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How to Stop Sexual Assault at Military Service Academies: First, Legalize Sex
It's impossible to teach young officers-in-training what's wrong with unwanted sex when even consensual sex is against the rules.
The day before the second semester of my 26th year as an English professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Navy's two top men, the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations, summoned the Academy's entire student body for a mandatory lecture about eliminating sexual assault at the Academy. Both told midshipmen they were "angry" at the content of the "Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies," released in December 2012, that showed a 23 percent spike in reported cases of sexual violence and assault at the service academies (even though those at USNA were the exception dropping in a year). There should be no reports of sexual violence at all, the midshipmen were told.
The Academy's superintendent, a 3-star admiral who functions as our president, and the commandant, a Navy Captain that is the equivalent of a Dean of Students for military matters, sprang into action. That very night a new rule was instituted: A Second Class midshipman (in civilian terms, a junior) patrols the halls of Bancroft Hall (the mandatory sleeps-all home to our 4,500 students) until after midnight to make sure nobody was being assaulted; a First Class (senior) then takes over until 6 a.m. This is ridiculous for many reasons. I don't know that there has ever been a case of someone being assaulted in the hallways, which are fully lit and full of students. It also means even less sleep in an institution that already insists against all evidence that it can teach students to function on a boat under sleep-deprived conditions by depriving them of sleep for their four years of college—and then punishing them for "unprofessional" behavior when they nod off in class. (There are also suddenly mandatory musters in the middle of the night to ensure that students are really trying to sleep rather than do something else.) More fundamentally, this new policy renders more intense the atmosphere of fear and repression that has always ruled the service academies.
Of course, as well as being unable to concentrate in class, the midshipmen are infuriated—as I know by talking to several groups of them in the days that followed the abrupt tightening of the screws. Many of the men feel that they are being told that they are potential rapists; some of the women are groaning at the suggestion that they are, or should be, afraid of their male friends and classmates. "What's the problem?" one woman asked. "I don't feel afraid, and I don't know anybody who is."
True sexual assault is of course a heinous crime and a big problem. But by and large the situation at Annapolis is not of this nature: Rather, there's a lot of sleazy but predictable young-adult behavior being made into something much worse by the over-reaction of the brass, and by their inability to draw distinctions between truly bad behavior and problems created by the unwillingness of a repressive system to acknowledge reality. Reportable behavior includes full-fledged sexual assault as well as "unwanted sexual contact" (which includes "unwanted touching of ...sexually related areas of the body"). I'm not sure that "unwanted sexual contact" in whatever gender combination can ever be completely stamped out in a college populated by libidinal 18- to 21-year-olds where men and women live cheek by jowl in alternating rooms, and where up to four men or four women share a single room. However, I can tell the brass how to radically decrease it and reduce the tension among students to a manageable level: legalize sex at the service academies.
Some readers will be puzzled: Am I saying that sex itself, of any sort, not just unwanted or of the assault variety, is forbidden at taxpayer-supported service academies? Yes. Everything is forbidden with any sexual overtones or content at all, starting with hand-holding and moving to consensual sexual intercourse. The midshipmen's short version of this is "no sex in the Hall"—Bancroft Hall, their common dormitory. But actually the prohibition extends to all of the 338 (partly wooded) acres of Annapolis's campus, as it does to the Coast Guard Academy and the considerably larger estates of West Point and Air Force.
We can reduce the problem with sexual assault by ceasing to police more normal varieties of sex. As it is, we make it impossible to show them what's wrong with unwanted sex when even wanted sex is against the rules. Because all sex is forbidden, we can't talk with them about distinguishing between okay and not-okay. All we can do is yell louder, threaten them with expulsion, create a hostile working environment (ironically, a punishable offense when expressed in sexual terms), make them even more resentful than they already are, and keep them up all night so they sleep through their taxpayer-supported $400,000 education. This is hugely destructive, and it also won't solve the problem it's designed to address. Young adults nowadays simply won't listen to older adults who are telling them that all sex is off limits. They tune it out. So let the brass "train" the midshipmen all they want. It won't help.
The justification for this bizarre policy of wrap-around abstinence is always that sex is forbidden on ships under deployment or in a platoon underway and the service academies are practice for the military. In fact, a lot of sex happens on ships and on deployment—as evidenced by the number of pregnancies that result from tours of duty. And by what strange logic do four years of college on dry land become comparable to a few weeks or months of deployment in the real military, a deployment that lets you go home when it's over? Besides, just the way you can't lessen the effects of sleep-deprivation by forcing students to practice it, so it seems unlikely that you can make short-term celibacy easier by mandating four years of enforced practice. Abstaining from sex makes sense under battle conditions or on deployment for short periods where the ship is going somewhere. It makes no sense for college.
The mechanism the brass use to try and force this strange prohibition involves use of the so-called "general articles" of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice), numbers 133 and 134. 133 outlaws "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman" (and is also used to police officers in training, such as all service academy students are). 134 outlaws conduct that results in the "prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces" and also conduct that "brings discredit upon the armed forces." These can be used any way the brass wants to use them; before the repeal of DADT, they were used against gay servicemembers.
Another article, the one forbidding sexual contact between officers and enlisted, has also been used to outlaw sexual contact between different enlisted ranks, as it is at the service academies. Each class year at the academies has a separate rank, rising (at USNA) from Midshipman 4th Class, or MIDN 4/C (freshmen, usually called plebes) to MIDN 1/C, seniors. Thus in addition to the prohibition on any sexual acts on campus, sex with plebes anywhere, any time (even off campus or on leave), is forbidden. Sex with the other ca. 150 people in your "company" (the student body is divided into 30 of these) is also forbidden. Thus if you think you might be interested in sex or romance with a company-mate, and it's otherwise legal (to repeat: never on Academy grounds), you have to get a so-called "love chit" and change companies before you date. What if you change companies (essentially moving in among strangers) and the first date changes your mind? Tough luck.
Advocates of abstinence before marriage aside (our students can't marry), most people will probably agree that "no sex in college" is a hugely bizarre policy in 2013. Back in the day, these rules actually more or less made sense—it's just that the world has changed and the military brass don't seem to have realized this. Before women were admitted to the academies in 1976 as a result of Congressional fiat (that the Academies fought until they had to accept), "no sex" was virtually a non-issue—expressed only as a ban on gay sex, cause for expulsion from the military, not just the academies. And it wasn't the academies, or even the military, that criminalized gay sex: that was the doing of society. Thus sexual assault was not a separable issue, nor was "no sex." Now 20 percent of our student body is female, with an undeterminable percentage of out gays. Homosexual acts are no longer criminal in the world outside, and homosexual orientation is no longer grounds for dismissal from the military. But any sexual acts, in any combination(s) of men and women, are. Sex of any sort, a background issue before if an issue at all, as moved to center stage.
Midshipmen are going to have sex with each other, or at least try. Our criminalizing all sex of any sort has tied our hands to any response but greater force and stronger punishments to sexual assault. We can't talk with the students to help them negotiate the line between permissible and impermissible sexual acts, simply because for us all are impermissible. Thus all we can do is talk at rather than with them, threaten them, increase penalties for infractions, "train" them incessantly, get them up in the middle of the night. The men increasingly see the female midshipmen as threats to their careers. "Stay away from the women," I've heard the men tell each other. As it is they call dating a female midshipman, even when it's legal, "going over to the dark side."
So let's start by legalizing sex at the academies. This doesn't mean permitting all sex everywhere. The military strictures against "fraternization," "frat," are only a codified version of rules we try to observe in the civilian world: no bosses with subordinates, "I'm not interested" means "back off," hands off the interns, and so on. No people in authority positions taking advantage of that power, and sex in the workplace is never a good idea. Yet for most people students look the same, whether freshmen or seniors. We create distinctions that don't exist by defining each of the four years as a Navy rank. Let's change this or cease to use the UCMJ to police sex between them (the "general articles" are completely open-ended with regards to how they are used). Close quarters in Bancroft Hall? Let them live off campus after a year or two, and marry or co-habit as students at European academies (as well as our Canadian cousins) may do.
We need to help them see that anywhere in the world, there are rules for sexual interaction. We can talk to midshipmen about the need to channel sexuality so society can function, what's okay and what's not, and why. Now we've lost them by forbidding normalcy and punishing its expression.


