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June 18, 2007
Greetings from Nashvilleby Alan S. Brown
Greetings from Nashville, where the ASOL pre-conference activities begin this morning. I am leading a two-day seminar called Building Audiences through Engagement. Assisting me in this endeavor are Joan Cumming, marketing guru of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Ted Wiprud, education director for the New York Philharmonic. We have researched audience and community engagement practices, prepared case studies and developed some new frameworks and lessons learned to share with the 60 or so brave souls who will take the journey with us.
Here are some of the overarching observations from the research:
• Engagement occurs when audiences participate actively in designing and interpreting their experience
• Transparency of process and intent invites engagement
• Drawing a line between audience engagement and community engagement is unnecessary and ultimately limiting
• Some successful engagement practices derive from an organization's ability to think holistically about the art form in terms of setting and delivery
• Sometimes, engaging audiences and community requires performing in inconvenient locations at inconvenient times
• New or redesigned physical spaces can enable a higher degree of interaction and engagement; most of our facilities were not designed with engagement in mind
• Constituent input and a commitment to listening are key factors in all successful engagement practices
• Engagement requires accepting people where ever they are in their arc of involvement with the art form and not pre-supposing their pathway through it
• The most advanced organizations with respect to engagement have integrated educational content and outcomes into all of their core programming to the point where there is no distinction between education and programming
I have to disagree that the greatest potential for engaging audiences lies around the periphery of the concert experience - either before or after. The people who go to pre-concert lectures and post-performance discussions are the ones who are already knowledgeable about the art form. It's the big middle that we need to move - the people who only want to know a little bit more, and who will never come to a lecture. So the greatest potential for engaging audiences, I feel, lies within the temporal space of the concert itself.
If anything, this blog underscores the need for us, as an industry, to reach for a higher level of understanding of how people benefit from arts experiences, and the roles that institutions and other delivery mechanisms can play in unlocking those benefits. Although my fellow bloggers make reductive statements for argument's sake, we have to deal with complexity here. There is a valid philosophy that everything you need to get from music can be achieved through the act of listening. There is another valid philosophy that much more needs to be done to open up the experience to people in a way that will help them become more active listeners. We can't afford not to negotiate these viewpoints into some workable plan for the future.
There are people in the audience who idealize a passive listening experience, and there are also people in the audience who idealize a more interactive and dynamic experience. The bottom line is that there is slow and intractable change happening all around us, but it's hard to see, and no amount of additional funding will turn back the tide of change. All of this has profound implications for musicians, who now must not only play well, but also be able to communicate about their art and, ultimately, awaken the creative voice in others.
Fortunately there's an enormous amount of innovation bubbling up in fits and starts, and I know that ASOL will be leading the orchestra field further down that pathway in the years to come. There is a huge need for research (sorry, Greg) and development, and here is where the funders come in. We should have three or four orchestras in the U.S. whose bottom lines are fully underwritten so that they can serve as greenhouse sites for trying out new ways of making music, new governance models, new relationships with musicians, etc. While we squeeze the current model harder and harder, at the same time we have to completely re-imagine a new model, and that's the work that's not being done. We need a new sense of possibility for what a music organization can mean to a community.
At the core, this is a conversation about change. The first and essential precondition for change is the belief that things cannot stay the same. Are we there yet?
Posted by abrown at June 18, 2007 11:15 PM
Alan, you are right of course about more research and I really appreciated your summary of these key observations - (you research guru you). Reflecting on the various posts, I think part of what we need to determine is what we are measuring and how we are doing that.
Connie Yowell from the MacArthur Foundation addressed this subject at a recent conference on Games for Change. These could easily be applied to our field.
Some of her key points:
1. Research - Are we using old measures to look at new things?
She sited a recent NY Times article about taking lap-tops out of schools in N.J. because 'test results' showed no improvement. But did it actual measure other skills that may have been acquired?
2. The need to shift metrics and also rethink learning environments
3. Look at how learning environments reshape institutions - e.g. what should a library look like, how should one be able to access information?
4. New set of research methodologies
Alan, I can't agree more about the concert experience. The Magic of Music program showed pretty clearly that the people who attended the extra-curricular learning events were the people who were already in the family. New acquaintances didn't come, though they may certainly have enjoyed and gotten value out of the experience if they had. Obviously, the 'whole experience' is important and we need to find ways to make it okay to have a whole range of experiences, some of which are okay at the hall and some perhaps online or in other venues. I want it all - to dance to Bolero and also have attentive listening so profound that you hear your neighbor's watch ticking.
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Mikhail grew up on the tough streets of North Philly in one of the worst urban environments in the country. For seventeen years she's bounced from shelters, run down apartments, drug houses, and the streets with her crackhead mom until fate stepped in.
Going from North Philly to Anaconda, Montana, was a culture shock and drastic change for the young woman. Adjusting to having a loving family, security, home, food, and a warm bed was a bit difficult for a girl that wasn't used to getting anything from anyone and was constantly watching out for herself, but for the first time in her life she felt as if she was home.
However, home is full of mysteries and is surrounded by haunted woods. Mikhail quickly learns that there is more to the mythical world than just vampires, werewolves and ghosts. The supernatural land her family is tied to, and the curse which is her birthright, have captivated her: she is one of the Damned of Lost Creek.
While trying to sort through the mystery of her family and the curse that had plagued them for centuries, Mikhail catches the attention Draven Van Zul, the son of her father's nemesis, putting her in the middle of a war between the founding families, causing the Damned to relive the past that had cursed them, and opening all of them up to a supernatural threat spreading a plague that targets the young people of Anaconda, but more specifically, is targeting Mikhail.
Now, only the children of the Damned of Lost Creek working together can save them from before it's too late.
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This is the first book I've read by Danae Ayusso, and it won't be the last. This was a phenomenal, dark, edge of your seat first book in a New Adult/late Young Adult paranormal series.
Mikhail, is our tough as nails, smart-mouthed, North Philly raised main character. She's a seventeen year old girl who's seen and lived through way to many horrific events, but she's a survivor and more so a fighter who just won't give in or give up. We meet her as she's being sent off to meet her biological father after witnessing the brutal death of her mother. She's less than thrilled since her mom let her believe that he never wanted Mikhail. To top it all off, she's being escorted by a U.S. Marshall,she calls Cinder Dick, who handcuffed her to her seat on the train taking her to meet her father in Montana. Well she did try to run off in Detroit, the Twin cities, Madison...so by Sioux Falls she was stuck to her seat. The U.S Marshall, well he ends up being one of her new uncles.
