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ANTALYA, Turkey - The 2016 U.S. Olympic Archery Team, Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona), Jake Kaminski (Gainesville, Florida) and Zach Garrett (Wellington, Missouri) had their final major international team competition before the Rio Games this morning at the Archery World Cup, and crushed an easy 6-0 victory.
Throughout team eliminations earlier in the week, the U.S. had a strong opening match, averaging 56.5 per set, but then shot slightly lower scores, taking a narrow 5-4 shoot off win over Germany. After a close semifinal loss 5-3 to Mexico, averaging just over 54 per set, they advanced to the bronze final with Brazil.
Brazil ranked 13th in qualification to upset India and made their second ever Archery World Cup team medal match since the circuit began in 2006. They lost to Korea in the semifinals to earn a shot at bronze.
As the U.S. sighted in on the finals field, reportedly a little off from the practice field, they took the first set 52 - 49 after an 8, 8, 9 for the first three arrows. From there it was game on. Dropping only 3 of the remaining 12 arrows out of the 10 ring, the U.S. men shot a 57 and a 59 to take a definitive match win over Brazil's 54 and 56.
Fan favorites to win gold in Rio, USA is looking strong with this team and this was a great last match to take them into the Games. Complete results from the event can be found here. For more, follow USA Archery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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The mother of the Yuri genre, Yoshiya Nobuko
A new student transfers into a wealthy all girls school and falls for the most popular girl in school. Long time readers of Yuri, like myself, would pass this book by on the shelf without a second glance. Before I go into the tropes of the genre, a bit of historical context is needed. Gay relationships between men have been recorded all the way back to the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868), with the samurai class practicing Shudo, or the way of youth in which they would take a young apprentice as a lover until they completed their training. Lesbian relationships did not become public knowledge till 1911 when a double suicide rocked the newspapers of the time. They existed before this time, but they either were never acknowledged as such or were seen as nothing more than platonic. These relationships are called Class S in japan, the S standing for "shojo" or girl. It is use to denote that such romances are seen as childish and stepping-stones towards dating men. The term Yuri gets its name from Yurizuko or Lilly tribe a term for media with lesbian themes. It originally referred to pornography and magazines targeted at a lesbian audience. But overtime, the term Yuri lost its pornographic connotations and instead became about women's love stories.
The most famous writer of Yuri was Yoshiya Nobuko. She was a woman a head of her time, traveling the world with her sectary and partner, Monma Chiyo. Yoshiya was a lesbian novelist whose numerous short stories and novels focused on the romantic relationships between women. These were all written in a such a way that they could also be seen as friendships or lesbian relationships. With flowery confessions of love, flower motifs (her short story collection is titled Hana Monogatari or Flower tales), and an all girls school setting she laid the foundation for the motifs and relationships found in modern Yuri. Yoshiya wrote during the Taisho era of Japanese history which lasted from 1912-1926 and was a time of great social change. The first feminist magazine, Seito (Bluestocking in English, named after the English literature movements of the 18th century) was published. All men gained the right to vote and women gained fiscal independence because they were able to work outside the home for the first time. It was in this climate that Yoshiya published her works. Early Yuri manga was similar to American lesbian fiction of the 20's through the 60's with women falling in love only for them to be unable to be together either by having one of them die, getting married to man despite their feelings or never see each other again. There was a lack of lesbian creators in the American lesbian fiction scene as well, with most novels being written by men. Yoshiya was a breath of fresh air since in her book Yaneura no Nishshojo published in 1919 ended with the couple deciding to stay together beyond high school, a revolutionary concept for its time. I'd compare it to the lead characters in Mary Radcylffe Hall's Well of Loneliness which was banned after being published in 1928 because its characters were unshamed of their lesbianism. Sadly, none of Yoshiya works have been translated into English. For more information on her writing read Sparkling rain: Tales of women who love women.
