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Warning: I'm about to voice my opinion on feminism and misogyny in the freethought community. Get out while you can. I know I should keep my mouth shut like I have done for the whole last year, but I've I decided not to take my own advice anymore.
When I was a little boy, (we're talking 1971 here) my deeply religious babysitters told me that women could never fly fighter jets because of alleged differences in their depth perception, or their physical center of gravity altering their sense of balance, or the ways in which female brains reportedly processed information differently than the brain of a male.
This is just one example of sexual inequality being alleged as a biological fact. While I concede there are a few things most women can't do as well as some men -owing to a proportion of upper body strength, that just might be the limit of justifiable reasons for gender restrictions. That is as much credence as I can give to that. So women shouldn't be expected have fair odds against men of equal weight in a boxing ring. What about beyond that?
I knew a woman who was six feet tall and could bench 270lbs. She could be an ambulance paramedic because she could meet the criteria -where a lot of men could not. That's what matters. Maybe that's how my metric differs from the norm of earlier generations. Now what if the job is not physically demanding in that specific area? How could there be any difference then? I don't think there is.
I know of one case where a female pilot killed 20 people in a helicopter crash. I doubt her gender could have played any role in that at all. If it was her fault, I would sooner blame the fact that the military put a difficult and dangerous multi-million-dollar aircraft in the hands of a teenager. Perhaps any pilot who was old enough to qualify for commercial insurance should have done better?
My wife often laughs at me for being "roaringly heterosexual", but I am also one of those atypical freaks who finds intelligence sexy. Cute cannot compensate for dumb, and one certainly is not the other. If a woman shows that she is actually smarter than I am, oh honey! I know; there are not many other men like that.
It's not about sex either. There are many women in the secular movement with commercial-grade comeliness, and I am proud that they count me among their peers, but that's not the criteria by which we are associated, obviously. Some of my favorite heroes are women; Boadicca, Hypatia, Ruslana. When I say that I respect a woman for her mind, I actually mean it, and not in the same tongue-in-cheek fashion as saying that I read Playboy for the articles.
At the same time, I can't simply turn off hard-wired hormonal responses to sexual stimuli. For example, it has often happened that I may be amongst a number of sharp-witted women intellectually analyzing subjects of scientific substance with profound perspective, and there I am, suddenly –helplessly- focused on some elegant lass who casually passed with a fabulous ass, and befuddled my brilliance, rebooting my brain in mid-debate. I don't always possess the necessary class to conceal such embarrassing distractions discretely.
Still I won't support or defend a policy prohibiting or inhibiting women from wearing 'sexualized' clothing at skeptics conferences; vendors or not, doesn't matter. I know it's mostly nerds at these sorts of things, but it still doesn't take that much research for anyone to figure out how to blend in or stand out appropriately. I wouldn't dictate how someone else dresses. Speaking personally, even having such a rule seems unnecessarily prudish.
I have even heard a suggestion that speakers in skeptical events should be prohibited from engaging in carnal liaisons with any attendees who were not also on stage. This is just absurd. The excuse is that there is supposedly some unequal power issue which leaves those in the audience being treated like doe-eyed sycophants –not by the expectedly exploitive speakers, but by the policy itself. I know from experience that occurrences of adulation are relatively rare, and typically concern only legally responsible adults. So why should there even be a rule like that one?
Mind you, while I have been on stage a few times myself, I have no bias on this point to influence my objectivity. I am married, and my wife and I prefer not to 'swing'. Another reason I might avoid such judgments is that I have the advantage of sufficient social skills that I know there are behavioral boundaries. Even if I've had a few drinks, I still know there's a line there, and I don't always need to venture toward it. A lot of other people aren't aware there should even be a line, and that's only part of the problem.
Even though I'm neither popular nor important enough to be invited to TAM or Skepticon, it sometimes happens that I am asked to participate at atheist events. Once I even shared the stage with Richard Dawkins and Rebecca Watson at the same time. That was a stunning revelation. Watson was supposed to talk about 'communicating atheism', but instead she used her time to explain how uncomfortable feminism is in the secular movement. What was shocking about that were the comments on the video once it was uploaded to my channel. Anyone who thinks she exaggerated, or who doesn't believe there is a problem with sexism in secularism need only read a few of those posts, especially the early ones; they vindicated all the horrible things she listed about the vile sexist threats she spoke of.
Understand that I do not say any of this to fit in or be popular. I don't think it is possible to comment on this topic at all and still be popular in this movement anymore. But I sincerely do not understand hate, nor why other people fixate on negativity. It's just not the way I think. There is a positive aspect to nearly all our experiences. If you can't find something good, at least allow yourself to be impressed, because sharing the things you love is what will endear you to others. Seriously, nobody cares about what you hate, and you shouldn't either.
So I don't get the sort of mindset which sets any demographic as being superior or inferior to another in vague general terms. Specific arguments of that sort are at least possible, though I can't remember ever seeing one. Being a white male from a fairly insular upbringing, I may not be very observant of that sort of thing. There were a lot of bigots in my own family once upon a time, but now my more-ethnic friends have to tell me about the prejudice they've encountered, or else I wouldn't know that still goes on.
I was equally unaware of misogyny, and by that I mean REAL misogyny, not just guys being heterosexual. There has to be socially acceptable means of having a healthy sex-life, of seeking and inviting partners to pursue such basic biological drives with mutual benefits. No, a misogynist is not simply responding to his hormones; he is making a hate claim, portraying women as subordinate, subservient, insufficient, and somehow deserving of disrespect or even abuse. I honestly do not understand how even the most hateful bigots can take that stance.
The shocking part of all these recent controversies to me is not that misogyny exists outside the world and works of Martin Luther, but that it somehow thrives today, and that it still exists in the freethought community of all places. How could it? Who else has a more progressive perspective, with the most tolerant attitudes, and the most advanced ideas? How could such a despicable disposition, so repugnant, so medieval, remain at all in any group that includes so many Star Trek fans? Have we learned nothing from the next gen?