Once she gets to her new home she discovers that she has a large family that actually wants her to be a part of their family. And then, we find out things aren't what they seem in Anaconda, Montana. There are things beyond your imagination that happen in this little town, focused around Mikhail's new family, and their rivals, the Van Zuls.
It isn't all weird though in her new life, see there are these two boys, Shep who lives on her family's land, and then Draven, who happens to be a Van Zul. Sparks tend to fly between Mikhail and one of the boys, and the other boy is what most would consider the perfect boyfriend type. This is by no means a love triangle, though. She's honest that she doesn't need or want a 'boyfriend' just as she's learning to accept family and realize that she really IS different then others.
This was a stellar read! I kept getting sucked into the book and didn't want to put it down. I loved the characters, especially Mikhail, Draven, Shep, and Ellie, all were well written and engaging. The storyline was well paced and exceptionally engrossing. I would recommend this book to any that like their paranormal books a little darker but this is an enjoyable book for any paranormal reader.
I look forward to the second book in the series, which I understand will be out in a few months. ~ reviewed by Chris

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On Monday, May 4, 2009, the PE Department at SUNY Cortland hosted its Spring '09 Portfolio Showcase, putting on display the best professional portfolios of all Senior PE Majors. The showcase was at Poolside in Park Center from 3p-4p and guests, including myself, had the opportunity to view all of these outstanding portfolios and ask questions to the Seniors being honored. Because I am taking all of the required PE classes in only 2 semesters, I have only next semester to complete my portfolio. As such, I viewed the Showcase as a great chance to see what I will need to do in the coming months to create an excellent portfolio. I also knew some of the students being honored, so it was great to be able to congratulate them on all of their hard work.
There were approximately 25 portfolios on display, but being that it took me at least 5-10 minutes to view each portfolio and speak with its creator, I only saw about 7 of them. The creators of these 7 outstanding portfolios were Mallory Cogen, Caitlin Gruschow, Jonathan Billings, Kevin Tripp, Richard Rolo, John Fesetch, and Alicia Thomas. All of them were very helpful in answering questions and offering advice regarding the process of putting the portfolio together (I think one of the many great things about the PE Program here at SUNY Cortland is the willingness of students to lend a helping hand). The biggest piece of advice that I heard from almost every student was to save all work you've completed, a hard copy and electronic copy, and then back it up twice. They also said it was helpful to keep your work organized on your computer by semester and by class (which I thankfully already do), and to save all letters you receive from the school regarding achievements such as Dean's List, Honor Societies, etc.
In terms of presentation, I've seen poor quality portfolios in the past that were unorganized with cheap dividers and without plastic protective sheets reinforcing each page. All of the portfolios being showcased on Monday were neat, professional-looking, and well organized. In addition, there was something about each student's portfolio that really stood out when viewing. For example, Kevin Tripp's resume, in addition to being packed with extracurricular activities and related experiences, had a red border and bright Cortland logo on it that was eye-catching. He also had pictures, programs, and his name tag from the 2009 National AAHPERD Conference as an artifact. Caitlin Cruschow color-coordinated the artifacts in each of her NASPE Learning Standards sections that really made it easy to navigate through. Jonathan Billings spent what I imagine to be countless hours editing pictures to make his portfolio stand out amongst his peers. Each of the students did an incredible job and I hope to follow in their footsteps next semester.


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By Guy Harriman
Published: May 01, 2013
Words: 46,772 (approximate)
Language: English
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The Power of Failure is a set of thirteen insights into the spiritual journey of non-duality (Advaita Vedanta in yogic philosophy). Each chapter commences with a dharma (truth) talk about it's theme, followed by a story to illustrate it, often in a humorous and indirect way. The whimsical stories illuminate the reader's heart, unconscious mind and imagination with new and valuable insights.
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The Power of Failure is a handbook to amuse and hopefully provide service to those who are determined to be in truth and love as they search inside. The thirteen stories are drawn in part from the author's travel experiences, and wry observations of people. Many of these types of characters come from all over the world to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. The author worked with some of them during his life as a chip designer in Silicon Valley, as well as a yoga teacher and energy worker in California and Thailand. The stories and their unique characters came to life on their own as they were being written. These characters may be larger than life in some ways, but they mirror back parts of ourselves we may recognize and empathize with. In laughing at their excesses, we also have an opportunity to laugh at ourselves, reducing the seemingly impossible task of transformation of the persona down to these few simple, joyful and effortless laughs. The magic of love and truth then can take care of the rest.
The most difficult, illusive and yet rewarding work we ever can undertake in our lives is our inner journey, where we travel inside our conscious context to find the light of love and truth. No one can do this work for us. If we think they can and we give our power away to them, as cult leader, authority figure, or romantic partner, we immediately lose ourselves, and disconnect from the authentic journey.
If we try to do our inner work using the intellect instead of the heart, we cannot reach the deeper truth of love, which is beyond dualistic thinking. The intellectual approach is also disruptive of the search for our personal inner truth, the truth of our souls.
The stories allow the reader to observe and easily learn from the manipulative and fear-based actions of some of the characters. The clear, accepting, and objective descriptions of the personalities also shows the loving and kind nature of ordinary people no matter where and when the live.
The author offers the thirteen chapters in The Power of Failure as an enjoyable, but serious and powerful excursion on your spiritual path, to shine a light of love and joy onto that perilous but necessary soul journey.
In a world culture obsessed with money, power, and external materialistic abundance, the Power of Failure shows us a different set of values which provides a gentle, safe, and contented way of life based on our inner world, the world of the heart and soul.
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1986 Buick Century Gran Sport Boldride.com – Pictures, Wallpapers
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In 1973-75 and in 1986, there was a Century Gran Sport. For 1973, Buick renamed its intermediate line from Skylark to Century, a nameplate previously used on Buick's full-sized performance cars from 1936 to 1942 and 1954 to 1958. Like all GM intermediates, the 1973 Century received new Colonnade styling, which amounted to pillared hardtop sedans, coupes and station wagons – each of which utilized frameless windows along with fixed rear side windows, and convertibles were discontinued.
