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THE STUFF OF THOUGHT: LANGUAGE AS A WINDOW INTO HUMAN NATURE
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Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to provide lucid explanations of deep and powerful ideas. His previous books, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate, have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important popular science writers. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker presents a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. Considering scientific questions with examples from everyday life, The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
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Bestselling Harvard psychology professor Pinker (The Blank Slate) investigates what the words we use tell us about the way we think. Language, he concludes, reflects our brain structure, which itself is innate. Similarly, the way we talk about things is rooted in, but not identical to, physical reality: human beings take the analogue flow of sensation the world presents to them and package their experience into objects and events. Examining how we do this, the author summarizes and rejects such linguistic theories as extreme nativism and radical pragmatism as he tosses around terms like content-locative and semantic reconstrual that may seem daunting to general readers. But Pinker, a masterful popularizer, illuminates this specialized material with homely illustrations. The difference between drinking from a glass of beer and drinking a glass of beer, for example, shows that the mind has the power to frame a single situation in very different ways. Separate chapters explore concepts of causality, naming, swearing and politeness as the tools with which we organize the flow of raw information. Metaphor in particular, he asserts, helps us entertain new ideas and new ways of managing our affairs. His vivid prose and down-to-earth attitude will once again attract an enthusiastic audience outside academia. (Sept.)
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By examining our words, we can learn a lot about who we are. So argues Harvard academic and popular science writer Steven Pinker in The Stuff of Thought, a logical extension of his previous books. Pinker once again caters to a popular (though scientifically literate) audience, using accessible examples from jokes, Shakespeare, pop songs, and films to understand the science. One fascinating chapter explores the value of metaphors; another covers swearing (did you know that "gee whiz" is derived from "Jesus"?). A few critics tired of the myriad examples and pointed out a lack of unifying threads; others wanted more concrete answers; a couple challenged Pinker├óÔé¼Ôäós entire thesis that language is an accurate guide to our mind. According to them, it is as if Pinker was determined to combine his broad-based, popular science acumen with his in-depth linguistics expertise├óÔé¼""the perfect storm" of his work. But if this book is not food for thought, then no other book of its kind is.Copyright ┬® 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Experimental psychologist and cognitive scientist Pinker is fascinated by the symbiosis between language and thought. In this stimulating volume, a continuation of the discussion found in The Language Instinct (1994), he argues for the "real-world importance" of "the relation of language to our inner and outer worlds." Anchoring his discussion of why semantics matter to 9/11 and other momentous public events, Pinker teases apart the gap between the literal meanings of words and their elaborate connotations, which leads to fresh explanations of humor, the importance of metaphors, and the significance of swearing. Some of the most mind-expanding chapters involve the subtlest, most taken-for-granted aspects of mind, namely our sense of time, space, and causality. Drawing on philosophy, evolutionary psychology, physics, neurology, anthropology, and jokes, Pinker presents a convincing theory of conceptual semantics, itemizing the "fundamental ideas" that form the "language of thought." From politics to poetry, children's wonderful malapropisms to slang, Pinker's fluency in the nuances of words and syntax serves as proof of his faith in language as "a window into human nature." Seaman, Donna –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Astonishingly readable Daily Telegraph Perceptive, amusing and intelligent Times No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet Financial Times Immensely readable and stimulating. Pinker is a master at making complex ideas palatable Independent Awesome … Pinker writes lucidly and elegantly, and leavens the text with scores of perfectly judged anecdotes, jokes, cartoons and illustrations Daily Mail –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers.
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Language comes so naturally to us that it's easy to believe there's some sort of intrinsic logic connecting the thing and its name, the signifier and the signified. In one of Plato's dialogues, a character named Cratylus argues that "a power more than human gave things their first names."
But Cratylus was wrong. Human language is an emanation of the human mind. A thing doesn't care what we call it. Words and their rules don't tell us about the world; they tell us about ourselves.
That's the simple premise behind Steven Pinker's latest work of popular science. According to the Harvard psychologist, people are "verbivores, a species that lives on words." If you want to understand how the brain works, how it thinks about space and causation and time, how it processes emotions and engages in social interactions, then you need to plunge "down the rabbit hole" of language. The quirks of our sentences are merely a portal to the mind.
In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker pitches himself as the broker of a scientific compromise between "linguistic determinism" and "extreme nativism." The linguistic determinists argue that language is a prison for thought. The words we know define our knowledge of the world. Because Eskimos have more nouns for snow, they are able to perceive distinctions in snow that English speakers cannot. While Pinker deftly discredits extreme versions of this hypothesis, he admits that "boring versions" of linguistic determinism are probably accurate. It shouldn't be too surprising that our choice of words can frame events, or that our vocabulary reflects the kinds of things we encounter in our daily life. (Why do Eskimos have so many words for snow? Because they are always surrounded by snow.) The language we learn as children might not determine our thoughts, but it certainly influences them.
Extreme nativism, on the other hand, argues that all of our mental concepts — the 50,000 or so words in the typical vocabulary — are innate. We are born knowing about carburetors and doorknobs and iPods. This bizarre theory, most closely identified with the philosopher Jerry Fodor, begins with the assumption that the meaning of words cannot be dissected into more basic parts. A doorknob is a doorknob is a doorknob. It only takes Pinker a few pages to prove the obvious, which is that each word is not an indivisible unit. The mind isn't a blank slate, but it isn't an overstuffed filing cabinet either.
So what is Pinker's solution? He advocates the middle ground of "conceptual semantics," in which the meaning of our words depends on an underlying framework of basic cognitive concepts. (As Pinker admits, he owes a big debt to Kant.) The tenses of verbs, for example, are shaped by our innate sense of time. Nouns are constrained by our intuitive notions about matter, so that we naturally parcel things into two different categories, objects and substances (pebbles versus applesauce, for example, or, as Pinker puts it, "hunks and goo"). Each material category comes with a slightly different set of grammatical rules. By looking at language from the perspective of our thoughts, Pinker demonstrates that many seemingly arbitrary aspects of speech, like that hunk and goo distinction, aren't arbitrary at all: They are byproducts of our evolved mental machinery.
Pinker tries hard to make this tour of linguistic theory as readable as possible. He uses the f-word to explore the topic of transitive and intransitive verbs. He clarifies indirect speech by examining a scene from "Tootsie," and Lenny Bruce makes so many appearances that he should be granted a posthumous linguistic degree. But profanity from Lenny Bruce can't always compensate for the cryptic vocabulary and long list of competing 'isms. Sometimes, the payoff can be disappointing. After a long chapter on curse words — this book deserves an "explicit content" warning — Pinker ends with the banal conclusion that swearing is "connected with negative emotion." I don't need conceptual semantics to tell me that.
