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10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
This course focuses on two fundamental types of information that can be gleaned from spectroscopic data: 1) quantitative analysis (Part A) which deals with the extraction of quantitative information about species' concentration in chemical processes; and, 2.) characterisation or structure elucidation (Part B) of chemical compounds. Students will learn how to use the powerful tools available in Excel (Microsoft), including LINEST, SOLVER and matrix operations to extract quantitative chemical information from complex spectra, which can subsequently be used for industrial process control and analysis. In Part B, the focus is on the application of modern one- and two-dimensional Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, in conjunction with other spectrometric methods, in elucidating molecular structures.
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2014.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Use Microsoft excel, particularly the tools LINEST and SOLVER, and matrix operations to extract quantitative chemical information from complex spectroscopic data.
2. Describe how a range of computational methods can be used effectively for quantitative chemical data analysis.
3. Apply the skills in 1 and 2 (above) to experimental design in order to facilitate quantitative chemical analysis.
4. Describe how organic functional groups behave in the NMR experiment and how this behaviour is reflected in NMR spectra.
5. Use NMR spectra, in conjunction with infrared and mass spectra, to elucidate and substantiate the molecular structure of organic compounds.
6. Describe the basics of the theory and conduct of modern one- and two-dimensional spectroscopic experiments.
7. Provide oral and written reports which logically, clearly and critically establish a compound's molecular structure on the basis of its spectrometric data.
Part A: (Quantitative Analysis)
- Advanced quantitative analysis of spectroscopic data, e.g. expansion of the Beer-Lambert law and determination of the concentration of multiple chemical species.
- The use of fibre-optic sensors to obtain spectroscopic data suitable of industrial process control and analysis.
- Analysis of spectroscopic data continuously acquired from industrial process to determine reaction mechanisms and to obtain physical-chemical parameters such as rate or equilibrium constants, and their application to process analysis and control.
- The use Microsoft Excel, particularly the tools LINEST and SOLVER, and matrix operations to extract quantitative chemical information from complex spectroscopic data. Laboratory sessions will include selected examples, e.g. a chemical distillation, of their applications in industrial process control and analysis.
PART B: (Characterisation)
- The relationship between chemical structure and 1H and 13C signal splitting.
- The relationship between chemical structure and 1H and 13C chemical shift and signal intensity.
- Descriptive theoretical background to modern Fourier transform NMR spectroscopy and practice. The description has two parallel facets: use of vector diagrams and, secondly, manipulation of nuclei energy level populations.
- The effect of relaxation processes on the NMR experiment, with nuclear Overhauser enhancement being a particular focus. Laboratory and workshop sessions include interpretation and analysis of spectroscopic data leading to the elucidation of the structure of 'unknown' chemical compounds.
Assumed knowledge
PART A : CHEM2110 and CHEM3110
PART B: CHEM2310 or CHEM2210
Assessment items
In Term Test: Computer Lab Exam
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Computer Lab Assignment *
In Term Test: Structure Elucidation Workshop Exam
Formal Examination: Formal Examination *
* This assessment has a compulsory requirement.
Compulsory Requirements
In order to pass this course, each student must complete ALL of the following compulsory requirements:
General Course Requirements:
- Laboratory: There is a compulsory attendance requirement in this course. - Students must participate in and submit laboratory reports for the established minimum requirements.
- Laboratory: Induction Requirement - Students must attend and pass the induction requirements before attending these sessions. - In order to participate in this course, students must complete a compulsory safety induction.
Course Assessment Requirements:
- Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Attempt / Submission Requirement - Students must attempt/submit this assessment item to pass the course.
- Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Pass Requirement - Students must pass this assessment item to pass the course.
- Formal Examination: Minimum Grade / Mark Requirement - Students must obtain a specified minimum grade / mark in this assessment item to pass the course. - Students must obtain a minimum passing grade of 40% in the final, end-of-semester examination for the course.


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Dire Straits: Letter From An Emergency Room Doctor
[HealthCare Reform: Op-Ed]
Recently, President Barack Obama finally hosted a group of doctors at the White House to discuss healthcare reform and said, "nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do."
I've been meaning to tell him this for months.
As an emergency room doctor I feel like I'm in a daily war zone. As 14,000 people lose their healthcare daily and more job losses loom, many of these casualties of the "great recession" head to ER if they lack coverage; they need primary care, prescription refills, and sometimes emergency care.
ER physicians daily observe the devastating effects of healthcare costs escalation. We see people who may not have suffered strokes had they been able to afford their medications or see a primary care doctor.
It's about time the president reached out to doctors. He once claimed we'd rather amputate a foot than teach a diabetic prevention since we'd be able to make $30,000 from the surgery. False! The reimbursement is between $700-$1500.
Doctors know the urgent need for reform, and we believe healthcare is a moral issue. We'd like to work with the president; we're not the bad guys. 60% of us believe in a real public option. From the ER trenches, in addition to the all important health insurance and pharmaceutical reform, I see two important obstacles. We need more primary care physicians and we need medical tort reform.
Consider that in 2006, there were 120 million ER visits; about 30% were uninsured patients. ER visits have escalated 26% over the last decade costing billions a year. Since there aren't enough primary care doctors, wait times grow and patients are frustrated.
The prohibitive cost of medical training is an important cause in doctor shortages; newly minted doctors can have up to $200,000 in educational debt. So rather than specialize in primary care, many doctors seek more lucrative practices, such as cosmetic surgery. Effective healthcare reform must tackle this issue, and offer more incentives to doctors who choose primary care.
Tort reform is critical. During his address before the joint Congressional session, President Obama correctly noted that "defensive medicine may be contributing to increasing costs." That's when doctors, fearing debilitating lawsuits recommend multiple (sometimes harmful) tests, referrals, hospitalizations, or prescriptions, thereby driving up costs.
A 2006 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that in 1,400 malpractice claims, almost 40% involved no medical error. Still the threat of malpractice contributes to escalating healthcare costs—this point is often missed in the debate. Every physician is familiar with the quip: "There are only two types of doctors: those who are sued and those who are going to be sued."
This isn't to downplay the devastating effect of real malpractice on victims and their families. Any reform should consider creation of a national fund to compensate patients, with a formula that can be worked out, as used in countries such as New Zealand. So patients can be compensated for true malpractice, and doctors can practice medicine without the fear of lawsuits. Enforcement should also rid the industry of incompetent physicians.
We must act now; doctor shortages are actually getting worse. High malpractice insurance drives doctors away from riskier specialties like obstetrics/gynecology, neurosurgery and emergency medicine. Doctors retire early, avoid risky procedures, move to states with friendlier malpractice laws, or reject patients with complex ailments.
I haven't heard these issues discussed by any of the Senate or House Committees now crafting a reform Bill, including the version approved today by the Senate Finance Committee.
