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Popular Science: You have been a very pro-science president. Why do you see science and technology as being so important?
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PS: Among your White House initiatives, you've focused heavily on improving STEM education in America. What's your proudest achievement on that front?
BO: There's a lot to be proud of. We now graduate 25,000 more engineers per year from our colleges and universities than we did when I took office. We're more than halfway toward our goal of preparing 100,000 new math and science teachers by 2021. We've secured more than $1 billion of private investment for improving STEM education, and commitments from college and university leadership to help underrepresented students earn STEM degrees. There's also something that's harder to measure, but every bit as important: all the young people, including minorities and young women, who are more excited than ever about pursuing their passions for STEM.
One of the new traditions I've started as president is the White House Science Fair. We ought to celebrate science fair winners at least as much as Super Bowl winners. And when young people are excited about science, technology, engineering, and math, that's not just good for them. That's good for America. We want the next game-changing industry or life-saving breakthrough to happen right here in the United States.
PS: Do you consider yourself a nerd and, if so, what's your nerdiest pastime?
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BO: When it comes to precision medicine, advances in technology, data science, and clinical research are already curing diseases that were once thought to be incurable. It's entirely possible that a decade or two from now, treatments would be tailored not just to the disease, but also to the individual patient. We're being careful to protect patient data and to make participants partners in this work. Because if we embrace precision medicine in the right way, the possibilities for better treatments are practically endless.
The BRAIN Initiative is another project whose time has come. Right now, we can identify galaxies billions of light-years away. We can study particles smaller than an atom. But we still haven't unlocked the mystery of the 3 pounds of matter that sits between our ears. I believe that with America leading the way, we can change that. Hundreds of scientists and dozens of universities, companies, foundations, and other organizations have stepped up to help us tackle this challenge.
PS: You've also advocated the development of a private space industry to work alongside and complement government efforts. What is your vision for space exploration and commercialization? Who does what?
BO: I've laid out a vision for space exploration where our astronauts travel out into the solar system not just to visit, but to stay. To build a sustainable human presence in space, we'll need a thriving private-sector space economy. I see the expanding space industry as an addition to, not a replacement for, the extraordinary work of NASA. With industry taking over tasks like ferrying cargo and crew to the International Space Station, NASA can focus even more intensely on the most challenging exploration missions, like landing astronauts on Mars or learning more about Earth and the rest of our solar system.
As we set our sights toward other planets, we can also create good jobs here on this one. American companies have begun to reclaim the lucrative market for launching commercial satellites. That's just one example of the way that a growing space economy can help American workers succeed.
PS: If you were to end up on Mars, who would you want as your companion: Mark Watney from The Martian, or Ellen Ripley from Alien?
BO: As long as it's a hypothetical question, can't I pick both? If I've got Matt Damon growing potatoes and Sigourney Weaver taking care of any unwelcome intruders, I like my chances.
PS: It's been barely two months since a climate agreement was struck in Paris. How do you think the agreement will be remembered 20 years from now?
BO: I believe the Paris agreement can be a turning point for our planet. It's the biggest single step the world has ever taken toward combating global climate change. When I traveled to Paris at the beginning of the climate conference, I said we needed an enduring agreement that reduces global carbon emissions and commits the world to a low-carbon future. That's exactly what we achieved.
The American people should be proud because this historic agreement is a tribute to American leadership. The skeptics said that taking action to transition to a clean-energy economy would kill jobs. Instead, we've seen the longest streak of private-sector job creation in history. We've driven our economic output to all-time highs, while driving our carbon pollution to its lowest level in nearly two decades.
These kinds of concrete steps helped bring more countries to the table. With our historic joint announcement with China last year, we showed it was possible to bridge the old divides between developed and developing nations that had stymied global progress for too long. And that accomplishment inspired dozens and dozens of other nations to follow our lead and set ambitious climate targets of their own.
BO: Before you can solve a problem, you have to understand it. That's why we've fought hard to protect the funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a government-wide effort to help us see what's happening in the present so we can better predict the future. Thanks to their efforts, our satellites, aircraft, ships, buoys, and terrestrial-monitoring systems are providing indispensable insights and strengthening the models that tell us what to expect going forward.
My administration hasn't just helped to advance climate science—we've also made good use of the results. We used the most up-to-date insights from climate science as the basis of our national Climate Action Plan. And we've begun to develop accessible climate databases and tools that help governments, businesses, and citizens protect themselves from the effects of climate change that we can't avoid.
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BO: Fifteen of the planet's 16 warmest years have come in the first 16 years of the 21st century. The warmest year yet was 2015. The Pentagon is warning us that climate change will threaten our national security by fostering instability overseas. Here at home, we're seeing longer and more dangerous wildfire seasons, coupled with devastating droughts. Last year I visited Alaska, where towns are literally being swallowed up by rising sea levels. Miami now routinely floods at high tide. So this debate is over. The question now is what we do about climate change because there is such a thing as being too late. And I think that regardless of their party, if candidates for elected office want to resign your children and grandchildren to a world that's broken beyond repair, then there's simply no way they deserve your vote.
BO: Well, here's what we've done. Over the past seven years, we have transformed America into the global leader in fighting climate change. We've set new fuel standards for cars and trucks, invested more than any administration in history in growing industries like wind and solar, taken unprecedented steps to protect our natural resources, and set limits on the amount of carbon pollution that power plants can dump into the air. Most important, we've proved that we don't have to choose between a growing economy and a safer planet for future generations. We can have both.
But in the end, when I think about our efforts to combat climate change, I don't just think about CO2 emissions levels or degrees of global temperature rise. I think about my two girls, and the grandchildren I'd hope to have one day. I imagine myself pushing a little boy or girl on a swing set, out in the open air, looking up at the sun. In that moment, I want to know that the planet's going to be in pretty good shape. And I want to have contributed to that.
Because that's our goal: to leave behind a better, safer, more prosperous world for our kids and grandkids. That's our most important mission in the time we have on Earth. And after seven years as president, I've never been more confident that together, we'll succeed.


