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Acquiring Spiritual Guidance

Elder Scott’s recent General Conference address, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, begins on a somewhat ironic note. After noting that in times past if one sought guidance they would turn to mentors or advisors, the current technological information overload means turning to others for advice can be a very risky proposition. Rather than bemoaning the death of trust, we should welcome the excuse to turn our eyes upward for inspiration. Elder Scott seems to be saying that human interlocutors will always be inadequate and that we will be better served by seeking to commune with the Lord directly.

That task, Elder Scott admits, can be daunting. Learning to consistently recognize the promptings of the Holy Spirit, distinguish them from one’s own impulses and desires, and act courageously to fulfill them are accomplishments that we would be lucky to achieve in a lifetime. However, Elder Scott clearly believes that developing these skills is necessary.

Unwilling to commit to a given regimen of revelatory training, Elder Scott instead offers examples of and incentives for the development of spiritual acuity. He notes the Prophet Joseph Smith’s instruction to John Taylor to begin each day with prayer and then shares two lessons as examples. In the first, a humble Priesthood leader taught a lesson from his heart. The content of the lesson was less memorable than the impression the leader gave of sincere love, desire to serve, and humility. The spirit was present and powerful as this man struggled to express himself within the church. In the second, Elder Scott attended a Sunday School class where the teacher was using the fruits of his education and study to share insights into the lesson. Elder Scott interpreted this act as evidence of pride, of a desire to impress his fellow congregants.

To some degree, the contrast between these two lessons defines one of the more important elements of the church. By keeping his lesson simple and focusing on his testimony of his ministry, the priesthood leader impressed Elder Scott with his sincerity and emotional depth. Although the Sunday School teacher obviously put a lot of time and effort into the lesson, the intellectual approach left Elder Scott irritated and bored. The clash between the emotional and the intellectual is played out throughout the church on any given Sunday. There isn’t any particular resolution to it; I imagine that there were people bored in the priesthood leader’s lesson and enthralled by the Sunday School teacher. Certainly, our teaching would be improved if our teachers always took care to be both intellectually enlightening and emotionally fulfilling. The more important message here is that either course can invite the Spirit.

In the case of both lessons, Elder Scott felt the promptings of the Spirit. He stopped paying attention to his immediate surroundings and started listening to and interacting with the voice of God. While I wouldn’t say that content and comportment are irrelevant in teaching lessons, what is clear in this message is they are not as important for the individual as we may have thought. Lessons, prayers, rituals, and sermons, in this sense, are important only insomuch as they facilitate communion with God through the Spirit. Whether interested or biding his time, Elder Scott felt the Spirit and chose to listen to it instead of the lesson in front of him.

The manner in which Elder Scott recorded his personal inspiration is interesting, perhaps mostly because it follows the pattern that Joseph Smith seemed to follow with his revelations. Once written, the revelation was examined to see if it conformed to the mind and will of God and changes could be made. It speaks to the imperfection of human interlocutors and the willing humility of the Brethren (and any sincere seeker) to keep at revelation until they are certain they have gotten it right. And, much like Joseph Smith, Elder Scott teaches that:

A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus [TPJS, p. 151]

Paying attention to the first promptings is valuable not for the promptings per se, but because it indicates an openness to the process of revelation.

As I said before, the content and context are less important in the reception of revelation, but not unimportant. In launching into a critique of pornography, Elder Scott acknowledges the potentially corrosive effects of pornography on family relations, but he is also at pains to discuss its effect on the soul. He notes that the adversary is at pains to induce “individuals, through temptation, to violate the laws upon which spiritual communication is founded.” The notion is that Satan achieves his goal if “he is able to convince them that they are not able to receive such guidance from the Lord.” The presence or absence of revelation in the life of the individual is presented, in this talk, as the surest means of judging one’s current standing with the Lord.

Returning to those two lessons, the point appears to be that whether or not you are someone who prefers the intellectual or the emotional, putting yourself in the right place at the right time indicates a willingness to receive revelation. The ongoing church-wide debate regarding the superiority of one or the other approach to scripture is shown in this, I think, to be entirely beside the point. Whether you are interested or bored, your involvement in the process seems to be considered sufficient sacrifice for God to honor it with those first intimations of revelation, if such is appropriate. What you do with that appears to be far more important than learning the signs of the times or the facts behind a piece of historical myth. Not that either of those is bad, but they seem to be goals secondary to our involvement in the church.

Finally, it is worth noting that, for those ensnared in pornography or other damaging, compulsive behaviors, Elder Scott’s first advice is to re-establish communication with God. Certainly, other steps are necessary, but it appears that without this, they may be empty or ineffectual. In our church, it seems that revelation is all.

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  1. Nice work, John.

  2. Steve Evans says:

    Great work, John. I agree with that endgame analysis.

  3. I felt Elder Scott’s address was amazing on many levels. What was most helpful and interesting to me was the process of RETURNING to the promptings (in his case written down), pondering them, asking if it was correct and was it ALL. He did this more than once. He doesn’t elaborate on what the final end result was of this process except to name it as the “most sacred experience” and that he “received some of the most precious, specific, personal direction one could hope to obtain in this life”. That is profound and encouraging. I want to strive to follow this pattern. As often happens, I felt he was talking directly to me. This talk is exactly what I needed to hear.

  4. Well said!

    This was my favorite talk from conference. In fact, just before I found this post I was on the phone with a young man who is spiritually gifted. I was at the temple with him a few years ago (baptism for the dead) when he received a waking dream/vision regarding a man who had taken his life a few weeks prior. It was a powerful experience for both of us.

    However, he is currently struggling with online pornography. I read to him from this talk. The analogy Elder Scott used of the grape and jalapeno pepper was useful in our discussion. Maybe I should invite him over for grapes and peppers to further illustrate the point.

  5. Great post, John. Thanks.

  6. Thanks, all.

    I agree that that was a powerful moment. I’ve been trying to carry a notebook around with me ever since.

  7. Thomas Parkin says:

    Awesome, John.

    I totally agree with your analysis, your last paragraph especially. That came through to me, from Elder Scott, as well. ~

  8. Sharon LDS in Tennessee says:

    Personal note:
    Noticing that Bednar most frequently invites the presence of the Holy Ghost, I then experimented by doing so very often throughout the day and for sure before personal devotional study (scriptures/good talks). It made a difference to a measure of 50% better in my ability to hear, understand and sharpened my mind. This was opposed to just normal prayer before….sometimes just “asking for the Spirit…instead of warmly – personally with love, INVITING him to come and enlarge my time. The biggest change though was when inviting him when asking questions and having an increase of desire to be taught, learn, understand, know HOW to apply and serve / minister afterwards….so as to use the info as well as just “get it”.
    Giant increase. Revelation is such a gift. I, too have benefited from keeping notebook and pen ready. The more I practice that, the more I am dictated to. Love it.
    Get much from notes even years earlier on different questions that the current needs. How I know it’s from God a lot of times is that he uses words I never knew spelling or meaning of…or the correct application. One such is exquisite. “My justice is exquisite”. Look that one up.
    I still smile and see how vast and amazingly precise Father can give us the exact answer in few words, at times less words that hold mountains of information!
    Loved Elder Scott of course. We are all so much better off for asking heaven instead of relying on our on recourse of emotionally fret limited opinions of self!
    It’s worth the work to learn how to receive daily.
    It’s worth bazillions….cause we will always get gold nuggets = just for us from a loving Father who was just waiting for us.
    Love to All.

  9. Wow, thanks you guys. Good post.

  10. Wow. Good food for thought. Thanks.

  11. I totally missed Elder Scott’s point that he received relevation during both SS lessons when I heard it originally. I remember thinking he was being a little harsh to the “intellectual” teacher. Now that I have read it I finally saw his bigger point, the one you allude to in this great post. Inspiration can come to us both ways if we are open to it.