Yet, would anyone discuss the Space Program without involving astrophysicists? It's still not too late to get us doctors more involved.
Dr. Lumumba-Kasongo is an emergency medicine physician in Albany, Ga.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
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One makeup product that I could never live without is liquid eyeliner. I use it on my upper lid only for the most part, winged out at the outer edge. The cat-eye look can glamorous, classy chic, or funky…depends on how you apply your liquid eyeliner and what kind you are using. I have recently tried out 4 different kinds of liquid eyeliner pens, because my favorite liquid eyeliner is dead and gone (RIP MAC Penultimate Eye Liner). I still haven't found one that I like as much as that one, but I've been having fun trying out different pens in the process. I will give you my opinion about each pen's pros and cons.
Product #1: MAC Brushstroke Liner
I discovered this eyeliner when I returned to the MAC counter for more of my "precious," only to discover that they didn't carry it anymore. What?!? So, of course, I thought that another liquid eyeliner pen of the same brand would be just as good. This is by far my least favorite of the 4 eyeliners that I have tried. The eyeliner is not long-lasting and curled up inside the cap. Do you know what a paintbrush does when you press it too hard onto your canvas and it looks like spider legs? That's exactly what happened to the brush tip of the eyeliner, despite how careful I was to take care of it. Prior to that happening, the eyeliner was as bold, long-lasting, and easy to apply as the Penultimate liner. Afterward, I felt like a hot mess trying to apply my eyeliner, because I tried to use it as long as I could before giving up on it completely. I had to intermittently apply then use makeup remover to get odd smudges off of my lid. It was not quick drying and would often end up on my eyelids as well as my lash line. If you love this one, please tell me what I should do differently, because using it was quite the frustrating experience. It's not featured in my picture because I already threw it away! ($21.00)
Product #2: Maybelline Eye Studio Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner
This is probably the second eyeliner that I tried after my MAC liquid liner pen went kaput. Overall, I found the line to be very precise and bold (as the name implies), and the eyeliner was very long-lasting. Something that I had to get used to was how rigid the tip of the pen is. The more flexible the tip of the eyeliner, the more easily you can trace the curve of your eyelashes without making a mistake. It's a little more forgiving this way. I started using this particular eyeliner during the summer of last year, and let me tell you, it certainly lasted through the sweat and humidity. The price for this pen is excellent! ($7.99)
Product #3: NYX That's the Point Eyeliner in "Just Wing It"
This eyeliner is interesting, because you can select 7 different felt tips. I read about this eyeliner in Glamour Magazine, and this particular one, "Just Wing It," was selected as the everyday cat-eye eyeliner. If you look at "Just Wing It" compared to the other felt tips, it is a fatter pen that narrows to a point. I find that I have trouble controlling how thin I want my line to be with this pen. As I trace along my lash line, I usually leave some kind of bump that I have to trace over several times. By the time I'm done, the line is very thick and not as precise as I would like. It does seem to last the whole day, but I wish it were slightly easier to use. Luckily, there are 6 more types that I can try out for an inexpensive price! ($10.00)
Product #4: Kat Von D Tattoo Liner
This is my most recent purchase and has been recommended to me by family members. I like some aspects of this eyeliner. It's easy to use, has a flexible tip that won't fray, and gives you a precise line. From my observations so far, it does not seem to be as long-lasting as was claimed. I do have combination/oily skin and my makeup tends to run off, but I had not run into the problem of my eyeliner melting off until I tried this particular pen. I think that I will pass on this eyeliner in the summertime, but maybe I will try it again come fall/winter. ($20.00)
And the winner is…
Maybelline Eye Studio Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner!
You can't beat the price of this liquid eyeliner pen, and it seriously out-performed these other pens on top of it! Who would have thought that Maybelline would top MAC??? Hopefully this review shed some light on these products and what they can offer you as liquid eyeliners. I'm thinking that I may try out some more of the NYX liquid eyeliners to see what kinds of effects the different felt tips might give me.
What's your favorite liquid eyeliner? What do you love about it?
Until next time…


text: Yogyakarta's Zoo's successful concoction of its punk rock roots with a seasoning of traditional music elements makes them a beacon of the Indonesian Underground. Their debut album, Trilogi Peradaban (Civilization Trilogy) is formed by three distinct movements forged from sessions conducted in 2007/08, tracing the bands fast evolution from the Ruins-esque proto-punk of Neolithikum (New Stone Age) and Mesolithikum (Middle Stone Age) to the spontaneous folkish neo traditionalism ranting of Palaeolithikum (Old Stone Age). With 22 tracks ranging from dissonant math-rock expelled in quick Melt Banana like successions to acoustic shamanistic vocal uttering's produced with the Skeletal framed lineup of drums, bass and Jembe, all lined with the deft vocalisations of Rully Shabara Herman telling a story of the deterioration of cultural roots in modern civilization. Released in comjunction with Tenzenmen. (Dual Plover)


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Daniel Penchina, principal at The Raben Group in Washington and the Financial Planning Association's advocacy point man in Washington, feels good about FPA's access to decision makers inside the Beltway.
"Financial planners are well liked on the Hill," Penchina said in an interview May 5 during the FPA Retreat 2013 in Palm Springs, Calif. More pointedly, he said that House Financial Services Committee staffers "have a good understanding of the issues" that FPA cares about, such as the fiduciary standard for all advice-givers and funding the SEC's exam efforts through user fees.
When asked if FPA is hamstrung by its relatively low-balance political action committee, Penchina said that "money doesn't buy access, especially in the days of the Super PAC," but that FPA will continue to "support members of Congress who support us."
(According to the Federal Election Committee, the FPA PAC spent $74,000 in the 2012 election season, while the Financial Services Institute spent $168,000 and SIFMA disbursed $604,000.)
Penchina said it would be "interesting" to see how the new chairman of the Financial Services Committee, Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), who has made known his negative feelings on Wall Street, steers the committee on items of interest to the FPA. However, Penchina said, "housing finance will likely be his top priority," suggesting that a possible bellwether will be to see "how the confirmation hearings go" for the proposed new head of the Federal Housing Authority (FSA) in the Senate.
On the legislation sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) that would allow the SEC to impose user fees to fund the agency, Penchina said that "user fees have a chance," but that "we've still got a fairly contentious Congress." That contentiousness seems to have dissipated somewhat when it comes to tax reform, however, particularly in the House Ways and Means Committee, so he remains optimistic about the user fees legislation, especially if the bill gets a strong supporter in the Senate and becomes part of broader legislation.
"It's somewhat on the periphery," he said, referring to user fees, but since the planning industry itself supports more regulation of advisors, and since it would be "revenue neutral, politically there's a lot of good there."