The GS became the Gran Sport and was now an option package on the semi-fastback Century 350 Colonnade coupes. The Gran Sport option included decals on the rear fenders and trunk lid reading gran sport along with suspension and appearance upgrades.
The standard engine was a 150-horsepower 350 two-barrel V8, which was the standard engine for all Centurys. In addition to the 175-horsepower 350 four-barrel V8 (with single exhaust), the 190-horsepower 350 four-barrel V8 (with dual exhaust) was available only on the Gran Sport. Two 455 cubic-inch V8s were available including the 250-horsepower four-barrel and the Stage 1 four-barrel rated at 270 horsepower (both with dual exhaust) – all net figures and similar to the 1972 models.
More than 700 '73 Century GS models were built with the Stage 1 455, the majority with the three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic 400 transmission and a small number with the four-speed manual transmission.
The 1974 Century gran sport received the same exterior and interior trim changes as other Century models. The same selection of engines was carried over from 1973 including the 350 four-barrel, 455 four-barrel and the 455 Stage 1 four-barrel (the 455s downrated to 245 and 255 net horsepower respectively) and, like all other '74 Century GS engines, only available with a Turbo Hydra-matic transmission. Radial tires were a new option for 1974 along with reclining Strato bucket seats.
For 1975, the Century GS, or gran sport entered its third and final year on the Colonnade body. It was reduced to a mere appearance/handling package as the 455/Stage I options were discontinued and Buick's revived 231 cubic-inch V6 was the standard engine, mated to a standard three-speed manual transmission or optional Turbo Hydra-matic.
The only optional engines were two 350 V8s, a two-barrel 155 horsepower version or the four-barrel option rated at 175 horsepower and offered only with the Turbo Hydra-matic. Both engines were also mated to catalytic converters for the first time this year, which mandated the use of unleaded gasoline and precluded the availability of true dual exhaust systems. Radial tires were now standard equipment and the Strato bucket seat option reverted to the non-reclining version.
Both the Century GS and the larger Riviera GS (which also had been continually produced since 1965) were discontinued after the 1975 model year due to sagging sales for high-performance cars following the 1973-74 energy crisis and subsequent trends toward smaller and more fuel-efficient cars. Performance versions of the Century (and its companion Regal line) and Riviera would return in the late 1970s with the advent of Buick's turbocharged 231 V6 introduced in 1978 on the Century/Regal intermediates and the full-sized LeSabre Sport Coupe and then the newly-introduced front drive Riviera in 1979 for the S-Type which later became the T-Type, a moniker that would ultimately replace the GS badge for sporty/performance Buicks in the early 1980s.
The Century GS model returned in 1986 for what was now Buick's front-drive intermediate-sized car (Regal continued as a coupe on the 1978-vintage rear-drive G-body until 1987). The GS was only offered as a two-door coupe and was powered by a fuel-injected 3.8 liter (231 cubic-inch) V6 mated to a four-speed overdrive automatic transmission but with far less horsepower than the rear-drive Regal GN's turbocharged/intercooled version rated at 245 horsepower. This Century GS was a one-year-only offering in 1986 sold alongside the Century T-Type coupe and sedan.
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Kirsten Dunst & Garrett Hedlund: Olive & Thyme Brunch!
Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund leave olive & thyme after having brunch with friends on Saturday (August 11) in Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old actress is back in the states after filming scenes for her film Two Faces in January across the pond. While in London, Kirsten also took time to attend an event during the 2012 Summer Olympics with her co-star Oscar Isaac.
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Uncle Alex came across some old photos of Gor and suddenly all of them realised that Gor really aged le...Gor used to be so young and bubbly and cute (JUST LIKE ME!!!) but now he looks abit haggard and his *hair* also dun seem to be as thick as before le...
Mummy say time really passes by very quickly..and its heartbreaking to see Gor getting old..but nature works in such way that such things cant be controlled de...she also say one day I will become the same as Gor..I will become old and will not be as playful le...hmmm...I wonder how it will be...
These are some photos of Gor when he was much younger and some recent photos..guess the difference is indeed quite obvious...sigh
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Scrabby, I dun think its the age that affect his look now. I think its more to the hair style. Ask mum to let your gor keep mid length coat again and he will regain his youth again.ReplyDelete
Tell your mum that since she has already 1 active you around, she should be really glad that your gor is not as active if not she will get headache. Hee...
Btw, Is you gor as old as I? I dun think so right? I am 10 years old this year. What about your gor?
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The Nouveau Musée National de Monaco presents its latest exhibition, Groupe Signe 1971–1974 which will be held at Villa Paloma, NMNM from April 21st to June 17th 2012.
The Groupe Signe is a group of artists created post-1968 in Monaco, led by the painters Claude Rosticher and Roland Marghieri and the photographers Michel Cresp and Pierre Lequien. They acted collectively between 1971 and 1974 in reaction to advertising and social conformity through iconoclastic actions leading to the creation of more poetic worlds.
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Facility Maintenance Companies will help you get going. HVAC, or heating, air and ventilation conditioning, is how your home stays warm in the winter and cool in the summer. When properly installed and maintainedyour, you and maintained family get to enjoy reasonable indoor temperatures all year long. Keep reading this article for advice on upgrades, maintenance, installation and repairs of your home HVAC system.
Although most people are thinking of their heating systems during the winter months, air conditioning is also important. When installing a new furnace or heating system, make sure the air ducts are also set up to work with your air condition system. Using the ducts for both cooling and heating is the most economical choice.
Make sure the equipment you are buying is ENERGY STAR compliant. It isn't, although it may seem a small thing. Products that are ENERGY STAR compliant can save you a lot of money in energy costs over the year. It can be over $100 easily, sometimes a lot more.
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Get any agreement with an HVAC contractor in writing. Some contractors try to skip over this step and charge customers a fortune. They cannot go back and change this information if you have a certain warranty and price in writing. If they do, they could have a lawsuit on their hands.
To make sure your condenser fan works properly, keep the fan blades and the coils clean. Before you do any work on the unit other than superficial cleaning, always make sure you shut off the power. Clean the outdoor condenser as well.
