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Ingwal Hermanson was born and raised in Crosby, ND.... Near Fargo, having gone to Fargo High School and we have his photo in the 1938 "CYNOSURE" Yearbook, "The DRUM section of the "Gold Band". CYNOSURE (capitolized) literally means "North Star" ! Fargo High School and Grade School was built in 1882 on a full city block bounded by Second and Third Avenues South, between 10th and 11th Streets. It cost $40,000 to build. It was used for all grades 1-12. In 1899, the High School building provided six teachers in the high school (grades 9-12) and ten teachers for grades 1-8. The three story building had 21 rooms. The original building built in 1882 was expanded in 1900. The high school offered two courses of study. The college preparatory curriculum included history (ancient, modern, and American), languages (English, Latin, and German), physics, physiography (a combination of astronomy, geology, and meteorology), biology, zoology,chemistry, and mathematics (algebra, trigonometry, and geometry). The high school also offered a commercial course of study that included bookkeeping, commercial arithmetic, shorthand, typewriting, commercial geography. The high school was destroyed by fire in December 1916. Fargo Central High School was built on the same site in 1921. It too was destroyed by fire on April 19, 1966.
Ingwal J Hermanson was an original member in the 446th Bomb Squad, he was an Armorer/Gunner and completed 50 Combat Missions out of Africa in the 321st Bomb Group. He went "Home" for over a year, then returned to his original 446th Squadron, but was KIA on his 1st Combat Mission. The ship #43-27895 J-5-NC The "Haulin' Ass" and it was shot-down over the Target, 10 December, 1944.
_ Ingwal has the Purple Heart, the Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters ! (and other Awards)_
_ (Several Places it says S/Sgt, and several it says T/Sgt)_
321stBG,446thBS, T/Sgt Ingwal Hermanson, 50 Missions w/446 -home -KIA on 1st Mission upon return
446th War Diary: 10 Dec. 1944
The 446th Squadron loses a ship over Bologna, Italy, Piloted by Lt Kaenzig. Other Crew Members were Lt Ritger, Lt Rondel, Sergeant Hermanson, an original member of the Squadron, had flown 50 Missions with us in Africa, Returned to the States for over a year, then rejoined the Squadron. This was his 1st Mission upon return overseas. T/Sgt McKearin received serious wounds in the face on this Mission and is hospitalized.
Hermanson, Ingwal J., S/Sgt., Gunner, Bombardier,
Service #: 20744794
KILLED IN ACTION on 10 December 1944 During a Bombing Mission on the Bologna Barracks, Bologna, Italy. The Plane was Damaged By Flak Over the Target, & Bail Out Orders Were Given; S/Sgt. Hermanson DIED When His Cute Failed To Open Or Opened Too Late. He and Another Crew Member Were Buried In a Churchyard At Montecuccolo, Italy by Italian Farmers. Three crew members died, Three others survived. This was S/Sgt. Hermanson's 51st Mission. He had flown 50 Missions, Returned Home to the U.S. For Over a Year, Then Rejoined the 446th Squadron & This Was His 1st Mission Upon His Return Overseas.
A/C No. 43-27895 "Haulin' Ass" (MACR-10385 - shot down)
P->Ritger, Frederic Charles, 1Lt – MIA, escaped, returned before 22 Dec 44
CP->Rondel, Albert Oliver, 2Lt – MIA, POW, returned
B->Kaenzig, Charles Leslie, 2Lt – MIA, POW, returned
G->Hermanson, Ingwal J., Sgt – KIA, buried in churchyard at Montecuccolo, Italy
E->Allen, Emmitt Madison, Cpl – MIA, POW, returned
R->Huntoon, Stuart L., S/Sgt – KIA, buried in churchyard at Montecuccolo, Italy
Barbi Ennis Connolly 321st BG Historian, 25 Aug. '09 email@example.com


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Norma A. Kirkutis, 86
Norma A. (Reardon) Kirkutis, 86, of Jamestown,
away June 14, 2010 at Briarcliffe Gardens in Johnston. She was the wife of the late Albert C. Kirkutis.
Born in Providence, she was a daughter of the late William and Gladys Reardon.
Mrs. Kirkutis was the former co-owner of Bridge Marina in Warwick. She was an active member of the North Kingstown Senior Center.
She leaves two children, Bruce A. Kirkutis and his wife, Anne- Marie, and Janet L. Caldwell; four sisters, Gladys Falej, Carolyn Botvin, Gail Lake and Beverly Souls; three grandchildren, Lyn A. Morin and her husband, Andrew; Michael Kirkutis and his wife, Amanda, and Daniel Kirkutis; and two great-granddaughters.
She was the sister of the late Marjorie Ross, Eileen Kakela and June Stafford; mother in-law of the late William Caldwell.
Her funeral will be held today, Thursday, June 17, at 9 a.m. from the Fagan-Quinn Funeral Home, 825 Boston Neck Rd., North Kingstown, followed by a committal service in R.I. Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the North Kingstown Senior Center or the North Kingstown Firefighters Scholarship Fund will be appreciated.
Visit www.FaganQuinnFuneralHome. com for information and condolences.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is encouraging licensed gun dealers to help private gun sellers run federal background checks.
In an open letter to the country's federally licensed gun dealers, the ATF says they can "enhance public safety and assist law enforcement" by facilitating private sales through their businesses and running federal background checks on prospective gun buyers.
While federal background checks are required to buy a gun from a licensed dealer, the law does not cover sales at gun shows or among private sellers.
The letter was posted on the agency's website hours after President Barack Obama asked Congress to close legal loopholes that allow about 40 percent of gun sales to be done without background checks.


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NEC storage line plays its scales
Online upgrades with modular design
NEC is rolling out a line of modular storage arrays that scale from gigabytes to a petabyte without going offline.
The D-series can scale from 219GB to 1.15PB capacity, using different hard drive classes in the same enclosure. The arrays can also be upgraded from 2GB to 128GB of memory and four to sixty-four 4GB/sec Fibre Channels.
NEC boasts the line will allow users to scale from a small or medium business-sized array to an enterprise-class system in terms of both capacity and performance.
The arrays come in five models:
- D1-10: 4 Fibre Channel ports, up to 72 SAS/SATA HDDs, 2GB memory
- D3-10: 12 Fibre Channel ports, up to 144 SAS/SATA HDDs, 4GB memory
- D8-1010: 16 Fibre Channel ports, up to 384 SAS/SATA HDDs, 32GB memory
- D8-1020: Two-node system, 32 Fibre Channel ports, up to 768 SAS/SATA HDDs, 64 memory
- D8-1040: Four-node system, 64 Fibre Channel ports, up to 1,536 SAS/SATA HDDs, 128GB memory
While the 1010, 1020 and 1040 can be upgraded without disruption, the small-to-midrange D1-10 and D3-10 units must first have their controller swapped with a D8-series controller.
All systems support RAID Triple Mirror (RAID-TM) as well as RAID-6 and use a double mirror cache.
The D1-10 and D3-10 models are available now. NEC said the larger units will be available until the end of the summer. Pricing starts at $15,000 for the D1-10, $26,000 for the D3-10 and $43,000-$153,000 for the big guys. ®


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On a Sunday when Carlos Zambrano took himself out after five innings, when Geovany Soto pretended he was talking during an unusual mound visit and when Chad Gaudin received his Wrigley Field baptism by being booed off the mound, Reed Johnson arrived just in time.