Over all, however, when it comes to implementing the Dodd-Frank Act, on which "there's so much still to be done," Penchina said flatly, "it's a bandwidth issue" for the Congress. After all, he said "Congress tends to be reactive," as shown by the passage of Dodd-Frank after the financial crisis, and in its advocacy efforts, "you don't want to use scare tactics." Advisors and legislators could unite in their shared goal of "keeping more bad actors from hurting consumers," he said When asked about a watered-down fiduciary standard, which some standard advocates fear could be forthcoming from the SEC, Penchina warns that if the SEC did so, it would likely "face litigation" over such a standard.
As for the FPA's specific efforts on behalf of members, Penchina said "We've got a new focus on supporting the state FPA associations," specifically by providing "tools to be better advocates on the ground" in their own states.
He pointed to initiatives in Ohio and Minnesota, where legislation has been proposed that in addition to a financial services tax, "they're talking about a tax on financial planning" services. That sends the wrong message to consumers, he argued, since in a time when consumers are responsible for planning goals such as retirement, "there should be incentives to use financial planners."
See Washington Bureau Chief Melanie Waddell's late April article on the FPA's advocacy pushes off an interview with the association's leadership.


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No on Berkeley Measure T
My West Berkeley mechanic alerted me to the danger of ballet measure "T" some time ago. He has been in west Berkeley since the seventies employing a dozen or so people and believes that if Measure "T" passes there will be no room in Berkeley for a business like his.
Politicians love the idea of throwing a large swath of the city open to the highest bidder (waiving height and size restrictions) because they think it will bring in lots of money. The problem is that big industrial parks do not necessarily equate with a good quality of life or the kind of mixture of small businesses, artists, entrepreneurs and working middle class families that we want for the future.
Do you really want a West Berkeley dominated by a couple of monstrous several block sized industrial sites owned by multi-national pharmaceutical corporations (like Emeryville)? Or do we want to retain the one place in the city where small businesses and artists can afford to set up shop? It seems to me the last thing we need is another part of Berkeley affordable only to multi-national corporations and gazillionaire developers..
The city needs to have a REAL discussion of the vast and permanent impact of these changes before making them, a discussion we have not really had. Please consider your vote carefully and vote NO on "T".
P.S. If measure "T" passes I suggest we rename West Berkeley the " Tom Bates Industrial Park". (He likes to get his name placed on things.)


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I didn't go to the show when The Ettes played at a free bar Downtown early last year. The Nashville-based band wasn't on my radar anyhow, so I felt no regret about missing it ... until a week later when I finally opened the 12-inch record that a friend, knowing I would like it, had bought for me at the show as a souvenir. Bright yellow in color, the LP—2008's London-recorded Look At Life Again Soon—contained 11 distortion-heavy, '70s glam-tinged tracks of female-fronted rock and roll. Since then, that record—now a prized possession—has received heavy rotation by me at home and in public drinking establishments.
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CALGARY, Alberta – Milan Lucic scored two goals and Tim Thomas made 28 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Tuesday night.
CALGARY, Alberta – Milan Lucic scored two goals and Tim Thomas made 28 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Brad Marchand had the other goal for the Bruins. Curtis Glencross had the Flames' lone tally.
Marchand made it 2-0 for Boston at 5:55 of the third period. Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff kicked out Patrice Bergeron's shot from the wing straight to Marchand, who put his 19th goal into the open net.
After Glencross broke Thomas' shutout bid with 2:33 left off a nice pass from Jarome Iginla on a power play, Lucic clinched the win with an empty-net goal in the final minute.
Thomas played for the first time in a week after getting a two-game rest from Bruins coach Claude Julien. The 36-year-old goalie came in having lost consecutive games for the first time this season.
Against the surging Flames, 11-1-2 in their previous 14, Thomas was back in the form that has him ranked No. 1 in the NHL in goals-against-average (2.02) and save percentage (.938).
Boston (34-19-7) took a 1-0 lead less than a minute in on a pretty setup from David Krejci.
Skating down the wing, Krejci faked a slap shot and sent a hard pass across the slot to Lucic, who neatly steered his 25th goal behind Kiprusoff before bowling him over.
Thomas was the busiest of the goalies in the first period, turning aside numerous Flames chances, but his best stops came in the third.
With the Bruins still up 1-0 two minutes in, Thomas slid across to deny Iginla after the Flames captain and Alex Tanguay worked a perfect give-and-go in the slot.
Later in the period, Thomas threw out an arm to get a piece of Cory Sarich's point shot that then went off the post.
Thomas also got some help from his defense. Tanguay was about to shoot on a second-period breakaway when he had his stick lifted from behind by the long reach of 6-foot-9 Zdeno Chara.
Calgary lost in regulation at home for the first time in 10 games (7-1-2). With 70 points, the Flames remain in a playoff spot in the Western Conference, but are just two points up on a pack of teams at 68 points.
Glencross extended his point streak to eight games (seven goals, five assists). Kiprusoff finished with 26 saves.
The Northeast Division-leading Bruins pulled into a tie for second place in the Eastern Conference with the idle Tampa Bay Lightning.
Boston, the NHL's third-best road team, is 3-0 halfway through its season-high six-game trip.
NOTES: Rich Peverley made his Bruins debut, playing on a line with Chris Kelly and Michael Ryder. ... Calgary G Henrik Karlsson has played just seven minutes since Jan. 21. The 27-year-old Swede has won his last two starts. ... Boston's last road win against the Flames was Oct. 18, 1997. The Bruins were 0-4-1 in their previous five visits. ... Boston is 19-0-1 after taking a 2-0 lead and 33-4-4 in all games in which they go ahead.


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Fort Smith Planning To Make Final Push For Museum
A local city is hoping it will soon be home to a national museum.
The Fort Smith area is the final resting place for more than 200 deputy marshals. So, city leaders are gearing up with a week of presentations to persuade a committee to build the United States Marshals Museum in Fort Smith.
Whether the future home is in the riverfront area or the historic museum district, officials said it is supposed to bring more jobs and tourism to the area.
The selection committee will tour the city before deciding between Staunton, Va., and Fort Smith.
"We are going to show them the city. We are going to show them what the people of Fort Smith have to offer, and we are going to charge this city with excitement that they haven't seen in a while," said Western Arkansas U.S. Marshal Richard O'Connell.
"The blood of the marshal service still runs through the veins of the people in Fort Smith, Ark.," he said.
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MechWarrior Tactics now in closed beta, buy-in entry available
MechWarrior Online a bit too overwhelming for you? Maybe you're more of a general than a front-line grunt, and that's nothing to be ashamed of, kid. Consider checking out the newly-launched closed beta for MechWarrior Tactics, a free-to-play, turn-based strategy affair more suited to brains than being blown up in a lumbering suit.
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Mechwarrior Tactics to feature cinematic replays, social support
A Joystiq preview from GDC has reported that Mechwarrior Tactics will feature cinematic replays after matches as a whole in the strategy title. You'll be able to upload replays from the game to friends on Facebook, YouTube and Friendster.Tactics launches this year.