The Stuff of Thought concludes with an optimistic gloss on the power of language to lead us out of the Platonic cave, so that we can "transcend our cognitive and emotional limitations." It's a nice try at a happy ending, but I don't buy it. The Stuff of Thought, after all, is really about the limits of language, the way our prose and poetry are bound by innate constraints we can't even comprehend. Flaubert was right: "Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity."
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THE STUFF OF THOUGHT is a wonderful book, but you might not want to listen to it in public without headphones. Its not the delivery. Dean Olsher does a great job narrating. Experimental psychologist (Harvard) Steven Pinker blends philosophical speculation with personal anecdotes as he analyzes the role of language in thought. Olsher matches these wide-ranging needs. He is confident and moderately paced when introducing new concepts and seems as tickled as Pinker when recounting linguistic silliness. However, at one point Pinker analyzes the nature of obscenity. This is completely on topic–Pinker examines the roots of obscenity and shares what neurobiology has to say on the matter–but it may take some explaining if anyone should overhear the requisite cursing. G.T.B. ┬® AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine– Copyright ┬® AudioFile, Portland, Maine –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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The United States Auto Club (USAC) announced today the appointment of Davey Hamilton in the newly created role as Executive Director of USAC Racing. The role will report to USAC President and CEO Kevin Miller and is effective immediately.
USAC's business structure will now encompass three main business segments for reporting and management purposes; USAC Racing, USAC Sanctioning, and USAC Properties & Promotions.
"Our business has experienced tremendous growth over the past seven years as we have diver-sified our motorsports portfolio to include off-road, rally and other motorsport segments such as snowmobile racing" stated Miller. "We are committed to growing each business area which re-quires additional focus and attention. As we enter our 60th year as a motorsports leader in 2015, we want to ensure that we are well positioned for growth and new opportunities in a challenging motorsports environment. The appointment today of Davey reaffirms our commitment to en-hancing the core of USAC and we are excited to start a new era with such a passionate racing leader".
The pillar of the Club is USAC's circle track division for Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget Racing. Davey Hamilton, a former USAC pavement standout and Indycar driver, will lead the Club's future efforts in strengthening USAC's leadership position in sprint car and midget racing across the USA.
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THANK YOU from the students, parents and teachers of the Moshatagh village school where they will no more breath the dust from the debris, see the mold on the classroom walls and be distracted by the damaged school environment!
With my family we generally visit the US to raise funds for the Hayrenaser projects in Artsakh. In 2018, Hayrenaser implemented its 6th school project in liberated Kashatagh. To raise funds for the rebuilding and expansion of the Moshatagh village school, I decided to move to Moshatagh for the summer with my daughter Shushi and live next to the villagers, instead of visiting the US for fundraising.
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Der Wunderknabe (Bravissimo) ist eine italienische Filmkomödie von 1955. Alberto Sordi spielt den Hauptpart in der von Furio Scarpelli und Agenore Incrocci geschriebenen Geschichte.

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Seit vielen Jahren bemüht sich Ubaldo bei der Schulbehörde um eine feste Anstellung als Grundschullehrer. Er fristet ein karges Leben mit Hunger und Schulden und hält sich mit Kinderhütediensten über Wasser. Bei der blonden Nachbarin Egle kommt er auch wegen seiner aufdringlichen Schnorrigkeit nicht an. Gigetto, einer der Knaben, die er hütet, wird eines Tages nicht abgeholt, weil sein Vater im Knast gelandet ist. Ubaldo versucht, Gigetto bei den einzigen bekannten Verwandten loszuwerden – zwei Onkeln, die beide den Jungen nicht bei sich aufnehmen wollen, weil das Kind kostet. Ubaldos Ärger über das ihm zur Last fallende Kind schlägt jedoch augenblicklich in Besitzanspruch um, als er dessen außergewöhnliche gesangliche Fähigkeiten entdeckt.

Als Gigettos junge Tante Rosetta, vom Vater geschickt, den Knaben abholen will, versichert er ihr, bestens für ihn zu sorgen. Er stellt ihn einem Commentatore vor, der den Jungen groß herausbringen soll, und schließt mit ihm einen lukrativen Vertrag. Sogleich leiht er sich vom Commentatore dessen Wagen und Chauffeur, um in seiner Wohnsiedlung auf sich aufmerksam zu machen. An die Schulbehörde, die ihm nun eine Stelle offeriert, verfasst er eine scharf formulierte Absage. Doch die beiden Onkeln bekommen Wind vom Wunderkind und fordern als Verwandte die Vormundschaft. Gigetto wird Zeuge des Streits und der Motive der Erwachsenen und reißt aus. Er versteckt sich im wohlhabenden Haus, in dem Tante Rosetta als Hausmädchen angestellt ist. Weil er krank ist, kommt ein Arzt, der seine enormen Mandeln rausschneidet. Ubaldos verzweifelte Suche nach dem Kind bleibt erfolglos. Die Onkeln holen ihn ab. Bei der Generalprobe bringt Gigetto keine herausragenden Töne mehr hervor. Prompt wollen die Onkeln nichts mehr von ihm wissen. Ubaldo scheucht ihn erst fort, lässt sich aber schnell erweichen und nimmt ihn bei sich auf. Den abschätzigen Brief an die Schulbehörde hat er gerade noch abfangen können und bekommt die Stelle. Zuletzt trumpft Gigetto überraschend als hochbegnadeter Klavierspieler auf. Ubaldo möchte das nicht noch einmal durchmachen und gibt ihn dem freigelassenen Vater mit.

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Ennio Contini lobte: "Die Regie D'Amicos ist agil, flüssig und farbig; darüber hinaus weiß sie geschickt die Möglichkeiten des Stoffes zu nutzen.", während ein Kritiker in L'Italia bemerkte, der Film "biete wenig Neues im Genre".

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What the Christchurch attacks show us about the global spread of Islamophobia
Islamophobia has become a global problem.
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This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation
Imran Awan Professor of Criminology, Birmingham City University
When I woke up to the news that 50 people had been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, I couldn't help but reflect upon the words of those who refuse to accept that Islamophobia exists. In the UK, the columnist Melanie Phillips has argued that Islamophobia is a fiction used to shut down debate. Douglas Murray called it the Islamophobia "problem", arguing that it was created by fascists.
Islamophobia is the fear, prejudice and hatred of Muslims and people perceived to be Muslim that leads to provocation, hostility and intolerance. A working definition, published in late 2018 by a group of British MPs, defined it as:
"Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness."
It is motivated by institutional, ideological, political and religious hostility, and can merge with racism to target the symbols and markers of a being a Muslim.
I've been researching Islamophobia for more than a decade and found it has a devastating effect on victims, their families and wider communities. Such hatred is very real, and it has become globalised.
