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The more specialized a hospital is in orthopedic surgical care, the better the outcomes appear to be for patients undergoing hip and knee replacement surgery, University of Iowa researchers report in a new study of Medicare patients. Among more specialized hospitals, there were fewer serious post-surgical complications such as blood clots, infections and heart problems, as well as fewer deaths.
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University of Adelaide forensic pathologist Roger Byard recently published his findings in the Journal of Forensic Sciences outlining the highly toxic nature of many herbal substances, a large percentage of which are mistakenly believed to be completely safe. His report cites the potentially lethal concentrations of arsenic, mercury and lead.
The following is an abridged posting taken from http://www.epmonthly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=667&Itemid=28 In the post, a physician asks about responding to a request for doctors on a cross-country flight. This individual went to help a ma who had collapsed, seemingly with a heart attack.
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(Reuters) Members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet announced nearly $1 billion in grants on Friday to increase the use of health information technology, pushing a key component of his healthcare overhaul and job creation plans. The money will be used to help make healthcare information technology available to over 100,000 hospitals and primary care physicians by 2014, and train thousands of people for careers in healthcare and information technology.
A federal judge has dismissed 28 charges against a surgery technician as part of an agreement with prosecutors where the woman admitted to tampering with medications that resulted in three dozen people contracting hepatitis C. Kristen Diane Parker was to be sentenced to 20 years in prison last month in a plea deal with prosecutors, but a judge said it was not enough time.
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Heart specialists at the University of Michigan Health System make a plea for clarity on the best approach for prescribing beta blockers before surgery. February 12, 2010 In a commentary appearing in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association , heart specialists at the University of Michigan Health System make a plea for clarity on the best approach for prescribing beta blockers before surgery.
Dr. Joan M. Teno of Brown University and her colleagues found that hundreds of patients who had specified, in writing, that they did not want a feeding tube received one anyhow. Reuters Health February 12, 2010 Whether or not a person with advanced dementia winds up with a feeding tube inserted down their throat may have more to do with economic concerns than his or her wishes, suggests a new study out in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association).


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About 8 miles North of Downtown, this Café presents a healthy dining option for those who may be enjoying the amusements at Broad Ripple Park or Holiday Park. Located in an old Victorian house, the atmosphere is homey, casual and eclectic--as is the food. Breakfast is the favored meal here which means waits on the weekends.
The breakfast/lunch menu is offered all day and caters to vegetarians and carnivores. Breakfast offers multigrain porridge, French toast, whole grain pancakes (with option to add fruit and other "add-ins"), granola, "build your own" scramble, breakfast burrito or omelet (tofu is an option and list of add-ins is deep), lemon corncakes with fruit, bagel and lox, and even shakshuka! Lunch offers soups, big salads (with option of salmon, tilapia, chicken or tofu), veggie friendly sandwiches such as the grilled eggplant or black bean burger, a few pastas, fish tacos, harvest rice bowl with veggies and protein options, and a salmon BLT.
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State lawmakers gang up on regional gang activity
HARRISBURG - A bipartisan group of Northeast Pennsylvania lawmakers has introduced companion bills in the House and Senate to deter the activities of criminal street gangs.
The legislation complements the "Operation GangUp" initiative by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, and Sen. John Yudichak, D-14, Nanticoke, to hold onging public information sessions to address gang activity in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.
Mr. Yudichak and Rep. Tarah Toohil, R-116, Butler Twp., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, sponsored bills to provide tougher sentences for offenses where a criminal street gang is involved. Ms. Toohil is drafting some additional amendments to her bill.
Mr. Yudichak and Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich, D-114, Taylor, sponsored bills to broaden the mandate of the state Office of Safe Schools to address gang activity.
Other Northeast lawmakers are bill co-sponsors. The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing would have authority to set guidelines for stiffer sentences for crimes involving violence or drugs in association with a gang under the sentencing bill. These guidelines would be applied at the time of sentencing.
The bill defines a criminal street gang "as a formal or informal confederation, alliance, network, conspiracy, understanding or similar conjoining of persons who operate individually or collectively as a group or subgroup, with or without an established hierarchy, that, through its membership obtained by pledge, oath, swearing, ritual, distinct membership markings, symbolism, common identifiers or other criteria that law enforcement personnel use to identify the groups or subgroups, engages in criminal activity."
This legal definition was drafted with the advice of district attorneys and police chiefs, said Mr. Yudichak on Friday.
"Having the definition enables the DAs and police departments to go after the gangs for recruiting in our schools," he added.
The other measure directs the schools office to establish an anti-gang counseling program for use in school districts to educate students and parents about gang activity. This will provide more awareness of how gangs operate in schools, said Mr. Kavulich.
Ms. Toohil plans to hold a "gang paint out" in Hazleton and West Hazleton.
"We are going to paint over graffiti working with volunteers, donated paint, police and local officials," she said Friday.
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Although non-essential shops, pubs, and hairdressers have reopened, as well as the fact that more than one household can meet up outdoors, rules in supermarkets have not changed. The UK’s major supermarkets are still following strict Government guidelines. What are the rules?
Tesco has encouraged customers to shop one person per trolley to limit shopper numbers in store.
The supermarket has also asked customers to only shop when they need to.
In a statement, Tesco said: “Please shop alone unless you’re a carer or with children.
“We also encourage you to shop only when you need to, in line with Government guidance to stay at home.”
The supermarket has introduced a traffic light system to reduce and monitor the number of customers entering.
Sainsbury’s also has measures in place to limit the number of customers entering the store.
Like Tesco, it has encouraged shoppers to shop alone, saying: “To help manage the number of customers in our stores, you must shop on your own.”
The supermarket added that it will “challenge customers who are shopping in groups”.
Customers must still wear face coverings when entering Sainsbury’s and any other supermarket.
Morrisons announced earlier this month that it would ensure its stores “don’t become too busy”.
Like other supermarkets, the retailer has encouraged customers to shop “with as few people as possible” and to continue adhering to social distance guidelines.
Official Government guidance outlining the rules when it comes to indoor spaces said: “You must not meet indoors with anybody you do not live with, unless you have formed a support bubble with them (if you are eligible), or another legal exemption applies.”
However, Britons are permitted to meet up to six people or two different households outside, as well as in outdoor seating areas of pubs and restaurants.

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Alex Box Listed Among 'Top 101 Stadium Experiences'
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BATON ROUGE - Alex Box Stadium, the state-of-the-art venue for the LSU baseball program, is listed among the Top 101 stadium experiences in the United States for 2012 by Stadium Journey magazine.
Alex Box Stadium ranked No. 70 on Stadium Journey's Top 101 experiences over the past year. The four-year-old venue is the only college baseball stadium to make the list.
The staff of Stadium Journey visited 1,225 different stadiums in 2012 in order to formulate its ranking. The ranking takes into account the food and beverage at the stadium, overall atmosphere, the neighborhood in which it resides, the fans, access outside and inside the stadium, return on investment, and allows room for "bonus points" for unique features.
"This list confirms what every LSU baseball fans already knows - Alex Box Stadium is the best venue for college baseball and one of the best for any sporting event," said LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva. "The passion of our fans and their devotion to the Tigers make 'Baseball at The Box' a truly unique experience."
Alex Box Stadium is rated ahead of several Major League ball parks, including Camden Yards in Baltimore (No. 75), PETCO Park in San Diego (No. 80), Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati (No. 86), Progressive Field in Cleveland (No. 92) and Citizens Bank Ball Park in Philadelphia (No. 94).
The stadium opens for its fifth year of operation on Friday, February 15, when LSU plays host to Maryland at 7 p.m. CT.
