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Knowing Student Misconceptions Key to Science Teaching, Study Finds
It seems obvious that teachers need to understand the content they're trying to convey to students. But a new study finds that what's especially critical to improved science learning is that teachers also know the common misconceptions students have. And in science, there are plenty of things that young peopleand a lot of adultsdon't correctly understand, such as what causes the change of seasons.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, targeted middle school physical science. The researchers enlisted 181 teachers to administer a multiple-choice test of student knowledge of science concepts. Twelve of the 20 items were designed to have a "particularly wrong answer corresponding to a commonly held misconception," explained Philip Sadler, the lead author and a senior lecturer at the Harvard-Smithsonian center.
The "unusual" part of the study, he said, was that teachers also took the test, and were asked to identify both the correct answer and the one students were most often likely to incorrectly select. Although the teachers overall did "quite well" at selecting the correct answer, the results were more mixed in predicting students' incorrect response.
"Teacher knowledge was predictive of higher student gains. No surprise there," Sadler explained in an email. "However, for more difficult concepts where many students had a misconception, only teachers who knew the science and the common misconceptions have large student gains." What's key, he said, is knowing "what was going on in their students' heads."
The study, supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, was recently published online in the American Educational Research Journal. The study also is the focus of an article published yesterday in Science Daily.
The researchers acknowledge that many educators question the value of tests composed of multiple-choice items, but said in the study that when items are written to include popular misconceptions as "distractors, they function well in diagnosing misconceptions that impede the learning of science." The test questions were based on concepts covered in a set of science content standards published by the National Research Council in 1996. Topics addressed included properties of matter, motions and forces, and transfer of energy.
In his email, Sadler said the study was sparked by the reaction many educators have had to a video he helped to develop, called "A Private Universe," in which graduating Harvard University seniors reveal "the same wrong ideas" about science as middle-school students.
"So many teachers have sought me out at conferences after viewing [the video] to tell me that it was a turning point in their teaching of science," he said. "They report that although they knew that some students had unusual ideas, they were unaware of the extent and near universality of misconceptions concerning concepts that they teach."
By the way, while I had Sadler's attention, I asked him for a few quick thoughts about the Next Generation Science Standards just finalized. He was upbeat about the standards, but cautioned that effective implementation will be a heavy lift.
"I think they represent a terrific ideal for what students should be learning," he said. "However, their implementation really depends on investing in teacher professional development, more lab equipment, and far better assessments than we now have."


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Britain's Walls of Fire (Sep, 1945)
A vertical flame thrower is certainly an cool looking, if not terribly practical idea.
Britain's Walls of Fire
Awesome flame defenses protected Britain against Nazi invasion in 1940
FIVE years after Britain's darkest days, when invasion threatened hourly, it is revealed that a barrier of flame would have met the Nazis if they had attempted to storm the English coast. The coast and adjacent waters would have been set afire. Oil tanks were sunk in hillsides; pipelines ran out under the sea.


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ASSATEAGUE — A wild foal born on Assateague last spring has a new name after a record-setting "Name That Foal" eBay auction late last month.
Each year, the Assateague Island Alliance auctions the naming rights to a foal born in the Assateague Island National Seashore and the proceeds support the organization's management efforts for the herd of wild horses on the barrier island. The latest naming opportunity was auctioned on eBay in late December and brought a new record $1,625. The unidentified successful bidder from Millsboro has named the foal "Johnny's Star," after her deceased father, who was born on the same day, March 9, but different year, of course, as the horse.
The foal almost immediately began delighting the thousands of park visitors throughout the summer months. According to AIA officials, "Johnny's Star" has lived much of her early life in and around the campgrounds and roadways in the federal portion of the park and has already become a fan favorite on the barrier island.
Prior to becoming "Johnny's Star," the foal was simply known by its rather generic alpha-numeric moniker N2BHS-CK. In the 1970s, the National Park Service adopted the alpha-numeric naming system to track the lineage and ancestry of the wild horses, and to better identify to which sub-herd they belong and the areas they frequent on the island.
Several years ago, the National Park Service introduced a contraceptive program as a means to control the size of the herd on Assateague. Each mare is allowed to birth one foal to sustain the herd size before being treated with a contraceptive to prevent future births. Currently the size of the herd numbers 114, down from a peak of 175 over a decade ago, but still a good distance away from the ideal target of 80-100 horses.
A second foal born on Assateague this year has already been named by the National Park Service in honor of Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, the scientist who researched and developed the contraceptive that was originally studied on the Assateague horses and is now used to control mammal populations worldwide. The bay-colored filly has been named "Dr. Jay".


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The attack by a foreign-based intruder netted "limited" personal identification data belonging to some patients, according to a spokeswoman for Commonwealth Health.
Hospital operator Community Health Systems, owner of a network of Northeastern Pennsylvania hospitals known as Commonwealth Health, said a cyberattack took personal information belonging to more than 4 million patients from its computer network earlier this year.
The attack by a foreign-based intruder netted "limited" personal identification data belonging to some patients who were seen at the Berwick Medical Professionals practices, Wilkes-Barre Academic Medicine Clinic, Wyoming Valley Surgical Associates, Wilkes-Barre Neurosurgical Associates, Scranton Clinic Company and Wilkes-Barre Clinic Company over the last five years, said Renita Fennick, spokeswoman for Commonwealth Health. She did not specify a number of patients.
The attack does not involve Commonwealth Health-affiliated hospital-specific data, Physicians Health Alliance, Great Valley Cardiology or InterMountain Medical Group practices, according to a statement Fennick released. The Commonwealth Health network includes Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Moses Taylor and Regional Hospital of Scranton.
The transferred information included names, addresses, birthdates, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers, she said. It did not include medical information or credit card information. Affected patients will receive a letter from their physician's office. A toll-free number (1-855-205-6951) will be set up to answer patients' questions.
"We take very seriously the security and confidentiality of private patient information and we sincerely regret any concern or inconvenience this event may cause our patients," the statement said.
Fennick said although they have no reason to believe the data will ever be used, all affected patients are being notified by letter and offered free identity theft protection.
"Our organization believes the intruder was a foreign-based group out of China that was likely looking for intellectual property. The intruder used highly sophisticated methods to bypass security systems," her statement read. "The intruder has been eradicated and applications have been deployed to protect against future attacks."
Community Health Systems is working with federal law enforcement authorities in their investigation and will support prosecution of those responsible for the attack.
Officials from the Franklin, Tenn.e-based company said the attack may have happened in April and June. The company said the attack bypassed its security systems to take patient names, addresses, birthdates, and phone and Social Security numbers.
The information that was taken came from patients who were referred to or received care from doctors tied to the company over the past five years.
The attack follows other high-profile data security problems that have hit retailers like the e-commerce site eBay and Target Corp. Last year, hackers stole from Target about 40 million debit and credit card numbers and personal information for 70 million people.
The announcement that Community Health Systems was hacked and patient information stolen was the latest woe for the company, which owns, leases or operates 206 hospitals in 29 states.