A string of attacks targeting Muslims
The past few years have seen a number of deadly Islamophobic attacks in Europe and North America. In 2015, Zack Davies was sentenced for life after he attacked Sarandev Bhambra with a claw hammer and a 30cm-long machete at a supermarket in Wales. A witness told the court that during the attack Davies had said it was for Lee Rigby – the soldier murdered by Islamist extremists in south-east London in 2013.
In 2017, Jeremy Joseph Christian became enraged when he saw a young Muslim woman wearing a hijab on a commuter train in the US. He began verbally abusing her and used a knife to kill two passengers who tried to intervene. Christian defended the killings in a courtroom rant that included the following: "Death to the enemies of America. Leave this country if you hate our freedom," he said. "You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism."
The same year, Darren Osborne carried out a van attack against Muslim worshippers in Finsbury Park in London. At his trial, it was revealed he had previously threatened to kill all Muslims and had searched for material posted online by both far-right group Britain First and the far-right activist known as Tommy Robinson. In court, it was reported that Osborne had received a group email from Robinson in reference to the recent Manchester arena attack, which read: "There is a nation within a nation forming just beneath the surface of the UK. It is a nation built on hatred, violence and on Islam."
In the UK, extreme right-wing activity jumped by 36% in 2017-18, according to data from Prevent, the country's terrorism-prevention programme. Statistics released by the Home Office showed more than half of religiously motivated attacks in 2017-18 were directed at Muslims.
Rhetoric that breeds hatred
In the US, between January and September 2017, the Council for American-Muslim Relations recorded 1,656 so-called "bias incidents" and 195 hate crimes, an increase in both cases on the previous year. The council suggested president Donald Trump's "toxic campaign rhetoric" towards Muslims was a contributing factor.
Trump has singled Muslims out as a suspect community. In his campaign for the presidency, he proposed a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the US. Despite concerns raised about these statements, the US Supreme Court ruled in mid-2018 that a Trump administration travel ban aimed predominantly at people from Muslim-majority countries could come into full effect.
Islamophobia is on the rise. This is how we can tackle it
Is a toxic political environment allowing hate to flourish?
New Zealand was the first country where women won the right to vote. Here's why
In the wake of the Christchurch attacks, security services are investigating whether the man charged with the attack had links to far-right groups in Europe. Details have begun to emerge of how the manifesto he published was influenced by the far-right ideology of Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Norway in 2011, and carried passages which praised Trump as a "symbol of white identity".
The view that all Muslims are dangerous and not part of society – amplified by politicians such as Trump and the radical far-right in Europe – has the ability to ignite further racial and faith-based schisms.
The attack in New Zealand outlines the international spread of Islamophobic hate crime, which becomes highly pertinent in a globalised world. There is a fear that what happened in Christchurch could spill over, and those with radical right sympathies could feel emboldened by the incident in order to promote their own warped version of what Islam is. In the days following the attack, two people were charged in Rochdale in northern England after a taxi driver was "abused and threatened" with references to the Christchurch shootings, though this case has still to be tested in court.
So please don't tell me Islamophobia doesn't exist. It does and it can kill. What happened in New Zealand was not an isolated attack against Muslims. It is about time we started to hold the media, and those that peddle far-right hatred, to account.
Imran Awan, Professor of Criminology, Birmingham City University
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation.
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Sami is twenty-seven and happy to live at home with his family, even if he is a little lonely and dissatisfied with his job at a nursing home. Caring for people is what Sami does. Unfortunately, putting his loved ones first is also part of the reason Sami is single. As accepting as his parents are, he isn't sure how they'd react if he brought home a boyfriend. So he spends more time than he should dreaming of what might be, and fighting with his younger sister over the perfect sunny spot on the couch. Which is probably why the perfect potential boyfriend chooses that moment to move in across the street.
There's just one problem—his new neighbor isn't really new. He's the son of the woman Sami's mother has had a feud with for years. Toby and Sami grew up together but were never allowed to say more than a few words to each other despite Sami's repeated efforts. Quiet, serious Toby was Sami's first and biggest crush, and everyone knew it—a big part of their reason their mothers didn't get along. Toby's mother went as far as planting dozens of thorny rose bushes around her house to ensure Sami couldn't even see Toby anymore.
But Toby's mother is long gone, and Toby has no interest in reviving the feud. If anything, he seems determined to end it. Finding out why, and if it has anything to do with the way he looks at Sami, means Sami will have to raise the issue with his family—and dare to step beyond the wall of roses that kept him out all those years ago.
A short but sweet romance of a guy in his mid-twenties reliving all of the (sometimes slightly flamboyant) flirting he did with the "boy next door" (who also happened to be the son of his mother's neighborhood nemesis). The author mixes in a bit of ethnic/cultural (in this case Persian/Iranian) flavor, as well as extra social-awkwardness from the returning object of his affection. The results is a short but decently compelling journey through a guy adrift in his young-adult insecurities and uncertain direction with a bit of quick fairy tale (HFN) ending.


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Competing courtyards? Yes, please!
Courtyard in Viana Palace. More about that place in our upcoming patios encore post.
Spain brings many images to mind. Bulls, maybe, or flamenco. Paella or sangria, even. Before she ever set foot in the country, Dreamer associated Spain with courtyards.
Typical blue flowerpots on a white wall in the courtyard of a municipal building open to the public.
However, when we moved to the Valencian Community, on the eastern coast of the country, we did not find tranquil inner courtyards in abundance. We learned these cool sanctuaries – which have traditionally provided respite from the brutal heat – primarily exist in the south, especially the city of Córdoba.
Embodiment of cool and refreshing.
Not seen in Valencia.
When Dreamer learned the city has a two-week competitive festival devoted to courtyards (called patios in Spain), we couldn't book train tickets fast enough.
We arrived near the end of the competition, in early May. The fiesta of the patios in Córdoba is a (UNESCO) World Heritage Site, designated an example of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – a distinction also shared by the Fallas festival in Valencia and the Krampus runs we saw in Austria.
Dreamer loves her some patios. It is not surprising, then, that she took nearly 1,500 pictures in Córdoba, roughly half of them being patio-related. The others were photos of historic mosques, synagogues, fortresses, and the like – the subject of our NEXT post.
At times it seemed we couldn't walk 10 feet without Dreamer asking Doer to pose for a picture or to photograph her.
Doer already tired of posing for photos at Viana Palace – and it's only the first day!
Toward the end of the second day – many patios and many photos later.
And on top of all the photos, the lines to see some of the prize-winning patios in the historic Jewish Quarter were very long.
"Buffff, Tío… que cola."
This made it almost impossible to walk down some of the streets.
How to pass the time?
