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My previous posts on the inevitable politics of climate science, I was flattered to see, figured into a terrific article this week by David Roberts of Grist about the futility of "just the facts" approaches to explaining that science to the public. Read his whole post for the thoughtfully developed argument, but these paragraphs offer the gist of it:
… [A] democratic public does not want bare facts. It wants meaning. It wants to know why climate science matters and what can be done about it. More fundamentally, it's not just that people want meaning, it's that they only absorb facts through meaning. Our identities are how we make sense of information. This is the whole point of cultural cognition research: We seek out information that reinforces our identities.
Scientists, at their best, avoid this kind of blinkered, identity-reinforcing cognition, at least when they're engaged in scientific work. They struggle to unearth their own assumptions and subject them to testing, to render them falsifiable. It's a kind of mental self-discipline that requires considerable training. Scientists should not imagine that members of the general public do or could or should share that same self-discipline. If they want the information they convey to be understood and absorbed, they will have to speak as humans speak, from within a cultural identity and a set of values, not hovering above such mortal concerns.
Roberts notes my "morose conclusion" that scientists should advocate for whatever they want because nobody seems to care what they think, then makes the case that by building bridges to cultural groups with whom they can find real affinities, scientists can become more persuasive. (He cites climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe as a success at this.)
He and I are actually not far apart in our optimism. My remark was perhaps a little too flip: I was only trying to say that I think the potential harm from scientists discussing policy intelligently can get overstated. The kind of engagement that Hayhoe has managed seems like a wonderful example for at least some others to follow, and it should be an inspiration to anyone who wants to help build the democratic consensus that real progress on climate policy will need.
Cultural cognition—people's universal tendency to screen their perception and acceptance of facts through cultural attitudes—gets a lot of attention from science writers these days, as it should. Walk into a meeting of science writers and talk about the need to better educate climate deniers and a fluttery squawk of scolding about "information deficit models" will erupt from every corner. I mostly agree with this, but will also confess to being frustrated for two reasons at how unproductive the recognition of cultural cognition typically becomes.
My first, lesser reason is that on the face of it, cultural cognition often seems to explain too much. It seems like such a potent force in shaping attitudes that I'm left wondering how anyone ever gets persuaded of ideas at odds with their social groups' values, even though this clearly must happen all the time. Plenty of Americans haven't been culturally comfortable with fighting wars, accepting tax hikes, abiding by environmental regulations, or accepting legalized abortions and gay marriages, and yet somehow those things happened through a political process anyway. No doubt the lesson is that in those cases, ways of making those propositions culturally tolerable were found, which makes sense—but it also suggests that instances of cultural cognition only get defined by failure in retrospect, which makes me suspicious.
My other, bigger reason is that in practice, people often treat cultural cognition as a showstopper, and a justification for haughtily criticizing certain communication efforts without offering meaningful alternatives. It's easy to chide science writers for pointlessly throwing more scary climate facts at a public that doesn't want to hear them, or for tut-tutting that some climate news will sound like the same old doom-saying hysterics unless it's been watered down to pabulum. But what exactly are the bridges to those people's realities we should be using instead? And what do we do if the value frameworks within which they define the world don't allow meaningful policy responses and their intransigence carries consequences for everyone else?
(Here I should also acknowledge a third reason, which is more of a bias: I'm all for reaching out to others' cultures with understanding and respect, but if somebody's culture shows a deep, committed refusal to at least acknowledge empirical physical reality, then it's hard for me personally to maintain that respect.)
Yet I could be very wrong on these points, which is why I'm glad that some people in science communications are trying to engage with the significance of cultural cognition more meaningfully. It's why I've always been impressed by something that Dan Kahan, cultural cognition's most prominent investigator, posted this past February, which I've called the most edifying and useful thing I've read about cultural cognition because it carries a clear message for communicators. Rather than deploring how some unscientific ideas come to be bound up within certain cultural sets, Kahan writes, science journalists need to be more attentive to how these mistaken notions become rallying cries in the first place.
The entanglement of facts that admit of scientific investigation—e.g., "carbon emissions are heating the planet"; "deep geologic isolation of nuclear wastes is safe"—with antagonistic meanings occurs by a mixture of influences, including strategic behavior, poor institutional design, and sheer misadventure. In no such case was the problem inevitable; indeed, in most, such entanglement could easily have been avoided.
These antagonistic meanings, then, are a kind of pollution in the science communication environment. They disable the normal and normally reliable faculties of rational discernment by which ordinary individuals recognize what is collectively known.
One of the central missions of the science of science communication in a liberal democratic state is to protect the science communication environment from such contamination, and to develop means for detoxifying that environment when preventive or protective measures fail.
Granted, that advice doesn't do much to help unpollute the existing atmosphere for climate discussions, but it points to ways of preventing the situation from getting still worse. And that may be a second step toward improvement, falling right after the sympathetic outreach efforts of scientists like Hayhoe.
It's also great that science communicators as a profession may be starting to take a more scientific approach to overcoming these cultural blocks to understanding, as John Timmer of Ars Technica reviewed splendidly back at the beginning of August. And although I'm not attending the ScienceOnline Climate conference now in progress, the feed of tweets emerging from it testifies to the value of the discussion. The program is also giving lots of attention to exactly these kinds of communications issues, such as the plenaries on "Testing Climate Communications Hypotheses" and "Credibility, Trust, Goodwill, and Persuasion," as well as sessions on "Lamenting Eden-Climate Change Discussions Across Ideologies," on "Problem solving, democracy, and handling climate change," and on "Engagement Strategies—The CCTI & Beyond." Follow along on #scioClimate and let's see what we can all learn.


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Your career takes you to enemy-occupied territory during wartime. You keep your eyes and ears open, gather information, use your wits, and send back to your "control" whatever you learn. Friends and colleagues may suddenly turn against you, you are constantly under suspicion, sometimes there is a price on your head.
A career in espionage? This was the path of two Barnard women. Virginia Hall, Class of 1927, spied for the Allies in Nazi- occupied France. At a time when female operatives were a novelty, she was aiding the French Resistance and sabotaging German troops. The Nazis called her "the most dangerous of all Allied spies." Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Class of 1906, joined the Soviets in the war against capitalism. An early, vocal suffragist and feminist, and a founder of the Communist Party of America, Poyntz became a Soviet spy here in the United States before defecting and ultimately being silenced. Neither woman set out to join the shadowy world of spying, but both were on missions to help causes they believed in.
When Virginia Hall (later Virginia Hall Goillot) applied to Barnard in 1925, she already knew she wanted a career as an officer in the Foreign Service. Born into a wealthy Baltimore family in 1906, Hall traveled throughout Europe during her childhood. Trips to places like Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland helped her develop a gift for languages, including French, German, and Latin. French and math were favorite subjects. She started at Radcliffe before coming to Barnard, where she was an average student who did not seem to participate in a lot of aspects of campus life. She left in good standing without graduating in 1927. Despite knowing she needed a college education, Hall yearned to start her life off campus. She gave up the idea of a degree and persuaded her father to send her to Europe. "She was really interested in exciting things. Her family was exciting—her grandfather was a sea captain, her father was an entrepreneur," says Judith L. Pearson, author of The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy.
By 1931, Hall was a code clerk with the U.S. embassy in Warsaw, who "wanted to rise through the ranks and become an ambassador," says Pearson. She was working for the American Consulate in Turkey in 1932 when tragedy struck. On a hunting trip, she accidentally shot herself in the foot and lost her left leg at the knee. Skillfully adjusting to her wooden leg, Hall continued to seek career advancement, but a disabled woman at that time was not going to break the glass ceiling. In 1939 she headed to Paris, where she took on freelance writing assignments and even drove an ambulance. When the Germans moved in, Hall moved on—to London.
Once there, Hall was recruited as a spy. Prime Minister Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive (SOE) group endorsed female operatives, who were presumably less likely than men to be interrogated. The SOE trained Hall to master weapons and codes. Her first assignment was in France. Working as a New York Post reporter, she sent to London coordinates of safe zones in which to parachute money, weapons, or other supplies for the resistance movement. She also found safe houses for escaped war prisoners and wounded troops.