Be sure to check your evaporator coil drains frequently when your air conditioner is running. If this tube backs up, you can find water damage to your walls, floors and ceilings. If you end up with mold just use a solution of water and bleach to clean out the tube.
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Available on Netflix
HONEST FILM SUBTITLE: "From Dusk Til Dawn but tighter, foreign, with witches."
- Status: 10/10
- Horror Category: Dark Humor, Witches
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Developed by Openet Technologies and co-funded by ESA Telecom with sponsorship from the Italian Finmeccanica companies: Space Software Italia and Alenia Spazio, the TESEO project endeavours to transmit 'virtual thematic channels' (specialized feeds with local information such as restaurant guides) to users in the tourism business, such as hotels.
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Consent is required to be given
For a legally binding and valid contract to come about, consent is required to be given. Consent is a mutual agreement between two parties to enter into a contract; the consent has to be free from any type of pressure for the contract to be valid [1] . In the commercial world, a lot of agreement are made as a result of pressure or influence by one party to another however, the contract can be voidable either under the common law doctrine of duress or under the equitable doctrine of undue influence. The presumption of both the doctrine of duress and undue influence is that there was no free consent to a contract by one party. As both doctrines can make a contract voidable, the right to reverse the contract can be lost in affirmation, or the inability to restore the parties to their pre-contract positions or acquisition of rights by the third parties. Furthermore, the doctrine of duress is an influence in a transaction by one party exercising an illegal domination on the other party to achieve undue benefit. Formally, the legal recognition of duress used to be just violence or threats of violence, but in modern decision, the common law was extended to cover economic duress which is threat to property or business. [2]
The common law extended duress to economic duress as a separate entity because of a lot of complexity in many commercial transactions. Economic duress is the most recent category of duress and it is the most difficult type of duress to stabilize. It occurs in a commercial transaction when some unfair and unlawful economic pressure is put on a party to contract; it must be an illegitimate and coercive pressure and there must be a lack of practical alternative and also it must cause a great threat to the economic interest of the person suffering the duress. Economic duress was first recognized by Kerr J in the case of Occidental WorldWide Investment Corporation v Skibs A/S Avanti (The Siboen and The Sibotre) [3] . Since then there has been a lot of fluctuation in the law; it has been quite difficult to prove the elements that make up an economic duress. One of the elements is coercion of will; Coercion of will is focused on the victim suffering the pressure rather than the person applying the pressure. According to Lord Scarman in the case of Pao on v Lau Yiu Long [4] , the main principle of economic duress was that "there must be a coercion of will such that there is no true consent … it must be shown that the contract entered into was not a voluntary Act". [5] There are some factors that have to be considered in determining a coercion of will. Firstly, it has to be considered if the victim had an alternative course available to him, Secondly, if the victim had protested, Thirdly, if the victim obtained an independent advice and finally, if the victim had taken steps to avoid the contract. According to the Pao On case, there was no duress it was only a commercial pressure. Although, there were a lot of criticisms in using the 'coercion of will' theory to determine economic duress. This led to the courts abandoning the theory however the test has not been totally abandoned
Due to the difficulties of using the coercion of will theory, the courts decided to shift attention from the victim suffering the pressure and focused on the defendant who applied the pressure; it was to be considered if the pressure was illegitimate. In doing so a causal link between the pressure by the defendant and the victim's decision to go into the contract has to be determined. However, it is not that easy for the courts to determine an additional element to prove that there was an illegitimate pressure. This is because the court doesn't only have to prove that the threat was illegitimate, the court also have to prove that the duress was the major cause of the plaintiff giving some kind of benefit to the defendant. The first test that was used to prove an illegitimate threat was to consider if the threat was due to bad faith; the bad faith test shows that the defendant exploited the plaintiff weakness. The bad faith test can be seen as vague because there if difficulties for the plaintiff to show what the defendant intended in making the threat. Therefore the bad faith test cannot be relied on to prove that there was an illegitimate test on the part of the defendant. [6] In replacement of the bad faith test the substantively unfairness test was used to prove illegitimate threat; this test was used in the case of Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland NV v Burch [7] . To determine if the terms are unfair, the circumstances and the relationship between the parties have to be analysed. Although, this approach can be unpredictable and may not lead to any judicial support. A better approach of determining illegitimate pressure is to identify the two types of illegitimacy as stated by Lord Hoffmann that legitimacy of the pressure must be examined by 'two aspects' which are 'nature of pressure and … the nature of demand which the pressure is applied to support' in the case of R v Attorney-General for England and Whales [8] . The third element of economic duress is alternatives that the victim suffering the duress would have taken. if there is no practical alternative and the victim submitted to the threat only then that it becomes duress. According to the House of Lords in the case of Universal Tankships v international transport Workers [9] , duress was seen as the victim intentionally submitting to the threat because he realised there was no practical alternative. Mance J in Huyton v Cremer [10] stated that the 'but for test' would not cater for the obvious possibility; this means the innocent party would not acted as he did but not for the illegitimate threat by the defendant. He had a choice and he could have resisted the pressure by pursuing a legal redress.