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‘The Americans’: Annet Mahendru Talks Nina’s ‘Heartbreaking’ Journey
Fans of The Americans are probably still reeling from last night’s episode, which concluded with the shocking demise of a major character. The critically acclaimed FX drama has stepped up the action this season, delivering the grave — and sometimes fatal — consequences that it’s been building towards in its excellent first three seasons. Case in point? In last night’s “Chloramphenicol,” ex-KGB agent Nina Sergeevna Krilova (Annet Mahendru) was shot as punishment for betraying the Soviet Union and trying to help scientist Anton Baklanov (Michael Aronov). In a conference call with reporters last week, Manhendru opened up about her character’s transformation over the last few seasons and how it ultimately led to her devastating death.
Much of last night’s episode dealt with Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Phillip (Matthew Rhys) stuck in quarantine, after their planned family trip to Epcot is foiled by Gabriel’s exposure to a bioweapon. Meanwhile, in Moscow, Nina is also isolated and scared, after learning that she could be killed for helping Anton, the kidnapped Jewish scientist forced to design stealth technology for the Soviet military. In an act of kindness, Nina tried to send a message to Anton’s son so he’d know his father is alive. But the authorities uncover the letter and ultimately assign her the “exceptional punishment” — execution.
In the devastating final scene, Nina is told she is being “transferred” from her cell and guided down a long hallway to a room with multiple guards, one of which callously informs her that the punishment will be carried out “shortly.” Nina only has seconds to figure out what’s happening and start to panic, before a guard shoots her in the back of the head.
“You know, you kind of wait for that phone call from the get-go. Every time they call you, it might be the phone call,” Mahendru said of her of her reaction to learning her character’s death. “So it finally came and you know, I played it really cool ’cause you think you’ll be prepared for it, but you absolutely are not. I was angry at them, [but I also] I loved them. I felt everything I think that you could possibly feel.”
The death is a heartbreaking blow to fans not only because Nina is one of the most masterfully portrayed characters on the show, but also because it comes at a time when the former double agent has finally begun to grow a conscience. Her gesture for Anton — the one that eventually gets her killed — is one of the only acts we’ve seen from her that isn’t purely self-serving.
“He moves something in her…it’s something very direct,” Mahendru said of Nina’s motivation for helping Anton. “He has a son and she’s given all that up when she entered this profession. She finds joy in his world, in his letters and love. For the first time, I think we see her happy and she literally, I think, gives up everything for that — that moment of happiness.”
Audiences got another glimpse of Nina’s affection for Anton in last night’s episode. Right before Nina is awoken for her execution, she dreams that they are both set free. Sadly, the joyous dream, like Nina’s life, is abruptly cut short.
“It’s really heartbreaking, I think,” Mahendru said, also revealing that she — like many fans — always harbored hope that Nina would find a way to turn her tragic life around. “It was that kind of character that you just know, that’s who she is. Things aren’t going to get better, she’s not going to be the one who settles down and has a family and has a nice dinner and really enjoys life. That’s not who was she was, but we hoped. You still hope because you just like her and she fought so hard.”
Though Nina was never able to earn the freedom she dreamed of, Mahendru says she takes satisfaction in knowing that the character had turned into a better person, with a new sense of morality, by the end of her life. “Some people don’t get to transform like that in their whole lifetime, so she does get that,” she said of her character’s fleeting happiness, adding, “I’m so thrilled to have played her so long, because that kind of life — it’s just a miracle that she lived this long. We can be grateful for that.”
The Americans airs on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern on FX.


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- Can cops make good money?
- What is the least a police officer can make?
- Do cops make more than nurses?
- Can I be a cop and a nurse?
- Where do cops make the most money?
- How much money do police chiefs make?
- Why are police salaries so low?
- Why should police officers get paid more?
- Can a nurse become a firefighter?
- What state pays cops the most?
- How much do SWAT team make?
- What does an FBI agent make?
- What are the most useless jobs?
- What is the most overpaid job?
- What is the laziest job in the world?
- What is the easiest and most paid job?
- What is the turnover rate for police officers?
Can cops make good money?
10 States Where Police Officers Earn the Most Money Below is a list of the top-10 highest-paying states for police officers: California average police officer salary: $105,220..
What is the least a police officer can make?
In 2018, the lowest-paid 10% of police and detectives earned less than $36,550 and the highest-paid 10% earned more than $106,090.
Do cops make more than nurses?
‘ We narrowed the issue to two jobs by asking: ‘Should a police officer be paid more than a nurse?’ The nurses – 91% of them female – start at salaries 28% behind those of the police, who are 83% male.
Can I be a cop and a nurse?
It’s a matter of availability. Cops and ER nurses tend to interact on a fairly regular basis, so it’s natural that a cop and nurse will occasionally get together. It’s the same with cops and EMTs, firefighters and other public safety personnel.
Where do cops make the most money?
States With The Highest Salaries For Police OfficerOregon. According to BLS data, a police officer in Oregon earns $65,890. … Connecticut. Police officers in Connecticut receive an average salary of $65,950. … New York. … Illinois. … Washington, D.C. … Washington. … Alaska. … New Jersey.More items…
How much money do police chiefs make?
Chief of Police Salary in Los Angeles, CAPercentileSalaryLast Updated10th Percentile Chief of Police Salary$109,818July 27, 202025th Percentile Chief of Police Salary$116,100July 27, 202050th Percentile Chief of Police Salary$123,000July 27, 202075th Percentile Chief of Police Salary$130,400July 27, 20201 more row
Why are police salaries so low?
When there’s lots of supply, prices tend to stay low. There are lots and lots of people who want to be police officers and teachers. So, other things being equal, we should expect their wages to be low.
Why should police officers get paid more?
Salaries need to go up accordingly to attract more people to the profession who meet professional standards. More money will also be needed to make sure more people don’t die because of lack of knowledge on the part of law enforcement, like Eric Garner did.
Can a nurse become a firefighter?
Well I’ve known nurses that have also been firefighters, but nursing does not help you to become a firefighter. From my experience, those that have done both started out as a firefighter and then went into nursing. … Nursing is a good career if you want to help people.
What state pays cops the most?
The states and districts that pay Patrol Officers the highest mean salary are California ($101,380), Alaska ($88,030), New Jersey ($83,720), Washington ($77,670), and Illinois ($75,720).
How much do SWAT team make?
Swat team salary members have an average yearly salary of around $56,130 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. An entry-level position with experience may start with an annual pay of $90,700. After some time as a member of a swat team, a specially-trained officer may make around $105,000 per year.
What does an FBI agent make?
The typical Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent salary is $137,126. Special Agent salaries at Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) can range from $62,974 – $188,893.
What are the most useless jobs?
The Most Useless and Ridiculous Jobs of the WorldRestroom Attendant.Subway Pusher.Chief Information Officer.Parking Attendant.ATM Guard.Lifeguard at the Swimming Olympics.Pet Psychic.Chief Ethics Officer.More items…
What is the most overpaid job?
The 10 Most Overpaid Jobs[See: The 25 Best Jobs of 2013.]Consulting software engineer (median mid-career salary: $123,000). … Brand strategist ($90,700). … Interaction designer ($116,000). … [Read: The 10 Most Underpaid Jobs.]Marketing research director ($122,000). … Accounting consultant ($81,700). … Portfolio analyst ($81,800).More items…•
What is the laziest job in the world?
Here’s a list of jobs that pay well and require minimal effort.Professional foreigner. If you can suit up well and shake hands firmly, then you could get employed in China. … Professional cuddler. … Hotel sleep tester. … Beer taster. … Video game tester. … Sleep study participant. … Movie extra. … Dog walker.More items…
What is the easiest and most paid job?