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Time Machine, OS X 10.5's built-in backup solution, normally runs reliably and trouble-free for me. So much so that it has become my always-there backup solution, and I rarely think about it unless I need to retrieve a recently-deleted file from the archive. Sometimes, though, Time Machine seems to lose its mind, and instead of small, fast hourly updates, I'll see hourly runs that take many many minutes to complete. Beyond the time required for each hourly run, this issue meant my Time Machine drive was rapidly filling with data, leading to a shorter history for keeping multiple copies of files.
One possible cause of repeated large hourly backups is TechTool Pro 5's Directory Backup feature, which creates a copy of each hard drive's catalog (a file that tracks the files on the drive). I found out the hard way that if you have this feature enabled (it's found on the Directory Backup tab of the TechTool Protection System Preferences panel), you will get continual huge hourly Time Machine backups. In my case, I was seeing in excess of 2GB on each and every backup.
You can either disable this feature (on the previously-mentioned Directory Backup tab), or alternatively, exclude the folder that holds the backups from Time Machine. (If you choose this solution, you'll want to regularly back those files up to another device; backed up catalog files aren't much good if the drive they're on dies.)
To do this, open the Time Machine System Preferences panel and click on the Options button. In the window that appears, click the plus sign, then select your user's Library -> Application Support -> TechTool Protection folder in the file selection dialog. Click Exclude, then click Done to make Time Machine leave this folder out of its backups.
What if you're not sure about the cause of your large backups? You can keep an eye on the backups yourself, or use any of a number of third party tools, including Time Tracker, timedog, or Macworld Gems winner Back-in-Time.
While it'd be nice to get more information directly from Time Machine about what's happening with backups, the above tools can help you figure out just what went into any given backup. With that information, you can then decide whether or not to exclude the offending files and folders from future Time Machine backups.


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Disney's live-action 'Mulan' has cast its lead
One of the most popular actresses in China has been cast in the highly anticipated film
One of the most popular actresses in China has been cast in the highly anticipated film
One of the most popular actresses in China has been cast in the highly anticipated film
Disney's upcoming live-action adaptation of Mulan has found its female lead. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, has been cast in the title role. A statement from Disney revealed more information about the film will be released in coming weeks.
The casting process reportedly involved a year-long worldwide search, during which almost 1000 actresses auditioned for the role of Hua Mulan, who posed as a man in order to take her father's place in the army in fifth-century China. Per THR, casting an ethnically Chinese actress was a high priority for the studio. Liu is one of the most popular actresses in China, having appeared in several hit television dramas there. She's also acted in English-speaking roles including 2008's The Forbidden Kingdom opposite Jackie Chan and 2004's Outcast with Nicolas Cage.
When the film was initially announced, controversy arose over rumors Disney planned to replace the character of Li Shang with a white man, but the studio later confirmed that Mulan's love interest—along with all of the film's significant roles—will be Chinese.
The live-action Mulan will be directed by Niki Caro (The Zookeeper's Wife), and is due in theaters in 2019. It has some big shoes to fill, as the 1998 animated film, featuring BD Wong and Eddie Murphy, earned more than $300 million worldwide and landed Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. This is one of several live-action adaptations Disney has in the works, with others including Aladdin, The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. Disney's recent adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, released in March 2017, is the highest-grossing live-action musical ever.


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Mitsubishi Concept Pushes Boundaries
By Larry Edsall
If you love your F-150, Silverado or Ram, you're probably going to hate Mitsubishi's GR-HEV concept, which debuted at the Geneva International Motor Show. But if you are among those people who think there's a need for a less-than-full-size pickup and you're looking for a more carlike ride, then the GR-HEV might interest you.
Oh, and by "those people" we mean folks outside the U.S. and Canada, because in most of the world a full-size pickup is pretty much viewed as overkill: too big, too heavy and too thirsty to be practical. There's a reason why a compact pickup such as the Mitsubishi L200/Triton is the best-selling pickup in a place like England, where the roads are narrow and the fuel is expensive. But there's still a need for tradespeople to carry their gear, for delivery folks to tote supplies or drivers to tow their compact campers.
We've mentioned Mitsubishi's new concept (link) before, and the automaker says that the GR is short for Grand Runner, which "represents powerful driving through grand and magnificent lands with advanced technology." The HEV part of the name is short for Hybrid Electric Vehicle.
Seen as a potential replacement for the L200, Mitsubishi says the GR-HEV can duplicate many of the L200's various workhorse capabilities. It rides on a 118-inch wheelbase with an overall length of 213 inches, is 76 inches wide, 70 inches tall and can seat five inside.
Mitsubishi calls the GR-HEV a sport-utility truck and its styling, which it calls "aerodynamic chunkiness," appears to be based on a futuristic SUV. With that big bed area sticking up in the air, we think it looks more like a tan stink bug.
Providing power is a 2.5-liter "clean diesel" four-cylinder engine with an electric motor assist to boost power off the line.
Mitsubishi says the trucklette features Super All-Wheel Control with a Super Select 4 drive mode system that allows the driver to select between 2-High, 4-High, 4-High-Lock and 4-Low-Lock, capable of driving across all terrains.
The concept offers active cruise control, lane departure warning and other advanced safety technologies. It also has a small exterior door panel just ahead of the left-rear fender to provide access to an AC power supply system which, Mitsubishi says, eliminates the need to carry electrical generators to the work or campsite. This we like.
"Its development is founded upon the combination of sedan- or SUVlike comfort levels, and the pickup truck functionalities of the highly-acclaimed Triton," according to the Mitsubishi press release.
"The exterior design sets it well apart from conventional pickup trucks, combining flowing lines with richly contoured surfaces to achieve a combination of suppleness and power. It also provides excellent aerodynamic capabilities without compromising the functional elements of a pickup truck, making it extremely capable of supporting the most active lifestyles, in both leisure and work. The premium quality of the vehicle is brought out through the diamond motif applied to the DRL [daytime running lights], LED headlamp system, and LED rear combination lamp system. Stylish aluminum air dams mesh seamlessly with the vehicle's flowing shape, giving appeal to its functional pedigree and safety performance," the press release continues.
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Speakers at privacy event warn developers that regulation will come if they don't shape up.
With a mobile privacy scandal coming every few weeks or so it seems, consumers are getting so they don't trust app developers to do the right thing. But what exactly is the right thing?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has some ideas. The non-profit organization today released a Mobile User Privacy Bill of Rights that offers up suggestions for how data should be treated to protect the privacy of consumers.
"It's time to articulate what the best practices are and what people should reasonably expect," Kurt Opsahl, senior staff attorney at EFF, said in announcing the privacy guide at the Application Privacy Summit held at CNET headquarters in San Francisco.
The guide, written by EFF activist Parker Higgins, is similar to EFF's Bill of Privacy Rights for Social Network Users in listing rights of mobile users that developers should respect, such as the right to control their data, focused data collection, transparency and security. It also offers technical suggestions including using encryption, anonymization and obfuscation techniques and allowing users a way to opt out of tracking with Do Not Track features.
Such guides are needed by developers who are often rushing to get a product out to market quickly and don't realize that the way their apps work may violate user privacy. That appeared to be the case with a number of mobile apps that were recently found to be collecting user contact lists without permission, including photo sharing app Path and social media app Hipster.
"We were caught by surprise. We had no malicious intent," Hipster founder Doug Ludlow said in an interview after the Application Privacy Summit. "We were just getting the app out fast but inadvertently committed what people consider a blatant privacy violation. We didn't even know what we were doing was a problem."After Path got pilloried for making that mistake Ludlow came up with the idea for the Application Privacy Summit to bring developers, privacy experts and others together to share ideas about how to avoid such mistakes in the future and discuss privacy in general.
If there continue to be privacy snafus in apps and developers don't educate themselves on how to protect user data they will eventually be forced to the government, the speakers warned.
"If our space, mobile and technology, doesn't get our act together, you're going to get a law like HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and you don't want that," said Geoffrey Clapp, a "mentor" at Rock Health, which offers funding and services to online health startups. "If we don't start acting responsibly as a community it's going to be jail time and fines."
Government officials are already stepping up. The Obama administration promised privacy legislation when it unveiled a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights a few weeks ago. And the California Attorney General got Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, HP and Research In Motion to agree to require that apps have privacy policies.