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Kauai (Hawai)
Lose yourself to the gentle trade winds. Take in the lush greenery. Inhale the fresh floral environment around you. Each Island has its own distinctive charm, and Kauai is the tropical centerpiece of Hawaii, full of outdoor activities, attractions and culture. Flights arrive at Kauai's main airport, Lihue Airport (LIH) in southeastern Lihue. You may also fly into Honolulu International Airport (HNL) on Oahu first and then head to Kauai. You'll find everything from bed and breakfasts to luxury resorts in the areas of North Shore (Princeville), East Side (Coconut Coast), Lihue (Kalapaki), South Shore (Poipu), West Side (Waimea). Once you've settled in, break out your sunscreen and head outdoors. Explore Kauai's beautiful beaches where you can sunbathe, snorkel or learn how to surf. Then visit Kauai's humbling natural wonders, from Waimea Canyon to the Napali Coast. Take a break in Kauai's small towns like Hanapepe, Hanalei and Old Koloa Town to get a taste of local food and art, as well as learn about the island's fascinating history and culture. After a long day, watch the sunset from the comforts of your resort and recharge for another day of discovery on Kauai.

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Westchester Supreme and County Court
Tax Certiorari & Condemnation Proceedings
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The Appraisal of Real Estate, Twelfth Edition, 2001
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THE future of Malcolm Murray as Rangers chairman has been cast into serious doubt after the emergence of boardroom friction between the Ayrshire businessman and chief executive Charles Green.
Murray was appointed as non-executive chairman of the Rangers plc board last June, two months after Green led the purchase of the administration-stricken club's business and assets.
The 57-year-old, who has spent the bulk of his business career in investment and pension fund management, was seen as an ideal figurehead for the board with his background as a lifelong Rangers supporter. But it is understood a clear rift has now appeared between Murray and other directors, including Green, with his position raised at two recent board meetings. At the most recent meeting, it is believed Murray was asked to consider his position before the summer.
Rangers are due to publish their interim accounts in the next few weeks, the first set of figures since the club was reconstituted in the wake of liquidation.
Green led Rangers' share issue which raised £22 million, over £17 million of which came from institutional investors, and listing on the stock market. The Yorkshire businessman has been the public face and driving force of Rangers' bid to recover from their traumatic financial collapse and relocation to the bottom tier of Scottish league football. Green has won the approval of the vast majority of Rangers supporters following widespread initial scepticism of the former Sheffield United chief executive.


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After being out of the league for two years, former second-round pick Pat White defied the odds by making the Redskins 53-man roster out of training camp, even if he didn't last long.
Now, he's getting another chance to come back.
According to Mike Jurecki of FOX Sports 910 in Phoenix, White is working out for the Bills today.
The Bills were said to be keeping all options open after the injury to starter E.J. Manuel, who could miss around six weeks with a sprained lateral collateral ligament.
Whether they're bringing in other quarterbacks in for a look this weekend is unclear, but White showed enough this preseason with the Redskins to make someone take notice.


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August 05. 2014 7:28AM
Moose dies after collision with two cars
— A moose died Monday night after it walked into traffic on Parade Road and was hit twice, by two cars driving in opposite directions.
The crash happened about 9 p.m. on Parade Road by Turner Way.
Carl Peterson, 66, of Winona Road, Meredith, was driving north on Parade Road when the moose walked into the road and his car collided with it.
Stanley Piper, 86, of Jameson Avenue, Gilford, was driving his car south on Parade Road when his car hit the moose after it was struck by Peterson's car.
Neither driver was injured, but the moose died.
Parade Road was shut down until the moose could be removed from the middle of the road.
Both cars were towed from the scene.
Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to call police at 524-5257.


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Stephanie McMahon is chief brand officer for WWE and was named to its Board of Directors in 2015. Stephanie is responsible for working with WWE's business units to support key growth initiatives and represents WWE as its global brand ambassador among key constituencies including government, advertisers, media, business partners and investors. She is the primary spokesperson for WWE's corporate social responsibility initiatives, including Special Olympics, Susan G. Komen and Be a STAR, WWE's anti-bullying program. In 2014, Stephanie and her husband, Paul Levesque, established Connor's Cure, a fund dedicated to furthering Pediatric cancer research. Stephanie is also a TV personality, appearing regularly on WWE's flagship programming.
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Times change—timeless wisdom endures. Charismatic Tom Morris delivers an inspiring message based on what the great philosophers had to say about the timeless challenges organizations face today, from building a winning culture to the tools needed to unleash innovation.
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Cited by Forbes as the ultimate "patient advocate," a TEDMED visionary and lauded for his expertise, enthusiasm and commitment to innovation and health IT, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., offers a cutting-edge look at health care and its future.
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November 22, 2012 15:08 ET
Building capacity in fur industry domestically and abroad
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT--(Marketwire - Nov. 22, 2012) - The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), and Minister for the Arctic Council announced today an investment that will strengthen community capacity to develop and market fur products.
"Around the world, there is greater interest in the North, which is creating increased demand for authentic Arctic products from Nunavut," said Minister Aglukkaq. "This investment will increase local participation in the fur industry and broaden markets for Nunavut seal and fur products, benefitting all Nunavummiut."
"The Government of Nunavut has always been a strong advocate and facilitator of made in Nunavut programs, especially those that support local harvesters and crafts-people," said James Arreak, GN Minister of Environment. "We are looking forward to delivering workshops and initiatives aimed at supporting Nunavut's sealing and fur harvesting sectors."
CanNor and the Government of Nunavut supported the development of a marketing strategy for seal and long fur in Nunavut in 2010-11. This new CanNor investment of more than $190,000 over two years, along with contributions from other partners, will focus on promoting the industry and building related capacity in this sector in Nunavut communities. The Government of Nunavut's Department of Environment will lead the implementation of the project through advertising campaigns, participation at industry events and by delivering pelt-handling workshops in Nunavut communities.
Investment in this project is made possible through CanNor's Strategic Investments in Northern Economic Development (SINED) program, which focuses on long-term economic growth, economic diversification and capacity-building across the North.
SINED is one of several economic development programs within CanNor. CanNor delivers on its exclusive northern mandate through funding programs, providing project management services, leveraging the federal role in the North, serving as a champion for northern interests, and undertaking policy and research.
For copies of CanNor news releases, visit: http://www.cannor.gc.ca.
For more information on Canada's Northern Strategy, visit: www.strategiepourlenord.gc.ca/index-eng.asp.