MechWarrior Tactics screens show hex and Mechs
Screenshots of MechWarrior Tactics have been posted on Joystiq which show off some of the hex grids in the game. A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games and Roadhouse Interactive's free-to-play online multiplayer title is due sometime this year, and upon release, player will be able to participate in turn-based asynchronous matches with global leaderboards.
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Heya sweeties! This weekend was madness, in rl and sl, tho in rl I didn`t shop ( just clothes because it was my birthday and it was gift ) in sl I was very anxious to see what will be on sale for Black Friday.
I had a very limited budget because I spent almost all my money on monday/tuesday, before I knew it will be Black Friday. But I got the opportunity to get myself a few nice things from Euphoria with only 50 L$/item and there was also FLF so I bought this cute skin with red nose,Wynter, from Belleza.
I am a little sleepy right now so we will catch up later, check out credits for my super deals !


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As if raised from the soil of the Loess Plateau itself, the earthy warriors of Liu Ruo Wang spring forth in magnificent stances of bravado, mouths agape with resilient shouts. Their red faces are symbolic of Guan Yu, the great general, and of loyalty and righteousness. The bronze soldiers proudly wear their Northern Shanxi garb, resplendent as beacons of cultural language and homage. Derived from myth, sculpted with skill and endowed with meanings drawn from Chinese heritage, Liu Ruo Wang brings us the essence of a childhood fascination cradled in timeless representation.
Born in 1970 in Shaanxi, China, Liu Ruo Wang creates art that touches on an immense array of cultural elements, while remaining firmly rooted in a personal journey through time and struggle. Turning a childhood of myth and folklore into a representation of the Chinese spirit, the artist chooses to glorify the ordinary man by presenting him as a an emblem of solidarity, tying together bands of soldiers in distinctly Eastern colour, texture and form. A coalescence of nostalgia and tribute, the artist immortalizes his roots, subtly making reference to the history and significance that form the rich heritage behind the industrialized modernity of his people. Widely established and exhibited, the artist's works are collected by numerous prestigious institutions in China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, France, Italy, New Zealand and the USA. Read More
Poetic Passions for Sculpture–Appreciation of Liu Ruowang's Sculptures
By Zhao Jinwu
Liu Ruowang, a young sculptor, has always focused on history, reality and modern souls. His talent can be perceived from works like Red East, Heaven Soldiers, People, Asking the Heavens and Wolves are Coming. Some critics believe heroism is the prominent feature of Liu's works, while in fact; aestheticism is also what he is after. Idealism and romanticism are perfectly integrated in this young sculpture and artist. Liu presented grand and magnificent sculpture art before us in an era of low interests and mediocre pursuits. We are impressed by his majestic and powerful strength and passion for ancient Chinese culture.
Drawing upon references from traditional sculptures, Liu didn't simply imitate their graphic patterns; what's more, he used them for reference on the basis of thinking of the traditional culture as a whole. Liu's works demonstrated rich Chinese characteristics with magnificent oriental aesthetic traditions—original free brush styles, the decorative styles of tomb figures from the Qin dynasty, idealized design styles of Buddhism, stereotyped and exaggerated styles of the Emperor's graves and the plain expressive style of the general public. Liu dwells in his own imaginative space, deliberately keeping a distance from today's fashion. There are not only elements from the Han, Wei and Tang dynasties, but also modern passion in the old forms of all ages.
Artists share a feeling, a subconscious current of their lives that can be transformed into the passion for art and thus create various art images. That passion comes from living environments, educational backgrounds and natural instincts, but are determined by ideological levels and artistic accomplishments. All these factors combined resulted in individual characters. When personalities ascend to aesthetic attitudes, works full of passion are created. Liu was born in Jiaxian County in northern Shanxi—the hometown of the great song The East is Red in the late 1970s. Rich and splendid civilizations that lived along the Yellow River and loess plateau provided him with plenty of inspirational material. Some critics often mention his identity and his short stay in Beijing, which are important factors for his creation. As part of the Chinese culture, both Loess land culture and emotion for the old city influence the artist deeply. An artist's resume is always a result of multiple forces, combining identity and experiences as well as personal understanding and pursuit of art which is connected to a time's aesthetic and cultural environment. The ultimate goal, however, is to truly reflect their attention, understanding, questioning of reality and modern souls. Liu's works do well in this aspect.
"Liu's works all demonstrate a vigor that erupts in different forms and expressions. It must come from his youthful ambitions as well as those of a rising Chinese nation. That's the most valuable thing in such an era lacking faith. Like Liang Qichao once said "faith is sanity. It's the vitality of both people and society," said Yin Shuangxi, a well known critic. In my perspective, Liu's works are an outpouring of strength and momentum like roaring storms, running waves, lightening across the universe and thunders rocking mountains. This is exactly what our time needs. Though Liu's works are still "man-made", there's no doubt that he has found an art form closer to life and souls. Spirits vanish when artists treat grand propositions like "temporal spirits" with profiting desires. Art only transcends technical levels when artists get lost in their own creation and enter a spiritual experience. Liu's works are created by following his heart and that's why his works exhibit a harmonious inner strength. They are neither pure and simple art works, nor "spiritual duplicates" against art, but aesthetic perceptions of soul. I remember Hegel once made such an aesthetic judgement: in symbolizing art, material forms weigh heavier than spiritual contents; classical art is the perfect combination of material forms and spiritual contents; in romantic art, spiritual contents weigh heavier than material forms. According to this classification, I tend to regard Liu's works as romantic art. People perceive an ideal and passion of an era in Liu's magnificent works such as The East is Red, Heaven Soldiers, People, Asking the Heavens, Wolves are Coming and Guard of Honor with Cars and Horses. Liu's works are more about his emotions and ambitions. The appeal of sculptures not only comes from sculpture itself, but also from its connotations. There are ambitions fulfilled as well as failed. It is these cultural deposits that led Liu's works to a splendid state of "a gale has risen and is sweeping the clouds across the sky".
Liu's works are not all solemn and stirring, his delicate works are also touching. Gaoshi mentions that the recluse does not associate with undesirable elements. His strong will and independence was revealed in Liu's new Portrayal of Gaoshi series, choosing to "pay attention to one's own moral uplifting without thoughts of others" and "discarding all desires and worries from one's mind" instead of "taking care of the whole world". These perfectly calm figures were like fairy gods with long faces and full cheeks, long mustaches and bamboo hats. Liu "absorbed techniques of the ancient masters and expressed his own feelings through nature." (Quoted Zhang Boju) He created images without entirely relying on forms, transformed realism painting into freehand and lifted artistic conceptions to a higher level based on Chinese sculptural traditions. In image-creating, Liu employed both fine brush and free hand, taking care of both square and round elements. He didn't vividly imitate clothes rippling in real life, but created a sense of volume with lines and surfaces, showing dynamism in a static motion. This skilful combination of lines and surfaces formed a visual effect that more readily expressed the Chinese literati's personal characters—amiable, kind, firm and persistent. It also resonates with Chinese ancient culture, which makes China's conservativeness more apparent in an aesthetic sense. We see Liu is approaching the inner side of sculpture and expressing his spirit with sculpture; language, growing more introvert and prudent from his arrangement of Chinese elements—perfectly round appearances, simple designs and the unsophisticated atmosphere.