Johnson burst off the bench with two outs in the eighth inning to deliver a two-run pinch homer, leading the Cubs to a zany 8-5 victory over Pittsburgh.
Pumping his fist as he ran to first and watched the ball plop into the left-field bleachers, the former Blue Jays reject felt like he was in another stratosphere for a few moments.
"It was probably the best moment for me on a baseball field," Johnson said. "I've never had a curtain call before. I've always wondered, when I see [ Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee] go out there when they hit big home runs, what it would be like to get a curtain call.
"I was excited to get back in the dugout and celebrate with my teammates. To hear the crowd going crazy and my teammates telling me to go out there and give the crowd the acknowledgment — there's no better feeling."
With the victory, the Cubs won the series and increased their lead over Milwaukee to five games in the NL Central while moving to 22 games over .500 (67-45) for the first time since 1989.
A crowd of 41,200 saw a game full of wacky moments and unexplained occurrences.
With the Cubs trailing 2-0 after Brandon Moss' solo home run, Soto went to the mound seemingly to calm Zambrano. But instead of telling Zambrano to calm down, Soto just moved his lips and said absolutely nothing.
"He just went out there and was standing out there," Zambrano said. "That was kind of funny. He was moving his chin and looked like he was talking, but he wasn't saying nothing."
Soto's routine apparently worked, and Zambrano retired the final 11 batters he faced. The Cubs tied it off Ian Snell in the second on Soto's RBI single to right and a run-scoring double-play grounder by Zambrano.
They took a two-run lead in the fourth on three straight doubles by Jim Edmonds, Soto and Zambrano. After Ramirez's solo homer in the fifth made it 5-1, Zambrano said "it was my idea" to come out of the game after only 82 pitches.
"I was mentally prepared to go five or six innings," Zambrano said.
Manager Lou Piniella said he wanted to shorten Zambrano's outing because he'd thrown 125 and 118 pitches in his previous two starts. After Jeff Samardzija pitched 21/3 scoreless innings, Neal Cotts and Gaudin blew the lead, with Andy LaRoche's two-run shot off Gaudin tying the game 5-5 in the eighth.
"Any time that happens, you take a deep breath and spit that hook," Gaudin said.
But the Cubs quickly picked up Gaudin. Soto drew a two-out walk from Craig Hansen before Piniella sent up Daryle Ward to pinch-hit. When Pittsburgh countered with left-hander Sean Burnett, Piniella sent Johnson to hit for Ward. After Johnson's homer on an 0-2 pitch, Alfonso Soriano added a solo shot, and Carlos Marmol closed it out in the ninth.
For Johnson, competing in the first pennant race of any kind in his professional career, coming up with the game-winning homer at Wrigley was a feeling worth savoring.
"There's nothing like it," he said. "I don't want to be anywhere else."


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Posted by Word Camel on September 15, 2004
In Reply to: Towel theft posted by R. Berg on September 15, 2004
: : : : : : : : Hello
: : : : : : : : Is it a "washcloth" a kind of towel but smaller in size?
: : : : : : : : thanks a million
: : : : : : : I thought it was a flannel.
: : : : : : It's "washcloth" in the U.S.
: : : : : Both are made with the same material as towels, so yes, a wash cloth is a small towel. I have yet to see a flannel made of flannel fabric however. Does anyone know if they ever were? It sounds like it would have been rather nice in that fabric.
: : : : A washcloth is made of terrycloth, like most towels. (There are also fancy guest towels made of other fabrics, such as linen, and not very useful. Then there are dishtowels.) But that doesn't make a washcloth a towel. A washcloth is used for washing, a towel for drying.
: : : Every towel is a potential washcloth in my book; just add soap and water. For example, if I took two big towels to wash my car, the one that got wet and soapy would become the washcloth and the other, used for drying, would remain a towel. Conversely, those little towels, often called washcloths, that hang over the big towels on a "towel" rack are "towels" when used for drying one's hands.
: : Seems to me that the washcloth was largely a US thing. I can recall travel worldwide in the early 70s, and even in the best European, South American, and Asian hotels, you would not find a washcloth. Some of my traveling buddies started cutting the towels into smaller pieces, and leaving the smaller ones behind to give the message to the hotels --(this may have contributed to the Ugly American theory).
: : It seems that in the 80s, there were washcloths in most of the better hotels all around the world.
: I stayed in a cheap hotel in New York that didn't provide washcloths. When I told the desk clerk of this omission, she said people steal them. If I recall correctly, you could get a washcloth on request.
I've stayed at places where this was woven into the texture of the towel. :)


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Illume improvements
From Openmoko
Show always the actual characters at the bottom
Modify the theme (illume.edc) file (DONE)
Here is the patch and a screenshot: Illume display char patch
Modify illume C source code (TODO, need help)
Checkout the illume source:
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/e/src/modules/illume
Obtaining the current word, is possibly in the e_kbd_int.c file using:
function call.
Maybe we should inject our code somewhere around the line 1757:
ki->base_obj = _theme_obj_new(ki->win->evas,
ki->themedir, "e/modules/kbd/base/default");
Because this is the .edc object where our TEXT part is.
Multiple mode for each dictionaries
Current situation:
Each kbd file is hardwired. If it is type ALPHA, it cant be changed.
1. Terminal type, it echoes the typed char directly. 2. Alpha type, it autocorrect the world and inject a space after it
Proposed solution:
DONT hardwire the kbd type, make it selectable instead.
1. Terminal type (like the old) 2. Alpha type WITHOUT space (NEW) 3. Alpha type WITH space (like the old)
Language specific local dictionaries
Currently each dicitonary pollutes the same local file, which is memory mapped in illume keyboard. Using multiple language concurrently degrades the dictionary accuracy (thats it, it propose german words in english texts and vice-versa)


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The only problem with books about gardening - especially during long winter evenings spent reading and dreaming - is that every single project seems irresistible. An artificial bog garden showcasing carnivorous plants? It could be just the thing for that spot behind the garage. A stone wall with ferns and lichens peeking from the cracks? It doesn't look that hard to throw together. So, at the risk of overstuffing your spring wish list, here's a random roundup of some recent releases.
The only problem with books about gardening � especially during long winter evenings spent reading and dreaming � is that every single project seems irresistible.
An artificial bog garden showcasing carnivorous plants? It could be just the thing for that spot behind the garage.
A stone wall with ferns and lichens peeking from the cracks? It doesn�t look that hard to throw together.
So, at the risk of overstuffing your spring wish list, here�s a random roundup of some recent releases.
� The Four Season Farm Gardener�s Cookbook: From the Garden to the Table in 120 Recipes (Workman, $22.95) by Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman
Once again, the authors demonstrate why they are considered authorities on this healthful and delicious topic. With both care and flair, they tell what to grow, how to grow it and how to cook it. If Creamy Asparagus and Scallion Soup doesn�t grab you, there�s always Hazelnut Torte With Summer Berries.
� Gardening for Geeks (Adams, $15.95) by Christy Wilhelmi
If geeks means people who like math and science, then that�s what most successful gardeners are. Wilhelmi, who concentrates on organically raising edible crops, explains the role of math, biology, chemistry and other sciences. Don�t be intimidated; her approach is hands-on, and her prose is accessible.