The equitable doctrine of undue influence is the counterpart of duress which means it has been separated from the common law of duress and it is no statutorily defined. This doctrine provides a consolidation from contracts created under pressure which does not amount to duress. It allows the court to intervene on the basis of debate where there is a relationship between the victims who was exploited to gain an unfair advantage; this means the court has to intervene for the weaker party. The courts have not really clarified on who to focus on in an undue influence case, the look at it in two ways firstly, the courts focus is on the claimant and how the relief the court's give is detrimental to the influence cases is to focus on the position of the defendant and see the wrongful conduct the defendant has done. However, the courts have not decided what particular view they want to use in determining undue influence cases. Although, most recent judgments focus on the wrongful conduct done by the defendant; this makes undue influence more defendant focused. Undue influence can be categorised into two major categories; actual undue influence and presumed undue influence. The decision of the House of Lords in the case of Etridge reduced the distinction between the two categories of undue influence. [11] In actual undue influence, the burden of proving undue influence is put on the claimant and once it has been proven, the contract will be voidable. It is not required that the defendant has to show that the agreement was a disadvantage to him; the claimant has to prove that the contract was as a result of undue influence from the defendant. The cases of actual undue influence can be overlaps the doctrine of duress. It was observed by Lord Nicholas in the case of Etridge, that actual undue influence comprises 'overt acts of improper pressure or coercion such as unlawful threats and today there is much overlap with the principle of duress as this principle has subsequently developed.' For example in the old case old Williams v Bayley [12] , the actual undue influence can be applied as an illegitimate pressure and there was no need for the plaintiff to prove that the agreement was not accounted due to friendship. However, nowadays the case of Williams can be decided based on duress. ………
Presumed undue influence is more complicated than the actual undue influence. In presumed undue influence, one party will have to prove that trust and confidence was put on the dominant party in the relationship between them and the agreement calls for explanation; the transaction will be deemed voidable unless the dominant party can prove that there was no undue influence. This means that in some cases the courts presume undue influence which can be rebutted; the dominat party will have to rebut the presumbtion the weaker party relied mainly on an independemnt legal or financial advice in making the agreement. The decision of the House of Lords in the case of Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Etridge [13] , led to the cases of presumed undue influence beign subdivided into two. The first division consist of a "special relationship" between the parties, the law presumes that one party dominates over the other party. This type of relationship is a relationship between a parent and a child, doctor and patient, trustee and beneficiary, guardian and a ward. The second division is not based on the special relationship between the parties, it is however based on the proof that the transaction 'calls for explanation'. This leads to the 'manifest disadvantage' requirement which was seen in the case of National Westminister bank plc v Mogan [14] , here Lord Scarman said the agreement must be 'manifestly disadvantageous' to the person wanting to set it aside. However, the expression manifest disadvantage can not be in effect practically, it will cause a lot of misunderstanding ; because of this issues, the original test by Lindley LJ in the case of Allcard v Skinner [15] to be adopted. The test in the case of Allard is that if the gift is 'so large as not be reasonably accounted for on the ground of friendship, relationship, charity, or other ordinary motives on which ordinary men act'. Therefore due to the case of Etridge the House of Lords decided that the Lindley LJ test should be applied in cases of presumed influence.
The third stage in deciding a case of presumed undue influence is about the defendant rebutting the presumption that there was undue influence on the claimant. There is no particular specific way in which the presumption can be rebutted. It can be rebutted by the defendant showing that the the claimant actions were independent of any influence and that the claimant appreciated what he was doing. Another way which is the most common way of rebutting a presumption is by showing that the dominated party had a legal and independent advice before taking the decision. There are however some cases whereby the undue influence was not rebutted. For example, in the case of Hammond v Osborn [16] , the Court of Appeal held that the presumption had not been rebutted.
The doctrine of economic duress has been in theory for many years however, it has been very difficult to practice in the commercial reality. The judges and arbitrators have been having problems in differentiating between legitimate commercial negotiation and unlawful coercion. Two cases which were raised for the argument of practical economic duress are DSND Subsea v Petroleum Geo-Services [17] and Carillion Construction Ltd v Felix (UK) Ltd [18] . And both cases where judged by Dyson J. In the decision in the case of DSND, Dyson J stated that "illegitimate pressure must be distinguished from the rough and tumble of the pressure of normal bargaining". Elements such as lack of practical alternative, illegitimate threat and the pressure being the course of the victim entering into the contract has to be met first for economic duress to be recognised. To establish illegitimate pressure, the nature of the demand made and if the demands are justified; Dyson J in the case of DSND differentiated a demand for further indemnities and insurance protection from a demand from enhanced payment. In the judgment, the event that took place after the alleged duress was also taken into consideration. It was taken into notice that in the internal memorandum by PGS, duress was not mentioned when the deal was finalised
It is practically not easy to prove this three elements to determine economic duress it is only easy theoretically because the judges
Some of the cases which the courts used to determine the principle of economic duress and undue influence were unclear and conflicting. In the case of Adam Opel v Mitras Automotive (UK) Ltd [19] ; Adam Opel manufactures vans and informed M on February 2006 that it would stop getting parts from M in August. Due to this, M demanded that they should be compensated and that they would increase the price of the parts they supply. AO sought an injunction against M without M notice and they continued negotiation until AO noticed it had just 24 hours worth of supplies left. E M threatened to cut off all supplies of parts to AO, this made AO agree to the terms of M because if they stopped production it will cause a lot of financial loss and lead to some knockout effects. When the court intervened in the case, it was held that due to the degree of pressure put on AO, there was economic duress in this case. Contrary to this case is the case of Pao On v Lau Yiu Long the privy council rejected the submission that guarantee was not supported by consideration, the guarantee was not enforceable on the ground that it had been caused by duress. The Privy Council however rejected the defendants submission it was held that there was no economic duress because the defendants did not show their will has been coerced to the extent of vitiating their consent. Also, in the case of Adam Opel V Mitras Automotive (UK) Ltd the principle of practical alternative was accepted because the court recognised AO's case of injunction and held that A conflicted
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Ugh! I finally have control of my blood sugars and soon will be facing the holidays. Yesterday I spent a lot of time searching the internet for suggestions on how to survive. Duh I already knew the answer, eat veggies, fruits, lean meat and count the carbs. I did see a lot of suggestions for switching to low or no fat dairy products. I know those sound healthy but when I read the lables on them most make up the flavor problem with sugars and or sodium.
If you are not hostessing the event one suggestion was talking to the hostess about meal times and what you might bring to help keep your diabetes on track.
All of my life my holiday meals centered around the mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, homemade dinner rolls and dutch apple pie. I know this is where I am going to go out of control. One suggestion I saw is that if I am hostessing the dinner I should send the high carb leftovers home with my guests. That I think is a great idea as long as I keep just enough for one correct serving of each for the next day.
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I like this suggestion of enlisting others to help in the clean up right after the meal instead of leaving the food sit to pick on. If others are helping then I can't stand in the kitchen and get 4 or 5 extra servings of carbs in front of witnesses.
What do you do to cope with the temptations? Cancelling the holidays I don't think is an option.
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I take the holidays into account in my weekly plan. I know for Thanksgiving I wii feast on both Italian and traditional American foods that I do not have the rest of the year except for Christmas and Easter. It may take a little more (or a lot more) Novolog to keep me in line but it is not an everyday thing. Three times a year can be handled easily.