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Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Barry "Big B" Brenner was in one of America's musical hot spots, so it is little wonder that he became a musician. He released his latest album, "Keep It Clean" (Barry Brenner), this summer. A solid guitarist with a warm voice, the Verdugo Hills resident plays traditional Americana roots, country blues and folk blues, with a focus on guitar players and singers from the first half of the 20th century.
"Everybody says 'Don't you miss playing electric guitar?' which I did for years and years, I played in bands. I say, 'Not really,'" Brenner said. "I find it so much more rewarding playing an acoustic guitar and getting the same emotions and feelings out of an acoustic instrument than just taking a cable and plugging into an amplifier and turning it up to 10. I just like seeing what I can do with a box with strings on it, that gives me enjoyment and hopefully that translates to the people that come to my shows."
Brenner has been working on "Keep It Clean" since the release of his previous effort, "Old School Blues," in 2009, although the recording and production wasn't done until the final two months of the project.
"It's a culmination of songs that I've done in my live sets for the past three years. They're really all something that I really wanted to get down and put out for folks," Brenner said. "The album features all four of the guitars I play live with. I've got two National Resonator guitars, a 12-string guitar and an acoustic six-string guitar. It's basically what you'd hear me doing live, but in a studio environment."
"Keep It Clean" boasts a mix of original and traditional songs. Brenner played all the instruments and sang all vocals on the album, as well as arranged and produced it and designed the cover.
"It was a lot of work, but it was a labor of love," Brenner said.
Brenner admits that his songwriting has evolved as far as maturity, but otherwise it is the same style of music he wrote as a teen.
"I write when the groove and the feeling comes over me and it just comes out. Depending what guitar I happen to be sitting with, the guitar speaks to me and it comes out and it evolves into the composition," Brenner said.
With a massive repertoire, Brenner narrowed down the cover songs for his effort by what struck him at the time and which tunes appealed most to people at his shows.
Brenner performs solo at the Firefly Bistro in Pasadena on Thursday evenings and during Sunday brunch. He also plays at various locations of the Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ chain twice a month with harmonica player Dutch Masters.
"They'll hear me play songs off all three of my CDs. I wing it, I don't have set lists. I've been doing this for a long time now and every night is different, every crowd is different, every vibe that you get from the people that are there, you feel it out and see what it is you think they'd want to hear at any given moment of the set," Brenner said. "As long as people come see me play and enjoy what I do, I'll be out there playing."


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Astros pitcher Lucas Harrell was sick of watching the Detroit Tigers constantly high-five during a brutal four-game series sweep at Minute Maid Park.
Reliever Wesley Wright said the Astros' constant failure had become a "manhood" issue. Detroit starter Justin Verlander didn't allow a hit until the seventh inning Sunday in the Tigers' 9-0 victory before a crowd of 23,228. The defeat capped a 37-8 Detroit run since Thursday, pushed the Astros to their sixth consecutive loss, and left them with a major league-worst 8-24 record.
Astros catcher Carlos Corporan said a young club that has dropped 10 of 11 games and has won only four times in the last 23 days has too much pride to regularly be intimidated on its home field.
Astros closer Jose Veras? He simply had enough.
Several Astros said the eight-year veteran led a closed-door postgame meeting Sunday. Veras acknowledged using his proud, pounding voice to deliver a wake-up call to a team that was outscored 28-2 during its final 11 innings against the Tigers (19-11).
A series that began with two games of frustrating promise — a 14th-inning defeat Thursday, a one-run ninth-inning loss Friday — ended as the Astros' lowest point of an already troubled season.
"It's easy to come here, lose a game, take a shower, guys can go home and say, 'OK, we'll get it tomorrow.' No. It's not that way," Veras said. "We get paid to win ballgames. We are here to win ballgames. You (played) on teams in the minors to be here. Now you're here. You've got to find a way to be successful to stay here."
Veras won a World Baseball Classic gold medal in March with the Dominican Republic. Like many Astros, he's struggled during the initial stages of the 2013 season. But Veras is passionate about baseball, and he's grown tired of watching his new team's losses quickly mount.
Through 32 games, the Astros are on pace for a record-setting 122 defeats. They've won only two series, have been swept four times, and have given up four-game series to Boston and Detroit in the last 11 days.
"People say, 'It's 162 games; we'll get it later.' Later when? It's (32) games. When you going to take it?" Veras said. "So that's all, you know? We've got to turn it around. We've got to find a way."
Astros veterans Carlos Pena, Ronny Cedeno, Rick Ankiel and Wright spent pregame interviews Sunday using different words to say the same thing: The club wants to play better for first-year manager Bo Porter and knows its performance has been unacceptable.
Big-picture questions about the short-term direction of the Astros' rebuilding movement — the team's active payroll is by far the lowest in baseball — are out of players' hands.
None of the club's veterans are naive, though. There's a difference between being outmatched and embarrassed, and everything from offensive strikeout records and three losing streaks of at least five games to starting pitchers who can't stay on the mound through the fifth inning has cut into the Astros' pride.
"It gets old, and it's wearing on us," Harrell said. "We're better than what we've been playing. … We're embarrassed as a whole. We're a team. We're a family."
Wright is the longest-tenured Astro. He watched many of the club's 213 combined losses the last two seasons up close.
The reliever left the ballpark Sunday wondering how a young, unproven team will react now that it's been called out by its own.
"We all felt the performance has just been god-awful the last couple days and we can't continue to put that type of showing out there," Wright said. "It's a challenge. Just to see what type of men we are and what type of baseball players we are."


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With last week's flurry of asteroid activity rocks from space are much in the news.
Asteroid impacts are the ultimate high-risk, low-probability event — and although there's no human death on record to a meteorite that doesn't mean we shouldn't prepare for the possibility of a killer asteroid. It's a matter of when, not if.
It turns out the solution may be fairly simple: slapping a coat of paint on a rock that threatens Earth.
David Hyland, an aerospace engineer at Texas A&M University, says spreading a thin layer of powderized paint on an approaching asteroid would be just the trick required to nudge it away from Earth. It may not be as dramatic as Bruce Willis nuking an asteroid, but this has the added benefit of actually working.
Just over a century ago a Russian civil engineer named Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky (say that three times fast) discovered a property of objects in space that became known as the Yarkovsky effect.
Essentially the effect is this: The surface of a rotating object like an asteroid that's facing the Sun heats up, and as this warmer area spins toward "dusk" it is warmer than the cold side of the rock spinning toward "dawn." Thus the dusk side of the asteroid is warmer, and emitting more thermal photons, or a radiative force. This force slightly changes the asteroid's orbit.
Hyland figured that if you painted part of an asteroid's equator black or white you could decrease or increase the Yarkovsky effect, and if you changed the Yarkovsky effect you could subtly change the orbit of asteroids.
But how to paint in space? The Sherwin-Williams you used to paint the kid's bedroom would vaporize. No good. A former student of Hyland's, Shen Ge, realized that a powderized paint could be given a negative charge, and that this negatively charged paint would adhere to the sunlit surface of an asteroid that has been positively charged by the solar wind.
If all this sounds crazy, it might not be. Hyland and his students have been working with NASA's Ames Research Center for several years, and with financing from Saudi Arabia may launch a mission into low-Earth orbit in 2014 to test the paint dispensing system.
And if that works the next test bed might be an asteroid called Apophis, which is quite large at 325 meters across. An impact would devastate an area of thousands of square miles and lead to long-lasting, global effects. Fortunately there's just a 1-in-11,000,000 chance Apophis will hit Earth in 2036.
Hyland says he would like to test the paint system on Apophis during a pass in 2021 to see how much its orbit is modified. Such a test would be crucial to know whether a paint-on-asteroid solution would work, and how much paint would need be applied to a threatening asteroid to deflect it from Earth.
The downside of the system is that it would need several years to work, as the shift in orbit caused by the Yarkovsky effect.
"You'd need a fairly good lead time," Hyland acknowledges. And cognizant that we might not detect some asteroid threats until they're much closer, he said other options — including even nukes — ought to continue to be studied as well. "I would promote the testing of all the technologies that have been proposed for this kind of threat. You need all the tools in your toolbox."