Office of the Honourable Leona AglukkaqMinister of the Canadian Northern EconomicDevelopment Agency, Minister of Healthand Minister for the Arctic CouncilCailin Rodgers613-957-0200Canadian Northern Economic Development AgencyChristina GrayCommunications Advisor867-766-8435Government of Nunavut, Department of EnvironmentJacquie Pepper-JournalCommunications Manager867-975-7721
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Kashi, 7 Whole Grain Puffs, 6.5 oz (184 g)
Flash Deals are limited time, limited quantity promotions, so act fast! Limited to one item per customer.
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Perishable items (such as flax oils or certain probiotics) generally have shorter expiration dates. Although our warehouse is fully air-conditioned, these more fragile items are put in cold storage (freezer or refrigeration unit) for maximum freshness.
Our receiving department does its best to verify and then enter the correct expiration dates for all incoming products. However, discrepancies do occur from time to time. This being said, the exceptionally high turnover at iHerb ensures that our inventory is among the freshest in the industry.
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Kellyanne Conway: Tax reform will benefit job creators, seekers and holders
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - Special counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway is confident Congress will pass a bill to overhaul tax reform before the new year.
Speaking with WZTV Thursday morning, Conway reiterated the president's goal to sign tax reform by the Christmas holiday.
"We feel that this package will benefit the job creators, the job seekers, and the job holders," she explained.
"You are facing, every single year, an IRS code that is longer than the Bible and not quite inspirational."
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Happy 4th of July, Potato Nation! Before you fire up the grill and start tossing around the bang snaps, please read the latest update from our dear friend Laura "angrylittlefeet" Nicholson, who is resting up before her next round of operations and chemo next week. Yeah, it's a bummer, but that's life. We're proud as hell of our girl for hanging tough, under the circumstances. If you haven't already, please kick in a few bucks to our "Fight for ALF" fundraising drive to help cover Laura's medical expenses, and send her some love on twitter. Thanks a million, and enjoy the day.
This week's Alf update brought to you by Hodgkins Lymphoma……. Still NOT recommended as a diet aid.
Hi Taters! Alf here. Finally have a day between hospital visits to sit down and relax. And eat. At my last visit my Doc said I had lost entirely too much weight (I blame hospital food and boredom) and my job is to put some back on by any means necessary. Fast. Next operation is Monday, next chemo is Tuesday. He even went so far as to say he wants me eating cake and ice cream. Wait — Really? So now I have kind of a dr's rx for cake & ice cream. Sweet! Now I just need my backwards-ass state to get on the medical weed bandwagon…..
Monday's procedure is to have my chemo port installed. Somehow I don't think a body was ever meant to have anything "installed" but what the hell do I know? Also they will remove this god-forsaken PICC line that has been driving my nuts and dangling from my arm since forever it seems. Oh I do hope I won't need to be awake for all this festivity but I probably will. They seem to be pretty stingy with the sleepy time drugs.
They tell me that the second chemo is when the hair starts to go if it's going to. Shit. shitshitshitshitfuckshitshit. Really, really bad girl-trauma on the horizon.
That's it at this point. Just looking to get through next week and then go from there. One fucking thing at a time.
Hope you all have a great 4th of July. Have a beer for me and try not to blow off any goddam limbs or digits.
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Honeypots are unique because they allow a security researcher to see and record what actions a malicious user takes on a compromised computer without necessarily interfering or revealing to the attacker that they are being monitored. Because of this invisibility, valuable intelligence can be gathered about the actual strategies of an attacker. A honeypot can be configured to be either proactive or reactive to attacks, depending on the needs of the person who set it up.
There are several benefits that a company can basically get out of configuring a honeypot inside their system. While there are many solutions to security problems that are available in the software market, honeypots still have unique benefits and really useful purposes. The benefits could be summarized in the following points:
Ø Any attacks could be easily captured using honeypots. Also, information about the attack type could be recognized such that weakness points become well known to the security administrators. This could be discovered using the logs which are created by a honeypot. In addition to that, if the laws do not interfere with it, additional information about the source of the attack and the attacker could be identified by using the honeypot technology.
Ø Administrators become practically familiar with new threats and modern methods of attacks. They take notice of the new attacks and further gain knowledge of how to defend a system against these attacks. Many solutions become practically possible even before the attack infects a machine in the organization. By looking at the behavior of malicious activity in the system, and through examining them well, many more attacks become understandable by the time they get their effect on the network in the very first place.
Ø When a honeypot captures traffic, it does not capture the entire traffic such that it becomes bulky and tedious to analyze and investigate through its captured traffic. On the other hand, it merely takes care of the incoming malicious traffic and notifies the network administrator of it. This is much easier for the investigation process when analyzing any malicious traffic is a must. This aspect, in fact, makes honeypots extremely useful in practice.
Ø From the above-mentioned point where we discussed that only malicious traffic gets captured by a honeypot, there is no need for a huge amount of storage at all. In practice, any dedicated computer could become the honeypot system without an urgent need to buy many more resources and allocate budget to deploy the honeypot technology within an organization.
Ø The configuration of honeypots is very easy and installing it does not have any complications. This is basically complemented with a simple algorithm that does not have any complexity. Moreover, for the installation purposes on a system, there is no need to get some other software programs updated, installed, or modified by the time a honeypot gets installed.
Ø We should know by now that any malicious activity is recognizable by a honeypot. However, in addition to that, new tools for detecting attacks are also captured by honeypots. Deploying a honeypot in a system gives the administrator a solid idea of how there arevarious points of view that they could look at the same problem to find several security solutions for the same problem according to each perspective.
Everything in life has advantages and disadvantages, and we have to find the balance between them both before deciding if it is worth for or not. In fact, there are some points that could be simply considered as pitfalls for using honeypots in general. The following points give us an intuition of how many problems we can use after using honeypots.
Ø Information is only captured when an attack is performed. On the other hand, if there is no attack occurring on the system, then there will be no captured data at all.
Ø The captured malicious traffic is only collected when the attack is targeted at the honeypot machine. Nonetheless, if the target of the attack was another machine rather than the honeypot machine, then we are in really big trouble. Such systems will get infected by the malicious code without having the honeypot notifying us about such activity in the first place.
Ø Honeypots are sometimes distinguishable from other real systems that we have in our system. Of course, this is a big problem that could be tackled such that even experienced hackers cannot distinguish between honeypot systems and real systems using fingerprinting.
Ø A very unwanted result is that a not careful organization could end up having lies really in the fact that an attacker may depend on a honeypot and exploit it as a zombie to attack other systems within the network and get them compromised, causing really big trouble for the entire organization.