    The talk reminded of Malcolm Gladwell’s recent book Outliers. He made a point of the “10,000” hour rule. I wonder what a dedicated 10,000 hours of sincere prayer would do for my divine communication skills. To quote Scott:

    “What may appear initially to be a daunting task will be much easier to manage over time as you consistently strive to recognize and follow feelings prompted by the Spirit.”

    Maybe time can mean 10,000 hours :-)

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On being lost

This last week I lost one of my kids. The five year-olds and I leave school together and walk through a square and down a pedestrian-only street about 500 yards to the bus stop. One of the boys had stopped for a moment to play in a snow pile and the other and I walked a little further along and stopped just around a corner to look in a shop window.

When I looked back, the first was gone. I wasn’t too worried as the area is fairly self-contained and not terribly busy, but then we started walking again and couldn’t see him at all. And then, way up by the bus stop, we saw a flash of his blue woolen hat, and we ran to catch up to him. He had just run out of a store and headed to the bus stop, obviously looking very hard, and I started shouting his name, but he was clearly panicked, literally running back and forth on the sidewalk trying to sort out what to do. People standing around him looked at me, this giant American shouting on the street, but then the light changed and he ran across the street toward another bus stop we sometimes use. His brother and I ran after him, shouting his name, but he just couldn’t hear us, probably sobbing himself and deafened by the adrenaline. He was running down the sidewalk in a frenzy, and I just ran and kept shouting his name. Just as he was deciding whether to cross the street again, a woman stopped next to him, knelt down, said something and pointed toward me. Finally he looked back and saw me and ran toward me. I gave the woman a wave and a thank you, and knelt down to hug my hysterical son.

‘I thought you took the bus without me,’ he said.

‘I would never, ever do that,’ I said.

‘I know. I forgot.’

As we walked to the bus stop, we talked about what we would do if that happened again, establishing a meeting place. He asked, ‘Did you ever get lost like that?’

As we rode the bus and walked to our flat, I told him about the time I got lost at a huge outdoor market in California — a long, involved story of the type he likes.

But then, while lying in bed that night I thought about how I had been lost in my life, sometimes for years, unable to find my Father, panicked and running, unable to recognize His voice, having forgotten that He would still be there somewhere, until someone stopped me and pointed Him out to me.

And I want to thank each of them.

  1. Norbert,
    Curse you for making a grown man get all weepy in the eyes.

  2. This is really beautiful, I love your writing.

  3. Mark Brown says:

    Thanks Kilmer.

  4. Rebeckila says:

    Very nice. I knew what was coming but I still teared up.

  5. Thought provoking. Thanks.

  6. Very sweet, indeed.

  7. Miss Otis Regrets says:

    This is so beautiful. And I remember being lost and being found. Praise God.

  8. Poignant stuff, N-man.

  9. Beautiful.

  10. Really, really lovely.

  11. Thank you.

  12. We all need to remember those times more often. Thanks for reminding us.

  13. Your writing allows for so many people to connect in their own way. Thank you.

  14. OK, that really got to me. Thank you.

  15. Having been both the single-mindedly pursuing parent as well as the lost one, I appreciate this reminder of our Pursuing Parents when we are the lost. Thank you.

  16. A parent’s worst nightmare. Too often it doesn’t turnout good.
    In the states around 800,000 children are reported missing every year. That is more than 3 times our world wide convert rate. Many are taken by family members in custody disputes but hundreds never are found. Check out the website for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

    When I was a teenager Bundy kidnapped one of my cousins. Life was NEVER the same after that , especially for her parents. I volunteered every month in the Homemaking nursery for 11 years until our ward cancelled it because I thought we were way too slack in here. Despite my own faults and lack of ability, I would be damned before I saw a family in my ward go through what my relatives experienced.

    Unfortunately, one of my daughter’s friends in our ward disappeared after church when she was nine years old and her body was found the next day. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled.We were the only parents to take our children to that horrible funeral.

    For many months her father was the only suspect and few in our ward would speak to him. I honestly thought he was guilty and I continued to be his friend in some vain hope of smoking him out. Later older teenagers confessed to doing it andspent little time in jail. I don’t know how people survive these trials

  17. Lovely, Norbert. A reminder we all need.

  18. this is wonderful. thank you.

  19. O Norbert! Thank you!

  20. This is really, really good, Norbert. It replaced the First Presidency Message in my home teaching visits today.

  21. I can hardly type through the tears.

    Thank you!

  22. Kevin Barney says:

    Simply lovely.

  23. I’m just being found, after a decade of wandering. Thank you.

  24. Very moving stuff, Norbert.

  25. Simply put and so powerfully felt..thank you!

  26. Oh crumb, last paragraph has me crying on my lunch hour.

    Beautiful story, Norbert.

  27. Just wonderful.

  28. This was uplifting — thanks for posting it.

  29. This meant a lot to me. And made it into my ht lesson yesterday. Thank you.

  30. I concur with everybody.

  31. Antonio Parr says:

    Beautiful, both in thought and in expression.

  32. Love it!

  33. Thanks be to God — for you, for me, and for every one of us that was lost, and is now found.

  34. So tender. Thank you.

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Dope jerseys are nothing new to hip-hop heads, but would you consider paying more than $400 for one?

Written by Jian DeLeon (@jiandeleon). Additional reporting by James Harris (@Dr_TacoMD).

Streetwear and hip-hop have always embraced sports and athletic gear. But star players retire, teams change ownership, and longtime fans associate nostalgia with certain jerseys—which makes a John Starks Knicks jersey inherently cooler than a Melo one. Companies like Mitchell & Ness make a killing with throwback reproductions, and brands like Supreme flip known logos of sports teams to make something new yet cool, like the hockey jersey Frank Ocean performed in on Saturday Night Live. They might look different from a league-licensed jersey, but the message is the same: When you put one on, you're representing something.

Although plenty of menswear staples are rooted in sport—Rene Lacoste designed the pique cotton tennis shirt to help his on-court game, the button-down collar was invented by Brooks Brothers to keep polo players' shirts from flapping around, and you already know what Michael Jordan and Tinker Hatfield did for sneakers—what makes the jersey special is that it represents more than a player on a team, it stands for a whole fanbase, sometimes an entire city. Within that niche, standing out from the pack or representing a specific set meant your jersey game had to be next level. Every '90s kid remembers the custom jerseys prevalent in the hip-hop world at the time—Mobb Deep's "HENNESSY" joints got homage from Supreme in 2011, and the Ruff Ryders' hockey jerseys are iconic in their own right.

In the capricious world of men's trends, fashion designers are aiming to take athletic apparel off the courts and onto the runways, giving a literal meaning to "sportswear." Designers like Alexander Wang are tapping into the athletic world for inspiration—creating a suede baseball jersey in Spring 2013 worn by A$AP Rocky, and following it up with an orange and white take on the hockey jersey for fall. London up-and-comer Shaun Samson also kitted out the rapper in a hockey jersey-inspired sweater with exaggerated details like flared arms and a baggy fit. But it's not just designers getting in on the action—it's their fans too.

LPD New York took Tumblr and Instagram by storm with its jersey-inspired T-shirts. The back of each of their tees is emblazoned with the last name of a fashion designer, juxtaposed with his or her birthdate, or in the case of Phillip Lim, a "3.1," an overt reference to the designer's label. Started by NYU graduate Benjamin Fainlight, the label pays respects to these lauded fashion figures, while falling way underneath their price points. An LPD New York T-shirt costs $85, while its new mesh jerseys run for $120. Fainlight thinks that the current, more casual state of menswear has been a boon to his brand.