� The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto (Francis Lincoln, $60) by Jenny Condie
Did your Christmas stocking, like mine, fail to yield round-trip tickets to Italy? Non c�e problema � this lavishly illustrated volume might help lift your spirits. The photos depict mysterious grottos and sun-drenched hillsides; the text explores history, design, mythology and beyond. A weathered marble statue or a crumbling stucco archway makes any garden seem more inviting.
� How To Grow Practically Everything: Gardening Projects Anyone Can Do (DK, $22.95) edited by Zia Allaway
What this offering lacks in depth it more than compensates for in breadth. It manages to at least skim most topics that home gardeners might encounter � design, ornamentals, edibles, even indoor plants. Some projects might be too challenging for the �anyone� of the title, but it�s always fun to look.
� Kitchen Gardening for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Growing Fruit and Vegetables (DK, $19.95) by Simon Akeroyd
Don�t let the title throw you: Both novices and experts will find plenty of useful information in these well-organized pages. The author, an experienced writer and grower, tells how to create and care for an edible garden as well as � yum! � what crops to grow. As with many DK publications, the photos alone make the book worthwhile.
� Royal Horticultural Society Small Garden Handbook: Making the Most of Your Outdoor Space (Firefly, $24.95) by Andrew Wilson
Condo dwellers, first-time gardeners, urban homeowners � all may face the joys and challenges of small gardens. Wilson, an award-winning designer, provides inspiration, instruction and hundreds of photos.
His primary audience is in the United Kingdom, so some specifics on plants and climate may not apply in Ohio.
� The Savage Garden, Revised: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants (Ten Speed, $25.99) by Peter D�A mato
The author, fascinated by the plants since childhood, expertly tells how and where to grow them (in Ohio, usually in containers), and discusses each species in detail � from the well-known Venus flytrap to dewy pines and rainbow plants. Ample color photos show an amazing range of form, texture and color.
Don�t miss the last chapter, �Other Savage Plants From the Demented Mind of Mother Nature.�
Diana Lockwood is a freelance writer covering gardening topics.


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It's been a busy week for a certain young Vulcan. Zachary Quinto's first effort as a producer, the Wall Street thriller "Margin Call," in which he also stars, hits theaters on Friday. On the eve of the film's New York premiere, Quinto acknowledged publicly that he's gay for the first time. In our interview in Thursday's newspaper, Quinto talks about the meaning of this moment to him, on a personal and professional level.
Quinto's "Margin Call" role shares a lot in common with Spock — he plays a brainy young investment bank analyst. In November, Quinto said he'll turn to a very different kind of challenge — readying for a major Spock action scene in J.J. Abrams' long-awaited "Star Trek" sequel, which starts production in January.
"There's a big sequence for me that I have to prepare for in this movie physically so I'm training, working on getting in some serious shape, building my cardio endurance, preparing to run a lot," Quinto said.
While Leonard Nimoy's Spock was more about mental fitness than physical stunts, Quinto said the new "Trek" franchise already has broken out of that mold: "One of the climactic scenes for me in the first movie was when I go against that grain and lose my cool and beat up Kirk. So I think they're trying to change that up a little bit and not have him be just intellectual but also have another side."
As an actor, Quinto is best known for his two genre roles — Spock and as the villainous Sylar from NBC "Heroes" — but that's not by design, he said.
"I never would have anticipated sci fi factoring so prominently in my career," Quinto said. "It was not a genre I spent a lot of my own time immersed in. Comic books was not really my bag. I'm grateful for it. I come from a theater background. That's how I learned to act. There's something very theatrical about the world of 'Heroes,' of 'Star Trek,' so it was an easy fit for me. It was comfortable, more on the basis of technique than content…. But to be so closely associated with one of the most iconic characters in the history of sci fi, I have to work a little harder against that expectation."
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Rodrigo Cunha's simple full-figure portraits in nondescript interiors belie complex narratives. Though the figures are often depicted standing or sitting motionlessly, Cunha assures us: "Actually, there is action. But an inner action, sometimes extrapolated by small gestures—a short step, raising a hand, a sip of coffee, one twitch of a finger." The people that occupy these canvases are idealized versions of individuals that the artist encounters in real life—Cunha confesses to being attracted to special characteristics, like coloring and bone and muscle structure. His paintings carry off-kilter optical perspectives, which somehow situate the viewer as looking at the subjects both head-on and from above.
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DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy has been named prom queen at his high school and says he's making a point about gender labeling and discrimination.
Nasir Fleming won the title last week at Danbury High School, where he's a popular senior. He was nominated as prom king and as prom queen but decided to be considered only for queen.
Fleming told the News Times newspaper (http://bit.ly/1tOB5xa ) for a story on Tuesday that he's been openly gay since sixth grade and has struggled with bullying. He said he isn't sure whether the students who submitted his name were making fun of his sexuality but decided it was a good opportunity to make a point about the importance of being who you are.
"Either way, I'm still fabulous," he said.
Fleming said students at the prom were supportive and erupted in cheers when he won.
"I was flabbergasted," he told the newspaper. "The audience was surprised and extremely supportive. The audience was more excited than I was."
Fleming said his selection as prom queen is a step forward for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people — but he wasn't expecting to win. His date to the prom, senior Amanda Dattilo, said the honor left him truly stunned.
"Afterwards," she said, "he was all happy and giddy."
Danbury High's principal, Gary Bocaccio, said students nominate their classmates and anyone can be nominated for king or queen. He said he didn't know if Fleming was the school's first male prom queen.
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Although each child is different and may enjoy different toys and interactions, the following are suggestions for activities and toys for the preschooler. A preschooler:
Needs space in which to run and explore
Enjoys simple sports and other activities
What you can do as a parent:
Read to your child.
Take trips to the park, beach, and other places.
Encourage play with other children.
Limit how much TV your child watches.
Toys that can be ridden
Small, supervised pool
Wagons and wheelbarrows
Skates or scooters, if you keep a close eye while your child uses them
Trucks, cars, and airplanes
Clothes to use to play dress-up
Doctor and nurse play equipment
Nails, hammer, and saw
Play makeup and shaving supplies
Toys that play music
Art supplies


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I made the title of this a discussion a question and not a statement for a reason; I really don't understand why Naturalism hasn't become the default demographic descriptor for people of the same world-view as those that frequent the Atheist Nexus site (or any other similar site).
Whenever I am asked to give a single word description of world-view, if the choice is available, I chose Naturalism. It best describes the lens that I look at the universe through. But yet, most others with the nearly the exact same world-view that I have would pick either Atheist or Agnostic. I really don't understand that.
Atheist- Lack of belief in gods.
Agnostic (used in the context that I most frequently encounter it) - Can never be 100% positive that there are no gods.
OK, I agree with both the Atheist and the Agnostic. But so what? I have known people that describe themselves as either Atheist and/or Agnostic and yet they believe the book "The Secret" has merit or that homeopathy is a reasonable way to treat disease. So by knowing that I am an Atheist, you really don't much about me at all. Why has that label become a banner and not Naturalism?
When I say I am a Naturalist, I actually describe a great a deal about myself: I have reached a point in my life when I normally just disregard any supernatural explanation for a phenomenon, I believe the knowledge arts (science, mathematics, history, etc.) have reached a point where the consensus in those fields is the absolute closest thing to "Truth" we have (this is probabilistic), and I'm even telling you that if you want to convince me of something, it had better based on evidence and logic. And yes that entails that I do not believe in G(g)od(s).