I was a little concerned at first thinking of this. But i have a very supportive family and there will be plenty of veggies and the such for me. I'm not big on the potatoes and gravy anyway so that won't be a problem. I'm just going to keep reminding myself what the goal is. And i will allow myself ONE bite of pumpkin pie if i'm good thru dinner! The consquences(sp?) are just not worth it. I don't need the food to celebrate the holiday, all i need is my family! I will just run around with the kids, that will keep me too tired to eat much of anything!! LOL
You are correct it is all about our loved ones not the food. Thanks for your great comments I will keep them in mind when I am tempted.
Your very welcome! Also, when i'm tempted, i just ask myself, it it worth losing a digit? My eyesight? It sounds kind of morbid, but it makes me stop and think. Except for the can of coke i drank the other day(ouch). The only real bad slip i've had in over a month. For me that's good!
Luckily I don't like alot of holiday foods, and some of the rest I can take or leave! I know what I can't eat, so I just eat the veggies, a little carb-not the mashed potaotes or the sweet pototoes. I really HATE turkey, so thats not an issue. And I get full really fast, so I don't eat much anyway. I just wish that I could lose weight, since I don't eat much, but, alas, 'tis not to be :) I don't host, ever, so that solves the leftovers issue also. Now, if there is chocolate, all bets are off. Maybe that's why I can't lose weight, ya think??!!
You have a great plan going. I love cooking especially when I can splurge on holiday meals. I agree that chocolate is a killer, my sons expect chocolate cream pie…grrrr.
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Agenda 21 was an idea environmentalists thought up to leave the earth a better place than they found it for the 21st Century. Many years ago extremists flipped this idealistic pipe dream over and turned it into Earth Day Gone Wild. If implemented as designed, national sovereignty and private property rights will disappear forever, and a tight set of controls will remain - forced down your throat by a more knowledgeable elite. Those who resist this form of rigid control are called Agenda 21 Enders, or Agenders.
They are certainly not 'The Avengers,' but who are the Agenders? Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh, in a post entitled 'Agenders' and Right Wing Conspirators, on the Canada Free Press web site on Feb. 12, 2012, examined an article written by Andrew Cohen (no relation) in The Atlantic about a week earlier. She accurately pointed out that Mr. Cohen, like most Agenda 21 supporters, completely misrepresented not only U.N. Agenda 21, but why many oppose it. In his piece, Is the UN Using Bike Paths to Achieve World Domination?, Andrew Cohen implied the Agenders are extremists. In fact, they are not out of the main stream, but informed citizens. Many Americans will not stand for the radical U.N. rules (termed 'guidelines') which, if ever set in stone, would remove many freedoms we take for granted. We, too, love our planet, but we don't agree with the 'save the earth - or die' mentality. That is what is too extreme for us.
Mr. Andrew Cohen, it's not the science or stewardship of the earth we oppose. It's the politicization of the environmental movement. For example, if the earth is warming, great, we can all agree if the evidence presents itself. But scientists who tell us it's man-made have already manipulated their statistics to support a favorite outcome. Why? It's due to politics, but as odd as it may seem, this is not a left-right issue!
A few years ago, some reporters revealed in secret e-mails that global warming scientists in Europe admitted exaggerating / making up data to prove their points. The fact that their goal is more important than science is what makes it political. Look at the people who profit from selling items from the scare. Al Gore is one who spoke against large carbon footprints. Yet, videos surfaced showing him boarding private jets, which 'exhale' many times the carbon per person than commercial flight. Why do the alarmists use these gas guzzlers? Perhaps they don't believe that carbon as a poison, either, especially if they have to sacrifice, too!
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Scroll down: Rosa Koire explains Agenda 21
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Stopping the UN in the SouthwestPlease refer to my previous posts related to U.N. Agenda 21:
From the Left to the Right - Agenda 21 Post #1, 2/28/12
From the Left to the Right - Agenda 21 Post #2, 3/27/12
From the Left to the Right - Agenda 21 Post #3, 4/17/12
From the Left to the Right - Agenda 21 Post #4, 7/10/12
From the Left to the Right - Agenda 21 Post #5, 10/30/12
From the Left to the Right - Agenda 21 Post #6, 12/04/12
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Here I am with my deep agile eyes
Like wild deer grazing under a tree.
Rest is a black cloud of cotton sighs;
Burqa is what's there, but no me.
Here I stand, under the scorching sun
Shying away from the eyes of every he.
A gloved hand dwelt by a mobile (seems fun);
More than the myself that is dwelt in the me.
Here I am with my 'equal' religion
One that came to set me free.
O' look you here, my dear dear religion;
Just look what you have done to me!


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I'm feeling rather like writing today, but with no particular goal in mind. I could work on the story I recently started reviving, but that's laying to sleep for a bit until more inspiration bites me in the ass. I could do some slush reading, but that's not writing, and therefore not what I'm in the mood to do.What I really want to do is find a sunny (dry) spot outside, and sit there, and write. Perhaps get a little sunburned, definitely get a little more freckle-covered.
I could work on a blog post about breastfeeding (for my other blog...) and I could give some thought to combining my three blogs into one. Or two. I don't really want to do that though. I could also start publishing my more essay-like posts over here in addition to the other blog. We'll see. I would like to keep this one as my creative endeavors blog, and keep it free of the detritus of day to day life.
I have found that getting adequate exercise helps my brain's creative side flourish a little more. There's something about running with music pounding in my ears that brings it about. I've been also using the Zombies,Run! app, which is lots of fun and I generate in-the-moment fan fiction in my head as I go, but don't bother to write it down when I get home. I should. It might at least be a good jumping off point. Maybe, now that my brain has purged a little of the bubbling-over words, I could focus my energies to work on my story.
I will leave you with a poem I wrote on my way home the other day (at a stoplight, lest you think I was texting while driving).
Stopping all the time
This is lame


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Firefighters in Jackson County have confirmed reports of an employee injured at a plant. The man was burned at Industrial Steel Treating Company, inc. located on Carroll Ave on Thursday. We do not know the workers condition at this time. We've put in calls to find out more information and we'll let you know when we get a call back.