Hall was good at her job and her aliases were well known in resistance circles: "Diane," "Camille," "Marcella," "Aramis," "Marie Morin." The Nazis knew her simply as the "woman with a limp." (Her leg had its own code name: "Cuthbert.") When she discovered a double agent among her ranks, a French abbot working for the German intelligence organization Abwehr, she feared she was in danger. Soon wanted posters appeared bearing her distinct likeness. The message: She was "the most dangerous of all Allied spies and we must find and destroy her." Just before the German occupation of southern France in 1942, Hall managed to escape the country on foot across the Pyrenees Mountains to Spain—a feat for anyone without a wooden leg.
The SOE was impressed, and in 1943, Hall was awarded the prestigious Order of the British Empire Medal by King George VI. Meanwhile, the U.S. had entered the war. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor to the CIA) recruited Hall and sent her back to France in 1944. This time she was disguised as a French goat herder, in oversized peasant clothes filled with padding. She carefully slowed and shifted her gait, so the limp was not noticeable. Time on a farm as a child made her comfortable with the goats, and the 38-year-old American became an old French peasant woman, all the while helping to organize guerilla groups that sabotaged bridges, supplies, and weapons, and to report Nazi troop movements back to the Allies via her suitcase radio.
In 1945, Hall was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Although it was intended that President Truman would present the second highest military honor for heroism to the only female civilian recipient in World War II, Hall worried that too much publicity would compromise her identity and future covert operations. Instead, OSS founder Major General WilliamJ. Donovan presented the honor with little fanfare. After the war, Hall returned to the United States and married fellow OSS member Paul Goillot in 1950. The two settled in her home state of Maryland, and while she continued with the CIA, her international escapades were over. She remained in a comfortable job analyzing French paramilitary affairs for 20 years before retiring.
If Hall was an adventurer who helped alter the events of history, Juliet Stuart Poyntz (born "Points") was bent on changing the world. Born in Omaha in 1886, she came to Barnard in 1903. She was 16 and her family was living in Jersey City, but she took full advantage of college life. Class treasurer during her first year, then sophomore class president, she became secretary of the Barnard Union and, during senior year, president of the Undergraduate Association and chair of the Student Council. Poyntz edited the yearbook, Mortarboard, and was a member of various clubs, including the Kappa Kappa Gamma women's fraternity, the Christian Association, and the sophomore dance committee. During senior year she performed in a play, participated in the school's third annual Greek Games (taking first place in wrestling), argued in the interclass debate (her team won), and made Phi Beta Kappa. Valedictorian of her class, her yearbook named her "Most Popular in College," and next to her photograph a quotation reads: "At her command the palace learned to rise."
Poyntz also founded Barnard's first chapter of the Collegiate Equal Suffrage League of New York State in 1907. "When the movement began," she later recalled,
"the intrepid few who composed it were distinctly made to feel by the rest of the college that they were regarded as 'queer,' as lacking in balance and altogether abnormal." Said Poyntz in her valedictory speech: "Mere facts can never develop power and personality. But in our rebellion against mere information, we have tried not to go to the other extreme, exemplified by the college girl whose motto was, 'never let your lessons interfere with your college life.'" In 1914, Poyntz would turn the then thriving suffrage club into a feminist club, arguing for the merits of women's studies to provide more education about "the general economic and social position of women and the history of the woman movement."
After graduating from Barnard, Poyntz claims she "broke away from the respectable middle classes" to find her "proper level" working as a traveling special agent for the U.S. immigration commission. But she was soon back at school. During the years from 1909 and 1913 she held teaching assistant positions at Barnard as she studied variously at Columbia, the London School of Economics, and Oxford University. She also changed "Points" to "Poyntz," and married a man named Dr. Friedrich Franz Ludwig Glaser, a German diplomat and a Communist.
Her interests in equality and the labor movement in America fueled her Communist sympathies. The notorious Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred in 1911, causing the deaths of 146 garment workers (many jumping 80 feet to escape the burning factory floor), and Poyntz became a champion of labor causes. She did investigations for the American
Association for Labor Legislation, and became the education director for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Local No. 25, the union that represented some of the Triangle Factory workers. Poyntz helped found the Communist Party of America in 1919, and then became head of the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science, a school teaching communist
and socialist ideals. In addition, she gave speeches and wrote articles for The Nation.
Although never elected, Poyntz ran for office on the Communist ticket four times. (In a 1928 bid for attorney general of New York, she had more than 10,000 polling votes.)
Having traveled to Russia several times, and even once to China, it was in 1934 that Poyntz apparently began working for the Soviet OGPU (a KGB predecessor), sending back whatever specific information she could about the United States. But on a
1936 trip to Moscow, she witnessed Stalin's "great purge" of dissenters, which ultimately
resulted in the deaths of an estimated 10 million people, including individuals she knew and cared about. Her own loyalty to the party came into question, and by the time she returned to America that loyalty was indeed gone. She told friends she wanted nothing more to do with Communism and revealed that she feared for her own safety.
Whittaker Chambers, the TIME magazine editor who testified in 1948 about his years as a Communist, broke with the party around the same time. "For a year I lived in hiding, sleeping by day and watching through the night with gun or revolver within easy reach. That was what underground communism could do to one man in the peaceful United States in the year 1938." Part of his fear was due to the disappearance of his friend, Poyntz, who in June of 1937 left her room in the American Women's Association Clubhouse on West 57th Street and never returned, although it took authorities and the media six months to take notice of her disappearance. Eventually, Poyntz's lawyer came forth with some information: She had been missing for months but he hoped she might turn up.
The New York Times continued to follow the story in the coming months. Carlo Tresca, a fellow Communist Party member, revealed he knew Poyntz was with Sancho Epstein, an editor who was her old friend and perhaps lover. Epstein was an "agent
provocateur" working with Soviet secret police, Tresca said, who most certainly took her body to Moscow or disposed of it along the way (Tresca himself was murdered
in 1943). Poyntz's body was never found, despite rumors of it being buried in Dutchess County.
The Poyntz case remains unsolved, and many of her colleagues went on to renounce Communism and have productive lives and careers. As for Virginia Hall, she passed away in 1982, not a famous war hero, but as an elderly woman who loved to tell stories of her days as a spy. But Hall may still become famous: Her story is currently being developed for a movie.
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I love the flavor, the beauty, and the super-autumny feel of persimmons... Last year I sorta missed out on persimmons (how did that happen!?), so this year I've made a concerted effort to appreciate these guys while they're around!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Persimmon Appreciation
I love the flavor, the beauty, and the super-autumny feel of persimmons... Last year I sorta missed out on persimmons (how did that happen!?), so this year I've made a concerted effort to appreciate these guys while they're around!
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Fuyu persimmons are one of my favorite fruits, but I didn't discover them until my twenties! I've only had the Hachiya persimmons once, and it was a karmic disaster. In my old neighborhood there was a house with a big fence, and just inside the fence there was a Hachiya persimmon tree. I'd only had the Fuyu persimmons, and I assumed they were the same. I didn't want the owner to see me climbing up on their fence to pick one, and so I convinced David that we should go on a nighttime walk later. I climbed up onto their fence, took a couple of persimmons, and brought them home with me. I washed one, took a big bite, and was greeted with a chalky mouthful of underripe Hachiya persimmon. I learned my lesson that day, and now I stick with the Fuyu! Plus, I like that they can be eaten at various stages of ripeness - while they're crunchy like a pear or when they're softer and riper like a peach. And that owner gets to keep her Hachiya persimmons all to herself! :)ReplyDelete
I love them both equally! There is just something so happy and fall-into-wintery about them. Maybe it's the color. They just cheer me up to see (and eat).ReplyDelete
I used to feed super ripe hachiyas to Grey when he was tiny... possibly the closest thing to normal baby food he ever got his little gums around.
I'm a fan of dried persimmons -- to me they taste like caramel -- but between the period of astringency followed by the period of short shelf life have not really pursued fresh ones other than a time someone gave me extra ones from her tree. If Fuyu persimmons don't have that issue then I should give them a try ...ReplyDeleteReplies
Tane', I totally agree about that annoying unripe -> overripe phenomena. The crunchy Fuyus don't have that issue at ALL. They are even good when they are a little under-ripe all the way to when they are over-ripe. They are so much easier to work with. Also, dried persimmons really are fantastic!Delete
Persimmons are a new discovery for me too! The little, squat ones are much easier to find here (usually sold under the name of "sharon fruit" but I recently found a few of the bigger, squishy ones and really liked them too.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the education on what their real names are!