So, given that Naturalism is much better descriptor of who I am than Atheist, why do I keep having to check Atheist (not that I'm ashamed, I check it proudly) on demographic questions?
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it's pretty easy to say that naturalism is a philosophical worldview that accepts nature is enough.
It is a very inclusive, albeit vague position.
I tend not to self-identify with positions alone though. "Naturalism", gives no nod to human rights, arts, political compass, plurality, etc. Position-based labels, especially those with single-point data frames of reference can sometimes become either self-limiting, or even meaningless; depending on context.
If asked,
I think the implications of our lack of free will has great significance to identifying as naturalist.
I think the free will question may in fact be a big one. I failed to capture it in my summary, but it has great merit.
For the well studied that don't identify with naturalism, it could very well be that giving up the contra-causal freewill concept is the driving impediment.
After all, if even a committed naturalist like Dan Dennett dances around it, "the illusion of free will," that could be a significant factor.
Those questions will have to be well worded.
yes - I can help with that if you like :)
Humanism may be closer to what you are looking for then.
I've never had the naturopath response but I have had to clarify that I'm not nudist (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Well, looks like a time for a quick recap of what we have so far. First let me thank everyone who has commented, I already have a much better grasp on the question even if I don't have an answer yet.
So here is my take:
Alice suggested a survey and then went on to give one line of questioning: The term may just be too unfamiliar to people to be used widely and/or they may be familiar with the term but not it's intended meaning.
David suggests that term can be frequently misinterpreted and might even be viewed as an attempt to be deceptive by some theists.
Susan suggests that maybe humanist is a sufficient (or better?) description.
Richard suggests that it may it not just be naturalism per se, but freethinkers may just resist categorization in general.
If my summary didn't capture the real point you were trying to make let me know so I can refine it.
Where I would like to go from here is to draft a survey and post it so it can be commented on and improved. In the mean time if anyone comes up with what they think would be a good line for a question please post here it. Also if anyone has any ideas of good sites to conduct the survey (survey monkey comes to mind) please post that also.
Again, thanks for your time and thoughtful responses.
Sounds interesting... looking forward to results... :)
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I'm guessing Alice's book is going to help in this regard. I'm trying to understand naturalism and so far I like it.
Many people including atheists are happily married to the concept of free will and it will be wrestled away with some difficulty. It might need to be "reframed. "
Determinism aka "no free will" is rejected by many because of the morality angle. At first glance it sounds like lack of free will is a loss of personal responsibility. But if I understand correctly, please correct me if wrong, the naturalist view of free will does not validate so-called immoral choices but rather surrenders to nature's control of the physical world and asserts that morality is in nature's best interest.
The idea of nature as it's own self policing morality is different than saying one's "fate" is predetermined no matter what one does. Understanding this was helpful for me in accepting the naturalist world view.
yes - we are not fated or pre-determined to do anything - we are fully caused causal agents with the evolutionary capacity to think, reason and experience the process of choice...
Davey - I'm totally with you - I've told theists that I am a naturalist before - and then they ask me what that is - and I say simply that it means that I belief everything is natural and can be explained naturally. That's it - no mention of attacking their faith at all - just simple and straight forward. Usually that's all they ask - they don't seem interested beyond that - perhaps they've figured out where it might lead and don't want to go there :)
Regarding your last comment - "I believe that we have got to get back to basics if humanity will ever return to harmony." How can we return to harmony when we never had it to start with?
Alice :)
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan has freed eight Taliban prisoners and has agreed to release many more to help kick start a peace process that could lead to a political resolution of the 11-year-old Afghan war, Afghan officials said Thursday.
The decision to release the prisoners, including the former justice minister from when the repressive Taliban ruled Afghanistan, is seen as a signal that neighboring Pakistan might be willing to take concrete steps to revive efforts to lure the group to the negotiating table.
The three Afghan officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they are not yet authorized to discuss the results of the sensitive meetings in Islamabad, are familiar with the four-day trip that the Afghan government's peace council made there this week.
The U.S. and its allies fighting in Afghanistan are pushing to strike a peace deal with the Taliban so they can withdraw most of their troops by the end of 2014. But considerable obstacles remain, and it is unclear whether the Taliban even intend to take part in the process, rather than just wait until foreign forces withdraw.
Pakistan is seen as key to the peace process. Islamabad has ties to the Taliban that date back to the 1990s, and many of the group's leaders are believed to be based on Pakistani territory, having fled there following the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
The officials said the first group of prisoners was released on Wednesday as a goodwill gesture, and that Pakistani officials had agreed to free anywhere from 15 to 32 more prisoners in the future to help build traction for formal talks with the Taliban.
Two of the officials said former Taliban Justice Minister Nooruddin Turabi was among those released on Wednesday. Turabi, a native of Kandahar who is in his late 40s or early 50s, is missing an eye and has only one leg. He is believed to have played a role in the destruction of two, 1,500-year-old sandstone Buddha statues that once towered some 180 feet high in central Afghanistan. The Taliban, who considered them symbols of paganism, destroyed them in 2001.
A joint statement issued by Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday said "a number of Taliban detainees are being released" to support the peace process at the request of the Afghan government. It also called on the Taliban and other armed opposition groups to participate in peace talks and sever links with al-Qaida. Neither the Pakistani nor Afghan governments have officially confirmed the identities of the prisoners released.
However, one of the officials familiar with the peace process gave The Associated Press a list of the Taliban prisoners — some identified by only one name — that Pakistan agreed to release. The eight prisoners on the list were:
—Jahangirwal, who was a special assistant for the Taliban's top leader, Mullah Omar.
—Qutub, a Taliban leader.
—Abdul Salaam, the Taliban's former governor of Baghlan province.
—Maulvi Matiullah, who was director of the customs house in Kabul under the Taliban regime;
—Mahamad, the Taliban's former governor of Kunduz province.
—Sayed Saduddin Agha, a former Taliban commander.
—Allah Dad, the Taliban's former deputy minister of communication.
The eight are among 40 Taliban prisoners that the Afghan government has asked Pakistan to release.
Also on the list of 40 is the Taliban's former deputy leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was captured in Pakistan in 2010.
Baradar is seen by some as crucial to the peace process. Baradar was reportedly conducting talks with the Afghan government that were kept secret from the Pakistanis, and his arrest in the sprawling southern port city of Karachi reportedly angered Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Pakistan helped the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan in the 1990s — providing funding, weapons and intelligence — and the Afghan government and the U.S. have accused Islamabad of continuing to support the group. Pakistan has denied the allegations, but many analysts believe the country continues to see the militant group as an important ally in Afghanistan to counter archenemy India.
However, Pakistan is also worried about instability in Afghanistan following the planned withdrawal of foreign forces. If civil war breaks out again as it did in the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees could stream across the border into Pakistan. Violence could also give greater cover to Pakistani militants who are at war with Islamabad.
These concerns have made a peace deal more urgent in the minds of Pakistanis.
Associated Press writers Kathy Gannon in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Deb Riechmann in Kabul contributed to this report.


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That is especially true when talking about defensive players, such as Vancouver Whitecaps FC's newest midfielder Matias Laba.
With some help from Opta, we took a closer look at some of the more obscure numbers behind Laba's first season in Major League Soccer to help give you an idea of what type of player he is.
The average number of tackles Laba won per game in 2013, which was the highest in the league among players who made at least 15 appearances. As Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson stated, Laba is a "hard, aggressive player who brings a lot of energy to the pitch." He wasn't kidding. Despite his aggresiveness, Laba only averaged 1.19 fouls per game, which was nowhere near the top of the charts.