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[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/04/01/art.homes.sale.gi.file.jpg caption="When Americans are asked which party would do a better job with the economy, poll results show Republicans now hold an advantage over Democrats."]Washington (CNN) - Democrats have lost their large advantage over Republicans when Americans are asked which party would do a better job with the economy, according to a new national poll.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 48 percent of Americans say Republicans in Congress would do a better job dealing with the economy, with 45 percent saying that congressional Democrats would better handle the issue. That's a switch from last August, when Democrats held a 52 percent to 39 percent advantage on the economy.
According to the poll, Democrats have some ground on health care, but not as much as on the economy. In August, 51 percent thought that Democrats would do a better job with health care reform than the GOP. That's now down to 48 percent, but it's still slightly higher than the 46 percent who say Republicans would do a better job on the issue.
"Democratic losses on the economy are roughly twice as big as their losses on health care," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "That's evidence that the economy - not health care - is the chief reason for the Republicans' current advantage over the Democrats in the midterm congressional races."
A CNN survey released Tuesday indicated that the GOP held a four point edge over Democrats in voters' choice for Congress, a switch from last fall, when Democrats held a six-point advantage.
Democrats currently hold a 253 to 177 advantage in the House of Representatives, with four seats the Democrats once held vacant and one seat that the GOP held vacant. Republicans need to win 40 seats to take back control of the chamber.
While the battle over health care reform has dominated headlines lately, the economy is still issue number one with voters, and nearly eight in ten people questioned in the survey say the economic conditions in the country today are somewhat or very poor. That's down five points from February but still nearly quadruple the number of people who say the economy's in very good or somewhat good shape.
"Dissatisfaction with the economy is roughly 20 points higher than any opposition to the new health care bill," adds Holland.
The survey indicates that only terrorism is a better issue than the economy for Republicans. While the GOP has a ten-point edge on terrorism, Democrats score slightly better on foreign policy and Afghanistan. According to the poll, the Democrats' best issues are education and the environment.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted March 25-28, with 1,009 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
When you have Fox News aggressively telling American every day, every hour, that things are a mess, that President Obama is a socialist, that everything is bad, that is a heckuva headwind for the economy to buck. President Obama has cut taxes for average Americans, yet the Tea Party, flogged by Fox News, convinces everyone they can that your taxes are higher. Why do we have a foreign-owned news channel controlling the thoughts of so many Americans, and making them so mad? It's crazy. How many people in that poll know the economy grew 5.6% last quarter?
The Republicans started this mess.How stupid are the american people? By the polls very stupid.
Who are all these stupid people who are answering these polls???? the rethuglicans got us into this financial mess in the first place and are bound and determined to keep us there! their goal is to do away with the middle class and go back to the days of the robber barons and the poor with nothing in between. do the people who favored the republican'ts in this poll realize that the deficit has grown substantially more under republican administrations than under democrats? have they forgotten bush inherited a tremendous budget surplus and within a year had turned it into a huge deficit??? wake up, people! democrats are the true fiscal conservatives, the rethugliban are merely penny wise and pound foolish.
Obama has ruined it for the democxrats. Now, the republicans will gain control again. THANKS A LOT, OBAMA!


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Philadelphia is also home to visionary director Erich Weiss, who's first documentary film Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry was recently released on dvd. Known throughout popular culture, Sailor Jerry's work has appeared on clothing, rum bottles and in the skin of millions of people. The luminous documentary sheds a new light on the man behind the flash, through rare interviews, old news clips and lost letters.
Fecal Face had a chance to catch up with Erich Weiss in his hometown to ask him a few questions about the film.
Photos provided by Erich Weiss
Portrait of Weiss by Adam Wallacavage
Interview by J.L. Schnabel
All said and done, this project took over 4 years from start to finish. So looking back, yes, there would have to be a pretty good reason to commit so much time and energy. Well, it definitely was covering a topic that I was and still am extremely interested in. I've been getting tattooed since I was about 14 and the characters always fascinated me and situations that I encountered when I entered a tattoo shop... especially as a kid. These places were scary; it wasn't friendly, there were no camera crews or bedazzled clothing lines... just sketchy borderline types in mostly shitty parts of town. Yet in these shops were walls just plastered with these awesome galleries of what really is a kind of original, American/ Outsider folk art. And I think Sailor Jerry is a great example of this -not just in his artwork, but in his character as well... he really is symbolic of a certain time when tattooing was more in tune with skid row than main street; yet the artistry and craft he brought forth was so groundbreaking and exciting that it still inspires today.
By using Sailor Jerry as the anchor for a film, it allowed for us to draw light on the history of tattooing before the TV programs and fashion shows; and show the roots of a trade that in some ways has become so commodified and exploited that much of its original intent, ideology, and well, symbolism, have been lost- or at least heavily diluted.
In terms of practical process, just gathering content for the film was extremely slow... which I think was to be expected. Most of the people interviewed for the film have been tattooing for more than 40 years... and, like Jerry, were rightfully guarded and extremely hesitant to be interviewed... , as they didn't know me from every other jerk-off looking to get some face time. You don't just walk into someone's shop with a camera and start asking questions. So, I started with people I knew and slowly, doors in this secular world would begin to open. But still, it took a considerable amount of time to get people to actually agree and talk to me; let alone be interviewed. A lot of people vouched for me, and I think, in the end, the true intentions of what we were trying to do could be seen. I remember the first time I called Mike Malone - I think the phone call lasted 38 seconds... ending with him telling me to go fuck myself. But then eventually Hardy and a couple other guys vouched for me and he agreed; without his interviews I don't think this film could ever have been made.
The sheer amount of traveling and information gathering also added to the slowness of the process. I did interviews and went through archive libraries in Chicago, NYC, DC, Maryland, Philly, San Fran, LA, up north in Ukiah... and then of course, Honolulu. I had already cut a rough by the time we got to Honolulu and met Sailor Jerry's son, David. But of course, his insight and archives were so important that we had to go back and re-cut the entire film.
In terms of creative process, well let's just say my liver has seen better days.
Perhaps, but it seems in Jerry's case, he just didn't want the government sticking it's nose in his business... he had actually quit tattooing for a bit in the 1950's because of some IRS issues. I think he just didn't want Uncle Sam or really general society to know what kind of cash tattooers were bringing in. Also, he was a firm believer in respecting your teachers and the ideas around lineage and apprenticeship; which the closed nature of tattooing really fostered. You had to earn your way in. Lyle Tuttle told me a story about how at the Pike in Long Beach, there was a tattoo artist that used to make people put a bag over there head and sit in the corner if they came in and started asking questions. A somewhat more subtle approach I guess.
Jerry was a pretty private guy. He hated the press and hated publicity, so actual media based recordings of the man were pretty hard to find. He was an avid letter writer, and Ed Hardy wrote a book based on these letters, called Sailor Jerry-American Tattoo Master. That was a starting point on gaining some insight, but most of what I gathered was through the oral history of those people that were inspired by or knew Jerry himself. Jerry's "protegees"- Mike Malone, Zeke Owen, and Don Ed Hardy, provided the majority of information; as well as Jerry's semi- contemporaries, like Philadelphia Eddie Funk and Lyle Tuttle. The lore these guys spun about Jerry- from tattooed monkey butts to heart attack inducing purple ink, all added to the charm. He was a complex social chameleon- an autodidactic; self made man who was comfortable both in the hooker-strewn streets of Honolulu's Chinatown or the local Masons' Hall. He spoke Chinese, played the sax, was a vicious and mean spirited practical joker and a Goldwater-style social libertarian.
I think what was most surprising or insightful was listening to tapes of Jerry's radio program. Jerry had a radio program called "Old Ironsides" on KTRG in Honolulu, were he would recite poetry and rant politically- with this deep baritone, super authoritative voice. His son had old reel to reels of the program and when I finally heard them I was blown away... it's one thing to see pictures or hear tall tales, but to listen his actual voice, well, it just feels complete.
I asked the same thing to Ed Hardy- who I think would have an interesting take on a question like that. Ed pretty much said that someone like Jerry, who's life was such a dichotomy, would probably dig the fact that in some aspects tattooing is getting much more respect and is more socially acceptable- I mean, he was a really conservative man. But in other ways he would probably be pretty surly, as a majority of this exploitation of tattoo "culture" has definitely gone a bit overboard in its lack of authenticity. Who knows, its really all conjuncture ... let's face it, tattooing has always been an artistic trade- if don't believe me, well then try walking into any street shop and asking for a free tattoo.
I plan on sleeping for the next month or so. Its winter here on the East Coast and it sucks. Hibernation is not over-rated at all. If you are really bored, you can see upcoming projects at http://wunderhorror.blogspot.com.
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Bana Alabed, the Aleppo girl with nearly half a million Twitter followers, evacuates the war-torn city
Bana was photographed leaving Aleppo on Dec. 19
Bana was photographed leaving Aleppo on Dec. 19
Bana was photographed leaving Aleppo on Dec. 19
Bana al-Abed, a 7-year-old girl living in Aleppo, has more than 330,000 Twitter followers and has been called "our era's Anne Frank." The young child has been updating the world on the violence that's descended upon the Syrian City since 2012 – an ongoing, turbulent struggle between Syrian rebels and the Syrian government.
On Monday, Bana's online followers breathed sighs of relief when the little girl was photographed alongside a crowd of people being evacuated from the ancient, war-torn metropolis.
.@AlabedBana and many children arrived to #Aleppo countryside. @sams_usa @UOSSM and partners arr coordinating the response plan there. pic.twitter.com/k3iAohYbFY
— Ahmad Tarakji, MD (@tarakjiahmad) December 19, 2016
"@AlabedBana and many children arrived to #Aleppo countryside. @sams_usa @UOSSM and partners arr (sic) coordinating the response plan there," Ahmad Tarakji, president of the Syrian American Medical Society posted on Monday.
Bana's social media account was set up by her mother, Fatemah, an English teacher. Fatemah continues to run the Twitter handle, posting on behalf of the child and documenting the harsh realities of everyday life in Aleppo. The heartbreaking updates continue to pull in concerned followers, igniting anger and disbelief at the many atrocities taking place in the city.
Bana's account has drawn many comparisons to Anne Frank, the German-born Jewish teenager whose first-person retelling of the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands gained international recognition beyond her death. "The Diary of Anne Frank" has sold more than 30 million copies in 67 different languages. However, unlike Frank's memoir, Bana is able to share her message with the world in real-time posts that are 140 characters or less.
"Bana — a petite child with long dark hair, big brown eyes and a lilting voice — quickly became the newest symbol for the horrors unfolding in Syria," The Washington Post's Caitlin Gibson wrote in a profile earlier this month.
We are sure the army is capturing us now. We will see each other another day dear world. Bye.- Fatemah #Aleppo
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) December 4, 2016
"We are sure the army is capturing us now. We will see each other another day dear world. Bye," one grim post read on Dec. 4.
Two weeks later, the 7-year-old's story reached a somewhat happier ending as she fled the city alongside thousands of other residents.
Everyone teach peace from birth & everyone die in peace. - Fatemah #Aleppo
— Bana Alabed (@AlabedBana) December 17, 2016