First of all, let's agree with the idea that a honeypot has the capability to either work on its own or work in a group with some other honeypots in the system. In the case that there are several honeypots, we basically refer to this group of honeypots as a honeyfarm. It may be suggested to configure a honeypot alone without having to configure other many honeypots because this will make things much easier in the configuration and installation process.
Nevertheless, it turned out that having only one honeypot is not that effective nor powerful when compared to having a honeyfarm although it may be hard to configure this honeyfarm of honeypots. Furthermore, having only one honeypot is prone to have some unintended failures, many more than the number of such failures when having a honeyfarm. The reason for that lies in the fact that there is no ability for one honeypot on its own to load balance and also, they lack the redundancy of a group of cooperating servers.
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Finnish educator and author Pasi Sahlberg predicts a backlash against global standardization and says teachers need different training and skills to succeed.
Caroline Smrstik Gentner:
Pasi Sahlberg: While economic success is important, it's a very narrow view. Everyone needs to find their place in life. More than half of the OECD countries have adjusted their educational priorities in order to score better on the PISA tests. OECD strategies are more about skills than knowledge. That's not inclusive enough. My concern is that art, music, and social studies now have less of a role in education.
PS: Education is no longer a national issue. Ideas and people are moving. There are similar expectations of an educated person across the world, and this has led to the dominant role of international assessments.
The thinking behind the OECD's PISA assessments is that education in general should prepare young people for the same type of world and to be active in a global labor market. Curricula across the world are getting more and more similar and they focus less on preparing people for labor markets. That's the offspring of the global economic movement.
But I think there will be a backlash. Differential education is a competitive factor! Recognizing this will be a way to boost innovation, enhance tolerance, and so on.
PS: That's hard: once you've let the genie out of the bottle, it's hard to get back in.
In the US, for example, the move toward tougher "accountability" in the 1980s is still underpinning education policy. That's the wrong approach—teachers and schools need more professional .
Public schooling in the US has become only about standards, not about the curriculum. The "Common Core" is only a curriculum framework and not a curriculum. The US has a deep and rich history of education for all as the path to a better life, and this has practically disappeared.
My concern with PISA is that educators start to measure success in education by looking at the test scores. That's a very dangerous trend. I'm against over-reliance on mechanistic, multiple-choice tests that only measure memory and knowledge reproduction. This is where collective human judgment, or small data, becomes valuable.
PS: We need information that helps us to understand the aspects of teaching and learning that are invisible or not easily measurable: it's about small clues that can reveal big trends. Standardized tests or opinion surveys may help identify some general trends, but observing human behavior, trying to understand what works best in schools and why can lead to meaningful change. Big data and small data leads to good data. It's a wise and smart combination. With only one or the other, you don't get a broad picture.
PS: Experienced teachers, doctors, social workers and psychologists have always been sensitive to these small clues in their work. They should remind big data advocates that small data is a necessary complement to the findings of data teams. However, teacher quality is in many places completely inappropriate for this kind of analysis. And yes, for small data to benefit teachers requires time.
PS: Politicians accuse teachers of not preparing students properly; there's just too much unfair criticism in many countries. That doesn't help make the profession attractive. To look at one example, teachers in US public schools are underpaid. I recently spoke to an audience of 200 high school students there and asked how many were thinking about becoming a teacher. Only one hand went up. The career counselors in school steer students away from teaching towards "better" jobs, as they call them.
When I asked why, the answer: it's not enough to live on. It's true! Most teachers in US urban areas have a second job to make ends meet.
We need to change the image of what teaching is. Some countries are adding a Master's degree requirement for teaching, but that's not helpful if the image of teaching doesn't change.
Teaching needs to become a profession that is attractive and admired by young people everywhere. Modern teaching is about planning, implementation and evaluation. Suppose we look at the teaching profession like this: you need to be able to look ahead and plan, similar to a medical doctor or an architect.
If you only get a script and some books and a bit of freedom to decide how you want to teach, but can't judge the outcome – well, that's a very different profession.
PS: In Finnish schools, the planning is done collectively by the teachers. They have access to decide on the curriculum, decide how to organize the classes and subjects, and which methods to use. And, most importantly, Finnish teachers have the full responsibility AND authority to judge how well kids are learning.
When teaching is standardized, it narrows the creativity. Teachers want to be able to take responsibility. PBL as a policy reform is very complex in practice. It can't be done with the skills you've had from the last 25 years of teaching. It's quite another thing to have schools full of teachers who can make it work. Most Finnish teachers are not sufficiently prepared pedagogically for this shift.
PS: PBL requires a whole new approach to teaching and an investment in resources. Without this, we'll be looking at another failed reform.
In the 1970s, "group work" instead of frontal teaching was the new trend, but it was a big failure. Why? No change in teachers' knowledge or methods. I'm a little bit concerned that this can happen again.
It's not enough to have a "reform". We need to change several things simultaneously and it starts with teacher training. Make teaching a real profession practiced by professionals: it's about trust, teamwork, and leadership. These changes don't just happen, but need a longer-term plan.
Looking again at the US, there is no social psychology knowledge required for teachers. And it's also parents who resist reform. With interdisciplinary PBL, they think their kids aren't learning. They want to see math scores. There's a lot of pushback when parents can't understand how their kids are learning. It is a huge advocacy job—for which teachers and administrators just aren't prepared.
"Curricula across the world are getting more and more similar and they focus less on preparing people for labor markets. That's the offspring of the global economic movement."
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Green Bean Casserole Two Ways — Beginner and Expert
I mentioned last week that I've noticed casseroles making a comeback. What better time to bring them back than during the holidays? If you've got a lot to plan this Thanksgiving, stick with a no-muss, no-fuss recipe that'll be ready in around half an hour. If you're feeling a bit more ambitious, however, we've got just the expert green bean casserole for you, complete with homemade fried leek chips on top. To scope out both recipes,
Beginner Green Bean Casserole
- 1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular, 98% Fat Free or 25% Less Sodium)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp. soy sauce
- Dash ground black pepper
- 4 cups cooked cut green beans
- 1 1/3 cups French's® French Fried Onions
- Mix soup, milk, soy, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in 1 1/2-qt. casserole.
- Bake at 350°F for 25 min. or until hot.
- Stir. Sprinkle with remaining onions. Bake 5 min.
Serves 6.
