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Michelle Rhee is introduced as “Bold, dogged, even intemperate efforts to improve schools in DC.” Results are her relentless focus. Barstow tells of her being praised by both McCain and Obama; indeed there was even that crazy moment during one of the debates when the two senators argued over which of their plans Rhee preferred, as if she were the solomonic judge that could determine the best educational solution.
Here she is, jumping right in with no real preface. This is a woman in a rush. “What was Mayor Fenty thinking?” she tells us everyone was thinking when she was appointed Chancellor; after all, she had never run a school, much less a school district, and DC was/is the most challenging district in the US. Funny, crazy even, to hear her saying how terrible her school district is performing– we are so used to school-leaders painting positive images of what they lead. She carries on, with more and more “disheartening data.” The longer children stay in the DC district system, the further behind their peers they fall. “Poor black kids in DC are two grade levels behind poor black kids in NYC.”
Rhee speaks about the ineffective people in her central office, and how she starting firing them, left and right. Until her general counsel stormed in and told her that firing staff is impossible inside the DC district. When she asks what she is supposed to do with incompetent district personnel, and she is told that she should do what is usually done: send them back into the schools!
Rhee speaks of how it is possible that we allow employees to keep their jobs, by contract or union or tenure, who are utterly incompetent, and how is it possible we can tell parents that their children will be in a classroom with an incompetent teacher, someone who will not be able to teach their children how to read.
Warren Buffett’s advice on how to fix American schools: this is great. Abolish every private school in the country, and ensure that every child is randomly assigned which public school they attended. The result would be mobilized parents of influence whipping schools into reform and resolution.
Onto the challenge of defining what is a good teacher. Rhee complains that there is no agreement on what is effective teaching in her district, (and I would say that many of our independent schools have the same struggle). She confronts one principal, who says all his teaches are effective, and one teacher is discussed; she never seems to do anything. No, no, he replies, she can teach a pretty good lesson when she feels like it. So then Rhee asks, which teacher at this school would you want to have as your grandchild’s teacher? Well, he said, if that is the standard, then none of my teachers are effective. That is the standard, Rhee responds emphatically.
Rhee compares two classrooms, in the same building; one where all kids are focused, engaged, attentive, inquisitive, humorous, volunteering; one where the teacher is screaming at the kids to be quiet and turning on and off the lights to demand their attention. We can see the difference of effective and ineffective teaching, and we must do something about it. The kids know, she says, the kids know, ask the kids, they know who the effective teachers are. A big running theme of this blog is to honor the kids, to be real and really listen to what they say, and take it seriously, so I enjoy the point greatly.
She tells a lovely story of students coming to see her, and says in passing that she has a policy to always honor a request of students and teachers who wish to meet with her.
MR: I believe public education is supposed to be the great equalizer in America. If you work hard and do the right things you can have the American dream. But it is not the reality in America, and is not the same in Washington DC. Still in this day and age we are allowing a child’s zip code and color of skin to dictate their future. But we have a new moment in the US, a new opportunity, an incredibly critical time. But if nothing changes, disillusionment will be profound.
Rhee’s message to us at NAIS schools: Make room for scholarship kids. Private and Independent school kids have to exist because you set the bar for educational excellence. Rhee says she knows that it is possible to have a school where every child learns, and every child can go to college, because she saw it be true at Maumee Valley Country Day.
Nice standing ovation for Rhee!
Rhee pays an enormous tribute to Mayor Fenty, and says despite the enormity of the political fallout from constituents in DC interest groups, he ALWAYS supports her, always supports what is best for kids and learning. Rhee also praises independent schools for providing on their campuses summer outreach program to public school kids.
Huge imploring from Rhee: Too often we sacrifice what is the best interest of kids in the classroom in order to preserve the harmony of relations among adults, protecting adults’ interests at the expense of the interests of kids. We have to stop this!
Rhee tells a funny and very representative story about the problems of the food system in the DC schools, and says that the food has been so bad, that she put a clause in the contract that the executives of the food service company must eat the same lunches they serve the kids.
She is a rock star; I am besotted. She is such an inspiration and an inspiring leader, and she makes me feel small for the work I do, but I want to honor her call. I know that indeed I can respond to what she calls for: I can provide more scholarships for urban public school students; I can offer more summer programs and after-school programs for public school students, and I can work with all school community members to continue to raise the bar of educational excellence and set an example. I try to repeat like a mantra something the Atlantic magazine said about Rhee: she practices a relentless pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning in every classroom every day, as a signature of her educational leadership.

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Bandgi Kalra and Puneesh Sharma’s romance in the Bigg Boss house has garnered a lot of attention but mostly of the negative kind. From evicted contestants to Salman Khan and of course the housemates, everyone has their opinion on the veracity of this relationship. But the problem here is that Bandgi’s life outside the Bigg Boss house is in a bit of a mess as well. According to a report on Tellychakkar.com, her landlord does not want her to stay in his house because they live in a ‘reputed society’ and her antics could have an adverse effect on children. He has informed her close friend that she should pack her bags and hunt for another house as soon as she’s back from the show.
Not only that, Bandgi’s family is under a lot of stress too. As per a source, her father hasn’t taken her behaviour inside the house well –
Bandgi hails from a small town of Punjab called Jalalabad. Belonging to a well-to-do family, her relatives are immensely unhappy with what she has been doing inside the Bigg Boss 11 house. Owing to such rumours and gossip against her reputation, Bandgi’s father was recently rushed to the hospital because of high blood pressure issues.


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Dawson staying positive as Spurs lose lead in Greece
Michael Dawson insisted Tottenham's players were still upbeat despite the disappointment of letting a lead slip against Panathinaikos in the Europa League.
Spurs have two points from their first two group matches, as they look to avoid an exit before Christmas for the second successive season.
And Dawson, who scored Tottenham's goal in Greece, said: 'We are definitely disappointed at ending up with a point.
One up: Michael Dawson celebrates after scoring for Spurs against Panathinaikos
'In the first half we played really well, passed the ball nicely and got the goal. But to be fair to them, they came out in the second half determined and were the better team.
'We are just disappointed that we didn’t keep our momentum going and gave the ball away too much. We are staying positive, though. We have some big games coming up and hopefully we can get back to winning ways.'
Pure delight: Panathinaikos players celebrate their late equaliser
Spurs are back in Premier League action on Sunday when they entertain Aston Villa.
Manager Andre Villas-Boas will be hoping his men can build on their superb victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford last weekend, their first victory at that ground for 23 years.
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I am many years removed from middle and high school, but in the adult world at least, it seems now is a much safer time to be a card collecting geek. But undoubtedly there are still guys who are too intimidated to spend their time playing Netrunner or Yu-Gi-Oh. Instead, they cloak their collector's impulse and stat obsession in a thin layer of NBA fandom. They get their card-battling fix from the MyNBA2K companion app 2K Games releases every twelve months.
MyNBA2K16 has gone live in the Play Store, and this year's addition brings new cards to collect, more ways to customize them, specialty bonuses, and other tweaks that enhance the core mechanic. 2K Games has also expanded the social element by letting you friend contacts in-game or through social networks and chat with them as you play.
The Auction House provides a greater chance of snagging exclusives, and a new economy helps you earn virtual currency daily or sell cards to get guaranteed income. Alternatively, you can just buy fake money using real money. You may scoff, but this is part of the authentic card collecting experience. When has building your dream deck ever come cheap?
If all of this comes off as too gimmicky for your tastes, you can always switch to NBA Live and the companion app EA released for Android. That one lets you take a picture of your face and insert it into the console game. In the end, both appeal to their own kind of fantasy.