Local jerez (sherry) purchased from a shop conveniently selling to those waiting in line. Not sure if it's kosher.
And this is how Spaniards wait:
Often it was difficult to get a picture without hordes of other people in it.
Pretty ceiling light. Too many other people.
Almost the perfect picture – if only Doer would turn around and other people would step out of frame!
Finally, we'd had enough and decided to check out the patios in other, less popular neighborhoods.
Personal space!
This was the worst line we encountered in the second neighborhood. Patio entrance is up there on the right, marked by min trees.
And the patios were just as lovely – plus, look ma! No crowds!
The coolest part is that people actually live in the houses connected to most of these patios.
Household windows looking into patio.
Oftentimes you'd see a staircase ascending into the private home.
Yes, they are beautiful, but there is a lot of important history behind these courtyards as well. Remember the earlier part about UNESCO cultural heritage? The patios of Córdoba are a symbol of the city's dedication to coexistence, community, and continuity.
In addition to all its lovely courtyards, the second, quieter neighborhood we visited was also home to a patios interpretation center, where we learned a lot of historical context behind the festival.
Centro de Interpretación de la Fiesta de los Patios Trueque 4: a center explaining patios and their festival.
When the Industrial Revolution came to Córdoba in the 19th Century, many people moved to the city, and often families rented a single room in a house. The rooms often were distributed around a central patio, where shared services such as toilets and kitchens were located.
Kitchen like old times.
Patios thus became a sort of extended living room, with different families cooperating in maintaining the patio as they came together as a community. Different holidays, festivals, and other occasions were celebrated in the city's patios.
The feeling of community around the patios continues today, with families inviting the public into this part of their home during the festival.
Knock, knock. Anyone home?
People who take care of the patios know how the ideal positioning of plants, paired with efficient water usage, can help regulate the hot southern temperature.
Traditional method of watering all those wall-mounted plants.
Patios also feature the use of natural materials and the reuse of household objects, paired with the proud display of traditional items.
"This work of art is ephemeral; at the end of the festival, nature imposes her own timeline. The patio is left stripped of colour, smell, visual splendour, and once again beings [sic] a patient wait to repeat the same process derived from tradition the following year"
– Centro de Interpretación de la Fiesta de los Patios Trueque 4
This idea reminded us of another ephemeral festival of great cultural importance – yes, it always seems to circle back to the Fallas.
The first contest of decorated patios, balconies, and windows was held in 1921, a year after the local paper called for the defense of the patios in order to "conserve the essence of the city." From 1925 to 1929, patios substituted the city's annual May crosses celebration (the very same affair we'd recently witnessed in Burriana!). These days, the two festivals coexist.
In the 1960s Spanish tourism campaigns promoted the image of Córdoba's patios through photos, film, and other media. During this decade, the prize money for winning entries also increased substantially, as collaboration with local businesses encouraged more people to participate.
Display of traditional items.
Doer liked the deep wells that were part of most patios, including this one at the patios museum.
Well at patio interpretation center.
He also liked the shrimp plants.
A few times, we did manage to get a photo together.
There's more to this city than patios: flamenco, religious history (including some important Muslim and Jewish sites), and snails to eat! Next time we'll feature the non-patios side of Córdoba.
CórdobapatiosUNESCO
Flowered crosses and modern art in May
There's more to Córdoba than patios
Jeaneen says:
Beautiful pictures! Love the first one with your smile!


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SiC is widely recognized as an ideal candidate for electronics and sensors required to operate at extremely high temperatures. Cubic SiC (3C-SiC) is preferred to the hexagonal polytypes for the fabrication of mechanical devices due to its lower cost (a film is deposited on a Si substrate) and greater ease of fabrication. As the deposited SiC film is normally quite thin, some traditional designs of devices are not suitable. The Capacitive Ring-Electrode Accelerometer (CREA) introduced in this paper offers much greater design flexibility. Featuring a central boss of un-prescribed thickness, the value of its seismic mass can be set over a wide range, independently of the sensing capacitance. The latter is realized between a SiC electrode, which surrounds and moves together with the boss, and the underlying substrate. The CREA design was extensively analysed in a FE environment and prototypes were fabricated. Pressure sensors based on the deformable membrane principle and piezoresistive pickup have also been designed, fabricated and tested. The dependence of apex displacement on pressure was used to extract the Young's modulus and the residual stress of the SiC film (bulge test). The membrane was investigated by optical profilometry at various values of pressure and at temperatures between 300 K and 800 K. The shape of the membrane was compared with the FE predictions with a positive outcome.


A lot of patrons don't realize we have a private dining room upstairs at Cru~ We loved this recent review spotlighting our private dining capabilities.
We had a wonderful dining experience last night at Cru Cafe! It was a small, quaint wedding party of 10 people, and we were fortunate to get the private dining room upstairs. We had a wonderful server named Cindy who made sure to meet all of our food, drink and cake requests Appetizers were great……..fried green tomatoes were deliciously sweet and they did a neat take on the melted Brie. Everyone in our party made sure their dinner plates were cleaned!!!! I heard good compliments all around for the short ribs, salmon, fried chicken, local fish and the Thai Rissoto dishes. To top it off, we got to listen to Phil Collins radio throughout the night!!!! It was absolutely perfect and I really appreciate all of the people at Cru Cafe who made this happen!!!! This is definitely a place for a repeat visit.


Heading into the 2014 elections, much of the conventional wisdom suggests that Latino voters are unlikely to affect outcomes. Most notably, except for Colorado, there are no competitive U.S. Senate races where Latino voters are positioned to be influential. In U.S. House races, the Democratic Party's poor recruiting and fundraising efforts in districts that were narrowly carried by Republicans in 2012 and have significant shares of voting-age Latinos means that many potentially vulnerable GOP House incumbents are getting a pass this cycle. As a consequence, the influence of Latino voters may be limited to a handful of mostly western House districts that were narrowly carried by Democrats in 2012.
In this analysis, I examine two such districts: Arizona's 1st and 2nd to consider how immigration politics and the support of Latino voters could help the Democrats hold two of the party's most vulnerable seats. The table below summarizes the districts' demographic and political contours. Although there is sizable and growing Latino voting-age populations in both districts, voting-age whites are the majority. In 2012, the Democratic incumbents, Ann Kirkpatrick and Ron Barber, prevailed even though Mitt Romney narrowly won both districts. The latest registration figures indicate that the Democrats have a 26,605 advantage over the Republicans in the 1st, while there are roughly 4,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats in the 2nd. Still, voters unaffiliated with either party constitute a third of both districts' registrants and in 2012 the Libertarian Party candidate took over 6 percent of the vote in the 1st–a not insignificant share in an election that was decided by less than four points.