That's where Laba came in on the league's annual 24 under 24 list. At the time, MLSsoccer.com wrote: "It speaks volumes of Laba's ability that he finds himself on this list despite only recently arriving in MLS."
The average number of interceptions Laba made per game, which was fourth in the league among midfielders with at least 15 appearances. For this category, Laba came in slightly ahead of holding midfielders Kyle Beckerman and Osvaldo Alonso.
The average number of successful passes Laba made per game – the only Whitecaps FC player who averaged more successful passes per game in 2013 was Nigel Reo-Coker (39.47). About 55 per cent of Laba's successful passes came in the opponent's half, which illustrates his willingness to move up the park and join the attack. Also of note, Laba's passing completion percentage came in at 82.11 per cent.
At just 22 years old, Laba has already appeared in 88 professional matches between the Primera Division, the top division of soccer in Argentina, and MLS. Last season, Laba started each of his 16 appearances with Toronto FC and was widely considered to be one of the team's bright spots in an otherwise disappointing season.
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dana1971 wrote:So it seems i've created a controversial map. Cool.
gimil wrote:Its not so much the map that is controversial, we have seen many like it. Its just that it has managed to get to this point that is controversial
dana1971 wrote:Still good in my books:)
It is posts like this that I find amusing.
I understand that you think the map is good enough to go forward and you are looking for feedback to try and give you a better map, but trying to make a controversial map, this is not really the way to go about it. No map like this has ever gotton through the foundry and that alone must tell you something. Good or bad, you have a talent that could make lots of great maps for the site, why start with something like this? Ask yourself, what is it about a cow that lends itself to a war game? Instead of a cow map, why not a whole farm and base it on the Animal Farm book? That alone would give you far more scope to work with and make for a more interesting game to play.


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Well, oddly enough, I just happened to be scanning this topic to see if anybody had pointed it out (just in case I had to do so myself).
Personally, I though the 90s were actually pretty damn awesome.
Also, to you, and also Bob (regarding the Moses/Indy thing), it's never just you. Not necessarily saying it's me, just that it is at leats one other person...:)
No you're not the only one Bob, I squeei-ed a little when you said that.
Going to see it on Thursday, I feel for you my American friends.
I don't agree with Bob that this will be a big thing...or that it's likely to be, does he think it's likely? I'm not sure...I think it would be nice and quite cool, it's implied in the odd films here and there but usually only as an afterthought or with cameos, I would have no problem seeing it well done...
I just...don't expect Hollywood to do it well. Perhaps I'm being cynical but I always envisage their attempts to replicate a successful instance as being sub par and on the cheap. Invariably then it's obvious what they're trying to do and kind of annoying. If film makers did this really well, even subtly, I'd enjoy it, even if we're just talking the little nods all the time. Full blown integration would be great for many ideas, though certainly not all but it would need to be done well and I get the feeling a lot of directors would be ham fisted about it.
I want the robots to win at the end of Terminator, so that it can segue into the Matrix. And the aliens at the end of Sings should have been Aliens... WHAT A TWI/------------->/severed head.
inb4 the ark is revealed to be from space aliens.
April 26, I get to see the first of my most anticipated movie list of the year.
I pray that this movie lives up to the hype.
Seeing The Avengers in a few hours. Go Australia! I'll be sure to come back and spoil the whole thing for you when it's over.
Comes out today in Australia!!!!
I noticed that Bob left out naming videogames as a form of distributed media, which I find to be a bit of an oversight in a discussion about geek culture and its "Big Picture". Do you actually play any videogames, Bob? Are you r-e-a-l-l-y a geek? Videogames...are...w-e-i-r-d, too!
I loved that little reference to For Better or For Worse. Going to see the Avengers this weekend.
I am from New Zealand. I watched The Avengers roughly 12 hours ago. It was good.
Fair warning! There is stuff at the end of the credits. If you want it to mean anything at all do some basic research into Avengers villains. Tried to make this as unspoileresque as possible.
I love the idea and I disagree with any who say it would alienate viewers. As its been mentioned Clerks/Mallrats/ChasingAmy/Dogma/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack/clerks2 aka the View Askiewneverse is a brilliant example of how 6 very thematically different films can share many unifying threads and only one of them kinda choked on its own self referencing (Jay and Bob) which IMHO is perfectly natural.
Like the Avengers, that was the big one intended to tie them all together. It can be done and it can be done well.
This is the media giving us a chance to prove it doesn't have dumb itself down to entertain us and I hope it succeeds...all though I fear what would happen if Ryan Renolds gets tapped again for a certain character in a JLA movie.
Haha yes the few times in Australia where we get a movie before the US I'm going to see it tonight wwwwwwwhhhhhhooooooo
I think Hollywood already has a big enough problem with derivative sequels, prequels and remakes without adding crossovers to the mix.
Besides, outside of a superhero movie it doesn't make any sense. Superman and Batman together would be awesome, whereas the Indiana Jones Ark in the 10 Commandments is at the very least groan-worthy.
OH MY GOD I KNOW!!!! I tried to show escapist content to some of my friends but not one was able to keep enough interest through the space janitor ad to actually want to watch the real feature. it is an ANTI ad I wish escapist janitors would clean up.
Interesting, I'd definitely be interested in this idea. Play your cards right and you could create entire worlds over the course of several movies.
P.S: I thought that Ark idea was pretty clever.
Can't wait to see batman and this movie :D
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its funny cause i can go and watch the movie today lol, australia is a good place :P
And of course living in rural Australia I have to wait even longer to see it...
... Fuck.
I do find the concept of inter-film continuity intriguing, however, I have zero interest in watching a 10 commandments movie Indian Jones ark or no.
Yeah, I was surprised Bob didn't mention Kevin Smith, although I guess his continuous Jersey-verse stems from comic book inspiration anyways.
Bob, adjust your speaker volume please? Apparently you didn't hear half the Internet (including me) shouting H3LL YEAH when you made the Ark continuity suggestion.
But I think there's an IP problem with crossovers. Oh wait, it's not IP that's the problem, it's the IP LAWYERS that are the problem. Sorry for the mixup.
lol, i live in hong kong and the avengers will be in cinemas tomorrow. and from the looks of it, there are many shows on that day. http://www.mclcinema.com/visMovieSelect.aspx?visSearchBy=cin&visCinID=002&visLang=2
to the indiana jones part, yeah, why not. sounds alright. lol.
Bob, that was a really, really stupid idea, and it feels like I should be criticizing you for talking about idiotic and dumb a premise would be to tie Indiana Jones to the actual Bible.
... So why is it that I still keeping thinking that such an idea would be absolutely brilliant?
In all honesty, movie continuity opens up a path for possibly better movie plots as movies are tied to one another and a 'universe' is built with some kind of domestic terrorist force that many protagonists from different parts of the American (because apparently foreign action heroes don't sell well in summer blockbusters) world fighting against and maybe come together in some sort of big, 'Avenger-esque' crossover, forcing the writers to actually pay some damn attention to what they're writing. At the same time, though, shameless plugging ahoy. We can only see whether or not the Avengers will cause this, though.
Actually, when you consider spin-offs in television the idea of a shared universe is not that far fetched. There is a Cracked article that talks about it more, like how "The Wire" and "The X-Files" take place in the same universe along with "Homicide Life on the Street" and the "Law and Order Franchise".