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Michael Morpurgo is the author of War Horse
1 - Walking
Last year I had one of my hips replaced and I cannot tell you the difference it has made to my life. Before the operation it had become rather painful to move, which was frustrating as I have always been a keen walker.
Now I am back to walking two or three miles every day and my mobility is something I will never take for granted again. We live very close to the River Torridge and I love nothing more than ambling by the water, idly watching the kingfishers and herons and soaking up the sounds of nature.
2 - Horse picture
When we first moved to our village around 40 years ago there was a lovely old antiques dealer living there called Wilf Ellis who had served in the First World War.
He was in the cavalry and he used to tell me all sorts of wonderful stories about the adventures he’d had with his trusted steed. One day a picture of a beautiful black racehorse came into his shop and, knowing that I would love it, Wilf reserved it for me.
It has hung in our kitchen ever since and although it doesn’t have a huge monetary value, to me it is priceless. It was that picture and my conversations with Wilf that inspired me to write War Horse, which was later turned into a play and an award-winning film by Steven Spielberg.
My horse picture means so much to me and not just because of the success it inspired. It really is one of the few possessions I have that I would be heartbroken to lose.
The author with Olympic diver Tom Daley
3 - Classical music
As a boy I was a chorister at The King’s School in Canterbury and I have always adored singing, although sadly I am not much of a musician.
Music still means an awful lot to me and I absolutely love Mozart, Beethoven and Handel as all three composers can transport me to a completely different time and place.
The novel has been adapted into a film in 2011
In addition to a film adaptation is has also adapted into a succesfull stage show
4 - Bryher
My wife Clare has been holidaying on the Scilly isle of Bryher since she was two and her love affair with the island is something that I now share too. We stay there every year and never tire of it. Bryher is the smallest of Scilly’s inhabited islands and is only one and a half miles long and half a mile wide.
However, despite its tiny size it is a place of exquisite beauty, with breathtaking coastline flanked by cliffs backing out on to the wilds of the Atlantic on one side and soft, sheltered sand on the other.
With only 80 people living on the island, it is an unusually peaceful and unhurried haven and Clare and I can quite happily while away an entire afternoon sitting on the picturesque Rushy Bay beach, mesmerised by the sea.
5 - Birthdays
Earlier this month I celebrated my 73rd birthday and I am glad to say that even at my age, the excitement of having a birthday hasn’t remotely diminished.
I love everything about the day, from the clatter on the doormat as the cards arrive to the wonderful feeling of being surrounded by loved ones. This year we shared a wonderful homecooked meal with some very special friends and I couldn’t have been happier.
With each year that passes I feel more and more fortunate to still be here and to still be loving life. As you get older, you begin to realise what an incredible privilege that actually is. l On October 27 Michael Morpurgo will read his poignant novel War Horse at The Royal Albert Hall with co-narrator Joanna Lumley.
They will be accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and British designer Rae Smith, who will create animated illustrations of Morpurgo’s book. Visit royalalberthall.com for more information.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Better Living Through Chemistry
Mosanto House of the Future, Disneyland, Anaheim (1957).
According to the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the House of the Future "was a design anomaly: though fabricated from materials concocted in an industrial laboratory - the company's motto was "Better Living Through Chemistry" - the house took the shape of a flower from another galaxy, an abstract sculpture with four, lobate wings or blossoms budding from a central stem.
No longer Le Corbusier's "machine for living," the family home was a work of modern art, in which function was subordinate to the dramatized forms of eyes, legs, fingers, lungs, and a pliant skin of sleek white plastic. The all-plastic wings were composed of modular panels in contoured shapes filled with foam insulation.
Each one featured a picture window - a huge eye with the proportions of a TV screen."


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(TW rape is discussed somewhat, no details)
I was raised in a very set Christian home, with abstinence being a big part of that as I grew older.
I have a lot of reasons from my personal life to disagree with abstinence only education, and as a parent I want my kids making informed decisions.
I didn’t know that men could choose not to rape. I didn’t know that they could say “Oh, I don’t want sex” or “Oh, she doesn’t want sex so I’ll either stop, or just masturbate”…. there are other circumstances in my life that led to that way of thinking as well, but the way I was taught that sex ed was bad, etc. didn’t help at all.
I didn’t know sex was pleasurable either. When things felt good when I started venturing into foreplay and sex I was ashamed.
I didn’t know the names of body parts.
The reason I mentioned rape is that when I was 18 I ended up going to the home of a guy I had been dating, and we did some stuff, though there was no intercourse or anything of that sort.
I remember telling the friend who picked me up from his house (I couldn’t drive myself, I was too upset over everything) that he would have raped me. Now, 14 years later, and having been married, etc. I know it’s not likely [that he would have], but at the time I was convinced that we wouldn’t… no COULDN’T have stopped if things went any further, regardless of what I wanted.
Enter my now ex husband. I was coerced into sex at the end of our relationship, until I finally just said “no” and left it at that…. this was at least a few times… honestly I’d say most of our two years we were married. Part of my reason for marrying him was guilt because we’d had sex and I didn’t think I could do anything else. It’s not the only reason, but it did play a role.
I can’t remember what else I wanted to say, so I guess I’ll leave it at that.


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News broke at Monday's Canton City Council meeting that bids on the 12th Street Corridor Project (from Mercy Medical Center to the Mahoning Road Corridor Project) came in $4.5 million over estimates by the Canton Engineering Department.
One of the councilpersons who had a reaction was - who else: Bill Smuckler, councilman-at-large who is upset that 12th Street's sorely needed repairs as a consequence of "the problem" will be delayed by about six (6) months.
Moreover, Smuckler's upset goes deeper than the delay.
He told the SCPR in a conversation last night that he thinks that the Healy administration knew that the project would be overbid so that the administration can include an "in the talking stages" City of Canton Bond Issue proposal of some $18 million (to be repaid over ten years or so) including money for repairing Canton's streets, including, of course, needed additional money for the 12th Street project.
Smuckler says that most of council object for the simple reason that the life of repaired roads is some 7 to 12 years (depending on traffic volume), and that spending bond money on street repairs is an imprudent thing to do.
There was no hint of any such plan by Major Healy in the following interview done by the SCPR yesterday afternoon.
However, in an off-camera discussion with the mayor immediately after taping the session, Mayor Healy did share with The Report his frustration with Councilman Smuckler.
Healy projected to the SCPR that he thinks Smuckler is in "full political battle dress" (The Report's characterization, not Healy's) and that Smuckler's opposition to and/or criticism of various Healy administration proposals/projects are evidence of same. Since taking office on January 1st, they include:
- the development of a long range plan for Canton at the cost of $350,000,
- the Bond proposal,
- the Perez/Smuckler plan to end Canton's reduced income tax credit for Cantonians working outside of Canton, and
- the 12th Street Corridor project
- SCPR Note: Councilman Smuckler gives the mayor high marks for having engineered the 90/10 split between federal/state-City of Canton funding of the project which will probably end up having so a $20 million or price tag to it.
For a refresher, here are a couple of SCPR videos of Councilman Smuckler speaking of his opposition to the Healy administration to paying the $350,000 for the work up of a long term plan for Canton:
If Healy is correct and Smuckler (who neither confirms or denies that he will run for mayor) runs again, it will be the third time the two have run against each other.
In 2003 Smuckler bested Healy in the Democratic primary and went on to lose narrowly to Republican Janet Creighton (now a Stark County commissioner) in the 2003 general election.
In 2007 Healy defeated Smuckler and then went on to trump Creighton in November, 2007.
So it will be interesting to see whether or not Healy's certainty materializes.
Smuckler tells the SCPR that he has to walk a tightrope in his relationship with the mayor and that consequently he has found himself not speaking out when he felt he needed to because of his concern that he would be dismissed as a politically inspired crank.
He shared with The Report a conversation he had with Healy's safety director Andrea Perry yesterday about the same of the SCPR/Healy interview.
In the conversation Smuckler and Perry were exploring ideas how he could get on board with various Healy administration proposals. He says he is willing to consider working to bridge over differences with the mayor but he wants to meet with Healy, Chief-of-Staff Fonda Williams and Perry in a neutral setting (i.e. not on the 8th floor of city hall nor in council chambers).
When Smuckler told The Report of his suspicion that the overbid scenario was one orchestrated at the mayor's direction for the ulterior motive of getting funds for the project from Bond money, The Report was skeptical.
Of course, SCPR readers have read blog, after blog, after blog of how utterly political The Report thinks William J. Healy, II is.
So why would The Report be skeptical on Smuckler's take on the deeper significance of the overbid?
A very good question, indeed!
Only time will tell as to an answer on Smuckler's suspicion.
We shall see in due course.