I am reminded of Bo Ya's (a musician in the pre-Qin dynasty) adept playing of the dulcimer upon seeing Liu's new work Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water. In it, Liu skilfully blended traditional Chinese martial arts with portrayals of soldiers in the pre-Qin dynasty with simple lines, round bodies in bronze. Liu put the original roundness and classical serenity into an eternity of strength and condensed mobility, which reflected the esteem for human history and development as well as human's strong vitality. A contemporary art charm was added to his work through these open gestures and the expression of mobility and stillness. You can't help but be led to meaningful afterthoughts when indulging yourself in viewing those bronze sculptures. They are like running water, sometimes rapid, sometimes slow, torrents in history that witnessed numerous ups and downs in life. Like a giant dragon roaring into the sky or an awe-inspiring lion, the wisdom of the human race made it possible for a long-lasting Chinese civilization. Liu's works showcase an accumulated, plain and pure charm because he has a profound understanding of Chinese history and is sensitive and has good taste about sculptural spatial language and form. This doubtlessly shows that Liu has mastered the essence of ancient Chinese fine culture and traditional sculptures, and applied it into his works. Liu's unique sculpture style has formed contemporary reality with traditional Chinese aesthetic thoughts as its core, augmented with western romanticism and humanitarian aesthetic thoughts.
Sculptures have always established aesthetic orientations between form and spirits. Liu formed his "freehand brush" style with clear structure, meaningful design and implicit technique. The works demonstrate vigor and vitality, with inner strength and beautiful outer form.
Today's art calls for artists with deep thoughts about art, who are closely related to real life. Only by being as such can they create exciting and creative works. There is a long, hard journey to go for Liu, who has already made some significant achievements. We believe he will keep striving to do better and gain even greater achievements with his efforts.
"Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water" Liu Ruo Wang's Themed Sculptures Solo Exhibition - Century Jinyuan Yansha Museum, Beijing
2009 Burdened - Liu Ruo Wang's Sculptures Solo Exhibition—49 Gallery, Beijing Humanist Appeal - Liu Ruo Wang's Sculptures—Xingyi Gallery, Singapore Humanist Appeal - Liu Ruo Wang's Sculptures—Bund No. 1, Singapore
2008 "Inquiries of Hevean"- Liu Ruo Wang's Sculptures Solo Exhibition—Beijing No.1 Place Art Mansion "The World"- Liu Ruo Wang Themed Sculpture Solo Exhition—Loft3 Art Gallery, Beijing 798 Art District
2007 "Korea High East Art Museum – Liu Ruo Wang Solo Exhibition—Seoul, Korea "The East is Red"-Liu Ruo Wang Solo Exhibition–Singapore Xingyi Gallery (Beijing)
2006 "People Series II" - Liu Ruowang Solo Exhibition –Beijing 798 District
2005 "People Series I" - Liu Ruowang Solo Exhibition –Taiwan Bada Gallery (Beijing)
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Vitamin K2 MK-7 Natural Natto provides a premium quality and easy to swallow daily vitamin K supplement (also available in smaller 60 capsule vitamin k2 bottle). Vitamin K is renowned for its role in the synthesis of a number of blood coagulation factors. More recently however, Vitamin K2 and its dependent proteins have been shown to be of vital importance for bone and vascular health.
Troo Health MK-7 (Menaquinone-7) contains a highly biologically active form of Vitamin K2 derived from natto, a traditional Japanese fermented soyfood. It is non-GMO, allergen-free, and has a stable fermentation process in a vegetarian capsule providing 125% of the recommended daily allowance.
MK-7 is an enhanced bioactive form of vitamin K2, also known as Menaquinones. MK-7 from Natto is ten more efficiently absorbed than K1 from spinach. While vitamin K1 is primarily absorbed by the liver, MK-7 is absorbed in extrahepatic tissues, such as the arterial wall, pancreas, and testes.
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While other nutrients are important for maintaining and promoting your bone health (vitamin D3 for example), evidence continues to surface indicating the vital role vitamin K plays in bone metabolism and healthy bone growth.
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Mobile Facebook on iOS just got better, with a super-quick refresh rate, allowing for a "twice-as-fast" experience for users, just like the Facebook blog announced.
After upgrading, the scrolling and the photo views were almost instantaneous.
The scrolling is smooth -- a differentiator from Google+ iOS app that has an intentional pause-and-postcard effect.
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News from around the country and around the globe
Another new feature is the banner at the top updates with the amount of new stories that have been fed to you. Just tap and the new ones appear. (Not a huge deal, but a step better than having to pull down to refresh.)
Once you've perused (or skimmed) the new stories, a one-tap will take you back to your news feed.
The dev team is already looking at the next iteration, too, using its HTML 5 and Objective C expertise:
To solve (the constant evolution of the app), we came up with a different plan to let you use the newest features without requiring you to update the entire app: a "fallback" renderer. When the news feed team designs a new type of story, Facebook for iOS downloads something it doesn't quite understand. When we detect this, we use a "fallback" renderer to show the pertinent information in the new story in a format the app already understands. In the meantime, we create a new custom renderer and have it ready for our next app update.
A less-jarring experience than the mobile equivalent of a 404.
The Android app also got updated Thursday with an integration with Google Play. The app now lets users create and share events and has a much-improved photo sharing via upload experience.


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PC-BSD is a Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD.
The main aim is to be easy to install programs by using a graphical installation program, KDE – pre-installed graphical user interface.
PC-BSD does not use ports style package management, instead it use .pbi files. You can just double click on .pbi file to start installation wizard (just like Windows XP).
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I've been using PC-BSD for approx. 10 Months so I've had enough time to see what life throws at me with it. My first install was 1.0 Release Canadate (RC) 1 and I currently run PC-BSD 1.2 (the current release) on my laptop and have a beta version of 1.3 installed on my desktop for testing. This will cover PC-BSD 1.2 and PC-BSD in general.
PC-BSD is primarly for desktops but makes a darn good laptop/workstation system. I won't cover installation details as this is changing in future versions and often reviewed. My reviews sole interest is in a End User perspective.


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Check out our November calendar below, then let us know what else you'd like to see on a monthly calendar like this. We'll be changing it from month to month, so your input is valuable. After all, this is for you, not us. Although it's kinda for us, too, since we're completely disorganized, but mainly for you.