Given these dynamics, the Republicans have made both districts a priority and both the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) have reserved substantial airtime in both districts. However, in the 1st, the NRCC complicated its prospects by including two Republicans, Gary Kiehne and Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin, in its "On the Radar" program. In the primary, Tobin prevailed over Kiehne by less than 500 votes, while a third candidate, state legislator Adam Kwasman, took 29 percent. Because of the primary's divisiveness and late date, Tobin will need to scramble to compete against Kirkpatrick, who is sitting on nearly $1.3 million. In the 2nd, retired Air Force Colonel Martha McSally is one of the NRCC's "Young Guns." McSally, who narrowly lost to Barber in 2012, has raised over $1.8 million, with $1.1 million in cash on hand.
On immigration, both Tobin and McSally stress border security and neither supports a pathway to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants. Tobin touts his vote for Arizona's SB1070 and recently claimed that migrant children from Central America might be carrying the Ebola virus. In the case of McSally, last March the DCCC issued a press release denouncing her immigration record by highlighting her criticism of the DREAM Act and her support for SB1070.
Still, the districts' geography, not to mention the saliency of immigration to Arizona politics, causes Kirkpartick and Barber to tread lightly. Like their GOP opponents, both stress border security, while Kirkpatrick also notes her support for the DREAM Act. More recently, Kirkpatrick and Barber voted against HR 5230 and HR 5722. Kirkpatrick received an 82 percent rating on the "2014 National Immigration Score Card," while Barber's rating is 73 percent — the lowest of the five Democrats in the Arizona House delegation. Yet, Kirkpatrick and Barber's political survival may depend upon drawing sharp contrasts with their Republican challengers on immigration and mobilizing marginal Latino voters.
To this end, the tables below summarize the partisan distribution of registered Latino voters in both districts, sorted by their probability of voting as estimated by Latino Decisions and L2's micro-targeting models. This methodology draws on insights gleaned from the roughly 15,000 interviews of Latino voters conducted by Latino Decisions during the 2012 election to model turnout, vote choice, and partisanship of the approximately 15 million Latino registered voters in the United States.
As these tables make clear, there are significant numbers of Latino voters in each district. Latino registration, however, lags behind voting-age population share. Moreover, although the vast majority of Latinos in each district are likely Democrats (74 percent in the 1st and 69 percent in the 2nd), our modeling indicates that just 40 percent of these voters have a high probability of voting in November. Or put differently, mobilizing the voters in the blue cells (e.g., the swing and low-probability Latino Democrats and Latinos not registered as either Democrats or Republicans) would increase the pool of Latino voters in each district who are either persuadable or who favor the Democrats by nearly 200 percent.
Yet, because these voters are, by definition, less politically engaged and, in many instances, receive information exclusively through Spanish language outlets, it is unlikely that the millions of dollars that will be spent on ads will reach these voters. Rather, as the relevant scholarly literature finds, far and away the most effective means to increase Latino turnout is through door-to-door canvassing and live telephone calls.
In sum, for Democratic candidates competing in districts such as these, there is no guarantee that being on the "right" side of the immigration issue will bring Latino voters to the polls. Mobilizing Latinos requires candidates to engage Latino voters and demonstrate an understanding and concern for these voters' communities. Indeed, one of the key findings of Latino Decisions polling during 2012 was that the political participation of many Latino voters was driven by support for their communities. Failing to grasp this point could be the difference between victory and defeat for Kirkpatrick, Barber, and similarly situated Democrats.
David Damore is a senior analyst at Latino Decisions, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and a Senior Nonresident Fellow in the Brookings Institution's Governance Studies Program.


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Title: Barber pole
Subject: Auditory illusion, Phaser, Tritone paradox, HMCS Sackville (K181), 94th Fighter Squadron
A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes (usually red, white, and blue in the United States; often red and white in other countries). The pole may be stationary or may revolve, often with the aid of an electric motor.[1][2]
A "barber's pole" with a helical stripe is a familiar sight, and is used as a secondary metaphor to describe objects in many other contexts. For example, if the shaft or tower of a lighthouse has been painted with a helical stripe as a daymark, the lighthouse could be described as having been painted in "barber's pole" colors.
1 Origin in barbering and surgery
2 Use in barbering
3 Use in prostitution
4 Visual illusion
5 Other uses of the term
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5.4 Booksellers
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5.11 Daymarks as a navigational aid
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5.18 Hockey
5.19 Ichthyology
5.20 Knots
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5.24 Trademark
5.25 Weather
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6.2 Endnotes
Origin in barbering and surgery
The origin of the red and white barber pole is associated with the service of bloodletting and was historically a representation of bloody bandages wrapped around a pole.[2] During medieval times, barbers performed surgery on customers, as well as tooth extractions. The original pole had a brass wash basin at the top (representing the vessel in which leeches were kept) and bottom (representing the basin that received the blood). The pole itself represents the staff that the patient gripped during the procedure to encourage blood flow.
At the Council of Tours in 1163, the clergy was banned from the practice of surgery.[3] From then, physicians were clearly separated from the surgeons and barbers. Later, the role of the barbers was defined by the College de Saint-Côme et Saint-Damien, established by Jean Pitard in Paris circa 1210,[4] as academic surgeons of the long robe and barber surgeons of the short robe.
After the formation of the United Barber Surgeon's Company in England, a statute required the barber to use a blue and white pole and the surgeon to use a red pole. In France, surgeons used a red pole with a basin attached to identify their offices. Blue often appears on poles in the United States, possibly as a homage to its national colors.[2] Another, more fanciful interpretation of these barber pole colors is that red represents arterial blood, blue is symbolic of venous blood, and white depicts the bandage.
Prior to 1950, there were four manufacturers of barber poles in the United States. In 1950, William Marvy of St. Paul, Minnesota, started manufacturing barber poles. Marvy made his 50,000th barber pole in 1967, and, by 2010, over 82,000 had been produced.[5] The William Marvy Company is now the sole manufacturer of barber poles in North America, and sells only 500 per year (compared to 5,100 in the 1960s).[6] In recent years, the sale of spinning barber poles has dropped considerably, since few barber shops are opening, and many jurisdictions prohibit moving signs. Koken of St. Louis, Missouri, manufactured barber equipment such as chairs and assorted poles in the 19th century.
As early as 1905, use of the poles was reported to be "diminishing" in the United States.[7]
In Forest Grove, Oregon, the "World's Tallest Barber Shop Pole" measures 70 feet (21 m).[8]
The consistent use of this symbol for advertising was analogous to an apothecary's show globe, a tobacconist's cigar store indian and a pawn broker's three gold balls.