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Vented flash tubes have often been used in the ignition train of medium and large caliber weapon systems. Despite their long history of ballistic usage, there are undesirable features associated with uneven venting of the combustion products. Pressure measurements at various locations from the flash tube have shown severe variations with time, which is associated with spatially nonuniform mass discharging rate from the vent holes. Measured pressure profiles in the flash tube show counterintuitive, nonmonotonic pressure distributions with the lowest pressure in the middle of the venting section of the flash tube. A model of the flash tube venting process was developed to explain these phenomena using modern, high-order numerical schemes. Source terms accounting for mass addition from the black powder pellets, mass loss through the vent holes, wall friction, differential area changes, and volume changes from surface regression of black powder pellets were fully coupled in the model. The numerical results of this model reproduced the severe pressure variations and nonmonotonic pressure profiles observed in experiments. In general, they are caused by gas dynamic effects from a slowly moving normal shock wave in the middle portion of the venting section of the flash tube. As the driving pressure from the burning black powder pellets changes, the location of the normal shock wave jumps from one vent hole set to another, producing pressure variations observed in experiments. The physical understanding gained from this model solution has provided guidance for achieving more uniform mass discharging rate by varying the vent hole sizes as a function of distance along the flash tube.
Schematic diagram of a flash tube used to ignite a granular propellant bed
Schematic diagram of the detailed geometry of the flash tube modeled in this study
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Superposition of 12 measured pt traces at the p5 location with statistical averaged trace and standard deviations
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Verification results of (a) the shock tube problem at a time of 0.5 ms and (b) the steady transonic flow test
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Comparison between the calculated and measured average pressure-time trace at the p5 location along with the minimum and maximum envelopes of the experimental data
Comparison between the calculated and measured average pressure-time trace data at p1 through p4 locations; the maximum and minimum envelopes of the experimental data are also shown
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Calculated pressure-time traces at all five measurement stations
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Calculated pressure and Mach number profile at a time of 1.5 ms
Qualitative analogy between the quasi-steady flow in the flash tube and steady transonic flow in a diverging nozzle
Computed mass flow rates for each set of vent holes (a) baseline case: uniform hole size; (b) modified case: nonuniform hole size distribution
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Dracula – Book Review
The definitive book for vampire fiction is well written but that doesn't mean it's an easy read. By today's standards Dracula is slow to unfold, with long, often tedious sections, including dialogue that doesn't up the conflict or push the story forward much. The use of diary entries, letters, ships logs etc. to tell the story may give the book an authentic feel and does a good job of keeping the evil ones mysterious but it doesn't always engage the reader as much as a conventional novel might. But the sinister stuff is exactly that, well drawn and eerie, and stands the test of time. Numerous descriptions of female vampires lovingly detailed as voluptuous creatures of death put to rest any doubt that vampirism was (and is) a metaphor for forbidden sexuality.
"There lay Lucy, seemingly just as we had seen her the night before her funeral. She was, if possible, more radiantly beautiful than ever; and I could not believe that she was dead. The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom."
I can't imagine what it must have been like to read Dracula in 1897.
Bram Stoker was far ahead of his time with this novel.


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Things don't go as planned. I'm living proof. At 18, I had my heart set on getting married at 23 and having my first child at 25. Boy was I in for a treat when I was just a month into being 19 and a bun in the oven. Flash forward to 23, I was… Continue reading 5 Year Plan.
Single Parent Struggles.
We've all been a part of a team where an individual carried the workload to meet a deadline with success. That struggle only lasts a few days, maybe weeks. The struggle of raising a child as a single parent lasts for over 18 years. I'm 25 and still seeking help from mom. Now, some years… Continue reading Single Parent Struggles.
D-A-T-I-N-G. It's one of those things better not said out loud. You know when you're around your kids and you need to spell out bedtime because it's worse than dropping the 'F' bomb? This is the equivalence of bedtime for adults. How many articles have you read related to dating? Do you know how many… Continue reading D-A-T-I-N-G
The people it is socially acceptable to text fifty times in a row.
Sharing the News
I'm pregnant! –an exclamation point, can be communicated with excitement or sadness/panic/concern. Unfortunately, at 19, I knew it wouldn't be with excitement. The first person, outside of Sofia's father, who had the pleasure of witnessing the tears of a nineteen-year-old was my aunt. By aunt, I mean family friend who happened to be neighbor and… Continue reading Sharing the News
Parenting is the hardest thing to do but the easiest thing to criticize. For the most part, most of us do what we feel is best for our children - vaccinating/not vaccinating, private/public school, organic/not so organic food (see what I did there). Parenting is like politics, it's not something you bring up at the… Continue reading Guilt
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May 27, 2011 was the day I found myself starring at a faint line and a solid line. According to the manual, that meant I was pregnant. But my gut already knew that. Although I blamed my missed period on the stress of freshman year finals, it was really that time in April we didn't… Continue reading The Results


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Who knew walking down the aisle at Home Depot to buy a fridge could give you better footing on your trip down another aisle…
I came across a key marketing concept during some "light" summer reading: A Preface to Marketing Management, by J. Paul Peter & James H. Donnelly Jr. Selling is top priority in marketing, but how do you make sure the product isn't returned after sale? The investigation of Postpurchase Dissonance is a hot topic in the field.
Doubts and second thoughts occur when there is a cognitive discord within the buyer's attitudes and beliefs. Dissonance is most likely when the purchase decision is of psychological or financial importance, and/or the buyer has forgone a number of alternatives with comparable features. Hmmm, that doesn't set marriage up with favorable odds, does it? I happen to have lucked out with a husband whose "features" are beyond "compare", but the next section just might be helpful for those of you without a G.W. of your own (which had better be everyone reading this!).
The textbook gives four helpful ways to prevent and/or reduce Postpurchase Dissonance:
1. By seeking information that supports the wisdom of the decision. (ooo you two have compatible astrological signs, that must clinch it!)