Modern men still want to look good, but want to feel comfortable while doing it. - Charlie Casely-Hayford, Casely-Hayford

"Contemporary menswear has become more and more accepting of streetwear," says Fainlight. "There's been a gradual movement where people don't want fashion they can't live their lives in, and consumers like that because the clothing is more versatile."

Hearkening back to the days when Stussy's linked "S" logo subverted the cachet of labels like Chanel, streetwear has a long history of aping luxury brands as aspiration. In fact, the fashion parody has become a genre of streetwear itself, with brands like Conflict of Interest and MALA NY putting out T-shirts emblazoned with designer name flips like "Mar Ghell Uh" and "Ballinciaga."

However, Fainlight frames LPD New York as appreciation, not imitation.

"With the jerseys, there's no distinction between menswear or womenswear—just an easy way to show your love for a brand," he says.

Charlie Casely-Hayford thinks that sporting gear is more than just a trend, it's the subculture uniform du jour.

"The disillusioned youth of my generation have chosen sportswear as their uniform in the way that punks had the biker jacket or skinheads had the bovver boots and MA-1," says Casely-Hayford. As sharp as a guy looks in a suit, it's not the most practical thing to wear 24/7. Casely-Hayford believes casual clothes can still make a man look smart, but also decidedly more relaxed. "Modern men still want to look good, but want to feel comfortable while doing it—sportswear bridges that gap."

His latest collection reinterprets the hockey jersey into colorblocked button down shirts and cozy marled knit sweaters. The back of one of the shirts has the number 24 on it with "Kingsland" right above, a reference to inner city London. But can slouchy silhouettes and athletic-inspired sweaters eclipse a perfectly tailored jacket and trousers? Hayford thinks so, and he's not alone.

Danish designer Astrid Andersen has been in the game since 2010, and got on our radar for her collection inspired by hip-hop and basketball. Rappers like A$AP Rocky and Odd Future's Left Brain have already co-signed the designer, as well as up-and-comers like Ian Connor, who modeled some of her latest gear. While LPD New York's tees and jerseys barely break the $100 range, Andersen's designs run up to almost $500, putting the prices well within the realm of luxury brands. Andersen suggests that the sports-meets-fashion trend has long been brewing, and is finally reaching fever pitch.

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(Reuters) - Air Canada's flight attendants canceled their planned strike on Wednesday just hours before it was due to start after the federal government asked a labor board to step into the dispute.

Employees must stay on the job while the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) looks into the dispute between Air Canada, the country's largest airline, and the union that represents its 6,800 flight attendants. One issue is whether the airline is an essential service that must keep operating to ensure the health and safety of the population.

"When the minister makes a referral under that section (of the labor code) related to essential services, that actually suspends the right to a strike or a lockout," CIRB executive director Ginette Brazeau told Reuters.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) had been planning to strike at one minute past midnight after flight attendants, angry at the airline's work rules and plans to set up a discount branch, rejected a labor contract.

It was the second time in three weeks that the two sides had narrowly averted a strike.

The Canadian government asked the CIRB, an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal that administers and interprets parts of the Labor Code, to look into the dispute and perhaps force the two sides to settle.

"As a negotiated agreement is unlikely in the near future and the collective bargaining process has broken down, the Minister of Labor has asked the CIRB to consider either imposing an agreement upon the parties or sending Air Canada and CUPE to binding arbitration," the office of Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said in a statement.

CUPE said it was reviewing its next steps.

"During all previous discussions and negotiations between Air Canada and its flight attendants, at no time did the employer make a formal request for the maintenance of 'essential services' in the event of a strike," it said.

The government, Air Canada and its flight attendants' union had sent out conflicting signals throughout the day on Wednesday on whether there would be a strike, prompting mass confusion from travelers even as Air Canada insisted its flight schedule would operate as normal.

Brazeau said the parties were notified of the referral to the CIRB at about 2 p.m..

The government has repeatedly said that Canada's fragile economy cannot afford a strike at Air Canada, which flies to more than 150 destinations in Canada and abroad.

Ottawa drafted back-to-work legislation for two previous labor disputes at the airline, but would have found it hard to pass such legislation quickly on this occasion, given that Parliament is not sitting this week.

Labor relations experts said the government's decision to use the CIRB to try to block a strike was unprecedented.

"The CIRB has never been used to suspend a strike," said George Smith, a research fellow in the school of policy studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

"There has never been a question of an airline strike having something to do with the health and safety of Canadians," he said.

Another analyst suggested the government was overstepping its mark in wanting to shut down a strike at Air Canada, a company it regards as an important driver of the economy.

"What I'm watching is a government that appears to be addicted to back-to-work legislation," said Paul Cavalluzzo, a senior partner and labor lawyer at Toronto firm of Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish.

"They are interfering in the collective bargaining process and when you have this kind of government interference, you're going to skewer the whole process so that it won't be effective any more," he said.

Air Canada stock finished 1 Canadian cents higher C$1.39 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

The flight attendants have twice rejected deals hammered out between Air Canada and their union representatives.

(Reporting by Nicole Mordant in Vancouver; Additional reporting by David Ljunggren and Louise Egan in Ottawa and Allison Martell in Toronto)

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Was given a loose gangsta themed cake with cake pic of a hat on a pinstriped square cake. Added a chocolate Tommy Gun and left the finish in chocolate, cos you know at a guys 21st after a few drinks they are just going to want to pick it up "cos it’s chocolate "z

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Discussing Calgary’s ‘awesomeness’

Patrick Finn from the U of C closed out One Book, One Calgary with a presentation on creativity, at the downtown branch of the Calgary Public Library on Thursday.

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If you live here, you already know this: Calgary is an awesome place to make a home. People are friendly; the scenery out our back door is postcard perfect; the economy is better here than in most other cities; the arts scene is booming; and, we get warm Chinook winds that provide winter relief.

This last month has been a perfect month to reflect on what makes the city great — the Calgary Public Library chose The Book of Awesome as a book it encouraged all Calgarians to read. It was the centerpiece of the One Book, One Calgary program, which the library executed for the third year in a row. After attending a few of these One Book, One Calgary (OBOC) events over the past three years, one word naturally comes to mind to describe this program – awesome.

Firstly, the book itself is a good read. It encourages readers to look at life differently and appreciate all the wondrous things we encounter, big and small. The Herald’s Eric Volmers interviewed the author; click here to read his story. It’s interesting to note that the author, Neil Pasricha, has achieved significant acclaim with requests for hundreds of appearances, book signings and the like. Yet, he still keeps his “day job” in the HR department at Wal-Mart in the Toronto area.

Secondly, kudos go to the Calgary Public Library for noticing the success of similar One Book programs in other cities, such as Chicago, and adapting the idea for our own pretty little city on the Bow. As part of OBOC, the library staged dozens of events at its branches, resulting in everything from belly dancing and yoga to antique appraisals and food presentations occurring in libraries. The OBOC closing night event on Thursday — hosted by the library’s Carolyn Reicher and featuring a presentation on creativity by the University of Calgary’s Dr. Patrick Finn was the perfect way to end OBOC month. Finn was engaging and entertaining — and I think audience members learned a few things from him, too. OBOC was an awesome success and I think many Calgarians will look forward to hear what next year’s book will be.