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and Berwick Hospital Center were among Community Health Systems' 119 hospitals recently investigated for allegedly overbilling the federal government's Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a settlement agreement U.S. Department of Justice provided.
The Department of Justice entered the settlement with Community Health Systems, which agreed to pay $98.15 million to resolve overbilling allegations.
Locally, the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, the union that represents Wilkes-Barre General Hospital's registered nurses, has been involved in a labor dispute for more than a year. The nurses returned to work without a contract after participating in a five-day strike in July outside Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
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Striking, surprising and decidedly out-of-the-ordinary, this concrete 3200-square-foot View House is not an archetypal nondescript suburban development. Concurrently curvilinear and angular, the project has been realised by the LA-practice JOHNSTONMARKLEE and is located on the outskirts of the Argentinian city of Rosario.
From JOHNSTONMARKLEE:
'The View House is designed under conditions generated by both the potential and limitations of large suburban developments. The design is driven by two conflicting desires: engaging the living experience of the house with the views of the landscape and preserving privacy from neighbors. Planning demands and the unique position of the peripheral lot resulted in a compact massing strategy with a minimal footprint that liberates and preserves the ground. By denying the traditional front, side, and rear yard designations, the perception of the house unfolds in a continuous sequence of surfaces where every façade becomes primary.
'The formal and tectonic complexity of the house results from four basic geometric subtractions at the corners of a primitive mass that create an exterior shape perceived simultaneously as embedded and lofted, cantilevered and slumped. In the interior, these operations define a continuous space that spirals upwards from the ground level to the roof terrace in a sequence of living areas. The four subtractions have differentiated volumetric impressions, each of which, together with the contiguous aperture, results in an interior landscape of paired surfaces and lighting effects.'
'The rough concrete shell of the house was built using traditional local techniques, and its finish retains the impression of its construction. In contrast, the interior of the house is smooth and polished in nature. As a culmination of the internal circulation along a path of 360º, a flight of steps leads up to a panoramic roof deck, from which the expansive surrounding landscape can be perceived from a new height.'
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Instagram -- that billion-dollar baby -- is closer to being officially part of Facebook's platform. And the app has recently updated on iOS and Android, offering some significant upgrades.
Chiefly, it's easier to discover new shots and shooters to follow. It also is a much lighter load, with the camera cropping up quicker than before.
The 'Explore' tab has a search box where hashtags are easily surfaced. The optional 'share on Facebook' is expanded to include Likes of other photos, and not just shots the user has taken.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Other upgrades include improvements to commenting, autocompletes for people already being followed, visual improvements and speed optimizations.
The Android upgrades address an HTC Sensation glitch and other tilt shift issues.


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Merry Christmas Eve Everybody!
I realize that although this is a time of family and fellowship for many of us celebrating the season of Jesus Christ's birth and life, there are people out there that are going through some hard times in this season of celebration. So this song that I'm posting by Israel & New Breed (feat. James Fortune and Jason Nelson) called It's Not Over is to encourage the lonely, the hurting and the ones who need a song to uplift their spirit. God is with you even when you think He isn't in your present situation. God is in your situation. God we help you come through whatever trial you are going through because God loves you. He will send you the answers you are looking for even when you think you can't find them. Many are going through "WHY????" seasons…but God can turn around that "Why?" into a "Because" and be the answer you need while you are asking questions. Though we see dimly the light shines through the darkness and that Light that you seek whether you realize it or not is through our Lord and Savior, JESUS CHRIST. God Bless you everybody and may this song minister to the broken-hearted during this season. God has not forgotten you.


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Unbelievable X-rays.
A dentist found the source of the problem Lawler was having on the roof of his mouth; it was a four-inch (10-centimeter) object the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his head six days earlier.
This X-ray shows a boy who ate magnetic pieces of a block one at a time. When they pushed his stomach, they reconnected, according to the report.
Some of the items children may intake includes safety pins.
A fork is found in this X-ray.
Now this x-ray shows what Elsie, a 6-month-old Saint Bernard, had in the stomach.
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This x-rays show items such as bedsprings.
A 6-inch pair of scissors seen in x-ray.
This guy, a construction worker got these embeded in head while working.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Travis Frederick was surprised when coach Bret Bielema told the team he was leaving Wisconsin to coach Arkansas. The Badgers' starting center couldn't blame him, though.
``I guess I was a little surprised, but it's a very good opportunity for him,'' Frederick said after players met with Bielema on Tuesday night. ``I'm sure he'll do well.''
Most players declined to comment as reporters waited to talk to them. Some said Bielema urged them to remain focused on the Rose Bowl.
Frederick also said he was unsure who would lead the team going forward, and athletic director Barry Alvarez - the former coach who picked Bielema to succeed him - said in a statement that he has a responsibility to ensure the program continues at a high level and that he has already started the process of looking for a replacement.
Some player took to Twitter to lobby for Paul Chryst, the former Wisconsin offensive coordinator in his first season as head coach at Pittsburgh. Offensive lineman Ryan Groy tweeted ``Paul Chryst! Paul Chryst!''
``I understand the speculation surrounding my name given today's developments,'' Chryst said in a statement released by Pitt. ``I am committed to the Pitt football program and the University of Pittsburgh. I am focusing all my time and energy on our team's bowl game preparation and recruiting a great group of young men to join our program and this outstanding university. We are working hard every day to re-establish this program and I am excited about the future of Pitt football.''
Alvarez said he was surprised when Bielema told him he was taking the Arkansas job, but thanked him for his work over the past seven seasons as head coach, both on and off the field.
``Along with finding a new coach, my other main objective is to make sure that our student-athletes, specifically our seniors playing in their final game as Badgers, have a tremendous experience in the Rose Bowl,'' Alvarez said. ``We will do everything within our power to make that happen.''
The search for Wisconsin's next coach will be the first for the school since Alvarez was brought in for the 1990 season. The former coach picked Bielema to be his successor after adding him to the staff as defensive coordinator for two years before making him head coach for the 2006 season.
Still, quarterback Joel Stave noted coaching turnovers are common in college football, even if it is foreign to those on the Wisconsin roster.
``It's something that's new for me. I haven't really experienced this,'' Stave said. ``But it's something that we're just going to work through.''
Stave took over as the starter in September and led the Badgers until he was knocked out of the Oct. 27 game against Michigan State. A new coach also could mean starting over for Stave after he earned the starter's job, but he said he couldn't worry about that.
``If I continue to give us a good chance to win, I think I'll continue to play,'' Stave said. ``I feel it's in my hands. I try to worry about what I control, and that's making myself the best player I can be.''
Stave said Bielema told the players he would always be there for them and that he loved them, while running back Montee Ball promised the team would heed his advice to stick together.
``We're still a very focused team,'' Ball said.
Ball said while he was shocked at Bielema's decision, he wasn't disappointed. He said he had no reason to be and added the Badgers are proud of Bielema.
``He has a goal in his life that he wants to accomplish, so go get them,'' Ball said.