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Ancient Versions: Over time, the longer the era of the more collectible books, the Republic of China, Song book prices pushed up to five or six ten silver page. This 1942 Zhaoru Zhen "antique Guide," a book that documented. In recent years, rare books in the collection, the following study painting, antiques, etc. come to the fore. Leaving aside the value of rare books of literature, in its appreciation in value terms, a product with a good rare books, itself is an elegant work of art. Thread-bound ancient books that cover design elegant, sophisticated book brain, spine and right of indicia, etc. These unique binding form China captivating. Open the book, the font is not meaningful when fresh bulk ink overflow ancient heritage incense.
appreciation potential than the collection of books is not stamps, coins low, especially by historical limitations, can not be reprinted or small-volume, loss of large book version, but with a greater appreciation of space. Favorite Books must first have a certain historical and cultural heritage, while also have a certain version, publishing history knowledge. Only understand what books have collectible value, in order to better grasp the book collection of "golden" key. As to what the book might prices, mainly to see whether the content unique novelty, if this theme only this one book, and nothing in this, then the future is undoubtedly worth will rise.
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Maybe you're familiar with the way the keyword
super in Java allows you to delegate to the method (or constructor) of a base class. Perl 6 has something similar… but in a world with multiple inheritance and mixins it makes less sense to call it
super. So it's called
nextsame. Here's an example of its use:
class A { method sing { say "life is but a dream."; } } class B is A { method sing { say ("merrily," xx 4).join(" "); nextsame; } } class C is B { method sing { say "row, row, row your boat,"; say "gently down the stream."; nextsame; } }
Now, when we call
C.new.sing, our class hierarchy will output this:
row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
You'll note how the call finds its way from
C.sing via
B.sing over to
A.sing. Those transitions are (of course) mediated by the
nextsame calls. You'll note the similarity to, for example, Java's
But calling along the inheritance chain is not the only place where
nextsame proves useful. Here's an example not involving object orientation:
sub bray { say "EE-I-EE-I-OO."; } # Oh right, forgot to add the first line of the song... &bray.wrap( { say "Old MacDonald had a farm,"; nextsame; } ); bray(); # Old MacDonald had a farm, # EE-I-EE-I-OO.
So that's another reason
nextsame is not called
super: it's not necessarily related to the base class, because there might not be a base class. Instead, there's some more general phenomenon involved. What might that be?
Every time we do a call to something, there's a part of the language runtime making sure that the call ends up in the right routine. Such a part is called a dispatcher. A dispatcher makes sure that the following multi call ends up in the appropriate routine:
multi foo( $x) { say "Any argument" } multi foo(Int $x) { say "Int argument" } foo(42) # Int argument
(And a
nextsame in the second
multi foo would re-dispatch to the first. But that doesn't work in Rakudo yet.)
Dispatchers are everywhere in Perl 6. They're involved in method calls, so that a method can defer along the inheritance chain, as we did in the beginning of the post. They're in wrapped routines, so that the code doing the wrapping can call into the code being wrapped. And they participate in multi dispatch, so that multi variants can defer to each other. It's all the same principle, but in different guises.
nextsame is just a way to talk directly to your friendly neighborhood dispatcher. By the way, the keyword is called nextsame because it instructs the dispatcher to defer to the next candidate with the same signature. There are variants, as you'll see below.
You can use
nextsame in mixins, too:
class A { method foo { "OH HAI" } } role LogFoo { method foo { note ".foo was called"; nextsame; } } my $logged_A = A.new but LogFoo; say $logged_A.foo; # .foo was called # OH HAI
I like this way to use mixins to inject behavior. I once wrote a post about it, and jnthn has written a Perl 6 module that exploits it.
Though pretty cool, this use of
nextsame isn't really anything new; in fact it's just another example of the defer-along-the-OO-callchain dispatcher. That's because mixing in the role
LogFoo with
but causes an anonymous subclass to be created, one that also does
LogFoo. So role mixin
nextsame boils down to just inheritance
nextsame. (But we don't need to actually grok that to use it, and it still feels slightly magical and very nice to use.)
In summary,
nextsame works in a lot of places you'd expect it to work, and it works the way you expect it to. It defers to the next thing.
Oh, and
nextsame has three closely related cousin keywords:
nextsame Defer with the same arguments, don't return callsame Defer with the same arguments, then return nextwith($p1, $p2, ...) Defer with these arguments, don't return callwith($p1, $p2, ...) Defer with these arguments, then return
Naturally, the other three can be used in the same situations
nextsame can.


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It's Labor Day weekend and
you know what that means. Cue the violins; summer is (unofficially) over.
Once I'm through mourning
the end of the summer, I'll stop to recall all the great things about this
time: the gorgeous weather (warm sunny days and cool, brisk nights), calmer,
quieter weekends, and cozy sweaters. So let's raise a glass to fall!
Here are 5 delicious drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic)
that'll carry you from the still-hot days of early September right into fall.
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Spindrift Sodas and Waters: Made with fresh fruit, this line of sodas and waters is shipped refrigerated and needs to stay
refrigerated. While this seems a little high-maintenance, the proof is in the flavor: bright, not too sugary, and
refreshing. Our favorite sodas were the orange mango and the grapefruit flavors. The
waters are a nice low-cal alternative to the sodas, perfect for people who hate
drinking plain water, like my sister.
PlanTea Black Tea: Currently
only available in the Tri-State area, this iced tea is sweetened with only a
drop of honey and tastes like pure, freshly brewed change from all the saccharine sweet bottled iced teas out there. And if the great taste isn't reason enough to try it, they also donate 5% of their annual sales to charity.
tea, a really refreshing
Fever Tree Tonics and Ginger
Beer: Something I'll miss as summer fades away are ice cold gin and tonics
(with extra limes!). I love the Fever Tree tonics, which have more depth of
flavor than regular tonic, plus they have a very tasty light option. My summer
gin and tonics will eventually be replaced with Dark and Stormy's (Fever Tree
Ginger Beer, lime, and dark rum) come fall.
Flying Cauldron Butterscotch
Beer: With a nod to Harry Potter's butter beer, this concoction, fortunately,
is not made with butter, but is actually a butterscotch cream soda.
Non-alcoholic and very sweet, this soda would appeal to kids and adults alike.
Angry Orchard Hard Cider: Forget any notion you have of hard (alcoholic) cider being overly sweet, this
line of ciders is wonderfully complex and well balanced in flavor. We're big
fans of the traditional dry, which, as the name suggests, is a less sweet cider
closer in flavor to classic English cider. We also love the apple ginger flavor.
Like a cross between hard cider and ginger beer, this tasty brew has a spicy
gingery kick in the finish and would make for a great harvest twist on the Dark
and Stormy.
What she does: As associate editor, Sherry develops recipes for the magazine and the site, styles food for photo shoots, pitches ideas for future issues, and keeps the test kitchen humming along through all the film shoots, photo shoots, press events, and anything else that pops up.
What she cooks at home: While she loves experimenting with a wide range of recipes, she's consistently drawn to experimenting with twists on the comfort foods she craves, like braised duck tacos, roasted cauliflower carbonara, or chorizo-fried rice.
Her #1 piece of cooking advice: Taste your food before serving it. Not seasoning properly while cooking is the biggest reason a lot of home cooking doesn't live up to its potential and it's the biggest difference between home cooks and professional cooks.
Favorite indulgence: Anything fried.