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After the Decline and Fall: Post-Institutional Education & the Value of the Humanities--Edited Collection

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For decades, indeed generations, we’ve listened to dire warnings that the liberal arts and humanist education are threatened by ever-multiplying social ills: the degradations of the culture industry, American anti-intellectualism, dehumanizing technologies, politically correct dilutions of the canon, and an increasing focus on vocational education. If our culture has much to answer for, so do its academic institutions, which have experienced various and scathing critiques from conservatives (such as Allan Bloom), pragmatists (such as Leon Botstein), stealthy satirists (such as Alan Sokol), and polemicists (such as Toby Miller). Such hubbub over the humanities is hardly news, however, as Durkheim and Dewey were already mulling the problems of the “modern” liberal arts education a century ago. Indeed, every educator can claim his or her own personal odyssey through the intellectual, pedagogical, theoretical, and bureaucratic wilderness we call institutionalized education.

Yet most critiques of higher education blame contingencies of the institution rather than institutionality itself. The institution would, could, or should work magnificently: if only race, class, and gender weren’t constantly at issue; if only curricula could be revamped; if only access to higher education were truly democratized; if only universities didn’t behave like profit-seeking businesses; if only professors were not at the mercy of philistine publishing demands; or if only humanistic values could supplant materialist ones earlier in students’ lives. While such critiques have merit, they stop short of seeing the institution as a sociological problem in itself, and shy away from arguing that institutionality and the liberal arts are inherently opposed forces. Furthermore, limiting the critique to policy recommendations does nothing to truly emancipate students or counter American education’s mandate to socially reproduce capitalist structures and stratifications.

We are proposing an edited collection of essays that explore this philosophical opposition between institutionality and the liberal arts. Are the liberal arts intrinsically opposed to their own institutions? Are there non-institutional alternatives for meaningful higher education? If so, how are they possible? What kinds of social and historical, economic and intellectual forces have wrought the present crisis, and are these forces inexorable? Can we revolutionize or fundamentally transform the educational institution, or is it finally time to consider an era of post-institutional education?

We are seeking ambitious, critical essays of approximately 5,000-8,000 words in length that creatively address these and related questions. Essays should be intellectually charged and may be informed by any range of disciplines and forms of inquiry, from history, philosophy, and social science to autobiography, polemic, and satire. While we welcome submissions from authors across the disciplines, we are not looking for dry academic prose but idiosyncratic works of wit, erudition, inherent literary value, and accumulated wisdom. The anthology intends to offer an eclectic range of committed and considered alternatives, not academic navel-gazing or indulgent complaint.

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Fake Adderall Sold on Internet, FDA Warns

Fake Adderall Sold on Internet, FDA Warns

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May 30, 2012 — “Unsafe, ineffective, and potentially harmful” fake Adderall is being sold on the Internet, the FDA warns.

Adderall, from Teva Pharmaceuticals, is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy. True Adderall is a mixture of four amphetamines.

Brand name and generic Adderall are currently in short supply, so consumers may be tempted to buy from unfamiliar online retailers.

The fake pills are labeled as Adderall 30 mg tablets, but do not contain the same ingredients as real Adderall. Instead they contain tramadol, a narcotic-like pain reliever, and acetaminophen.

The counterfeit Adderall tablets are round, white, and have no markings on them. Real Adderall tablets are round, orange/peach in color, and scored with a “dp” on one side and “30” on the other.

The fake Adderall comes in a blister pack. Real Adderall 30 mg tablets come in a 100-count bottle.

A close look at the fake Adderall label reveals misspellings:

  • Real Adderall has an NDC (National Drug Code) number. The fake Adderall has an “NDS” number.
  • On the ingredient list, “Amphetamine Aspartate” is spelled “Amphetamine Aspartrte.”

If you have purchased the counterfeit Adderall, do not take it or give it to your child. Call the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations at 800-551-3989 or go to http://www.fda.gov/OCI.

The FDA web site carries photos of the counterfeit and real Adderall.

Teva continues to experience supply issues and is releasing all strengths of Adderall as soon as it becomes available.

Makers of generic Adderall, sold as mixed amphetamine salts, also are having trouble making enough product to meet demand. The shortages affect extended-release and immediate-release versions of the drugs.

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Drayton Manor Theme Park, England

‘Go to Drayton Manor, instead’ I was told when I’d mentioned I was thinking of taking my kids to a major theme park for a day out. ‘You’ll love it, and it’s better for the kids too!’ I was sceptical at first. I’d heard of Drayton, but I knew little about it. I didn’t know much about the rides, how big was it, was there going to be enough to keep them occupied? I decided to take the chance, and one busy Monday morning in the middle of the school summer holidays, I found myself driving up the access road and parking in a large grass-covered parking lot next to the main entrance. The surrounding trees kept the delights of Drayton Manor Park hidden for a little longer, but every now and then a scream or two, and a quick glimpse of a bright blue rollercoaster rose above the tree-line, before disappearing just seconds later. If my kids weren’t excited before we arrived, they certainly were now.

Drayton Manor is a theme park unlike any other I’ve visited. Sure it has its rides and its amusements like every other, and yes they’re scary, exciting, and in some cases, wet, but here’s a park that has a lot more to offer than the usual adrenaline thrills. Especially if you’re travelling with younger kids.

Immediately as you enter through the gates you arrive at Thomas Land, a treasure trove of rides for the under 6’s (although adults are allowed on as well). We stepped inside and queued for the Troublesome Trucks ride, the first rollercoaster my 4 and 3 year old children would experience. And an hour and a half later we were still in Thomas Land, queueing to do every ride again.

When we finally persuaded them that Drayton Manor was somewhat larger than miniature Sodor-land, Thomas himself took us on a one-way ride to the far end of the park. And we started all over again. Dino Land, the Drayton Zoo, a driving school and a friendly goose captured the boys’ attention for the next hour as we wander back towards the main attractions. In fact, there’s a real element of eductation thrown in here, and most kids probably won’t even realise they’re learning as well as having fun. Subliminal teaching, I think that’s called!

There are plenty of rides here that are designed for older kids and adults, and they’re sensibly kept to an area all of their own. It means that families travelling with younger kids only don’t have to face the crush and the crowds that surround the main attractions.

Somewhere in the middle of the park, the Ben 10 ride looms in vivid green, and at its base, a 4D movie cinema showing a 15 minute feature film called The Little Prince, (I remember studying the book in French class, many years ago) was a welcome break from all that walking.

To be succinct about it all, Drayton Manor Park is most definitely a great, family-friendly day out. It’s fairly relaxed, or as relaxed as a theme park can be, anyway. But although it’s not as large in size as some of the bigger name parks are, it’s got everything a family needs for the perfect day of fun. This Christmas, Drayton Manor Park is giving its cinema over to a 4D version of The Polar Express, which is a firm family favourite, so I suspect November will see us travelling back down to watch it just after it opens.

Drayton Manor Park has a hotel on site for families who want to turn the trip into more than just a day away. Another great family hotel to book is the Village Urban Resort Dudley, which is a short drive from the park, and is within easy access to the motorway.


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  1. Jeff says:

  2. ChayaFradle says:

    Disgusting; too bad Darrin has so much true fodder for his comics.

  3. What, no Republican voter registration card or proof of baptism from an approved church?

  4. Bret says:

    Really? It is a funny comic but far from factual.

    • Darrin Bell says:

      The only part not taken from actual news items was the third grade report card (which is obviously an exaggeration to make a point). The punchline was taken straight from the provision for those without birth certificates from the Georgia Voter ID law.

      Read this:

      • Joe Mama says:

        Oh, good, Darrin. I thought you had made it up, and you shouldn't give them any ideas!

      • bcmayes says:

        Dude, you expect people to read the news and be well-informed to understand your wit? That's just too taxing. What's next, being informed before voting?

        I'm going back to Family Circle!

  5. Robert says:

    There are people who believe in chemtrails, widespread voter fraud, and the ineligibility of the current POTUS to serve in that office; Mr. Bell doesn't have to make up very much.

  6. Lewi says:

    That cartoon is VERY true!