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Organizations are turning to applications and desktops being delivered as a service to better leverage infrastructure and cloud resources, and to redistribute budget from CapEx to OpEx. To properly do DaaS (desktops-as-a-service) for hundreds or thousands of users, organizations must look beyond the simple desktop hosting and protocol discussion. A user's need is simple: access to their apps and data, efficiently. The IT objective is more difficult: maintain the solution and enable the business.
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"Wired water" could become a $20-billion market
As demand for unpolluted drinking water rises, information technology can play an integral part in managing resources, according to an article in TechNewsWorld.
However, according to Peter Williams, chief technology officer of IBM's Big Green Innovations project, because of a lack of awareness about what IT can do, the water industry is not leveraging it to its full potential.
The economic survival of regions struggling with water management depends on utilizing the expertise of app developers and systems administrators in mapping, modeling and management of water, the article said.
"Wired water"—the use of IT hardware, software, telecom, networking and services for water control—could become a $20-billion market, according to Sharon Nunes, vice president for IBM's More about IBM Big Green Innovations.
IBM's Big Green portfolio of smart water technologies uses advanced analytics as well as the company's information management, technology services and business consulting capabilities.
"The world will avert crisis by cultivating water as a durable asset rather than throwing it away as a consumable—creating growth opportunities in everything from oxidizing new contaminants to rehabilitating creaking infrastructure," Lux Research Senior Analyst LoCascio told TechNewsWorld.
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Combatting inequality key to combatting poverty, says UN Development ChiefJan 21, 2014
London – Despite evidence that inequality prevents countries from developing in a wide number of areas, little progress has been made combatting it, said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark today at the London School of Economics where she was giving a lecture at the International Growth Centre.
"Economic exclusion compounded by political exclusion can be a toxic mix – as a number of uprisings in recent years suggest. Yet little progress has been made in combatting inequality in its various forms," Clark said.
"Evidence suggests that income inequality impedes long-term growth; is associated with poorer health outcomes; generates political instability; contributes to higher rates of violence; erodes social cohesion; and undermines the capacity for the collective decision-making necessary for effective reform."
Global income inequality remains high, with 8% of the world's population earning half the world's income, leaving 92% earning the other half.
According to a report released yesterday by Oxfam International, the 85 richest people on Earth now have the same amount of wealth as the bottom half of the global population.
"Such a distribution is rightly viewed by global civil society networks as unacceptably high, as it is both unjust and undermines development progress," she said.
Using the inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, which takes into account not only the average achievements of a country on health, education, and income, but also their distribution, the 2013 Human Development Report concludes that the average loss to human development worldwide due to inequality was 23%.
Clark concluded that inequality could not be addressed solely by social policies, but also needed inclusive, job-rich growth and fairer rules internationally in a range of areas from trade to finance to tackling climate change.
She suggested that the new post-2015 development goals being developed by the international community and taking into account the voices of people around the world could be instrumental in tackling inequality and development at large.
"They will set the global sustainable development agenda for the next fifteen years – years when we need decisive breakthroughs on poverty eradication in all its dimensions, on achieving greater equality, and on ensuring we live within nature's boundaries while advancing human development."
A new UNDP report to be launched next week examines trends and drivers of inequality and why it matters. According to the report, income inequality increased by 11% in developing countries between 1990 and 2010. A significant majority of households in developing countries—more than 75% of the population—are living today in societies where income is more unequally distributed than it was in the 1990s.
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LifelineLet Jamiroquai take you on a White Knuckle Ride. Come here to talk about anything related to the new album...
...sounds very similar to "Heatwave"
They're not the same, but I can see something alike in the chorus of Lifeline. Maybe the trumpets make me think like this. Here's Heatwave:
And Lifeline you sure have listened it.
That's what I think Sorry for my poor English. Good vibes!
Re: Lifetime is very similar to Heatwave.
Do you mind if I change the topic title to " Lifetime" ?
Then we can discuss everything related to this song as we don´t have another topic about it yet.
Lifeline reminds me more of the style of Julian Perretta ( Matt, Paul and Rob are working with him )
for example " Wonder why " check it out. good stuff
I am really looking forward to hear the whole track of Lifeline..it´s such a happy sounding tune.
Actually if you have a look at facebook they have an application where you can hear a 1 Minute sample of the song!!!
Aaron from Jamirotalk was lucky to get his hands on one of the promo cds...he shared the full lyrics :
Rollin, I'm down the sunny avenues,
Well all this running around, i'm back on the road with you again and baby,
free ride, i haven't got a care in the world, there's only me and you girl,
back on the road with you again baby,
sweet life, well honey your my best life, and all because you saved me,
Zero to hero that's what you made me, lady, you know that she excites me,
but her momma never liked me, i'm back on the road with you i gotta baby
Don't beg no hole in my soul, don't you spoil my sweet cherade
i get high on the girl. for me she was clearly made, and don't get mixed up about it,
cause she won't leave me i'd see, i get a groove with the girl, she got a lifeline out to me,
deadlines, we won't be needing any of them no more, seems as the right time,
to be back on the road with you again baby
I feel like, i never feel the cold now, i'll never be alone now, cause i'm back on the road with you again,
Don't beg no hole in my soul, don't you spoil my sweet cherade
i get high on the girl. for me she was clearly made, i don't need no destination cause my babys saving me,
she got lifeline of love, she got it all thrown out to me, don't lose me now cause i need you baby, need you baby,
We gotta get up, run away my baby, we gotta get on, run away baby,
you know your momma never liked me, cause she said we're gonna break up, said it's gonna never work,
but it's too bad baby, i'm back on the road again, i'm gonna move ya, run into the sunset, just me and you together
i've gotta groove on girl, your momma never liked me,
Don't beg no hole in my soul, don't you spoil my sweet cherade
i get high on the girl. for me she was clearly made,
i just got my feel good factor and it's gone right through the groove, i get the blues with the news, girl,
let's get it on the hoof, flying a lifeline, flying a life line, i'm flying a lifeline, flying a lifeline, throw me a lifeline,
i lifeline of love yeah, whoa i need you love
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Why is this called Lifetime? There is a song called "Spend a Lifetime" and "Lifeline".
@ Sandriche -Yeah! So the lyrics will be in the liner notes. I hate guessing.
@ ilovejamiroquai -so sorry to criticize your comparison but I don't think Heatwave sounds anything like Lifeline! Especially Phil Collins which is one of my least favorites!
Definitely sounds like Julian Perretta's song Wonder Why, kinda Beatlesque with the guitar.
Which btw I tried to buy and accidentally bought the karaoke version on I-tunes
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of course it is LIFELINE! just a stupid typo of me sorry for the confusion!
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Both song has an orchestratic feeling, but I think they sounds really different.
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No problem man, it's alright!
Also I think they don't have anything similar. I tried to say that their orchestra is kinda alike... I don't know how to express this because I'm not an English speaker... I think Ninochka understood me
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Actually, I'm not an English speaker too...
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Lifeline, for me, is just about the best song on the album!