Nutritional info using Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup: Calories 161, Total Fat 9g, Saturated Fat 3g, Cholesterol 4mg, Sodium 529mg, Total Carbohydrate 17g, Dietary Fiber 3g, Protein 3g, Vitamin A 12%DV, Vitamin C 14%DV, Calcium 6%DV, Iron 3%DV
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- Other, Main Dishes
- Cuisine
- North American
Expert Green Bean Casserole
From The Hearty Boys
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 2 shallots, finely chopped (about 3 tablespoons)
- 8 ounces portobello mushrooms, sliced
- 8 ounces white mushrooms, sliced
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage leaves, or 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sherry
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
- Frizzled leeks:
- Vegetable oil, for deep frying
- 1 leek
- Superfine flour, for dredging (recommended: Wondra Flour)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Make sauce: Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and saute until translucent, about 3 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms, thyme and sage and saute until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the flour and cook 5 more minutes.
- Next add the sherry and stir until thickened.
- Add the cream and simmer an additional 5 minutes. Set sauce aside. (Recipe can be made to this point up to 2 days before, refrigerated.)
- Make frizzled leeks: Heat a couple inches of oil to 350 degrees F in a large, heavy pot. To check the oil temperature, drop a bread cube into it. If the cube browns within 30 seconds the oil is hot enough. Trim leek, slice in half lengthwise, and wash well under running water. Cut the root end off the leek and then cut each half lengthwise into long, thin strips. Season flour with salt and pepper. Dredge leek strips in flour. Fry leeks for 1 to 2 minutes, or until crisp and golden. Drain on paper towels.
- Melt the remaining butter in a large skillet over high heat. Add the beans, toss to coat with the butter and saute until bright green, about 7 minutes. They'll still be crispy. Season with salt and pepper and place on a platter.
- Bring the sauce to a simmer and spoon over the beans. Top with the frizzled leeks.
Serves 8 to 10.
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First of all — if you're reading this thinking "Oh shoot! Did I miss the premiere of season three of 'The Walking Dead'?!" — no, don't panic. This is just a blog about the special season three preview that aired on AMC this weekend, culminating with Sunday night's episode of the "Talking Dead" panel show.
Yup, I was that bored that I took the time to write a blog recapping a preview of a show that won't come back on the air for another three months.
To be fair though, I didn't sit on my couch and watch all 19 episodes as they were rebroadcast all day Saturday and Sunday, or the special black and white version of the series...


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Pancreatic Cancer
Will Chemo Treat Stage 4 Pancreatic CA?
My mother was just diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. She also has spots in her liver and at least one lung. The other lung is filled with fluid now. Her doctor started her on Gemzar and Tarceva. What are the chances that this chemo will actually help buy her time? What is the average lifespan for persons diagnosed at this stage both with and without chemo? What is the percentage of individuals who benefit from this type of chemo at this stage? Thanks.
Patients with advanced pancreatic cancer have on average life span 2-4 months (depending on extent and overall pt'sa condition); with chemotherapy around 5-7 months. Of patients taking gemzar, 19% will be alive in 1-year; with gemzar and tarceva around 23%, so definitely there are patients who benefit from this treatment.
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The book: "How to Watch the Olympics: The Essential Guide to the Rules, Statistics, Heroes and Zeroes of Every Sport"
The author: David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton
The publishing info: Penguin books, $15, 400 pages, paperback
Find it: At Powells or Barnes & Noble
The background: Goldblatt, a sports columnists who reports for BBC Radio and did the book, "The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer," is London-based, as is Acton, a former journalist at the London Times.
From the intro: "If we're honest, there's a gaping hole at the heart of the Olympic experience: Most of us know remarkably little about most of the sports we've suddenly gone nuts about. Of course, you could just plonk yourself down on a sofa and keep your eyes open. No harm in any of that, but to get the most out of the Olympics it really helps to know how to watch the proceedings. Which is where this book comes in: a training programme for the Olympics, or, to be precise, a five-point plan of crucial need-to-know information for each sport."
The five points: Why watch the event? What's the story behind it? What are the basics? What are the finer points? When did it become an Olympic sport?
Page 82, under "Why watch basketball?" they write: "If you have got tickets and are in two minds about going, call us and we'll work something out."


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10 steps for successful fat loss
Fad diets and failed attempts to lose weight leave dieters frustrated that they can't drop the pounds. According to nutrition expert Nancy Clark, MS, RD, diets just don't work. Instead, Clark says dieters need to eat more to lose weight. "The theory of 'the less you eat, the more fat you will lose' contains little practical truth," Clark says. "Generally, the less you eat, the more you blow your diet and overeat because of extreme hunger."
Clark addresses dieting without starvation in Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook, 4E. According to Clark, there are 10 steps for successful fat loss:
- Write it down. Keep accurate food records of every morsel and drop for three days, if not more. Research suggests that people who keep food records tend to be more successful in losing weight.
- Frontload calories. Experiment with having a bigger breakfast and lunch and a lighter dinner. Clark says that cutting calories at dinner instead of at breakfast provides more energy to get through the day.
- Eat slowly. The brain needs about 20 minutes to receive the signal that the stomach is full. No matter how much food is consumed during those 20 minutes, the satiety signal doesn't move any faster. "Overweight people tend to eat faster than their normal-weight counterparts do," Clark says. "Slow eating can save many calories."
- Eat your favorite foods. Binge eating often occurs when favorite foods are denied. "If you give yourself permission to eat your denied foods in smaller portions, you will be less likely to blow your reducing plan," Clark says.
- Avoid temptation. When food is out of sight, it is less tempting to eat. "Out of sight, out of mind, and out of mouth," Clark states.
- Keep a list of nonfood activities. Make a list of strategies that have nothing to do with eating for times of boredom or loneliness. Clark suggests calling a friend, checking e-mail, taking a bath, or going on a walk instead of eating. "Food is designed to be fuel, not entertainment, and not a reward for having survived another stressful day," Clark explains.
- Make a realistic eating plan. It isn't necessary to lose weight every day, but instead decide each day whether to lose, maintain, or even gain weight.
- Schedule appointments for exercise. Serious athletes who are trying to lose weight likely have a regular training program. But for fitness exercisers who have trouble following a consistent exercise program, it is helpful to schedule time to exercise.
