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[guest post] Dictionary Arguments, and Why They Suck
June 11, 2013 MiriCaitieCat, dictionaries, language, privilege
CaitieCat, a frequent and awesome commenter around here, has a guest postI
It's not news to any activist for any cause that people just love to whip out dictionary definitions as ostensibly authoritative guides to what words mean. Even so august a person as a fellow whose name may or may not rhyme with Shmichard Shmawkins has been known to whip out (pun intended) the old Oxford English when he doesn't like someone else's usage being different from the one he learned.
What's disappointing about it is that it's really just a common logical fallacy: the appeal to authority.
Now, I hear the defenders of that fellow who may or may not have that rhyming name leaping to their feet, cursing at me and their screens and the perfidy of anyone (especially a much-despiséd FEMINIST OMFFSM!) who'd dare to suggest the emperor would turn out to be naked commit a logical fallacy, but let me (the irony should delight you) tell you as a linguist why it's exactly that.
First, it's perhaps valuable to look at what a dictionary actually is. A dictionary is a compilation of language-objects (usually words, sometimes other related entities) – and this is the important bit – compiled by humans at a particular time.
Yes, they're genuine experts in their field, and yes, they work by consensus, sort of. See, they only work by consensus within the field of dictionary writers who use the same language variety as they do. We tend to view a dictionary as a collection of objective facts: word X means meaning Y (and possibly Z, J, F, and Q). In fact, though, any dictionary is bounded by several biases which we tend not to think about when citing them as major authorities.
First, it is bounded in time. The date of publication provides an absolute limit for when the meanings are considered definitely valid; for proof, consider trying to use Mr. Johnson's original dictionary for your English assignment today. That we can see this in Mr. Johnson's 1709 effort, but not in the 2000 Oxford Online, has to do with our monkey-brained habit of filtering out the everyday, in order to make best use of the meat-computer we come pre-installed with.The instant it is sent to print, a dictionary is already badly out of date: words can change their meaning significantly in a very short time, as the quill flies/pixel pulses.
The filters have to do with more than time, though. There is also to be considered the makeup of the editorial board – does it accurately reflect the state of the whole of English, with different sociolects, dialects, jargons, cants, argots? There is a known demographic issue in academia generally, as well as most parts of academia, for the majority of tenured positions currently to be held by white able-bodied middle- or upper-class cis men. Are they always going to catch all possible meanings of a given word, all the nuances, when they aren't users of a given word themselves? More diversity in such an endeavour would be evidently useful in making the dictionary more accurately reflect the true state of the language, if that were a goal of the project. It's not: the OED is an attempt at defining what the prestige version of the language is.
Consider the privilege in dictionary-making accorded to written (i.e., "documentable") usages, and in fact only certain types of documentable usages, which predominantly exclude those who stand outside the power-structure in today's society. Emails between people, chat usage, comic books, zines, samizdat generally, erotic fiction/pornography, fan fiction, maledicta, rap lyrics, acronyms, and languages for the Deaf, among many other types of language usage, tend to be recorded only in the most conservative ways, and often ignored entirely, dismissed as vulgar ephemera, unworthy of inclusion in the Pantheon of English Wordhood.
Verbal usages are ignored almost entirely, as being "undocumentable". Yet written language is only ever at its very best a vague approximation of the true richness and beauty of the spoken/signed language; great numbers of expressions and words will never make it into any dictionary, despite their usage in the millions of times daily all over the world, because they're never written down in "acceptable" documentation. And yet we're accumulating a humanity-wide store of thousands of hours of video of native and non-native speakers using their languages every day; there's no particular reason to privilege written communication over spoken any more, now that the data are more readily available. Yes, it would cause a lot more work, but that's only because we've only been doing half the job up til now, not a good argument for not doing it.
The primary problem, of course, is that these nominally objective (but in actuality, wildly subjective) works are cited as prescriptive authorities: they purport to describe the language as it ought to be spoken. I'm hoping that with the paragraphs above, I don't need to describe the ways in which that view of language is of a tiny window on a huge, living phenomenon: it's like carefully describing every pitch and swing of a baseball at-bat, and claiming that only that one at-bat, by one player, at one time, counts as a real at-bat, and that all at-bats are like that one, or aren't real at-bats at all1.
There are real and invisible-to-us biases we all bear, having been raised in societies which are basically giant machines for inculcating invisible-to-us bias: the privilege of having a background such that one speaks the very high-prestige Received Pronunciation (the so-called "Queen's English") might lead one to assume that, since the OED agrees exactly with one's internal definitions, then it must necessarily be a valid and unshakeable authority. Call it the oligoanthropic principle: "all the highly-educated Oxbridge graduates I know agree with the OED, and nobody I consider important disagrees, therefore it is an inerrant objective compilation of facts."
But this requires not noticing that there are a lot of people in the world speaking English as their main language, and every single one of them has as much claim to say that their version is "the real one" as any Oxbridge-trained-mouthful-of-marbles has.
Like any compilation of subjective human knowledge, then, a dictionary definition is a poor premise to base an argument upon: it is too easily falsified by the simple act of noting that there are a noticeable number of people in the world using those words differently. As a linguist, I lean naturally toward a descriptive approach to language: to me, language is what the people who speak it want it to be. Language changes, as we adapt it – like any tool, as the good tool-using primates we are – to the needs we're facing with it today. Insistence on some apocryphal golden-age idea that a given dictionary definition is a universally valid, and objectively and eternally true, premise reveals only a weak ability to recognize the numerous bounds and biases which make it at best subjective, and at worst revealing only a small part of the meaning a given language-object might carry to other people.
And that means, I'm afraid, that showing that your dictionary has a famous person's or institution's name on it doesn't make it any more important or objective an arbiter of language than any random two speakers of that dictionary's language: thus, the fallacy of appeal to authority.
Sorry, rhymes-with-Shmawkins fans: the emperor's butt's hanging out2.
For the turquoise ungulate crowd:
FALLIBLE PEOPLE WRITE DICTIONARIES THAT ARE SUBJECTIVE PRODUCTS OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND TEMPORAL CONTEXT.
FALLIBLE PEOPLE WRITE HOLY BOOKS THAT ARE SUBJECTIVE PRODUCTS OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND TEMPORAL CONTEXT.
WHY DO WE REVERE ONE AND DENIGRATE THE OTHER?
1 Wow, that's a crap analogy. Anyone got a better one?
2 Big thanks to Miri the Amazing Professional Fun-Ruiner of Awesomeness for the opportunity to guest-post. 🙂
CaitieCat is a 47-year-old trans bi dyke, outrageously feminist, and is a translator/editor for academics by vocation. She also writes poetry, does standup comedy, acts and directs in community theatre, paints, games, plays and referees soccer, uses a cane daily, writes other stuff, was raised proudly atheist, is both English by birth and Canadian by naturalization, a former foxhole atheist, a mother of four, and a grandmother of four more (so far). Sort of a Renaissance woman (and shaped like a Reubens!).
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32 thoughts on "[guest post] Dictionary Arguments, and Why They Suck"
Improbable Joe, bearer of the Official SpokesGuitar
Nice post!
I wonder if "Shmichard Shmawkins" would accept that my expertise in evolution matches his if I memorize the dictionary definition of evolution?
oolon
Certain people complain about misogyny being "defined" by FTBs to be something less severe than out and out hatred of women. So saying person X "did" misogyny they get rather het up and complain that they clearly don't hate all women so you are libelling me… Blah… In an argument with some of these people I made a similar point that words are not defined by dictionaries, people define them and dictionaries catch up eventually. I even found a sainted magical book that defined misogyny in the "FTB" way. Macquarie updated their defn when Julia Gillard pointed out its a pretty useless archaic definition of the word to limit it to hatred of women. Apparently this means that this *English* dictionary only applies in Australia where the dictionary is published and no where else. Its hard to express how absurd that is, what magical property of the book propagates only through the minds of the people in the place where it is published? Either a word is commonly used in a certain way, or it isn't …
Anyway totally irrelevant as the word label "misogyny" has been defined on FTBs in a number of posts and they know this. So completely disingenuous to claim because the dictionary says something different it means something different. Its a pretty crappy way to try and win an argument.
Notung
I think I agree with you about the purpose of a dictionary. It seems that the dictionary is a slave to the meanings of words, rather than the meanings of words being a slave to the dictionary.
However, the only 'dictionary argument' that I can parse from this post is the one that relies on the following premise:
If a word w is paired with the list of meanings m in the dictionary, then w can only have a meaning from m.
That's an appeal to the dictionary, which depends on your view of meaning. I've already agreed with you about the role of the dictionary in word meanings, so I think this premise is false. But someone whose theory of meaning is outlined by the premise above would be justified in appealing to 'authority', i.e. the dictionary. The appeal to authority is one of those 'fallacies' where it is only fallacious if it is fallacious, if you get what I mean.
Anyway, on to my main point. I would bet a decent sum of money that Strawkins (apologies for the slight alteration) himself would disagree with the premise I stated above. In other words, he doesn't simply appeal to the dictionary to provide an exhaustive set of meanings for any given word.
Now, you might claim that he did this in that Twitter argument about race. Yet, he didn't. He used a word in a perfectly acceptable way, until other people appealed to authority – authority of a different kind, namely 'sociologists' (I put it in quotes because I am told that sociologists differ in their opinions). So he defended himself showing that this was one way of defining the word (but not necessarily the only way), and good evidence for this is the dictionary, which tends to follow the meanings in both common and in many cases technical usage.
CaitieCat
Short answer:
1) There are a LOT more sociologists than dictionary-makers in the world; their (somewhat-, as you point out) consensus then represents more of an obstacle to fallacious use.
2) Sociologists work generally descriptively: they describe what is in front of them, as linguists do, and try and find ways to organize the knowledge to be useful to society. What they don't do is say, "The way I define this is the only way it can be defined and if you try and use any other meaning you're just flat wrong cause my Holy BookRevered Dictionary says I'm precisely right". Reliance on consensus among genuine experts is the antidote to the appeal to authority; my point is that dictionary-makers aren't experts on all of English, in the way that sociologists are experts on "all of society". Since they choose to only accept certain kinds of documentation, the dictionary should be seen as only a definition for a small subset of society's usage.
Sociologists should therefore be seen as a more valid authority, not less, as Strawkins would insist compared to The Dictionary.
Apparently I suck at short answers.
Steersman
CaitieCat said (#3.1):
What they [sociologists] don't do is say, "The way I define this is the only way it can be defined and if you try and use any other meaning you're just flat wrong cause my Holy Book Revered Dictionary says I'm precisely right".
Then maybe you missed reading Miri's post "On Useful and Not-So-Useful Definitions of Racism" (1) as my impression was that it was largely predicated on just that "flat wrong" and rather dogmatic assertion.
Or how about the AtheismPlus "Glossary" (2) which has this rather choice bit of dogma that looks to have the grubby fingerprints of some highly questionable sociology all over them:
In social justice terms, marginalized groups [e.g., women and blacks] cannot be guilty of -isms in regards to the axes of privilege that they fall low on, because they don't have the power to institutionalize their prejudices.
Looks rather like "you're just flat wrong because I'm precisely right" (because of received wisdom) to me.
And even Oolon's redefinition of "misogyny" above (#2.0) still seems to be based on an assertion that the meaning supported or promoted by some largely ideologically driven and miniscule subset of the entire population of the English-speaking world should override the common interpretations (3, 4) of that rather larger population. Seems to me that if you want to throw stones at the actions of some people you should go back to your Greek and Latin and define a new word instead of trying to corrupt and transmogrify the meanings of existing ones. A behaviour that seems to have a not particularly credible or honourable pedigree:
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
But, hey, maybe if you burn enough of those dictionaries and, of course, all the other books that rely heavily on those – and, of course, the people who wrote them (6) – then maybe you can insist that your sociological ones are the only game in town.
… in the way that sociologists are experts on "all of society" ….
Really? Considering all of the many "schools" and branches one might be forgiven for asking whether any of them agree on anything. Reminds me of the joke that suggests that if you took all of the economists in the world and laid them end to end they still wouldn't reach a conclusion. But, more particularly, consider this comment on sociology by an apparently well-regarded sociologist (5):
Irving Louis Horowitz, in his The Decomposition of Sociology (1994), has argued that the discipline, whilst arriving from a "distinguished lineage and tradition", is in decline due to deeply ideological theory and a lack of relevance to policy making: "The decomposition of sociology began when this great tradition became subject to ideological thinking, and an inferior tradition surfaced in the wake of totalitarian triumphs."
While I'm certainly not so "anti-sociology" as to argue that it is entirely devoid of value, where there is such a wide divergence in opinion, particularly where there are wide and obvious differences in the ideological underpinnings, one might be forgiven for taking their prognostications and auguries – and definitions – with a grain or two of salt.
… as Strawkins would insist compared to The Dictionary.
Rather a cheap shot isn't it? Rather petty to corrupt his name like that? Much different from those who do similar things with the names of Watson, Myers, and Benson? You think that people are going to think your argument is better than his because of that? Pot meet kettle ….
1) "_http://freethoughtblogs.com/brutereason/2013/05/24/on-useful-and-not-so-useful-definitions-of-racism/#comment-9094";
2) "_http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2632";
3) "_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny";
4) "_http://www.thefreedictionary.com/misogyny";
5) "_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology#Sociology_and_the_other_academic_disciplines";
6) "_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebelplatz#Nazi_book_burnings";
Dude, I've seen more than enough of your crap in more than enough places to know better than to engage with your bullshit trollery. Go shit in someone else's sandbox, you'll get no other response from me.
CaitieCat said (#3.1.1.1):
Dude, I've seen more than enough of your crap in more than enough places to know better than to engage with your bullshit trollery.
Likewise, I'm sure. At least as far as the first part is concerned. The case of Martin Niemöller might be relevant to my response to the last part.
Go shit in someone else's sandbox, you'll get no other response from me.
Apart from noting in passing that this isn't exactly your sandbox either – you can't go to PZ and fink on me to get him to use the banhammer, I was thinking that your argument basically boils down to the fact that people aren't using the dictionary that you – and others – want to use to peddle your own rather odious and empty ideological crap. You only think "dictionary arguments suck" because it's not your dictionary that everyone is using. Which looks rather self-serving, and like a rather odious and stark case of special pleading, aka "stacking the deck". (1) Charming bunch.
But you – or more particularly others as you seem to be a lost cause – might want to pay real close attention to the above mentioned quote from Horowitz.
1) "_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading";
dkkdkd
Sorry, dipstick, I should have said the more official version:
Go blow a goat. If the tales are true, there's one trying to cross your roof any moment now. Watch out for the big one, though, he's got a bit of a temper.
I don't have to "fink" on you to anybody, and I didn't claim the sandbox, I just said you should go shit in a different one – your lack of ability to read simple English, also evident from your usual disingenuous bullshit. If you still, after the number of times you've had them, can't tell a contemptuous dismissal from being banned, then your intellect is even less impressive than i thought it was, which, in a triumph of the infinitesimal, is an impressive thing in its own right.
In any case, I'm just done responding to you, here, there, or anywhere else. Caitie don't play that game.
*klip klop, klip klop*
Well, I won't keep you, your date's here. Enjoy your evening, and try the cheese. I hear it's quite good.
CaitieCat said (#3.1.1.1.2):
Sorry, dipstick, I should have said the more official version: Go blow a goat. ….
And you are a stupid ignorant fat twat.
I don't have to "fink" on you to anybody, and I didn't claim the sandbox, I just said you should go shit in a different one ….
Apart from being unclear on the concepts of dictionaries and adjectives, among others, you also seem to be unclear on the concept of ownership. As you don't own this particular sandbox your imperative is only further evidence of you blowing smoke out of your ass.
Caitie don't play that game.
Ok, go back to putting your head in the sand. Or some other place where the sun don't shine.
I hear it's quite good.
I expect the recommendation is probably more from the personal experience of tasting it ….
Miri, Professional Fun-Ruiner
No calling people fat on my blog. I will have none of that. Y'all can resort to whatever other creative insults you would like, but any insults based on anything like weight (or disability, or sexual orientation, etc) are firmly against my commenting policy. This is the only warning you get. Next time you're banned.
Ok. Your blog, your *privilege*.
However, I might suggest that you would have fewer incidents of gratuitous insults if all of them were off the table or if none of them were. *Privileging* some over the others looks rather chickenshit to me. Like taking a cheap shot at someone and then running to hide behind mama's skirts to evade the inevitable response.
It's ok to hurt someone else with a particular insult, but they can't return the favour? Maybe "CaitieCat" could provide me with a list of insults that would hurt her and that you would find acceptable? Maybe you could rate the insults by damage points, and the people by the thickness of their hides?