The problem is that Yuri has yet to grow beyond these motifs. The genre, like Yaoi, is written mainly by heterosexual women with lesbian writers like Morishima Akkio and Takamiya Jin being some of the few openly gay writers in the genre. For a genre focused so much on women in love with women, the lack of lesbian voices is disheartening to say the least. Writers mainly retell the same story: High school girl meets another High School girl, they fall in love, one of them thinks their love is wrong or strange, they realize it isn't and they stay together until graduation. Rinse and repeat dozens of times and you have a large chunk of Yuri storylines. But why an all girls school setting? In pre war Japan, men and women lived in different worlds going to all male and all female schools until adulthood, thus Yoshiya was capturing the time period she lived in. This creates a undercurrent that lesbians can only exist in situations without men, which is far from the truth.
Topics like Homophobia, coming outing to friends or co workers are totally nonexistent in these stories creating an idealized view of lesbian lives. There are amazing writers in the genre who aren't gay such as Yamaji Ebine, whose works break the clichéd cycle by focusing on adult women who are sure of their sexuality and themselves. Her works Love of my Life (2001), Sweet Loving Baby (2003) and Indigo Blue (2002) and Free soul (2004) have not been released in America but have been released in France. Her works fall under the category of Josei manga for women ages 15 to 44. Love of my life focuses on Ichiko as she comes out her father. Her father isn't too surprised since both he and his late wife were gay. Ichiko's parents wanted children but since gay couples aren't legally recognized as anything the pair decided to get married instead. It's a frank, raw and nuanced depiction of lesbians in modern-day Japan. Morishima Akkio uses the Moe art style to draw her readers in and then tell stories of adult women in love from OL's (OL is short for Office lady) to classical tales of a princess falling in love with her protector only to forced to be choose between the good of her people and her own personal happiness.
Thankfully, works like Aoi Hana (known as Sweet Blue Flowers in English) break the trend. Aoi Hana tells the story of a young high school girl named Fumi and her childhood friend Ai-chan. Instead of retelling the same story as all Yuri, the series deals with everything from coming out to relationships in a realistic manner without the flowery melodrama found in works like Strawberry Panic. Fumi's tearful coming out scene is painfully accurate and her struggling with her sexuality is portrayed respectfully and not in an over the top manner. The manga just published it's eight and final volume in 2013. It's anime adaption aired in 2009. The writer of Aoi Hana, Shimura Takako also penned Wandering Son, which also deals with LGBT issues.
Fumi and Ai-chan from the series Sweet Blue Flowers (also called Aoi Hana)
Unlike Aoi Hana, Strawberry Panic (2006) plays up the drama and stereotypes to the hilt. Set at not one but three all girls catholic schools the story chronicles the life of Nagaisa Aoi when she falls head over heels of the Etoile, Shizuma. (Having gone to an girls catholic school, I can attest that Strawberry panic is in no way accurate). The main focus of the series is the Etoile competition in which each school pairs up two girls to represent it's values and they get symbolically married to each other. (In the novels of the series, Aname gets down on one knee and pretty much asks Hikari to marry her in front of the entire school) Or the scene where Amane and Shizuma gallop across campus on horseback to get to their respective girlfriends, who are both wearing wedding dresses, and save them from as the book calls it "the Tower of Captivity". Besides the Catholic church views on same sex relationships, at my school none of this would even remotely happen. The closest thing from this series that seems vaguely factual is the oath ceremony during the symbolic marriage which draws a bit from the crowning of Mary. My school didn't even have an equestrian club. Then again, series began life as nothing more than a poll in magazine in which readers could pair up anime girls (who at this point didn't even have names) and based on the poll results, short stories were written about the romantic pairings. The problem is the series didn't develop the cast beyond their archetypes so when Amane falls for Hikari, it's not because of their intense chemistry or similar interests but because that's what the poll wanted to happen. It's all style and little substance. Combine that with problematic aspects such as Yaya being described as "The only real lesbian in school" which seems hilarious considering that this stated by Hikari, a girl who has just stolen a helicopter with her girlfriend and flown to a private island so they can elope. To say that some manga is exaggerated is the understatement of the century.