There was also that time "Boston Public" and "The Practice" crossed over, even though they were on separate networks at the time. Or how TGIF would have cross overs of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", "Boy Meets World", and the dozen or so shitty gimmick shows that revolved through their line up over the years.
Dwayne MacDuffie, god rest his soul, is also frequently credited with the "St. Elsewhere" idea of shared continuity, in that all television shows take place in the mind of one autistic child looking at a snow globe.
Here is the Cracked thing: http://www.cracked.com/article_19323_6-movie-tv-universes-that-overlap-in-mind-blowing-ways.html
Soooo, I've already seen The Avengers because it came out in Australia last night...
As long as the film industry doesn't abuse having a decent shared continuity for films like Bob said, I think this would be pretty neat.
I think the arc thing would be an amazing easter egg at best.
But, I do hope the Avengers works. It could bring some new things to movies.
Bob, you could have used more examples when talking about superhero movie history. I don't normally have this problem and I feel like you're normally good with examples, but I kind of got lost around the middle.
Sucks for you BoB, I am seeing the Avengers in exactly 50 mins from now (Australia FTW)
The part where Bob is all like having that Spielberg movie end with the same Ark as from Indiana Jones, that would be FUCKING AWESOME! Just Saiyan.
Live in Australia, saw the movie last night at the midnight session. ;P And oh god yes.
When did bob make that video, is it possible that Yahtzee (Aus) would get to see it before him?
If so... LOL
I hate to be le European snob, but I think MovieBob is overrating the significance of comic books.
I'm about to date myself here, but what about Friends, and then Joey?
Yeah, it's not a movie, but the same concept is there, except in reverse.
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In 1954, FUJIFILM introduced FUJINON 5cmF1.2 and FUJINON 3.5cmF2
In 1956, FUJINON 10cmF2 was introduced,
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Fisher Cats beat Trenton, 6-3, WednesdayBy KEVIN GRAY
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April 10. 2013 3:10PM
MANCHESTER - Power-packed third baseman Ryan Schimpf only has four hits in the first seven games for the Fisher Cats, but he definitely makes them count.
Schimpf's three-run homer, his third blast of the season, was the decisive blow that lifted the Fisher Cats to a 6-3 victory against Trenton at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium on Wednesday.
A crowd of 6,241 came out to Northeast Delta Dental Stadium on Manchester Public Schools Day, an outing made possible by E&R Cleaners and Youk's Kids, the foundation of former Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis.
New Hampshire starter Marcus Walden pitched into the fifth inning, and lefty reliever Matt Wright (1-0) picked up the win by pitching 2-2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Chad Beck earned his second save of the season as the Fisher Cats improved to 4-3.
Kevin Pillar and Brian Van Kirk each had three hits, and Schimpf went 1-for-3 with the homer off Trenton's Nik Turley (0-1).


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Jonathan Lyon, Ph.D.
I have conducted research and been involved in conservation efforts in the northeastern United States as well as in Belize, Mexico, Madagascar and Russia through my work with Community Conservation. I am also an active member of Sustainable Merrimack.
B.S., Biology, Beloit College
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program in Ecology, Pennsylvania State University
- Principles of Biology II
- Ecology
- Environmental Science
- Conservation and Restoration Biology
- Aquatic and Coastal Ecology
- Global Field Studies in Belize
- Directed Study/Research I and II
My broad research interests are in applying ecological approaches to help understand, predict and ultimately solve real-world problems. I have active research interests in plant community ecology, the character of ecotones between communities and across landscapes, the impacts of human disturbance on plant community structure and dynamics, conservation biology and environmental management. I also have interest in freshwater, aquatic plant communities.
Riparian systems are of particular interest because of their species richness and variability in space and time, their impact on water quality, their importance as wildlife habitat, and the development and human utilization pressures on these systems. My primary focus is on elucidating patterns of plant diversity in relation to flooding regimes, topography, soils, physical characteristics of the landscape, and human disturbance. Much of this research has incorporated use of geographic information systems (GIS), multivariate statistics and spatial modeling in efforts to identify key environmental gradients and human impacts that are influencing these systems.
Current and Recent Research
I am currently working on several research projects, including the following current and recently funded projects:
- Developing a Management Plan for the Community Baboon Sanctuary in Belize (2012-2013) download here as a pdf file
- An EPA 319 NonPoint Source Pollution Remediation Grant entitled the North Reading Stormwater Infiltration Project: Reaching Out to Address Runoff (2010-2012)
- An EPA/Mass DEP 604(b) Grant entitled Stormwater Remediation in the Upper Ipswich Watershed Project (2010-2011)
- An EPA/DEP 319 Non-Point Source Pollution Control grant entitled the Martins Pond Shoreline Restoration and Sediment Reduction Project (DEP Project #02-12/319). In addition to mapping of existing shoreline conditions and habitats, we are working to restore shoreline habitat on numerous properties around Martins Pond. (2007-2010)
- A purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) biological control project using Galerucella spp. beetles. The beetles are reared in the Merrimack College and released and monitored at several sites in Essex and Middlesex Counties. (2002-2010)
- Aquatic plant surveys of Martins Pond and other shallow, freshwater ponds and lakes in northeastern Massachusetts. (2002-2012)
Selected Publications
* denotes undergraduate researcher
Horwich, R.H., J. Lyon, A. Bose and C. Jones. 2012. Preserving Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Catalyzing Conservation Contagion. In, Deforestation Around the World (ed. P. Moutinho), Chapter 14. ISBN 978-953-51-0417-9, In-Tech, Open Access Publication.
Horwich, R.H., J. Lyon and A. Bose. 2011. What Belize can teach us about grassroots conservation. Solutions 2(3): 51-58.
Horwich, R.H., R. Islari, A. Bose, B. Dey, M. Moshahary, N. Kanti Dey. R. Das and J. Lyon. 2010. Community protection of the Manas Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India, and the Endangered golden langur Trachypithecus geei. Oryx 44(2): 252-260.
Lyon, J. 2010. Grassroots success in controlling purple loosestrife. Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissioners (MACC) 40(2): 4-5.
Horwich, R.H. and J. Lyon. 2007. Community Conservation: practitioners' answers to critics. Oryx 41(3): 376-385.
Lyon, J. 2007. Diagnostic/Feasibility Study for the Martins Pond Watershed. Merrimack College Environmental Science Program submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. 232 pp.
Lyon, J. and *T. Eastman. 2006. Macrophyte species assemblages and distribution in a shallow, eutrophic lake.Northeastern Naturalist 13(3): 443-453.
Lyon, J. and *N.M. Gross. 2005. Patterns of plant diversity and plant-environmental relationships across three riparian corridors. Forest Ecology and Management 204: 267-278
Lyon, J. and W.E. Sharpe. 2003. Impacts of hay-scented fern on the nutrition of northern red oak seedlings. Journal of Plant Nutrition 26(3): 487-502.
Lyon, J. and C.S. Sagers. 2002. Correspondence analysis of functional groups in a riparian landscape. Plant Ecology 164: 171-183.
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Sharpe, W.E., J. Lyon, and J.R. Drohan. 1999. Acidification status assessment of sensitive Pennsylvania forest soils. pp. 73-86. In W.E. Sharpe and J.R. Drohan (eds.), The Effects of Acidic Deposition on Pennsylvania's Forest. Environmental Resources Research Institute, University Park, PA.