Special-pleading, indeed. No wonder the credibility of FftBs – and Skepchick – is going down the toilet.
Oh, I don't mind people insulting each other. There are plenty of insults out there that don't involve someone's marginalized status. Asshole. Fuckwad. Poophead. Asswipe. Nincompoop. Jerk. Irrelevant fuck. Get creative!
But this is a space to break down oppression, not build it up. Insulting people is rude, sure, but it's not my job to teach y'all manners. As long as insults don't perpetuate oppression, they're none of my business. Play by my rules, or don't play at all.
There are plenty of insults out there that don't involve someone's marginalized status.
In your opinion, from your "privileged" position. Which is hardly naked fact.
As long as insults don't perpetuate oppression, they're none of my business.
Apart from suggesting that insults are intrinsically a case of oppression, I would say your assertion manifests a fairly selective definition of "oppression", not to say a self-serving one.
Play by my rules, or don't play at all.
Sort of like that mythical creature, the "Patriarchy" ….
Sorry bro, those are the rules! I'm not going to debate them with you.
Okay. Sis.
Skepticism and critical thinking in action; Gawd, I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning ….
Absolutely no hypocrisy. Both you and CaitieCat (and everyone else) are allowed to use the exact same types of insults: those that do not rely on the target's gender, race, sexual orientation, weight, ability, ethnicity, etc. I decided long before you ever showed up here that I don't want insults like "fat twat" in my space. I even gave you some examples of insults you can use. CaitieCat's insults were like the ones I listed; yours were not. If you don't like the rules here, you are very welcome not to comment here. I really don't care what you think of these rules, so you're also welcome to stop providing your irrelevant opinion on them.
Thanks, Miri, and commenters above. Got to run to work now, but I'll be around later for interaction-y stuff. 🙂
Raging Bee
From what I've seen, the biggest problem with dictionary arguments is not that they're arguments from authority; it's that some people just paste a dictionary definition into a comment, and expect the rest of us to take it as the last word, without even bothering to connect it to the topic of conversation. The logical fallacies I've seen are mostly non-sequiturs, not arguments from authority; i.e., "what X said is not really 'sexist' because [copypasted dictionary definition of 'sexism'];" where the definition has no impact at all on what X said. Then, when others point out how the offending statement is still "sexist," the dictionary-troll just re-pastes the same definition over and over again, and just flatly refuses to even talk about how the offending statement might actually fit the dictionary definition.
PS: Your final bit comparing dictionaries to holy books is very appropriate: many of these dictionary-trolls really do use dictionary citations like right-wing Christians use Bible quotes.
doublereed
Yea, I've never seen it as a appeal to authority but as a downright distraction. Basically, it's shifting the conversation to argue about Connotation and Denotation. It's a pure distraction argument. As long as they know what you're referring to, they can talk and discuss it. But they don't want to, so try to have a completely different argument.
Sometimes you may end up disputing definitions, which a conversation you should refuse to have. Instead you should immediately settle on a definition and connotation and move on with the conversation. There's an amusing Less Wrong article on Definition Disputing which comes to similar conclusions:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/np/disputing_definitions/
iplon
I agree with the overall point of this, but I am going to have to disagree with one thing.
I don't think that this quite qualifies as a fallacious appeal to authority without some hedging. After all, the dictionary is an authority on the definition of words, and an appeal to authority is only a fallacy if the authority lacks expertise or if the authority is going against the consensus.
I would say this qualifies more as an equivocation and strawman fallacy. A hypothetical person, let's call them Shcmuckins (tee-hee) this time, may state a (or the) dictionary definition of the term as if it was the only possibly definition, and then argue against that term.
It actually reminds me of creationist arguments. Problem with evolution? Claim that evolution means we should find a crocoduck somewhere in nature, notice we haven't, and you've won the debate!
Of course there is a bit of the appeal to authority, but I think it has to be mentioned in relation to the other two fallacies I've just brought up.
The reason I say it's fallacious appeal to authority is that, for instance with racism, there's much more authority to the sociologist's definition than the dictionary's, because the sociologists are the experts on racism, not the dictionary-makers. The dictionary-makers are experts in determining which small subset of language-objects gets listed.
For instance, take "teal deer", or "tl;dr". It's unlikely to show in any formal dictionary for a good long while, but it's a perfectly cromulent word: people say it, people understand it, it's a word.
My complaint is that people point to dictionaries and say,, "but the definition you're using isn't here, so it doesn't exist". I say that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and that dictionary-makers are no less biased than anyone else, and no more specially equipped to see past those biases than anyone else. That they compile a dictionary, and we then accord it too much respect as objective fact; my contention is, let's trust the expertise of the people who are experts, not the expertise of the people who collect a specific subset of words.
Guest355
But being an expert on racism doesn't make you an expert on the widely understood meaning of the word "racism." The latter is a linguistic question, not a sociological question.
Dawkins didn't claim that the word racism had no meanings other than the ones in the dictionary. He simply claimed that his meaning was one of the meanings of the word "racism" and supported his contention by citing a dictionary.
Actually, no. He claimed that their approach – saying racism as a societal process, and thus, worth studying and for activists dismantling, involves a power dimension – wasn't in the dictionary, and his version was, yah-boo sucks to you silly sociologists for thinking you can define things in useful ways that go against my Holy Dictionary.
Textbook (excuse the pun) version of appeal to authority.
His claiming not to understand the difference is just the disingenuous shit icing on the ordure torte, and is meant for nothing more than empty taunting. It doesn't deserve respect.
People just have a habit of misusing the appeal to authority fallacy, to mean that any time you point at an authority you are committing a fallacy. So there's a bit of a bait and switch equivocation fallacy involved with the appeal to authority.
I just feel a need to be super explicit in cases of the appeal to authority: it's not that dictionary isn't an authority on words (in the same language as the dictionary). It clearly is. It is that the dictionary is not an authority on terms as they are used in other fields (or internet slang/short-hand, as in your example).
Seen too many times of people shouting, "You brought up an authority, therefore you have committed a fallacy." Bringing up an authority is not a fallacy if they are an appropriate authority and they are within the consensus of their field. The issue is that our hypothetical Schmawkins (and real schmucks elsewhere) has conflated the term being used in a specific sense with the dictionary definition of the term, thereby committing an equivocation fallacy to defend against an easier claim.
Exactly – my contention is that, in a contest of authority between dictionary and experts, it's illogical to insist the dictionary is the only possible choice. We too readily confuse dictionaries with objective fact.
queequack
This is a pretty convincing argument for why the dictionary isn't god. Ok, great. I don't think Dawkins said it was, though.
But anyway, if you're really a hardcore descriptivist, you'd probably favor the dictionary's definition of X word regardless, because that's what most people go by.
Sally Strange (@SallyStrange)
Hey, you're that guy. Sorry, can't see your 'nym and not think about your awful sexist opinions anymore. Just thought I'd put that out there fore your consideration. Sorry to derail.
I don't see how my opinions are sexist. You can think I'm wrong or misguided but they don't really have anything to do with gender roles or essentialism or anything.
I think many people here view you as sexist because every time we're talking about something that concerns women, you derail it to talk about something that concerns men (specifically you). This is a derailing tactic. Read about those here: http://www.reddit.com/r/SRSDiscussion/comments/qf33g/effort_derailing_101/
The reason this comes across as sexist is because it's such a common thing that sexists do when they don't want to talk about women's oppression. They insist that men have that problem (or other problems) too, that men have it worse, that what we should REALLY be talking about are YOUR problems, etc.
You sound like someone who's basically a good person who's gone through a lot of shit. But many of us have gone through shit. When other people are talking about THEIR shit, it's rude and disrespectful to try to get them to talk about yours instead. Over on the other thread I linked you to some books and blogs that might help you. Read those. Find a therapist who can help you. Please don't expect US to do the work of fixing problems that you should be fixing on your own.
All right, I'll try not to derail the discussions here anymore, the other day was kind of an accident, or more I wasn't really thinking about it. And I will read those books… thanks for recommending them.
Great! I hope you enjoy them and find them helpful.
jenny6833a
I found the OP's article true, but rather pointless.
Instead of using labels, then arguing about dictionaries, replace the label-word with your precise meaning. Or, better yet, as Voltaire put it long ago, "Before we converse, let us define our terms."
Of course, Voltaire said that in French, probably because he was French, which in the view of many Americans makes his advice worthless.