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Wednesday, April 02, 2014

New research published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health suggests individuals who consume 7 servings of fruit and vegetables a day may reduce their risk of death by 42% compared to those who eat less than 1 serving a day. The findings come at a time when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other agencies are developing the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
America’s obesity epidemic weighed heavily in the development of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which placed stronger emphasis on reducing calorie consumption, increasing physical activity and choosing healthy foods, including more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean protein sources, and fat-free and low-fat dairy items while limiting sodium, saturated and trans fats, added sugars and refined grains.
For this particular study, researchers at the University College of London used Health Survey for England to study the eating habits of 65,226 people representative of the English population between 2001 and 2013, and found that the more fruit and vegetables they ate, the less likely they were to die at any age. Eating 7 or more portions reduces the specific risks of death by cancer and heart disease by 25% and 31%, respectively. The research also showed that vegetables have significantly higher health benefits than fruit.
This study was the first to link fruit and vegetable consumption with all-cause, cancer and heart disease deaths in a nationally-representative population, the first to quantify health benefits per-portion, and the first to identify the types of fruit and vegetable with the most benefit.
Compared to eating less than 1 portion of fruit and vegetables, the risk of death by any cause is reduced by 14% by eating 1-3 portions, 29% for 3-5 portions, 36% for 5-7 portions and 42% for 7 or more.
The study found fresh vegetables had the strongest protective effect, with each daily portion reducing overall risk of death by 16%. Salad contributed to a 13% risk reduction per portion, and each portion of fresh fruit was associated with a smaller but still significant 4% reduction.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Experts Reexamine Saturated Fat Guidelines

For decades, its link to major health issues like heart disease has demonized saturated fats among health experts. Now, a recent meta-analysis puts that claim into question, finding insufficient evidence to draw the long-held conclusion. Researchers tracking saturated fat intake among subjects have been unable to find a clear and consistent link to increased risk of heart attacks and stroke. Experts suggest that the impact of saturated fats depends on the rest of one's diet and is unlikely to pose a risk to consumers on its own, reports NPR.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Calcium, Vitamin D Improve Cholesterol in Women

Consuming calcium and vitamin D after menopause can help improve women's cholesterol levels, according to new research published in the journal Menopause. Researchers from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) found much of this effect stems from raising women's vitamin D levels.
Although the topic of whether calcium or vitamin D can improve cholesterol levels has been debated, lead researcher Peter Schnatz, D.O., NCMP, and his team found women who took a calcium and vitamin D supplement daily lowered their low-density lipoprotein (LDL—the “bad" cholesterol) levels and raised their high-density lipoprotein (HDL—the “good" cholesterol) levels.
Each day, women in the trial took either a supplement containing 1,000 mg of calcium and 400 IU of vitamin D3 or a placebo. This analysis looked at the relationship between taking supplements and levels of vitamin D and cholesterol in about 600 of the women who had both their cholesterol levels and their vitamin D levels measured.
The women who took the supplement were more than twice as likely to have vitamin D levels of at least 30 ng/mL (normal according to the Institute of Medicine) compared to the women who took the placebo. Supplement users also had LDL levels that were between 4 and 5 points lower. The investigators discovered, in addition, that among supplement users, those with higher blood levels of vitamin D had higher levels of HDL and lower levels of triglycerides (although for triglycerides to be lower, blood levels of vitamin D had to reach a threshold of about 15 ng/mL).
Taking the calcium and vitamin D supplements was especially helpful in raising vitamin D levels in women who were older, women who had a low intake, and women who had levels first measured in the winter—what you might expect. However, lifestyle also made a difference. The supplements did more to raise vitamin D levels in women who did not smoke and who drank less alcohol.
Whether these positive effects of supplemental calcium and vitamin D on cholesterol will translate into benefits such as lower rates of cardiovascular disease for women after menopause remains to be seen, but these results are a good reminder that women at higher risk for vitamin D deficiency should consider taking calcium and vitamin D, according to the authors.
“The results of this study should inspire even more women to be conscientious about their calcium and vitamin D intake—a simple and safe way to improve health," said NAMS executive director Margery Gass, M.D. "One action can lead to multiple benefits."
The study, “Calcium/vitamin D supplementation, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and cholesterol profiles in the Women’s Health Initiative calcium/vitamin D randomized trial," will be published in the August 2014 print edition of Menopause.

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Consuming less animal protein could lower the risk of dying from cancer by up to four times, according to new research published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Researchers from the University of Southern California tracked a sample of adults for almost two decades and found eating a diet rich in animal proteins during middle-age years makes a person four times more likely to die of cancer compared to someone with a lower protein diet.
“There’s a misconception that because we all eat, understanding nutrition is simple," said corresponding author Valter Longo, professor of Biogerontology at the USC Davis School of Gerontology and director of the USC Longevity Institute. "But the question is not whether a certain diet allows you to do well for three days, but can it help you survive to be 100?"
Not only is excessive protein consumption linked to a higher risk of developing different types of cancer, but middle-aged people who eat lots of proteins from animal sources—including meat, milk and cheese—are also more susceptible to early death in general. Protein-lovers were 74% more likely to die of any cause within the study period compared to their lower-protein counterparts. They were also several times more likely to die of diabetes. But how much protein one should eat has long been a controversial topic—muddled by the popularity of protein-heavy diets such as Paleo and Atkins.
Before this study, researchers had never shown a definitive correlation between high-protein consumption and mortality risk. Rather than look at adulthood as one monolithic phase of life, as other researchers have done, the latest study considers how biology changes as we age and how decisions in middle life may play out across the human life span. In other words, what’s good for you at one age may be damaging at another.
Protein controls the growth hormone IGF-I, which helps our bodies grow, but has been linked to cancer susceptibility. Levels of IGF-I drop off dramatically after age 65, leading to potential frailty and muscle loss. The study shows that while high-protein intake during middle age is very harmful, it is protective for older adults: those over 65 who ate a moderate- or high-protein diet were less susceptible to disease.
The latest research draws from Longo’s past research on IGF-I, including on an Ecuadorian cohort that seemed to have little cancer or diabetes susceptibility because of a genetic mutation that lowered levels of IGF-I; (the members of the cohort were all less than five feet tall).
“The research shows that a low-protein diet in middle age is useful for preventing cancer and overall mortality, through a process that involves regulating IGF-I and possibly insulin levels," said co-author Eileen Crimmins, holder of the AARP Chair in Gerontology at USC. “However, we also propose that at older ages, it may be important to avoid a low-protein diet to allow the maintenance of healthy weight and protection from frailty."
The researchers found that plant-based proteins did not seem to have the same mortality effects as animal proteins, and plant-based foods can still fulfill consumers' protein needs. Rates of cancer and death also did not seem to be affected by controlling for carbohydrate or fat consumption, suggesting that animal protein is the main culprit.
“The majority of Americans are eating about twice as much proteins as they should, and it seems that the best change would be to lower the daily intake of all proteins, but especially animal-derived proteins," Longo said. “But don’t get extreme in cutting out protein; you can go from protected to malnourished very quickly."
Longo’s findings support recommendations from several leading health agencies to consume about 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight every day in middle age. For example, a 130-pound person should eat about 45 to 50 grams of protein a day, with preference for those derived from plants such as legumes, Longo said.
The researchers defined a high-protein diet as deriving at least 20% of calories from protein, including both plant-based and animal-based protein. A “moderate" protein diet includes 10% to 19% of calories from protein, and a low-protein diet includes less than 10% protein.
Even moderate amounts of protein had detrimental effects during middle age, the researchers found. Across all 6,318 adults over the age of 50 in the study, average protein intake was about 16% of total daily calories, with about two-thirds from animal protein. The study sample was representative across ethnicity, education and health backgrounds. People who ate a moderate amount of protein were still three times more likely to die of cancer than those who ate a low-protein diet in middle age, the study showed. Overall, even the small change of decreasing protein intake from moderate levels to low levels reduced likelihood of early death by 21%.
For a randomly selected smaller portion of the sample (2,253 people) levels of the growth hormone IGF-I were recorded directly. The results showed that for every 10 ng/ml increase in IGF-I, those on a high-protein diet were 9% more likely to die from cancer than those on a low-protein diet, in line with past research associating IGF-I levels to cancer risk.
The researchers also extended their findings about high-protein diets and mortality risk, looking at causality in mice and cellular models. In a study of tumor rates and progression among mice, the researchers showed lower cancer incidence and 45% smaller average tumor size among mice on a low-protein diet than those on a high-protein diet by the end of the two-month experiment.
“Almost everyone is going to have a cancer cell or pre-cancer cell in them at some point. The question is: does it progress?" Longo said. “Turns out one of the major factors in determining if it does is protein intake."