Horwich, R.H. and J. Lyon. 1999. Rural ecotourism as a conservation tool. pp. 102-119. In T.V. Singh and S. Singh (eds.), Tourism Development in Critical Environments. Cognizant Communication Corporation, New York.
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Horwich, R.H. and J. Lyon. 1998. Community-based development as a conservation tool: the community baboon sanctuary and the Gales Point Manatee Project. pp. 343-363. In R.B. Primack, D.B. Bray, H.A. Galletti, and I. Ponciano (eds.), Timber, Tourists, and Temples: Conservation and development in the Maya Forest of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Island Press.
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Lyon, J. and R.H. Horwich. 1996. Modification of tropical forest patches for wildlife protection and community conservation in Belize. pp. 205-230. In J. Schelhas and R. Greenburg (ed.), Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes. Island Press.


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IAN Lenagan enjoyed his two-year spell as chairman of Oxford United, but admitted it was tough.
After yesterday handing over the day-to-day running of the club to Darryl Eales and Mark Ashton, the U's joint-owner said there had been plenty of good times during his tenure.
But United's failure to reach the play-offs last season was a huge low, and Lenagan conceded a delay in appointing a permanent successor to Chris Wilder may have contributed to their downfall.
However, the 68-year-old does not regret his decision to appoint Mickey Lewis as caretaker manager.
"It has taken its strain, of course it has," he said.
"But there are the compensations because it has been a lot of fun.
"It was not a lot of fun at the end of last season, but we've had some good times.
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"Whether with Gary Waddock or now Michael Appleton, there is a belief that squad development is the future for Oxford United and I am very proud that I have forced that through over the last two years. That will continue."
He added: "We are talking here almost as if I'm going, but I'm certainly not.
"The fact I am now on the Football League and FA board was one of the key factors in now needing a new chairman and chief executive and for me to focus on the stadium bid."
When Wilder quit United at the end of January, the side looked nailed on for a top-seven finish, with the possibility of automatic promotion.
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But his arrival did little to halt the slide as United dropped down the league to finish eighth.
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Perhaps much more interesting, however, is the fact that, at least according to the IMAX lawsuit, the Cinemark XD quality has been reviewed poorly compared to IMAX (I looked around and actually found the reviews to be mixed, with many saying that the two are comparable in terms of experience). Cinemark is a much bigger company than IMAX, and had direct access to all of their technology -- and, even so, at least some are saying that the end result doesn't measure up. I'm reminded again of how silly it is to claim that big companies can always "steal" good ideas from smaller ones. It's simply not that easy. Beyond just the basic quality issues, IMAX really has built up a great brand name, and many people do think specifically about going to see "IMAX films." Cinemark can chip into that, but it's going to take a lot of marketing effort. And, really, what's wrong with a bit of competition? IMAX has had the market to itself for years, and some competition between two different methods of "immersive" movie-going experiences seems like it should only create a better situation for consumers.


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Five years ago I discovered a recipe that only had four ingredients. I had to bring something in for our holiday get together at work and signed up for an appetizer. But what to bring, what to bring? I didn't want to have to worry about anything hot, and I was swamped with a heavy workload and two very small children at home. I decided to make this very easy, quick Olive Pecan Spread, and it was a huge hit at work. I didn't have any left and remember having several people ask me for the recipe. I made it again for my husband at home, and he loved it as well. That came as a surprise to me since he is not a huge olive fan.
I wish I could credit the original source, but I can't seem to find the creator. It is an old recipe, and people online are simply sharing a recipe they've had for years.
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One of the best things ever written about New England was the work of Ada Louise Huxtable. Huxtable, who died at 91 on Monday, was the most influential writer on architecture of her time. She was a New Yorker at heart, but she spent half of every year in Massachusetts, where she had an unpretentious one-story house in Marblehead.
Marblehead is the subject of the Huxtable quote I love best. Writing in The Wall Street Journal in 2011, she was commenting on the work of an architect who designs houses in imitation of the styles of the past. Huxtable wrote that the architect's historic details were so accurate they amounted to a kind of perfection. "Full confession: I am no fan of perfection," she wrote. She then used Marblehead to explain what she meant:
"I have spent a good part of my life in a small New England town with a priceless American heritage where such over-the-top perfectionism simply does not exist. There are offbeat and off-kilter compromises by carpenter-builders trying to follow the examples in English pattern books in the new towns of the New World, dealing with costs and shortages, substituting materials, inventing their own details. The 18th-century house built for the richest man in town is made of wood cut in blocks to simulate stone that was not available. This place is genuine; its buildings retain the hallmarks of its history, something that can never be imitated or reproduced, and there is not a perfect thing anywhere — for which I am eternally grateful."
Writing about the world we build and inhabit doesn't get any more eloquent than that. Not wanting things to be perfect and showoffish, but instead embracing the whole of life with its multiplicity and complication: That was Huxtable.
Despite a wide age gap between us, we became friends. We'd get together a few times a year, maybe for wine and cheese at her house and then dinner at a tiny Italian restaurant in Salem, the Bella Verona, where Huxtable felt comfortably at home. I visited her high-rise apartment on Park Avenue in New York, which was furnished in part with elegant modernist designs by her late husband, the industrial designer Garth Huxtable. The apartment was a very different place from the Marblehead house, and I think she thrived on the discrepancy. As recently as Sept. 30, when I last saw her, she was full of energy. She was zestfully plotting what turned out to be her final article, a broadside attack on a plan to expand and revamp the New York Public Library.
The Huxtable piece that made the most difference to New England was probably her unforgettable blast, way back in 1968, against a plan to demolish the riverfront textile mills of Manchester, N.H., and replace them with parking lots. "Lessons in Urbicide" was the title of her piece, which appeared in The New York Times. She wrote: "The story of the destruction of the Amoskeag mill complex that has formed the heart of Manchester, N.H., for over a hundred years has a terrible pertinence for the numberless cities committing blind mutilation in the name of urban renewal. . . . We are making a dull porridge of parking lots and cheap commercialism, to replace the forms and evidence of American civilization."
"Urbicide," "blind mutilation," "dull porridge": Huxtable had a delightful gift for finding nasty words to describe architectural evil. The article was an early cry for help on behalf of the monuments of America's industrial past. The Amoskeag mills survived and acquired new uses. New England was never the same.
Salem was another town she changed. That was in 1965. "Salem had a hideous urban renewal plan," she once told me. "They were planning roads that would take away whole blocks. So I went back to New York and sold it to the Times. . . . That resulted in the change of planners and the total change in the plan."
Huxtable loved whatever is real, regardless of fashion or the vagaries of taste, and she hated any kind of phoniness. She was the first to point out to me that the term "authentic reproduction" is an absurd oxymoron. Marblehead was a relief for her from the hyper-competitive, fashion-conscious culture of New York. Her house was livable but ordinary, thus fitting right in to Marblehead. I think she was secretly proud that it lacked the slightest trace of architectural finery.Robert Campbell, the Globe's architecture critic, can be reached at email@example.com.


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Wondering what best practices are for attics with ancient knob/tube wiring. I'm doing the research, so I'm looking for sources (Codes, ASHRAE, BPI, DOE, etc) not so much what your own experiences are.
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Your going to want to get your hands on the NEC code. They don't prohibit the continued use of knob and tube but do prohibit insulation on or around this old wiring. Once you read that code language it will clear things up for you. DOE weatherization programs and any reputable contractor should be aware and follow that guidance.
