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There are some historical events that make people wonder, "Could it have turned out differently? What would that have been like?" Could Germany have won World War II? What if Charles Martel had lost at Tours? What would America be like if the South had won the Civil War? Historians like to call this counterfactual history, and writers refer to it as alternate history.
A popular speculation in this vein is, "Could the Native Americans have held off the Europeans?" There were several points where it looked like the natives could have kicked the invaders right off the continent. The conquests of Peru and Mexico started out as very near-run campaigns, and the British, French and Spanish footholds in North America were (at least initially) small and could have easily been wiped out.
Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise (CoP) is the first expansion for vanilla EU IV. The focus of this expansion is to expand gameplay possibilities in the New World. In the vanilla version, the New World was pretty much just a big, undiscovered goodie bag. The nation that could get there first would clean up on natural resources, facing only token resistance from natives. Nice for resource-poor nations like England and Portugal, but all the real action took place in the Old World.
CoP fluffs up the New World some. New Native American nations have been added, along with their own Ideas and buildings. At least in the beginning of the game the Native nations feel like "real," playable nations. The buildings and techs top out at a relatively low level compared to the Europeans', but this is just part of historical accuracy. Native nations are now worth playing, especially for the warmonger.
There is an important change to the way European colonies grow that can really help make Native nations viable. After a European power has enough (four) provinces colonized in a region, those provinces break away from the home country and form a Colonial Nation. Colonial Nations are separate from the home country, but operate sort of like vassals in that they pay a portion of their income to their parent nation. If they grow to dislike the mother country enough, Colonial Nations can revolt, starting a war to gain their independence. This takes some of the heat off the Native Americans—rather than the full might of England coming down on them, as soon as England gains a reasonably large presence in an area, its regions break off into a smaller, weaker country.
Other than breaking away and fighting for independence, however, Colonial Nations don't seem to do much. One can save the game and then switch to playing as one, which is fun, but otherwise they tend to just sit there like lumps. Perhaps this is how they are meant to work. New nations tend to need some time to sort out internal matters, and it really does help the Native nations by slowing down the rate of European expansion—or perhaps the mechanic just needs some work.
Another interesting addition was the ability to randomly generate the New World. Part of the problem with this sort of historical game is that there is no surprise discovery. Everything is exactly where the player knows it is. This was not true for the original explorers, and knowing where everything is takes some of the fun (and strategy) out of exploration. Although the random continents can look funny sometimes, this feature adds some surprise (and replayability) to the game.
There were a few other minor changes to the vanilla version. Trade nodes were tweaked, and a few bugs that got cut from the original release were added back in. Overall, however, CoP is a bit on the small side as far as expansions go. This is not entirely a bad thing. The features CoP adds are welcome and mostly well thought out—but it does make for a shorter review.
So, could the Native Americans have held off the Europeans? Probably not. Agriculturalists have historically done very well against hunter-gatherers. Europe had too many people, too much tech and a secure base of operations. There was (conceivably) a slim chance, however, and CoP, to its credit, allows the player to try it out.
The first thing a determined Native nation needs to do is expand. This can be painful as there are a lot of other Natives thinking the same thing. It is crucial, however, as you will need to store up money, people and resources for the next phase.
Eventually the Europeans will arrive. You should race to get a province that borders one of the European ones. Get as stable as you can, make sure you have enough money saved up, and be on good relations with your neighbors. Then, take advantage of your proximity to the Europeans to Westernize. This is a lengthy, expensive, politically unpopular and all around painful transition. It is also the only chance your nation has to survive. Your nation will be in pretty bad shape when it is all over, but you will have access to European governance systems, technologies, buildings, and units. In short, guns and the manpower and political organization to use them.
Once you Westernize, your nation will be the biggest kid on the continent and you can kick the Europeans back to where they came from. You could even get a colony or two in Africa and take the fight to the Old World.
In summary, Conquest of Paradise adds enough gameplay options to the New World and its nations to make this part of the world a much more interesting place. It does not go as far as Crusader Kings II: Sunset Invasion—there will be no Aztec fleets threatening to invade Spain—but it does give the Native Americans a slim, but fighting, chance.
A bit light in content, this expansion concentrates on adding features that enhance gameplay in the New World. The new features make Native American nations more rewarding to play, and add an interesting possibility wherein the Europeans could be kicked off the continent.
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3. The Ravens are one of the league's best teams when it comes to finding quality undrafted free agents, and two such players might have locked down their roster spots against the Rams.