2. By perceiving information in a way to support the decision. (Your husband just went to Vegas without you because he said he didn't want you getting a nasty burn in the desert sun…and you believe him)
3. By changing attitudes to a less favorable view of the forgone alternatives. (Just remember ravishing Antonio's foot odour and Joey's sinister collection of toy clowns)
4. By avoiding the importance of the negative aspects of the decision by enhancing the positive elements. ("He's not poor; he's a brilliant musician" – Note: don't use that argument with your parents, who probably haven't finished paying off that wedding of yours ; )
The book also suggests Postpurchase Dissonance can be reduced by admitting a mistake has been made. But really, would you want to wake up to a mistake every morning? Didn't thing so. So if you didn't hit the G.W. jackpot, just keep this little list in mind. And let's just hope you have better luck picking your next major appliance *wink*


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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors put me in a very special place. I wish more would grok the beauty behind the vector space approach to mathematics.
Tonight I am going to see Dark Star Orchestra perform at Mr. Small's theatre. They are a Grateful Dead cover band and I've heard many great things about them. I'm wearing my tye-dye shirt right now and I'm quite excited. I walked to campus today while listening to YEM and whistling a Guyute. I'll be very glad if I get a {Cassidy,UJB,Dark Star,HOTW,Eyes,Scarlet Begonias} tonight.
I will post pictures about my snow-filled adventures with Matt, my brother, very soon. I also plan on going skiing on Tuesday, and I'm hella-excited. And if you're wondering, 'hella-excited' is indeed a techincal term denoting a 8.7/10.0 on the excitement/anticipation scale.


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The Flame of Time
A continent ten leagues north of Valerius, it's location a main factor lending to it's extended colder seasons and generally longer nights. Called Rhunland by the dwarves, and Seinland by the Elves.
The origin of Rienland is of debate, the main myth involves the god Sygg raising it up from the ocean and cultivating it. The topography of Rienland includes craggy coasts, verdant forests, cold mountains, vast green flatlands, rolling hills and wetlands nearing large bodies of water. Seemingly to wield the perfect formulae for life.
There are a few main areas upon the island that would be nominally countries if it weren't for The Pact. Efland called Ellendor, by the elves, meaning Starland; consists of the verdant forests north of Kraggenmoor, Kraggenmooor being tucked away in the Frostfell Mountains. Kvinnaland is the dwarf word for Efland, roughly translating to Womanland. Eldarim is the capitol of Efland. In the south-east lies Dwarland, called Maurlannd in the dwarf tongue, meaning Mountain Lands is home to the Black Mountains where the dwarves of Rienland live. The mountains are of obsidian stone topped with snow. Ashmount is a large mountain holding entrance to Azrak, it is called Ashmount for the many smoke emitting portals from the underground civilization of Azrak, along with the snowy peaks giving the illusion of ash falling from the sky at all times. In the south lies Mannland home of Giliforde Kingdom of Man, famous for their Wolf-Kings and their Aurochs. In the south-east lies Hafland, called Fimbulkud in the Hafling language meaning Great Hole, is rolling hill lands, home to the little people of Rienland and of the Schafwanne forest. A lake called Schrecksee is also found in Hafland. Westwick is the capitol city of the haflings in Hafland. Gnomland is the area near the Crimson Delta inhabited by the gnomes of Rienland, Glitterfjord being the center of Gnomland.
The sixth but uncounted area of Rienland is called Curseland. It is the area encompassing the unmapped areas of the Svartvood, called Bloodwood in the tongue of man. It is the home of orcs, goblins, spiders, trolls, demons and many other vile aberrations. The dead-city of Flangar is said to be within the sunridden forests of Curseland. Curseland lies within the thickest and darkest parts of the Bloodwood Forest between Giliforde and what once was Felden, in Lake Chalco south of Kraggenmoor. It is said that the grace of Sol has not blessed the soil of Curseland in centuries.
Drakkonland is a small area of Rienland in the north surrounding Lake Lakrimo, home to the Lizardfolk and Dragonborn of Rienland. It is a humid swampland area and has never been recognized by the Triumvirate as a legal county, and is thus a source of rebellious and problematic upheaval.


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After dealing with the Duergar (DER-GAR!) our adventurers came out of the farmhouse in the morning to see Dessandra leading a squad of 20 Red Plumes and a captive Minotaur towards Goodroot Farm, after a brief conversation and a nail biting moment of tension (hoping the captain would fall into a pit Ug had dug). They convinced the Red Plume leader to give them a day to finish the order that is owed, Brutus Caesar removed his shackles to confront Dessandra, with some strong nut helping words from Grimash they were able to persuade the guards to let him go free.
The group spent a day helping out Constance in finish the order, said their goodbyes and left towards their next desination….


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Over the next few days we'll be telling you about the prizes you could win and today we start with the first three…
Free Range Norfolk Bronze Turkey from Morton's Traditional TasteWeighing in at 6.5kg this turkey could be the star of your Christmas table.
Morton's produce award winning poultry on their farm in Norfolk and each and every bird is free to roam and lives a natural and happy life. The turkeys grow slowly ensuring they taste great making them the perfect choice for the festive celebrations.
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Roots Shoots & LeavesRoots Shoots & Leaves offers a range gardening courses, rural skills and craft courses in south Hampshire. All courses are run from their very own home and garden.
This course will include a full day of printmaking techniques to enjoy. Try out a range of different print techniques from linocuts to drypoint etchings. On the day you will be able to produce a series of mini prints using the above techniques.
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Christmas Gourmet Miniature Fudge Treats from Fudge KitchenThis would make a lovely gift or you could just keep them to yourself!
Fudge Kitchen hand make all their fudge in small batches making these little treats quite special, ideal for brightening up the dinner table or popped inside your homemade crackers.
Each gourmet butter fudge treat is colourfully twist wrapped and each box contains six each of two Christmas flavours – Mince Pie and Continental Gingerbread.
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This is a gorgeous dress!! It really has that 'wow' factor, and trust me, I tried on a lot of dresses and this is the one that made my friends scream! Perfect dress for the bride that wants to turn heads – it's elegant and classy in front; grand and dramatic in the back. The dress is perfect for everything to a beach wedding to a church wedding.
From Vera Wang: The lace I've used in Georgina is very delicate. A base of Chantilly shadow lace acts as the canvas over which I've fused a bouquet of hand-cut flowers made of Alencon lace, for an added textural dimension.