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Part of a bioinformatics course homework this is a sequence alignment library for DNA or proteins.
Supports local and global alignments considering BLOSUM or PAM cost matrix.

NOTE:
web interface [(dna-sequence-alignment-web)](https://github.com/arianpasquali/dna-sequence-alignment-web) and the
console interface [(dna-sequence-alignment-cli)](https://github.com/arianpasquali/dna-sequence-alignment-cli)

Build
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Once you clone this repo just run maven install and check test results:

    mvn install test

Usage
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Declare it as a maven dependency:

    <dependency>
		<groupId>pt.fcup.bioinformatics</groupId>
		<artifactId>dna-sequence-alignment</artifactId>
		<version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	 </dependency>

Example of global alignment using BLOSUM:

	//Pyrococcus furiosus
	String sequenceA = "WKVSVDQDTCIGDAICASLCPDVFEMNDEGKAQPKVEVIEDEELYNCAKEAMEACPVSAI";

	//Thermococcus sibiricus
    String sequenceB = "MKVKLDKDTCIGCGVCASICPDVFEMDDDGKAKVIMEETDLECAKEAAESCPTGSI";

	GlobalAlignment ga = new GlobalAlignment();
    AlignmentResult result = ga.align(new BlosumCostMatrix(),sequenceA, sequenceB);

    System.out.println(result);

result:

    AlignmentResult{
 		method='global:blosum'
	 	score=14

		KVSVDQDTCIGDAICASLCPDVFEMNDEGKAQPKVEVIEDEELYNCAKEAMEACPVSAI
		KVKLDKDTCIGCGVCASICPDVFEMDDDGKA-KVIMEETDLECAKEA--A-ESCPTGSI
	}

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Students aspiring for a career in Engineering and Technology need to have mastery over the basic language skills. So an interactive language lab facility has been provided for the students at Datta Meghe Institute of Engineering, Technology & Research.
The Language Laboratory is an audio-visual installation used as an aid in modern language teaching. They can be found, amongst other places, in schools, universities and academies. Perhaps the first lab was at the University of Grenoble. In the 1950s up until the 1990s, they were tape based systems using reel to reel or (latterly) cassette. Current installations are generally multimedia PCs. The original language labs are now very outdated. They allowed a teacher to listen to and manage student audio via a hard-wired analogue tape deck based systems with 'sound booths' in fixed locations.
The next generation digital language labs allow teachers to monitor, control, deliver, group, display, review and collect, audio, video and web based multimedia content. The student player is linked to the teacher console and can play audio, video and web based formats. Students can rewind, stop, start, go back to last silence, record, fast forward, repeat phrase and bookmark.
Datta Meghe Institute of Engineering, Technology & Research has an AC Language Lab with around 40 PCs which run the licensed Language Software. The Language Software used is from 'Sanako', which a technology company is developing language teaching solutions. Sanako Multimedia learning solutions have been designed for use on PCs, providing tutors live interaction with students. The Language Software engages and stimulates students to learn languages by doing, develop lessons easily with predefined activities, individualize teaching, monitor and record students' progress, improves even the most difficult to teach elements, pronunciation and intonation, with model imitation and a wide array of discussion activities, important self-evaluation enabled by recording student speech and exercises, stay in control with features such as Internet blocking and Application control, assign and collect homework, use a wide selection of media sources, convert existing materials easily into mp3s or create new material on the go, collaborate with students by using the interactive whiteboard and marker tool, Optimized wireless performance.


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Krijn Koetsveld (1953), studied organ, piano, orchestra and choir direction and church music at the Conservatories of The Hague and Rotterdam. From there, he went on to specialize in baroque and classical instruments as well as vocal music by following courses, including those given by Gustav Leonhardt and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
He also researched the origins of composition techniques, such as cabbala and rhetoric. Krijn Koetsveld has conducted the Netherlands Church Music Ensemble, the Dutch Broadcasting Choir and the Netherlands Theatre Choir. In 1990 and 1992 he contributed to productions for the Holland Festival and he appeared as guest conductor and coach of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Barok Festival and the Conservatory in Malmö (Sweden), the Conservatory in Turin (Italy) and the Catharijne Consort. He has been conductor of the Nederlands Bach Ensemble since 1985.
In 1986 Krijn Koetsveld established the Dutch Foundation for Old Music for which he now acts as artistic director. At the College of Higher Education for the Arts in Utrecht, The Netherlands, Krijn Koetsveld lectured those majoring in choral direction and heads the course in professional ensemble singing. From 1995 till 2001 he was the faculty's governing body as head of the classical and church music departments.
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Incarnate Word takes down Lamar 70-64
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Davante Dennis had 21 points in Incarnate Word's 70-64 victory against Lamar on Saturday night.
Dennis added five steals for the Cardinals (8-12, 2-5 Southland Conference). Jonathan Cisse scored 19 points while going 5 of 18 from the floor, including 1 for 4 from distance, and 8 for 11 from the line. Stephon Payne III recorded 12 points and shot 5 of 8 from the field and 2 for 4 from the line.
Nate Calmese led the way for the Cardinals (6-14, 2-6) with 16 points. Chris Pryor added 15 points for Lamar. Cody Pennebaker also recorded 13 points and three blocks.
These two teams both play Thursday. Incarnate Word hosts McNeese while Lamar hosts Texas A&M-Commerce.