Back in April, after the Ravens had just drafted DeAngelo Tyson to round out their eight-player class, assistant general manager Eric DeCosta mentioned that there were only three players remaining on their 150-player draft board. In past years, they typically would have between 20 and 25 prospects on their board, and many of those were the players they would attempt to sign as undrafted rookie free agents. "This year, our free agents -- the real quality players -- seemed to have dried up," DeCosta said at the time. But despite any discouragement they may have felt that evening, the Ravens were able to piece together a pretty impressive class of rookie free agents. One of them has already made the 53-man roster, though most kickers follow the same route that Justin Tucker has taken to the NFL. Two others, speedy wide receiver Deonte Thompson (above) and shifty running back Bobby Rainey, are strong candidates to join him after each had a productive preseason. And three more are also competing for some of the final roster spots, including safety Omar Brown, inside linebacker Nigel Carr and offensive lineman Jack Cornell. Brown is the best bet out of that trio after injuries to safeties Emanuel Cook and Sean Considine. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing that so many undrafted rookies are in the mix to make the team, but given their track record when it comes to this -- their finds include current players Jameel McClain, Albert McClellan and LaQuan Williams -- I'll go with the former. After all, no matter where it comes from, talent usually shines through. Especially out at the Castle. Thompson outperformed fellow rookie Tommy Streeter, who was a sixth-round draft pick, and second-year wide receiver Tandon Doss, who battled a hamstring issue throughout training camp. The knock on Tjompson coming out of Florida was that he was a practice player, but he outran that notion in the preseason, catching 10 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Among his six catches for 68 yards against the St. Louis Rams was a one-armed chain-moving catch on third down and a tumbling grab in the end zone. Thompson has impressed as a returner as well. Meanwhile, Rainey, who hasn't gotten much traction as a runner (more on that later), added four more catches for 42 yards. His stature, his ability catch to passes out of the backfield and his penchant for making defenders miss in space -- like we saw on his two receiving touchdowns this preseason -- has drawn comparisons to Ray Rice. He appears to have the edge over Anthony Allen and Damien Berry, but Berry, who was signed as a rookie free agent in 2011, finished the preseason strong with 50 yards total in the past two games on 10 carries. Like Bart Scott, Priest Holmes and Mike Flynn did years ago, Thompson and Rainey have come out of nowhere to earn their way onto a 53-man roster. We will see if it's the Ravens' roster.
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The reason is that isolation between concurrent transactions cannot be guaranteed, meaning that two concurrent transactions are not guaranteed to be serializable (the result of a concurrent transaction that has committed can "leak" into an ongoing transaction). Since they are not serializable, it means they cannot be written to the binary log in an order that produce the same result on the slave as on the master.
However, when using row-based replication they are serializable, because whatever values are written to the tables are also written to the binary log, so if data "leaks" into an ongoing transaction, this is what is written to the binary log as well, so that when the transaction commits, the values written to the table are the same as those written to the binary log.
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The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious.
The yeast doughnut is from Alton Brown:
The cake doughnut is a Nancy Silverton recipe:
The raspberry jam bomboloni recipe is a Kate Neumann recipe:
The pumpkin doughnuts are from Bon Appétit: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Pumpkin-Doughnuts-with-Powd…
I made the Yeast Doughnuts from Alton Brown since I have made cake doughnuts before and I also did not want to make the jam filled or the pumpkin flavored. The recipe is quite simple, and the mixing method is like any other yeast dough recipe.
I think the most challenging part of this recipe is the frying of the doughnuts. I have a candy thermometer, so it is easy for me to read the temperature of the oil. This is important because if the temperature is too cold, they will be oily. If it is too hot they will just burn on the outside and be raw in the middle. The recipe I followed said around 363ºF is ideal. I have a gas range and it is hard to keep a consistent temperature. Also, the temperature drops after each batch, so you need to watch it carefully.
I kept it simple and covered the doughnuts in cinnamon-sugar. Some people might want to make a glaze, while others might like powdered sugar. What ever you desire, I hope you have plenty of friends and family to share these doughnuts with!
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- Inactive Prep Time:
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- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 1/2 ounces vegetable shortening, approximately 1/3 cup
- 2 packages instant yeast
- 1/3 cup warm water (95 to 105 degrees F)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 23 ounces all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting surface
- Peanut or vegetable oil, for frying (1 to 1/2 gallons, depending on fryer)
Place the milk in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat just until warm enough to melt the shortening. Place the shortening in a bowl and pour warmed milk over. Set aside.