The shadow lace is articulated in a very modern pattern: rather than the traditional floral design of classic Chantilly, in Georgina you'll find a delicate, spidery, circular web that spirals out. This circular, very linear design is much more unexpected. This type of lace almost feels like tulle, with a bit of stretch, so it's not as heavy. I find that it creates a fragility and a sleekness, as well as a little intrigue, so the bride will feel quite sexy wearing it. This is definitely not your grandmother's lace!
But even a delicate rose needs her moment of drama, and for that, I've added a flouncy, multi-tiered skirt, trimmed with horsehair, that bustles in the back. It really holds a strong, dynamic shape, almost a cage-like effect. It's dramatic in the most elegant way possible. All this frothiness is balanced with a touch of tulle at the neckline, draped asymmetrically with a kind of purposeful disorder. It's a very pretty softness and lightness right next to the skin that I just love.
Georgina is perfect for the girl who really wants to show off her body and her shape, yet still have a bit of the grandeur of a ball gown. It's her wedding day, after all. She deserves to feel fancy!
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The internet is readily accessible for statistical information related to line of duty deaths for water rescue personnel. The information retrieved is shocking, as in the US alone 116 responders died between 1989 and 1997, and 154 people have lost their lives since then, writes Paul Falavolito, Chief of White Oaks EMS in Pennsylvania, USA.
Ferrara recently delivered a new multi-purpose aerial ladder vehicle to the City of North Richland Hills, Texas. This borough of the metropolitan Dallas/Fort Worth area is (like most Metro Area Fire Departments) extremely busy, facing not only fire calls but EMS, HazMat and rescue operations – which is why the department chose the new Ferrara 77' (ft) aerial "quint", with a multitude of special features. Jonathan Carroll, International Sales Director of Ferrara Fire, based in Holden (Louisiana), tells the story.
Firefighter fatalities are going down – that is the good news. The bad news is that every year firefighters across the world are still losing their lives in ways that could be avoided. It will come as no surprise within this professional community that very few lives are lost to burns – a testament indeed not just to the high level of training that is given but also to the effectiveness of the PPE that is worn by firefighters. What is perhaps less well understood is that a large proportion of fatalities, nearly 50% in the most recent figures to come out of the US, are caused by heart attacks brought on by over exertion and, significantly, by heat stress. It is a sobering figure that should remind everyone that PPE is not simply about protecting firefighters from the immediate threat of fire.
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics was the tale of two cities, Vancouver and Whistler, separated by a long and winding road. The 165-kilometre Sea To Sky highway was the only connecting link, and so the Olympic challenge for firefighters and paramedics was to provide a high level of service to the congested urban venues in downtown Vancouver and the isolated mountain venues at Whistler, as well as along the scenic but deadly highway connecting the two ends of the puzzle. Paul Dixon, Emergency Planning Consultant, reports.
John frame has created and delivered LNG Fire Response training courses and also produced the original book LNG Fire Protection & Emergency Response, available from IChemE. In this article he focuses on rollover; international standards; and likely incident scenarios including refrigeration; jetties cargo operations; tankage and piping.
What do the latest images from the Hubble Space Telescope have in common with the sensors inside your gas detectors? Gordon Haddow, Chartered Engineer and Technical Specialist in the Gas Sensors and Thermal Imaging Cameras Engineering Group at e2v, surveys the current scene in industrial gas sensing and then looks at where new technologies are taking us.
Due to environmental issues green motoring is becoming more and more popular, and hybrid cars are a common sight on roads around the world. So how do hybrids affect your rescue operation? What are the risks and what should be considered?
This article hopes to give answers to these questions including an explanation about the different hybrid systems commonly seen, writes Remco Niks, Technical Rescue Consultant for Holmatro Rescue Equipment.
With public safety at the top of any government's agenda, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior realised that a modern public warning system was essential for the safety of its citizens. With a Cell Broadcast System, it found a solution that met all of its requirements.
One of the biggest losers in the current economic downturn is the airline industry, which has been driven to prematurely "retire" hundreds of older generation aircraft. However, some aircraft may yet be rescued from the scrapheap by another problem – global warming – which has sparked an increasing risk of wildland fires. David Oliver, defence and emergency response journalist, writes on the latest trends.


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About me
I was born in Volgograd (Stalingrad during WWII), then lived in Moscow, working in a translation agency. Used to work for a greek company, but that was a long time ago. However, that's how and why my passion for Greece started. Love the culture, the music, the language, the food, the climate... You name it. Now live in Greece in a small town not very far from Athens
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Love travelling, especially in Greece :) And adore taking pictures.
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Athens, Chania, Epidaurus, Heraklion, Nafplion, Naxos, Olympia, Patra, Poros, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, Tilos, Zakynthos
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Aliheydar Garayev
|Aliheydar Garayev
Əliheydər Qarayev
|People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of Azerbaijan
In office
June 1920 – June 1920
|Nariman Narimanov
|Preceded by
|Chingiz Ildyrym
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June 20, 1896
Shamakhi, Azerbaijan
April 24, 1938 41) (aged
Baku, Azerbaijan
|Military service
|Red Army
Aliheydar Garayev Agakerim oglu (Azerbaijani: Əliheydər Qarayev Ağakərim oğlu) (June 20, 1896 - April 24, 1938) also spelled as Aliheydar Qarayev, was a Menshevik-turned-Bolshevik revolutionary, People's Commissar of Justice of Azerbaijan SSR, People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of Azerbaijan during Soviet period.[1]
Early life
Garayev was born in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan. Having completed Shamakhi Realny School, he taught at a Russian school in Baku. He then entered the Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute and was involved in student revolutionary activities. In 1917, he chaired the Shamakhi Workers and Soldiers Council. During 1918-1920, Garayev was leader of faction Hummet in Azerbaijan representing social-democrats.[2] After occupation of Azerbaijan by the Red Army on April 27, 1920 he was member of the Interim Azerbaijan Revolutionary Committee, Baku Revolutionary Committee, People's Labor Commissar, People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of Azerbaijan and briefly headed the Baku City Executive Committee.