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The upcoming 'Bond 25' (not called 'Shatterhand' but possibly 'Eclipse') now has Phoebe Waller-Bridge onboard to rewrite the screenplay.
Waller-Bridge is popular for two ongoing series: 'Fleabag' and 'Killing Eve.' For the BBC/Amazon series, she was the creator, writer, and star; the second and final season of 'Fleabag' premieres May 17th. For the BBC/AMC series, Waller-Bridge was the creator and writer of the acclaimed program; the second season of 'Killing Eve' is currently airing, and has already gotten a third season renewal. Next up is the HBO series 'Run,' which will premiere in 2020.
Moreover, Cary Joji Fukunaga ('True Detective,' 'Maniac') will be helming Daniel Craig's last outing as the titular character. Danny Boyle was originally going to direct the film, but creative differences drove him away from the project. Thus, Neal Purvis & Robert Wade came back to finish what they started all the way back in 'Casino Royale.' Along with that film, they wrote all of Craig's other 'Bond' movies: 'Quantum of Solace,' 'Skyfall,' and 'Spectre.' Fukunaga also had his own draft of the screenplay. However, Scott Z. Burns ('The Bourne Ultimatum,' 'Contagion') was enlisted for rewrites, prior to Waller-Bridge.
Additionally, returning cast members include Ralph Fiennes, Lea Seydoux, Naomie Harris, and Ben Whishaw. Meanwhile, Billy Magnussen in final talks to play the CIA operative that crosses paths with James Bond, and Rami Malek is in talks for the villain.
Further, pre-production is currently underway.
They'll be shooting in Matera, Italy is for the prologue action sequence, while they'll use Norway for a frozen lake before it thaws. The latter footage will be a part of the pre-credit scenes. Principal filming will take place in Jamaica and Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom.
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2 Chinese tourists dead as winds throw them off sailboat near Panglao
By: Leo Udtohan, Nestle Semilla - @inquirerdotnet
Inquirer Visayas / 03:51 PM December 30, 2019
TAGBILARAN CITY — Two Chinese nationals died after falling from a sailboat battered by strong winds off Panglao Island on Sunday (Dec. 29).
Seaman First Class Mark Philip Tan, of the Philippine Coast Guard station in western Bohol, said the two fatalities were among 10 Chinese tourists aboard a sailboat that took them on a sunset cruise off Dojo Point past 3 p.m. on Sunday.
The sailboat was registered to Island Surfer Paraw Sailing.
As the sailboat reached Dojo Point, strong winds buffetted the vessel, throwing the two Chinese—Lan Rong, 56, and Luo Rennei, 63–overboard.
The sailboat is the paraw type, a traditional Filipino outrigger. It uses two outriggers and two sails. It is motor-free and generates thrusts derived from the wind.
The sailboat's crewmen, Rufino Labastida, 46, and Randy Anligis, 24, jumped from the sailboat to save the tourists, but they also drifted away from the boat.
Tan said the Chinese were retrieved from the water an hour later by Motor Yacht Elizabeth II which passed by the area from Balicasag Island on its way to Tagbilaran City.
But it was too late. When Lan and Luo were picked up from the water, they were already unconcscious. First aid responders tried to do CPR but to no avail.
Lan and Luo were already dead when the Motor Yacht Elizabeth II arrived at the Tagbilaran City Port past 5 p.m.
Tan said the eight other Chinese nationals were rescued by another vessel of Island Surfer and were safely brought back to mainland Panglao.
He said the Chinese tourists were not wearing life vests.
The bodies of the fatalities were brought to a local funeral parlor while the boat's crew members were locked up at the Panglao Police Station to face investigation.
Tan said the Coast Guard is determining if paraw-type sailboats are appropriate for tourism activities and if there was overloading.
Paraws are used mainly for fishing and transportation of people in the Visayas.
Paraw-sailing is a major tourist attraction offered by resorts on Panglao Island for island hopping and sunset cruises.
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Gift the present of discovery and training with a range from the superior range of discovery science toys this Christmas. But Prof George claims that many damaged or outdated gadgets could be mounted or repurposed with solely a brief data of engineering and electronics. The results are not as efficient as what penile surgery generates, but these devices unquestionably create inches. This gadgets are for the ones who think about simplicity to be the brand new complexity and for the ones who do not like hi tech and undertake very onerous new gadgets.


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LONDON (Reuters) - American violin virtuoso Joshua Bell was named music director of the world-renowned Academy of St Martin in the Fields chamber orchestra on Friday, replacing Sir Neville Marriner, who founded it half a century ago.
"Joshua is very much the orchestra's choice," Marriner, 87, said at a press briefing announcing that Bell, exactly half his age, would take up the post in September as only the second music director since Marriner founded the ensemble in 1958.
"The orchestra has spoken and they want to work with Josh. They had a choice, so they obviously admire him," Marriner said.
Bell, 43, who has risen to the top ranks of world violinists since making his orchestral debut at the age of 14, said he'd admired and enjoyed working with the ensemble since he made his first recording with it 25 years ago.
For the past seven to eight years he has worked with the group playing violin and conducting from the concertmaster's chair.
"I've just had an amazing time, I've really enjoyed this part of my concert life more than any other part, along with chamber music with a few of my close friends and this is what it feels like — I think of it as chamber music," he said.
Bell said he may have to curtail some of his appearances performing concertos with major orchestras, but felt it was a good trade-off to work more intimately with the ensemble.
"I've been in a nice, luxurious position this past decade being able to pick and choose how much chamber music and how many concertos and recitals I want to do," Bell said.
"So I can apportion that the way I want at the moment, at least. I have to give up certain things, some of my other concerto work, which is fine with me.
"And, I'm sorry, if I could, I would do every concerto without a conductor," he added, referring to the sometimes fraught relationship between conductor and soloists.
Marriner said he was delighted someone of Bell's stature was becoming music director of the ensemble.
"To get someone like Josh involved is, internationally, a great virtue for the orchestra," he said.
Anna Rowe, the orchestra's chief executive, said Bell's appointment was made possible under a three-year sponsorship from the Siemens AG German industrial group.
She said the ensemble, which performs all over the world on its own and with major soloists, has made more than 500 recordings, many of which are being reissued by Decca and EMI.


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Federal Member for Flinders Greg Hunt was delighted to announce $2,727 in funding for the Western Port Oberon Association. The Oberon Association will use the funds to purchase and install a cabinet at the Victorian Maritime Centre in Crib Point to display historical maritime, navy and merchant navy memorabilia. The funding was granted through the…
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Our private Rome day tours start with a three-hour walking tour of the Ancient Roman Forum combined with an in-depth tour of the Colosseum, and followed by a chance to admire and discuss Constantine's Arch & the Palatine Hill.
A tour of the Ancient Roman Forum is essential for those who want to understand the history of Ancient Rome. It's imposing ancient buildings boast a legacy of 3,000 years of history going back to the founding of Rome. Visit the Colosseum without standing-in-line. Learn about the games once held here, the lives of the Gladiatrors, and understand the complex inner-workings of the arena that enabled the Romans to stage such spectacular events.
This fundamental walking tour of Ancient Rome provides the perfect start to these Rome days tours where you'll learn how the Romans gave the letters S.P.Q.R. their meaning and then carried them to the ends of the known world.
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You'll see all the must-see sights and some of its hidden treasures that litter the historical centre of the Eternal city. Enjoy tours of the Pantheon & the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and many more allowing you time to savor these places and to enjoy informative and entertaining narrations by our Licensed Expert Guides.
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Mexican-Americans Have Always Battled Movie Stereotypes
Stereotyping and discrimination in Hollywood has elicited different responses from Mexican-Americans and Mexicans in Mexico.
An outdoor film festival in Guadalajara, Mexico
Though the Mexican government is trying to boost its film industry's prominence, Hollywood still dominates film portrayals of Mexican people. And in the 1920s and 1930s, writes film historian Laura I. Serna, Mexican-Americans and even the Mexican government fought a campaign against derogatory Hollywood films.
Serna tracks how Mexican immigrants pressured the Mexican government to take a stand against Hollywood. In the 1920's, nearly 80 percent of movies seen in Mexico were made in the U.S., and the films that did show Mexicans often clung to stereotypes of lazy or barbaric "greasers" who were morally degenerate or buffoonish.
These portrayals made no fans among Mexican-Americans. The Mexican state objected, too. The government was trying to raise Mexico's stature on the world stage, boost its economy, and create cohesion in the years after its revolution. Officials took issue with portrayals that showed its governmental institutions and representatives as brutal or inept.
Though many Mexican-American were offended by stereotypes in Hollywood films, they responded in ways that differed from Mexicans in Mexico.
In response to what it called "denigrating" films, the government embargoed several films starting in 1922. For example, conflict erupted over the film Her Husband's Trademark, a 1922 silent film starring Gloria Swanson. The movie dealt with a trophy wife involved in a love triangle who heads to Mexico, and its depictions of Mexican bandits were so egregious that Paramount Pictures was briefly banned in the entire country. The film was panned in the U.S., too: One reviewer wrote that Swanson was upstaged by a mountain lion. Other films like North of the Rio Grande, a 1922 film in which a white woman introduces soap to Mexican children, and The Bad Man, a 1930 Western in which Walter Huston donned dark makeup to play a leering, conniving thief, raised similar concerns.
But as Serna writes, not everyone agreed that movies containing Mexican stereotypes should be banned. Some cinema owners in Mexico objected, complaining that banning certain movies could put their businesses on the line. And for Mexican immigrants living in the United States, things were complicated by intergenerational dynamics and divided loyalties.
Mexican immigrants not only watched American movies, but often worked in the film industry. Nonetheless, racial tensions in cities like San Diego and Los Angeles with large numbers of Mexican immigrants often flared. But though many Mexican-American were offended by the stereotypes in Hollywood films, writes Serna, they responded in ways that differed from Mexicans in Mexico. "The Mexican immigrant community in Los Angeles used discussions about cinema to critique American racial and political ideologies while considering the politics of Mexican nationals' involvement in the film industry," Serna writes. Spanish-language newspapers slammed Hollywood "greaser" films, criticized the industry's unwillingness to adequately compensate the people who made the movies, but usually objected to the films not because of how they portrayed the Mexican government, but how they might affect their treatment in the U.S.
Hollywood mass media could be seen as an attempt to "Americanize" immigrant communities, but for Mexican immigrants the movies had the opposite effect. Offensive stereotypes underscored the plight of both workers and immigrants and strengthened Mexican communities around the issue of derogatory films. Even after the Mexican bans on Hollywood movies ended, writes Serna, Mexican-Americans used film portrayals to foster conversation and underscore their arguments about the treatment of Mexican people in the United States.
Ironically, writes Sera, the films meant to put Mexicans in their place ended up strengthening their resolve and giving them ammunition with which to fight for better treatment by their white neighbors. Controversies about those ethnic stereotypes still rage today—proof that, though Mexicans have long been part of the United States, Hollywood still hasn't stopped perpetuating convenient and offensive stereotypes.
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The Americas , Vol. 63, No. 2, Latin American Film History (Oct., 2006), pp. 225-244
The Literary Life of Jean Stein
Among her other literary accomplishments, Jean Stein edited Grand Street for 14 years. Here are two of her interviews for the magazine.