Use in barbering
The red and white pole outside barber shops references a time when barbers were expected to perform bloodletting and other medical procedures to heal the sick; red represented blood and white represented bandages. "Barber surgeons" in Rome also performed teeth extraction, cupping, leeching, bloodletting, surgery and enemas. However, today's barber poles represent little more than being a barber shop that cuts hair and does shaves.[9] Barber poles have actually become a topic of controversy in the hairstyling business. In some states, such as Michigan in March 2012, legislation has emerged proposing that barber poles should only be permitted outside barbershops, but not traditional beauty salons. Barbers and cosmetologists have engaged in several legal battles claiming the right to use the barber pole symbol to indicate to potential customers that the business offers haircutting services. Barbers claim that they are entitled to exclusive rights to use the barber pole because of the tradition tied to the craft, whereas cosmetologists argue that they are equally capable of cutting men's hair too (though many cosmetologists are not permitted to use razors, depending on their state's laws).[10]
Use in prostitution
In some parts of Asia, a red, white and blue barber pole is used as a symbol for a brothel. While prostitution is illegal in many parts of Asia, laws against it are often only enforced to the degree that all public solicitations for it are eliminated. The barber's pole is used as a euphemistic way of advertising a brothel, thus reducing the likelihood of police intervention.
In South Korea, barber's poles are used both for actual barbershops and for brothels.[11] Brothels disguised as barbershops, referred to as 이발소 (ilbalso) or 미용실 (miyongsil), are more likely to use two poles next to each other, often spinning in opposite directions, though the use of a single pole for the same reason is also quite common.[12] Actual barbershops, or 미용실 (miyongsil), are more likely to be hair salons; to avoid confusion, they will usually use a pole that shows a picture of a woman with flowing hair on it with the words hair salon written on the pole.
File:Barberpole-japan.ogv A spinning barber pole creates a visual illusion, in which the stripes appear to be traveling up or down the length of the pole,[13] rather than around it.[14]
Other uses of the term
Haemonchus contortus, or "barber's pole worm", is the parasitic nematode responsible for anemia, bottle jaw, and death of infected sheep[15] and goats, mainly during summer months in warm, humid climates.[16][17] Humans may become infected by the worms.[18]
The Swan portion of M17, the Omega Nebula in the Sagittarius nebulosity is said to resemble a barber's pole.[19]
Aviation and space flight
The term on the barber pole is pilot jargon that refers to flying an aircraft at the maximum safe velocity. The airspeed Indicator on aircraft capable of flying at altitude features a red/white striped needle resembling a barber pole. This needle displays the VMO (Maximum Operating Velocity) or—at altitude—the MMO (Mach Limit Maximum Operating Speed) of the aircraft.[20] This needle also indicates the maximum operating Mach number above the VMO/MMO changeover level. As the aircraft increases in altitude and the air decreases in density and temperature, the speed of sound also decreases. Close to the speed of sound, an aircraft becomes susceptible to buffeting caused by shock waves produced by flying at transonic speeds. Thus, as the speed of sound decreases, so the maximum safe operating speed of the aircraft is reduced. The "barber pole" needle moves to indicate this speed. Flying "on the barber pole" therefore means to be flying the aircraft as fast as is safe to do so in the current conditions.[21]
Barberpole is a phrase used to describe the striped output of indicators used during the Apollo 13 accident.
The phrase barberpole continues to be found in many subsystem descriptions in the Space Shuttle News Reference Manual,[22] as well as the NASA/KSC Acronym List.[23]
During World War I and World War II, the pattern has also been used as an insignia for aircraft identification.[24] Spad XIIIs of the 94th Aero Squadron USAS in early 1919 used variations on barber pole patterns including: 'Barber Pole' of Lt Dudley 'Red' Outcault; S.16546 'Flag Bus' of Captain Reed Chambers; and 'Rising Sun' of Lt John Jeffers.[25]
Red or rubric posts were sometimes used by booksellers in England prior to 1800. William Roberts reports in The Book Hunter in London that certain 18th-century bookshops in the Little Britain district of London sported such poles:
A few years before Nichols published [in 1816] his Literary Anecdotes, two booksellers used to sport their rubric posts close to each other here in Little Britain, and these rubric posts were once as much the type of a bookseller's shop as the pole is of a barber's ... Sewell, Cornhill, and Kecket and De Hondt, Strand, were among the last to use these curious trade signs.[26]
Border and lane markers
Among the Fortifications of the inner German border, 2622 barber pole-styled markers were placed about 500 feet (150 m) apart to demarcate the no-man's land between East Germany and West Germany.
The 41 Combat Engineer Regiment, a part of the Canadian Military Engineers, produced and delivered over 16,000 distinctive barber pole lane markers during World War II.
Canadian Naval group
The famous Barber Pole Group was originally a group of 120 Flower-class corvettes built in Canada during World War II, and charged primarily with protecting freighter convoys. The original group was Escort Group C-3. This group of ships, with its red and white barber pole stripes painted on the funnel, is still represented in the current Canadian navy: all Atlantic fleet ships wear this insignia. HMCS Sackville is the last remaining Flower-class corvette.[27][28][29]
The old-fashioned American stick candy is sometimes also referred to as "barber pole candy" due to its colorful, swirled appearance. See also, Candy cane. "Candy stripe" is a generic description of the candy cane color scheme. Among many other names, the candy has been called Polkagris.[30]
Barber pole-like structures have been observed at the cellular level. The effects, origins and causes are controversial, and are subject to intense research.[31]
In UI design, a barber pole-like pattern is used in progress bars when the wait time is indefinite. It is intended to be used like a throbber to tell the user that processing is continuing, although it is not known when the processing will complete.
Barber pole is also sometimes used to describe a text pattern where a line of text is rolled left or right one character on the line below. The CHARGEN service generates a form of this pattern. It is used to test RAM, hard disks and printers. A similar pattern is also used in secure erasure of media. This may be pictured as:
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefgh
"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghi
#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghij
$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijk
%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijkl
&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklm
Stenopus hispidus is a shrimp-like decapod crustacean sometimes called the "barber pole shrimp." See also Stenopodidea.
Daymarks as a navigational aid
A barber pole St. Augustine Light.
Barber pole channel markers are sometimes used as they are in the Tamaki River.