Overthrowing ADR government
Garayev was the Bolshevik leader who facilitated arrival of the Red Army in Azerbaijan and overthrow of the government of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. He was one of the people along with Bolshevik activist Chingiz Ildyrym, who passed on the ultimatum to the Azerbaijani Parliament to surrender and transfer all authority to Bolshevik forces.[3] While lobbying for arrival of Bolshevik troops in Baku, Garayev convinced the ADR government that with establishment of Soviet regime in Azerbaijan, the Red Army will crash the Armenian rebels in Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Bolshevik power in Azerbaijan SSR have managed to keep the Nagorno Karabakh and Nakchivan in the territoriy of Azerbaijan. Only Zangezur was transferred to Armenian SSR.[4] According to a known rumour, after establishment of the Soviet republic in Azerbaijan, Garayev lobbied for arrest and execution of one of founders of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Chairman of Azerbaijani National Council, Mammed Amin Rasulzade but was cut off in the meeting with Stalin who declared that Rasulzade had saved his life twice and that he would go free. In response to Garayev's earlier chant in front of the members of Azerbaijani parliament that he would get everyone executed, Rasulzade had responded that the very Bolshevik government which Garayev defended would execute him in the future.[5]
Activities in Soviet Azerbaijan
From 1921 through 1931, Garayev held various administrative positions in the Soviet government. He was editor is a number of magazines and journals such as Khalq Qazeti, Kommunist (January–May 1922) and others.[6] He personally authored many Bolshevik propaganda articles in Azerbaijan such as Who needs mourning? (Azerbaijani: Matəm kimə lazimdı) targeting abolishment of religious practices in the republic.[7] While People's Commissar of Justice, he convicted and imprisoned some of the Azerbaijani intellectuals.[8] Garayev is infamous for his political intrigues. He would determine the individuals who had sympathies for Azerbaijani nationalism working in press and had them arrested.[6] Nariman Narimanov have criticized Garayev's career with claiming that the source of his mistakes are his "young and hot-blooded personality."[9]
A Woman's Club in Baku was named after Aliheydar Garayev in 1920's which was involved in movement for education and emancipation of women.[10] After independence of Azerbaijan, the street named in honor of Aliheydar Garayev was changed to Ahmad Javad street.[11]
On recommendations from Lavrentiy Beria to Stalin, Aliheydar Garayev was arrested and charged with espionage and preparations for counter-revolutionary activities in the years preceding the Great Patriotic War. He was executed by firing squad on April 24, 1938 on Stalin's orders.[10][12]
Garayev had been awarded with Order of the Red Banner of Labour for his contributions to Bolshevik movement during his terms in office.
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- ↑ "Azərbaycanda Aprel sosialist inqilabı" [April Socialist Revolution in Azerbaijan]. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ "Xalqa sədaqətlə xidmət edən generallar" [Generals serving the people]. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ Nigar Afandiyeva Maxwell (Autumn 1999). "Last Parliament Session. Before the Bolsheviks Came-1920". Azerbaijan International. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ Aytan Hamidova (2010-02-15). "Qarabağ məsələsində yeni faza?" [A new phase in Karabakh issue?]. ANS. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ Ziya Babayev (2010-05-28). "Borclunun sağlığı..." [Return of favor]. ANS. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- 1 2 "90 il xalqın xidmətində" [90 years in service to people]. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ Brunner, Rainer; Ende, Werner (2000). The Twelver Shia in modern times: religious culture & political culture. Leiden, Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill. p. 128. ISBN 90-04-11803-9. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
- ↑ "NURU PAŞANIN TƏLTİF ETDİYİ QOÇU NƏCƏFQULU KİM OLUB?" [Who was Najaf Qulu rewarded by Nuru Pasha?]. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ Nariman Narimanov. Letter to Joseph Stalin, 1923. Published in 1992, by Pustakhanum Azizbekova.
- 1 2 "Wedding Palace. Murtuza Mukhtarov's Residence". Azerbaijan International. Summer 2005. pp. 34–39. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ "Bakı küçələrinin keçmiş və indiki adları" [Former and current street names in Baku]. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ↑ "Большой террор в Азербайджане" [Big terror in Azerbaijan]. Retrieved 2010-07-21.


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Sunday, May 19, 2013
ANU Critiques today...one week to go, New Class May 28th!!!
This has proven to be a useful pragmatic class for painters, and we will begin our fifth repeat of this course come May 28th...
Registration and Information for this course
The course titled as "Foundations" is a little misgiving...while definitely a good course for those new to plein air to get off on the right footing, we deal with struggles many intermediates and even advanced painters face. Namely over the years my observation of a common malady, what I call a blight with "Mid-Values Crisis"
So many painters develop a knack for good composition and yet their paintings come off mundane or blah, lacking a strong sense of depth illusion, atmospheric perspective. Lacking the punch, the drama of light and atmosphere painted that lures and holds the viewer's eye.
The course come with complete downloads of my couple Go To Meetings I did with F&W Publications, a five week series, with power points, video...and that as a supplement. Worth the price of admission right there alone, I'd say. The course itself is four weeks long...with materials to guide you toward assignment target points, and at the conclusion of each week you submit your work efforts, and I critique. For the most part, I upload visuals I create to illustrate the points I'm making. The feedback I have been receiving has been most encouraging how this has been helping painters.
Artists Network University is an affiliate of F&W publications, North Light Shop, Wetcanvas.com and is a complete virtual classroom, which can be exercised at your convenience.
I do enjoy my travels and teaching workshops, but often hear of those that cannot attend for one reason or another, sometimes simply the costs of travel and stay. This is an essence a workshop with me and you...where you live and at your convenience throughout the week.
I will be working this summer to produce an advanced course that will help painters develop a color understanding using various strategies of limited palettes, a "where do I take command of my values next?" course.
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- Gexton said...
The course titled as "Foundations" is a little misgiving...while definitely a good course for those new to plein air to get off on the right footing, we deal with struggles many intermediates and even advanced painters face.
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- 19 May, 2013
- Gexton said...
awesome! It's true haven't seen you put much painting up here in a while, but really sweet!
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- Larry Seiler said...
Just prepared fourteen panels...adhering linen to board panels. Getting ready for a Plein air event starting next week.
Another day event I'll be judging. Will be a busy summer...
- 07 June, 2013
- Jane East said...
Wondering how the course on color is comng, and when it might be available.
- 11 July, 2013
- Larry Seiler said...