Dittos on Cory's point
DOE still allows for it to be used even in retrofits http://blog.sls-construction.com/2011/national-retrofit-workforce-g..., though in most cases that could be politely considered fool-hardy.
BPI simply states: Insulation may not be installed where live knob and tube wiring exists
If for some reason you don't want to automatically go it should be removed or deactivated - make sure you get a licensed electrician to look at it & make sure you keep anything flamable away from it
Most houses with active K&T are going to have a fair amount of it on the attic floor going to ceiling lights. An electrician with a helper can generally take care of a lot of that in a day's work, replacing with romex and fishing it down to the switches in most cases. Then you can insulate...
Yeah, that's the best, of course. I'm wondering what's behind the practice of isolating the KT with conduit (half-conduit) or boxing the runs in with _____!? It's being mentioned in some of the markets I am working in, but I can't locate the science (or empirical data) behind it. Thanks for the response.
Hi Tom,
Jan here from Pacific NW Seattle,
We have a competent licensed Electrician, go out and inspect.
IF and when they go over it, they write a report for us, that the wiring is healthy.
The report identifies the circuits they have looked at, and relate wiresize and breaker/ fuse
amp values, as well as type of fuses.
It is probably covered in the NEC code how to deal with K&T wiring.
Way back at the start of Weatherization in PA and NY agencies and contractor ran into lots of
K&T wiring in rowhouses.
I remember sessions at WX conferences where they would adress this issue in depth, look for resoures in PA'
for more detailed data.
Greetings Jan
K&T wiring is designed to be open air conductors. Covering them can allow them to over heat and degrade the insulation. When it was manufactured they didn't have the thermoplastic insulation of today's wire. The national electric code also prohibits is. California did allow covering it at one point but I'm not sure if they still do. The wiring is also subject to damage because of the way it was run so when it's covered people working or storing stuff in the attic could damage it and not even know it. I have heard some jurisdictions allow the wiring to be surrounded by a wood box then allow the insulation over the top of that as long as the wiring is not compromised which K&T usually is. The other side of it is that if there is old wiring there is probably issues. These systems are ungrounded and usually have fuses for over current so an upgrade is likely needed.
Just bought a house in Portland Oregon having moved here from Chicago. My house in Chicago builit in the late 1870 (after the Chicago Fire was all KT, since I was doing a total gut , it was not an issue. The house in Portland was also KT and working fine untill I applied for Insurance and was denied because of the KT. During the course of removal the wire(insulation) disinentigrated when moved. I feel more comfortable wth the Old Technolgy gone. Althought I will admit if it wasn't an Insurance requrement I would have left it alone. execept for some minor re lighting and receptacle replacement
See PA weatherization college report how they deal with K&T.
4 western states CA, OR, WA, ID that are covered by BPA have exemptions
in state laws and regs that allow insulation applied over top of healthy K&T
under prescribed conditions, report, inspection, fusing correct, signage etc.
Under NEC code it is forbidden to cover existing K&T wires under insulation.
NEC can be adopted and amended by local jurisdictions .
K&T is proven to NOT be the cause of many home fires insulated or not.
Knob and Tube electrical wiring was installed in homes until the 1940s. It consists of copper wires insulated by a flexible fabric sleeve. Ceramic "tubes" allow the wires to pass through joists and studs; ceramic "knobs" hold the wire in place, protect it, and give it structure. Knob and Tube wiring differs from contemporary wiring in (at least) three important ways:
If properly installed and maintained, knob and tube wiring can be as safe as contemporary nonmetallic sheathed cable wiring. Any time you are insulating over existing electrical wiring, the wiring system should be checked for integrity and safety to identify potential fire and/or shock hazards. (See Faulty Wiring section for more details) Checking the integrity and safety of knob and tube wiring requires particular attention. If a home has knob and tube wiring, you know that the wiring is at least 70 years old (as of 2011). Even if it was initially designed and installed properly, old wiring has had time to degrade and to have undergone modifications by untrained personnel. Moreover, electrical demand of appliances in contemporary homes is significantly higher than that of homes of the 1940s, meaning that much knob and tube wiring is now undersized.
The National Electric Code requires that attics and walls with knob and tube wiring not be insulated in such a manner that the insulation envelops the wire. However, based on their own findings, multiple state and local codes have amended the NEC to allow for insulation that envelops knob and tube wiring, given that certain conditions (including inspection and certification by a licensed electrical contractor) are met. States that currently provide conditional allowances for installing thermal insulation over knob and tube wiring include: Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, and California.
Because of its age, knob and tube wiring should be inspected regularly for safety and integrity. If retrofitting a home with knob and tube, determine whether or not your area allows the installation of insulation over knob and tube wiring. Some professional institutions require the removal of knob and tube wiring, irrespective of what local code allows.
If the electrical code in your area does not permit insulation over knob and tube wiring (i.e. they follow NEC 324-4, unaltered), then you must inform the homeowner that you cannot install insulation until an electrician replaces knob and tube wiring with nonmetallic sheathed wiring.[1]
If your area does allow insulation over knob and tube wiring, consult the pre-conditions that must be met for it to be permitted. Typically, the requirements include an inspection of the condition of the wiring by a licensed electrician and installed over-current protection provided by a properly-sized Type S fuse or circuit breaker. [56, 57]
Keep in mind that in choosing to insulate over knob and tube wiring, you're effectively committing the homeowner to that wiring for the life of the insulation. Any insulation installed over knob and tube must be non-combustible and non-conductive. Spray foam insulation should never be used to cover knob and tube wiring[58].
Overview of retrofit issues with knob and tube wiring:
- www.creia.org/files/public/knob_tube_locked.pdf
State codes conditionally allowing thermal insulation over knob and tube wiring:
- cbpcapublicutilities.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/title24_part03_...
- www.neo.ne.gov/wx/2010%20Work%20Measures%20(Final)-booklet.pdf
- apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=296-46B-394
- www.ohcs.oregon.gov/OHCS/CRD/energyWX/pdfs/5-Section1_Attic.pdf?ga=t
[1] Current (2011) cost estimates of rewiring an entire house start around $3000 and can exceed $10000, depending heavily on multiple factors including location, condition, age, and size of the home.
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The Millennium Institute, the Biovision Foundation, and the game company, CodeSustainable, have collaborated to develop a computer game called Game Change Rio. In preparation for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20 in June, this game hopes to educate players about sustainability issues and help shape new policy options for sustainable and equitable development.
Game Change Rio is built on the Millennium Institute's Green Economy Model, which analyzes data and key indicators from the energy, manufacturing, transport, buildings, waste, agriculture, fisheries, water, and forest sectors. The game's data bank has over 5,000 economic and natural-resource indicators, and 125 policy options that players can choose. There are over 100 million possible outcomes that vary from destroying the environment to saving the planet.
"The target group of the game is not necessarily hardcore gamers, but rather senior high school students, college and university students with some political awareness and an interest the issues discussed at Rio," writes Hans Herren, president of the Millennium Institute and member of the Nourishing the Planet Advisory Group. "This could include teachers, tutors and lecturers of relevant subjects."
The best players will be brought to Rio for a final game.
To check out the game, click here.
What other creative ways can people become involved or engaged in Rio+20?
Laura Reynolds is a research intern with the Nourishing the Planet Project.
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- Meet the Nourishing the Planet Advisory Group: Jacob Wanyama