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Guesstimates on January 15, 2013

March S&P E-mini Futures: Today's day session range estimate is 1454-1464. I see 1488 as a conservative and 1546 as an optimistic upside target.
QQQ:  The Q's are now headed for 73.
TNX (ten year note yield): Bond yields are going much higher as the market begins to anticipate stronger economic growth. The first upside yield target for the 10 year is 2.50%.
Euro-US Dollar: The ECB and the Fed are following polices which will move the Euro to 1.40 or higher.  Next upside target is 1.35. Support is at 1.2670.
Dollar-Yen: I think this bull market has a lot further to go, probably to 96 or so.
February Crude:  I think this market is headed for 70 and lower. Resistance above the market is at 95.
February Gold:  A repetition of the size of the last rally would put gold up to 1715. Any more strength than that will mean that the longer term trend has turned up.
March Silver: The last rally in silver was about 350 points. A similar rally now would put the market up to 33.30. Any more strength than that will mean that the longer term trend has turned upward.
Google: There are several old tops in the 640-670 range which should be strong support for a move up to 800 and higher.
Apple:  During the latest rally in the averages AAPL has underperformed the market and GOOG. So far it has also been unable to climb back above its 200 day moving average. This makes it likely that the next break will carry APPL below 500. Longer term downside target is 350. Meantime resistance above the market is at 565.

Adsense said...

Hi Carl
I mentioned this a few months back and i think it bears some thought today . First of all though , the chart i am looking at is a combination of the dow and the transports nyse spx oex ndx and sox
indexes all added together .
For the most part last year was the sideways movement of pts 15 though 20
. If im correct then the point 20 low was on dec 31 2012 . and we are now heading up towards point 21 . I do realize this type of analysis is not conventional thinking . the reason im labeling this as point 21 is it is into new high territory counting from the july 1 2010 lows . essentially the market has already broken out despite the individual divergences .
so im with you with the bullish view how ever the time counts are now becoming skewed so its a bit of a tough call from here . lastly
i have some very long term slow indicators i look at that are near
very long term oversold readings from an early feb 2011 high , the data on this indicator goes back to 1928. as of today this indicator has not yet turned up and is into territory that has marked many lows since 1936 .
bottom line this extension higher if it comes may become longer then many expect as many turns in this indicator take a year to 2 years before even getting into the normal upper range .
food for thought

Michael Wagner said...

Market Timer Tom DeMark said today on CNBC that AAPL had hit his $495 downside target and that the LOW was made today (possibly tomorrow)and that he would expect a 22% rally back up to $600.

Remember, DeMark is not a technician. He prides himself in being a "timer".


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Thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism, prudent or puerile?

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  1. 1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  2. 2University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains one of the leading causes of cardiovascular mortality. The safety and efficacy of thrombolytic therapy using tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) for acute PE in clinical practice remain unclear. We describe a case of life-threatening submassive PE causing extreme refractory hypoxaemia, where thrombolysis was successfully administered. Current consensus suggests that patients with features of hemodynamic instability as a result of an acute PE, that is, massive PE, should receive thrombolysis. Patients, not in shock however, but with evidence of right-ventricular (RV) dysfunction echocardiographically, that is, submassive PE may also benefit. Serum troponin and brain-type natriuretic peptide have been suggested as biomarkers of RV injury that may identify a subset of submassive PE patients who may particularly benefit from thrombolytic therapy. The clinical response of this patient to thrombolysis is important, as it may identify a subgroup of patients with submassive PE who warrant this intervention.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

I love Ardell Lashes

Kimmy said...

Cat! Can I send you some Winks by Georgie eyelashes, I'm usually an Ardell girl, but I've recently converted.

They're sold in Neimans and amazing! Let me know your info and I'll ship you some styles to try!

Lauren said...

Can you share your other makeup staples?? Love!

C A T A L I N A S U said...

hi kimmy! yes, can you pl email me. thxxxxoxo

yes Lauren!

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Hi Lina! I don't usually wear falsies ( for the reason that I can't put them on), but I really wanna wear it for my wedding. Do you have good recommendations?


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Plaid Craft TV: Ikea Hack - Lack Table Makeover

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Bold and modern, this flower power table started out as a $7.00 Lack Table from IKEA! The bold painted pattern is achieved with pebble stencils.  The flowers are cut from wrapping paper and then they are attached with Mod Podged to the table top.  The whole top is sealed with a clear spray sealant.

This bonus idea is made with silk flowers, stencils and a store bought pillow.

  1. Did Steve say to Mod-Podge over the flowers, after they're in place?

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    Yes, you can top-coat with Mod Podge. It acts as a glue and a sealer.

    Have a great day,

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Exit Exams, ACT Scores Reflect Non-Preparedness for Post-High School Life

Researchers says many high school graduation tests lack a clear goal. In fact, a new report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) says those tests have little tie to college.

The CEP study [PDF] finds many state tests do not measure if a student is ready for college or work. Out of 25 states giving graduation exams, only Georgia says its test ensures students are ready for higher education or employment in the workplace. Study author Keith Gayler says tests given high school students before they get diplomas are not so controversial now — and they could be improved.

“State high school exit exams are really a growing phenomenon across the country, and they've now developed to a point where a lot of the political controversy around them has died down. So now there's a real opportunity for states to start making improvements in pass rates that have been relatively stable.”

The report says the exams seem to encourage schools to cover more content in their state standards and to help lagging students. But it also says testing seems to narrow curriculum and steer some students away from traditional diplomas. Gayler says the tests do not evaluate skills needed beyond school.

“These exams are really geared toward tenth-grade-level skills — and I think most states would say [that] the point of these exams is not really to ensure college readiness or workplace/force readiness. We're putting other reforms in place to deal with that. They're really a mid-course check to make sure that students have mastered some basic skills.”

More than half of all public high school students must pass exit exams to get a diploma. By 2009, seven in ten students will need to pass such tests.

ACTing Up in High School

Meanwhile, a more commonly-known method of testing for high school students is showing slightly increased scores among graduates — but like the state exit exams, scores are indicating students are not prepared for some core college subjects.

For the first time in seven years, average scores on the ACT college entrance exam rose across the board from the previous year. The high school class of 2004 improved in all subjects and in most ethnic groups. Average composite scores rose one-tenth of a percent, to 20.9, from 20.8 the year before. But that it is still below the average score of 21 recorded by every graduating class from 1997 to 2001.

Still, administrators say this most recent score increase is significant because of the growing number of students who do not plan to attend college who are taking the test, potentially weighing down the scores.

Ken Gullette, director of media relations for ACT, says even though test scores went up slightly, ACT test-takers are still showing significant weaknesses.