Hi Jane...that is a project still and definitely in the works for this summer. still teaching the Foundations course...seventh offering right now. Had a twelve day plein air event/competition I was committed to...work to enter the AIS show, getting one accepted into the 14th annual national exhibition. painting last couple weeks in the UP...taking pictures to put this project together all along. need to shoot some video as well. Appreciate what amounts to your nudge...and be assured it is in my mind to do.
What may happen is my summer likely spent painting, photogrpahing, shooting video, and this fall when I'm back in the classroom, I'll work extra hours to put the course work together. So best guesstimate is look for me or ANU to announce the course sometime later this year. thanks...
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In MEDIchair LP v. DME Medequip Inc. ("MEDIchair"), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the "Court") considered whether a restrictive covenant contained in a franchise agreement is enforceable by a franchisor, MEDIchair LP (the "Franchisor") against its corporate franchisee, 2169252 Ontario Inc. ("216") and its two principals, Allison Rolph and Ron Seiderer (collectively, the "Respondents").The Court also considered circumstances where a franchisor may rely on the exemption set forth in Section 5(7)(a)(iv) of the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000(the "Act") to avoid the disclosure obligations set forth in the Act. Please see the following links for our previous blogs discussing other cases on these two issues:
- http://www.consumerretailadvisor.com/2015/05/ontario-court-upholds-restrictive-covenants-in-franchise-agreement/;
- http://www.consumerretailadvisor.com/2015/04/fdd-exemptions-in-canadian-franchise-legislation-court-confirms-narrow-application/; and
- http://www.consumerretailadvisor.com/2015/03/the-resale-exemption-in-franchise-legislation-court-confirms-narrow-application/.
In summary, the Court held that the Franchisor played only a passive role in the buy/sell transaction and was therefore exempt from the requirement to deliver a disclosure document to the purchaser. As a result, the fact that the franchisor decided to deliver a disclosure document to the purchaser that may have been materially deficient was legally irrelevant to the inquiry. Moreover, the Court enforced the restrictive covenant.
In MEDIchair, the Franchisor operated a network of franchisees that sold and leased a line of home medical equipment. Two of the Respondents, Allison Rolph and Ron Seiderer, purchased the shares of a company ("DME") that had been operating as a franchisee of the Franchisor for approximately 20 years in Ontario (the "Purchase Transaction") and caused 216 to continue the business of DME in Ontario. As part of the Purchase Transaction, the Respondents agreed to a restrictive covenant with the Franchisor that, for a period of 18 months after the termination of the applicable franchise agreement with the Franchisor (the "Agreement"), they would not operate any kind of business that was "similar to" the business carried on by the Franchisor or any of its franchisees within a radius of 30 miles of the nearest system outlet or the premises of 216.
Upon expiry of the Agreement, 216 changed its operating name and continued its business at the same premises, with the same merchandise and with the same employees. The Franchisor brought an application to enforce the restrictive covenant in the Agreement against the Respondents and the Respondents countered by arguing that the restrictive covenant was not enforceable because the Franchisor had breached its disclosure obligations in the Act by providing a deficient franchise disclosure document (because it did not include a copy of the Agreement). They also argued that the restrictive covenant was either ambiguous or unreasonable in temporal or spatial scope.
The Court rejected each of the arguments of the Respondents and upheld the application of the Franchisor. The Court ruled that the Franchisor was not required to provide a disclosure document to the Respondents pursuant to Section 5(7)(a)(iv) of the Act since the Franchisor had very little involvement in the Purchase Transaction. In particular, the Court noted that even if a franchisor provides a disclosure document to a franchisee, this is not determinative of whether a franchisor is required to provide a disclosure document to a franchisee pursuant to the Act.
In addition, the Court noted that the restrictive covenant was not ambiguous and was not unreasonable in temporal or spatial scope. First, courts regularly enforce restrictive covenants that contain a "similar to" reference and, on the facts of this case, 216 did not change any aspect of its business after the expiry of the Agreement which made it easier for the Court to conclude that its business was "similar to" the business carried on by the Franchisor. Further, the mere fact that a franchisor offers a range of products, not all of which are available at every franchise, does not result in an ambiguity based on the wording of such a restrictive covenant. Second, the temporal (18 months) and spatial (30 mile radius) terms of the restrictive covenant were not unreasonable since they were in line with earlier jurisprudence and, interestingly, was less restrictive than the restrictive covenant of 5 years and 100 kilometers negotiated between the Respondents with the sellers of DME in connection with the Purchase Transaction. While this was not determinative of the issue, it did suggest to the Court what the Respondents thought a reasonable restrictive covenant was in a commercial transaction. Third, the Court noted that it was not relevant whether the Franchisor would be opening a new franchise within the spatial scope covered by the restrictive covenant or that its business had been in decline; instead, the integrity of both the franchise system and the bargain struck by the parties to the Agreement should be maintained.
MEDIchair presents a number of important takeaways for franchisors. Courts are willing to find that disclosure is not required pursuant to Section 5(7)(a)(iv) of the Act as long as a franchisor is truly playing a passive role in the grant of a franchise from one party to another. Further, depending on the facts, courts may enforce restrictive covenants in a franchise setting even if they contain "similar to" provisions or if the spatial and temporal scope of the restrictive covenant is 30 miles and 18 months, respectively.
Nevertheless, franchisors should be cognizant of the factual matrix that informs a court's determination in each case. Notably, in this case, the Respondents continued to sell the same products, in the same premises, with the same employees and had entered into an even more restrictive covenant with the former sellers of DME which placed the legitimacy of their own arguments against the Franchisor under greater scrutiny.


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Most advanced computer 'dumber' than a toddler?
One of the world's best artificial intelligence computers is only as smart as a four year old human child, a new study suggestsworld Updated: Jul 17, 2013 01:39 IST
Most advanced computer 'dumber' than a toddler?
Washington: One of the world's best artificial intelligence computers is only as smart as a four year old human child, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago IQ-tested one of the best available artificial intelligence systems to see how intelligent it really is.