In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and let dissolve for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, pour the yeast mixture into the large bowl of a stand mixer and add the milk and shortening mixture, first making sure the milk and shortening mixture has cooled to lukewarm. Add the eggs, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and half of the flour. Using the paddle attachment, combine the ingredients on low speed until flour is incorporated and then turn the speed up to medium and beat until well combined. Add the remaining flour, combining on low speed at first, and then increase the speed to medium and beat well. Change to the dough hook attachment of the mixer and beat on medium speed until the dough pulls away from the bowl and becomes smooth, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a well-oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to 3/8-inch thick. Cut out dough using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter or pastry ring and using a 7/8-inch ring for the center whole. Set on floured baking sheet, cover lightly with a tea towel, and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oil in a deep fryer or Dutch oven to 365 degrees F. Gently place the doughnuts into the oil, 3 to 4 at a time. Cook for 1 minute per side. Transfer to a cooling rack placed in baking pan. Allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes prior to glazing, if desired.


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NHL fines Sharks $100,000 for Wilson comments
New York, NY – The National Hockey League on Saturday issued a $100,000 fine to the San Jose Sharks organization for comments made by general manager Doug Wilson regarding the suspension levied to Raffi Torres earlier in the week.
The fine was issued for violation of league rules which prohibit statements to the media during the 48-hour period following a disciplinary decision. In addition to an automatic penalty of $25,000, the Sharks were fined an additional $75,000 under Article 6 of the League's Constitution due to the inappropriate nature of the comments.
League discipline czar Brendan Shanahan passed down the suspension on Thursday to Torres, who was banned for the remainder of the Sharks' second-round series against Los Angeles for an illegal hit to the head of forward Jarret Stoll during the second period of the Kings' 2-0 Game 1 win on Tuesday.
On Friday, Wilson revealed his thoughts about the suspension in a lengthy statement, whose sentiments included the following:
"The Sharks organization fully supports the NHL in its efforts to remove illegal and dangerous hits from the game but we strongly disagree with the NHL's decision to suspend Raffi Torres.
"Upon review of the incident, it is abundantly clear that this was a clean hockey hit. As noted by the NHL, Raffi's initial point of contact was a shoulder-to-shoulder hit on an opponent who was playing the puck. He did not leave his feet or elevate, he kept his shoulder tucked and elbow down at his side, and he was gliding -- not skating or charging.
"As evidenced in the video, just prior to Torres making contact with the opposing player, that player altered his posture to play a bouncing puck with his hand, placing himself in a vulnerable position.
"Comparing the facts of this incident against the actual wording of Rule 48.1, it appears that the NHL has not only made an inappropriate application of this rule but is trying to make an example out of a player who is being judged on past events, one who has changed his game dramatically this season and taken only six minor penalties in 39 games."
The Sharks trail the best-of-seven series 2-0 with game 3 in San Jose on Saturday night.


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One of the most expensive BlackBerry devices to date, which is owned by celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Beyonce, is getting an update.
Research In Motion and Porsche Design have announced a black version of the BlackBerry P'9981. The new black P'9981 will be available world-wide in January 2013.
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Stuttgart. The luxury brand Porsche Design (Porsche Lizenz- und Handelsgesel-lschaft mbH & Co. KG) is unveiling the new-look P'9981 smartphone. The new version features a striking, completely black, design, further emphasising the iconic essence of the brand. The Porsche Design P'9981 smartphone from BlackBerry® is distinguished by a linear and purist look combined with innovative technology. The P'9981 Black will be available from mid of January 2013 in Porsche Design stores all over the world and in the luxury brand's official online shop.
The black look creates a stylish new take on the product's outstanding design and high-quality materials. The P'9981 Black consists of a stainless steel frame encased in black plastic with a hand-applied leather backing. Additional highlights include a special black QWERTY keyboard and a crystal-clear touch-screen display. Just like the first P'9981, the black version features a customized Porsche Design user interface and an exclusive, premium Blackberry-Messenger-PIN. The choice of materials and classy black design are typical hallmarks of Porsche Design.