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The Four Walls Hunt starts on January 17th and I can't wait to see what else is coming!
I loved the hunt last time around and I've been privy to a few blogger copies and I took a couple of photos to show you! This absolutely adorable cupcake set comes from Sway's and it comes with plates, wall art and a cupcake stand and I think that it is so adorable, it's also mesh!
All of the furniture items in the picture above are just a small idea of what you can find. The rug, sofa and end table are from a new to me store called Strawberry Box. The wall art is from Wall Candy, and I adore this inspiring quote. The tree on the wall is mesh and is from Hanaya. The item that you will be looking for is an open box with a tree inside.
The list of slurls and more sneak peeks of the items are here: http://fourwallssl.wordpress.com/hunt/
Everything in this hunt is valued at 200L or more but you just pay 20L and the item is yours, especially helpful if you are looking to do some redecorating. I cannot emphasize how cool this hunt is because you can get many things from these types of hunt to make your home look the coolest!


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Organic is the most heavily regulated and closely monitored system in the U.S.
Unlike other eco-labels, the organic label is backed by a set of rigorous federal production and processing standards. These standards require that products bearing the USDA organic label be grown and processed without the use of toxic and synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, genetic engineering, antibiotics, synthetic growth hormones, artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, sewage sludge and irradiation.
Developed through a transparent process involving the National Organic Program, the National Organic Standards Board (a citizen advisory group), industry representatives and the public, these standards provide traceability from the farm to the consumer, ensuring that you and your family can have confidence in the organic products you buy.
As the gold standard of eco-labels, organic: it's worth it.
Here, Aura Cacia's Jennifer Ferring describes organic essential oils and the unique benefits they have to offer, and offers her top tips for bringing organic essential oils into your life.
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The New Scarcity
Late last summer, late one night, I was midway through Gary Shteyngart's 2010 novel, Super Sad True Love Story, when I had to take a break. For all the book's mordant conjuring of a not-too-future dystopic, declining America, I just needed to get away from the sweetly pathetic antihero, yet another man unmoored and afraid in a valueless age. As I used my iPad to paw through the shelves of the various e-book warehouses, I found myself retreating (instantly and for free! how can this be decline?) into the pages of Jane Austen. By the time, a couple of weeks later, we received Kate Bolick's cover story for this month, I had passed from Persuasion to Pride and Prejudice and was once again watching Elizabeth Bennet rebuff the ridiculous Mr. Collins, who immediately shifts his sights to her friend Charlotte Lucas. Charlotte is also no fan of Mr. Collins, but she has a more conventional attitude than Elizabeth toward marriage:
Mr. Collins, to be sure, was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary. But still he would be her husband. Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and, however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.
As Charlotte later briskly informs Elizabeth, "I am not romantic, you know. I never was. I ask only a comfortable home …" Bolick's story is the latest installment in a running conversation among our writers and readers about the structural changes in the American economy, and their impact on men, women, and the family. This preoccupation of The Atlantic dates at least to February 1859, when we published an article titled "Ought Women to Learn the Alphabet?" The answer was an emphatic yes, and the analysis prescient if a bit precious:
It is not merely true that the empire of the past has belonged to man, but that it has properly belonged to him; for it was an empire of the muscles, enlisting at best but the lower powers of the understanding. There can be no question that the present epoch is initiating an empire of the higher reason, of arts, affections, aspirations; and for that epoch the genius of woman has been reserved.
Some version of that new epoch may at last have arrived. As Hanna Rosin, Don Peck, and other Atlantic writers have shown, long-term economic shifts like the decline of manufacturing, exacerbated by the Great Recession, are undermining traditionally male careers and favoring female ones. Yes, for the most part, men remain in control of the institutions of American life; but the superior graduation rates and rising incomes of women suggest that that may prove a lagging indicator of underlying, inexorable social change, signs of which we barely remark upon anymore. Does it even merit comment these days that a woman is contending for the Republican presidential nomination?
As Bolick shows, there is a lot of good news here. But the impact on marriage appears to be grim. As she writes, the proportion of households in America led by a married couple dropped last year to a record low of 48 percent. Half the adult population is single, compared with 33 percent in 1950; and 40 percent of children are born to single mothers. Partly, this may be a result of women's no longer feeling compelled to marry a Mr. Collins. But it also appears to signal that the rise of women is being matched by a decline, not just of male dominance, but of men. Their plight is serious; men have seen their median wages for full-time work fall over the past 40 years. Among other consequences of such deterioration is what Bolick calls a "new scarcity" that narrows women's choices for marriageable men just as their other choices in life broaden. It seems, somehow, cosmically unfair that when the strong-minded women of Jane Austen are at last set free, they are being liberated into our Shteyngartian society. (I'm reminded of Ta-Nehisi Coates's observation that it was only once America was well and truly bankrupted that the presidency went to a black man.)
We are in a period of sorting out, in which old customs and conventions are being stripped away, and new ones have yet to be firmly established. Optimists have reason to bet on the historic, long-term adaptability of our economy and society to see us through. (A more Shteyngartian answer may lie in China's one-child policy, which could result in a surplus of as many as 30 million men by 2020; it would not be the first time Chinese products rushed to the rescue of the American way of life.) The advice this magazine delivered to women in 1859, though, should perhaps today be recast for men: "The final adjustment lies mainly in the hands of women themselves," we declared then. "More depends on determination than even on ability. Will, not talent, governs the world."


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Montreal netminder Carey Price melted the hearts of fans during the NHL Awards Wednesday evening.
Price surprised young fan Anderson Whitehead, who was on stage at the awards. The moment brought the crowd to their feet, and Anderson to tears.
Price presented Anderson with a Canadiens jersey and invited him to come to the next NHL All Stars game.
Price first met Anderson in February after he was invited to watch him during a morning skate. Anderson's mother's dying wish was for him to meet Price, but she passed away before that could happen. A video of the two meeting showed the grief-stricken Anderson being comforted by Price.
The two have clearly spent time together since that first emotional meeting, with Price posting a picture of Anderson on his Instagram in May.
Price was raised in the remote First Nations community of Anahim Lake, west of Williams Lake, and continues to be a huge source of pride for everyone in the entire region.
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Beckman will be back as Illinois football coach in 2014
CHAMPAIGN — Illinois football coach Tim Beckman will be back in 2014 after a second consecutive losing season.
Athletic director Mike Thomas confirmed the decision Monday through a spokesman.
The Illini finished 4-8 (1-7 Big Ten) in Beckman's second season at Illinois, and lost their finale 37-34 on Saturday to Northwestern. He faced speculation about his job security through much of the season, much as he had a year earlier when Illinois went 2-12.
Illinois spokesman Kent Brown said there hadn't been any doubt that Beckman would return for 2014.
"I don't think there was ever any consideration of making a change," Brown said. Thomas and Beckman were traveling Monday and not available for comment.
Beckman is finishing up the second year of a five-year contract that paid him $1.7 million this year and $9 million in all. After Saturday's loss, Beckman sounded as if he expected to keep his job.
"We're going to take this program one step forward each and every day and make it better," he said.
Defensive coordinator Tim Banks has been dogged by rumors that he won't be back. Illinois' defense was at or near the bottom of the Big Ten in most defensive categories. The team gave up 35.4 points a game (10th in the 12-team conference) and 481.5 yards (11th).
Banks said after the game that he hadn't given much thought to whether he'll be back.
"All I can do is the best that I can. I think that the things I have done as a coach for the past 18 years stand on their own," he said. "No, to answer your question, I don't worry about that."


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|SEAN SEVERSON- Head Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach
Sean Severson is in his
10th season as Grove City College head men's and
women's cross country coach.
Severson has guided Grove City's traditionally strong program to even greater heights during his first nine seasons. Both the men's and women's programs have emerged on the regional and national landscape during his tenure. The women's team has won the Presidents' Athletic Conference title in each of his nine years and the men have won six conference crowns in that span.
In 2010, the Grove City women's team made its first-ever appearance at the NCAA Division III Championships, placing 29th nationally. Additionally, men's standout Garrett Cichowitz advanced to the NCAA meet for the third consecutive season on an individual basis.
Two years ago, the Wolverine women captured fifth place overall at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships while in 2009, Severson guided Grove City's teams to top 10 finishes at the Mideast Championships. That year, the women placed fourth and the men earned 10th place at the regional meet as Sara Fisher, Emily Pierce and Ella Smith all earned All-Mideast honors.
Since 2004, the women's team has placed sixth or higher at the Mideast Regional seven times. Meanwhile, the men's team achieved top 10 finishes four times in the last six years.
Two runners have achieved NCAA Division III All-America status during Severson's tenure at Grove City. In 2004, Elisa Pedersen became Grove City's first women's cross country runner to become an All-American. She again accomplished that feat as a senior in 2005.
In 2007, Kristen Carter became Grove City's second women's cross country All-American. Overall, Grove City runners have qualified for the NCAA Championships in seven of Severson's first nine years as head coach.
Grove City runners have earned 11 total PAC Most Valuable Performer awards over the past eight seasons. A total of 58 runners have achieved First Team All-Presidents' Athletic Conference in that span.
Severson received PAC Coach of the Year recognition in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.
Severson is also the assistant men's basketball coach at Grove City. In that role, he is heavily involved in scouting, practice development and recruiting. He helped the basketball program earn four consecutive postseason berths along with the 2007 and 2010 conference titles.
A native of Menomonee Falls, Wis., Severson earned a bachelor of arts degree in athletic training from the University of Minnesota-Morris in May 2002. At Minnesota-Morris, Severson captained the basketball team and earned Academic All-Conference recognition from the Northern Sun Conference three times. He also earned Dean's List honors.
Severson earned his master's degree in health and physical education in 2004 from Adams State. He also owns Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist distinction from the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
He lives in Grove City with his wife, Tara, and their four daughters.


