you protect your own beliefs against your tendency to self-deception, a bias that is your automatic inheritance as a human being. As Richard Feynman said, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool."
The practice of science requires us to routinely think this way. But it is not easy to do and even scientists find it hard to give up their cherished theories in the face of contrary evidence. But because scientific practice requires this kind of thinking, this may also be why science is perceived as 'hard' by the general public. Not because of its technical difficulties, but because you are constantly being asked to give up beliefs that seem so naturally true and intuitively obvious.
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