"Since the very beginning, our brand has been identified with the colour black," said Jürgen Geßler, CEO of the Porsche Design Group. "Our very first product was a completely black watch. It was a revolutionary product at the time and proved to be a great talking point all over the world. As is typical of Porsche Design, the choice of black had a functional significance. The "Chronograph I" was inspired by the non-reflective design of racing car controls, with everything in matt black apart from the instruments. The aim was to ensure a clear and easy-to-read display. The Porsche Design P'9981 Black follows this tradition."
Powerful hardware and software
The Porsche Design P'9981 smartphone is based on a very powerful platform with a 1.2 GHz processor and HD video recording, as well as high-resolution 24-bit graphics and modern sensors compatible with new Augmented Reality applications. The P'9981 also has 8 GB of internal memory and a 16 GB micro SD card. The memory can be expanded up to a total of 40 GB. The BlackBerry 7.1 operating system of the Porsche Design P'9981 Black incorporates a latest-generation browser, one of the best on the market, to ensure a fast and flowing surfing experience. The smartphone also features Liquid Graphics™ technology for smooth and very high-resolution graphic displays.
In May 2012, the judges for the prestigious Plus X Award® selected the Porsche Design P'9981 smartphone from BlackBerry as the "Smartphone of the Year 2012".
Porsche Design is a luxury brand with a special focus on products that are technically inspired. The brand Porsche Design was founded in 1972 by Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. The products are the embodiment of functionality, timelessness and purist design. All products of the brand are designed at the Porsche Design Studio in Zell am See, Austria, and are sold worldwide in the brand's own stores, in franchise stores, shop-in-shops, quality department stores and exclusive retailers and via the official online store (www.porsche-design.com/shop).


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Playing without ailing manager Eric Wedge for a second straight game, the Mariners took advantage of defensive miscues by the Indians and received solid pitching to extend the longest current win streak in baseball.Seager had an RBI double in the first, an inning that was kept alive by a Cleveland error. He singled and scored the tying run in the third, and Zunino came through with a two-out RBI off Cleveland starter Zach McAllister (4-6) later in the inning to give Seattle the lead.Seattle starter Erasmo Ramirez (1-1) and a pair of relievers made the one-run lead stand up.


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Fond memories of my childhood exist in a natural hiatus, just behind my suburban home. My escape was nestled in a green barrier of shrubs, out of sight of adult supervision, with a stack of cardboard boxes, and plastic my Dad brought home from the factory. The cardboard was the frame and body to the fort, while the plastic provided a shell from inclement weather. Each box would carefully be inserted into the next and would rest gentle on the slope, with room for additions. Plastic would drape over the top and stones would be collected to serve as an anchor for any high winds. I built the forts with an ambition to last a season – if not a lifetime. A piece of rug would serve as a cushion from the hard ground, and I could lie their on drizzle days listening to the petter patter of the rain, as droplets streamed down plastic folds. Inside the fort I could imagine a cocoon wrapped around me and feeling protected. Other times since the ground did have a slight slope, you could slide into the fort when the rug was out. Each fort was a different design depending on the various sizes of boxes and each spark of a new idea, unraveled into another world of the imagination. Constructing the fort served a function, and it required the intention of working to see it completed. With out a doubt my reward was the finished product – of seeing the fort as envisioned, with infinite possibilities for changes. I put hard work into it to my, structure, I was the architect, and the oasis behind my urban home, was my playground. Each box fort was never just an empty box – it was full of visions and ideas.
Looking back there was no separation between the work, involving building the fort, and the imaginary and physical play that followed. Those days of building and staking it out in forts were joyous, and there was not conceivable difference between the work and play I was doing – my personal project, however sometimes cooperative with friends, served a function in my development, as a child.
The feeling of creating something meaningful and seeing it through completion, is what stands within my memory, Never, do I once recall being interrupted, unless dinner was on the table, and I always knew I could return to my efforts. This sort of project would never have occurred within my school environment, the lapse between bell periods would have broken up my time, teachers would not allow such an experience, it would divert attention away from the curiculumn of "learning," and it would be chalked up as simply just "playing."
But, later in my life, I can truly I identify with the moment of the experience, not just as a glimmer, but something that resonates inwardly, and has given me the self-satisfaction, confidence, competence, and solitude to know how I would want to interact with the natural environment today. No, I have not built a fort in years, yet when I engage as an educator in a preschool environment, the building of forts goes on uninterrupted, as I do not dare disassemble a work in progress and the imaginary play which unravels.
Youth do not distinguish between work and play it is a social construct, which only manifests itself into adult years. Play and work can be interchangeable, if the interest of and individual or group sharing a common objective guides the experience.