What Constitutes an Easy Job That Pays Well?Astronomer. You’ll probably need to earn a Ph. … Mathematician or Actuary. … Optometrist. … Software or Interactive Media Developer. … Power Plant Operator. … Radiologic Technologist. … Computer Network Technician or Administrator. … Electrician (Residential or Commercial)More items…•
What is the turnover rate for police officers?
Attrition Rate A 2003 study of North Carolinian agencies revealed a 14 percent turnover rate, with new officers averaging a 33-month tenure. The persistence of these problems jeopardizes a department’s ability to find and retain enough well-trained officers to serve residents.


Conference: City of Flows - Interdisciplinary Perspectives On The Digital City and Analog Spaces (12-14 July, Potsdam, DE)
How can cities be sustainably designed and developed without losing sight of the needs of their residents? What roles are played by analog spaces and local commitment? Which options are generated by the global use of digital technologies? How and where can these digital and analog opportunities be connected to each other?
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Another winter of exciting winter fishing is here - time for the die-hards to get your rods & thermos ready!
Ice Conditions 2019
Posted 13 December 2018 - 09:22 AM
Relative to the past few years, it looks like an early freeze-up - Has anyone been out to Meadow pond yet?
Posted 30 December 2018 - 04:29 PM
Was out on Lewis Lake today, ice was about 5-6 inches thick. Had a few bites early on then it went dead.
Posted 15 January 2019 - 03:18 PM
Hi folks. I have to run to windsor friday am so thought I'd put my ice fishing gear in the truck and give meadow pond a try. I've been that area quite abit but have never fished it, mostly because I didn't want to park on the highway side. I know there is a trail to it somewhere but not sure where. Is it by the billboards where people park or alittle further down? If someone would be able to point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated? Even a pm would work Thanks in advance
Posted 15 January 2019 - 03:20 PM
Also I was out to Dearmens Lake acouple weekends ago and there was a good 8" of ice. We never caught anything though but had a couple marks on the flasher.
Posted 16 January 2019 - 01:51 PM
I know some ppl park by the billboards on the #14 hwy and walk up about 200 yards or so (away from the highway).
At the end of the guard rail there is a private property sign and some metal posts and a trail. Sign says "enter at your own risk" so I don't think they are saying that you can't use the trail, just warning you of impending DOOM or something.
They used to get the parking lot opened for the derby but I think someone said that the mine doesn't want ppl in there because of liability of something so that spot seems to be off limits.
Too bad that it's one of the few winter fishery lakes and is not access is not clear.
I assume that this got to you too late, but did you figure it out? Catch any?
I've been there a bunch of times and never caught a fish, although I know lots of ppl that catch all kinds, at least that's what they tell me anyway!
Posted 16 January 2019 - 02:58 PM
Thanks for the info I will be going Friday, have a little job to do in Windsor that won't take long so may as well do a little fishing while I'm there
Posted 16 January 2019 - 09:26 PM
Was back out for a pm fish today with a friend, Ice was 7 to 8in fish were at 8 to 10ft with some on the sonar down to 14ft. A another guy fished with us and with my helped limited out in .45 of an hour. My partner in crime landed his first around the same time. I had a lot a swings and misses.After it was just two of us and Tim scored another I was still swinging and missing.Trimmed my bait down and the next hit resulted in my first 5 min later scored a clearly the biggest of the day. After that we packed up and headed home.We fished at 10 to 14 ft deep and close to shore.
Posted 19 January 2019 - 03:03 PM
A foot of ice on Lewis Lake yesterday, I got two rainbows to powerbait, best was 12 inches. Lots of people fishing there lately.
Posted 21 February 2019 - 01:12 PM
Was on Meadow Tue Pm with two others that choose to brave the cold, 6in of ice and two of us had fish on. Had my hock up in 10ft of water 6 ft down.Very few on the Sonar
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On November 22, 2018, more than 100 physicians met to discuss priorities to submit to PHC’s strategic plan. A diverse group of physicians from across Providence ranging from surgeons to radiologists came together with other medical staff and PHC leaders to share perspectives and ideas.
“There was tons of energy in the room. There was enthusiasm around long term plans, as well as some simple, quick wins that we can build on to harvest that energy, and keep it going forward. – Dr. Neil Wells, President, Medical Staff Association
“It was inspiring to hear directly from so many of our medical staff as we develop our plan, and to see 100+ PHC physicians actively engaged in the discussions.” – Deb Mitchell, VP, Organizational Strategy & Partnership
“We had to keeping talking louder to hear over the next table. People have things to say and are excited that someone is listening.” – Dr. Chantal Leger, Vice-President, PHC Physicians & Surgeons Society
“It was a great opportunity to put a face to a name and interact in something productive and meaningful.” – Dr. Victor Leung, Vice President, PHC Physicians & Surgeons Society
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Report: Nate McMillan Shares Game-Changing Update That Could Heavily Impact Heat-Pacers Series
- Updated: August 22, 2020
The Miami Heat currently have a 2-0 lead over the Indiana Pacers in their best-of-seven series and will look to get a win on Saturday to go up 3-0.
If the Pacers can get a win on Saturday or in Game 4 next week, they’ll likely get a major boost in Game 5.
All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis is scheduled to return to the bubble and could be back for Game 5 if the Pacers are able to force one.
Big Pacers news here. Assuming four-day quarantine, could be back for a Wednesday Game 5 vs. Heat. Urgency level rising. https://t.co/ViUgMSt8L3
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) August 22, 2020
Sabonis averaged 18.5 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists in the regular season. He’s a major reason why the Pacers secured the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference.
With all that in mind, it is not quite clear if the Pacers will be able to force a Game 5.
They looked overmatched in the first two games of the series, as the Heat won 113-101 in Game 1 and 109-100 in Game 2.
The series has not been all that competitive thus far, but the Pacers surely got a huge boost in morale when they learned that their star big man could be waiting in the wings.
It’s up to the Heat to make sure that morale boost doesn’t last for long.


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For those who haven’t heard, this morning the US “Star Wars” missile defense system suffered a serious setback, two weeks before its scheduled delivery date. A heavily-rigged test to shoot down a target ICBM failed because an “unknown anomaly” tripped the system; this makes the “Star Wars” system’s track record of 5-for-9, though the “wins” only occurred with the tests heavily scripted in the system’s favor.
Meanwhile, all this week, George W. Bush and his sycophants have been playing up the “Social Security Meltdown” horror story in Washington, saying that the only way to prevent Social Security from taking down half of the nation with it is for everyone to throw their money at Wall Street instead – a guaranteed win for financial advisors, with no guarantees for you. Critics have counter-argued that the danger is grossly overexaggerated, and that ongoing payroll taxes will be able to foot the bill for about 75% of full benefits even if nothing changes.
Given that the missile system is of questionable reliability and will continue to suck up billions of dollars – and is of questionable use even if it does work (“Star Wars” ain’t gonna do diddly against a terrorist driving a bomb into Las Vegas), why not just terminate this overpriced boondoggle and use the money to “fix” the “broken” Social Security system? Or is this plan doomed to failure, because it doesn’t benefit enough Republican donors?
(Sidebar: It is also interesting to note that Philip Coyle, the man who used to be in charge of weapons testing, specifically pinned the blame for the missile system’s failure failure on Bush. Clinton wasn’t sure if the system would work and wanted more testing, but Bush called for full-bore implementation. As a result, testing was halted while the production pieces were rolled out, and now we see – surprise, surprise – that a never-tested system isn’t working and isn’t going to work any time soon.)