I love the intro, so Motown sounding to me! The song has a full sound of harmonies and melodies. Vocals are great! It's so upbeat and happy. Love the trumpets. And sweet about getting back together. Moving, Grooving...
"Zero to Hero" nice line.
But then it shifts to Julian Peretta style (actually, Beatlesque -which is nice and youthful).
Back to a more grooving pace. Just nice good feeling.
Symphonic with all these classical instruments. And even a flute(my instrument from high school!)
"Don't spoil my sweet Charade" best line!
A Lifeline of Love -great concept. But the music delivers.
Re: Lifeline
first live version!!!
I reckon it sounds awesome!..what a happy tune makes me smile
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Is that from Germany gig? Here the photos link ...
http://www.swr3.de/specials/musik/jamir ... jamiroquai
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I really hope they play this when I see them!
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Here is Cosmic Girl, Lifeline and Blue Skies Live in Kettenburg.
(Sorry, I forgot where I got the link!)
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This song gonna be the 3rd single release on January .. http://funkin.com/news/4069
* Still praying Fast Persuader gonna be the next single *
Re: Lifeline
Yeah, read about that too...I think it's a not-so-good choice.
Still hoping for She's A Fast Persuader...
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Oh, Ninochka -You don't like Lifeline? I loved it instantly.
It is kinda pop, but much more complex. I really do like it.
Definitely like Fast Persuader too, though.
I really can't say which song will do best in the U.S. Still a bit perplexed about this.
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No, I like Lifeline, but it's not my fav though. I just think it's not a good choice...
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Really??? WOOO!! this one will certainly be the greatest single
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I just heard it yesterday (i swear!) and it's GOOD!
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It is gonna be Lifeline everybody... hate it or love it..
White Knuckle Ride, Blue Skies, Lifeline .. sometimes i don't understand Mercury for the song choosing, maybe they want to form this new image for Jamiroquai which is in my opinion based on those songs is more ballad, poppy, more radio-friendly tunes.. i can feel this 'habit' of a big record company for the couple first singles always seems to choose songs that doesn't represent the artist' most original identity, of course it doesn't effect us but in mass audience i'm afraid they'll tend to think 'oh it's only that they can do' , oh please.. God and Her Hitler know they can do better than THAT! maybe it's just marketing stuff..
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Maybe we should open a new post: which single to release next
I'm not really sure! But I know my favorites for me.
Re: Lifeline
Here is the performance in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize
Awesome performance. And I swear to never get too old to sit still like this audience!
Re: Lifeline
So, here is another Motown reference for this song.
In the middle of Lifeline, the flute shows up around 2:30.
And here is Marvin Gaye's "Hitchhike" with the flute -skip ahead to about 1:15! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL03Js5X5W0
Also very funny video of the early days of Marvin Gaye!
Re: Lifeline
I love this post for a couple of reasons:
1) You pointed out something I would have never heard if I had not been listening for it! The sounds are very similar. Love it!! You have great hearing Giba!!
2) Marvin and JK
Is this actually 3 reasons???
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love it!! wkr and lifeline are perfect for singles, blue skies not that much in my opinion (two completely different things would be amazing for a single)
for the choose of lifeline, i agree with u in the part that they are trying to build a new jamiroquai image: with a more 'organic' an 'live' sound. and for that, these tunes might be the best ones
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text: Playing tough, witty, and hook-laden rock that exists in a time warp in which glam rock and Britpop are the talk of the British Isles, Switches is the brainchild of lead singer and guitarist Matt Bishop. Bishop claims he was already writing songs on a tiny guitar made for him by his father (a BBC engineer) at the age of five, and began recording them on a Fisher-Price cassette machine, creating overdubs by playing back his creations on his mom's stereo and singing along with them. (Bishop adds that since he only knew two or three chords at the time, most of these songs tended to resemble T. Rex.) As he grew older, Bishop became an obsessive enthusiast of all things rock, and as a teenager he graduated to a four-track porta-studio which he used to continue his experiments in unlocking the secrets of record production. When he went away to college, Bishop began putting together a band with like-minded classmates, and with Ollie Thomas on lead guitar, Max Tite on bass, and Jimmy G on drums, Matt Rock & the Others was born. In 2002, the group won a university-sponsored Battle of the Bands and claimed first prize -- the opening slot on a nationwide tour by the Darkness. Convinced they had a future on music, Bishop and his mates quit school and relocated to Guildford, where they began seriously working up songs and changed their name to Switches. After signing to the independent Degenerate Music label, the band recorded an eclectic five-song demo and flew to the United States to play a showcase at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX. Between the demo and their manic live show, Switches made a major impression on American A&R men, and they signed a deal with Atlantic Records. Writing material in between tours with the likes of Graham Coxon, Hard-Fi, the Rakes, and Louis XIV, Switches released their debut EP, Message from Yuz, in the summer of 2006. With three singles following in late 2006 and early 2007, Switches finally released their first full album, Heart Tuned to D.E.A.D., on April 23, 2007. Lay Down the Law followed a year later in 2008. ~ Mark Deming


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I love the handmade family items I have, but I'm a sucker for picking up more at estate sales! That napkin holder is unusual - at least i've never seen one before. Your timing was perfect!ReplyDelete
Oh, Karen, I'm like you. Whenever I find linens like these at a reasonable price, they come home with me. It seems that most people aren't interested in old, which is fortunate for me because they sell at a lower price.ReplyDelete
Your card table cloth is just beautiful. Imagine all the time that went into stitching the wreaths and flowers. Lovely.
I have never seen a napkin holder like yours. I love seeing items like these when the napkins inside were probably real fabric and not paper. Somehow, even just holding these linens connects me to another era when time went slower and life (at least to my mind) was gentler. Thanks for sharing them!
Oh, Nancy, yes, the napkins that came inside of it were beautiful white linen! I think we were born about 50 years too late...ReplyDelete
My grandmother had a similar handmade napkin holder. She and her sister would embroider napkins, table clothes, sheets and pillow cases. Most of the bed linen are worn and long gone, but I still hold some of the table clothes and napkins.ReplyDelete


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|[An Nahar] Libyan Islamist leader Ahmed Abu Khattala said on Monday that a man was killed and another injured when planting a boom-mobile in a bid to assassinate him.
"One person was killed and another was maimed as they were planting a bomb in my brother's car with the aim of assassinating me," he said of the Sunday night incident.
A security official in Libya's second city Benghazi confirmed saying that "two people were involved in an liquidation attempt against Ahmed Abu Khattala. One was killed and the other maimed."
He added that the men were trying to set a bomb in a car but the device went
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But, in an October interview with AFP, the Islamist leader denied any role in the attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
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The reason I'm fascinated by environmental issues is that they are a colossal train wreck of science, politics, ideology, money and personal passion. It would only follow that it's a realm that's produced its share of impactful literature. Thus I present my highly subjective, American-centric view on the five greatest environmental books of all time.
For me, "Silent Spring" is a slam-dunk Number One. Its combination of passion and science, conveyed by a courageous author, makes Rachel Carson's masterpiece the greatest environmental book ever.