Preschools that have the whole child in mind, know the value of play and realize how work can easily be interlaced with play if allowed the time to do so, free of coercion or and rigid structures. While building forts never did I think to myself this behavior is "play," and this behavior is "work." But, I think it is worth mentioning that in the standard school, centralized arena, which is so heavily endorsed in academia, play can be associated as a plague which deteriorates the mind and demoralizes one's ability to act and function as a part of society. For years, traditionally play has been at the guiltiness, as an ineffective means to a society which values work. I think the opposite holds true, that play, especially when kids are allowed ample time for it, is a catalyst towards supporting work, which later in life becomes more abstract – is done independently or cooperatively for a common "good", not as a cog in the machine, but out of the willingness of self-empowerment of self and community. It is arbitrary to link work with play with kids, they are no inculcated with this adult counterpoised relationship to work and a form of employment or something you do to achieve a reward from someone else, or the concept of play as a leisure activity that could be trivial or frivolous. Play has multiple meaning and it can be defined several ways by all walks of people in or out of education profession, yet this other wise subjective and linear way of framing play, does not exist in a Childs life. If you ask a six year old what they do for work and what they do for play, they would glare at you like you have two heads. And why should we hold adult expectations of pedagogy and play or work other wise called academics, at our control as something that is interjected into the day as an obligated scenario. Of course, we need to be cautious of formulating play as a sort of context that needs to be tightly managed in the classroom, Self-directed or even organized play projects in the classroom with or without the teacher, as the majority of the time teachers need to just get out of the way should occur, but it should not be a burden of just a set of techniques pulled from the teachers tool kit. And play cannot have limitations, which serve conveniences or are stifled by the issues and concerns to teachers, which commonly come down to messes to the temporary mingling of materials from one side of the room to the next. Occasional a child gets the twitch to build herself or himself a fort, pulling over chairs and draping over blankets for the perfect hide out, however this does not need to be squashed by adults prejudging the situations as just play. A fort is an architectural marvel, which usually brings many gaping eyes and invites others over for social time. And a fort takes the design of shapes, and often can lead into a cooperative project for practicing effective communication, because I fort often calls for workers dressed and fitted with toy hard hats. And the work and play are then part of the mix of what learning is all about.
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More than 250 organizations, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, sent a letter today to House and Senate agriculture committee members and leadership advocating passage of a five-year farm bill as soon as possible. The groups are urging Congress to move forward on a unified farm bill that preserves a five-year authorization for all programs, while continuing the partnership between the nutrition and farm communities.
In the letter, the groups cautioned against ending provisions that would reinstate permanent farm law from last century. "For decades, the threat of reinstatement of the long-outdated policies of the 1938 and 1949 acts have served as strong motivation for Congress to enact new farm bills," the letter said. "Repealing those acts and making the 2013 farm bill commodity title permanent law could make it difficult to generate sufficient political pressure to adjust the commodity safety net provisions should conditions in production agriculture change."
The groups said they are also concerned that if Title I of the 2013 farm bill is made permanent, other important farm and rural programs covered in other titles would risk not being reauthorized if the bill expires after five years.
"If this should occur and we revert to permanent law, then programs covering conservation, forestry, research, energy, rural development, horticulture, trade, etc., could be left to the will of the appropriations process, likely with limited funding and little opportunity to update or adjust to meet changing needs in agriculture and rural communities," the letter said.
"We also fear that a farm bill without a meaningful nutrition title will make it difficult, if not impossible, for the House and Senate to reach a bipartisan agreement on a final version that can be signed by the president," the letter said.
The letter was sent by organizations representing farmers and ranchers, conservation, rural development, finance, forestry, energy, trade and crop insurance companies.
"This important legislation supports our nation's farmers, ranchers, forest owners, food security, natural resources and wildlife habitats, rural communities and the 16 million Americans whose jobs directly depend on the agriculture industry," the letter said.


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During the making of Arclight Productions' "Country: Portraits of an American Sound," Sherman Oaks filmmaker Steven Kochones was invited to document a photo shoot in the snowy woods of Virginia. There, eclectic country artist Lyle Lovett was posing for Michael Wilson.
The film highlights the friendly rapport between the singer and his go-to photographer of the last 22 years.