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Opinion: Climate Change Leaves No Room for Phonies: The Westwood Bike Lane Represents the Future–or Failure–of Los Angeles
By Michael Fleming
Recently, Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz joined Mayor Eric Garcetti and others at a preview of the Expo Line Phase II, which extends that light rail line from its current terminus in Culver City, all the way to downtown Santa Monica. Afterwards, a press conference for this long-overdue project was held at the nearly-completed Palms Station, where they gave speeches and celebrated this milestone toward providing better mobility and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
The proposed floating bike lane for Westwood between National and Santa Monica Boulevards created by LACBC. Proposal would not cost any parking or rush hour Level of Service. Study of the proposal was squashed by Councilmember Koretz before it could be completed by LADOT.
But behind the scenes, Mr. Koretz is sabotaging Expo by killing the bike lane that will connect it to UCLA and Westwood Village. The Westwood Boulevard bike lanes are opposed by his not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) constituents near Westwood, who fear it will aggravate traffic. In an email from his office obtained via a California Public Records Act request, he told them: "I can't see any way that I wind up supporting the bike lane on Westwood […] I am going to just kill it now, rather than waiting for a study."
Los Angeles is a dense and clustered city. But in any city, it is rare that someone can take transit from their doorstep all the way to exactly where they want to go. Transit planners call it the "last mile" problem: figuring out how to get people from the train stations to destinations that are sometimes too far to walk.
Shuttles and taxis are part of the solution, but so are bikes. This is clear in the case of the Westwood Boulevard stop, which is a 10-to-15 minute bike ride from UCLA. However, it is perilous: according to a July 21 article in the L.A. Times, there have been 52 bike crashes on the route since 2002. Imagine how high that number will go when the Exposition Line opens and UCLA students start biking to the train. It's a no-brainer: we simply must build safe, protected bike lanes directly between UCLA and the station.
As the Times pointed out, there's an 11-foot and an 18-foot car lane in each direction on Westwood. That leaves more than enough room for bike lanes, preferably with a curb or buffer to keep cars from crashing into cyclist. This benefits motorists too: on those rare occasions when traffic is light enough for cars to go faster than bicycle speed, cyclists are out of the way.
Koretz wants bikes to use adjoining streets. But a longer, circuitous bike trip with more intersections and potential conflict zones is hardly safer. And with Waze already distributing traffic, what's the point? Koretz also claims that emergency vehicles will be slowed by bike lanes on Westwood, even though studies show that bike lanes reduce road deaths and injuries by as much as 50 percent. Besides, bikes can pull over to let an ambulance pass, same as a car. But if Koretz is concerned about first-responders, forget bike lanes—let's remove a car lane on Westwood and make a median lane for emergency vehicles only, as is done in many cities around the world.
In 2010, Koretz released a statement about the recently completed climate change talks in Copenhagen: "…global climate change is arguably the greatest threat to the continued health and prosperity of humanity and the planet… Los Angeles can do its part now to be part of the solution."
Just not on Westwood Blvd, apparently. Or pretty much any other street in Los Angeles with a powerful NIMBY contingent.
The Expo Light Rail Line's construction was delayed for decades by NIMBY homeowners and by a lack of political leadership. Los Angeles simply must break this pattern, where small, selfish groups delay and kill projects, leaving the entire city stagnating on unsafe, gridlocked streets.
Michael Fleming is the Executive Director of the David Bohnett Foundation (www.bohnettfoundation.org), which improves society through social activism (including supporting Streetsblog Los Angeles.)
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Westwood Boulevard: We Have To Stop Doing Bike Planning for Cars
By Ted Rogers | Nov 15, 2013
Yesterday, Streetsblog's Damien Newton broke the news that plans for bike lanes on Westwood Boulevard between National and Santa Monica, were, in effect, dead in the water. According to the story, CD5 Council Member Paul Koretz had unexpectedly come out in opposition to the lanes. And given the exceptional power LA councilmembers have over what […]
Westwood Bike Lanes Connecting National and Wilshire Killed by Council Office
By Damien Newton | Nov 14, 2013
Streetsblog received word last night from Jonathan Weiss that the proposed bicycle lanes on Westwood Boulevard between Pico Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard are opposed by local City Councilmember, Paul Koretz. Weiss serves as Koretz' appointee to the City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee. This news comes as a blow to cyclists that use […]
Homeowners Kill Study of Westwood Blvd Bike Lanes, as Councilmember Koretz Caves in
By Calla Weimer | Nov 19, 2013
Last week, CD5 Councilmember Paul Koretz announced that he was opposed to any efforts to install a bike lane on Westwood Boulevard, despite earlier promises to study the issue. Westwood resident Calla Weimer has been an insightful and outspoken dissenter to the local Homeowner Association's opposition to the bike lanes. Today she voices her reaction […]
Bicycle supporters storm City Hall to demand a fair and honest study of bike lanes on Westwood Blvd
Amid calls for more Americans to arm themselves and not to miss Ender's Game, a handful of concerned citizens fought for safer streets for Westside bike riders. Acting on less than 24 hours notice, 10 bike lane supporters managed to free their morning to speak to the LA City Council, and take CD5 Councilmember Paul […]
First Leg of Wilshire Bus Only Lanes Finally Opens
Moments ago, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and representatives of the Federal Transit Administration celebrated tomorrow's official opening of 1.8 miles of Bus Only Lanes on Wilshire Boulevard between Western Avenue and South Park View St. at MacArthur Park. The lanes open tomorrow morning at 7 am, just in time for the morning rush hour. The 1.8 miles of bus only […]
Quiet Election in Council District 5 as Koretz Faces Off with Mark Matthew Herd
By Damien Newton | Feb 6, 2013
(Over the next couple of weeks, Streetsblog L.A. will strive to cover all of the City Council elections that are not part of the Streetsblog TV schedule. Our next piece of election coverage will be Live Streaming the LACBC/Occidental College CD 1 Candidate Forum on Streetsblog TV this Sunday.) Just a couple of years ago, […]