Already a best-selling author of volumes on the wonders of the oceans, Carson turned her attention to the increasing reports of damage from "miracle" pesticides being sprayed, spread and air-dropped on 1950s America. She doggedly followed studies and lawsuits documenting the human and wildlife toll from DDT, chlordane, dieldrin and many other now-banned substances. When the book was serialized and published in 1962, "Silent Spring" caused an uproar that helped spawn the modern American environmental movement. Ten years later, DDT was fast losing its potency against mosquitoes, but birds were still dropping like flies. It was outlawed in the U.S., and the mortal threat to bald eagles, ruby-throated hummingbirds and a thousand other species abated.
Along the way, ideologues and industry hacks mounted a campaign to vilify Carson, labeling her, in coded 1960s language, a "spinster" and less ambiguously charging that she was an agent of the Kremlin. (Call me crazy, but I don't think that the Commies would have dispatched an agent to save America's bald eagle.)
Astonishingly, those attacks survive a half-century later, with the tinfoil-hat community going as far as to liken this mild-mannered meticulous scientist to mass murderers because malaria still kills people and DDT was once effective in battling malaria. That's what you get for saving the bald eagle.
From a writer's perspective, the best tribute to Carson's work came from her New Yorker editor, the legendary William Shawn. According to Carson biographer William Souder, Shawn said Rachel Carson had turned a book about pesticide use into literature.
Aldo Leopold's "A Sand County Almanac" manages to unintentionally replicate nature itself. It's a series of essays that are superficially unconnected, but together they function like the web of life. Leopold showed a midcentury audience that conservation is essentially our success or failure at getting along with the natural world. Back then, "conservation" and "conservative" were not necessarily polar opposites.
Those who toil as environmental PR flacks, or those who dispense money for journalists' fellowships, have a role model in Marc Reisner. A former communications guy for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Reisner wrote "Cadillac Desert" fueled by fellowship money. It rates words you typically see for a Hollywood epic, like "sweeping" and "sprawling." The book spins the tale of corruption, brutality, deceit and wealth as the major influences on western water rights. Published in 1986, "Cadillac Desert" also foretold that water can float the arid West only so far.
Henry David Thoreau had some advantages in writing "Walden": Solitude, relatively pristine nature, plenty of free time, and no daily disruptions. The result is a love story for the nature closest to one's home. In his case, at least, the quill was mightier than the iPad.
My fifth choice comes from an author who's been nearly as vilified as Carson. Al Gore's 1992 "Earth in the Balance" is little discussed today, but its litany of environmental threats have proven real. As personal as Gore's detractors can get, his information and predictions are depressingly accurate two decades later. While focusing on the threat of climate change, now increasingly a reality, Gore also lays out a case for concern on everything from habitat loss to water quality and quantity to the ills of loading our livestock with antibiotics.
Someday, someone may wish to look into the possible links between authoring giant environmental books and premature death, as few of these authors truly lived to see the success and impact of their work. Carson was stricken with breast cancer while writing "Silent Spring," and died, age 56, not long after its publication. Reisner outlived "Cadillac Desert" by 14 years, but cancer claimed him at age 52. Thoreau died at age 44, eight years after "Walden" was published. Leopold lived to a relatively ripe old 61, but he suffered a fatal heart attack while fighting a wildfire near his home. His classic was published a year after his death. Gore, 64 as of this writing, has a shot at being the exception.
The best environmental books that haven't been written yet
These days, there are a few emerging topics that warrant a blockbuster book of the future. In short order, the story of the environmental consequences of the fossil fuel industry has never been properly told. The meteoric rise of the fracking industry and the decade of quiet planning that preceded that rise is another one. So is a volume that fully tracks the history of the environmental movement, from its accurate and effective work to its misfires and failures. Any takers?
Honorable mentions
In recent years, three authors have challenged conventional publishing wisdom by publishing what are essentially biographies of inanimate or non-human subjects: Hannah Holmes's "Secret Life of Dust" took a pervasive and literally dry subject and gave it life; John McPhee's "Annals of the Former World" told the history of North America's rocks and made them interesting; and Mark Kurlansky's offbeat histories of cod and oysters showed how the pursuit of these creatures help build America.
These books are all significant contributions, and didn't run the risk of misquoting their subjects. What's more, environmental books are, by their nature, not very happy works. These are as close as you'll likely get to that.
Former New York Times reporter Tim Egan has written a couple of riveting history books on wildfire and the Dust Bowl, and an era where our relationship with nature was more like open warfare. Elizabeth Kolbert's "Field Notes from a Catastrophe" was a 2006 look at an unfolding climate disaster. The book grows more prophetic by the year. Anne Simon's 1984 book "Neptune's Revenge" foretold the destruction of the world's seas, and Richard Ellis delivered a grim 2003 update called "The Empty Ocean." In 2010, Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway published the seminal book on the organized, often underhanded industry seeking to thwart health and environmental protection. "Merchants of Doubt" tracked a handful of ideologically driven industry-funded scientists who issue-hopped from pesticides to tobacco to climate change in sowing confusion, doubt and personal attacks against agents for change like Carson.
While he's not quite American, Farley Mowat's roots as a Canadian government wildlife researcher led him to write multiple works on big, charismatic wildlife. "Never Cry Wolf" became a Hollywood hit, and "A Whale for the Killing" was a hit TV movie as well as a template for Greenpeace's whale-saving efforts.
And one more from this list may hit Hollywood soon. Variety Daily recently reported that "Silent Spring" has been optioned by a major production house. My casting suggestions: Charlize Theron as Rachel, and Daniel Day-Lewis as DDT. Just kidding.
There are hundreds of other deserving authors and books that could be mentioned here, but that's what the comments section is for. Take it away, readers…
Peter Dykstra is a former MNN columnist and is publisher of the news websites environmentalhealthnews.org and dailyclimate.org.


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Friday, June 25, 2010
Awkward angry meetings with our exes
Seriously. Fuck him, and fuck his "30 win season", and his postseason aspirations, and his perfunctory full page ads in the Sun. You wanna wear another team's laundry, then fine...but we hope our guys hammer you all over their borrowed "home field" tonight.
In this post-Halladay era, the supposedly hapless Jays sit at 39-34, four and a half games back in the AL East and the AL Wild Card race. Meanwhile, the unstoppable force that is the 138 million-dollar Phillies, armed to the teeth with Doc and an incomparable offense, sit at 38-32, mid-pack in the NL East. Behind the Mets. We're pretty sure that's the way that you all figured it was going to play out.
Look: We respect all that guy did for our team while he was in Toronto, so we don't wish anything painful or catastrophic upon him. We just want to watch his neck get sore as he's watching moonshots lofted into the Philadelphia skyline tonight.
Friday Rock Out - Sad Bastard Country Ballad Edition
In honour of our continued attempts to put our former ace out of our mind, we offer the greatest of all sad bastard country ballads, captured live on Canada's own Ronnie Prophet Show.