- Make sleep a priority. Not getting enough sleep can result in eating more. "When you are tired, the signals to your brain to stop eating are very quiet, and the signals to eat more are very loud," Clark comments.
- Think fit and healthy. Positive self-talk is important for personal well-being. "Every morning before you get out of bed, visualize yourself being fitter and leaner," Clark says. "If you tell yourself that you are eating more healthfully and are losing weight, you will do so more easily."
With over 500,000 copies sold, Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook has become the all-time best-selling sports nutrition guide. An internationally known specialist in sports dietetics, Clark offers sound nutritional advice for active people.
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I was searching for readers compatable with the 'Lingua Latina per se Illustrata' series (apart from the ones listed on http://focusbookstore.com/lingualatina.aspx) and I stumbled accross:
Tibulli Elegiae, Bucolica Carmina and De Rerum Natura
(the latter two mentioned on http://www.culturaclasica.com/lingualatina/libros.htm, bottom of the list. Those two appear not to be available at amazon.com, only at some Italian and east-European webstores.)
Judging from the available sample pages, all three books are completely in LLPSI style. Each of them is intended to be readable at roughly cap.45 of Roma Aeterna.
I find it somewhat strange that they are not even mentioned on the LLPSI site.
As I only found these three by mere accident, I was wandering if there somewhere exists a list of ALL compatible books? Is there some community aiming to write more books in this style, or is it just coincidence that these 3 all appeared within a span of a few years?


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For the first time since records began, fewer Japanese schoolgirls are having sex, with statistics showing a precipitous drop in the rates of sexual activity amongst the nation's young people of both genders – delighting creepy middle-aged virgin hunters but surely inducing despair amongst the nation's sex-starved schoolboys.
According to the results of the survey, taken every 6 years or so and covering some 7,700 students at school and university, rates of sexual activity amongst Japan's youngsters have taken a dramatic fall since 2005.
The graph, showing male and female students, high schoolers, and middle schoolers:
Only a flaccid 54% of male university students had some sexual experience, down 7% from 2005, whilst amongst female students the declined was twice as dramatic – down 14% to 47%.
High school students, far from going at it as their hormones intended, were less prone to sexual activity still, with only 15% of boys having had any luck, down from 27%, and with a mere 24% of girls having put out, down from 30%.
Sociologists are as usual totally useless when it comes to explaining such trends – the best one of the professors involved with the study can manage is a very media-friendly but almost entirely scientifically unsupported "we can see that the trend toward 'herbivorousness' affects not only young men, but young women as well."
Whilst the findings have been greeted enthusiastically by creepy virgin hunters and puritan maniacs, they certainly do not bode well for the nation's birthrate and increasing numbers of lifelong singles.


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Greece: Far right party members convicted
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A court in northern Greece convicted four men identified as members of the far-right Golden Dawn party late Tuesday after being arrested carrying knives, pepper spray, and collapsible metal batons, as a probe into the political party's allegedly illegal activities widened.
Court in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, convicted the men aged 20 to 39 on public disturbance offenses and illegal weapons possession changes, handing them suspended sentences of between six and 10 months.
The government has vowed to crack down on the group it has described as a neo-Nazi organization, after the murder last week of Pavlos Fyssas, a 34-year-old rap singer stabbed outside a cafe by a man who later identified himself as being involved in the group. The party vehemently denies any involvement.
Golden Dawn, which won nearly 7 percent of the vote in national elections last year, has denied involvement in the killing as well as frequent allegations of being behind brutal street attacks, mostly against dark-skinned immigrants.
Investigations have extended to the police, which have been accused in the past of turning a blind eye to Golden Dawn violence and of mistreating immigrants. Internal affairs officers raided one police station Tuesday, investigating allegations that some policemen were involved in extorting money from immigrants selling contraband cigarettes.
Authorities said a 45-year-old suspended police officer was arrested late Tuesday after police searched the Golden Dawn offices in the western town of Agrinio, where there found wooden bats and shotgun cartridges. The officer was the former police bodyguard of a Golden Dawn lawmaker.
In Athens, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said he had sent additional evidence of alleged attacks allegedly carried out by members or supporters of the extreme right-wing party to the country's Supreme Court prosecutor.
The probe was widened a day after the government replaced five senior police officers "to ensure the absolute objectivity" of the investigation into Golden Dawn. Dendias, speaking after his meeting with President Karolos Papoulias, stressed that the officers are not suspected of any involvement themselves.
Greece's main police union criticized the move, saying the replacements were blackening the name of the police in general, and the replaced officers in particular.
"The damage caused by this in the conscience of citizens is great and is not undone by the police leadership's assurances that the transfers have nothing to do with the tragic recent events," the union said.
Dendias insisted the police should not be blamed for recent events. The force, he said, "is fulfilling its duty, which is to protect life, property and the freedom of Greek citizens, and ... the overwhelming majority of the women and men of the Greek Police are completely dedicated to their duty."
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Today at the Asian market I picked up an interesting package of food. There are 3 logs that look like mochi or fish paste rolled out flat (about 1/8 inch thick), sprinkled with slivers of green onion and tiny dried shrimp and then rolled up into thin logs. They were in the refrigerated section on a white styrofoam tray with saran wrap over them - no label of any kind. They were only $2.49 and when I asked the cashier what they were she had no idea. I bought them anyway because they looked fun!
They are very smooth and white. When you press them they feel very firm. Do you have any idea what they might be ... and then of course, the best way to eat them?
Does it smell like fish by any chance? I am guessing it is a form of nerimono, a term which covers any fish-paste product such as kamaboko, satsumaage, and so on. It is probably steamed, which is why it's white. If it is nerimono, you can try just simply panfrying it or grilling it, and serving it with soy sauce, plus optionally wasabi or grated ginger, or cutting it up and putting it in soup.
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It doesn't smell fishy... I thought it would with the little shrimp but it doesn't really smell like anything. I cut up a stick last night and used for tempura. It didn't really have any flavor at all and it wasn't chewy like I would've expected something mochi-esque to be. I have some simmering right now in soup for udon.
I'll try it panfried too!
Thanks Maki!
I often buy unlabelled styrofoam packs covered in cellophane with lots and lots of white logs inside. These are Korean dduk (or ddeok) and are just like mochi, but a bit less chewy.
But dduk comes in so very many guises, sweet and savoury.