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View Full Version : Camo Painting Rifles????
May 25, 2001, 02:35 AM
I've got a couple of AR15's and a Rem 700 that I'd like to camo up somehow.
What's a good way to go about painting a rifle & scope without screwing it up?????
May 25, 2001, 07:37 AM
Joey, Brownells, http://www.brownells.com sells camo paint for stocks and teflon/moly for the metal parts in camo colors. I've used the teflon to camo a few. You decide what the base color will be and do the whole gun in that. Then use randomly torn off pieces of masking tape placed in different spots and spray with the second color. Remove the tape before baking. Then repeat the process with the third color. If you don't want to do it yourself, there's a company called Psycho Ballistics that makes and sells paint ball guns. I spoke with the president a couple of years ago and at that time he was telling me that he could put on just about any pattern you'd want by a silk screen method. You might contact them and see what they can do and for how much. They have a website but I no longer have the address. George
May 26, 2001, 12:06 PM
JOEY, YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO GOTO http://www.BEARCOAT.COM THEY are one of the best for doing finishes on equipment. There is another product similar to the Brownells stuff called "Guncoat" .Don't have the website at hand. Great stuff.
If any of the weapons are stainless steel and you just want to subdue the sheen ... take off the stock/non stainless gear, plug the barrel(s)/screw holes(kids play-dough works, easy to remove). Then take it to a machine shop with a sand blasting booth. I prefer the coarse sand and it really takes the sheen/shine off. It may even dissipate heat faster (more surface area) BUT that hasn't been proven by exact testing. Thst procedure cost me $10. If you aren't adept at taking the weapon apart then wrap WELL with electrical tape. Especially the trigger group and the action or anything you don't want blasted with sand. I have done this on a Rem. VSSF & a Ruger 10/22. My gunsmith is gonna hate me for doing the same to a Shilen barreled M700 he is working up,but ...
May 26, 2001, 06:48 PM
Let me know if you like the looks of these and I will e-mail you some info.
May 26, 2001, 09:30 PM
I just use a camo sock.
May 29, 2001, 03:14 PM
Anybody know anything about something called bowflage???? From what I understand you can spray this on and then remove it at a latter date.
Crow Shooter, nice pictures, how'd you cammo them????
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Take a bow Saskatoon, and take a bow Saskatchewan. UFC Fight Night left a little to be desired on both ends, but what a spectacular night it was at Sasktel Centre as the UFC made it much-awaited first appearance on provincial soil.
A crowd of 72-hundred was on hand to watch the event which was beamed across North America on TSN in Canada and Fox Sports 1 in the US. While 72-hundred in the 15-thousand seat Sasktel Centre is not great, you would not have known being in the building as the place was jammed with people who I think left having spent a solid night watching the many fights that were on the card despite the fact the main event hadn't even got going before it was called due to injury. It was a sour ending to the night when Charles Oliviera had to pull the pin early in the 1st round after suffering what was said to have originally been a shoulder injury, but was later confirmed to be an esophagus tear. While the ending was not great, it did not diminish the card at all.
The gate for the event was just under a million dollars Canadian which is what was expected and it had Tom Wright happy, but the UFC Canada boss couldn't have been happy at seeing an event which wasn't sold out in its first trip into Saskatchewan especially when Saskatchewan is one of the per-capita leaders in UFC PPV. It brought up a great discussion as to who is to blame for that. Are Saskatchewan MMA champs content to plunk down 70 bucks to watch a pay-per-view, but not plunk down the money when the event is in their backyard or did the UFC do a poor job in giving Saskatchewan MMA fans who know the sport a card which was not filled with name performers. I think considering there weren't a lot of names on this card, Saskatchewan showed organizers what they would do if some names were to come here. Don't expect Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey or Jon Jones to ever fight in Regina or Saskatoon, but organizers probably would have gotten more people with fighters that a lot have people have heard about.
Saskatchewan's two most famous Mitch's were in the house (OK, one for sure) as Saskatoon's Mitch Clarke was on hand to greet fans before the performancce and throughout the weekend. The place would gone off its hinges had he stepped into the octagon and the plan was for that to happen, but he was sidelined due to injury. It killed him knowing he couldn't do his thing in his hometown.
While the UFC play-by-play tandem of Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan were not behind the mike on this night calling the action to the world, Bruce Buffer was there. Watching this guy in person is amazing. He is extremely popular with the fans and is more than willing to take pictures and meet as many as possible as are fighters who are there to watch and his act which is sometimes not seen on TV is a treat. He is great to watch!
As mentioned, those connected with the sport are very accomodating. Here's your truly with Tyron Woodley who is getting ready to face Jonny Hendricks in a welterweight bout in what is the co-main event of UFC 193 in Houston in October. The guy below Woodley is no stranger to CFL fans as he is UFC Canada boss. I talked to Tom for a few minutes and he was so happy to be showcasing his product in the heartland of the CFL. By the way, he is just as shocked as anyone over what is happening in Riderville.
The fans were into it for many of the fights and no doubt, it was the loudest when Canadian Patrick Cote took on Josh Burkman.
Canadians on the card ( and there were many) were obviously the fan favourites, but none more than "The Predator" who took out Burkman.
As I left SaskTel Centre, two thoughts went through
1) How long will it take to get back into Saskatoon because of the traffic. I don't think that situation will ever improve.
2) All that were there should have been happy with six hours of the UFC. The crowd was kept alive right from before the opening bell went with loud music and great videos that kept you invested. There wasn't a lot of dead time. It is something some hockey teams should take note of including every Saskatchewan based team in the WHL. Make it an event from the time you open the doors and don't give fans an excuse to be bored. Six hours is a long time to keep people interested in the product and by hook or by crook, the UFC does that.
As I was also leaving, I heard one guy ask his buddy when UFC might return. That is a very good question. Tom Wright has said UFC is interested in doing something in the new Mosaic Stadium, but the UFC also needs to go back to Winnipeg and Calgary as PPV's there did not go well thanks to cards being re-structured due to injury. UFC boss Dana White has promised a return to both cities and he will follow through on that promise. Once those events have been held, Saskatoon or Regina will be looked at again, but I don't see it happening until at least late 2017 or 2018.
As mentioned though, it was well worth the drive and the night in Saskatoon because what was seen by myself and others was a great night of MMA.


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LIMA — Mercy Health on Thursday blessed its new specialized therapy office on Market Street, which opened for physical therapy and pelvic-area procedures after long-time Lima physical therapist Amy Edwards brought her practice to Mercy Health.
Edwards has practiced physical therapy for 13 years, focusing on therapies for patients suffering from a variety of pelvic conditions like incontinence, constipation, lower back pain and pelvic organ prolapse, a condition in which the organs shift out of place, before joining Mercy Health.
Her work has also helped patients prep and recover from hysterectomies, prostatectomies and reconstructive surgeries, and with women recovering from prenatal or postpartum complications.
“In those cases,” Edwards said, “we can really augment the surgical outcomes and create a better quality of life for patients.”
Mercy Health held a blessing and ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon to recognize Edwards’ office, now located at 825 W. Market St.