text: I've started noticing this a few weeks ago since the temperatures are warming up. When I turn on the AC, there is about a 10 second delay then a motor starts to "spool" up, independent to the fan speed, and after about 5 seconds it becomes very loud. Louder than if I had a ICE under the hood IMO. It is not the fan blower motor because if I turn the AC off then back on again the fan blower are still on "hi" and the loud motor noise stops at least temporarily. Maybe it is a condenser fan? Running on overdrive??? It just seems very loud to just be operating the AC. Also there is a substantial KW drain when the noise exists. I don't know the number but more than normal. I called Tesla, took a while but they should be scheduling a visit to the service center next week. Have any of you had this issue or noticed it? John


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off-brand furniture is taking part in Make Home Over Hunt I. Get a hint from the hunt poster at inworld store, and look for the hunt object: Green Earth Symbol.
Duration: April 5 - May 5.
Information: Check Make Home Over blog.
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I would suggest citing the method you used in your publication (e.g. reconstruction method or tracking algorithm) and mentioning that the data were analyzed using DSI Studio (http://dsi-studio.labsolver.org). For example:
Generalized q-sampling imaging (GQI)
GQI is a model-free method that calculates the orientational distribution of the density of diffusing water.
Yeh, Fang-Cheng, Van Jay Wedeen, and Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, "Generalized-sampling imaging."Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on 29.9 (2010): 1626-1635. [pdf]
Q-space diffeormophic reconstruction (QSDR)
QSDR is a model-free method that calculates the orientational distribution of the density of diffusing water in a standard space.
Yeh, Fang-Cheng, and Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, "NTU-90: a high angular resolution brain atlas constructed by q-space diffeomorphic reconstruction." Neuroimage 58.1 (2011): 91-99. [pdf]
Restricted diffusion imaging (RDI)
RDI is a model-free method that calculates the density of diffusing spins restricted within a given displacement distance.
Yeh, Fang-Cheng, Li Liu, T. Kevin Hitchens, and Yijen L. Wu, "Mapping Immune Cell Infiltration Using Restricted Diffusion MRI", Magn Reson Med. accepted, (2016) [pdf]
Deterministic tracking algorithm
The fiber tracking algorithm implemented in DSI Studio is a generalized version of the deterministic tracking algorithm that uses quantitative anisotropy as the termination index.
Yeh, Fang-Cheng, et al. "Deterministic diffusion fiber tracking improved by quantitative anisotropy." (2013): e80713. PLoS ONE 8(11): e80713. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080713 [link]
Group connectometry
Group connectometry is atlas-based analysis method that tracks association/correlation/group difference along major fiber pathways and statistically tests the findings using false discovery rate.
Yeh, Fang-Cheng, David Badre, and Timothy Verstynen. "Connectometry: A statistical approach harnessing the analytical potential of the local connectome." NeuroImage 125 (2016): 162-171. [pdf]
Individual connectometry
Individual connectometry is atlas-based analysis method that tracks the deviant pathways of one individual (e.g. a patient) by comparing subject's data with a normal population.
Yeh, Fang-Cheng, Pei-Fang Tang, and Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng. "Diffusion MRI connectometry automatically reveals affected fiber pathways in individuals with chronic stroke." NeuroImage: Clinical 2 (2013): 912-921. [pdf]
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1. Advanced Biomedical MRI Lab at National Taiwan University Hospital (http://abmri.mc.ntu.edu.tw/)
2. CoAx Lab at Carnegie Mellon University (http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~coaxlab/)
3. Lab of Neurocognitive Development of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (https://lncd.pitt.edu/wp/)
4. Brain Body Stress Lab at University of Pittsburgh (http://brainbodystress.pitt.edu/)
5. Walt Schneider Lab at University of Pittsburgh (http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/schneiderlab/)
6. Action Lab at University of California Santa Barbara (https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/grafton/scott/index.html)
7. NeuroImaging Network (NIN), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran (http://usern.tums.ac.ir/Group/Info/NIN)


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A while back I watched a show about the creation of the universe. I love shows that explain the incredible magic we call creation, especially from the viewpoint of physics. It talked about everything from quantum physics, to parallel universes, to photons and electrons being in several places at the same time, to the existence of an infinite number of universes in existence before the Big Bang and still producing billions of universes today, and so forth. All those different dimensions we can't see or hear, distances we can't possibly relate to, like 164 billion light-years, a whole universe smaller than an electron, and so forth -- I love it all.
Now I'm not saying I comprehend all of this, I just love it because it makes the magic even more amazing and magnificent. But one thing about this show struck me as a little odd, especially considering that I have seen many similar shows and realized this odd thing -- the lack of "why?" All these super-duper brainy scientists have devoted their lifetimes to unraveling the mystery of "how" this creation came to be, what the mechanics are, how long it has been around, where it is going, etc., and yet, I don't remember a single one of them asking the simple question of why all this magic is happening. Who, or what, benefits from this creation? A dumb question perhaps, but I look around at the many incredible manifestations of this creation that I can see and that I can relate to, and everything I see appears to have a purpose. Even when we think something may not have a purpose, it is always just a matter of time and study to discover that it does, in fact, have a reason for being.
So what about this whole gigantic, inconceivable mystery we call creation? What is its purpose? Is there something we don't know that is even more important and valuable? Something that can only come into existence through the workings of galaxies and microbes and invisible particles and dark energy and human beings and flowers and sunsets and...?
Think of it as making coffee. We explore the universe and study tiny particles. Similarly, you can study coffee grains and boiling water and paper filters and be amazed about the molecules and particles they are made of, but we understand quite well that the purpose of those coffee beans and that hot water is that you end up with a cup of coffee you can enjoy. What is it that this creation produces that warrants all that effort and magic? A cosmic cup of java? And if so, who gets to enjoy it? Surely this is a fair question. So here is what I think might, just might, be a truly worthwhile purpose for all of this...
Ask yourself this question: What is the most important benefit, the most valuable experience you, as a human being, can hope for? It is, drum roll please, f-e-e-l-i-n-g g-o-o-d! Think about it. Everything you do, you do in the hope that the end result will be a good feeling. Whether it is making money, courting another human being, giving birth to a child, playing golf, watching a tear-jerker film, whatever. It is as if we humans have only one true purpose, and that is chasing this feeling -- a feeling we can't locate, can't transfer, can't deposit in a bank as a future asset.