"Lyle is someone who really understands image," Kochones says, adding the gentleman cowboy with the curly pouf of hair "feels he gets better pictures when he has a relationship with his photographer because they work together, and we were really fortunate to tag along on a shoot and see that dynamic in action. As beautiful as our footage is, it pales by comparison to what the photographer gets with his large format camera.
"Here is Lyle with a cowboy hat silver glittered in the woods with the snow in the background — it's just beautiful."
With "Country," it's all about image.
The 37-minute documentary feature of the Annenberg Space for Photography's exhibition of the same name traces the evolution of country music through the work and commentary of photographers, from Grand Ole Opry staffer Les Leverett's behind-the-scenes prints to contemporary photographers like Wilson. Their pictures portray the ideals, lifestyles and personalities of country music stars who intersect the film's 80-year timeline. Add to that historical footage, music and interviews with recording artists, personalities and historians, and the film doesn't just tell the story of a uniquely American sound but also how country stars have always relied on the lens of photography to stand out.
"Like Kenny Rogers says in the film, people whose true personality matches their persona last the longest in this business," says Kochones, the film's producer and director and Arclight Productions principal, citing Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson as examples. "They are what they represent."
In the case of Rogers, sometimes there is more than meets the eye.
Rogers is the subject of the "Country" offshoot "Kenny Rogers: My Country," a documentary short about the country star's 30-year pursuit of photography also playing as part of the Annenberg exhibition.
Kochones was commissioned to make the film by the Annenberg Space for Photography and took his cue from guest curators from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville and Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
Both films were shot in ultra high definition 4K so that the footage would register on screen in the same way the quality prints do on gallery walls.
"The photographers and their work are the glue that makes the films, and in the case of 'Country,' we're always reminding the audience as we go through the piece that it's about photography and not just talking about the history of country music," says Kochones, whose next film for Annenberg will look at how architecture in a time of global warming is helping people live with rising sea levels. "There are plenty of places you can go learn about the history of country music, but this may be a rare example where you can look back and have a picture book of the historical record.
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Research topic on Tim's Vermeer, the Penn & Teller art documentary about Johannes Vermeer
Penn & Teller, the famous magicians, may not be the first names that spring to mind when you think of an art documentary. But their film, Tim's Vermeer, provides an interesting look into the connection between art and technology as viewed through the paintings of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. For your next art or film research paper topic, it's worth it to watch the film and provide your own synopsis on the documentary.
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The concept of innateness (innate is first recorded in the period 1375–1425; from Latin innātus "inborn") relates to types of behavior and knowledge that are present in the organism since birth (in fact, since fertilization), prior to any sensory experience with the environment. The term has been applied to two general types of qualities. The first consists of instinctive and inflexible reflexes and behaviors, which are apparent in survival, mating, and rearing activities. The other relates to cognition, with certain concepts, ideas, propositions, and particular ways of mental computation suggested to be part of one's biological makeup. While both types of innatism have a long history in human philosophy and science (e.g., Plato and Descartes), some bias appears to exist in favor of claims for inherent behavioral traits, which are typically accepted when satisfactory empirical evidence is provided. One famous example is Lorenz's demonstration of imprinting, a natural phenomenon that obeys a predetermined mechanism and schedule (Lorenz's incubator-hatched goslings imprinted on his boots, the first moving object they encountered). Likewise, there seems to be little controversy in regard to predetermined ways of organizing sensory information, as is the case with the detection and classification of shapes and colors by the mind. In contrast, the idea that certain types of abstract knowledge may be part of an organism's biological endowment (i.e., not learned) is typically faced with a greater sense of skepticism, and touches on a fundamental question in epistemological philosophy: Can reason be based (to a certain extent) on a priori knowledge—that is, knowledge that precedes and is independent of experience? The most influential and controversial claim for such innate knowledge in modern science is Chomsky's breakthrough nativist theory of Universal Grammar in language and the famous "Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus." The main Chomskyan hypothesis is that all human beings share a preprogrammed linguistic infrastructure consisting of a finite collection of rules that, in principle, may generate (through combination or transformation) an infinite number of (only) grammatical sentences. Thus, the innate grammatical system constrains and structures the acquisition and use of all natural languages.


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CAMP LEJEUNE � He�s an example of what an example should be.
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During a small ceremony last Friday, Gunnery Sgt. Aubrey Wrenn, 32, of Jacksonville, was selected as the Marine Corps Instructor of the Year, which earned him a meritorious promotion to his current rank, as friends, family and fellow Marines from his career sat in the audience.