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As a program director for the International Symposium in Colorectal Disease, it is my distinct personal pleasure to send my gratitude for the overwhelming participation in the first Symposium and also would like to welcome you all to our next Symposium in Phuket, Thailand during December 5th - 7th, 2015.
The Bangkok-Phuket Colorectal Disease Institute will be hosting the upcoming 2015 Symposium in affiliation with Cleveland Clinic Florida, USA and the American College of Surgeons (Thailand Chapter), the Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Thailand, Department of Surgery, Prince of Songkla University, the International College of Surgeons, Mae Fah Luang University and Vachira Phuket Hospital. In collaboration with Professor Steven D. Wexner and Professor Mariana Berho, we have structured comprehensive scientific programs, which includes all the state-of-the-art and up-to-date technologies, knowledge, controversies, innovations and new surgical techniques in colorectal surgery as well as the updates in the relating disciplines. The delegates will find this Symposium the best way to progress in merging our expertise with allied fields so as to produce optimal results for our patients. Many world-renowned colorectal surgeons who have been acclaimed as the experts in each particular topic will be here to deliver a comprehensive hands-on workshop, live surgeries, interactive lectures, panel discussions, and multidisciplinary symposiums.
- Multidisciplinary approach to colorectal cancer
- Advanced therapeutic colonoscopy
- Colorectal imaging
- Colorectal histopathology
- Minimal access colorectal surgery including robotics and laparoscopy
- NOTES and trans-anal access surgery
- Colorectal genetics and molecular biology
- Controversies in the management of rectal prolapse
- Advanced surgical management of fecal incontinence and constipation
- Debates in the treatment of hemorrhoids
- New options for the management of fistulas
The pre-symposium session will be including life surgeries, hands-on workshop, scientific paper and video presentations. I am personally confident that much of the scientific data to be presented will provide us with guidance in our future surgical decision-making. The best young presenter will also be granted our "Young Investigator Award".
Apart from a gorgeous Phuket environment during the most beautiful time of the year and a touch of Thai hospitality, this biannual International Symposium in Colorectal Disease will prove to be a wonderful opportunity for Colorectal Surgeons from all over the world to get together, learn from each other, and exchange knowledge and experience. During this high season in Phuket, I also would like to extend our warm invitation to all the delegates’ family to come and enjoy Phuket’s natural fantasies, cultures and foods as it has been well-known as one of the world best tourist destinations. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Phuket soon.
Director of Colorectal Disease Institute
Program Director of "the Second International Symposium in Colorectal Disease"
- Medical Students
- General Practitioners
- General Surgeons
- Colorectal Surgeons
- Live Surgery
- Live Specimen Assessment for Rectal Cancer Specimen
- Multidisciplinary Approach in Rectal Cancer Management
- Benign Colorectal Conditions
- Functional Colorectal Disorders
- LIFT Workshop
|December 5, 2015 at Bangkok Hospital Phuket
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Phone: +66 (0) 7625 4425 Ext. E-Business Department
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|December 6-7, 2015 at Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa
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The Second Colorectal Disease Symposium 2015
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text: Pediatric solutions are offered by a few of the most prominent medical facilities in the country. If you have a youngster that requires special medical focus and also goes to a young age, you can opt to go with this sort of service. Nevertheless, there are several other options that you can consider if your youngster’s wellness is essential to you. Actually, there are numerous kinds of services that are used by different doctors. Let us take a look at one of the most usual ones: Pediatric primary care is typically provided by general practices, family members medicine medical professionals, as well as immediate treatment centers. It is additionally sometimes supplied by pediatricians’ offices. Right here, a pediatric team consisting of medical professionals, registered nurses, and also therapists deals with one of the most minor health issues and also problems. They deal with the children in the outpatient setup or in a health center setup. For some, the procedure fasts and also all is done through the phone. In lots of methods, this coincides service as what a pediatrician uses however is done at a much smaller sized range. Kid psychiatric therapy is one more kind of service that is used by several facilities and also family doctor. There are specialist youngster psychoanalysts that function very closely with families. They provide continuous assistance solutions like parenting abilities and social abilities training. They also provide intensive therapy and also assistance services for teenagers as well as kids with various mental health and wellness problems. This service is similar to what an adolescent system does. However, it is executed by experts and is extra thorough in nature. Many individuals like medical care by doctors. They function very closely with the youngsters and are typically associated with their healthcare. Thus, they have direct call with the kid as well as ensure that he or she is in the very best possible physical and also mental wellness problem. The primary care physician is in charge of providing routine childcare including booster shots, check-ups, physicals, and also a lot more. Because of the raising intricacy of modern-day medicine, many kids experience a variety of problems consisting of allergies and obesity. Additionally, there are numerous other clinical issues that can be found in children today. Pediatric nurses play an important role in providing detailed primary care to these children by giving immunizations, healthcare, and also other solutions. A pediatric registered nurse can either operate in an outpatient center or in a hospital. Those operating in a hospital setting work straight with individuals as well as must complete a board-certification program, which will ensure them on the job training. On the other hand, those working in an outpatient center have more time to invest with the child and also can offer individual one-on-one treatment solutions if required. There are pediatricians readily available in all states, which suggests that you can find a pediatric nurse to fulfill your youngster’s demands.


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The Rock Vault
Jules and Bob use all their stealth and daring each week as they raid the rock vault to snaffle pure gold for the show.
Every Friday at 8pm, the bring you tracks that you know, some you may not know, and some you might just have forgotten. They also feature a special year each week - including a few historical facts.
Jules has been radio presenter for nearly 9 years, and is an architect working for a practice in East Grinstead.
Bob first got involved with radio back in the 70’s working in hospital and community radio.
Together, they like to support live music and attend as many live gigs as they can. They have also sponsored bands to perform at gigs and festivals and sponsored stages for live music events.
And their interest in music is not limited to rock music. Just recently they have been promoting and staging acoustic live music on a not for profit basis at the 11th century St Lawrence’s Church in Caterham, with funds raised going towards the upkeep of the ancient building.
They also run a tea stall called “Betty's Brew" raising money for cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support, and other local charities, at festivals, fairs, and fetes.


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No one ever remebers the Castle Crashers... best game on Xbox Live Arcade for as long as I remember... Oh well...
I haven't played Castle Craschers. lol
But that would be one of the games that recieve a rep.
Yeah, it would be Chief, Marcus, Banjo, Conker, an Avatar, and Steve.
Add the Tartarus from halo 2 so you can balance out the entire Halo and Gears characters. Also, heres a few more boss ideas.
Guilty Spark (Halo)
Ender Dragon (Minecraft)
The Great Mighty Poo (Conker)
Hag 1 (Banjo-Tooie)
Professor Pester & The Ruffians (Viva Pinata)


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On the bus, at home, in the furgon (minibus taxi-ish public transport), in restaurants, even in language class, it’s as if the techno heart of all that is flashy and culturally insane about American pop music and Italian dance tunes thumps out a rythym to daily life. Techno is everywhere. In the last two weeks I have watched and absorbed more music videos and heard more bizarre remixes of American songs simply through osmosis from my daily routine.
My host sister likes to dance while she does housework (which she does for many hours each day…the house is spotless). She will come into the kitchen in the afternoons while I am studying at the table and turn on the TV to the “Folk Plus” channel – all Albanian music videos all the time – and then promptly grab my hand and we’ll laugh and do three rounds of the Albanian wedding circle dance around the room. This is a dance the language teachers taught us the last night we stayed in the hotel during orientation, and it appears to be the one dance all Albanians know how to do.
Let me back up and just say that weddings here are a BIG deal. This is evident by the fact that at least 80% of the music videos on TV that are Albanian are set at a wedding but also in the fact that my host family talks about their older children’s recent weddings all the time (recent as in 4 years ago). I have watched the 1.5 hour wedding video of their son Bairam and have been asked multiple times why, at age 22, I am not married. Apparently the traditional Albanian wedding is a multiple day event that takes place in both the hometown of the groom and the bride. In Elbasan there are more wedding stores than seems appropriate for a city of around 100,000, and it’s doubtful that many can afford what is inside. In addition, Susan’s host sister here in Bishqem is 16 and engaged, so we get a lot of local wedding gossip in the village as well. So far, I am all weddinged out.
So – learning the wedding dance and spinning around the room with Jerina is fun, but in a way that underlines the differences between her expectations for the future and mine. Instead of focusing on the wedding itself, I would rather talk with her about the life that comes after the wedding (or before), and the way she wants to lead her life in or outside Albania in the future.


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Former All-American defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock was, in 2007, a high profile rookie on the Indianapolis Colts' roster. By 2008, he was out of the NFL, not because his body was damaged, but because he was addicted to playing Call of Duty.
Pitcock's inability to stop playing his Xbox 360, in particular Activision's blockbuster shooter series, resulted in him being diagnosed with depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and video-game addiction.
"It's a huge set of challenges, born of, in my view, a brain that doesn't quite work the way everyone else's brain does," one of Pitcock's friends describes.
"I couldn't put it down," Pitcock says. "If I visited family or friends, I timed it down to the last second where I could still play another game."
If you're wondering how rough such an addiction can be, Pitcock says "I broke about four games in half, burned them, microwaved them, put a torch to them, letting my aggression out to get rid of them. But the next day, I was at Target buying another game."
While he still battles against his conditions, Pitcock has finally returned to playing pro football after two failed attempts with the Seahawks and Lions, albeit at a level a little under his former life in the NFL. He's signed with the Orlando Predators in the Arena Football League, and so far has 12 tackles and 3.5 sacks for the team.
His coach with the Predators, Bret Munsey, says that with Pitcock back playing and on the road to recovery, "It's a no-brainer for someone to give the kid another opportunity in the NFL. I think he could be better than half the guys on the roster."