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I have a permit for early October out of Rafferty Creek. I mapped out a route and a loose schedule. I realize I may want to move quicker and slower so I built in some time. I am using a hammock system with a 0 degree bag, sleeping pad and underquilt. I'm looking for some general tips or advice as well as information on water sources on some of the days. Any help is appreciated.
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Day 2: Emeric Lake > to JMT junction
I'm wondering how close I can get to Half Dome to camp?
Day 3: JMT Junction > Half Dome > Clouds Rest Trail
Looking for suggestions on where to camp between Half Dome and Clouds Rest?
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Day 4: Clouds Rest Trail > Sunrise Lake Camp
Day 5: Sunrise Lake Cam > Cathedral Lakes
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Attention everyone who's heading to Times Square for New Year's Eve: Jenny McCarthy's looking for her now-annual midnight lip-lock on live TV.
The wacky actress and Playmate returns for a second run co-hosting ABC's holiday countdown show "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" alongside the legendary "American Bandstand" helmer and his heir apparent Ryan Seacrest. McCarthy won't just be celebrating the turning of the calendar – this year marks the 40th outing for Clark's party-hearty special, and McCarthy gives PopcornBiz the inside scoop on being at the center of the big celebration.
What was it about the New Year's Eve program experience that made you want to be a part of it again this year?
Last year was the first time that I did it and that was like my litmus test for myself, going, 'All right, I know I'm going to do a good job and I know they're going to ask me back again. So I have to really figure out if I want to do this again.' And the night went on and I had one of the most incredible experiences of my life, of my career, yet. That energy in Times Square is unexplainable unless you've been there and lived it. It's on the bucket list that you have to do, and when they called me this year I said, 'Absolutely.' They said 'We're going to throw an extra thing on it,' which is a two-hour special which I'm going to be hosting in Times Square. It's basically where we look back over the past 40 years of the best moments that Dick had hosting New Year's Eve. So it's going to be a great little nostalgia program and then leading into Ryan, Dick and myself doing the countdown to the rest of the night.
What was one of the most exciting memories from doing it last year and what was the most sort of nerve-wracking – something you might have thought was going to be a disaster on live TV?
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Okay, so the most fun part was when I made out with this guy. I had so much fun looking for a guy to kind of kiss of at midnight, and then I DID kiss a guy at midnight and it was awesome – but then right after midnight is really when you have to keep watching because things get really hairy, I swear. The police start to disappear. The leftover crowd is a little bit sketchy, and I remember that it was probably about 12:45 and they (cut) to me and I couldn't hear in my (earpiece) and what was happening was that I was getting my butt-pinched by a bunch of these guys walking by. I was screaming and yelling at them and Ryan was watching this live, going, 'She can't hear a word we're saying to her right now. Look, she's getting attacked.'
Since you were successful choosing the guy to kiss at midnight last year, what was your technique? How did you size up the field and figure out the one to go for?
A) that they didn't have a cold sore; B) that they spoke English; and just if they were cute. Throughout the entire night I gave them quizzes. I tested them with questions, like, 'What is my favorite thing to do? Is it A, B or C?' So I just had a kind of rolling quiz throughout the night that I had fun doing with the crowd.
And have you ever had a bad midnight kiss - or had to deal with someone that made a bad attempt at one? I haven't had a bad midnight kiss, but I've had many bad midnight dates. The kisses get better with a few drinks. The date is a lot more than just a few drinks.
How many bodyguards do you have on New Year's Eve?
Two. By midnight I'm like, 'Uh, hello?' I was literally by myself with a camera and all the people. That's why like at 12:45 I was like, 'Oh, this is like a show unto itself, called 'Let's Throw Jenny Into the Crowd Without Security and the Camera On.' I should buy that extra hour.
What else do you have going on professionally?
Right now I'm finishing up my eighth book and that's called 'Sinner; Confessions of a Recovering Catholic.' It's just a really kind of funny look back at my entire childhood until now, being raised by nuns and Jesus and Madonna. That's coming out next year and then I'm in final negotiations, if you will, for a talk show which will be coming next year and that's really all I can say about that, but you'll see it next year.
And you popped back into 'Two and A Half Men,' right?
I've been recurring for – I don't know – for like four years now. This is my ninth time. I did two with Ashton [Kutcher] and it was good. I know what it feels like now for Elizabeth Montgomery when she got a different husband. It's just different. It's not necessarily better or worse. It's just different. My chemistry with Charlie [Sheen] was awesome, and with Ashton it just had to be different. It still went off great and I think he's doing a good job. I just can't decide who I like more.


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Kenwood has developed stereo speakers that also contain OLED lighting. The company claims that there will be about 80% energy savings, which means you can purchase a couple more speakers. Kenwood also plans on using the light/speaker as an energy-efficient Fire Exit sign that can double as a loudspeaker and deliver emergency announcements. We hope they plan on using very calm voices if used in public venues.
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Before you begin
Important Notes:
An AXIS 2400, which has been upgraded to 2.X firmware, cannot be downgraded to 1.X firmware.
Prior to upgrading to this version, if using third party software, please check with the application manufacturer that your applications will not be adversely affected.
If you intend to modify Wizard-generated PHP3 scripts or create your own scripts, you MUST comply with the following restriction:
Do not write temporary files to the flash memory file system. The total number of writes to the flash chip is limited. Use the ramdisk mounted on /tmp for all repeated file writes.
Failure to comply with this instruction may cause permanent damage to the unit and invalidate the product warranty.
Upgrade procedure:
Download the upgrade file and save it on your hard disk.
The Camera server must be installed on an Ethernet the network using TCP/IP, see User's manual or Quick Reference Guide.
Make sure to take notes of your application/layout and other settings prior to upgrading since these settings will be lost during upgrade.
The flash upgrade may take up to ten minutes to finish and must not be interrupted.
The IP address will be lost during the upgrade. To have it set properly directly after the upgrade has been finished, open a separate command prompt and start a continuous ping to the server prior to the upgrade.
You must be at the command prompt and in the directory that contains the Upgrade File.
Example: C:\Axis\2400\rc\
- Open a command prompt and start a continuous ping to the AXIS 2400. You will get the reply "Request timed out" or similar during a part of the upgrade process.
Example: C:\>ping -t <ip of camera>
- Open another command prompt and start an ftp connection to the AXIS 2400.
(I.e. you cannot use an ftp-program for this!)
- Login as root. The default password for the root user is pass unless changed by the user.
You must be logged in as the root user to flash the unit.
- Change to binary transfer mode by typing bin and push the enter key.
- Type hash and push the enter key. This will allow you to see the flash in progress.
- Type the command put axis2400_1Xto2X_rc.bin FLASH and push the enter key.