I didn't grow up with persimmons — they would have been an exotic fruit in Pennsylvania. I'm basically unfamiliar with either variety, but after reading your post, I plan to end that nonsense. The not-mushy one sounds best to me so I'll start with that!ReplyDelete
I'm on the fence with persimmons. I've had some that I just go crazy for and others that are just kinda meh. I think I just don't know enough about the different varieties and what to look for in terms of ripeness. The ones that I did like were a little soft in the middle. I also don't know what to do with them other than just eat them straight.ReplyDeleteReplies
You can use the crunchy ones like you would use apples - you can make tarts or pies or muffins... just like you would use apples. And they are good with similar flavors like cinnamon and ginger and nutmeg. The mooshy ones I usually use in puree form in baked goods... sorta like how you would use pumpkin or sweet potato. The persimmon puree is more liquidy than pumpkin though, so you either need to cook it down or replace some of the other liquid in the recipe. <3Delete
We only seem to have the Fuyu ones here. I love them for eating!ReplyDelete
However I have a few recipes that require the smooshiness of the other ones for baking, so I do wish I could find some of them as well.
these fruits are waaaaay too sweet for me but my mother enjoys them as a snack daily. thinking of "borrowing" some from her to make a pie or breadReplyDelete
I first tried, and fell in love with persimmons in Japan, where they have been called the "national fruit". I used to like the sweeter ones but now prefer the hard ones, especially those with black specks inside referred to "goma" (sesame seeds!) in Japanese. However, I just read that the younger generation are not eating many persimmons because they are too difficult to peel!ReplyDelete
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You people crack me up, this blog is top heavy and loaded with sugar addicts including the owner, who openly admits it, and persimmons are too sweet. What about all those unhealthy desserts everyone here just loves that are loaded with sugar. I don't here one person complaining about them being to sweet.ReplyDelete
Fruits are highly nutritious and persimmons are wonderful and very healthy, I would take a persimmon over a sweet dessert anytime.
I love persimmons! I totally hoard plates of them during persimmon season, waiting for the Hachiya to soften. My sweetheart forgets which are Hachiya and which and Fuyu so I have to be constantly vigilant! One bout of xerostomia was enough, oof.ReplyDelete
Another permission lover! Nature's sorbet! Sending you and your family love, Amey.ReplyDelete


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Author Gretel Ehrlich spoke at the GYC meeting about her travels in Greenland with the Inuit. This is a delayed update on that speech for anyone who is following the GYC posts.
A slide show of gorgeous ice, dawn skies reflected in open waters sweeping back to buttresses of frozen blue, an Inuit man in polar bear pants flicking a whip towards his pack of sled dogs. These are the images which Gretel Ehrlich places before us – though, as she explains, all of these pictures contain stories deeper than one first suspects. The ice, so awe-inspiring, is melting; the reflection of the sky in the open water is likewise a reflection of a catastrophe for the Inuit way of life, for it is impossible to travel to hunting grounds by dogsled over open water; and the whip, Ehrlich stresses, is only ever used as a gentle reminder to the dogs, who are the Inuit's partners in survival and who are never actually beaten.
Ehrlich's speech is a powerful reminder of what we are losing as climate change progresses, and she makes powerful, eloquent statements. On her more-than-a-decade association with the Greenland Inuit and her observations of their existence on the ice, she says, "The extinction of tradition goes hand in hand with the extinction of animals" and "Gone is a way of knowing the world." Our willingness to stand by and let this happen, she says, is "the moral equivalent of suicide."
I agree, and her speech, like her writing, is moving and skillful. Yet I was left with an increasingly familiar sense of dissatisfaction at the end of the talk. Several years ago I was in the audience at the Yale School of Forestry while William Cronon, the renowned environmental historian, spoke of the environmental community's "addiction to apocalyptic narratives," and the damage that this addiction does to our credibility and appeal. He argued that the constant stories of overwhelming crisis that worked so well in the early days of the environmental movement have now become simply overwhelming rather than inspiring. He also argued – a more subtle argument, but one with which I agree – that narratives of apocalypse inherently come with narratives of 'final solutions' (his words, and he acknowledged that he was using them, "in full knowledge of the associated obscenity.") These solution narratives suggest that we still believe in the static, linear nature of systems – that once we fix this one big thing, everything will be fine. This obviously disappoints expectations (the task of protecting the environment will never be finished, a thought that sometimes makes me want to jump off a cliff, but oh well….) and the underlying assumption reflects a massive flaw in our cultural capacity to deal with complexity.
Clearly, none of this is Gretel Ehrlich's fault, and of course the suffering of indigenous groups, the loss of knowledge, livelihood, and relationship with the environment, must be acknowledged and mourned. But writers have to figure out a way to push the narrative beyond the grief and the loss. The human capacity to go out onto the Arctic ice and figure out how to make a living there in the first place reflects a tremendous adaptability and creativity, and it is to that sense that writers and storytellers must now appeal. And by 'storytellers' I mean not just writers, but the environmental advocacy community that was present at the meeting and that, through their framing of issues to their constituency, plays a powerful role in steering the course of perceptions and, by extension, the political events and social currents that surround environmental issues.
At the very end of the question session, Ehrlich acknowledged that we must begin to make changes "with creativity…" This doesn't mean that we ignore the tragedies, but it does mean that we move towards looking honestly at the future and the choices that are involved. And it means that we move this narrative to the center of our storytelling efforts. Only by acknowledging that we do have these choices – that we can stand by and let wildlife and ways of life go extinct and that to do so is a choice for which we have responsibility – do we fully understand that our willingness to do so is, indeed, the moral equivalent of suicide.


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The charm of the fishing villages.
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…Summer has a special flavour in the north of Spain. These are the ideal months to explore the fishing villages of Green Spain: Cudillero, Llanes and Ribadesella in Asturias; Laredo, Santoña and San Vicente de la Barquera…
Basque Country cuisine from inside.
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…(Basque Country) We invite you to come and discover the Basque Country's gastronomy, one of the most prestigious in the world. You'll be able to taste the famous pintxos, attend workshops with renowned chefs, prepare typ…
A route through Spain's medieval towns and cities.
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…Here we suggest a route in Spain which is original and unconventional, but very interesting and attractive: it runs through our medieval towns and villages. The itinerary covers close to 1,500 kilometres across Spain fro…
First-rate surfing in northern Spain.
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…Mythical, world-class waves, for unforgettable days of surfing. This is the north of Spain, a surfers' paradise, stage for some of the most important competitions on the international circuit. With varied coastline and p…
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text: Harvest Overshadows USDA Stocks Report September 30, 2013 10:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email The USDA grain stocks report published today is officially old news as fall field work gets underway in earnest, experts tell the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable. "Once it's released, it'll be immediately moved past and we'll starting moving into the harvest picture," says Mike North, First Capitol Ag. Wheat is generating some talk as the market considers whether Chinese demand can keep up, adds Mike Hogan, Stewart-Peterson Inc. Meanwhile, the outlook for corn and soybeans appears favorable, North says. While the U.S. is feeling the effects of the 2012 drought on lower stock numbers, big stocks globally are the real story. At this point, the U.S. farmer is managing the harvest rodeo as producers worldwide resupply and add additional grain to newly installed bins, Hogan notes. "It feels like corn yields are currently growing as we chat with our clients throughout the countryside," he says. "Bean yields feel like they stabilized. Maybe USDA has the right number now. That'll be seen on the Oct. 11 report." Click the play button below to watch Part 1 of the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable: Click the play button below to watch Part 2 of the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable: Back to news


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Brazilian Librarians: Copyright Is A Fear-Based Reaction To Open Access To Knowledge
from the say-that-one-again deptDavid Weinberger recently had an interesting blog post about his attendance at a conference of Brazilian university librarians, where he was very encouraged to learn of the many ways in which the librarians are embracing the internet to improve access to knowledge, and are hoping this leads to much greater things. Not surprisingly, questions on copyright came up, and Weinberger notes that many he spoke to are quite worried about how copyright is holding back access to knowledge:
The question of copyright seems to weigh heavily on just about everyone's mind. (Keep in mind, of course, the self-selection of those with whom I have talked.) Copyright is only perceived as an obstacle if you are intent on maximizing access to the works of human intellect and creativity. If you are afraid of what open access means, then copyright looks like a bulwark. But, if you are confident that we together -- with the invaluable aid of librarians, among others -- can overall steer ourselves right, then the current copyright regime looks like a fear-based reaction.I think that encapsulates a number of important points. Historically, if you look at copyright, it has almost always been exactly that: a fear-based reaction to something new -- some new technology or innovation that helped spread knowledge in a way that potentially removed barriers from a gate-keeper. And, the deeper you look, you quickly realize that almost every single one of those "fear-based reactions" was massively overhyped and had little basis in evidence, fact or reality. And yet... the laws that were passed based on fear stick around. No one ever goes back and says "hey, we passed this law because we believed the fearful claims of industry X, but it appears those fears were unfounded."