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the price tag on the missle defense system? Would this fall into the same category of arguments as “Social Security vs. NASA” where the budget for the program is but a drop in the bucket compared to what is necessary to bolster Social Security?
According to this article, we’ve already spent $65 billion as of 2002. But what’s really interesting is that apparently nobody knows how much the system will finally cost – the Pentagon isn’t giving out any estimates for “cost to completion,” but is simply asking for more money until it finally, eventually, gets something that works.
65 Billion is money well spent if it can help defend us from incoming ICMB’s. In comparison, Boston recently spent 15 Billion on a three lane tunnel. It’s been less than a year and the tunnel already leaks in water and is in need of repair. There’s wasteful government pork everywhere. Missile defense is hardly a notable example of it.
It’s interesting to note that you admit Social Security is expected to have a rate of return of -25%, yet you seem to think that somehow the stock market is a worse investment option (which has a historical average return of +12%). Why don’t you let me decide where to invest my money and you can decide to invest yours?
$73 billion over the previous 19 years, $9.1 billion for the coming year
I’m in favor of the Star Wars R&D, because i would rather have more miltary funds spent on technology and less funds spent on hardware and personel. But i think we’re spending too much, trying to go too far, too fast. Maybe a billion per year would be good.
Social Security can’t be fixed with money, it’s fundamental design is flawed. The best solution, to me, would be to eliminate SS taxes altogether and raise fereral taxes enough to cover. Keep Social Security as just another federal program paid out of the federal budget. Overall taxes would actually be lower for most people as the rich benefit from the Social Security Tax’s hidden tax break … the $87,000 taxable income limit.
Multiply rjung’s figure by 100 and you might get much closer the right number. Social Security collects over 700 billion dollars a year. It disperses something like a third of that. In just over a decade it will use all of its revenue (which will be much higher by then) to pay benificiaries. Since it has been collecting a surplus for so long, however, it will simply begin to draw down this “trust fund”. This means simply that the rest of government will pay back all the money it borrowed, with interest, over the last decade or two. In about 204X this “trust fund” will run out. The ensuing deficit in Social Security revenues and expenditures will be anywhere from .5% of GDP to over 5% of GDP by the end of the century. GDP will be much higher by then, and we might assume that canceling the missle program saving should be adjusted for inflation, but still. I think rjung is about 2 orders of magnitude off in his calculations.
We’ve been hashing this over in the thread rjung linked to for a couple of pages.
We already have a defense against incoming ICBMs – namely, our existing stockpiles. What’s with a need for this newfangled toy? (Other than to make it an offensive weapon? “Ha ha, now we can attack you but you can’t hit us!”)
I wasn’t aware the government was denying you access to investment bankers.
the “bmd” has nothing to do with knocking down icbms. that’s just the cover for selling the program politically. it’s well known that no “missile shield” can work, and this one is not expected to. (imagine ftsa it somehow works well enough to simultaneously shoot down 100 icbms, no matter from which direction they are coming, and can recognize decoys & avoid chaff. how do you defeat the system? easy. launch 150 icbms. or 200.) but that’s not the point anyway. it’s “deterence” value, working or not, is that it ensures any missile launch against the u.s is total launch, an entire stockpile coming at once.
the program real intention is entirely about weaponizing space - allowing the us govt. to shoot down “enemy” satellites (i.e you want al jazeera off the air? click, done. you want china’s entire satcom system down? click, done.) the intention is for the u.s to have the capability to controll the entire planet’s information systems, and eventually to launch warheads from space based platforms to earth.
this is an offensive weapon system, and it is already leading to an arms race. and the money for it is not gonna come from any “savings” you might find in social security. the money for the “bmd” system is gonna come from the mars plan budget. (wait, you really though that we’re going to mars, didn’t you? sorry, not likely any time soon.)
ss is being attacked for philosophical reasons, not practical ones. those who would like to ss folded into the stock market have a big thing against societal responsibility. they want fund managers and the like to get a cut of your retirement, damn the consequences for you, and if you’re not able to retire on your own savings account then you should go back to work, and i don’t care if you are 80something. jeez, it’s the same reason why your the u.s is the only industrialized country in the world without socialized health care. it’s some kind of commie idea or something.
social security is “broken” only as far as it’s reserve funds are allowed to be siphoned off for purposes other than providing pensions to the next generation of retirees. by the time the genxers are all retired there might be some cash flow problems, but even then (unless you are in the top maybe 5% wealthiest americans) you’ll still be better off than if your ss contributions are managed privately and individually.
and weren’t they screaming about ss going tits up by the turn of the century way back under reagan? surprize surprize, it’s the same people in charge again. and they wanted star wars too.
It’s the French governments’ fault. And Al Gore’s fault. R2D2 was supposed to be the nerve center of the Star Wars system, but when he needed new bearings in his wheels, Gore convinced Clinton to use French soybeans instead of good old American steel ball bearings. This was supposed to save the environment.
But of course the French soybeans didn’t hold up. When Bush complained about this, the French got pissed and sold their vote in the U.N. Security Council to Saddam in exchange for millions of dollars worth of favors in the oil for food scandal.
That’s why Social Security is going broke. It’s a conspiracy between Saddam, Gore, Clinton and the French to make Bush look bad.
You sound like a paranoid person. Missile defense is not an offensive weapon. You must really do some twisting to even consider this to be an offensive weapon.
This gets a couple WTF’s from me. First of all an investment banker is a person who helps corporations go public. WTF would I, debaser, a poster on the SDMB need one? Have I somehow led you to believe that I own a corporation that is seeking to go public? I think it’s more likely you simply have no idea what an investment banker is or does. It’s funny you think you know what’s best for everybody regarding investments yet you clearly don’t even know the definitions of basic terms related to investing. Secondly, the government is denying me access to my Social Security money. Their taking about $5,000 a year from me and not letting me invest it as I choose.
Amazingly enough, I agree with you on this. MAD has worked since 1949, it’s silly to think that we need a missile defense system.
What’s more, if there is a full-scale launch we’re all at risk anyway because the country will mobilize for war. The likelihood of surviving World War III that’s already gone nuclear is so remote as to be incalculable due to tactical nuclear weapons which will almost certainly be employed.
In other words, if nukes go off we’re done. No missile defense system is likely to stop that.
Now that I have confirmation that my sabotage worked as planned, I can admit I did it because nobody in the USA seemed to be even slightly offended to have such a money consuming toy, requiring such an input of brainwork and technology, being named after a money consuming brainless Hollywood production.
What is it with the USA and their childish naming of money consuming projects and murdering wars? Outsiders take that as a clear hint that the US society lives constantly in a Hollywood Dream Outside Reality. Really. It makes a very weird immature impression.
So the Bush Toy failes. Do you have already Red Alert and calls to buy duct tape en masse or is that a bit too early (just before Christmas shopping period, I can see the objections of Greedy Capital Corp.).
Apart from what the Bush Crew wants to make of it, on which I am largely (oh well… completely) uninformed : What I can’t follow is why so many people in the USA seem to take the words Social Security as a synonym of They Want To Steel Our Money.
If you couple it with an existing stockpile of nukes, then it becomes a dangerously offensive system:
Yeah, it’s an exaggeration, but anyone who believes “Star Wars” is purely defensive is deluding themselves. You can bet the rest of the world is already working on ways to circumvent whatever we cook up, to keep the balance of power balanced – and giving us a new arms race in the process.


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Earlier this year, a distorted footage concerning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi circulated like fire on all social platforms, wherein she seemed to be impaired.