To me it sounds as if you are describing sheets of dduk (you get these as part of some Korean meals to wrap food in, I googled the name and they seem to be called 'dduk bo ssam') that have been rolled up. But these would still be chewy.
How about muk (or mook), specifically nokdumuk?
This is white and springy but firm, a bit like mochi but more translucent, and isn't chewy. Doesn't have much flavour either (refreshing in the summer with a sesame/soy/vinegar type dressing and eaten with cucumber). Only thing is, I've only ever seen it in blocks or cut in thick slices, never rolled up with other ingredients.
Asia's a very, very big area. I kind of assumed you were asking about food from a store that sells Korean and Japanese food.
Was this what you had in mind instead?
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I...would have a serious problem eating anything that is sitting in a hand-wrapped package and no one in the store knows what it is...
That's kind of like asking the pet shop owner what those cute fluffy animals are with the pointy ears and he doesn't know.
Next thing you know you go to give it a bath and...
Just keep them dry....and don't feed them after midnight...
It sounds like it's a type of rice noodle roll. I see them in Chinatown a lot and they're exactly as you say they are: white logs with tiny shrimp and green onion, rolled. The way my family eats them is two ways:
1) steam and eat with soy sauce
2) pay fry with a bit of egg and eat with hoisin sauce
It sounds like it's a type of rice noodle roll. I see them in Chinatown a lot and they're exactly as you say they are: white logs with tiny shrimp and green onion, rolled. The way my family eats them is two ways:
1) steam and eat with soy sauce
2) pay fry with a bit of egg and eat with hoisin sauce
What you describe are definitely rice noodle rolls.
They are eaten in many parts of Asia with the differences being the thickness of the noodle, type of fillings, and accompaniments.
They are already cooked when you buy them in styrofoam trays. You just need to reheat them so that the rolls become soft again. You don't want boil them because they'll just fall apart into tiny bits. When I'm feeling lazy, I just reheat them in the microwave.
Since university, I've enjoyed cooking my own meals (necessity became enjoyment) and having recently started my first graduate job (meaning low pay, high transportation costs) what better time to use my 'uni skills'. When I came across your website, it was seriously a lifesaver! I didn't hesitate to buy your book when I saw it released at my local Kinokuniya bookstore (I live in Malaysia if you're curious). Thankfully there is rather large japanese community here in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding suburbs that it is quite easy to get the japanese ingredients.
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It tasted sort of like dango (but looked more like a rice cake on a flat stick), was crispy on the outside and the sauce coating it tasted like Mitarashi sauce.
I found the dango recipe on the justhungry website and I'm wondering if you could recommend me a recipe for that? (whatever that is).
In Vietnamese, we call this banh cuon and it is exactly what everyone else has said it is. I love it with a little soy sauce.
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Leave it to The Onion to kind of sum up the disconnected thoughts I had on the death today of movie-star-turned-gossip-page icon Elizabeth Taylor, which is going to be the lead story in a lot of American newspapers tomorrow, despite a) that whole war and natural disaster thing taking place far, far away and b) the fact that I wonder if people under the age of 40 have any sense of who Elizabeth Taylor once was...beyond her strange friendship with Michael Jackson.
I mean, I'm an ancient 52 and by the time I was old enough to become aware of her, it wasn't so much from movies -- that was mostly winding down, even way back then -- but because she was all over the supermarket checkout line, what with her many marriages and divorces and what not. She was clearly a great and stunningly actractive actress -- I learned that later in life seeing some of her old movies like "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" -- but even by the late 1960s it seemed like she was becoming kind of a paleo-Paris Hilton, more of a celebrity for being a celebrity than anything else. She did ultimately contribute a lot -- an early fighter for AIDS awareness, for example -- and she'll be missed for that, as well as for the way she once defined glamour, a long time ago.
Still, I wonder if her passing is a bigger deal to the generation of people who edit newspapers than to the generation of people who don't read them.
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Great list Dustin. I don't know what Ogle's status is. He played mostly at 1B and DH. After Eric Smith went down, Jose Capellan got most of the time catching.
Perhaps the only player I would choose differently is adding Geoff Brown to the relief corps. I know he was a bit old for the Midwest League but his experience and versatility bodes well, as well as being a lefty. I expect to see him with the Lookouts in 2014. I probably would rate him ahead of Owen Jones who was demoted from A+ or Pedro Baez.
Love the list ... Question on Jacob Scavuzzo .... You have him listed as a LF. When he was drafted I thought he was a CF. I know I heard a lot of "Matt Kemp at the same age" talk. It looks like he split his time this year between LF & CF.


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The Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) was established in April 1988 with financing from the Government of Japan. It aims to provide an opportunity for well-qualified citizens of ADB's developing member countries to undertake postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region.
Upon completion of their study programs, scholars are expected to contribute to the economic and social development of their home countries.
What does the scholarship cover?
The ADB-JSP provides
– full tuition fees
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For scholars engaged in research, a special grant may be available for thesis preparation.
In special circumstances computer literacy, preparatory language and other similar courses may be covered under the scholarship.
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The scholarship is for one year with an extension to the second year of study, as appropriate, which shall be conditional on the scholar maintaining a satisfactory level of performance as determined by the institute.
The maximum duration of scholarship award is two years for masters and doctorate programs.
What are the eligibility requirements for ADB-JSP?
- A national of an ADB borrowing member country (applicants from countries that are no longer borrowing from ADB are not eligible for the ADB-JSP Scholarship).
- Gained admission to an approved MA/PhD course at an academic institution .
- A bachelor's degree or its equivalent with superior academic record.
- At least two (2) years of full-time professional working experience (acquired after a university degree) at the time of application. Proficiency in oral and written English communication skills to be able to pursue studies.
- Not more than 35 years old at the time of application. In exceptional cases, for programs which are appropriate for senior officials and managers, the age limit is 45 years old.
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- Executive Directors, Alternate Directors, management and staff of ADB, consultants, and relatives of the aforementioned are not eligible for the Scholarship.Staff of academic institutions are not eligible for the Scholarship.
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According to media reports, Guangdong province has taken the lead in becoming the pioneer of low-carbon practices in China. Guangdong is one of 13 pilot regions—including five provinces and eight municipalities—that the Chinese government has selected to explore low-carbon development. So far, it is the only pilot region that has issued a comprehensive plan for this development and had it approved by the central government.