It's good to see that folks in Brazil are taking this seriously, however. We recently noted that Brazil is considering new copyright laws now, with some surprising characteristics, such as penalties for those who inhibit fair use or the public domain. It's nice to see at least one country looking to move away from fear-based reactions when creating copyright laws.
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Brantley Gilbert Scores Second No. 1 Hit With 'You Don't Know Her Like I Do'
Brantley Gilbert has yet another reason to smile these days, as his latest single, 'You Don't Know Her Like I Do,' has topped the country singles charts. The tune is Gilbert's second-consecutive No. 1 hit, following in the footsteps of his previous hit, 'Country Must Be Country Wide.'
Gilbert took part in penning both tunes, the latest being a collaboration between himself and Jim McCormick and inspired by an ex-girlfriend of the singer's. As Gilbert hoped would happen, the tune resonated with country fans, who sent the song to earn gold certification for digital downloads exceeding 500,000 copies sold.
"Man, I can't believe it ... this is just so amazing," Gilbert said upon hearing the news of his latest chart-topper. "What an incredible ride this past year has been! I can't begin to thank everyone involved enough. Thanks so much to country radio, my management team, the great folks at Valory and most importantly, the BG Nation. We are here because of you!"
Gilbert's third single from his current 'Halfway to Heaven' album will be 'Kick It in the Sticks,' a tune he co-wrote with Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip. Look for Gilbert on the road this summer with Toby Keith -- click here for a full list of dates where the tour will be stopping.


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Staples shut out by Danbury 2-0 in girls soccer state tournament opener
After it weathered a brief storm in the opening minutes, it was smooth sailing for the Danbury High School girls soccer team in its first-round game in the Class LL state tournament against Staples on Monday.
Freshman Sara DaSilva and senior Taylor Moore each scored a goal and senior goalkeeper Rebecca Gartner made 14 saves as the ninth-seeded Hatters eliminated the 24th-seeded Wreckers with a 2-0 victory in a battle of FCIAC rivals.
"I'm just really proud of all the girls," Gartner said. "We've been working extremely hard. A big thing we stress is not taking any team for granted and working our hardest every game."
It was a nice way to bounce back for the Hatters, who had lost 3-0 in the FCIAC semifinals to eventual-champ St. Joseph on Oct. 28.
In the second round of the Class LL state tournament, the Hatters will visit South-West Conference runner-up New Milford at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The eighth-seeded Green Wave eliminated 25th-seeded New Canaan on penalty kicks Monday.
Staples had the better of the scoring chances in the first 15 to 20 minutes Monday and applied continual pressure on the Hatter defense. But Gartner and the backfield trio of seniors Olivia DeBellis and Bethany Silva and sophomore Christine Cardamone stood their ground and kept Staples off the scoreboard.
"It was definitely frustrating," Staples coach Heather Driscoll said. "I think we created chances the whole game and we couldn't put them away. That's kind of been our season, not being able to finish. But I thought we played really well. The kids worked hard. We were dangerous on the attack and they did pretty well defending."
With less than 15 minutes remaining in the first half, the Hatters were rewarded for their defensive persistence when DaSilva scored off a pass from Brittini Silva. The scoring sequence was set in motion moments earlier when DeBellis intercepted an errant Staples pass near midfield.
Gartner made perhaps her biggest save -- and certainly her most spectacular save -- with 30 minutes remaining. Staples' Lauren Garcia lofted a corner kick into the box that found its way to Georgea Mita on the doorstep. Mita's header, however, was snared out of mid-air by a diving Gartner to preserve the Hatters' one-goal lead.
"She's huge. She's one of the best keepers in the state, without a doubt," Danbury coach Jessica Halas said. "There is comfort just knowing that she's back there. She's not going to give up a soft goal. She's going to be set and ready for each shot."
Gartner's prowess in goal is complemented by the play of defenders DeBellis, Silva and Cardamone, who have been a solid unit all season.
"They have speed, they have a good read on the ball and they're physical," Halas said.
With 18:20 remaining, Moore added an insurance goal off an assist from junior Breanna Prata.
Danbury had defeated Staples 3-1 during a regular-season meeting on Sept. 24.
"This team, the last time we played them, I knew they were a good, solid team," Gartner said. "Their forwards are strong. And I respect them. They're a good young team."


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msleisure needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 165 designs submitted by 46 freelance designers.
Winning Touch
We are a brand new company who will be offering sports massages at on site sports functions. We have no material at all so this new logo will represent our first official brand that we hope will give us the look and feel we need to make a lasting first impression. We want to stick to one or two colors and go with something straightforward. We are looking for a more corporate look. No massage references or specific sports references. Please use your creativity and help us off to a great start. We will be back for more marketing materials and website design, so we will be making note of all talented designers on this logo for future work.
Male and female, but mostly male audience. Age range is likely 25 to 65. They are golfers and other sports enthusiasts at the recreational level.
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-our name is 'the winning touch'. Feel free to use both 'the winning touch' and 'winning touch'. While our name includes 'the', we want to see the option of looking at a logo with or without 'the'.
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Exploring Campaign Slogans
Pop quiz! What do the following things have in common?
*A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.
*Don't swap horses in mid stream.
*Deeds not words
*Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, and Fremont
*Tippecanoe and Tyler too
and my personal favorite….
*We Polked you in '44, we shall Pierce you in '52.
These are all campaign slogans used throughout U.S. election history. You can see a more complete list here.
There are many different methods of studying history. You can simply jump in chronologically, study era by era, or even categorize facts by theme such as war, women, art, business, etc. One of my favorite ways to categorize American history is through our elections.
When I studied the American story in high school and in college my instructors generally hit on every election. The background details, the intrigue, and the campaign slogans brought life to what can be pure drudgery for the disengaged, average history student.
The introduction to history my fourth graders receive is more general in nature. However, I add in elections here and there to generate interest and as a problem posing exercise for young minds to think critically. Analyzing campaign slogans can help students determine what was going on in the country at the time, the promises being made, and serve as a character analysis for the participants involved. Even a casual student of history can use a campaign slogan to gauge the temperature of the nation during a particular time period.
The most powerful reason I can think of to use elections and campaign slogans to teach history is to aide in retention. The can serve as powerful mnemonics to aide in recall of details. 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too' refers to the 1840 election of William Henry Harrison. By the time the 1840 election rolled around Harrison was a man of 68. He had begun life as a member of a prominent and wealthy Virginia family. His father was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The word Tippecanoe refers to a battle Harrison won in the Northwest Territory against the Shawnee brothers, Tecumseh and the Prophet. Later Harrison played an important role against the British during the War of 1812 by recapturing Detroit and during the Battle of Thames. I guess 'Thames and Tyler' didn't have quite the same ring as 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too'.
A study of the campaign slogan led my most recent group of fourth graders to question why Harrison's family connections weren't promoted but his dealings with Native Americans were. Through a very planned and guided question and answer session where students participated in small group discussions and in whole group conversations with me we discovered that there was a great surge of nationalism after the War of 1812 and eventually the property requirement for voting was eliminated for white men. After the war Harrison had retreated to a log cabin out in the Northwest Territory. To appeal to the common man Harrison was promoted not only as a war hero but as a log cabin man. Plus, if Americans voted for Harrison they would end up with Tyler as an added bonus.
We usually review the language arts term "irony" at this point because irony does prevail as Harrison serves the shortest time in office. His inaugural speech lasts much too long, he catches a cold which later develops into pneumonia and he's dead one month later.
After informing the students regarding this tidbit and relating the events to "irony" one young man raised his hand and stated, "Well, I guess the country really did get Tyler too, didn't they?"
I can always count on the wisdom of children.
3 comments:
- Jennie W said...
That link doesn't seem to go anywhere...do I have to go somewhere from that page?
- elementaryhistoryteacher said...
The correction has been made. Sorry....amazing how one letter keystroke can make a huge difference.
- Michael said...
"*We Polked you in '44, we shall Pierce you in '52."
Great campaign slogans!