It turned out that the computer is about as smart as the average 4-year-old, researchers said. The UIC team put ConceptNet 4, an artificial intelligence system developed at MIT, through the verbal portions of the Weschsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Test, a standard IQ assessment for children. PTI
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation saves dog's life
Melbourne: Dog's best friend! An Australian man saved the life of a dog after he performed mouth-to-mouth on the canine that had been run over by a car.
Steve Hunter, from Ballarat, Australia, was making a plaster delivery when Salty, a Fox Terrier-Jack Russell cross, suddenly ran out of a driveway and was clipped by an oncoming car. He carried the dog to the road side, puckered up and, to use his words, "did the deed". The five-year-old pooch is doing fine now. PTI
NASA discovers new moon on Neptune
Washington: Scientists have discovered a newmoon orbiting planet Neptune using the Hubble Space Telescope, said US space agency, NASA.
The new moon is estimated to be no more than 12 miles across, makes it the smallest known moon in the Neptunian system, which already had 13 known moons. It is designated as S/2004 N 1, which completes one revolution around Neptune every 23 hours. PTI
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On 25 May 2016, the EU Council was called on to reach political agreement on the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive ("ATAD"). In addition, it was due to adopt two other texts: (i) a directive on EU country-by-country reporting by multinationals and (ii) conclusions on the external taxation strategy (EU-blacklist of non-EU tax havens), as well as measures against tax treaty abuse.
While the EU Council adopted the two latter mentioned texts, it was not able to reach agreement on the ATAD. A new compromise will be tabled for the upcoming EU Council meeting on 17 June 2016. Below we elaborate on the EU Council's decisions and provide you with our preliminary remarks as to the relevance for multinational enterprises ("MNEs") with operations in Switzerland.
The most awaited topic on the EU Council's agenda was the Proposed ATAD. The EU Council was not able to achieve political consensus on the latest draft text of the ATAD. The ATAD aims at implementing some of the final recommendations of the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ("BEPS") project into Member States' national laws (see our International Tax Flash of 28 January 2016).
A new ATAD compromise will be tabled at the upcoming EU Council meeting on 17 June 2016. If the Council will find political agreement on such a compromise, we think that in particular the following aspects will have an impact on MNEs with operations in Switzerland:
- The controlled foreign company ("CFC") rules provide for an immediate taxation at the level of an EU group company of certain low taxed undistributed income of – direct or indirect – entities in which they hold an interest of more than 50%. Under this provision, the undistributed profits from certain income sources of Swiss entities of (ultimately) EU parents may become subject to tax, if the Swiss entity's effective corporate tax rate is lower than 50% of the effective tax rate that would have been applicable in the country of the EU parent. This will, in particular be an issue in relation to EU Member States with a high effective corporate tax rate.
- The proposed Interest limitation rule is limiting the deduction of interest on financing (be it related party or third party interest) to, in principle, 30% of EBITDA. If adopted, this measure is likely to have a substantial impact on how Swiss groups will finance their EU subsidiaries.
- We would expect that the proposed switch-over clause should, in general, not apply to Swiss entities, as Switzerland could apply the included exception due to double tax treaties with EU Member States. Moreover, chances are that this clause will be totally removed from the new ATAD text.
It can be expected that a new ATAD compromise will contain a further "dilution" of, inter alia, the CFC and interest limitation rules (i.e., less stringent / more discretion as to the implementation for EU Member States). This has to do with the fear of various Member States that a too severe ATAD will hamper their competitive position. If political agreement can be reached – which is still uncertain - the ATAD is not expected to enter into force until 1 January 2019.
2 EU Country-by-Country Reporting
The EU Council adopted the EU directive which introduces Country-by-Country ("CbC") Reporting in the EU. Under this directive EU Member States are obliged to adopt legislation under which entities that are residing in the EU must file a CbC Report within 12 months after the end of the first reporting year, being 2016. Hence, the EU subsidiaries of e.g. a Swiss group (with a turnover of more than EUR 750mio) are in principle obliged to file a CbC Report in the EU for the reporting year 2016 by the end of 2017. Please note that – as a separate matter - the Commission is also tabling a proposal for a "public CbC". It is still uncertain whether there is sufficient support for this latter proposal.
For Swiss MNEs it is interesting to know that EU Member States have the option to defer the obligation to file a CbC Report with one year for resident entities that otherwise should have used the so-called "Secondary Reporting mechanism". This means that EU subsidiaries of for example a Swiss Ultimate Parent Entity are not obliged to file a CbC Report for 2016 as Switzerland did not yet implement CbC Reporting in that year. The question arises how EU Member States that already implemented CbC Reporting without such deferral possibility will react, i.e. whether they will discharge this Swiss MNE from its CbC Reporting obligations in the respective EU Member State for 2016 or whether this group still will have to appoint a Surrogate Parent Entity to file the CbC Report or accept the voluntary filing mechanism as proposed in Switzerland.
3 Conclusion on EU external strategy (list of non-cooperative jurisdictions)
The EU Council adopted conclusions on the third country (non-EU States) aspects of the European Commission anti-tax avoidance measures. The most important element is that an EU-list of third country non-cooperative jurisdictions will be established (and that defensive measures against those third states to be implemented in the tax as well as in the non-tax area will be explored). The Code of Conduct Group will work on this list and defensive measures as of September 2016 with a view to endorsement by the EU Council in 2017. For the time being, there are no indications that Switzerland is – again – on the list of countries to be screened.
Furthermore, the EU Council invited the European Commission to consider legislative initiatives on mandatory disclosure rules for aggressive or abusive transactions based on Action 12 of the OECD BEPS project with a view to introducing more effective disincentives for intermediaries who assist in tax evasion or tax avoidance schemes.
Finally, the EU Council welcomed the European Commission's recommendation to implement OECD BEPS Actions 6 (tax treaty abuse) and 7 (artificial avoidance of permanent establishment) by including a principal purpose test and permanent establishment provisions as proposed by the OECD in tax treaties.