Within a short period, the video racked up even more than 2.5 million views only on Facebook.
Hence, proving the impact pertaining to what is identified exactly as ‘Deepfakes’.
The artist who did that extracted parts out of Pelosi’s press meeting footage, wherein she seems to be mentioning that President Trump’s staff or family members should stage an intervention.
“PELOSI STAMMERS THROUGH NEWS CONFERENCE,” President Trump tweeted, paraphrasing the headline that Fox Business displayed.
It was clear that the altered video was purposely made and aired so as to intensify and emphasize on virtually any verbal missteps.
As a result, Facebook agreed to limit the circulation of Pelosi’s fake video footage.
Nevertheless, the company mentioned that it would not take it down permanently stating the fact that the company does not have a policy stipulating- ‘the content which user puts up has to be 100% precise’.
Although, it was relief from YouTube as the company took down Pelosi video clips from the platform as soon as they realized it wasn’t true.
Instagram’s chief Adam Mosseri affirmed that the company is undoubtedly considering ways to handle these so-called “Deepfakes” which have been deliberately altered so as to make a fact seem and sound true.
Another ‘deepfake’ that gained a lot of views and attention from social media users was an altered clip of Facebook’s owner “Mark Zuckerberg”.
You read that right!
The man behind Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.
Inside the manipulated footage, Zuckerberg was seemed to be declaring – “Imagine this for a second … One man with total control of billions of people’s stolen data. All their secrets, their lives, their futures.”
The real footage was first aired from CBS in 2017.
It is for this fact, CBS asked the company to eliminate such fake videos from its platform for copyright infringement.
Unfortunately, Facebook turned down CBS’s request for removing the video clip irrespective of CBS asserting trademark violation and copyright infringement.
“Well, we don’t have a policy against deepfakes currently,” said Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri.
Adam said that the Instagram company is attempting to gauge if we need to make it happen and bring in any policy changes or updates.
And in case if the company deems so, it would then need to determine ways to specify such deepfakes.
“I don’t feel good about it,” Mosseri said, extending his concern over the issue.
In reaction to which, CBS’s King asked why is the company not taking down such things in case he (Adam) feels so bad.
To which he responds- “Well, I actually think more than taking it down … there is a question about how we do that in a principled way. We are not going to make a one-off decision to take a piece of video down just because it’s of Mark and Mark happens to run this place. That would be really inappropriate and irresponsible. We need to have defined principles and we need to be transparent about those principles.”
Nevertheless, it is having an influence on individuals with things that not even necessarily true, and for this reason it’s distressing, King Gayle stated.
“We could declare victory but that’s not a victory at all, that’s totally hollow. So the thing we are focused on right now, internally, is not if we take it down when we find it, but how do you find it more quickly because if we don’t, if a million people see a video like that in the first 24 hours or the first 48 hours, the damage is done. So that conversation, though very important, currently, is moot.”
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“Right now we try to balance safety … and speech. And that balance can be tricky,” he said.
“But, honestly right now I think the most important thing for us to focus on is getting to the content quicker. Once we can do that, then we can have the next debate about whether or not to take it down when we find it.”
King extended her concern over the issue quoting, ‘it’s tough to look at that video knowing its wrong.”
To which Adam responded-
“I struggle with it too. I am a person too. It’s not like I don’t have my own beliefs or I don’t see things that violate or that disagrees with me online or on Facebook or Instagram from time to time.”
It is undoubtedly true that the company has been working doggedly to bring about new functionality and security updates.
And the process seems to be speeding exponentially especially after Mosseri took the helm at Gram in October 2018.
Having refined his pressure management skills by overseeing Facebook’s News Feed, the 36-year-old Mosseri represents a new age of Instagram.
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The Instagram team is consistently carrying out comprehensive research on the platform to bring on new features and updates with the motto of ‘transparency in data’ while execution.
Although there are many announcements made recently, users are quite hopeful and looking forward to hearing from the company regarding deepfakes too.
Lemme know about your views and suggestions in the comments section below!
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The next generation of Masashi Kishimoto’s characters does have a sizable fanbase. They are anxiously following the events of both the manga and the anime. Although Boruto: Naruto Next Generations never achieved the same level of popularity as Naruto, neither the manga nor the anime.
Since the manga doesn’t quite reach Chapter 100, the anime series, which has more than 200 episodes, is the main emphasis of Boruto, as you are undoubtedly already aware. We’re going to fill you in on all the essential details regarding the next Episode 272 of Boruto, which is scheduled to air soon, as we wait for the anime to carry on with its current arc.
Boruto: The next episode, Naruto Next Generations Episode 272, will be broadcast live on Sunday. For the outdoor training exercise, Kawaki and his classmates enter an uninhabited island, but they are in danger. Kae was abducted and stabbed by Hanna Sensai. Does she accomplish her goal? The eagerly awaited plot will be revealed in Boruto’s Episode 272.
Here is every update regarding the preview, predictions, spoilers, release date, and the streaming guide for the fans to watch the upcoming episodes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
What Is Boruto: Naruto Next Generations?
Uky Kodachi and Mikio Ikemoto are the authors and illustrators of the manga series Naruto Next Generations. While Kishimoto was reassigned to V Jump in July 2016, Kodachi started working as the monthly editorial director for Weekly Shonen Jump in May 2016. After Kodachi was fired in November 2020, Kishimoto took over as the author.
The adventures of Boruto Uzumaki and his ninja team are the focus of Naruto Kishimoto’s spin-off and the sequel, Boruto. As the spokesman for the Secret Leaf Village, for which he battled, Uzumaki realized his childhood ambition of becoming a Hokage. Naruto and his allies are working to keep the world’s threshold peaceful through diplomatic efforts and goodwill.
Naruto and the shinobi he grew up with learned they had to battle Naruto’s legendary warrants, including his own son Boruto, even in front of their own kids, in order to keep the world impartial. In contrast to his father, Boruto Uzumaki lives in an alternative reality. Making a distinction between the two is crucial. As he fights against evil forces threatening the peace his father helped bring about and a culture that disdains his status as the son of the Hokage, Boruto is influencing the future.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 272 Preview And Predictions
“Student Unite” is the title of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 272. In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 272, Kawaki discloses the identity of the Kidnapper to all the students after Kae is abducted. However, they couldn’t accept that their teacher Hana was Kae’s killer and that she had set her up from the moment the academy opened. They want to know if Kawaki witnessed it himself.
In the promo for Episode 272, Kawaki and Himawari are heard claiming that the incidents take place in front of their eyes. Kae was taken away by Hana into the woods. They are followed by Kawaki and Himawari to a bridge, where Hana stabs Kae.
They must be cautious going forward because Hana constantly deludes them. Each of them is in jeopardy. The development of Hana’s two personalities is described by Kawaki and Himawari. Interestingly, Hana Sensei was unable to recall anything after switching back to a different personality. She began to wonder what she had been up to throughout the attacks.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 271 Summary
The class travels to an uninhabited island that served as the Leaf’s former training site with the help of Hana Sensei. The discussion among the students turns to a rumor that a Rogue Shinobi escaped to this island after discovering some traps. Hana informs them that no one will come to the island to pick them up until the next day, and Ehou notices that their food is missing from the luggage.
Kawaki stays with Kae as Himawari leads a party in quest of food. Kawaki makes an effort to urge everyone to stay together and not venture into the woods after the Inuzuka kids’ pet dog is hurt and Neon’s drone is destroyed.
Kae’s interrogation disrupts Kawaki’s investigation at night. He tells her about his guess that there is still an assassin pursuing her. Neon is able to display the last feed from the drone to Kawaki and Himawari. In the meantime, Hana abducts Kae after leading her into the woods. Hana stabs Kae as Kawaki and Himawari follow them to a bridge.