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- The Ack said...
Can't deal.
Sending my daughter to the inlaws tonight and locking myself in the basement with a bottle while the wife watches PVR'd episodes of the Bachelorette upstairs.
It's up to the Jays and Doc to decide whether it's a happy or sad drunk.
Either way, I suppose. I call it "therapy".
- June 25, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
So fucking beautifully put, Tao.
Fuck Doc. Go Jays. Hope he doesn't make it to the third inning.
- June 25, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
A tip for that kind of therapy, Ack:
Have lots of pillows around in case you need something to throw. *(This is why they call them throw pillows, right?)
Better to throw a pillow than a bottle.
And the bottle of pills? Hide it.
- June 25, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- GCM1979 said...
I love Doc, and always will. Heck, I hope he re-signs with us when his Philly contract is up.
That being said, Doc, you're soooooo getting pummeled tonight!
- June 25, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Or as my childhood neighbour would say: "We're gonna pumble him!"
Let the pumbling begin!
- June 25, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Ty said...
Remember when the Jays faced Doc in Spring Training?
The game started with back-to-back homers from J-Bau and Hill, followed by doubles by Lind and some guy who was playing third base at the time, and more RBI's from the bat of Gonzalez.
And hey, just for fun, let's take a look at Doc's line against AL teams this year:
I hate that the Jays are playing this series in Philly, but at least they'll get to take advantage of that ridiculous bandbox and hit a bajillion home runs there. I don't know why, but I've never been as certain of anything as I am of this: Jose Bautista is taking Halladay yard, at least once. And I love Doc, but beating him is going to be awesome.
- June 25, 2010 at 11:11 AM
FUCK YOU TAO!!! Hope I perfect game your shitty ass team tonight.
- June 25, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Darren Priest said...
I hear Cliff Lee is going to the Mets. At least nobody in the AL East got him.
- June 25, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Darren Priest said...
I think George was in the prime of his boozing years in this video.
I love this song.
- June 25, 2010 at 11:42 AM
- Ian Hunter said...
I just can't hate on Doc, can't do it: even if it's Game 7 of the World Series between the Jays and the Phillies and Doc's on the mound, I can't root against him.
That being said, if Bautista hits a home run off him tonight, all bets are off!
- June 25, 2010 at 12:34 PM
I'm rooting for Doc. Feel free to blame me if the Jays get shut out tonight and end up missing the playoffs by one game.
- June 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Mylegacy said...
I love Doc - always will. No buts.
There is however - a "however" - "However" much I love him I've a very good feeling that we're going to smack his pinky white ass and our pinky red faced lovable ball of blubber is gonna end up with the win.
Go Jessie - Doc who?
- June 25, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I never really got too into Roy Halladay as a Jay. He was just doing his job -- just ask Brandi. Now that's he not a Jay, he's just another tough pitcher the Jays have to face.
It's sucked to lose Delgado, but Roy Halladay is just another guy who once played in Toronto during a lacklustre period in the teams history. Might as well be David Wells or Mike Bordick.
- June 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM
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- Brad Fullmer Fan said...
How about a 1-0 win?
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The village of Villa di Saturnana is 9,61 kilometers far from the same town of Pistoia to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Pistoia also belong the localities of Acqualunga (5,77 km), Aia Vecchia (9,21 km), Arcigliano (7,86 km), Baggio (8,96 km), Belriguardo (9,72 km), Bonelle (1,53 km), Borghetto (9,21 km), Botro (14,20 km), Bottaia (4,71 km), Bottegone (5,14 km), Burgianico (4,76 km), Bussotto (6,72 km), Bussotto - La Torre (6,70 km), Cacciaia (4,88 km), Caloria (5,63 km), Campiglio (10,02 km), Campiglio di Cireglio (11,13 km), Campopiano (8,42 km), Camporipano (10,84 km), Camporipano - Casa Geri - Selvapiana (10,63 km), Canapale (2,05 km), Candeglia (4,05 km), Capostrada (4,46 km), Casa Corrieri (19,37 km), Casa Lotti (6,90 km), Casa Nuova (8,05 km), Case Geri (11,15 km), Case Soldi (4,40 km), Case sparse (-- km), Cason dei Giacomelli - La Villa (6,60 km), Casone di Sopra (15,99 km), Cassarese (15,72 km), Cassero (7,24 km), Castagno (10,13 km), Castagno di Pieve a Celle (7,92 km), Castagno I (10,05 km), Castel Berti (5,36 km), Castel Bolognini (4,37 km), Castel de' Fedi (4,82 km), Castel dei Gai (6,59 km), Castel dei Milli (6,44 km), Castel del Gai (6,61 km), Castel Gargane (5,14 km), Castello dei Fioravanti (6,59 km), Cerchiaio (10,01 km), Chiazzano (4,85 km), Ciatti (6,30 km), Cignano (6,40 km), Cireglio (11,26 km), Colle I (6,95 km), Collina di Pontelungo (3,17 km), Collina Pistoiese (5,29 km), Corbezzi (8,15 km), Corsini Bianchi (5,00 km), Corsini Bianchi e Corsini Neri (1,47 km), Corsini Neri (5,08 km), Croce a Uzzo (8,64 km), Cucciano (10,60 km), Doccia (2,90 km), Dreini (6,31 km), Fabbiana (9,27 km), Fiano (6,61 km), Fornace (5,35 km), Forra al Pitta (7,18 km), Gello (5,53 km), Germinaia (5,47 km), Giaccherino (5,33 km), Gragnella (6,98 km), Grazie (10,64 km), Iano (7,74 km), Il Casale (3,52 km), La Cugna (7,64 km), La Mora (7,01 km), La Spagna (7,24 km), Lanificio (8,69 km), Le Forri (14,67 km), Le Grazie (10,13 km), Le Piastre (13,43 km), Le Pozze (6,64 km), Le Querci (6,54 km), Lizzanello (8,67 km), Lupicciano (7,07 km), Masiano (2,98 km), Mengarone (8,01 km), Monte (7,96 km), Nespolo (2,19 km), Orsigna (17,50 km), Paccosi (9,13 km), Passo della Collina - Collina Vecchia (12,06 km), Pian di Giuliano (12,86 km), Pian di Stazzana (8,61 km), Pianella (9,11 km), Piano di Giuliano (0,88 km), Piastre (13,27 km), Piastrelle (11,68 km), Piazza (7,52 km), Piestro (1,75 km), Pieve a Celle (7,29 km), Piteccio (9,89 km), Piuvica (3,95 km), Poggiolo (9,49 km), Ponte alla Stella (7,83 km), Ponte Nuovo San Marco (1,69 km), Ponte Paoli (5,95 km), Pontelungo (3,84 km), Pontepetri (13,76 km), Ponzano (6,65 km), Pozze di Valdibure (5,34 km), Pracchia (14,99 km), Prombialla (10,97 km), Pupigliana (10,36 km), Ramini (2,57 km), Redola dei Giacomelli (10,61 km), Romito e Serpe (5,36 km), Rotone (6,56 km), Sammommè (11,84 km), San Felice (7,65 km), Sant'Agostino (1,72 km), Sant'Alessio (3,17 km), Santomato (7,17 km), Santomoro (7,62 km), Sarripoli (8,76 km), Saturnana (9,25 km), Serrantona (6,26 km), Signorino (9,20 km), Spazzavento (5,62 km), Spedaletto (13,25 km), Statigliana (9,08 km), Stazzana (11,17 km), Tani (10,04 km), Torbecchia (7,08 km), Uzzo (9,21 km), Vaioni (5,74 km), Valdi (17,08 km), Valdibrana (5,87 km), Valdibure (6,32 km), Via Loreto e Carraiola (4,69 km), Via Pratale di Bottegone (8,17 km), Villa di Baggio (8,35 km), Villa di Cireglio (9,74 km), Villa di Cireglio Villa di Saturnana (11,65 km), Villa di Piteccio (10,93 km), Villa di Sopra (7,90 km), Villa di Sotto (7,69 km), Villa Sbertoli (3,75 km), Villaggio del Signorino (9,30 km), Villanova (5,04 km), Vivaio (13,33 km), Volte (-- km).