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Kathy Tyner Named June High Performer
Kathy Tyner has been named the RCH High Performer for June 2013. Kathy is a C.N.A. on the Medical/Surgical floor has has been an RCH employee for two years. Her nomination reads, "Kathy has been recognized by countless patients and co-workers for the excellent job that she does. There is not a week (most times not a day) goes by without Kathy being recognized by someone. No matter how many patients we have Kathy works hard to get every patient taken care of properly and appears to do it with ease. Kathy goes above and beyond to make sure that everything gets done on the floor no matter how short staffed we are. Kathy often times comes in early to help staff out and to get her day started. Kathy even strategizes on her way to work how she can get every patient taken care of for the day. Kathy gets to know her patients and gives them individualized care. Kathy takes ownership and great pride in her job. Med/Surg has been referred to as 'Kathy's floor' by staff because of how much Kathy puts into her job and taking care of patients. Kathy is an asset to RCH and we are lucky to have her!"
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A cancelled series, yet, one amongst the best I have ever seen. Last Resort is one of the best developed TV jewels, and every show now can still learn a lot from it, the story, cast, plot, and the climaxes are all on point, is one of those series that would be watched by generations to come as it is all about a political-military plot of today that envelops a much larger and darker problem, the cast did a great job but its worth to remark the role played by Andre Braugher who is the main protagonist in this show, his acting was beyond great, second to none, he made a huge effort to portray his character, and im glad he did so. Thank You Last Resort.


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A center for "One Health" studies at the Yale School of Medicine, this project is working to pioneer clinical linkages between human, animal, and environmental health using a comparative "One Health" approach.
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The Wa'ed Society for political prisoners and ex-prisoners on Monday reported that 360 children remain illegally detained in Israeli prison centers across the region.Call that Engage lawyer chappie, Julius or that Harvard lawyer, Dershowitz. Oh no, don't. "The children are also barred from meeting with their lawyers on a regular basis." Disgusting
The Society slammed the illegal Israeli military practices against the Palestinian people, adding that Palestinian children are repeatedly targeted by the army in the occupied territories.
The Society also stated that the army kidnapped nearly 7000 Palestinians since the beginning of the Al Aqsa Intifada in September 28, 2000.
Of those children still held, all are facing harsh conditions, mistreatment and repeated attacks. Half of the number have been sentenced by military courts, while the other half is still awaiting trial or under interrogation.
The Society stated that the Israeli prison authorities are barring child detainees from their visitations rights, in addition to not providing them with decent meals and are placing them with adult Israeli prisoners who have been detained for criminal conduct.
The children are also barred from meeting with their lawyers on a regular basis, and are repeatedly held in solitary confinement.
October 30, 2007
Incarceration libel?
Except of course, like its propensity for killing children, Israel incarcerating children is no libel. This is from the International Middle East Media Center:
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- 1/3 t. each of sage, rosemary, marjoram
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Rinse chicken under running water, removing giblets and rinsing cavity. Put chicken into a large stainless steel soup pot and add water to barely cover chicken. Simmer on med-low heat for an hour or more until chicken separates easily from the bones. Lift chicken out of the pan and put on a tray to cool. Remove chicken from bones and shred or chop.
Add onions, garlic, carrots, potatoes, parsley, and spices to the broth and simmer until carrots are tender (usually 30 minutes after boiling). Stir in the shredded chicken. Simmer 5 more minutes to blend flavors.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Trust and violence
Initially, I figured, understandably enough, that trust levels would tend to rise as violent crime declined, and fall during times of increasing violence. Agnostic argues that this is not the case, however. Instead, increasing levels of trust propel people out of their cells and into the commons where they come into more social contact with other people than they do during low trust times, when people keep to themselves. It is this increase in social mingling that brings on an increase in violent crime, as the perpetrators of those crimes now have greater and more varied opportunities to strike (and it is not always necessarily a consequence of mendacious intent on their part--more social contact inevitably means more confrontations that may result in violent outcomes, even if neither party involved planned on having it end up that way).
Agnostic's trust-influences-violence-and-violence-influences-everything-else theory (my eloquent naming, not his!) is intriguing if not obviously convincing. How does the increasing racial and ethnic diversification of the US, and the consequent "hunkering down" it brings, play into this relationship? Robert Putnam shows that diversity dampens social participation, but it is also associated with higher rates of violent crime. Of course, despite increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the US, crime levels have fallen steadily for two decades now. As more diversity brings more social retreat and lower levels of trust, will violent crime rates continue to decline? Perhaps a continuing drop in violence should be thought of as a silver-lining in the balkanizing skies above.
Anyway, I wondered if any correlation between trust levels and violent crime could be detected in the US from the early seventies to today. Scaling the national rate of violent crime to responses to the GSS question over whether "most people can be trusted" or "you can't be too careful in life", I graphed the relationship:
The correlation is an insignificant .10. When violent crime is compared to trust levels a couple of years prior, the correlation becomes an inverse (which is to be expected in Agnostic's conception of the trust-violence relationship) .16 (p = .47). That's only slightly less easy to dismiss as meaningless.
By no means does this refute any part of Agnostic's theory, as the GSS survey question just gauges a general feeling among respondents, not how they actually behave, and is subject to some statistical noise (though the average annual sample size is over 1,400). Further, trust has been declining for three decades, violent crime for two. The lag might simply be considerably longer than two years, maybe closer to ten, something that is unfortunately not testable using the GSS. But it would've been neat if it clearly supported the theory, which it does not do.
GSS variables used: YEAR, TRUST(1-2)
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Off topic, but a while back you did a post where you listed some answers to GSS questions and showed where answers between low IQ and high IQ were divergent. The gist of the post was that in many cases, the low IQ people were "correct" in their responses to social questions around crime, etc. I've tried to google this but can't find it--can you please provide the link?
- Audacious Epigone said...
I think this is what you're looking for:
That was it. A classic if I may say so. Thanks!
- Steve Nicoloso said...
This is a reminds me of the Yogiism about the popular restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."
As crimes against persons increased, more and more people decided it was no longer safe to go out at any time of day. When necessary, the prudent went out between the hours of 6 and 8 am, and shops, the ones that survived, adjusted their schedules to this reality. The advent of internet shopping and home delivery of almost every necessity facilitated this sea change in human behavior. As fewer and fewer people went out, the probability of attack on those who dared to ran ever higher, and in the end approached unity. Therefore, eventually no one went out at all. Thus violent crimes disappeared from the face of the whole earth.