“Only 68 percent of the students who tested on the ACT are prepared for college freshman composition,” he explains. The picture gets even worse, he says, when it comes to math and science. “Only 40 percent of ACT-tested high school graduates are prepared for college algebra — and only 26 percent are prepared for college biology,” he says.

The ACT spokesman says the latest results show the narrowest gap ever between male and female test-takers. “The scores of men and women are only separated by one-tenth of a point,” he explains, “and actually, in Colorado and Illinois — where all students take the test — women actually outscore men on the ACT.”

Among other demographics in the test results, scores rose steadily as annual family income increased. Students reporting family income of more than $100,000 scored 23.5, while students from families earning under $18,000 scored 18.

And among ethnic groups, black students posted the lowest average scores, but increased their average scores two-tenths of a point to 17.1. Over the same five-year period (2000-2004), the average composite score among American Indians dropped from 19 to 18.8, and from 18.9 to 18.5 for Hispanics. Scores for white students remained stable at 21.8, while Asian-American students saw an increase of 20.2 to 21.9.

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Installing a firewall with ZoneAlarm

July 2015

Advantages of a firewall

When a computer is connected to the Internet (or any other network), it is a potential target for attacks. Numerous data packets are randomly sent by hackers to spot connected machines. The latter are looking for a security hole to exploit it and access its data.

As a result, it is necessary, particularly for internet users with an internet connection (particularly cable or ADSL), to protect your computer from network intrusions by installing a firewall system. A firewall is a system that lets you protect a computer from network intrusions (or protect a local area network from Internet attacks).

In addition, a firewall lets you control network access for the applications installed on the machine. Trojan horses are a kind of virus that open a flaw in the system to give a hacker remote control of the machine. A firewall lets you spot suspicious connections on the machine, but it also lets you prevent them.

Introduction to ZoneAlarm

ZoneAlarm is a personal firewall (a software program for private individuals) that makes it possible to protect a networked machine. Its extremely simple installation and configuration as well as its high protection level make it a reference solution for personal computer protection.

This firewall lets you:

  • choose an internet and intranet (local area network) protection level
  • block all traffic (possibly automatically when in standby mode)
  • define programs with Internet access
  • define the IP addresses of machines authorized to connect
  • receive alerts when outside connection attempts are made
  • manage updates

Installing ZoneAlarm

Installing the software is extremely simple: you firstly need to acquire the latest version of ZoneAlarm:

Next, run the application and follow the installation steps.

Configuring ZoneAlarm

Once ZoneAlarm is installed, simply execute it (it is activated by default at startup).

Whenever you use an application for the first time that tries to connect to the network (Internet browser, messaging client, FTP client, etc.) ZoneAlarm will present you with a warning asking to you authorize or reject the application's access to the Internet.

ZoneAlarm displays a warning whenever an application tries to connect

You are therefore reassured that no information can leave your system without your authorization. The box you can check at the bottom of the page (Remember the answer each time I use this program) lets you respond only once for each application.

ZoneAlarm can memorize each application\'s access parameters

The Programs tab lets you define each application's parameters:

  • A red cross means the application can never connect
  • A green checkmark means the application can always connect
  • A black question mark means ZoneAlarm will ask for confirmation whenever the application tries to connect.

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The Security tab lets you define protection levels (called Zones). ZoneAlarm defines two zones:

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  • The Local zone representing the machines you trust and allow to access your files and shared printers. The recommended level for the local zone is Medium.

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Structural Study on the Complex of Ortho-Ester Tetra Azophenylcalix[4]arene (TEAC) with Th(IV)

Tran Quang Hieu, Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Le Ngoc Tu, Le Van Tan

A new 1:1 complex between Ortho-Ester Tetra-Azophenylcalix[4]arene (TEAC) and Thorium(IV) was found in weakly acidic medium (pH =4-5), ?max = 520 nm, Beer’s law was obeyed in the range 2.5 ×10-6 – 2.5×10-5 mol.L-1 of Th(IV), the limit of detection was 1.0 × 10? 6 mol.L-1 and linear regression equation was determined to be: absorbance (A) = 0,248×C(10-5 mol.L-1) + 0,02 (R2 = 0,990, n =7). The FT-IR, HNMR, Raman spectroscopies were also used to provide the existence of this complex, and the Molecular Mechanics (MM) method in Arguslab software was applied to optimize the structure. The energy of the system, QEq charge, bond lengths and bond angles were also calculated by this program. Combining all data, the structure of complex TEAC - Th(IV) has been proposed.

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LG Optimus 2X Philippines: Price and Availability Update

The LG Optimus 2X is coming to the Philippines, very soon! Yeah, that’s according to the official Twitter account of LG Philippines.

Though less specific, I’m guessing it’s just a matter of week or two that the release of LG Optimus 2X in the country gets official. Or, it could be a better surprise if it hits stores tomorrow ‘till the end of the week. And if LG manage to do that, it means one thing: the Optimus 2X would have a better position in the local market over Samsung Galaxy S II, another 2-core smartphone from LG’s South Korean contender which launched the handset in its territory last week.

Just in case you’ll ask why I’m really interested about this phone, that’s because it’s the first smartphone being powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chip; making it the first smartphone with a blazing speed of a dual-core processor under its hood according to the Guinness World of Records.

The Optimus 2X will be available as Android Froyo device; however Gingerbread update will be available through OTA (over-the-air). Full specs and featured video after the break.

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Táin Bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster (Author: [unknown])

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Fergus's horses were harnessed and his chariot yoked, and his two horses were harnessed for Etarcumul son of Fid and of Lethrinn, a stripling of the household of Medb and Ailill. ‘Where are you going?’ asked Fergus. ‘We are going with you’ said Etarcumul, ‘to see the form and appearance of Cú Chulainn and to gaze upon him’. ‘If you were to follow my counsel’ said Fergus, ‘you would not come at all’. ‘Why so?’ ‘Because of your haughtiness and your arrogance, and also because of the fierceness and the valour and the savageness of the lad against whom you go, for I think that there will be strife between you before ye part’.

{line 1573-1604} ‘Will you not be able to make intervention between us?’ said Etarcumul. ‘I shall’ said Fergus, ‘if only you yourself will not seek contention and strife

"contention and strife", following ST

’. ‘I shall never seek that’.

Then they went forward to Cú Chulainn where he was between Fochaín and the sea, playing búanbach with his charioteer. And no one came into the plain unnoticed by Láeg and yet he used to win every second game of búanbach from Cú Chulainn. ‘A single warrior comes towards us, little Cú’ said Láeg. ‘What manner of warrior is he?’ asked Cú Chulainn. ‘It seems to me that the chariot of the warrior is as big as one of the greatest mountains on a vast plain. It seems to me that the curly, thick, fair- yellow, golden hair hanging loose around his head is as great as the foliage of one of the tall trees which stand on the green before a great fort. He wears a purple, fringed mantle wrapped around him with a golden, inlaid brooch in it. A broad, grey spear flashing in his hand. A bossed, scalloped shield over him with a boos of red gold. A long sword, as long as a ship's rudder

"A long ... rudder, following LU and ST

, firmly fixed and resting on the two thighs of the great, proud warrior who is within the chariot’. ‘Welcome is the arrival to us of this guest’ said Cú Chulainn. ‘We know that man. It is my master Fergus who comes’. ‘I see another chariot-warrior coming towards us also. With much skill and beauty and splendour do his horses advance’. ‘That is one of the youths of the men of Ireland, friend Láeg’ said Cú Chulainn. ‘To see my form and appearance that man comes, for I am renowned among them within their encampment’. Fergus arrived and sprang from the chariot, and Cú Chulainn bade him welcome. ‘I trust that welcome’ said Fergus. ‘You may well trust, it’ said Cú Chulainn, ‘for if a flock of birds pass over the plain, you shall have one wild goose and the half of another. If fish swim into the estuaries, you shall have a salmon with the half of another. You shall have a handful of watercress and a handful of sea-weed and a handful of water parsnip. If you must fight or do battle I shall go to the ford on your behalf and you shall be watched over and guarded while you sleep and rest’. ‘Well indeed, we know what provisions for hospitality you have now on the Foray of Cúailnge. But the condition that you asked of the men of Ireland, namely, single combat, you shall have it. I came to bind you to that, so undertake to fulfil it’. ‘I agree indeed, master Fergus’

{line 1605-1637} said Cú Chulainn. And he delayed no longer than that conversing lest the men of Ireland should say that Fergus was betraying them to his fosterling. His two horses were harnessed for Fergus and his chariot was yoked, and he went back.