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There's nothing like a story about television to get the email flowing, and last week's column on how TV networks are adapting to the Internet was no exception.
For starters, some readers told me that I was behind the times: that television has already come to the Web, big-time:
Ray: After reading this, one has to wonder if Michael Rogers actually has an Internet connection. Everything, and I mean everything, that is available on the television networks is available for download on the Internet now, in many high-quality formats, commercial-less, and absolutely free, for those with a computer and a broadband connection. The technology and content exists today and it's not surprising that the networks are behind the curve. Hopefully, television will learn from the example of Apple's iTunes music store: make it cheap, convenient, and al a carte, and viewers will download legally.
Rogers: Uh, Ray, from the network's point of view, that's the problem. The column was about legal video distribution on the Web. And as for your example of iTunes: as the column pointed out, there are still far more songs — perhaps by several orders of magnitude — being downloaded illegally than legally. Illegal downloading of television content isn't nearly at the level that music downloading was when iTunes debuted, so the networks hope they can still get ahead of the trend.
But what if they can't? The television folks have already taken note of the remarkable consumer entitlement that exists on the Web: hey, make it really easy and cheap for me or I'll just get your programs illegally. There seems to be a sense, especially among younger consumers, that the media companies have some sort of social obligation to keep producing music and programming regardless of how much gets taken for free. Wrong: these are businesses, and if they can't make money producing content, they're just going to invest in something that's more profitable. Record companies, for example, are already cutting back on their investments in new talent. And that's why television fans should hope the networks can figure out a business model to support their productions. Otherwise, when 2010 rolls around, the most interesting television content on the Web could be Bonanza, the Will and Grace finale and skateboarding tricks on YouTube.
A few readers thought I was just plain wrong about television on the Internet, for technical reasons:
Beau Tardy, Princeton, NJ: TV on the Web is a non-starter. It will never develop into a mass market nor is it even really technically feasible. Even with compression at 4 to 1 (MPEG4) it still requires 6mb per second. Besides there already is a 'networked web' that carries TV, it's called cable. Pushing TV thru the Internet is like broadcasting radio over the telephone. They are incompatible mediums.
The big mistake is to think of the Web as simply another delivery system. It is not. It is a wholly realized medium of its own with its own behavior and its own appetite. Yes, there will be TV images on the web, just as there will be music and even movies. But they will be a small part of the total picture. The web has more to do with the post office and newspapers than it does with TV. Downloading TV off the Web is a novelty that will fade quickly as soon as other formats kick in.
Rogers: I received several other reproaches about the inefficiency of existing Internet technology for video distribution, and this is certainly a concern. But lots of development money is going into various IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) delivery methods, and while many of these may not ultimately employ traditional Web browsers, they will have the key characteristics of the Internet: highly personalized and interactive content delivery. The television industry shouldn't spend much time worrying about whether the technology will be ready for them: the question is whether they will be ready for the technology.
I do, however, agree with Beau that there will someday be a pure or native form of Internet medium that will simultaneously combine audio, video, text, graphics and audience participation, all in some sort of seamless interface. But for years to come, we'll also still be using the Internet to mimic conventional radio and television.
Several readers brought up an issue that I've only started to hear recently: all of a sudden, too much on the Internet is starting to cost money. But I'm not surprised: I used to predict that we'd look back on the Nineties as the Golden Age of the Internet—not because everything was so good, but because everything was so free.
Kim, CT: I like the idea of TV coming to the Internet, but I don't like the idea that everything on the Web is going to cost money. Some of us already pay a high price for the use of the Internet, and yet now they are asking people to pay for watching programs that normally would have been on TV free to record. I just think this is all too much. It seems like everywhere we go on the Internet someone wants money for something, making what we already pay for the Internet double. When is enough enough?
Rogers: And then there were plenty of readers — both young and old — who are more than ready for television on the Web.
Alex Puhl, Goleta, CA: I think this is a great idea! I'm an 18 year old male and I just don't watch TV anymore. There's just too much pointless junk that we don't have control over — except for changing the channel.
Rebecca, Bellflower, CA: I wish television WOULD go to the Web. I am tired of paying for 100 stations that I don't care about and will NEVER watch, and have to pay extra for channels that I do want. I do NOT speak Spanish or Korean, I do NOT watch sports, I do NOT need TEN news channels, and I am beyond VH1 and MTV. I am tired of having things shoved down my throat and forced to pay for them.
Rogers: Rebecca may get her wish much sooner than she thinks; Congress and the FCC are seriously considering changing the cable television rules so that you can buy individual channels "ala carte." It is, however, a change the cable channels oppose, arguing that under those rules many smaller channels will no longer be able to survive. The fact that the influential Christian broadcasters are against this move may be enough to stop it in the current administration.
And then finally, whenever I write about television, I receive a full complement of emails like this:
D.L. Paulshus, Pasadena, CA: Who cares whether TV moves to the Net? Whether broadcast or Netcast, there's still practically NOTHING WORTH WATCHING. We're down to only 4 hours of actual TV viewing per WEEK because the networks — including the so-called premium movie channels HBO and Showtime — have a nasty habit of cancelling their most interesting shows. We quit watching, guys. Find yourselves some other suckers.
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Georgia senator Saxby Chambliss announced Friday morning that he will not seek re-election, opening the door for a competitive, critical Senate race in 2014.
Although Georgia is still a solid red state, the Republican Party is no longer the dominant statewide force it once was. Mitt Romney defeated President Barack Obama in Georgia by just under 8 percent — smaller than Obama's margin of victory in other supposed swing states like Michigan and New Mexico. With the right candidates, it's not hard to imagine a repeat of recent Senate races in Nevada, Delaware, Colorado, Missouri, and Indiana, where the GOP blew a winnable race by nominating an extreme right-wing candidate after a bitter primary.
Early speculation for the Democratic nomination has focused on "Blue Dog" congressman John Barrow, Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed, or even R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe. But the real action will be in the Republican primary.
Here are five Republicans who could pursue the Senate seat — and perhaps provide Democrats with an opportunity for a surprise pickup:


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Madonna Tells the World About Women's Education Issues in Chime for Change Speech [Video]
When Madonna talks, we listen.
The Material Girl delivered an informed, impassioned and educational speech at the Chime for Change show, held in London on June 1. CfC is an organization that works to empower girls and bring women's issues to light. Madge spoke about her passion for education, particularly that of girls. She declared that it is important to empower them so they have jobs, opportunities, know their rights and cultivate the ability to defend themselves and to take care of their health.
She wants all women to be both integral and productive members of the human race.
Madge pointed out that that those skills sound like parts of normal life for most of us, since women have enjoyed these privileges for years. But what we may take for granted does not exist for girls in other parts of the world.
She pointed out that all girls should be given the chance to learn to read and write, and that they don't always have that opportunity. She detailed the challenges and struggles, saying, "I do not accept this. And neither should you."
She next gave props to the courageous women and exceptionally brave warriors who fight against this injustice and work to teach girls what they need and deserve to know.
Madge's 10-minute speech is detailed, emotional and educational. Listen up and pay attention, and learn from the warriors who use multiple media to fight for female causes. Perhaps you can join the fight.


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What is this random cloak dance global our holy paladin in less then 3seconds
and thats just the rogue.. our paladin is 67.35% resi full t2 (obvs t13 gear + t2 s12 wep) on the ptr
and it seems that rogues just cloak dance or killing spree idk and they do more damage the n2 frost bombs on the same target pre bomb nerf
Anyone else experienced this?...
so you que arena get que enter, you see a unhly dk disc and a rogue.
i dot the dk and rogue fear priest he trinkets into full hoj, then the rogue and dk go for me (im a spriest) the nrandomly 2sec later the rogue steps our paladin dance bomb and the DK is on the other side of the map, and our paladin gets globald in full resi and he was stuck in a global cause who the fuck would even think of such shadow step swap global in less then 2½ seconds would even happen by 1 player on such a shitty swap.
and the funnies thing is that the dk has no idea whats happening, goes for our mage and turns around half way and runs to the bomb where the pala died and is like ??? me zug zug ??
And im standing there without any idea what just happened:
Just like this
seems legit
and i thought blizzard wanted to remove or nerf spells that did 2/3 parts of your HP by single abilities and i thought rogues were weak, untill this fuckn godclass yo
780k in 5seconds seems like underpowered. and he was not geming pvp power.
i am aware the paladin did not bouble, but who would have known that was coming, video is somewere on the last pages, i cant link it (i dont know why)
edit: could not get prints because our paladin loged out cus he got so mad <.< pff
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Powering Down the Network?