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A man who suspected himself to be affected by Ebola virus after returning from Nigeria was discharged from the hospital on Monday.
The case was dismissed as a ‘false alarm’ by the health officials in Maharashtra.
According to the doctors at the civic-run Sir DM Petit Hospital in Vasai, the patient was suffering from diarrhoea for the past 3-4 days, which is why he might have felt that he was infected by the Ebola virus.
Meanwhile, the government on Sunday said India was on a high alert for the Ebola virus.
The Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the national capital has been identified for treatment and management of any case of Ebola.
India has nearly 45,000 nationals living in the four Ebola-affected west African nations.
On Friday, August 8, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa as an “international health emergency”.
Ebola virus disease is a severe and often deadly illness in humans, caused by the Ebola virus. The disease has high mortality rate, killing upto 90 per cent of people who are infected.


Following the Portuguese première of FrisLand in March, Casa da Música will give three new performances of Luís Tinoco‘s works in May, starting with Soundless Coast for Jazz orchestra, played by the Matosinhos Jazz Orchestra and conducted by Pedro Guedes. Two days later, the Porto Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Martin André, will feature Before Spring (a score originally written for an ensemble of 16 musicians and later adapted for symphony orchestra). This cycle of performances will then close with Invention on Landscape, a piece commissioned back in 2001 for the Porto 2001 European Cultural Capital and premièred by the Remix Ensemble with Sarah Ioannides (conductor). For the forthcoming performance, the Remix will now be conducted by Pedro Neves.
“Soundless Coast” – Orquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos – 11th May, 10 p.m.
“Before Spring” – Porto Symphony Orchestra – 13th May, 6 p.m.
“Invention on Landscape” – Remix Ensemble – 16th May, 7.30 p.m.


Huawei Mate 20 spotted in the wild, set for October 16 official reveal
Huawei’s Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro are set to officially debut at a special launch event in London on October 16. However, it has already surfaced in the wild thanks to a Huawei employee casually holding a Mate 20 while on the floor at the IFA trade show in Berlin. This didn’t go unnoticed by a keen-eyed observer who quickly recognized the telltale square triple camera and flash arrangement on the rear of the device in question, taking some happy snaps to mark the occasion.
The device will be powered by the just-announced Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor, which promises to be a powerhouse befitting Huawei’s last flagship release for 2018. The new chip is fabricated on TSMC’s new 7nm node and will be the first to feature ARM’s new high-performance Cortex-A76 cores and its Mali-G76 GPU for big performance and efficiency gains across the board. The CPU will offer 20 percent faster performance with a 40 percent reduction in power consumption while the GPU delivers a 46 percent performance boost while drawing 78 percent less power.
The rest of the Mate 20 specs are equally impressive with a 6.3-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2244 x 1080 pixels and a water-drop notch, a massive 4,200 mAh battery, Android 9.0 Pie (EMUI 9), glass back and that distinctive Leica-enhanced triple camera cluster. Although there hasn’t been a leak tipping a Porsche Design Mate 20 Pro variant, it is almost odds-on that we can also expect to see a special version with more exotic materials like ceramic. All will be revealed next month.


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$300 Weekly Federal Pandemic Jobless Benefit Boost Ends Labor DayWhile the eviction moratorium in California doesn't expire until the end of the month, Labor Day marks the end of the $300 weekly pandemic federal jobless benefit boost.
Southland Residents Receiving Unemployment Insurance Must Actively Seek Work As Of July 11 In Order To Keep BenefitsGovernor Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday that beginning July 11, Californians receiving unemployment insurance will need to actively seek employment in order to keep getting benefits.
SoFi Stadium Looking To Fill More Than 3,000 Part-Time Positions With Job Fairs Being Held This MonthSoFi Stadium is looking to fill more than 3,000 part-time event day jobs.
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Residents Stand To Lose Unemployment Benefits By The End Of Next MonthMany Californians who qualified for unemployment under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program stand to lose their unemployment benefits on Dec. 26 unless lawmakers take action.
LA County Unemployment Rate Dips In August, But Still High Compared To Pre-Pandemic LevelsThe seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 16.1% in August, down from 17.9% in July, according to figures released Friday by the Employment Development Department.
State Legislators Approve EDD Audit After Widespread Reports Of FraudCBSLA learned that dozens of letters from EDD – many of them containing benefit cards loaded with cash -- were being sent out to vacant homes.
State Lawmakers Push For Gov. Gavin Newsom To Address Backlog Of Unemployment ClaimsSome Californians say they have growing concerns and worries about when their unemployment benefits will kick in.
Lawmakers To Hold Hearing Over EDD Backlog As Report Shows 1M Claims Have Yet To Be ProcessedSo many California residents have complained to their state lawmakers that the assembly has scheduled a special hearing Thursday to investigate the EDD.
California Jobless Claims Move Faster But Still Have DelaysThe state agency that handles unemployment claims for millions of Californians says it has hired nearly 500 new employees to process claims since Gov. Jerry Brown's administration ordered it last year to beef up customer service.
Calif. Unemployment Falls To 8.5 PercentCalifornia's unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in June as the state continues to close the gap on the national jobless rate, the state Employment Development Department announced Thursday.


(CNN) — My Chemical Romance is back together and back with new music.
The group has debuted “The Foundations of Decay,” produced by Doug McKean, Gerard Way and guitarist Ray Toro.READ MORE: Hubbard's Marina Awarded Top 10 Boat Tours In The Country
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Endometriosis, where the tissue which forms the inner lining of the uterus (endometrium) grows outside the uterus, is a condition that affects nearly 10 per cent of women in the reproductive age group. The exact reason for this happening is not clear, but various hypotheses include genetics and environmental and dietary factors.
Dr Rubina Shanawaz, Senior Consultant, Obstetrics & Uro Gynaecology, Fortis La Femme Hospital, Bengaluru, says, “With this condition, every month, as menstrual bleeding appears vaginally, some bleeding also reverses into the pelvis. Over time, the old blood breaks down to form cysts in the ovaries which, due to their colour, are called chocolate cysts.” Another frequent form of endometriosis is due to scarring, leading to the organs in the pelvis getting stuck to each other. This leads to pain during urination or passing stools and sometimes, even monthly bleeding through the urethra along with vaginal bleeding.
Endometriosis can also be asymptomatic, being incidentally diagnosed by ultrasound during evaluation for fertility related concerns. An infrequent form of endometriosis is due to the tissue getting embedded on a Caesarean scar site. Called scar endometriosis, it causes pain every month during periods on the scar site which grows over time due to bleeding within the tissue.
So how does endometriosis affect fertility? Dr Shanawaz says, “When the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, over time, it disintegrates, causing cysts and adhesion of one organ to the other. So fertility issues might arise due to problems with adhesions leading to scarred pelvic tissue, tubal blockage, or the quality of eggs.” To diagnose the same, after a detailed history and examination, your gynaecologist will ask for an ultrasound scan of the pelvis with blood tests which will specifically include a marker called CA 125. “This will give clarity regarding the severity of endometriosis. The gold standard for diagnosis remains laparoscopy (keyhole surgery), as most of the time, the severity of symptoms are inversely proportional to the severity of the disease,” adds Dr Shanawaz. Apart from these investigations, a blood test to check the Anti Mullerian Hormone (AMH) will give a good idea about the egg reserve. Tubal patency tests can be done as and when deemed necessary.
Speaking of treatment options, Dr Shanawaz says, “The treatment options will vary based on age, problem faced, and fertility requirement of the patient. From hormonal therapy with tablets or injectables to surgical excision of the endometriotic lesion, treatment will have to be tailored on an individual basis.”
Coming to chances of pregnancy with endometriosis, 75 per cent of women with the condition will be able to conceive spontaneously. “Based on stage and severity of endometriosis, close follow up with your gynaecologist can help you conceive spontaneously or with Assisted Reproductive Techniques as and when the situation arises,” assures Dr Shanawaz.
Note that endometriosis tends to recur as long as a woman has her monthly cycles. The recurrence rate, even after surgical excision, ranges from 20-40 per cent. There are no proven ways to prevent endometriosis, but Dr Shanawaz suggests keeping your oestrogen level in check by maintaining a low body fat percentage and avoiding excess alcohol and caffeine intake to reduce your chances of getting endometriosis.
Read more: 6 Things You Should Always Tell Your Gynaecologist


Although the earthquake that shook Boston, along with the rest of the East coast, today was unusual, it was not unexpected. The United States has a long history of seismic activity outside of California. But because there haven’t been many earthquakes recently, we've lost perspective. In fact, it’s worth noting that the biggest earthquake risk that the United States currently faces is nowhere near California, but rather in rural Missouri.
The most dangerous fault line in North America is located around New Madrid, Missouri, and runs in a T shape across parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky. There were a series of major earthquakes in this area that occurred in the winter of 1811-12 and ranged between 8 and 8.9 on the Richter scale. The tremors were so great that the Mississippi River flowed backwards and people screamed in terror in the streets of New York.
While another major quake in the New Madrid fault would likely only cause a repetition of the mild shaking we experienced today in New England, it would be devastating for much of the country. Major cities like St. Louis and Memphis that are in the vicinity of New Madrid do not have the necessary preparations for an earthquake. And even though New England is not a seismic hotbed, the fact that so many of Boston’s buildings are built of wood or bricks, or on landfill, means that even a small quake could do far greater damage here than a comparable one would do elsewhere. The mild tremors today should serve as a warning that earthquakes can happen anywhere in the United States — not just in California and on the Pacific coast — and that just because an event is not likely does not make it an impossibility.