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To qualify for a Central Planning Team position, you must meet the following basic qualifications:
- Must be a full-time, Rutgers University student.
- Must have and maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA
- Must be in good standing with Rutgers University
- Successful completion of previous Dance Marathon leadership responsibilities.
- Dance Marathon involvement (Asst. Director/Captain/Volunteer/Dancer) is preferred.
Please note: Not all applicants are guaranteed an interview. Candidates selected for an interview will be notified by Wednesday, April 26
- Interviews will be held April 29-30 and May 1-2
- Interviews will last 45 minutes.
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- Attend overnight planning retreat May 23 & 24, 2018
- Summer Team Meetings – once a month
- DM Training Week – August 27 – August 31, 2018 (overnight retreat & daily training sessions)
- Weekly BOD/CPT meetings (every Tuesday, 9:30 PM beginning in September)
- Participate in a minimum of 2 group fundraising events
- Commit to raise $700.00 no later than January 21, 2019
- Attend Dance Marathon weekend – April 4, 5, & 6, 2019
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Dancer Relations (4): This team is charged with coordinating all aspects of recruitment. The members of this team will lead recruitment presentations, act as the liaisons to Team Reps, create the line dance, and coordinate color teams and activities.
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Family Relations (2): This team is charged with coordinating the yearlong RU4Kids Program and act as the liaison between Embrace Kids Foundation. The members of this team will educate staff about the cause, assist with Dance FTKs, and participate in Embrace Kids Foundation related events.
Finance (4): This team will manage all financial aspects of the Dance Marathon. The Finance team will track all student fundraising efforts and coordinate special fundraising events. Additional areas of responsibility include sourcing sponsors and managing donors. Students applying for this position should have some background in accounting/finance.
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Magical magical micro-adventures!
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How wonderful to hear about your wonderful weekend, you sound wonderfully happy! xx p.s. you can never use the word wonderful too much!! xxReplyDelete
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So pleased that your weekend more than met your expectations. Your narrative leaves us wanting to hear more.The pictures are beautiful. xxReplyDelete
It certainly sounds like one 'wonderful' weekend. Thanks for sharing. Take care.ReplyDelete
You only used that magical word once, PIES!!!! Sounds like you have a great time. Keep having good micro adventures so you can share them with us.ReplyDelete
A weekend of perfectness!ReplyDelete
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Our plan is to arrive around 6 pm at the 5th climbing station and relax before starting our climb around 9 pm. Our goal is to hike through the night and be at the top for sunrise. It is supposed to be one of the most amazing sights one can ever see. And don't worry, I am making Matt carry my camera up. There is no way I am doing this without my Nikon.
So wish "Team Caterpillar" luck this Saturday. Because, it's all about the adventure, right?


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Futoshi Osada, chief of the country's Civil Aviation Bureau was quoted as saying, "It is really deplorable that the incident occurred as it threatened to undermine public trust in the safety of the public transportation system." Osada then told the airline's president to "to take appropriate action and report back."
If that wraps up the investigation into what happened on the upside down flight from Okinawa to Tokyo last month, an opportunity to learn from this near-disaster will be lost.
Boeing 737 was put into a turn so steep the plane rolled upside down. The co-pilot who was alone in the cockpit at the time inadvertently selected the wrong knob while trying to readmit the captain to the flight deck after a potty break.
When I heard this story, I immediately thought of the DC-8. Let me explain.
Back in the 1970s when many airlines were flying the McDonnell Douglas jet, pilots on at least two occasions accidentally deployed the ground spoilers when the airplane was still in the air. Because this destroys lift (spoils it, get it?) it is a monumental no-no. On July 5, 1970 the oopsie caused an Air Canada flight to crash after an attempted go-around at Toronto International Airport, killing all 109 people on board.
Three years later, a Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashed on landing at Kennedy Airport in New York. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded the pilot deployed the ground spoilers while attempting to arm them.
Fortunately, no one was killed. Air travelers in general were fortunate too because the American safety officials spent some time trying to find out why the pilots erred. Their conclusion: telling pilots "don't do that" wasn't going to fly. Design changes in the cockpit were necessary.
Don't get me wrong, this insight wasn't immediate. After the Air Canada accident, the Federal Aviation Administration's first response was to install a placard on the DC-8 flight decks saying - and I am not making this up - DO NOT DEPLOY SPOILERS IN FLIGHT.
It is easy to be smug in the 21st century about the oversights in the 1970s when human factors in cockpit design was a relatively new field of study. I don't mean to be that girl. Thirty-five years ago the machine was considered rigid and the pilots considered malleable. Why not bend the human to the design of the cockpit?
Over the years we have learned why not. As the late flight surgeon Dr. Charles Billings wrote in his 1997 handbook of human factors "Technology should not expect humans to adapt in some fundamental way because cognitive and physical abilities of the human do not change."
So in Japan, and anywhere else in the world where 737s fly and that would be everywhere, I sure hope the air safety folks are doing an examination of their incident and accident databases to see if there are similar cases of pilots accidentally confusing critical flight control knobs with the door knob. If so, perhaps Boeing needs to take another look at the design of the flight deck and how it pairs up with the design of the people who work on it.


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How to Install
- Download and install Java SDK (Ex: jdk-6u20-windows-i586.exe)
- Download Android SDK package (Ex: android-sdk_r06-windows.zip)
- Extract SDK package into anywhere on your drive (Ex: D:\android-sdk-windows)
Phone Setup
In order to use ADB, you have to enable USB Debugging option in phone settings (Settings->Applications->Development)
How to Use
- Connect the phone to your pc/notebook usb port
- Run Windows command line tool (cmd) and go to D:\android-sdk-windows\tool
New Android SDK puts adb executable file on \platform-tools directory instead of tool. So the path should be D:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
Usefull Commands
1. Check connected phone
Syntax: adb devices
2. Login to Android shell
Syntax: adb shell
Note:If you get '#' after typing adb shell, you are already get root access on the phone, no need to type su. Otherwise if you get '$' , type 'su' to get root access (only for rooted device)."cp
Copy file or directory
Syntax: cp [options] source dest
To copy or delete files in Android root directories you have to change the directory access mode to 'read and write (rw)' using command: remount rw
#remount rw
#cp /sdcard/libsec-ril.so /system/lib
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