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 272 Release Details
The title of the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 272 is “Students Unite!!”. The release date for Episode 272 of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is set for October 23, 2022. English subtitles will be available for the Japanese-language episode.
The episode will be premiered on Fuji TV in Japan. Within a few hours of the issue’s release, the translated chapter will probably be available. In order for viewers globally to access it at convenient times, it will also be released at various times across the world.
- USA – 05.00 AM, ET
- UK – 10.00 AM, BST
- Canada – 05.00 AM, EDT
- India – 02.30 PM, IST
- Singapore – 05.00 PM, SGT
- Australia – 07.00 PM, AEST
- UAE – 01.00 PM, GST
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 272 Streaming Guide
Crunchyroll offers the episode for internet streaming to American viewers. The past episodes of the Boruto Naruto anime can be seen on the official websites via Anime Lab, Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hulu.

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If there is one thing you need to know about Osaka (other than the fact that it has an awesome aquarium), it is that it has a reputation for being something of a food town. Unlike nearby Kyoto, Osaka is made up of hoi polloi: people who work hard for their money and then want to enjoy the fruits of their labor. So dedicated are Osakans to living the good life, there is actually a Japanese term to describe their wanton acts of gluttony: kuidaore, which means to ruin oneself through extravagence with food. When Tony & I heard about this, we knew that Osaka would be our kind of town!
You would be hard-pressed to find a town more diametrically opposed to KoyaSan, where circumspection and reflection are the daily maxims. After our time up in the mountains, entering Osaka Dontonburi Arcade (the heart of the city’s entertainment district) presented us with a visual and auditory wonderland dialed up to 11. The buildings stretch skyward, urban mountains in their own right, and the signs flashed vivid neon at such a rate we worried they might trigger seizures. It was everything we had wanted Tokyo to be – larger than life, bustling chaos, an explosion of color and life. In comparison, Shibuya Crossing and even Times Square in New York City seemed muted and restrained. Standing in the center of it all, we felt like we were in the eye of a hurricane of overindulgence, and it was awesome! We are so glad that Hirano, whom we met at the monkey park in Arashiyama, recommended that we stay in the Shinsaibashi & Namba areas of the city. This is where Osaka truly sparks to life, and if you’re going to visit the city, you want to be in the thick of it all.
Osaka does have a castle and even its fair share of temples (it is Japan after all!), but we were in town to live up our last few days in Japan, so we spent most of our time just wandering the streets, people watching, and, of course, eating!
So dedicated are Osakans to the pursuit of eating that there is actually a theme park of sorts that revolves around food! Situated next to the Kaiyukan aquarium, Naniwa Kuishinbo is mocked up to look like an olde tyme Japanese marketplace (if you consider ’60s Japan “olde tyme”) and features various shops and stalls that serve traditional dishes. We were a bit dubious as to the potential quality of the food, as we envisioned it would be like carnival food and not executed very well. However, the smells that were cooked up here were absolutely amazing, and it didn’t take us very long to decide we needed to sample something. I chose SORA, which despite the inclusion of the poorly named “fibrous beef” made claims that it would enhance my beauty due to the high collagen content… how could I resist?!? Seriously though, the beef was slowly simmered in an addictive miso-laced sauce so that the meat was exceedingly tender and it was all incredibly delicious. (So delicious that we forgot to take a photo!) And yes, the high fat content meant that the dish was also very rich. As far as beauty goes, I probably would have been better off smearing it all over my face rather than letting it go straight to my thighs, where I’m sure I’ll forever carry a bit of this dish!
Truly getting into the spirit of our time in Osaka, we decided we needed on splurge meal. For this occasion, we chose a meal at a restaurant that just so happens to be one of Dotonburi’s most iconic landmarks: Kani Doraku. At this point, it is hard to know whether the restaurant is more famed for the crab it serves inside or the huge mechanical crab that adorns the exterior of the building!
Although Tony & I tend to feel ambivalent about crab, we both decided that if ever there was a chance we would really appreciate it, it would be due to a meal here, so we decided to go for it and have lunch here. Prices were high, so we opted to split a combo lunch, which allowed us to taste crab that had been prepared in a variety of different ways, including several we had never before seen, such as crab sashimi and baked in an egg custard.
Although crab was featured in all of the dishes we tried, what was most impressive was how different aspects of the crab’s flavor were emphasized with each dish and preparation we tried. The sashimi accentuated the natural sweetness of the crab, whereas the grilled preparation highlighted a nutty undertone to the meat, and the tempura crab was succulent and fattier. Although the restaurant may be considered something of a tourist trap, we both immensely enjoyed our meal there, and we left with a new-found appreciation of this crustacean. As an added bonus, the restaurant has a prime location and our table on one of the upper floors provided us with a stellar view of the hustle and bustle of Dontunburi.
We also continued our love affair with fried food. Wanting to sneak in one more tonkatsu meal before we left for Hong Kong, we unwittingly wandered into the exact same chain we had chosen to eat at in Nara! It was an unintentional repeat (and we only realized our mistake when we started leafing through the menu and discovered it looked awfully familiar), but the food was still excellent so it was a happy accident! Whatever this place is called, they definitely know how to fry their pork cutlets perfectly.
Faithful readers will recall that along with fried food, Tony and I tend to enjoy meals served to us on sticks. In Osaka, we got to experience the delightful intersection of these two food styles, as we sampled the naughtier version of yakitori, known as kushikats. Various ingredients are skewered and then breaded and fried instead of grilled. We picked a place at random, only to find that it didn’t have much English, so we just pointed to a random photo in the menu, crossed our fingers and hoped for the best!
As you can see, with kushikatsu, mystery dishes are made even more mysterious as the only way to figure out what the blobby fried thing in front of you is to pick it up and eat it! Our assortment of skewers involved shrimp, chicken, pork, lotus root, and onion. All of it was good (if unremarkable), but this was also the one place in Japan where we found the proprietess wasn’t very friendly or invested in helping us (there was almost no English on the menu), so after this plate of food, we paid our bill and went in search of more snacks!
We wandered the labyrinthine streets that coil together to form the Dontonburi core, which flooded with late-night partiers. As we rode the wave of people, we remarked that this one section of Osaka felt like what you would get if you took all the craziest parts of Tokyo and compressed them together into one hyper-concentrated amalgam. While you could spend ages on the subway in Tokyo traveling from one district to another, it seemed that everything we needed was at our fingertips (or at the very least, within walking distance) right here in Osaka.
Unlike most of Asia, Japan is definitely not a country with a thriving street food scene. Given the lack of benches and trash bins, eating on the street is something that is not done… except in Osaka! As we roamed the streets in search of sustenance, we passed vendors selling sushi and takoyaki, but it was a little stall selling nuggets of fried chicken that finally roped us in. Squirting in a variety of mystery sauces and snagging a can of peach nectar from the ubiquitous vending machines that line the streets all over Japan, we were good to go!
Knowing that our time in Japan was drawing to a close, we decided we could no longer delay the inevitable and that the time had finally come to try the Yoshinoya fast food chain. Although plenty of Western fast food restaurants can be found in Japan, Yoshinoya is Japanese through and through. You won’t find any burgers and fries here, just rice bowls topped with different kind of meats. Our friend L’Ell had cast doubts in our mind as to the authenticity of the actual meat contained in a Yoshinoya Beef Bowl, so you can imagine our surprise when we discovered that the food was actually kind of good!