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Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally (2001)
- Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally. Boulder: Westview Books. 2001. ISBN 081336552X.
- All quotes from this hardcover edition
- Italics as in the book. Ellipses are brief elisions of historical or illustrative material
- People treat reason as if it were the most minor and harmful aspect of a whole human being. It is as if a soldier standing guard were to say to himself: “What good would my rifle be I were now to be attacked by a dozen enemies? I shall therefore lay it aside and smoke opium cigarettes until I doze off.”
- Epigram, quoting Victor Klemperer
- Thus, even if we accept that the people are deviously neurotic rather than outright irrational, we still must specify exactly how they believe that the rest of us can be fooled by them. Throughout the book, I will assert that they are urging us (and themselves) to “associate, but not compare.” This book is written in partial hope that the readers will end up making appropriate comparisons, rather than simple associations—which generally lead to a deficient specification of the categories necessary to reach a rational conclusion.
- Preface (p. xiv)
- Unfortunately, there are many irrational conclusions and beliefs in our culture from which to choose. Those analyzed at some length—and as precisely as possible—are those with which I am most familiar. With public opinion polls indicating that more people in the United States believe in extrasensory perception than in evolution, it is not surprising that examples abound.
- Chapter 1, “Irrationality is Abundant” (p. 2)
- These people were saying in effect that “I would be rational except that you are so irrational that I can’t be.” This stance makes the person who adopts it just as culpable as anyone who flat-out endorses irrationality.
- Chapter 2, “Irrationality Has Consequences” (p. 21)
- At the very least, irrationality per se can be challenged. In contrast, acting irrational because we believe that other people are so irrational that their irrationality cannot be challenged leads to no challenge at all.
- Chapter 2, “Irrationality Has Consequences” (p. 24)
- Thus, logic and mathematics are important in determining “what is,” though not necessarily implying what is. “What is” must be consistent with logic, namely, with “what could be.”
Why? I don’t know. To me one of the great mysteries of life is that by simply thinking logically we can determine a lot about the universe—or at least conclude what can’t be, which together with empirical observation leads us to some pretty good ideas about what is.
- Chapter 4, “Irrationality as a “Reasonable” Response to an Incomplete Specification” (p. 52)
- The DID problem is an example of arguing from a vacuum. The argument is basically that if one type of procedure (diagnosis, therapy, business venture, or whatever) does not work, then something else will. Well, perhaps nothing will work, or perhaps the only reason we observe that something did not work is that we were ignoring the cases in which it did—often because, for some very compelling social reasons, they never come to our attention.
I have discovered this argument from a vacuum often in the context of various “critiquing” studies of statistical versus clinical prediction. There is one overwhelming result from all the studies: When both predictions are made on the basis of the same information, which is either combined according to a statistical (actuarial) model or combined “in the head” of an experienced clinician, the statistical prediction is superior.
- Chapter 4, “Irrationality as a “Reasonable” Response to an Incomplete Specification” (p. 63)
- A particular example (i. e., of irrationality) involves interviews. Despite all the evidence about the uselessness of interviews in predicting future behavior, people remain convinced that some people—especially themselves—are superb at “psyching out” other people during an interview. In contrast, the research indicates that interviews are effective only insofar as they yield information they could more consistently and more validly be incorporated into a statistical model. One problem, of course, that leads to the belief in the superiority of the unstructured interview is that it is, in fact, not studied; there is almost no systematic feedback to most interviewers. Much of the time, the interviewer is in a particular position in an organization and never sees the interviewee again. Second, if the interviewer does see the interviewee later, then that means that the interviewee has been accepted, which often implies fairly reasonable performance. Moreover, it is always possible to rationalize failures.
- Chapter 4, “Irrationality as a “Reasonable” Response to an Incomplete Specification” (p. 65)
- Finally, the irrationality resulting from incomplete specification can be affected by emotions in a very simple way. If the conclusion is consistent with our desires or needs, the specification may not be examined in detail—in particular, not examined for its incompleteness. How often, when we conclude what we wish to conclude, do we then decide to subject our conclusion to detailed scrutiny? On the other hand, when the conclusion is one that contradicts our wishes and needs, then clearly there is a motive to examine our logic. Then we reconsider or even restructure the possibilities, question whether we have examined them all, and so on.
- Chapter 4, “Irrationality as a “Reasonable” Response to an Incomplete Specification” (p. 68)
- A closely allied type of irrationality is termed irrefutability. This name relates to the idea that a good scientific theory should be refutable: At least in theory, there should be some evidence that would lead us to doubt or reject the theory. If all evidence is simply interpreted as supporting it, then it is termed irrefutable, which is a hallmark of pseudoscience, not of science.
- Chapter 6, “Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment” (p. 96)
- Prediction is not the same thing as understanding, but in the absence of prediction, we can certainly doubt understanding.
- Chapter 6, “Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment” (p. 97)
- True scientific demonstration involves convincing an observer who is outside the process, particularly one not deeply and emotionally enmeshed in it.
- Chapter 6, “Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment” (p. 99)
- Of course, our experience concerning such people also involves exposure to media. The selective-availability problems that arise because the media select interesting (if not sensational) news are well known. Consider the overestimation of murder as a cause of death relative to suicide.
- Chapter 6, “Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment” (p. 100)
- The situation is very simple. Familiarity leads to availability and often to accuracy as well; hence availability is used as a cue to accuracy.
The problem is that mere assertion and repetition also leads to availability, whether or not this assertion and repetition involve reality, as familiarity generally does. Thus, the “big lie” of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels was based on the idea that if something is repeated often enough, people will believe it—in large part simply because they have heard it before…
Goebbels apparently believed that providing a credible source, for him the German national government, was a critical component in having the repeated statements believed. Subsequent research has shown that the credibility of a source is not a necessary condition to develop beliefs…
Worse yet, mere repetition—which creates an availability bias due to familiarity, can also make people confident of their own decision making in the absence of any feedback that they have made good decisions.
- Chapter 6, “Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment” (p. 105)
- Believing you’re good at something just because you do it—without any information that you’re doing it well—is indeed irrational.
- Chapter 6, “Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment” (p. 106)
- The limitation of the story to a single sequence and the essentially ad hoc nature of causal attributions call into question the whole procedure of using stories as evidence, and of thinking that they establish causality or patterns of reasons.
- Chapter 7, “Good Stories” (p. 113)
- Any of these antecedents could have been connected with different consequences—in particular with many scenarios involving safe landings. What we have done is a creative act, but the problem is that we do not really know what the general relationship is between these antecedents and the important consequence of whether the landing is a crash or a safe one; in fact we cannot do so by observing a single “story” of a crash. At the least, we would have to compare this story to additional stories involving safe landings (again, a nonevent). This comparison is made rather difficult, however, by the decision of the Federal Transportation Department to erase tapes following uneventful landings so that these tapes can be reused. Thus, critical comparisons are lacking in the story model of causality. The story model is compelling, but its compelling nature is essentially illusory.
- Chapter 7, “Good Stories” (p. 121)
- Prior to studies of unusually intelligent people that showed them to be generally much better adapted and happier than others, the popular belief in the United States was that exceptional intelligence was often associated with exceptional ability to “drive yourself nuts.” Hence, people believed that genius and lunacy were intimately connected. Perhaps, nearly all of us “drive ourselves a little nuts” by virtue of creating stories that lead us to the illusion that we understand history, other people, causality, and life—when we don’t.
- Chapter 7, “Good Stories” (p. 125)
- Two biases of memory, however, tend to enhance the illusory nature of our retrospective “understanding” of our own and others’ lives. The first is that we tend to overestimate specific events relative to general categories of events. The second is that we tend to recall specific events and to interpret them in ways that make sense out of a current situation—“sense” in terms of our cultural and individual beliefs about stability and change in the life course. Thus, memories, which appear to be beyond our control as if we are observing our previous life on a video screen, are like anecdotes in that they are often (inadvertently) “chosen for a purpose.” The result is that they will tend to reinforce whatever prior beliefs we have, just as anecdotes tend to reinforce the points they are meant to illustrate.
- Chapter 7, “Good Stories” (p. 127)
- Unfortunately, good stories are so compelling to us when we take the role of psychologist or social analyst that we do not realize that at best they constitute just a starting point for analysis.
- Chapter 7, “Good Stories” (p. 138)
- As discussed in Chapter 7, we often substitute a good (internally generated) narrative or story for a comparative (“outside”) analysis when we attempt to understand something unusual. We also often substitute pure association for comparison. This reliance on coherent “explanations” provides what is really an illusion of understanding, rather than understanding.
In this chapter, I present the other side of the coin. That is, even when we have a perfectly valid statistical explanation for a phenomenon, we may ignore it because no “good story” accompanies it to persuade us that we should believe it.
- Chapter 8, “Connecting Ourselves with Others, Without Recourse to a Good Story” (p. 141)
- Many people operate as if there are two separate and equal sources of information—the self and others, where the number of others is irrelevant. The result is a “truly” false-consensus effect in the context of knowing one’s own plus a certain number of others’ responses.
- Chapter 8, “Connecting Ourselves with Others, Without Recourse to a Good Story” (p. 148)
- I know better than to say “that’s absurd” to someone trained in Freudian analysis, because such a therapist will simply interpret such an assertion as confirmation of whatever is proposed.
- Chapter 9, “Sexual Abuse Hysteria” (p. 158)
- The world as postulated by the recovered-memory theorists is not an impossible one—just an extraordinarily unlikely one.
- Chapter 9, “Sexual Abuse Hysteria” (p. 176)
- Again, irrationality can hurt, and here we have evidence that a particular form of it is widespread. The people accused around hurt, and the clients—be they children or grown adults—are hurt. Irrationality is not simply an amusing diversion provided by tarot cards or Ouija boards.
- Chapter 9, “Sexual Abuse Hysteria” (p. 179)
- The Milgram studies led to a great deal of criticism from other academic and professional psychologists. Ironically, the major focus of this criticism was that the studies would “destroy faith in psychologists as authorities,” to which Milgram’s response was “Fine!”
- Chapter 10, “Figure Versus Ground (Entry Value Versus Default Mode)” (p. 187)
- Again, what cannot be is not, and what is can be regarded as an instance of what can be. Individuals who make pseudodiagnoses on the basis of “typical” characteristics—by attending only to the numerator of the likelihood ratio rather than to both numerator and denominator—will similarly be doomed to failure by making diagnoses that are not empirically supported. Because such a diagnostic procedure is based on irrationality, it cannot in general succeed. And similarly, people who argue that both the evidence and its negation support the same conclusion are arguing irrationally, and hence the conclusions will be empirically flawed. The principle is the same.
- Chapter 11, “Rescuing Human Rationality” (p. 194)
- What causes the lunatic to demand that ideas not be subject to scrutiny—and in particular that they not be contradicted? No one knows. It may be part of a deliberate campaign to maintain power, an implicit admission of some semiconscious fear that the ideas might not be good, or just a common aspect of types of behavior that we associate with historical monsters. At least, the correlation is there.
- Chapter 11, “Rescuing Human Rationality” (p. 212)
- If we reject the idea of the “intrinsic rationality of whatever we do” (at least if we are not some sort of superb expert or monstrous political leader), then we must value scrutiny, which brings me to my final point: the necessity and value of a free society. When we scrutinize arguments, we often do so in a collective way….
If disagreement can lead to the presentation of one’s remains in a body bag to one’s spouse, this type of scrutiny is horribly constrained. Such constraint in turn implies that irrational conclusions will go unchallenged, and again because irrationality implies impossibility, that lack of challenge in turn implies belief in false conclusions. Such belief harms both societies and individuals.
- Chapter 11, “Rescuing Human Rationality” (pp. 212-213)
- The realpolitik view of the individual human—that we are slaves to our desires and attitudes and that knowledge and rationality are necessarily secondary to these other factors—is simply wrong. We have the competence to be knowledgeable and rational, especially when we interact freely with each other. We can indeed change our minds. We can “bend over backward to be defense attorneys against our own pet ideas.” We can reconsider. We can be rational.
- Chapter 11, “Rescuing Human Rationality” (p. 214)