Dinosaurs with feathers
Sinosauropteryx (meaning "Chinese reptilian wing",[35] in Chinese 中华龙鸟: zhonghua longniao) is the first genus of non-avian dinosaur found with the fossilized impressions of feathers, as well as the first non-avian dinosaur where coloration has been determined. It lived in China during the early Cretaceous period and was a close relative of Compsognathus. It was the first non-avialan dinosaur genus discovered from the famous Jehol Biota of Liaoning Province. Zhang found "that the filaments running down its back and tail made have made the dinosaur look like an orange-and-white-striped barber pole. Such a vibrant pattern suggest that 'feathers first arose as agents for color display,' Benton says."[36]
The strength and direction of magnetic fields and electric currents can be measured using a "magnetoresistive barber-pole sensor" (also called a "hermetic proximity sensor"), and its performance can be depicted using a mathematical formula.[37] Such a sensor interleaves a series of permanent magnet strips with a series of magnetoresistive strips. The "conductive barberpole strips are canted across the sensor and connect one magnetoresistive strip, over a permanent magnet strip, to another magnetoresistive strip." This is said to provide a "uniform magnetic field throughout the sensor" thereby enhancing its resistance to external magnetic fields.[38] The technology is used in wireless sensor networks which "have gathered a lot of attention as an important research domain" and were "deployed in many applications, e.g., navigation, military, ambient intelligence, medical, and industrial tasks. Context-based processing and services, in particular location-context, are of key interest ..."[39] (See Music (acoustic illusion), infra.)
In the bug world, there is the barber pole grasshopper, Dactylotum bicolor.[40] It is also known as the "painted grasshopper" and is said to be the "most beautiful" grasshopper.[41]
Allotropa virgata is in the family Ericaceae (Heath Family) and is the only species of the genus Allotropa. It is a perennial plant that gets its common names from the erect peduncle marked by distinct white and red or maroon stripes. Lacking chlorophyll, they are not green, and obtain nutrients from neighboring green plants through a fungal intermediate. It feeds exclusively on Matsutake mushroom mycelium. Common names include Sugarstick, Sugar-stick, Candystriped allotropa and Barber's Pole.
Used in Photo of Madsen's Barber Pole Fly, parachute form.
The phrase barber pole is derisive jargon in craps, and refers to the commingling of "gaming cheques of different denominations." Wagers that combine different denominations are "supposed to be stacked with the highest denomination at the bottom."[43][44]
In the 1896–97 season, the Ottawa Senators first adopted the "barber pole" design for their hockey jersey, with which the team became identified. The design featured strong horizontal stripes of red, black and white; white pants; and red, white and black striped stockings. This basic design would be used for the rest of the organization's existence, except for the 1909-1910 season. In that season, the stripes were vertical and Montreal fans nicknamed the team derisively as les suisses, a slang term for chipmunk.[45] In the 1929–30 season, the club added the "O" logo to the chest of the jersey.[46] The "barber-pole" uniform was later adopted by the Ottawa 67's junior hockey team.
The National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens had a barber pole or "barber shop" design jersey for the year 1912–1913.[47][48][49]
In the 1920s and 1930s, beginning in the 1927–28 season, the Senators, Boston Bruins, Montreal Maroons, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Cougars, and Toronto Maple Leafs had a barber's pole variation in their jerseys. Meanwhile, the New York Americans, wore "basically ... the United States flag as a jersey." The style endured, but in the 1938–39 season, the Blackhawks were the last to have a barber pole jersey in the traditional sense. The Hawks retired their barber pole at the end of the 1954–55 season.[47]
In junior ranks, the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and the Ottawa 67's use them in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Ontario Hockey League (OHL). See also Seattle Metropolitans.
The style remained dormant until the National Hockey League 75th anniversary. Internet Radio commentator Scotty Wazz described them as "more traditional than tacky" when they were temporarily revived.[47] See NHL uniform and Throwback uniform.
Because of its bright bands and colors, the redbanded rockfish Sebastes babcocki is referred to as "barber pole". Other pseudonyms include bandit, convict, canary, Hollywood, and Spanish flag.[50]
Matthew Walker's knot is a decorative knot used to keep the end of a rope from fraying and said to resemble a barber's pole. Though highly decorative, and historically one of the most common knots, on a modern yacht it is almost unused and unknown.[51]
The "Barberpole Cat" group is an essential repertoire of 12 songs that every barber shop quartet should know.[52] The Barberpole Cat Program was created many years ago and features popular Barbershop songs arranged and voiced so all singers can learn and participate. For decades these have been the standard arrangements where singers can meet at conventions and sing together having never met before.
The songs in this collection are:
My Wild Irish Rose;
Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Sweet and Lovely (That's What You are to Me)
Down Our Way
Honey-Little 'Lize Medley
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Sweet, Sweet Roses of Morn
Shine on Me
The Story of the Rose (Heart of My Heart)
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline
Down by the Old Mill Stream
You Tell Me Your Dream
Tags: Give Me Your Hand; Ring, Ring The Banjo.
Music (acoustic illusion)
The Shepard tone has been described as "a sonic barber pole" and an auditory illusion.[53]
"Barberpole Flanger" are algorithms that offers simple Barberpole Flanging implementation, and is known also as "infinite flanging". Similar to the Shepard tone effect, the sweep of the "flanged sound seems to move in only one direction ("up" or "down") infinitely, instead of sweeping back-and-forth."[54]
"Barber-pole phaser". Roger Shepard's original work used a computer program written by Max Mathews. However the same type of effect can be accomplished using an analog synthesizer controlled by a gadget which may be called a "Shepard Function Generator".[55][56] Harald Bode (inventor of the vocorder) invented an off-the-rack device called a "barber-pole phaser" which was marketed in the 1980s.[57]
See also, Buchla 200 series Electric Music Box and Buchla 200e.
The Screaming Eagles 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Command Parachute Demonstration Team, which operates out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, executes a "barber pole maneuver" (also known as "the Baton Pass") during demonstrations.[58] Two jumpers leave the aircraft and fly their bodies together to link while in free fall. "Once together they will then exchange a wooden baton ... [and] maneuver their bodies ... to create the illusion of a giant barber pole in the sky."[58]
Alternatively, a "Four Man Star" can "Hook Up" and then the formation rotates to the right, creating a "Barber Pole" effect with use of trailing smoke.[59]
Another parachuting use of the term describes having a mess of lines tangled "behind your head and you have to cut away your main chute and pull your reserve."[60]
According to the Supercell/barber's pole photograph.
A lynchpin of the NOAA National Hurricane Research Laboratory's hurricane-research fleet is the Lockheed WP-3D Orion (P-3). It has two barber-pole samplers (named for their red-and-white stripes) which protrude from the aircraft's front, a tail Doppler weather radar, and other unique-looking instruments hanging from the wing.[67]
John H. Lienhard (2001). "The Sign of the Barber Pole". The Engines of Our Ingenuity. Episode 1635. University of Houston School of Engineering. NPR. KUHF-FM. and audio.
at at Project Gutenberg.
Commons has media related to Barbers poles.
(21 March 2008) at Pingmag.
Barber Poles at National Library Board, Singapore.
British Pathé. Issue Date: 31 July 1924 Canister: EP 058 Film ID: 854.04 Sort number: EP 058 Tape: *PM0854* Access date 21 November 2010.