His journey to winning the title began in 2012, when he won the Marine Combat Training Instructor of the Quarter award, followed by the School of Infantry award and then the East Coast instructor of the Year award.
The final competition was East Coast versus West Coast, and Wrenn came out on top.
�This is the pinnacle,� he said after the ceremony. �But the best part is that I still get to instruct more and more Marines each day and be an example to each and every combat instructor.
�I get to show them that if you apply yourself and take what you do to heart �then you, too, can be successful,� he said. �This validates my efforts for not only me, but for every other Marine. It shows that hard work does get recognized.�
Often working 18- to 19-hour days and staying after hours to mentor and help students are tasks that aren�t beyond the norm for combat instructors, according to Wrenn, an artilleryman. It�s all in an effort to keep them motivated, help them study and teach them how to be successful, he said.
�If you put in those extra hours and keep in mind the effect you have on those Marines � that you�ve touched and influenced them � then you will, in turn, put out a better product,� Wrenn said. �If I�ve done that with at least one person here at the School of Infantry, then I set out to accomplish what I came here for.�
Having known Wrenn since 2010, Staff Sgt. Joshua Barber, 29, of Jacksonville and an instructor at the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer Academy aboard Camp Johnson, said Wrenn is a �consummate professional� and �the picture-perfect Marine.�
�He�s awesome to work with,� Barber said. �He puts 110 percent (and is) motivated toward everything he does.�
Despite knowing each other as the same rank, Barber said he has been a mentor, friend and inspiration to better himself as a Marine. The number one thing he has taught him, Barber said, is patience � something that has bettered him as a man and a Marine.
�Everything about him makes him the perfect recipient of this award,� Barber said.
During the ceremony, Wrenn�s wife, Dawn, was presented a letter of appreciation from the School of Infantry leadership � something she said is appreciated but not necessary.
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Google's decision to shutdown Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal should be a wakeup call
Google announced last week that it has shut down Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal (RE<C), the Google initiative aimed at developing technology that would drive down the cost of renewable energy.
Under the new leadership of Chief Executive Larry Page, Google has been scaling back its less successful programs across the board. Google's explanation that other institutions are better positioned to take its renewable energy efforts "to the next level" is understandable and Google has pledged to continue "its work to generate cleaner, more efficient energy," through procuring renewable energy for its data centers and investing in renewable energy companies.
However, while this may be a sound business decision, there is something troubling about Google's decision to abandon RE<C, particularly in light of the optimism with which it was created four years ago. In December 2007 Page said Google expected, "to produce one gigawatt of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are optimistic this can be done in years, not decades." Google executives also said they anticipated investing hundreds of millions of dollars in "breakthrough renewable energy projects which generate positive returns."
Optimistic (and perhaps naive) sentiment like this was par for the course in 2007. Democratic presidential hopefuls, buoyed by the 2006 midterm elections, promised comprehensive climate change legislation. Picking up on the political headwinds, many businesses began building climate regulation, green products, and green marketing plans into their models. Money flowed into green tech and clean energy startups as venture capitalists projected increased demand driven by stricter regulation, government incentives, and the belief that a game-changing breakthrough could be right around the corner. By the end of 2008, the "Drill Baby, Drill" chorus was momentarily silenced and hope and change were inspiring bold statements like the one Page made a year earlier.
Undeniably, there have been huge technology advances over the last four years. The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report this week that identifies renewable energy as the "fastest growing sector in the energy mix." But the reality is that many of these technology advances have been made as a result of government subsidies that are drying up. Others have been made in anticipation of a market shaped by cap and trade legislation. And even with the progress that has been made, renewable technologies are a long way from being able to replace the convenience and capacity of fossil fuels.
Google's announcement is a blow to those of us who held out hope that private-sector funded technology would let inactive national and global policy makers off the hook. If the massively well-funded and exceptionally innovative Google has decided its engineers aren't the people to find a game-changing technology after just $10 million of their promised hundreds of millions in investments in RE<C, what options do other companies have?
Google's RE<C decision is one more reason on a long list for diplomats meeting in Durban this week (as well as for national politicians in this country) to move forward with robust policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curtail the effects of climate change. Environmental sustainability and energy security won't come with the private sector overcoming this challenge on its own. The public should be a partner and lead the way.


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Anemia is a general term for a category of blood conditions that affect the red blood cells or the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin they contain.