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Handbook of research on adult learning and development
- edited by M. Cecil Smith with Nancy DeFrates-Densch.
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
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- The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies. Featuring contributions from prominent scholars across diverse disciplinary fields (education, developmental psychology, public policy, gerontology, neurology, public health, sociology, family studies, and adult education), the volume is organized around six themes: theoretical perspectives on adult development and learning research methods in adult development research on adult development research on adult learning aging and gerontological research policy perspectives on aging The Handbook is an essential reference for researchers, faculty, graduate students and practitioners whose work pertains to adult and lifespan development and learning.
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KATHMANDU: Nepali boxers Sisam Thapa Magar and Asmita Duwal faced defeats in the AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championship in Guwahati, India on Monday.
Magar lost to Emily Mauermann of Germany 5-0 in the 57kg weight category, while Duwal faced defeat against D’almeida Gloria of France by the same scoreline in the 45-48kg section.
On Sunday, Nepal’s Sanu Maya Thing lost in the 51kg event.
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The Midleton Arts Festival May 17, 18, 19 is a vibrant and welcoming weekend which aims to promote, express and celebrate creativity. Expect the unexpected and bring your friends and family along to take part in the many activities for all ages!
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"Tread Lightly" is the theme for 2019. Midleton is a town full of welcoming artists and visionaries and artists and exhibitions will focus attention on the environment through Land Art, from intimate creations to huge recycled-material-filled willow fish, a Fire show by Inferno late on Saturday night will thrill you, the huge drumming circle in the market place will raise your spirits, pop up events and improvised moments will excite and inspire. This festival is a place for you to feel free and inspired and creative.
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The Midleton Arts Festival is a much loved festival that brings together numerous local artists, musicians, animators, poets, photographers, performers, public speakers, theatre practitioners, filmmakers and sound artists to celebrate the arts. It has been enjoyed by people of all ages and interests; children, young people and not-as-young people, who get to express themselves through this wonderful festival.
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QCOSTARICA – The break in the daily rains for most of the country will come to an end today, Monday, October 4, as weather conditions are expected to return to season, that is heavy downpours, since the intertropical convergence zone will once again position itself over our country.
This was explained by meteorologist Rebeca Morera, of the national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), who added that the passage over our country of tropical wave number 41 is also expected for this Monday afternoon.
Morera explained the strongest precipitations will be in the Pacific coast and during the week they will spread to the Central Valley and other regions of the country, with the exception of the Caribbean, where October is a month with little coastal rainfall.
“I would say that the main thing is the convergence zone, which is positioned over the country after several days in the south of us. The passage of the tropical wave adds to the contribution of instability and cloudier conditions, as well as downpours to the west of the Central Valley (Alajuela, Santa Bárbara de Heredia, Palmares, Mora, Puriscal), as well as in the central and southern Pacific, which it is where it has been raining more regularly”, she summarized.
Traditionally, during the day of San Francisco, patron of ecology, which is today, what our ancestors called the “cordonazo de San Francisco” used to be expected, characterized by heavy rainfall in the Central Valley and the Pacific, such as those that would return to the country as of tomorrow.
October is the rainiest month in the Pacific and the Central Valley. It was precisely on October 4, 2017, when Tropical Storm Nate, leaving heavy losses due to damage to roads, houses, levees and crops. The phenomenon claimed the lives of 14 people, there were 642 affected communities and 3,000 people evacuated.