Noticed the rising energy cost recently? What have you done to lower the carbon footprint? The IT and Communications infrastructure is growing dramatically driven by increasing traffic loads. Enterprises and Service Providers are incurring rising energy costs and exploring ways to control these expenses. While it's important for all equipment vendors to do all that is possible to improve the energy efficiency, it's important to consider the following. Within the enterprise the power use per employee is up dramatically with the deployment of high power computers, printers, telphone and peripheral devices. Infact, even some of the new technologies that enable collaboration incur additional energy costs. In addition, the computing and storage power required within the data center continues to rise driven by an insatiable appetite for personal and professional content. Relatively speaking, the network's contribution to the overall energy consumption is much lower than all of the other components.For Service Providers the power per subscriber has increased dramatically. When all the consumers had in their home was an analog telephone, the power per user in the central office was 10mW compared to nearly 10W of power needed per customer for a broadband connection termination. Just think, 10W for a broadband termination and multiply that by the number of subscribers in a typical service provider network. The power for enabling all of these broadband access connections alone is dramatically higher than the power needed in the core or edge combined. How should one look at power efficiency? Is it power per box? Per rack? Neither. We should look at the power per user in the network. Why? While we must continue to improve the energy consumption for each device, it's more important to improve the overall energy efficiency in the network. For service providers, for example, reducing the power per broadband connection termination from 10W is key. Cisco has been leading the industry in the development of high capacity routers and switches that offer the best power per Mbit – for example, the Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, ASR 1000, CRS-1, etc. Moreover, the approach of integrating additional capabilities into these platforms in enabling the reduction of other elements in the network. For example, integration of transponders inside routers reduces the need for transponder shelves; integration of security and Session Border Controller functions in the ASR 1000 reduces the need for appliances in the network. Continued innovation in this area and further integration of functions in network elements is going to be fundamental to improving the overall energy efficiency.
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Thanks to Huawei Mobile UK, we're giving away a Huawei P Smart in the rarer Gold and White colour, featuring 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, a 5.65" Fullview display, 13MP+2MP cameras and super-quick fingerprint unlock. To go with your phone you'll also win a Huawei Band 2 Pro (that's the higher spec one with GPS built in). Entering is easy, with a required Twitter re-tweet and additional options for more entries!
The Huawei / Honor march towards domination rolls on with the introduction of a raft of mid-range devices featuring the previously flagship 18:9 screen size. For the UK at least however, exactly which device you should buy isn't clear at all. With the Honor 7X, the Honor 9 Lite and the Huawei P Smart all close in price, which one is the one to have? Our guide should help you choose!
The Amazfit Bip is not a Smartwatch. The Amazfit Bip is a fitness tracker with some Smartwatchy traits and a whole host of possibilities. The Amazfit Bip is basic in many ways and lacks the features on many of its peers. The Amazfit Bip is cheap, fun and I love it. Intrigued? Read on!
Wileyfox, purveyors of high quality yet low cost Android Smartphones, are looking to disrupt the market by introducing cut price, lock screen ad supported versions of their devices branded 'Add-X'. Initially offered on the Swift 2 Plus, Swift 2, Spark X and Spark +, Add-X will also be extended to the Swift 2 X in the coming months. The cost savings against RRP are impressive, although in reality reductions are offset by the fact that retailers (e.g. Amazon) typically carry the devices at a decent discount already. Add-X offers adverts that are tailored to the user's age and gender on the lockscreen while still allows access to notifications. Users swipe right to unlock their phone as normal and swipe left to see more.
MoDaCo team member Simon Lovejoy writes "The power of smart phone photography caught me by surprise really. After returning from a trip to New York I realised that almost all of my pictures were taken on my humble Moto G in glorious 5mp quality rather than the 14mp compact camera we took with us. The Moto was always right there when we needed it. So for a recent trip to Kenya and Zambia the question was what if we threw some more glory at the smart phone? Thanks to Huawei, I took the not even nearly humble Huawei P9 with its' dual Leica lenses and 12mp sensors to find out."
Honor have this evening announced their new, dual camera, mid range champion, the Honor 6X. You know what that means? We've already started work on enthusiasts / developer tools for the device!
At CES in Las Vegas, Honor have today announced their latest smartphone release for the UK, Europe and the US - the £225 Honor 6X. The 5.5", full HD handset packs dual 12 Megapixel / 2 Megapixel cameras, 32GB ROM, 3GB RAM, a fingerprint reader and the Kirin 655 processor - a small update to the critically acclaimed Kirin 650 previously featured in the surprisingly snappy Honor 5C.
Curve, the virtual credit / debit card that has already launched on iOS has finally launched out of private Beta on Android and is downloadable now from the Play Store. If you sign up with the code 'TBXZH', you will then be credited with £5 the first time you use the card. For each friend you refer, you will get an additional £5. Pretty great really, who doesn't like free money?
If you have been waiting for Samsung to update your Samsung Galaxy S7/ S7 Edge to the latest Nougat goodness, then you are in luck, sort of. Samsung has started the Nougat Beta programme in the UK for their flagship devices.
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Boniface Gives Advice to Saint Bugga about Her Pilgrimage to Rome, c.725
Be it known to you, dear sister, that in regard to the matter on which you have sought my advice I cannot presume, on my own responsibility, either to forbid your pilgrimage or to encourage it. I can only say how the matter appears to me. If for the sake of solitude and divine contemplation you have forsaken the monastic life and the care of your subjects, the servants and handmaidens of God, how can you bring yourself to submit to the orders and whims of men of this world and the labour and anxiety they entail? It appears to me that if, through the interference of seculars, you cannot find freedom and peace of mind in your native land, you should try (provided you have the will and the power to do so) to find freedom for contemplation by making a pilgrimage abroad. This is what our sister Wilthburga did. She has told me by letter that she has found at the shrine of Saint Peter the kind of quiet life which she had long sought for in vain. Since I had written to her about your intentions, she sent me word that you would do better to wait until the attacks and the threats of the Saracens against Rome had died down and until she herself could send you an invitation. To me also this seems the better plan. Make all necessary preparations for the journey, wait for word from her and afterwards do what God's grace shall inspire you to do.
In regard to copying out the passages of Scripture for which you asked me, please excuse my remissness, for I have been so much occupied in preaching and travelling about that I could not find the time to complete it. But when I have finished it I win send it to you.
I thank you for the presents and the vestments which you have sent and pray God that He will reward you with eternal life among his angels and archangels on high. I beg of you, therefore, my dear sister, nay more, my very dear mother and mistress, to pray for me, because for my sins I am wearied with many trials and vexed both in mind and body. Rest assured that our long-standing friendship shall never fail. Farewell in Christ.


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Mary: "Okay... Generally he doesn't see legal cases. Are the 2 related?"
Mrs. Etoh: "Yeah, a migraine caused me to have a car accident, and I need someone willing to testify to that in court."
Mary: "I'm sorry, that isn't the sort of thing Dr. Grumpy does."
Mrs. Etoh: "Well, the police claim it was because my blood alcohol was 5 times the legal limit, so I need to find a neurologist to say it was falsely that high because of a migraine, and that I hadn't been drinking at all. Will he do that?"
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Every day I look at the standings and wonder if it's possible. Can the Mets actually turn this thing around and make this season one to remember?
Not so much anymore.
The Braves won big today and the Mets are 9 1/2 games out. It's double digits if they lose tonight. With each passing day it is becoming more and more that this is a season to forget.
The starting pitching is getting better, but the offense – despite its talents – is listless and stagnant. The bullpen, as we long suspected, is worn and frayed. There's no spark. No life. No reason for hope.
The Francisco Rodriguez incident really brings this into focus. The players spoke in cliche about supporting a teammate when they should have condemned the action and demanded an apology. The manager, instead of recognizing the severity of the incident and speaking out, said he was willing to pitch him.
The owners issued an 18-work statement expressing their "disappointment" when they should have been expressing their anger. Then again, ownership hasn't taken a leadership role all season.
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Wayland Music Awards competition set for Thursday
PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University's annual Music Achievement Awards competition will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Miller Recital Hall in Harral Auditorium.
The evening will feature 16 students competing in four classifications. Each performer will be judged by the music faculty on their performance. That score will be combined with a scoring percentage representing their current grade-point average to determine the winners.