In anemia, there is either a reduction in the number of red blood cells in circulation or a decrease in the amount or quality of hemoglobin. There are many causes of anemia, including severe blood loss, genetic disorders, and serious diseases. (See iron deficiency anemia, pernicious anemia [vitamin B12-related], and sickle cell anemia.) Anyone with unexplained anemia should have the cause determined by a qualified doctor.
Some athletes appear to have anemia when their blood is tested, but this may be a normal adaptation to the stress of exercise,1 which does not need treatment. Further evaluation by a qualified doctor is necessary.
What are the symptoms of anemia?
Some common symptoms of anemia include fatigue, lethargy, weakness, poor concentration, and frequent colds. A peculiar symptom of iron-deficiency anemia, called pica, is the desire to eat unusual things, such as ice, clay, cardboard, paint, or starch. Advanced anemia may also result in lightheadedness, headaches, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), irritability, pale skin, unpleasant sensations in the legs with an uncontrollable urge to move them, and getting out of breath easily.
Dietary changes that may be helpful for anemia
Severe protein deficiency can cause anemia because protein is required for normal production of hemoglobin and red blood cells.2 However, this deficiency is uncommon in healthy people living in developed countries.
Thalassemia is an inherited type of anemia that is most common in people of Mediterranean descent. Children with severe thalassemia often have reduced growth rates that may be partially due to inadequate diets. This problem is primarily found in developing countries.3
Nutritional supplements that may be helpful for anemia
Deficiencies of iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid are the most common nutritional causes of anemia.4 Although rare, severe deficiencies of several other vitamins and minerals, including vitamin A,5 6 vitamin B2,7 vitamin B6,8 9 vitamin C,10 and copper,11 12 can also cause anemia by various mechanisms. Rare genetic disorders can cause anemias that may improve with large amounts of supplements such as vitamin B1.13 14
Taurine has been shown, in a double-blind study, to improve the response to iron therapy in young women with iron-deficiency anemia.15 The amount of taurine used was 1,000 mg per day for 20 weeks, given in addition to iron therapy, but at a different time of the day. The mechanism by which taurine improves iron utilization is not known.
Hemolytic anemia refers to a category of anemia in which red blood cells become fragile and undergo premature death. Vitamin E deficiency, though quite rare, can cause hemolytic anemia because vitamin E protects the red blood cell membrane from oxidative damage. Vitamin E deficiency anemia usually affects only premature infants and children with cystic fibrosis.16 17 Preliminary studies have reported that large amounts (typically 800 IU per day) of vitamin E improve hemolytic anemia caused by a genetic deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)18 19 20 and anemia caused by kidney dialysis.21 22
People with severe thalassemia who receive regular blood transfusions become overloaded with iron, which increases damaging free radical activity and lowers antioxidant levels in their bodies.23 24 25 26 Some people with milder forms of thalassemia may also have iron overload.27 Iron supplements should be avoided by people with thalassemia unless iron deficiency is diagnosed. Preliminary studies have found that oral supplements of 200 to 600 IU per day of vitamin E reduce free radical damage to red blood cells in thalassemia patients.28 29 30 However, only injections of vitamin E have reduced the need for blood transfusions caused by thalassemia.31 32
Test tube studies have shown that propionyl-L-carnitine (a form of L-carnitine) protects red blood cells of people with thalassemia against free radical damage.33 In a preliminary study, children with beta thalassemia major who took 100 mg of L-carnitine per 2.2 pounds of body weight per day for three months had a significantly decreased need for blood transfusions.34 Some studies have found people with thalassemia to be frequently deficient in folic acid, vitamin B12,35 and zinc.36 37 Researchers have reported improved growth rates in zinc-deficient thalassemic children who were given zinc supplements of 22.5 to 90 mg per day, depending on age.38 39 Magnesium has been reported to be low in thalassemia patients in some,40 41 but not all,42 studies. A small, preliminary study reported that oral supplements of magnesium, 7.2 mg per 2.2 pounds of body weight per day, improved some red blood cell abnormalities in thalassemia patients.43
Sideroblastic anemia refers to a category of anemia featuring a buildup of iron-containing immature red blood cells (sideroblasts). One type of sideroblastic anemia is due to a genetic defect in an enzyme that uses vitamin B6 as a cofactor.44 45 Vitamin B6 supplements of 50 to 200 mg per day partially correct the anemia, but must be taken for life.46
Are there any side effects or interactions with anemia?
Refer to the individual supplement for information about any side effects or interactions.