For something like this where you're allowed to choose your own topic, it's always a good idea to pick something you have a genuine interest in. Since term papers are usually assigned at the beginning of the year and due sometime close to the end, you might want, as you learn different things throughout the year, to consider the possibility of further exploring each subject for your term paper.
Once you come up with a broader idea that you're interested in and might have some prior knowledge on, you should try to do some research to learn a little more about it so that you can make an informed decision on what would be a good idea to write about.
In order to narrow your subject down to a feasible scope so that your term paper isn't so hard to write, you should think about the different facets of that subject that you could write your paper on.
Do you have any questions about it that weren't answered in class? If they're broad enough, you could research one of those questions and write your term paper on the answers you've come up with.
You could also consider writing about the background of something you learned in class; for example, how a particular scientific discovery came about, or the things that happened leading up to an important historical event.
Think about the smaller (but still important) pieces of your topic, or brainstorm new topics that might relate to it. For example, if you started with something like the process of evolution, you might branch off to other good ideas such as Darwin's trip on the Beagle, natural selection, maybe a specific example of evolution, or some of the other theories present at the time. These all have to do with the subject of evolution, but they are more specific and therefore not as difficult to research thoroughly.
When you get to the point where you have a fuzzy general idea of what you're writing about, you should do some more research on it before committing to that particular topic. As you go, you'll probably come up with some interesting facts and information that you might want to focus really on in your paper, and so what you find in your research will help shape the main ideas of your essay. For example, if you originally intended to research Subject X, and found that a lot of the information you dug up stressed a different or related or more interesting point, you might shift your attention to those points instead.


One of the causes of the high maternal mortality rate is that delivery assistance is not carried out by health workers, so this is still a health problem in Indonesia. In Southeast Sulawesi Province the coverage of childbirth assistance by health workers in 2015 reached 88.91%, not yet reaching the target of the Ministry of Health's Strategic Plan of 90%. There are still 6 districts below the provincial average, namely South Konawe 82.70%, Buton 80.07%, Bau-Bau City 76.76%, North Kolaka 74.26%, Konawe Kepulauan 60.96% and Konawe North 35.83%. The purpose of the study was to identify the low causal factors for childbirth coverage by health workers in North Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province. This type of research is qualitative research, with a case study approach. Informants are Maternity and Health workers. Data collection using in-depth interviews, observation and document review. The results showed that the factors that caused the low coverage of childbirth were traditional or belief factors which were used generations of traditional birth attendants as birth attendants as a result of low knowledge, remote access, geographical conditions, transportation facilities and inability to pay transportation to visit health facilities, not the ownership of health insurance, the lack of health workers and the lack of health facilities that support the work of midwives. The strategies for increasing the coverage of labor include: trained midwife contract system policies with placement mechanisms based on the ratio of midwife staff to the number of people, health education by involving stakeholders, facilitating access to health services through the provision of ambulances, and providing infrastructure that supports midwife's work performance. Conclusion; the cause of the low coverage of childbirth by health workers is caused by the presence of health service factors and community characteristics. Suggestion; stakeholders should formulate a policy of increasing contracting in and contracting out capacity to overcome the shortage of limited midwives' labor, provide health facilities, and train traditional birth attendants.
Low Coverage of Labor; Health Workers.
. Kemenkes R. Profil Kesehatan Indonesia 2015. Jakarta; 2016.
. Dinkes P. Profil Kesehatan Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara. Kondari; 2016.
. Dinkes KKU. Profil Dinkes Kab. Konawe Utara. Wanggudu; 2016.
. Consuelo S.G. Pengantar Metodologi Penelitian. Jakarta: Penerbit Universitas Indonesia; 1997.
. Depkes R. Strategi Operasional Turunkan Angka Kematian Ibu. Jakarta; 2010.
. Maisya BI. Faktor- faktor yang berhubungan dengan Pemanfaatan Dukun Sebagai Penolong Persalinan di Kabupaten Sukabumi. Universitas Indonesia; 2006.
. Nuraeni, S PD. Perilaku pertolongan persalinan oleh dukun bayi di Kabupaten Karawang 2011. Universitas Soedirman Purwokerto; 2012.
. Barber SL, Gertler PJ HP. The contribution of human resources for health to the quality of care in Indonesia. 2007.
. Santrock J. Psikologi Pendidikan. (Edisi ked. Jakarta: Kencana; 2010.
]10]. Syafriadi. Pemanfaatan Puskesmas Baru di Kabupaten Muko-Muko Provinsi Bengkulu. Tesis. Magister Kebijakan dan Manajemen Pelayanan Kesehatan. Universitas Gajah Mada Jogjakarta; 2008.
. Yuliah. Pemanfaatn Puskesmas Ditinjau dari aspek Pengguna Jasa Pelayanan dan Pendukung di Puskesmas Pasra Kemis Kabupaten Tangerang. Tesis. Program Pascasarjana Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat. Universitas Indonesia Jakarta; 2001.
. Astuti, A Puji., Kartasurya MI& SA. Analisis alasan pemilihan penolong persalinan oleh ibu bersalin di Kabupaten Semarang. J Manaj Kesehat Indones. 2014;2(3).
. Debra.etc. Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Pemanfaatan Pelayanan Kesehatan Pada Peserta BPJS Kesehatan di Puskesmas Paniki Bawah Kecamatan Mapanget Kota Manado. JIKMU Suplemen. 2015;5(1):88–100.
. Kusumaningrum. Dkk. Faktor-Faktor Yang Berpengaruh Terhadap Pemanfaatan Pelayanan Kesehatan Tradisional/ Komplementer Pada Keluarga Dengan Penyakit Tidak Menular. In Jakarta; 2014. p. 254–63.
. Geswar R. Kesiapan Stakeholder dalam pelaksanaan program jaminan kesehatan Nasional di Kabupaten Gowa. 2014.


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Covid lockdown update
Following the announcement of the lockdown, which starts today, we have been monitoring government guidelines and advice from the RYA. These have been developing over the last couple of days, which has unfortunately made it difficult to make an early decision.
The news unfortunately isn't good. With immediate effect the club is closed until further notice, both the site and the water.
Access is permitted to site, but only for essential maintenance and repairs. This doesn't include grass cutting, boat washing, or anything else that can reasonably be expected to wait until the lockdown ends.
The site will be checked twice a week, for general security and to check the boat park.
At the moment we can't say when the club will reopen. As restrictions change we will of course review the situation.
The Covid Committee


Most people give little thought to the health of their feet, but it is estimated we walk about 150,000 miles in a lifetime. An American study called "If the shoe fits, wear it" found that nine out of ten women wear shoes that are too small. As you get older, your feet tend to spread, but few people get their feet measured after the age of 20.
Podiatrists work closely with other healthcare professionals such as Doctors, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Osteopaths to ensure the patient receives the correct treatment for their problem.
The health of your feet is critical to your mobility and can have a direct effect on your general well being. Podiatrists can treat a wide variety of foot conditions (see under Treatable Conditions – Podiatry / Chiropody) and people of all ages – they can treat YOU.
Presenting symptoms: Pain experienced on the heels of both feet which was worse first thing in the morning and following periods of rest.
Previous History: No history of trauma, symptoms developed following an increase in activity levels when training for an event.
Evaluation: Symptoms suggested plantar fasciitis and palpation of the heel and the sole of the foot confirmed the diagnosis. A biomechanical evaluation was also carried out to determine foot function and if any orthotics (shoe inserts) would be required.
Treatment: Taping of the feet to reduce tension in the affected soft tissue structure, ultrasound to improve tissue repair and suitable stretching exercises given. A routine podiatry treatment to remove hard skin and cut the toenails was also done. A reassessment, carried out one-month later, showed reduction in pain levels and increased mobility.