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How funny, that is exactly how I ride my bike. I think I may have more Motherfucka in it.ReplyDelete
What are these hills you speak of?ReplyDelete
what is this "riding my bike" of which you speak?ReplyDelete
Thank God for gears!ReplyDelete
new bike?ReplyDelete
Got the bike a year or so ago, and never rode it much. Recently I picked up a few extra pounds, and the weather's been beautiful, so I've been trying to ride regularly.ReplyDelete
But this just isn't a flat state at all.
And I live at the top of a really steep hill.
- Anonymous7/09/2007 9:56 PM
Nice wheels. Too bad you couldn't afford a full set of spokes :)ReplyDelete
need to bike more. after living in nc i have exactly the opposite disposition: i *love* hills.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/14/2007 8:07 PM
Matlatzinca is right. Ride 4 times per week (for at least an hour) and keep your heart rate between 70% and 80% of maximum. Before long, you will crave the hills and your weight will not be an issue.ReplyDelete


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Jimmy Fallon Spoofs Tim Tebow and David Bowie as 'Tebowie' [VIDEO]
Jimmy Fallon's uncanny ability to imitate classic rock legends and Tebow-mania got mashed up on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' Thursday with the introduction of the David Bowie/Tim Tebow parody "Tebowie."
Described as "Tim Tebow and David Bowie together as one," Tebowie has Bowie-like hair and makeup, but also wears football shoulder pads and Tebow's #15 Denver Bronco's jersey.
The song you will hear Tebowie sing is the Bowie standard 'Space Oddity,' but with the lyrics reworded to hilarious effect. Of course, Tebow's much buzzed-about relationship with Jesus is referenced. Check it out below.


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MOSCOW -- Ukraine's interim leaders said Monday that the country will need $35 billion in foreign aid over the next two years to avert default and called for an international donors' conference to craft a rescue plan.
The appeal by acting Finance Minister Yuri Kolobov followed by a day his Russian counterpart's announcement that Moscow would be cutting off further aid and loan supports to Ukraine until its new transitional leadership is in place and it is clear with whom the Kremlin will be dealing.
Opposition leaders, who have been in control of Kiev since a European Union-brokered pact to quell last week's violence was signed Friday, have said the new slate of ministers could be decided as early as Tuesday. The new government is unlikely to be as friendly to Moscow, though, as was that of President Viktor Yanukovich, who has been stripped of his office by parliament and has fled Kiev for the Russian-leaning east.
Group of 20 finance ministers met in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend and pledged help for Ukraine once its provisional leadership is in place. Political leaders from the United States, the EU and Russia have urged the opposition figures now in control of Kiev and western Ukraine cities to put together a genuinely inclusive cabinet to represent all segments of Ukraine's badly divided population.
Yanukovich fled after many of the lawmakers from his Party of Regions defected to the opposition in protest of the bloody crackdown on demonstrators last week that killed at least 82 people. The acting Ukrainian interior minister announced Monday that an arrest warrant had been issued for Yanukovich to stand trial on charges of mass murder for his role in the deadly turmoil.
The uprising against Yanukovich began in November after the president's decision to scrap an association deal with the European Union that would have boosted Ukraine's trade with the West and eventually set a path for potential membership in what is now a 28-nation bloc.
On Monday, EU Economics Commissioner Olli Rehn said the association deal was still on offer.
"We are at a historical juncture, and Europe needs to live up to its historical moment and be able to provide Ukraine with accession prospects in the medium to long term – if it can meet the conditions of accession," Rehn said in Sydney, where he took part in the G-20 gathering.
"We are ready to provide substantial financial assistance to Ukraine once a political solution, based on democratic principles, is finalized, and once there is a new government that is genuinely and seriously engaged in institutional and economic reform," Rehn said, referring to the massive waste and corruption that have pushed Ukraine's economy to the brink of bankruptcy.
Russia had encouraged Yanukovich's decision to drop the EU association agreement in favor of closer economic ties with Moscow with an offer of $15 billion in loans and energy subsidies. Russia bought about $3 billion in Ukrainian debt in December and had announced a second tranche of $2 billion for last week but suspended it as security and government authority unraveled in Kiev.
Ukrainian and Russian industries are deeply entwined, with cross-border trade in parts and products vital to mining and manufacturing enterprises built during the Soviet era. Moscow also found a reliable ally in Yanukovich as a protector of Russian interests in the eastern part of Ukraine, including the Black Sea Fleet naval base at Sevastopol and 7.5 million ethnic Russians who are citizens of the country.
While the Kremlin remains keenly interested in maintaining those economic and cultural ties with the eastern regions, Russian President Vladimir Putin -- who has been silent throughout the Ukraine crisis of recent days -- is likely to face a renewed movement in Kiev for Ukraine to turn toward the EU for its future economic development. While Putin has yet to publicly weigh in on Ukraine's political U-turn, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev has cast doubt on the interim leaders' legitimacy, saying the opposition leaders took power through "armed mutiny."
President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called Putin in the last two days to urge him to work with them to keep Ukraine united and restore peace throughout the country, their spokesmen have reported.
In announcing the freeze on further aid to Ukraine on Sunday, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov suggested Kiev turn to the International Monetary Fund for assistance, a possible sign that Russia will be paring down its economic assistance if, as appears likely, the new government is controlled by pro-Western liberals opposed to joining his Eurasian Union of former Soviet states.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told reporters in Sydney that the global lender was prepared to come to Ukraine's aid "not only from a humanitarian point of view but also from an economic point of view."
Any bailout from the international community, however, is likely to require commitments from Ukraine's new leaders to clean up the corrupt and inefficient finances of the country of 46 million.
Berlin-based Transparency International ranks Ukraine the most corrupt country in Europe and 144th worldwide in the openness of its handling of public funds among the 177 countries it evaluates.