Timeline of Barber Poles.
– Barber Industry, Careers, Education & Licensing Information
Auditory illusion
Ludwig van Beethoven, Psychoacoustics, Deutsch's scale illusion, Franssen effect, Glissando illusion
Html5, Endosulfan, Barber pole phaser, Shepard tone, Phaser (effect)
94th Fighter Squadron
Algeria, Italy, Michigan, World War II, England


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I am very sorry that I said anything about Marie Osmond's son
I saw on the front page of a tabloid that he had killed himself because he could not handle being gay, and I wrote about how angry that made me, after seeing it hundreds of times, growing up as I did in Utah. I don't know the Osmonds, but was always offended at their constant defense of the indefensible things that their church does, the way it promotes hatred and racism and sexism, tax free.
I have known so many gay people who killed themselves, or suffered and that is why I put myself on the line to bring TV's first gay characters to America. I never intended for my comments to be picked up and broadcast on sleazy gossip TV shows, or on other blogs. That was done without my consent or knowledge.
I always intended that my remarks are directed to Power, and always on behalf of its victims. I am sorry to have hurt Marie Osmond, who is the most open minded person in her whole family. I really apologize to her. I thought about waiting to say what I had to say, but then I thought that perhaps there was no better time to add to the conversations in America about homophobia.
Alot of people know they are gay at age three, and I just feel that is why parents should keep little ones away from organizations that tell them from an early age that they are sick and going to hell and not worth the love of God. That is so vile, and a large part of the reason that I never sent my own kids to any synagogue or other religious place ever. You never know if your kids are gay, and aside from that, why would you want to take any of them to a place to learn about God, that teaches hate?
I really encourage parents to stop destroying their children by doing that. It is not good family values. Being gay is not a choice. I didn't choose to be straight anymore than my siblings chose to be gay, or we chose to be born Jews in SLC, where we were all tormented daily by hateful Mormon neighbors (not all of them were hateful, but too many were).
Anyway, I apologize again for having added to another mother's pain, and have asked myself if I should have said nothing at all, or waited a while to say what I said. I really don't know. I think it's good to get people talking about being more aware of what we accept, and i know that my comments got people talking.
The hateful letters I have received from the darkest minds of all, the religious, have made me re-think ever adding my views or my voice to anything ever again in this country. It's a scary time in America, for everybody, but especially for people like me who have a less sanitized view of all of it.
I will leave this up for a while, and then I am just done. I appreciate the letters from gay people who thank me for speaking out on their behalf, but y'all are just going to have to take up the slack I will be leaving behind me. I am old now and tired, and not really feeling up to being the only person who says things that no one else will say.
It definitely is not a good way to live my life anymore. I don't want to end up a martyr for truth. I have felt that people expect me to be loud and outspoken, and I was happy to play that role for many years. I have enjoyed being a comedian and provoking not just laughs, but thinking.
I do not appreciate being accused of using the death of a young suffering person to seek publicity. That is so vile a thought to me, and the people who say it so vile and ignorant, that I feel my absence from the public is desirable. I am done.
I again want to encourage Marie to come through this tragedy as a stronger woman who has alot of power to get bad things in the world changed, starting in her own church. I know that tragedy makes a person rethink their place in the world, and I send her all good thoughts for healing. Anyway, that's that.


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■ ROYAL RUMBLE '23 FALLOUT! ■
IMPACT Wrestling Reacts To Mickie James In Women's 2022 WWE Royal Rumble Match
Posted By: Joe West on Jan 07, 2022
The forbidden door has opened again.
IMPACT Wrestling has just announced that their Knockout's Champion Mickie James has just been added to WWE's Royal Rumble in St. Louis on January 29th.
Scott D'Amore spoke on the news:
"WWE wanted it, Mickie wanted it and IMPACT Wrestling's philosophy is always to work with other major promotions to create buzz for the fans. Everything is signed and agreed with WWE and IMPACT Wrestling – the only question is whether or not Mickie will enter one of WWE's most historic annual matches as the reigning Knockouts World Champion."
"There's never been a time like this for wrestling fans. In a 12 month period, IMPACT Wrestling has worked with NWA, AAA, New Japan, AEW and now WWE. IMPACT Wrestling is the nexus of the forbidden door era.
As we reported earlier here on eWn, current Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Mickie James will be returning to WWE for the 2022 Women's Royal Rumble match.
IMPACT Wrestling has now issued a statement:
"In a stunning development, it was announced tonight that reigning Knockouts World Champion Mickie James will be one of the entrants in the WWE's annual Royal Rumble in St. Louis on January 29.
The shocking news came on tonight's edition of WWE SmackDown! and has been confirmed with IMPACT Wrestling Executive Vice-President Scott D'Amore.
Speaking from Dallas, D'Amore said: "WWE wanted it, Mickie wanted it and IMPACT Wrestling's philosophy is always to work with other major promotions to create buzz for the fans. Everything is signed and agreed with WWE and IMPACT Wrestling – the only question is whether or not Mickie will enter one of WWE's most historic annual matches as the reigning Knockouts World Champion."
That, of course, refers to James' massive rematch with Deonna Purrazzo at the huge HARD TO KILL Pay-Per-View Saturday night (January 8) in Dallas.
The pair will collide in a Texas Death Match with the Title on the line. HARD TO KILL is available in North America on major cable & satellite providers and WORLDWIDE via FITE. Order now: https://www.fite.tv/watch/hard-to-kill-2022/2pafo/
D'Amore added: "There's never been a time like this for wrestling fans. In a 12 month period, IMPACT Wrestling has worked with NWA, AAA, New Japan, AEW and now WWE. IMPACT Wrestling is the nexus of the forbidden door era."
Source: impactwrestling.com
Tags: #impact #impact wrestling #impactonaxstv #smackdown #wwe #mickie james


Typhoon Choi-Wan, a minimum storm system that blew over Okinawa main island last Friday, did not cause any damage but definitely brought joy to residents of Zamami and Tokashiki Islands. Those islands have been under water rationing since August.
Rainfall brought by Choi-Wan was enough to completely fill one of the two dams on Tokashiki Island, allowing local officials to terminate water-rationing measures for the time being. They warn, though, that unless more rain comes, the island will have to go back to switching the water off for eight hours each day, perhaps as soon as in a month.
Residents of Zamami Island were not quite as lucky. The dam on Zamami was filled to just 24 percent of capacity, but even that allowed the officials to turn the water taps on for four more hours daily, bringing the regime to 16 hours on ~ 8 hours off.
Zamami's other water supply, a small river that local residents have traditionally relied on but that went dry months ago, has water flowing again following the typhoon. How long that supply will last is anyone's guess.