The winners will perform in a special honors recital concert next fall. The concert will celebrate their achievements, and a special reception will be held for the winners at that time.
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This is a non (sort of) brewing thread. I just wanted to say that I think the new hop vine forum is great, these guys do a great job ! ! ! we should really appreciate all of their hard work by telling them. I sent them a "contact" email telling them Thanks for keeping this incredebly helpful web site going. If you fellow and lady users out there have a second how about sending them a quick note of thanks, I know they will get a lift out of kind words. Thanks, me putting in my two cents worth (I never know when to shut up LOL)Paul a.k.a. "The Azorean Brewer".
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I agree. We should all thank "beertools" for the work they are doing. Heres an idea.... how about we all send them a six pack of homebrew?? Since this is my idea, you can send the beers to me, then I will (of course) send them to beertools staff. Sound good????
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Except seeing how I came up with the idea to thank them I think y'all should send me half of a six pack and Andy the other half, we'll sample them the ones we don't like will get forwarded on to BerrTools, and the ones that we do like Oh well we'll just tell we sent them on LOL ... Cheers everybody ...
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Furayo precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 364 designs enviados por 85 designers freelancers.
We are a new startup company that provides a web service for freelancers, contractors and small business. Our tool allows you to manage your invoicing, track expenses and payments online. Eventually we want to provide a platform from where you can run your whole business.
Our tool is simple to use, straight-forward and modern. Our logo should reflect that.
We are focused on Spanish-speaking markets.
Freelancers (designers, developers, bloggers) and small businesses.
Logo, with graphic element + brand. Logo should be clean, modern, straightforward. Would prefer light background.
-The brand is Cuentamenta. It does not have a meaning by itself, but it evokes "counting" and related. If you want you can color/break the word into two parts (Cuenta/Menta).
-We'd like to use the tagline "Facturación Inteligente". Optional by now, better to work on the concept first.
-Some ideas we explored for the logo: Cogwheels (as our platform is what runs your business)
Playing with arithmetic symbols (+ - x %). Put different arithmetic symbols (+ - x % ...) in boxes, one in each box and play with the resulting boxes (or bubbles, or any composition element really).
We are open to more abstract solutions.
-Final version should be in vector-based format.
-We will be available throughout this contest to give you immediate and professional feedback on your designs.
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For the past 10 years or so, December has become the biggest sales month of the year for luxury brands. But it seems as if those brands' year-end sales pushes start earlier every year.
BMW of North America already is promoting its Happier New Year Event, which runs through Jan. 2. And Mercedes-Benz USA is promoting its Winter Event, which runs through Nov. 30, unless the company opts to extend it. Both companies are offering discount loans as well as leases.
Year-end clearance sales are a self-fulfilling prophecy for luxury brands. That's especially true for sales based on discount lease deals, which the luxury brands perceive as less damaging to resale values and brand image than deals with cash incentives. Leases that start in December are likely to end in December three or four years later -- just in time for the latest round of discount leases. Repeat.
In the F&I office, more leasing means a different mix of F&I products. Lease customers are not likely to buy GAP, since it comes with most leases. They're not prone to buy extended-service contracts either, since most leases end long before the new-car warranty expires.
So F&I managers pitch luxury-brand lease customers the products many mass-market dealerships place in the "other" category: tire-and wheel plans, wear-and-tear protection and key replacement.
BMW and Mercedes dealers are used to a high lease mix. So their F&I managers probably don't need to brush up on their skills for selling F&I products to lease customers. What they will need to do is to eat sensibly and get plenty of sleep. The year-end rush is on.


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Think pink, but don´t wear it!
Added Oct 19, 2013
by cris orange
Vienna, Austria
Even though I admire Big Karl a lot, I can´t follow his advice – I love love colours too much! How big was my surprise and joy this last september, when he sent a few models with pink suits on the runaway! So finally he changed his mind :-))))
The Donna Karan Pattern attracted my attention in february already and I knew this would be my first fall project. I saw this coat in my mind: orange or pink should it be!
In july I found the perfect fabric: a wool/angora blend, wonderful quality for a wonderful price too :-)
This time I didn´t change the pattern, because I find it already perfect in its elegant simplicity. After a first confusion regarding the size (I thought I was a 14), I decided to take the smallest size 6, and even this was at the end too big: especially the back had too much fabric. So I made 6 additional darts and took this way 12cm from the back. Next time when I sew this coat I will modify the pattern from the beginning…
The interesting thing with this coat is that it is not sewn the common way (right side on right side), but overlapped (left on right) and then topstiched twice. Afterwards the seamallowance is cut to 3mm. Of course you can only do this with a non-fringe fabric like wool. The topstitching was a challenge for me, I stitched with half speed and full concentration.
Lining was not designated, but I made it anyway, the coat simply falls much better with it. I also made a belt from the same fabric, but you can wear the coat with a leather belt too. From an old golden necklace I made the belt loops and the hook – and I put suitable golden buttons.
p.s. don´t you think it is a wonderful colour combination with the yellow gingko leaves? :-)
Material Notes
80% wool/20% angora, Bemberg Lining
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Feb 4, 2015, 07.10 PMby alakonturek
Founded! It looks thousands times better and glamourous than mine coat :)
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Feb 4, 2015, 09.17 PMby cris orange
Thank you! But I like YOUR coat because it's edgy and cool and modern :-)
Mar 1, 2014, 04.13 AMby Mokara
This is a gorgeous coat and I think pink looks great with your color combination :)
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Mar 1, 2014, 10.21 AMby cris orange
The pattern is great indeed! And I think this pink combines also very well with green or yellow or orange… I'm a crazy "colourista" :-)
Nov 2, 2013, 01.52 AMby linen1
I'm inspired! I own the pattern, now just need to source the fabric. Lovely, just lovely. Thanks for the post and in the inspiration.
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Nov 2, 2013, 09.21 AMby cris orange
Thank you! I'm happy inspiring you :-)
Oct 24, 2013, 10.04 PMby liliv-1
Winter would be my favorite season If I had a coat like this cris! It's absolutely pretty and in this gorgeous color it is 100% your unique style!
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Oct 25, 2013, 07.37 AMby cris orange
Thank you liliv! Indeed, this year for the first time in my life I like fall and winter because I finally can sew and wear colourful things :-)
Oct 23, 2013, 05.10 PMby MandieW
Gorgeous coat! I agree, pink makes me happy.
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Oct 23, 2013, 07.13 PMby cris orange
Yes, it really does!
Oct 21, 2013, 04.15 PMby trploceanmoon
OMG….I WANT THIS COAT!!! So beautiful!!! I am drooling over here!! It's the perfect shade of pink! fabulous job!!
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Oct 21, 2013, 04.33 PMby cris orange
Hi, the good news is… YOU CAN MAKE IT ANY TIME! that´s the great thing about sewing :-)
Oct 21, 2013, 12.38 PMby noo222
Infinitely chic! So beautiful it made my day to see it!
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Oct 21, 2013, 04.31 PMby cris orange
and you also made my day saying this! because that´s what I want: making the people around me a little bit happier with my crazy colours :-)
Oct 21, 2013, 03.10 AMby ronnielee
Not many of us can get away with wearing PINK but you have done this so beautifully. Photos and matching accessories top it off. SEW well done!
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Oct 21, 2013, 07.48 AMby cris orange
WHY? I think ANY woman can wear pink! It's such a wonderful and powerful colour. Thank you!
Oct 20, 2013, 05.07 PMby Anna Bruun
wow fantastic!!
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Oct 20, 2013, 05.09 PMby cris orange
Thank you Anna!
Oct 20, 2013, 01.33 PMby victoriakb
Gorgeous coat! Love the style & the colour is perfect.
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Oct 20, 2013, 02.02 PMby cris orange
Thank you victoria, I'm glad you like it :-)
Oct 20, 2013, 01.39 AMby kisses
Fabulous coat and pink is really on trend for autumn. Great craftsmanship and you look great
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Oct 20, 2013, 09.44 AMby cris orange
Thank you kisses! Indeed, I decided for pink before I knew it would be a trend for autumn… For me, bright colours are always trendy :-)
Oct 19, 2013, 10.07 PMby Inga 888
Fantastic color and so on trend. 10 out of 10 :)
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Oct 20, 2013, 09.42 AMby cris orange
Thank you Inga!