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Marketers selling food to children and teens spent 20% less in 2009 than they did in 2006 and are making "modest nutritional improvements" to the products they promote, according to a new government report.
Advertisers shelled out nearly $1.8 billion to target consumers ages 2 to 17, down from the $2.1 billion they allocated three years earlier, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
But most of the decline came from a switch to online commercials from expensive television spots. Spending on youth food marketing for new media -- which includes Internet, mobile and viral spots -- soared 50% over the period, according to the report.
But at least companies are making more of an effort to hawk more healthful foods to young consumers, according to the report. The FTC compiled its information partly through subpoenas of 48 major food and beverage marketers.
Cereals aimed at children had less sugar and slightly more whole grain in 2009; marketing of uber-sweet cereals with 13 grams or more of sugar per serving was "virtually eliminated," according to the report.
"Kids meals" at fast-food restaurants are now more nutritious than other quick-service meals, it said.
Advertised beverages had fewer calories, it said, but still averaged more than 20 grams of added sugar per serving. Water and pure juices made up only 16% of the drinks marketed to kids and 8% of the ones directed at teens.
Cross-promotions between food companies and popular children's movies and television characters boomed to 120 films and shows in 2009 from 80 in 2006, the report said. The strategy was used for films such as "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants.
Focusing on kids instead of their parents has been productive for the food marketing community. Ads and packaging help generate what the FTC calls "pester power," in which children badger their caretakers to buy a product.
Three-quarters of parents said they bought an item for the first time at their progeny's request, according to the report.
"The encouraging news is that we're seeing promising signs that food companies are reformulating their products and marketing more nutritious foods to kids, especially among companies participating in industry self-regulatory efforts," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement. "But there is still room for improvement."
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After graduation, Tri began working for Teach for America.
She was placed in the Phoenix, Arizona region as a special education teacher for middle schoolers. While teaching, Tri is also pursuing a master's degree in special education at Arizona State University.
Tri Ofosu-Ameyaw speaks from experience when she says Washington College has offered her opportunities she wouldn't have had at other schools. After her freshman year, she transferred to the University of Maryland, College Park but returned to WC after only one semester.
"I feel like leaving and coming back really helped me appreciate Washington College so much more. I've been able to intern for a member of the House of Delegates in Maryland. I'm now a Presidential Fellow for the Study of American Presidency in Congress. I'm doing so much now that I don't think I would have been able to do if I went anywhere else."
In addition to learning first-hand about government and politics in Annapolis and Washington, D.C., Tri is able to apply her experiences as a member of the Student Government Association. Currently SGA president, Tri says serving on the Senate has been invaluable in teaching her how to manage people, balance her time, budget money, and communicate her ideas.
"It's really helped me develop as a leader," she says.
Tri has also had opportunities to pursue her interest in religion. She is the treasurer for Campus Christian Fellowship as well as a member of Hillel, the student-run organization supporting the Jewish community on campus.
Tri attributes some of her success to the support she's received from on-campus resources including the Writing, Math, and Career Centers.
"The Writing Center is something I really used my first semester here at Washington College. They were instrumental in helping transition my writing from high school style writing to college style writing. I really used the services at the Math Center when I was taking a statistics course and having a really hard time. There was always someone there to help me get an A on my test."
As she looked forward to her future, Tri turned to the Career Center. "Jim Allison and Vicky Sawyer helped me format and polish my resumes, to make them pop to perspective employers. They've also helped me with interview preparation and techniques and connected me with alumni."
The double major in psychology and political science also values the personal attention and encouragement of her professors, especially Dr. Lauren Littlefield, Dr. Jessica Gerrity and Dr. Melissa Deckman, whom she regards as mentors, friends and role models.
"They've become more than just professors to me. They're women I really look up to, and I aspire to be like them someday."
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Washington Nationals management took great pride in convincing a lot of local restaurateurs to be vendors at Nationals Park: the Red Hot & Blue barbecue chain, the Five Guys hamburger shops, Gifford's ice cream, Hard Times Cafe, Boardwalk Fries and others.
But when the concession stands opened at 6 a.m. today for Pope Benedict XVI's Mass, the food fare was distinctly spartan: doughnuts, danishes, muffins and not much else.
And the beer kiosks? Reduced to selling soft drinks and bottled water — if they were open at all.
Ben's Chili Bowl, a Washington institution for more than 40 years, has a couple of spaces in the ballpark to sell their chili dogs and half-smokes. But for the papal Mass, they offered the same limited assortment of breakfast foods as the other vendors. I bought a $2 chocolate muffin, still wraped in cellophane, plucked from under a heat lamp.
By 6:30 a.m., it was not unusual to see lines of two dozen or more waiting for something, anything to buy and eat. A half-hour later, the lines had easily doubled.
Three youth-group leaders from Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Takoma Park, Md., weighed in on what they usually eat for breakfast.
"We usually love coffee and juice — and bagels," said Cecilia Hernandez.
"Bagels and cream cheese. Or maye an Egg McMuffin-type thing," added Carolina Bustillo.
All Wendy Blanco could scare up for her friends were doughnuts, for sale at two for $2.
The concession stands started closing at 9 a.m. as people were getting ready for the celebration of Mass. They were given the OK to reopen at noon, after the Mass had ended — and were free to offer their typical fare.


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Europeans talk about prosecuting corruption but unlike the United States' officials, they do not follow through, Anglo-Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim says
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Europeans talk about prosecuting corruption but unlike the United States' officials, they do not follow through, Anglo-Sudanese billionaire and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim said in a speech on Monday.
"Why are European companies prosecuted in the U.S. but not in their home countries?" Ibrahim said. "Those guys in the U.S., they walk the walk when it comes to anti-corruption.
"In Europe, we talk but we never walk the walk," he added.
Ibrahim, a former mobile communications entrepreneur, has used his wealth to set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa. His foundation is best known for awarding an annual $5 million prize to a former African head of state who has shown exceptional leadership while in power. However, the prize has been awarded just three times since 2007.
"In Africa we have our problems but we haven't cornered the market on corruption," Ibrahim said at the London-based international affairs think-tank Chatham House.
Ibrahim's speech was delivered on Monday, the same day that the European Union published a survey which found that almost half of all companies doing business in Europe think that corruption is a problem. The cost to the European economy is estimated by the European Commission at 120 billion euros ($162 billion) annually, almost the size of the Romanian economy. The European Commission recommended better controls and a redoubling of enforcement.
Ibrahim also called for governments to crack down on tax evasion and trade mispricing, saying that bribery prosecutions were "low hanging fruit" compared to the issue of multinational companies artificially reducing their tax bill by transferring profits out of one country and into another low-tax jurisdiction.
"Multinationals don't pay taxes in Africa, we all know that," Ibrahim said.
Washington DC-based transparency watchdog Global Financial Integrity estimates that African economies have lost between $597 billion and $1.4 trillion in net resource transfers in the past three decades, much of it through trade mispricing, tax evasion and corruption.
"Business is global, countries need to react to that, taxes need to be paid where profit arises," Ibrahim said.
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