It was by no means gourmet, but it was filling, reasonably tasty (in a junk food kind of way) and best of all, cheap! At just 490Y (~$6USD) per person for a rice bowl with sides such as pickled cabbage and miso soup, Yoshinoya is one of a budget traveler’s best friends when visiting Japan.
Astute readers will notice that although we tried a lot of different things in Osaka given our short stay there, a few obvious choices are missing from our binge. Most notably, we refrained from trying okonomiyaki (Osakan-style) and takoyaki (fried octopus balls). Although I know that these are some of the most famous dishes in Osaka, in all honesty, our sampling of okonomiyaki in Hiroshima was enough to last us a lifetime and we didn’t relish the idea of trying it again, just so we could say we had. Similarly, whenever we caught a whiff of takoyaki, it so strongly reminded us of okonomiyaki that we immediately lost our appetites! I know both of these dishes are insanely popular in Osaka and some people will think it scandalous that we overlooked them, but for the sake of our gag reflex, we had to give these dishes a miss this time around!
Our two days spent in Osaka were the perfect way to cap off the Japan leg of our trip. As a bookend to Tokyo, Osaka was a distillation of the vibrancy and insanity that we had hoped to find in Japan’s capital city. It was the modern, space-age Japan we had been hoping to experience, and provided us with the perfect platform to say goodbye to the country in one final sensory bender.


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About two months ago I began a position working through the Washington Reading Corps, a branch of AmeriCorps. The goal of Washington Reading Corps is to work with struggling students on their literacy skills, be it vocabulary, reading comprehension, speaking, active listening, etc. In my specific position, I work with low-income pre-school children (4-5 year olds). I have one specific classroom I work in, but I also work with the other 60 head-start sites in my area through special literacy events and projects. Today I was one of about 30 people sorting through 20,000+ books. That’s right. Over 20,000 books. The agency I’m partnered with teamed up with Bazillion Books for Kids, a Portland-based organization whose goal is to give books to over 100,000 kids. Within my agency, our goal was to give 10 books to around 1,000 kids in our program. Additionally, we wanted to create a lending library at each of the pre-school sites where parents had access to reading materials.
I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a day than to gather materials to increase literacy. In our country, we keep hearing that grades are dropping. Test scores are lower. Society on a whole is getting more stupid. Well, to incredibly simplify the problem, it all comes back to literacy. LITERACY skills are necessary to do anything in life, and the stronger they are, the better. A huge part of literacy is the capability to read. And yet, my generation, and the generations coming up behind me, are reading less and less. Why? Through various discussions, observations, and researches done, here are the top reasons I’ve found.
1) Trouble reading and they get frustrated with trying
2) Lack of interest in material provided
3) Not shown the importance of reading
As writers we should have a goal for everything we write. Whether it is to entertain, to inform, to purge, to mock, or to uplift, every piece we write MUST have a purpose if it is to be anything of value. However, more than having a purpose for the writing in general, we must also have goal of how that piece is going to reach readers. If you are writing a book for a wide general audience, but the writing level and style in the book are at an advanced level, then the interest in the book is going to be low. People will get frustrated and drop it.
And I recognize that people may disagree with me on this, but think about Twilight and Harry Potter. Huge selling series. Popular with both kids, teens, and adults. Why? The reading levels were not complicated, which made the books accessible to general audiences. However, in today’s culture, many classics with higher vocabulary levels and complicated syntax, such as Faulkner and Dickens, are not generally read. If we are to increase literacy in our culture, is it going to come about through no reading at all or through the Twilights and Harry Potters?
Yes, it would be wonderfully nice if everyone in society read and understood Dickens, Dostoevsky, the Brontes, etc. But we cannot start there. Everyone has a reading level, and that’s where we must start. When I was in school, we were regularly tested (about once every 6 weeks) to see how are reading levels were improving. The advice given based on research at the time was that we should read 80-90% in our reading level and then 10-20% just above our reading level for optimum improvement.
Now, most natural readers do this automatically. And yet, since most writers are natural readers we tend to have trouble understanding those who struggle with reading or who refuse to read for whatever reason. But now, more than ever, it is important to write for AUDIENCES. What stories will actually be read? What writing styles and genres will be reach the greatest number of people? What vocabulary will be understood?
To end, I want to encourage all of you to think and consider what you are writing. There is a place for Dickens and Brontes, I cannot deny that. All of my favorites are classics. But, I also know that I would not have made it to the Alcotts and Brontes and Mitchells without the Nancy Drews, the Mary Higgins Clarks, the Madelaine L’Engles.
**SIDENOTE: All of this said, I do not and cannot excuse sloppy writing. There is far too much of that due to poor literacy skills already. Everybody wants to be a writer, a photographer, a whatever. But they don’t want to put in the work to perfect their craft. Sloppy writing does not fulfill a purpose.
***Disclaimer: While this post does discus the duty of benefiting society, it in no way applies or connects this to any form of utilitarianism, socialism, or any other political or philosophical -ism. 😀
****This is the last post I will be making for a while. I have many new projects in the works with the Washington Reading Corps, and unfortunately, as many of you may have noticed, I haven’t always had the time or energy to get my posts up on time. Luckily, Tobias has found someone wonderful to fill in during my hiatus. So, I’ll leave you with my signature “Peace, love, and LIBERTY*****

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After school,I always play football with my friends.
At weekends,it take me two hours to play football.
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|Identifying Scholarly Journals
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A citation provides bibliographic information (author, title, page number, etc.) about the source of an idea. Citations are ways for authors to give credit to the originators of ideas that they use in their writings. Additionally, citations provide a way for readers to learn the source of the ideas contained in the documents they are reading, so that they can follow up with those resources in order to learn more.
There are several standardized ways to cite sources (see FAQ #6 below on style guides), but the most common citation styles generally include two main components (both of which are usually required when citing a source):
- In-text citations. When authors use the ideas of another in their writings, they generally are asked to acknowledge that usage in some way right there in the text itself – with a brief reference to the author, a footnote, or in some other way as defined by the particular style guide they are following.
- Complete bibliographic records. In the footnote and/or somewhere near the end of the document (e.g., in a bibliography), complete bibliographic information about all sources used in the report is usually required. Complete bibliographic records include the author, title, publication, year, and other elements. Different categories of information must be provided for different types of sources: journal articles, books, Web pages, etc.
Different disciplines (and even different instructors) require different citation elements and styles, so do not assume that what is acceptable for one class will be acceptable for another. If you are unsure, ask your instructor.
Students sometimes struggle to understand what types of information they must cite and what types of information needs no attribution. In general terms, when one person uses the words and/or ideas of another in their writings, they must give credit to the originator of the idea. A citation must be used in this situation whether the originator of the idea is being quoted directly or not. In other words, even when you are only paraphrasing someone else’s idea it is necessary to provide a citation for it.
It is not necessary to cite factual information that can be considered common knowledge (facts known by many people and found in many places), even if you personally did not know the fact until you read it in someone else’s writings. For example, if you write a paper on Martin Luther and mention that he posted his 95 Theses in 1517, you need not provide a citation for that fact, even if you learned it for the first time from a source that you read during your research for the paper. However, if a source that you read provides an interpretation related to a common-knowledge fact and you include that interpretation in your paper, you must provide a citation to give attribution for the idea.
Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s words or ideas as your own. Plagiarism can take many different forms, from obvious cases like taking someone else’s paper and placing your name on it, to less obvious cases like reading an idea in another’s writings, summarizing or changing a few of its words, and then including it in your own paper without providing a citation. Many instances of plagiarism are unintentional and happen as a result of lazy note-taking practices, so be careful. In order to avoid committing plagiarism, a good rule of thumb is, when in doubt, provide a citation.