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The next release in the ABBA Deluxe Edition series revisits the group's debut album, Ring Ring, originally issued in 1973.
Featuring the very first ABBA recording, People Need Love, along with well-known tracks such as He Is Your Brother and the groundbreaking title track, the original album has been expanded with no less than 13 bonus tracks, 4 of which are new to CD, plus a DVD of rare television material. Ring Ring Deluxe Edition will be released October 14, 2013.
The first disc in the 2-disc package is a CD, which features the original album plus 13 bonus tracks. The bonus selections seek to expand the view of the album by including not only various non-album single sides, but also the rare original versions of the album tracks I Saw It In The Mirror and I Am Just A Girl, both of which were Björn and Benny productions for other artists.
The scope of ABBA's early years is further expanded by bonus tracks such as the rare 1970 recording There's A Little Man, featuring Agnetha on backing vocals, her first contribution to a recording written and produced by Björn and Benny; Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan, a 1972 hit single for Frida featuring backing vocals by her fellow ABBA members; En hälsning till vÃ¥ra parkarrangörer, an ultra-rare spoken-word promotion single from 1972 on which the four ABBA members talk up their 1973 tour of Sweden; Hej gamle man!, the 1970 hit recording that was the first to feature all four ABBA members; and the 1971 singleVälkommen till världen by Lill-Babs, written and produced by Benny and enhanced by prominent backing vocals by the four future ABBA members.
The DVD features rare television performances of People Need Love and Ring Ring from Swedish and Austrian TV, respectively, plus a 2012 report from Swedish television wherein Benny tells the story of the writing and recording of Ring Ring, the first song to feature the famous multi-layered ABBA sound. In the report, Benny goes in-depth on the group's creative process, isolating the different tracks on the original multi-track tape.
The package also includes a 20-page illustrated booklet featuring an extensive essay on the making of the album.
Track List:
- Original Album
- Ring Ring
- Another Town, Another Train
- Disillusion
- People Need Love
- I Saw It In The Mirror
- Nina, Pretty Ballerina
- Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
- Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother
- He Is Your Brother
- She's My Kind Of Girl
- I Am Just A Girl
- Rock'n Roll Band
- Bonus Tracks
- Ring Ring (bara du slog en signal)
- Merry-Go-Round
- Santa Rosa
- Ring Ring (spanish version)
- Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe Steht (german version of Another Town, Another Train)
- Ring Ring (german version)
- En hälsning till vÃ¥ra parkarrangörer (promotional release advertisesing 1973 tour of Sweden)
- Additional Bonus Tracks and Early Versions
- Hej gamle man – Björn and Benny
- There's A Little Man – Billy g-son
- I Saw It In the Mirror – Billy G-son
- Jag är blott en man – Jarl Kulle
- Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan – Anni-Frid Lyngstad
- Välkommen till världen – Lill-Babs
- People Need Love (Vi i femman, SVT)
- Ring Ring (Spotlight, ORF)
- Ring Ring Revealed (SVT)
- International sleeve gallery