Etarcumul remained behind him gazing at Cú Chulainn for a long while. ‘What are you staring at, lad?’ said Cú Chulainn. ‘I am staring at you’ said Etarcumul. ‘You have not far to look indeed’ said Cú Chulainn. ‘You redden your eye with that. But if only you knew it, the little creature you are looking at, namely, myself, is wrathful. And how do you find me as you look at me?’ ‘I think you are fine indeed. You are a comely, splendid, handsome youth with brilliant, numerous, various feats of arms. But as for reckoning you among goodly heroes or warriors or champions or sledge-hammers of smiting, we do not do so nor count you at all’. ‘You know that it is a guarantee for you that you came out of the camp under the protection of my master, Fergus. But I swear by the gods whom I worship that but for Fergus's protection, only your shattered bones and your cloven joints would return to the camp’. ‘Nay, do not threaten me any longer thus, for as for the condition you asked of the men of Ireland, namely, single combat, none other of the men of Ireland than I shall come to attack you tomorrow’. ‘Come on, then, and however early you come, you will find me here. I shall not flee from you’. Etarcumul went back and began to converse with his charioteer. ‘I must needs fight with Cú Chulainn tomorrow, driver’ said Etarcumul. ‘You have promised it indeed’ said the charioteer, ‘but I know not if you will fulfil your promise’. ‘Which is better, to do so tomorrow or at once tonight?’ ‘It is my conviction’ said the driver, ‘that though doing it tomorrow means no victory, yet still less is to be gained by doing it tonight, for the fight is nearer

"for destruction is nearer tonight", ST

’. ‘Turn the chariot back again for me, driver, for I swear by the gods whom I worship never to retreat until I carry off as a trophy the head of yon little deer, Cú Chulainn’.

The charioteer turned the chariot again towards the ford. They turned the left board of the chariot towards the company as they made for the ford. Láeg noticed that. ‘The last chariot- fighter who was here a while ago, little Cú’ said Láeg. ‘What of him?’ said Cú Chulainn. ‘He turned his left board towards us as he made for the ford’. ‘That is Etarcumul, driver, seeking combat of me. And I did not welcome him because of the guarantee of

{line 1638-1671} my fosterfather under which he came out of the camp, and not because I wish to protect him. Bring my weapon to the ford for me, driver. I do not deem it honourable that he should reach the ford before me’. Then Cú Chulainn went to the ford and unsheathed his sword over his fair shoulder and was ready to meet Etarcumul at the for. Etarcumul arrived also. ‘What are you seeking, lad?’ asked Cú Chulainn. ‘I seek combat with you’ said Etarcumul. ‘If you would take my advice, you would not come at all’ said Cú Chulainn. ‘I say so because of the guarantee of Fergus under which you came out of the encampment and not at all because I wish to protect you’. Then Cú Chulainn gave a flow (fotalbeim) and cut away the sod from beneath the sole of his foot so that he was cast prostrate with the sod on his belly. If Cú Chulainn had so wished, he could have cut him in two. ‘Begone now for I have given you warning’. ‘I shall not go until we meet again’. said Etarcumul. Cú Chulainn gave him an edge-blow (fáebarbeim). He sheared his hair from him, from poll to forehead and from ear to ear as if it had been shaved with a keen, light razor. He drew not a drop of blood. ‘Begone now’. said Cú Chulainn, ‘for I have drawn ridicule on you’. ‘I shall not go until we meet again, until I carry off your head and spoils and triumph over you or until you carry off my head and spoils and triumph over me’. ‘The last thing you say is what will happen, and I shall carry off your head and spoils and I shall triumph over you’. Cú Chulainn dealt him a blow (múadalbeim) on the crown of his head which split him to his navel. He gave him a second blow crosswise so that the three sections into which his body was cut fell at one and the same time to the ground. Thus perished Etarcumul, son of Fid and Leithrinn.

Fergus did not know that this fight had taken place. That was but natural, for sitting and rising, journeying or marching, in battle or fight or combat, Fergus never looked behind him lest anyone should say that it was out of fearfulness he looked back, but he was wont to gaze at what was before him and on a level with him. Etarcumul's charioteer came abreast of Fergus. ‘Where is your master, driver?’ asked Fergus. ‘He fell on the ford just now by the hand of Cú Chulainn’ said the driver. ‘It was not right’ said Fergus, ‘for that distorted sprite Cúlainn to outrage me concerning him who came there under my protection. Turn the chariot for us, driver’ said Fergus, ‘that we may go and speak with Cú Chulainn’.

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Then the charioteer turned the chariot. They went off towards the ford. ‘Why did you violate my pledge, you distorted sprite’ said Fergus, ‘concerning him who came under my safeguard and protection?’ ‘By the nurture and care you gave me, tell me which you would prefer, that he should triumph over me or that I should triumph over him. Moreover enquire of his driver which of us was at fault against each other’. ‘I prefer what you have done. A blessing on the hand that struck him!’

Then two withes were tied round Etarcumul's ankles and he was dragged along behind his horses and his chariot. At every rough rock he met, his lungs and liver were left behind on the stones and rocks (?). Wherever it was smooth for him, his scattered joints came together around the horses. Thus he was dragged across the camp to the door of the tent of Ailill and Medb. ‘Here is your youth for you’ said Fergus, ‘for every restoration has its fitting restitution’. Medb came out to the door of her tent and raised her voice aloud. ‘We thought indeed’ said Medb, ‘that great was the ardour and wrath of this young hound when he went forth from the camp in the morning. We thought that the guarantee under which he went, the guarantee of Fergus was not that of a coward’. ‘What has crazed the peasant-woman?’ said Fergus. ‘Is it right for the common cur to seek out the bloodhound whom the warriors of the four great provinces of Ireland dare not approach or withstand? Even I myself would be glad to escape whole from him’. Thus fell Etarcumul.

That is the story of the Encounter of Etarcumul and Cú Chulainn.


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Part I & II Project Management Fundamentals Certificate

The Project Management Fundamentals Certificate Program is designed for project managers and leaders, product development managers, engineers, marketing, operations, R&D and construction managers, functional managers, or any professional who leads projects and project teams.You will learn to:

  • Effectively initiate, plan, execute, control, manage risks and successfully close your projects.
  • Define stakeholder requirements and set realistic goals and objectives.
  • Organize your projects using a work breakdown structure.
  • Allocate resources and develop a capacity plan.
  • Develop schedules and realistic budgets.
  • Control and report on single or multiple projects.
  • Identify, analyze, and manage project risks.
  • Use these tools to create the desired behaviors in project team members and stakeholders.
  • Understand leadership skills and techniques.
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This Certificate Program includes 7 workshops in Part 1, as well as a 60 question on-line assessment of your baseline PM skills and an action plan for improvement. Part 2 includes 4 workshops and personal tests.

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