- Wait for the flash load to finish and check for the replies from the ping session started initially.
Important: This may take 5-10 minutes. Do not restart or disconnect the AXIS 2400 during this period.
- Now when you have upgraded to the linux boot load, you can upgrade to the latest version right away.
Start command prompt 1:
C:\>ping -t <ip of camera>
Start command prompt 2:
C:\>cd \axis\2400\rc
C:\Axis\2400\rc>ftp <ip of camera>
Connected to <ip of camera>.
220 AXIS 2400 Video Server V1.12 Dec 22 1999 ready.
User (<ip of camera>:(none)): root
331 User name okay, need password.
Password: pass
230 User logged in, proceed.
ftp> bin
200 TYPE set to I.
ftp> hash
Hash mark printing On ftp: (2048 bytes/hash mark) .
ftp> put axis2400_1Xto2X_rc.bin FLASH
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening data connection for FLASH, (mode binary).
221-Transfer complete, flash programming finished OK.
Starting new software...
221 Reset, closing connection.
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 2174828 bytes sent in 46,87Seconds 46,40Kbytes/sec.
ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.
Go to command prompt 1 and wait for the reply of the ping session:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from <ip of camera>: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from <ip of camera>: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Thursday, December 6, 2012) – Colorado Rapids captain Pablo Mastroeni, the club's all-time leader in games played and a veteran of two World Cups with the United States, has agreed to a new contract with the club and will return in 2013. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
WATCH: Mastroeni discusses his decision to come back
"I am thrilled to have signed a new contract and I can't wait to get back on the field in 2013," said Mastroeni. "I want to thank the club for their support in helping me return, and I am excited about what we can accomplish next year with Oscar [Pareja] leading the group. I'm honored to continue representing the Rapids and the state of Colorado."
"Pablo is our captain, and a true leader on the field and in the locker room," said Rapids Technical Director Paul Bravo. "We missed him last season and know how much his presence can help us, whether it's directing play in a match or helping players develop their knowledge of the game during practice. We're very excited that he's decided to continue playing with the club into 2013."
"Over the last 11 seasons, Pablo has given this franchise so much, and we are all thrilled that he's coming back next year," said Rapids President Tim Hinchey. "When he was unable to play in 2012, Pablo was our most active player in his charity work, spending a great deal of his time making our community a better place. He's a great representative of our club and our sport."
Mastroeni, 36, has played 218 games in 11 seasons with the Rapids, coming to the team in 2002 after four seasons with the Miami Fusion. He was named the team captain on September 23, 2004, taking over for John Spencer, and has held the role ever since. The midfielder earned Rapids MVP honors in 2007, 2008 and 2010, when he led the team to a victory in MLS Cup. With the United States National Team, the midfielder made 65 appearances, playing at both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
The Rapids' Humanitarian of the Year winner in 2012, Mastroeni has been active in many causes, volunteering his time and expertise at soccer clinics for underprivileged kids throughout Denver and all the way the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He also visited children with cancer at Flashes of Hope and helped charitable fundraising at many events throughout the year.
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I am teaching a head painting class this summer and after about of week of monochrome exercises, we moved on to limited palette. I decided to introduce the students to the possibilities of color that Anders Zorn's limited palette.
I have always been impressed with the color range Zorn was able to achieve with just two colors, Yellow Ochre and Cadmium Red, plus black and white. There is some discussion as to what were the exact colors on the palette (Vermillion or Cadmium Red for example) as well as if additional colors were used, but for the purpose of this exercise, I used just those four.
I mixed up a number of hues for the benefit of the class before we got started in order to demonstrate what is possible. Above is a Richard Schmid style grid palette that shows the range of color you can get with these four colors including a surprising greenish gray arrived at by mixing the yellow ochre and black.
I gave it a shot in class, never having used it before and enjoyed the process. Between helping the dozen or so students, I managed a little more than an hour on this one. I think I will push the clarity of color a little more in upcoming classes, but I really liked the subtle shades of green and violet that I got in the shadows.


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The Antigone of Sophocles
In his book The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht, John Willett writes of The Antigone of Sophocles: 'Perhaps two-thirds of the play follows the Hölderlin version, but even here Brecht has largely reshaped the verse so that although much of the sense, many of the images, and even the words themselves are the same as Hölderlin's the cadence is different. Almost indistinguishable in style, his new passages are woven into this. Considerable changes result. A prologue set in Berlin of 1945 shows two sisters whose brother has deserted from the German army and is found hanged: should they risk being seen by the SS cutting his body down? In the play itself Creon becomes a brutal aggressor who has attacked Argos for the sake of its iron ore; Polyneikes deserts in protest against this war which has killed his brother; and Antigone is partly moved by a like disapproval of her uncle's policy.'
The Antigone of Sophocles was conceived as a new experiment in the epic theatre, and is linguistically an extraordinary composition. It was first produced in February 1948.


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Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, the government has urged members of the public to maintain a two-metre distance from others when outside their homes.
However, concerns have been raised about the impact the measures will have on businesses as the country re-opens, as well as people's ability to use public transport.
Health authorities have also suggested that the 2m rule limits the number of patients that can be treated in emergency departments and waiting rooms.
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by Gretchen Logue of Missouri Education Watchdog
"CCSS isn't a solution to, but instead it is a deliberate doubling down of, the vile policies of NCLB and RTTT."
The Common Core Standards battles are occurring more frequently. Education activists and teachers are confronting teachers/education industry reformers and are not mincing words in their concern of individuals/corporations supporting the standards. Robert Skeels in Schools Matter weighs in on the support an educator (a Latin teacher) gave CCSS:
The following is my edited commentary in response to comments by a CCSS supporter on the Professor Ravitch post: A Teacher of Latin Writes In Defense of Fiction.
Kaye Thompson Peters, I've grown weary of the trite "apple and oranges" device that you employ everywhere in your stalwart defense of Corporate Core. You even used it in a gushing apology for Common Core State Standards (CCSS) on Hoover's fringe-right EdNext. While you might not be uncomfortable that Pearson Education, Inc. has been promoting your writings on CCSS, it does cause some of us consternation. When discussing CCSS in relation to NCLB and RTTT, we're not conflating apples and oranges, we're discussing a bushel of rotten apples foisted on us by a bunch of billionaires suffering from the Shoe Button Complex.
You can read more here.
This article came in my email late last night about another Common Core proponent's (a paid education reformer) stance on the standards, My View: Common Core means common-sense standards:
Common Core fixes previous shortcomings by setting rigorous standards that ensure a child is mastering necessary material, not just memorizing it. It has been said that Indiana's old standards were good, but they were a mile wide and an inch deep. The old standards expose students to everything but do little to ensure they truly understand any of it. The Common Core is focused on targeting key materials students need to know, coherent so that student learning builds upon the previous grades, and rigorous to ensure students master the concepts and processes behind the information.