What are style guides and citation styles?
Style guides provide a standardized format for all components of a citation, both in-text and complete bibliographic, for all types of sources – articles, books, websites, etc. In other words, each style guide provides a consistent citation style to use when writing a research paper. This consistency facilitates the replication of the research process. The three most common style guides are:
- APA (American Psychological Association)
- MLA (Modern Language Association of America)
- The Chicago Manual of Style (and Kate Turabian’s simplified version of it)
There are significant format differences between each of the citation styles described in these guides, and these differences are important. When following a particular style guide it is important to pay attention to all of the details, including capitalization and other types of punctuation, underlining, abbreviation, and the order of citation elements (author, date, title, etc.). Be sure to follow consistently just one citation style throughout your paper.
Your instructor is the final arbiter on which citation style you should use for your paper. If the course syllabus or assignment instructions are unclear about which style guide to follow, make sure to ask your instructor. Different academic disciplines favor different citation styles, and some may require a more obscure citation style than one of the three popular styles mentioned above in FAQ #6. Traditionally, many social sciences disciplines have followed APA, while the humanities have often favored the use of MLA, and the Chicago Manual of Style has been used by researchers in the field of history.
Composing proper citations for your paper will often include the following steps:
- Be organized during the research process. When you take notes, be sure to include the page number from the source any time that you write down the idea of another and any time that you copy down a direct quotation. Make sure to clearly differentiate in your notes between your own words and the words of the sources you are reading. Also, write down complete bibliographic information for all sources that you use at the time that you are using them so that you do not have to go back later and search for this information.
- When you write the rough draft of your paper, include the author’s last name and page number directly in the text of the paper whenever a citation is appropriate. You can then revise the format of this information to conform to a style guide’s standards when you later do your final paper revisions.
- Learn the basics of the citation style that your instructor wants you to use for your paper. Does that particular style require the use of footnotes or some sort of abbreviated in-text citation? Will a complete bibliography be necessary? (See FAQ #9 for resources to help you with this step)
When citing a source, consult examples from the particular style guide that you are following. Be sure to choose examples that correspond with the type of source that you are citing – book, journal article, newspaper article, website, etc. – and make sure to pay attention to the details of punctuation. Follow these examples closely when you compose your own citations. Useful examples to follow can be found in the resources described below in FAQ #9.
Where do I find information and examples on specific citation styles, as they relate to specific types of sources (books, articles, websites, etc.)?
There are many different types of sources used in writing research papers - books, journal articles, websites, reference works, etc. - and each of these different sources has different bibliographic elements that need description in a citation. When these different types of sources are combined with the various citation styles (MLA, APA, Chicago), each with their different descriptive formats, the process of composing a proper citation can be challenging. Thankfully, there are many resources available to help simplify this process. The Library has online guides with examples in both APA and MLA formats. Other resources that will help you compose proper citations include:
- The OWL at Purdue. This online writing lab provides a detailed section on ‘Research and Citation’ that includes numerous examples and explanations of the main citation style.
- For a handy shortcut when using our databases or the catalog, look for a button or link that says "Cite" or "Cite this Title" to get a pre-formatted citation -- but be sure to verify its accuracy.
- The following manuals are available for 2hr checkout (library use only) from the permanent
reserve collection of the library (ask at the front desk):
- APA (6th ed.)
- MLA (8th ed.)
- Turabian (9th ed.)
- Chicago (17th ed.)


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"This is a complete book for practitioners, helping me determine at what stage in the process my child study team is and where we should go next."
—Margarete Couture, Principal, Seneca Central School District, Interlaken, NY
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When a culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) student struggles in school, how can you tell whether language or cultural differences are the cause, or if the student has a learning or behavioral disability? Because the reason can be difficult to pinpoint, having the right assessment process in place is crucial. Seven Steps to Separating Difference From Disability shows how educators can adapt the widely used Response to Intervention (RTI) model to make sound decisions regarding a student′s education.
Catherine Collier presents a framework that breaks down the process into seven clear steps for determining each student′s unique strengths and needs, helping educators make appropriate decisions regarding resources, referrals, and integrated services. Principals, school administrators, and RTI team members will find:Instruction, intervention, and assessment techniques specific to the challenges faced by limited-English-proficient (LEP) students and English language learners (ELLs)A step-by-step process that works within an RTI framework, supporting collaboration among teachers, specialists, and administratorsRealistic, research-based guidance on key considerations such as cognitive learning style, language acquisition, acculturation, and the role of family and communityA running case study that demonstrates the book′s strategies in action
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… Physicists have succeeded in closing the last local realistic loophole for systems of entangled photons.
In everyday life it is only natural that the properties of objects exist independent of being observed or not. The quantum world on the other hand is ruled by other laws: the property of a particle may be not be defined until the instant it is being measured, and two entangled particles seem to be connected in a non-local way over large distances. Various experiments worldwide have demonstrated this fundamental attribute of quantum theory. However, up to now last doubts could not be ruled out completely. Advocates of “local realism” by which the classical world is governed refer to several “loopholes” in order to save their world view. Now physicists from the group of Prof. Anton Zeilinger at the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna, Austria, have closed an important loophole in photonic experiments which use quantum entanglement to rule out a local realistic explanation of nature.
The results are published this week in Nature .
“Local realism” is a world view in which the properties of physical objects exist independent of whether or not they are observed by anyone (realism) and in which no physical influence can propagate faster than the speed of light (locality). In 1964, in one of the most important works in the history of the foundations of quantum theory, the Irish physicist John Bell proved theoretically that local realism is in contradiction with the predictions of quantum mechanics, and that the decision between these philosophically so radically different world views can be made by experiment. A certain inequality, the now famous “Bell inequality,” can be used for an experimental test. Quantum mechanics can violate the inequality, whereas local realism cannot.
In a Bell test, pairs of particles, e.g. photons, are produced. From every pair, one photon is sent to a party usually called Alice, and the other photon is sent to Bob. They each make a choice which physical property they want to measure, e.g. which direction of their photon’s polarization. For pairs that are quantum entangled, the correlations of Alice’s and Bob’s measurement outcomes can violate Bell’s inequality. Quantum entanglement – a term coined by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrââdinger – means that neither photon taken by itself has a definite polarisation but that, if one party measures the polarisation of its photon and obtains a random result, the other photon will always show a perfectly correlated polarisation. Albert Einstein called this strange effect “spooky action at a distance.”…http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415094839.htm
I experienced spooky action at a distance tonight. A bottle of soap began rocking on its own near my kitchen sink. No breeze, no earthquake. I was about 5 ft away. The only thing that makes sense is that the slow moving soap from the top took a while to settle and after a certain balance point was reached, it started rocking.
I’ve had a key fly off of the wall in this very same room. The guy who installed the locks and had that key made had recently died in a car crash. The key was hanging on a sign that says, “life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.”
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Compared to all the Diet Pepsi logos, this logo was the shortest-lived, which was in stores for just over two years.
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Posted date: 2017-Oct-02
PhD student position in computational imaging: Metrology by advanced X-ray Computed Tomography (f/m)
The Vision Lab, an fun and exciting research group at the University of Antwerp, has an open position for a PhD student to work on developing innovative image reconstruction methods for X-ray Computed Tomography (CT). Tomography is an image reconstruction technique that leans strongly on large-scale numerical mathematics, particularly linear algebra. It has a wide range of applications in medicine (CT-scans), industry (nondestructive testing) and science (3D imaging of nanomaterials). In your PhD, you will develop ground breaking computational techniques for metrology (science of measurement) based on X-ray scan data from object of which CAD info is available.
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