Oct 19, 2013, 08.39 PMby SassyT
Pretty in pink eh. https://www.facebook.com/SassySewingBees
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Oct 20, 2013, 09.42 AMby cris orange
Oct 19, 2013, 06.09 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Gorgeous Chis! and lovely details! You did a great job with the overlapping and topstitching (and cut straight).. The style suits you perfect and I'm sure you will be very Happy with the coat ;-)
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Oct 20, 2013, 09.41 AMby cris orange
Thank you Ellen! The overlapping & topstitching is really an interesting idea, I want to use it again. And the pink will surely make me happy during grey winter days :-)
Oct 19, 2013, 05.43 PMby rita61
Beautiful! Great way to cheer up a winter day. Looks great on you!
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Oct 19, 2013, 05.49 PMby cris orange
thank you rita! yes, I need some colours in winter, this prevents me from becoming depressive :)))
Oct 19, 2013, 01.54 PMby Mary Athey
O.M.G. cris but this is stunning!! Your photo's are fabulous and show of your skill with a sewing machine to perfection. I 'm nearly speechless with envy here as i love this coat so much. You would never find something so classic and elegant in the shops and if you did it would cost a fortune. Totally beautiful coat cris and you look simply divine. The accessories are fab as well x
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Oct 19, 2013, 02.17 PMby cris orange
Dear Mary, thank you so much for your nice comment! Indeed, sewing gives me a sense of liberty because finally I can wear what I want without spending a fortune and without seeking for months after a certain piece I like. And if you want the coat, you can simply sew it, is this great, isn't it?
Oct 19, 2013, 04.47 PMby Mary Athey
I'm going to buy this pattern and i'll give it a go!! I am not up to your level yet cris but i can only try. I am still wrestling with my cape! It's massive on me lol and i don't like the 3 colours so i'm making changes and going with two colours lol x
Oct 19, 2013, 05.21 PMby cris orange
I´m sure you are much more than my level Mary, you are sewing for a long time! and what else am I also doing than trying? Just do it and you´ll be happy :-)
Oct 19, 2013, 01.33 PMby Agnese More
You just rock this pink coat! So great! Such a nice piece of work! :)
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Oct 19, 2013, 01.43 PMby cris orange
Thank you Agnes!
Oct 19, 2013, 12.03 PMby schnui
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Oct 19, 2013, 12.12 PMby cris orange
Thank you :-)
Oct 19, 2013, 11.50 AMby debrarae
Your coat is Flawless as well as STUNNING! IT's fantastic!
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Oct 19, 2013, 11.59 AMby cris orange
Thank you so much debra!
Oct 19, 2013, 11.47 AMby Debbie Alli
Oh wow!!! Your coat is stunning! It must have been fun to adapt the back but I think the resulting effect of all of those darts is just gorgeous :-))
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Oct 19, 2013, 11.59 AMby cris orange
Thank you Debbie! Adapting the back was indeed a necessity, but those many darts are really fun :-)
Oct 19, 2013, 11.13 AMby sarahfbr
oh wow!! I love it, and it looks like a designer coat too! the pink is a gorgeous colour to use, just what's needed in the winter months. I want one, haha!
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Oct 19, 2013, 11.24 AMby cris orange
thank you sarah! well, it is a designer pattern indeed :-) I also need some bright colours in winter, just to lighten up my mood. If you want one, you simply can sew one, that´s the wonderful thing with sewing yourself :-))))
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The year was 1998, the season of the great home run race and when the Yankees steamrolled through Major League Baseball. It was also the year Cal Ripken's streak came to an end.
That was also my first year on the Yankees beat and I'll always remember a flight I took from Boston to Washington. I was sitting in the exit row by a window reading a magazine when this man plopped down in the aisle seat. I recognized him immediately, and a few minutes later he extended his hand and said, "I'm Ted Kennedy."
I said, "I know," and introduced myself. A few minutes later, I told him, "in all fairness, I should tell you I'm a newspaper reporter." I didn't think it would be right for him to be ambushed the next day in the papers by something he might have said or done.
He appreciated the gesture and we began to chat. When I told him I covered baseball, he responded with stories of how his father, Joseph, took him and his brothers to games in Fenway Park. He then spoke of the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa home run race and Ripken.
I told him I once wrote a term paper my freshman year in college about him. I was a big liberal at the time.
Not once did we talk of politics or social issues. I figured he gets that all the time. I did want to tell him how touched I was about the eulogy he gave for his brother, Robert, but wasn't sure if it would strike a sad nerve. I always wonder what he might have said had I brought it up.
It was a pleasant conversation. After awhile, he started reading some files and I returned to my magazine. We started talking again before the end of the flight, and when we landed we shook hands and went our separate ways.
I was surprised nobody bothered him during the flight and nobody approached him at the gate when we left the plane. A few days later, I sent him a note telling him how I enjoyed our conversation.
I told my editor of the meeting, and his response was a curt, "What in the hell were you doing in first class?"


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Local couple stiffed by wedding photographer | News
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- June 30, 2012 was important to Kameeka Haynes. She and her husband Sean began a new life together.
"For any woman," said Haynes, "the wedding day is supposed to be the most important day in your life.
It was important enough for them to hire Breon Boger to record the event. Haynes said the wedding photographer came highly recommended.
"Church members recommended him and I saw some of his work and was just mesmerized," she said.
Haynes said she also liked Boger's personality. The contracted price was $1,495. Haynes said it was paid in full 30 days before the wedding.
"I did not get married in the backyard," she said, "I got married in the Crowne Plaza. This was a big day for me and I wanted to remember it."
But now, almost a year later, Kameeka Haynes has yet to see her wedding pictures.
"I've constantly tried to reach out to Breon," said Haynes. "I've reached out to his brother, our first lady. Everybody has tried to reach out to Breon still we have no pictures."
Boger, the man behind the camera lens, has posted some items on his YouTube page, but he is no where to be found.
"I can't even get the moment, that one day back and I don't have pictures to show from it," said Haynes.
Boger's Media Design business address is 7431 Proxima Road; the property is now in foreclosure.
Court records show the property was sold to the bank in March, but there are still items from his business on the property.
"I really thought he was a better person than this," said Haynes.
Where is Boger? More importantly where are the Haynes wedding pictures?
Haynes wants her pictures and an apology.
"I wouldn't want any other bride to go thorough this because that is your most important day," said Haynes.
Haynes has a legally binding contract and has the option of suing him in court. She doesn't want a court fight, she wants her pictures.
First for you:
Hiring a wedding photographer requires strong research
-Check several references including clients
-Consider his/her personality
-Find out if you can you pay by credit card; it will give you some protection
-Get in writing when pictures will be ready; a reasonable time is about two weeks


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Notables: Good offensive skills ... His offensive moves in the post should make it difficult for opponents to guard him ... Athletic player.
2007-08One of three players on the team to play in all 26 games ... Enjoyed a breakout year, averaging 9.5 points per game in 20.6 minutes per contest to rank second on the team ... Shot .462 (92-199) to lead the team in field goal percentage and .744 (64-86) from the line to top all UMB players with 10 or more attempts ... Swatted 18 shots to place second on the squad and averaged 3.3 rebounds to rank fourth on the team ... Netted double-digits in points on 14 occasions, including a career-high 24 on 10-17 shooting vs. University of Maine at Fort Kent on November 24 ... Poured in 20 points on 7-11 from the floor to go with eight rebounds on December 8 at Eastern Connecticut State ... Scored 10 or more points in five straight contests from January 10-19 ... Nearly posted a double-double with 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds at Keene State College on January 19 ... Rejected two or more shots five times.
2006-07Saw action in 20 games, averaging 1.7 points and 1.2 rebounds in five minutes per game ... Shot .458 (11-24) from the floor and a dependable 79% (11-14) from the line and canned his only three-point field goal attempt ... Netted a career-high eight points on 2-2 from the floor and a perfect 4-4 from the line in the Little East Conference tournament semifinals game vs. Keene State College on February 23 in addition to a personal-best four rebounds and a blocked shot in 16 minutes of action ...Shot 50% or better in seven efforts.
Personal/High School: Played basketball at New Mission High School ... Selected as an All-Star for the Titans ... Named New Mission's Most Valuable Player ... An Honor Roll student at NMHS as well as a Merit scholarship winner ... Born August 14, 1983 ... Son of Felicia Robinson ... Majoring in management ... Earned a Merit Scholarship ... Would like to pursue a career in marketing ... Enjoys football.