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Avantdale Bowling Club
Around a month ago, legendary Kiwi rapper Tom Scott released the self-titled debut from his new project Avantdale Bowling Club. This record presents a sonic shift towards a cosmic jazz influence but, at the same time, embraces and furthers the same sense of autobiography, realness, and honesty that has made Scott's work in Home Brew, @peace, and Average Rap Band so revered. I was fortunate enough to have a chat to Tom on the release day of Avantdale Bowling Club.
Josh: How's the feeling around the release of this project compared to your previous albums? I've seen a lot of positive response to it already!
Tom: Yeah, you know how compliments are. It's hard enough to take just one of them, let alone like hundreds. And I've been working for so long that I've been deprived of any kind of recognition that, when I get it, I feel like I don't deserve it you know.
J: Yeah I can imagine. Maybe that's the humble Kiwi in you coming out [laughs].
T: Yeah, that's just how it is. Like, don't put all the light on me, it'll just show up all my flaws [laughs].
J: But maybe the flaws are a good thing too! I feel like, with this album, it's so personal and so real and maybe that's the thing that people are embracing in the first place you know.
T: Yeah, for sure man. It's way easier to talk about your flaws when they rhyme [laughs]. And I guess the pessimist in me is like, I see the opportunity for a hipster to rubbish the album because it's been acclaimed. So it's kind of like my paranoia's kicking in today a bit. If I hinged this on the people that didn't vibe with it then I'm really missing out on the whole point of existence you know man. I've got to take all this praise I'm getting today and store it away for when I need it you know.
J: When was the Avantdale Bowling Club project conceived? How did the name come about, and how did it all end up where it is today?
T: I got a text from my old man one day, I was in Melbourne, and there was just a picture of the Avondale Bowling Club. I think he might have been playing a gig there, funnily enough, or he was just there, but I just thought it sounded like a good name for a band [laughs].
J: Did you ever consider just using your own name? As opposed to the pseudonym? Because it's so clearly your vision and all about your life, was there ever a point where you thought about your own name as an option?
T: I had this vision that one day I'd be this perfectly formed version of myself, or at least be able to articulate the perfectly formed version of myself as a musician and that would be it, that's the Tom Scott record. I don't think that will ever happen. I don't really know if it's right you know? Like, when people call me Tom Scott it's like "Yeah! I know who that is! It's like this ever f**king fluid, contradictory mess of a man that I am", you know? Like, when people call you by your name bro, you know who you are – you have this illusion of self-belief. I don't think it would be accurate to sum it up…
J: You evolve over time and different things come out of you. Who knows what the next 10 or 20 years of that would look like, I suppose it leaves room for that creative evolution you know.
T: Hard, bro. If you solidify yourself as one thing, then that's what people know you as. The name that your mother uses has now been tainted by this record that you thought could solidify you, that would suck – "Hey Tom Scott! You're the guy that…" you know?
J: A lot of the music you talk about for influences fits that jazz, cosmic jazz realm. Were you always wanting to make a jazz album, or an album with this strong of a jazz aesthetic to it?
T: Who wouldn't! [laughs] I always wanted to do it. I mean, I didn't always want to do it, but as soon as I started hearing that music. You know, all we ever do with music is attempt to imitate something we like, or try to make something that doesn't exist that we wanna hear, so yeah. As soon as I heard Alice Coltrane or Pharoah Sanders, it was like heroin, it was like somehow losing your virginity twice [laughs].
J: In terms of how you come to make that happen, your creative process – and obviously there's a whole host of musicians all over Avantdale Bowling Club, and a pretty stacked lineup too, how did that all happen?
T: It started as little skeletons here and there, and then when I opened the can of worms that is making a live record, it was draining bro. I wanna make sure I'm not gonna forget this, I might f**k around and do it again you know [laughs], gotta learn from your mistakes. I'm scared I might attempt this again and have a nervous breakdown. It was really hard because it was solely my responsibility at the end of the day. That's not to say I didn't have help — I had f**kloads, I couldn't have done it alone – but once the session musician goes home, he's not thinking about your record.
J: What is the writing process like for a project like this?
T: There's something I read, I can't remember who it was, it's like "to be a writer is to forgive yourself the horrors of the first draft". As a rapper, you start believing this myth that you go into the studio, write the verse, go home or whatever. Or that you have to do it in motion you know. But no one would write a novel like that, and I'm sure rappers don't even write like that to be honest. It was just some kind of myth that I had believed. But in the last couple of years, I've just been more into re-writing. I heard someone say "I'm not a good writer, but I'm a good rewriter". That idea… just being able to go back to it and touch it up, instead of catching lightning in a bottle. I might catch a bit of lightning, but then I might just have to add to that. Some of the verses I wrote 3 or 4 times. I scrapped heaps of songs – like, fully fleshed, realised songs. There must be at least 8 – not demos, but like, have recorded, paid all the musicians, f**king mastered it and everything.
J: What does the rest of this year look like? Touring?
T: That's probably what I've gotta do next. I'd love to pour as much effort into that as well. I just kinda want to see the world. I'd love [to be like] f**k the touring, and go to Nepal or something like that. I feel like I deserve a break at the moment.
Avantdale Bowling Club is out now through all the usual streaming/online music outlets, go get stuck in. Catch them live at Meow on October 25.
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Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination." The 1986 animated feature film The Transformers: The Movie was based on the animated TV series by the same name. The film was directed by Nelson Shin, who produced the original Transformers television series, and features the voices of Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, Lionel Stander, John Moschitta, Jr., Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. It also marked the final roles for both Orson Welles, who died just days after his last voice recording session for the film, and Scatman Crothers, who died months after its release.
Set to a soundtrack of synth-based incidental music and hard-driving metal music, composed by Vince DiCola, the movie has a decidedly darker tone than the television series. Stan Bush's song "The Touch", which prominently featured in the film, was originally written for the Sylvester Stallone movie Cobra.
The movie also feature other well known songs including "Instruments of Destruction" by NRG, Stan Bush's song "Dare", two songs by Spectre General, "Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way", "Hunger" as well as "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Dare to Be Stupid". The Transformers theme song for the movie was performed by the band Lion.
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Q: Configure manifest to catch a new location available How can I configure the manifest in order to chatch new location coordinates?
Can I use the BroardcastReceiver to catch new coordinates?

A: If you add this within the application element of your manifest it will call onReceive in your LocationChangedReceiver class whenever a new gps coordinate is obtained:
<receiver android:name=".location.LocationChangedReceiver" />

LocationChangedReceiver might look like this:
public class LocationChangedReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        String locationKey = LocationManager.KEY_LOCATION_CHANGED;

        if (intent.hasExtra(locationKey)) {
            Location location = (Location) intent.getExtras().get(locationKey);
            Log.d(TAG, "Got Location! Lat:" + location.getLatitude() + ", Lon:" + location.getLongitude() + ", Alt:" + location.getAltitude() + ", Acc:" + location.getAccuracy());

            return;
        }

    }
}

A: If I understand the question correctly, you may find the passive provider helpful.
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The Third Striving consists of an examination of World Laws and World Maintenance as put forth by G. I Gurdjieff. In his epic work All and Everything, Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, the third "striving," which is formulated thus: "the conscious striving to know ever more and more concerning the laws of World-creation and World-maintenance," is the third of five " 'being-obligolnian-strivings' " to be practiced "... in order to have in their consciousness this Divine function of genuine conscience...," (Beelzebub's Tales, pp 385-86).
Gnosis 19: The Trickster. A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions
"As long as we lie to ourselves, the Trickster will be with us. He'll show up just when we least want him, to embarrass us on a first date, to prove us fools in front of the learned company we're trying to impress, to make us miss a power breakfast with that all-important business contact."
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Grimoire of the Baron Citadel: The Book of the Four Ways.
Hamilton-Giles, Peter
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As the governor of the Dead and the burial ground, the Baron Samedi is one of the most distinctive and potent loa of Haitian Vodou. An imposing figure in black raiment, he is most often pictured as a corpse. His other magical domains, less discussed in esoteric literature, include disruption, obscenity and -- importantly for the practicing sorcerer -- not only the arts of Magic but the very fabric of which it is made.
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Klein, Kevin
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In November 1949, architect Frank Lloyd Wright announced the death of "the greatest man in the world," yet few knew who he was talking about. Enigmatic, misunderstood, declared a charlatan, and recently dubbed "the Rasputin who inspired Mary Poppins," Gurdjieff's life has become a legend. But who really was George Ivanovich Gurdjieff?
Employing the latest research and discoveries, including previously unpublished reminiscences of the real man, Tobias Churton investigates the truth beneath th...
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