In January 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) reviewed and then "approved with positive comments" Guandong's "Implementation Plan for Low-Carbon Pilot Programs." Although this plan has not been made public, it reportedly lays out eight "key actions":
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Buckeyes fight off rival Michigan to cap 12-0 season
Ohio State's Christian Bryant breaks up a pass intended for Michigan's Jeremy Gallon during the second half of Saturday's game in Ohio Stadium. (EXAMINER PHOTO | TONY BARRETT)
COLUMBUS — Ohio State cannot go to a bowl game or play for the Big 10 championship because of NCAA sanctions, but this Buckeye team will still leave a lasting legacy.
By beating archrival Michigan 26-21 in an entertaining but sloppy game Saturday afternoon in a chilly Ohio Stadium, the Buckeyes capped a perfect regular season.
At 12-0, the 2012 version of the Ohio State Buckeyes will go down as one of only six teams in school history to go through a season unbeaten and untied.
"It was a very emotional time," said first-year OSU head coach Urban Meyer of the aftermath of the win. "This is the state I grew up in. I made the comment last November or December that our objective is to make the great state of Ohio proud. I imagine tonight there's a lot of people in this great state very proud of their football team. It is their team, no one else's. This is the state of Ohio's football team."
Junior running back Carlos Hyde ran for 146 yards and a touchdown, junior Drew Basil kicked four field goals and the OSU defense forced four turnovers as OSU beat the Wolverines for the ninth time in 11 years.
Ohio State went 6-7 last year in a turmoil-filled season, but adopted a refuse-to-lose mentality this fall under the guidance of Meyer.
"This team is tough all the way from the seniors to the freshmen and extends to the coaching staff," said senior linebacker Zach Boren, a former fullback who recorded a team-high nine tackles with a sack. "The way we train, how the coaches drill us, it all comes from turning the little things into big things."
Michigan ripped off several big plays in the first half in taking a 21-20 halftime lead. However, the Wolverines were completely stymied in the second half.
After putting up 219 yards in the first half behind the two-quarterback system of Devin Gardner and Denard Robinson, Michigan managed just 60 yards over the final two quarters and did not make it past the OSU 50-yard line.
Michigan suffered three of its four turnovers after halftime.
"It is hard to win when you turn the ball over four times and don't convert on third and short opportunities," said Michigan coach Brady Hoke, who dropped to 1-1 against OSU in his career. "We played well enough to win at times, but gave up too many four- and five-yard runs in the end."
In stark contrast to the second half, the first half was filled with offensive fireworks.
The Buckeyes scored on the game's first offensive series. Braxton Miller threw a 52-yard bomb to Devin Smith that set up a 3-yard touchdown run by Hyde.
Michigan answered with a three-play, 83-yard drive that was capped by a 75-yard TD pass from Gardner to Roy Roundtree. That tied the game at 7-7 at the 7:10 mark of the opening quarter.
Ohio State went ahead 10-7 late in the first period on a 41-yard field goal by Basil.
The Buckeyes turned the ball over at their own 25-yard line after Corey Brown muffed a punt catch early in the second quarter.
Michigan capitalized, with Gardner scoring on a 2-yard run to give the Wolverines a 14-10 lead.
Ohio State momentarily regained the lead on a 14-yard TD pass from Braxton Miller to Brown with 1:30 left until halftime, but Robinson broke free for a 67-yard scoring run just two plays into Michigan's ensuing drive.
Robinson took the ball around right end. Christian Bryant and Travis Howard attempted to hit Robinson, but collided. That allowed Robinson to race down the sideline for a touchdown that put Michigan up 21-17 with 40 seconds remaining until the intermission.
Robinson's big play stunned the home crowd, but Ohio State was able to snatch the momentum back going into the break as Basil drilled a career-long 52 yard field goal on the final play of the first half to cut the Wolverines' lead to one point.
"I just wanted to go out there and hit a solid ball," said Basil. "It wasn't my best shot, but it went through."
Basil came into the game with four field goals on the season and matched that total Saturday.
The second half turned into a defensive battle. The Buckeyes found a way to corral Robinson after they struggled to do that in the first half.
Robinson, who played primarily at running back for the second straight game because a nerve injury in his arm gave him trouble gripping the ball, had 122 yards on 10 carries in the first half. He had negative two yards on four carries in the second half.
"My only comment to (the defensive coaches) at halftime was to stop the quarterback run," said Meyer. "That was the only input I had. It was probably the same thing 107,000 people in the stands were thinking as well. Coach (Luke) Fickell and (Everett) Withers did an excellent job running the defense. It was an excellent job against some good athletes."
With Michigan fumbling twice, one time at its own 10-yard line, the Buckeyes had several chances to put the game away in the second half.
But all the Buckeyes could muster were two more field goals from Basil, a 28-yarder with 8:12 left in the third quarter and a 25-yarder that gave OSU a 26-21 lead at the 6:26 mark of the fourth quarter.
It was not until safety C.J. Barnett picked off a Gardner pass with five minutes remaining in the game that the OSU offense was able to salt away the victory.
Fueled by the power running of Hyde, the Buckeyes were able to grind out the rest of the clock. Meyer was doused with water as time ran out.
"For the moment, this is as good as it gets," said Meyer when asked where Saturday's win ranks with other big victories in his coaching career.
Adversity has been something the Buckeyes have been accustomed to facing over the last couple of seasons and they were dealt more Saturday. Senior defensive end John Simon, the Big 10's sack leader, was unable to play after injuring his knee in last week's game against Wisconsin.
"I had a bad feeling early in the week when I saw his knee," said Meyer. "It's a bursa problem, not a structural issue. It's just the swelling we couldn't get out.
"When they DQ'd him, it was like a possessed group on defense. I know why, because our brother was down. We presented him the game ball, which was deserving."
Miller finished 14-of-18 passing for 189 yards against a Michigan defense that came into the game as the top defensive unit in the nation against the pass.
Corey Brown caught eight passes for 95 yards, finishing the season with 60 catches after making 14 last year.
Tressel returns: Members of the 2002 OSU national championship team were honored between the first and second quarters in recognition of the 10th anniversary of their title winning performance. Jim Tressel, who resigned after the 2010 season in the wake of the tattoo scandal, made his return to the Horseshoe. He was hoisted on the shoulders of his former players and was cheered loudly by the largest crowd (105,899) ever for an OSU-Michigan game in Ohio Stadium.


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