The writer, Kristine Shiraki, is interim executive director of Stand for Children Indiana. What is Stand for Children?
Stand has seen an enormous influx of corporate cash. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation began by offering a relatively modest two-year grant of $80,000 in 2005. In 2007, Stand for Children received a $682,565 grant. In 2009, the point at which Stand's drastically different political agenda became obvious, Gates awarded a $971,280 grant to support "common policy priorities" and in 2010, a $3,476,300 grant.
Though the Gates Foundation remains the biggest donor to Stand for Children, other players in the world of corporate education reform have also begun to see Stand as an effective vehicle to push their agenda.
New Profit Inc. has funded Stand since 2008—to the tune of $1,458,500. According to its website, New Profit is a "national venture philanthropy fund that seeks to harness America's spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship to help solve the country's biggest social problems."
The Walton Family Foundation made a 2010 grant of $1,378,527. Several other major funders are tied to Bain Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm founded by Mitt Romney.
The commentors to Ms. Shiraki's letter to the editor question her statements and ask her to provide data to confirm her contentions. From the online version of the article:
Kristine, Could you post to this comment section the names of any teachers from Indiana who were on the writing team for the common core English or math common core standards? I have attached a link for Hoosiers to see how much representation Indiana had on the creation of the common core. http://http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_K-12_dev-team.pdf Some readers may recognize the name Mark Tucker who is on the ELA team, a highly controversial political figure.
We both know that states can only add 15% to the common core standards and they may not delete or edit any standards as they are copyrighted and owned by two trade organizations in Washington DC, NGA and CCSSO. Stand for Children should be honest on this point. The new PARCC test that is replacing IStep will not test over the 15%. In this world of high-stakes testing, few, if any, teachers will have the time or incentive to teach any additional standards.
The idea that the common core standards are "fewer, clearer, deeper" is also untrue. The only people claiming Indiana's former standards were "a mile wide and an inch deep" are Tony Bennett and your organization. See for yourself here http://hoosiersagainstcommoncore.com/whats-in-the-common-core-state-standards-content/
I'm pretty sure that Shiraki's days as interim are numbered, in part because she lacks a fact checker so she gets her facts dead wrong and her flacking falls apart. For instance, Shiraki, can you or duh Star tell us (call Tony for help if you need to) just which particular countries were the Kommen Kore "standards" benchmarked against? Since, we both know that you will have to look them up, when you reply please do cite page numbers from which you are consulting. My gentle suggestion is, Shiraki, you won't find that page because it doesn't exist anymore than your claim of international benchmarking does.
Why would Fordham suggest to Indiana that Indiana keep its higher and better academic standards and not adopt Kommen Korps? While one may argue about the benefit or value of high standards no one argues about the value of the carrot suspended in front of the horse drawn wagon.
So, (and any other flack can help her) Name the Counties against which CC is benchmarked. Or, retract your mis statement and admit that Stand for Children actually supports dumbing down standards.
More and more citizens are starting to question organizations like Stand for Children, Bill Gates Foundation, The Walton Foundation, CCSSI, the National Governors Association and other education reformers who seem to believe that deciding and setting "common policy priorities" for the citizenry might not be as appreciated by the taxpayers as they had once thought. They may not have even given the taxpayers a thought in the crafting of these policies, actually, since none of them were involved (or are currently) in the implementation of the standards in school. The elites have come up with the plan and we get the pleasure of paying for it.
If groups/individuals complain or lobby their legislators, you then will see education reformers' letters to the editor written about how wonderful these unproven, untested and unfunded these standards really are. Their message? "Trust them. They create more federal control but really, they are in your state's best interest. "
Who is setting the "common" priorities taxpayers get the pleasure of paying for and these same taxpayers are not directing their own community's educational direction? And the second question: why are these groups putting millions of dollars into this legislative fight against grassroots organizations/citizens who don't want this education reform that has been crafted by private corporations and paid for by tax dollars?


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For the Final Fantasy role-playing games, the logos are iconic. You can spot them a mile away and immediately recognise them. Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII is no exception, which makes this kwinky-dink all the more noticeable.
Level-5, which has developed several titles for Square Enix, is working on a new multi-platform game called Time Travelers. Online in Japan, people are pointing out that the Time Travelers' logo "looks like Final Fantasy". While it's not a straight up knock off, there are certainly shades of Final Fantasy in it.
But, honestly, it's difficult to make a role-playing game in Japan without having shades of FF in it. It seems the same is true of logos.
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Collection utilizes recycled materials and eco-friendly weatherproofing.
Just as the Green Mountains of Vermont are turning white, Burton is unveiling the Green Mountain Project (GMP), the company's first outerwear and layering collection that utilizes recycled materials and eco-friendly weatherproofing technology. The collection of men's and women's jackets, pants, fleece and gloves will be available this month at Burton Flagship stores and select Burton retailers worldwide.
Burton Global Team Rider Nicolas Müller is proud to represent the new line and here's why. "I choose to live a sustainable lifestyle in everything I do by using organic or recycled products that are not harmful to my health, the planet and future generations," says Nicolas. "Burton's Green Mountain Project allows me to support my lifestyle through my riding. Everyone plays an integral role in the ecosystem, and as a company, we are trying to do our part in preserving our natural resources and making a positive impact on the environment."
The new collection's name is inspired by Vermont's state nickname, the Green Mountain State, where Burton Snowboards is based. Burton has always focused on developing next-level fabrications for its products, and the Green Mountain Project (GMP) definitely stands up to the company's high standards for performance, weatherproofing and style.
The shell fabrics of the GMP jackets and pants are made from recycled fibers, which are created from everyday products like plastic PET bottles. Burton added style to the recycled shell fabric by creating one-of-a-kind jacquards, plaids and pinstripe prints. All shell fabrics stand up to winter weather conditions with a 10,000 MM waterproof rating and a 10,000 G breathable lamination rating achieved by utilizing specially formulated films and finishes that have less of an impact on the environment than traditional waterproofing, as well as breathability techniques. In addition, the trims, linings and insulations of all GMP products utilize as many recycled and low-impact materials as possible – even the shock cords, elastic, fleece pocket liners and labels contain recycled materials.
"Even though the environmental issues facing the planet today are overwhelming, doing nothing is not an option– especially when snowboarding, surfing and just being outside is your life, your passion and your business like it is for us," says Jake Burton, Founder and Chairman of Burton Snowboards. "We're not kidding ourselves – we know that Burton manufactures a ton of different products, we ship stuff, we travel on airplanes all over the world, we drive to work. We also know that there are big and little ways we can reduce our impact on the environment both at work and outside of work. We're just getting started with initiatives like The Green Mountain Project, and we have a long way to go. But you have to start somewhere."
For more information on the Green Mountain Project, head to www.burton.com