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Queensland’s Coordinator-General has today declared a new coordinated project with the potential to boost central Queensland’s economy, create local jobs and provide water security for agriculture, industry and mines in the region.
The proposed $2.9 billion Urannah Dam project will now go through an impact assessment process to determine any significant environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts it may have on the region.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the project has the potential to create up to 1200 full-time equivalent jobs during construction and 675 full-time jobs once operations have commenced.
“Jobs and water security are two of the most important things for Queensland right now,” the Premier said.
“Progressing projects like this will help to secure our state’s future.
“My government is committed to supporting Queensland’s economy by supporting our key regional sectors, including agriculture.
“If we’re backing industry and helping facilitate big projects, we’re putting more Queenslanders into jobs.”
The proposed project, which includes a new dam on the Broken River, would have a capacity up to 1.5 million megalitres, as well as a water pipeline network and an irrigated precinct for high value agriculture.
It would also feature a pumped hydro-electricity power scheme in the upper Broken River Valley, north west of Mackay.
Member for Mackay and Assistant Minister for State Development Julieanne Gilbert said the proponent, Bowen River Utilities, will now begin preparing a comprehensive environmental impact statement (EIS).
“This project potentially means water security and jobs for our part of Queensland,” Ms Gilbert said.
“The ongoing rigorous assessment will include extensive community consultation, so locals can help shape the requirements of the EIS.”
Minister for State Development Cameron Dick said the government will continue investigating proposals for new water infrastructure for central and northern Queensland.
“If there’s a big job-creating project proposed for Queensland that has merit, we’ll look at it,” Mr Dick said.
“These assessments are extremely thorough, and through the independent Office of the Coordinator-General we look to identify the most optimal projects our regions.”
Mines and Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said the Palaszczuk Government has a strong record when it comes to water infrastructure investment.
“We gave the green light for the next stage of assessment for Urannah Dam in December 2019, and since 2017 we’ve invested $848 million in water infrastructure for Queensland, creating more than regional 1600 jobs,” Dr Lynham said.
Water infrastructure investment made by the Palaszczuk Government includes:
• $176 million for the creation of Rookwood Weir
• $215 million for the Haughton Pipeline Duplication Project (Stage 1) in Townsville, and sealing a $24 million deal for the next stage of assessment for the proposed Hells Gates Dam
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Megan Fox has been in hiding since she gave birth to her son, Noah Shannon, almost two months ago. Before that – there were very few pictures of her. I’m not sure if she didn’t want to be photographed pregnant, or what the deal was, but there aren’t many new pictures of her available. So I’m reusing older pictures, but you get the drift.
Megan is promoting her new movie, ‘This is Forty’ the kind-of-sort-of sequel to ‘Knocked Up’. The movie revolves around a married couple played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. Megan sat down with the LA Times for an interview about the movie via Celebitchy:
On Judd Apatow signature improvisational style: “Whatever comes to Judd, he yells it out and you do it. And it’s funny or it’s not funny. You just keep going. But I know I’m not gonna come up with anything better than the jokes he throws at me.”
How Michael Bay handles improv: “Bay will yell out things for you to do with your hair or body or whatever. He yells out instructions while you’re in the middle of the scene. Those are supposed to be more serious moments. It’s sort of difficult to be in the middle of a scene when someone yells, like, “Say, ‘No Bumblebee, we have to get Optimus to the Dagger’s Tip now!’” and you’re like, ‘Ah … let me think about it first, it’s not gonna come out of my mouth the right way.’”
She’s surprised that no one knows she’s funny: “It’s weird to me that people haven’t picked up on it yet that I have a sense of humor. When you read myinterviews from start to finish, it’s pretty obvious that there’s a lot of sarcasm. The things that get chosen in sound bites, that run and seem literal and sound like they’re very shocking, they were usually jokes, but people for whatever reason can’t accept the idea that I could possibly have been joking.”
Leslie Mann on how funny Megan is: “I was so surprised by how funny she was. She has an interesting attitude that’s fun to watch. She’s not actually trying to be funny. She just is. And then I had this little argument with a dad at school. He was an agent or something and he was talking about Megan saying, ‘Those girls are a dime a dozen.’ I got so mad! … I said, ‘You’re a dime a dozen!’ People don’t give her enough credit, just because she’s beautiful.”
I have heard Megan Fox claim she’s “funny” in the past. I just don’t think the girl is funny. I’ve seen her in both ‘The Dictator’ and ‘Friends With Kids’ and I think she’s completely UNFUNNY. Maybe this new movie will make me change my mind? Stranger things have happened!


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Here! Films Can't Think Straight
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The lesbian romance I Can't Think Straight has been picked up for North American distribution by Here! Films. The film was written, directed, and produced entirely by women. The film follows a surprising romance between a Christian woman from Palestine and a shy Muslim woman from India who meet in London before the Palestinian's wedding. The women find themselves attracted to one another and have to deal with the consequences that befall them, especially the disapproval from their families.
Shamim Shaif directed the film, starring Bollywood actress Lisa Ray. The film will hit theaters in mid-November.
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829 Tampines Street 81, Singapore 520829
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Rated 1.0/5.0 a year ago
bought chicken rice with additional chicken. Total amounted to 10.50. Portion of chicken after additional was not significant at all given the price. 10.50 for chicken rice with xtra chicken isnt worth it at all. Sorry last
Rated 4.0/5.0 a year ago
Habibie Seafood moved to the opposite side of the foodcourt. The pictures below are from their new location. To put it simply, the store is next to the Tampines West CC now. 🙂 You can order from the outside of the foodcourt. The workers and servers will ask "Makan/Bungkus?" Quite interesting concept actually. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wish I could give a 4.5 because it's really good. Established in 1995, the skill really shows. A hidden gem, I would recommend. I tried the Nasi Goreng Ikan Masin or the Salted Fish Fried Rice for dinner and it was delicious! Nice blend of salt concentration, warmness of the food and excellent taste. Furthermore, the prawns are peeled out and nicely cook so all we need to do is to just eat and enjoy. Of course there are other variety of delicious foods available. The menu is very inviting and appealing too. Kudos to the ones who did the menu! (Learnt something to improve my digital marketing skills.) I do recommend anyone to come and try the food at Habibie Seafood! Marvelous indeed.
Rated 1.0/5.0 5 months ago
Yesterday I bought 4 chicken rice for my grandchildren at about 5.40pm at tampines Habibie Restaurant at about 8pm I going back and my daughter took out the pack of chicken rice due my grandchildren want to eat and my daughter say the rice start to smell and very sticky When she try to taste it totally spoiled it really poor thing for my grandchildren they can't even eat the chicken rice I bought for them Very disappointed
Rated 5.0/5.0 7 months ago
Good food and generous portion
Rated 4.0/5.0 a month ago
Delicious food but noisy as it is situated in coffee shop.
Rated 4.0/5.0 8 months ago
Located in a neighbourhood coffeehouse prices are reasonable and the dishes are considerably authentic.
Rated 1.0/5.0 7 months ago
Good food but customer service is screwed up. Requested for extra chili for chicken rice, he started nagging. Said would pay him extra money if that's a concern. Still started an argument. Not sure bad day or his attitude is like that overall.
Rated 4.0/5.0 4 months ago
Food is somewhat not too bad but lacks of quantity and taste. I got nasi goreng kampong but less sambal was served. The quantity was too small for the price.
Rated 4.0/5.0 5 months ago
Good service from the pakcik and abang2 here. Service is fast n the taste is good.
Rated 3.0/5.0 5 months ago
For someone who reside Tampines for 3 decades, honestly the food standard has dropped significantly. But their service is good. Back in the days, their nasi goreng ayam is very shiok to indulge. There's mixed vege and the rice is very fragrant. But not until one day they change management. And the nasi goreng ayam screw big time. No mixed vege but lettuce. The rice no longer fragrant like how it was. My recent purchase was a huge disappointment cos the rice is very dry. Don't tell me to add the soup because I know what's a good chicken rice. Thankfully chicken is sedap. If you're someone who wants similar like how they did in the past, drive all the way BB for Che'Ani instead. Or if you want decent chicken rice, order Fitra TM. Thank me l8r.
Rated 1.0/5.0 2 months ago
Bought The Following Food Today 01/01/24 1. Sweet Sour Chicken Rice 3/5 2. Fried Rice Cockles 0/5 3. Fried Rice Beef 0/5 4. Nasi Goreng Kampong 2/5 Overall we eat and immediately have stomachache and reach home having diarrhea. The spices we can taste that dont even cooked properly. 1st time eat here today and will be a last time... Worse service also giving wrong order and still claim we order it and eventually they back off as we stand firm to what we ordered.

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