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Working with lower functioning students I find that this article helps give me tangible ways to help them understand everyday text that they will be exposed to. I really appreciate the Retelling Pyramid. It gave me an accessible way to teach my students.
Building World Knowledge: Motivating Children to Read and Enjoy Informational Text
Exposing young children to informational text early on can help them to handle the literacy demands of fourth grade and beyond. Practical instructional techniques can be used to promote understanding and enjoyment of informational texts. The three techniques described here — Text Impression, Guiding Questions, and the Retelling Pyramid — can help children become familiar with the language and structure of non-fiction books.
Young children benefit from opportunities to read a rich array of fiction and informational books. Reading educators and researchers agree that young children benefit from increased exposure to informational books (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998). Today there is an abundance of high-quality informational text for teachers and parents to use with children. According the Cooperative Children's Book Center (2006), the number of informational books published for the early grades has increased by 200% over the last ten years.
An early preference for nonfiction?
Several recent research studies by Pappas (1993) and Mohr (2006) suggest that children in kindergarten and first-grade often prefer to read nonfiction books. However, by the time students reach fourth grade, where they are expected to read and learn from informational text and content area textbooks, there is an overall decline in reading scores (Chall, Jacobs, & Baldwin, 1990). These findings suggest that greater exposure to informational texts during the early years may help minimize the effects of the "fourth grade slump" in reading achievement.
Informational text and reading achievement
Evidence that reading informational texts increases reading achievement can be found in data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP). From 1990 to the present, the trends on the NAEP indicate that fourth graders' reading achievement increases as the diversity of their reading experiences increases. Fourth graders who reported reading a wide variety of text (e.g., narrative, informational) had higher reading achievement than students who reported reading only one type of text. Therefore, it seems reasonable that exposing young children to informational text will help them to handle the literacy demands of their later schooling (Duke & Bennett-Armistead, 2003).
Instructional techniques for informational text
Several practical instructional techniques can be used to promote understanding and enjoyment of informational texts. These instructional techniques familiarize children with the language and structures of non-fiction books. We agree with David Pearson (2003) who reminds us that proficiency with informational text helps students build the skills they need to be successful in school, work, and community.
In the following sections we describe three instructional methods:
- Text Impression
- Guiding Questions
- Retelling Pyramid
Text Impression (McGinley & Denner, 1987) is an effective way to introduce vocabulary and hold predictive discussions before reading. Guiding Questions (Marinak & Mazzoni, 2008) set a purpose during reading, and the Retelling Pyramid (Schwartz & Bone, 1995) supports retelling and summarization after reading. Examples of the three techniques are described below using examples from the popular book Wild Babies by Seymour Simon.
Before Reading: Text Impression
Before reading, it's important to introduce new vocabulary and activate prior knowledge about the topic. The Text Impression technique invites children to share what they know and motivates them to begin reading. To conduct a Text Impression, 5-10 important vocabulary words are shared one by one. With each word added to the list, children are invited to hone their predictions based on the important vocabulary.
Below is a Text Impression taken from Wild Babies. Note that by end of the Text Impression, children can predict that the reading will most likely be about penguins and an African animal that lives in a herd. The fun word that might provide surprise is 'kindergarten.' Readers might not be aware that penguins and giraffes both protect their young in 'kindergartens.'
- Antarctic
- African
- One
- Rookery
- Herd
- Kindergarten
During Reading: Guiding Questions
Guiding Questions can be provided to set a purpose for reading. It is important that the inquiry include literal questions, inferential questions, and extended questions. In addition, the questions should include some of the important vocabulary introduced in the Text Impression. The Q-Matrix by Spencer Kagan is helpful when writing challenging Guiding Questions. The Q-Matrix contains question stems to construct all three types of questions.
In addition to teachers using the Q-Matrix to write Guiding Questions, students can also use the matrix to write their own questions. Below are several Guiding Questions for the giraffe and penguin in Wild Babies. Each question uses the word 'kindergarten' from the Text Impression. The stem words from the Q-Matrix are in bold.
Literal Questions
- How long do penguin chicks stay in a kindergarten?
- How old is a giraffe calf when they enter a kindergarten?
Inferential Question
- When would penguins and giraffes form kindergartens?
Extended Question
- Giraffes and penguins use kindergartens to protect their young. What might other animals do to protect their babies?
After Reading: Retelling Pyramid
A Retelling Pyramid can be used after reading. The pyramid supports retelling and summarization. The prompts for each line of the pyramid can be revised to reflect specific information from the text. Below is an example of Retelling Pyramid with prompts from Wild Babies. After completing the pyramid, children can compare and contrast the giraffe and the penguin.
These three simple instructional techniques can be used with young children to make informational text more interesting and accessible. The use of these techniques will support children in developing the language, strategies and skills needed to read informational materials with greater ease. As children become more competent in their ability to comprehend informational text, they will be more motivated to choose to read informational texts.
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Chall, J., Jacobs, V., & Baldwin, L. (1990). The reading crisis: Why poor children fall behind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Cooperative Children's Book Center (2006). Children's books by and about people of color. School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved September, 2006 from www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/pcstats.htm.
Duke, N., & Bennett-Armistead, V. S. (2003). Reading and writing informational text in the primary grades. New York: Scholastic.
Kagan, S. (2009). The Q-Matrix. Retriezed March 20, 2009 from http://www.kaganonline.com/Catalog/index.html
Marinak, B. & Mazzoni, S. (2009). Reaching all readers. Zaner Bloser: Columbus, Ohio.
McGinley, W. & Denner, P. (1987). Story impressions: A prereading/writing activity. Journal of Reading, 31(3), 248-253.
Mohr, K. (2006). Children's choices for recreational reading: A three-part investigation of selection preferences, rationales, and processes. Journal of Literacy Research, 38 (1), 81-104.
National Assessment of Education Progress. The nation's report card. Retrieved May, 12, 2008 from http://nces.ed.gov/naep3/
Pappas, C. (1993). Is narrative "primary"?: Some insights from kindergartners' pretend readings of stories and inform books. Journal of Reading Behavior, 25, 97-129.
Pearson, P.D. (2003). Foreword. In Duke, N., & V.S. Bennett-Armistead (Eds.), Reading & writing informational text in the primary grades, 8-9.
Schwartz, S. & Bone, M. (1995) Retelling, Relating, Reflecting: Beyond the 3R's. OISE Press: Toronto.
Snow, C., Burns, S., & Griffin, P. (1998). Preventing reading difficulty in young children. Washington, D.C: National research Council.
This was an interesting article and backs up information in a previous class that I have taken, LI243 which was Children's Literature. Not only did the this class teach future teachers about the different types of children's lit available to younger readers, it also taught us how to keep reading fun and interesting when it's time for them to learn from informational text. One of my favorite parts and techniques that are used when making sure student can enjoy informational text was the retelling pyramid.
I thought this was a very good article on a subject that is very important in the reading process. As children progress through school, informational texts become more important in their learning process, so the earlier we can expose them to these, the better understanding they will have. The three methods seem to build upon each other from before, during and after reading the selection. I think that using text impression, guiding questions, and the retelling pyramid is a great idea and will help with overall reading comprehension for our students.
I really enjoyed reading this article. The three instructional methods built up each other giving an effective way to teach reading. By using these three methods the DOK levels could definitely be raised to 2's or possibly 3's. I especially like the text impression method when presenting vocabulary words. I like the idea of presenting the words and presenting questions making the students think about what the word means.
I agree with these reading comprehension strategies. I use text impressions by imploring the students to predict outcomes and uses life experiences. I use guided questions often when teaching reading comprehension. I like the pyramid idea and want to try to incorporate it into my teaching.
I agree with these three techniques very helpful teaching student to read and understand what they are reading. Introducing words and discussing the purpose, asking questions what do they think is going to happen,makes the students intrested in reading to find out. Then retelling the story and after reading it, asking questions to see if they understood the story.
This is an excellent article about a very difficult topic. Comprehension is challenging to many students. I like the ideas the article offers about reading and comprehending. Text impression, guiding questions, and retelling pyramid are excellent ways to get children to read and understand. I am a special education teacher and reading and comprehension is one of the challenging steps that I face during my days. The students have such a great difficulty in understanding and it is great to learn different ways to help my students understand. I am going to try these steps to see how this works. I think that introducting the words at the beginning of the reading is a great way to get the students excited about what they are going to read and it will help them in understanding from the beginning and not struggle as they get to each word they do not know. These ideas sound great and I can't wait to try them.
In my class with severally handicap children we have introduced new vocabulary words to the students and after reading the article and seeing the retelling pyramid I think this would benefit my students after we read the text or book to them
I thought this article was a great resource in showing the importance of young children and their exposure to informational books. Before I read this article, I thought reading any book was important. After reading this article, I realized how important it was for kindergarteners and 1st graders to have exposure to informational books. When students start out reading these types of books, they have a stronger foundation as they approach the 4th grade, when reading informational books becomes a necessity in order for them to learn and read material for their assignments. Finally, using text impressions, guided questions, and retelling are wonderful techniques in reinforcing comprehension.
I like the use of the 3 techniques to reinforce comprehension.
I really like this article. I felt that it was full of helpful information and the explanations of the material was easy to understand. I think the three instructional methods mentioned would be very helpful when teaching students and helping them learn that informational texts can be enjoyable to read.
This article was very interesting and gave good tips teachers can use to promote understanding and enjoying informational texts. The three instructional methods were: text impression, guiding questions, and retelling pyramid. These strategies are very important to teach. If students are able to comprehend what they read,they will be more motivated to read. If a student does not understand what they read, they will not be motivated to read other times.
This article was very interesting and gave good tips teachers can use to promote understanding and enjoying informational texts. The three instructional methods were: text impression, guiding questions, and retelling pyramid. These strategies are very important to teach. If students are able to comprehend what they read,they will be more motivated to read. If a student does not understand what they read, they will not be motivated to read other times.
I agree this was a great article to read. I also agree informational text should be introduced to students during the early years of life. Informational text is a process in which students are likely to be encouraged, excited and knowledgeable about what they are reading. It also validates that students are reading and comprehending high quality information, as a result, they will have an opportunities to become successful readers. In the article I enjoyed how the story, "Water Babies" was dissected into the three instructional methods. Students had a clear understanding of the information received. In order to promote literacy, students need a variety of enjoyable text material to read. We as teachers do not want any of our students to go through the fourth grade slump. Therefore, we must add effective strategies to our repertoire to meet the needs of each student.
This article is very informative on how teachers can get their student more motivated to reading. The three important strateges that were discussed were Before Reading, During Reading, and After reading. Before reading the teacher should give the class a heads up on new vocabulary and what will be read in the story. During reading approch is the teachers asking questions as the class is reading to ensure comprehension is happing. After reading is when the teacher should make sure that all student have comprehend all important concepts from the reading.
Great article. I like how the three techniques build on one another. The text impression is good because it introduces what is going to be learned and undoubtedly boosts comprehension as the story is actually read.
I feel the predicting and learning the vocabulary is such an important prereading strategy. Students need to be knowledgable of words in the text to understand what they are reading
I loved this article and the techniques stated to promote understanding and enjoyment of Informational text. The techniques of text impression, guiding questions, and retelling pyramid are great strategies for teaching students how to read informational text. As the article stated, these could help the students become familiar with the structure and language of nonfiction text. I agree that the wider the variety of types of text students read, the better their reading achievement will be. Using before reading, during reading and after reading strategies the students can successfully understand what they are reading.
when ever you reference Duke and Pearson my ears perk up. Good stuff


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The work of painter Karl Persson is not for the faint of heart; his horrific scenes, rendered with hyperrealistic precision, examine the darkest and more cannibalistic impulses of the human mind. Envisioned in an aesthetic evocative of the work of horror artist Chet Zar or tattoo artist Paul Booth, Persson's unique hellscape is wrought with sexual tension, desire, and yearning.
Through Persson's frightful lens, the human creature becomes base and animalistic; overtaken by the sheer fact of appetite, a mouth erupts from the gut of a dead chicken, its head cruelly severed and skin raised, revealing grotesque goosebumps in lieu of downy feathers. Again, a set of carnivorous teeth slice open the entire face of a baby, who kicks and thrashes about with eating utensils in hand; with his umbilical cord only just severed, the monstrous being is never satiated and still demandsmore. Persson's self portrait imagines the artistic impulse as equally cruel, presenting the artist as cannibalizing his own form in service of a ravenous creative hunger.
Within this grotesque sexual and gluttonous thirst, there are moments of beauty to be unearthed. The Kiss imagines a pair of slimy insects making bestial love with their pointy, bloody legs, stabbing one another in the process; though repulsive, their slick, glinting feelers are also magnetic and alluring, their lusty movements brought to life and crystalized forever in dreamy pinks and purples.
The work is also not entirely without innocence; in this cruel vampiric world, a fetal rat lies dead and gutted. In a stunning reversal, those that we label as "vermin" become soft, delicate babes, whereas the human is revealed to be savage and cruel. Within this piteous creature, ripped fatally from the womb, we might rediscover the all-too-rare feelings of compassion and heartbreak. Have we, as humans, descended too far into our own brutal greed, or might we return to a state of virtue and empathy? Take a look. (via TrendHunter and Mongolian Art)
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