Modern shows and manga like the 4 panel gag manga Sakura trick are Yuri, but they are seinen manga (whose target demographic is 15-24 year old boys) which explains the loving shot of the main characters thighs in the first few minutes of the first episode. It uses lesbianism for titillation of the male audience, not to explore the issues that come with being LGBT in japan. Madoka Magika (2011) has Yuri subtext but like Sakura Trick it is also Seinen. Unlike Sakura Trick, the characters are well developed, well rounded human beings which allows for the yuri subtext to have more weight and meaning to it allowing for numerous interpretations of the same scene.
The target audience for yuri varies depending on which magazine the story is published in. Works found in Yurihime magazine have a interesting readership break down. According to "The Sexual and Textual Politics of Japanese lesbian comics: Reading Romantic and Erotic Yuri narratives" by Kazumi Nagaike, an associate professor at Oita University…
The publisher of Yurihime, Ichijinsha, once performed a readership survery, showing that approximately 70% of its readers are female, and 27% are teenagers; 27% are 20 to 24 years; 23% are 25-29 and 23% are over 30. Even though this survey seems to rely on self reporting, the data shoes that nearly half of the Yurihime readers are over 25, and thus cannot be labelled a shojo themselves.
The target audience for shojo manga is girls ages 10 to 18, which makes Yurihime's readership even more engaging. A huge portion of readers are adult women. The letters page of Yurihime contains numerous confessions of lesbian love. Some letters tell of readers longing for co workers or other girls in their class. Some are from heterosexual women who just enjoy the stories. While these stories may not be the deepest or most engaging they do provide a much needed outlet for exploration of the female sexual identity.
While Yaoi can take place in dystopian futures and far away kingdoms, Yuri is stuck with high school as a main setting and if the writer is feeling ambitious, an office. Simoun, a 2006 science fiction anime series tried to break the mold by creating an entire world where women are the default gender from birth. When they turn 16, they must choose whether to stay female or become male. It dealt with themes of war, racism, the role of religion in conflict, post traumatic stress and grief. While it still had the all female setting that is typical of the genre it explored a wide range of themes and concepts. Akuma no Riddle (2012) is currently being made to anime and its lead character is a female assassin who falls in love with her target. It too, sadly, falls into the trap of high school settings but it has assassins. Space operas, swashbuckling tales of high adventure, espionage, paranormal investigations there are so many stories just waiting to be told.
With series like Morinaga Milk's Girlfriends becoming a New York Times best seller in the States, it's clear that there is a market for Yuri but the few works that do come over fail to adequately represent the lesbian experience to the fullest. The world has evolved and so should Yuri. The anime version of Aoi Hana has been licensed by Rightstuf. Both ominibus editions of Girlfriends and the omnibus edition of Strawberry Panic have been licensed by Seven Seas entertainment. Wandering Son is licensed by Fantagraphics. Simoun has been licensed and released on dvd by Anime works. Sakura Trick is unlicensed but is stream on Crunchyroll.
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Picked up reading Aoi Hana the manga after watching the anime. While some scenes were surprising, I enjoyed it nevertheless. The last chapter just had way too many feels.
Fumi-cahn truly loved ah-chan, but ah chan's still remains confused about her own feelings… when I first viewed the anime I thought that it would have a happy ending but then again there we were with another cliffhanger anime that is why I tuned in on the manga instead.
EstradaLor
I recently finished reading the last chapter and I have to say that I am disappointed. Akira and Fumi get back together but it just feels too bland. I would have liked a sweeter ending.
Yolanda Olson
The way in which this manga is written and drawn, I'm crying… a truly amazing work of art. Best Yuri manga to date.
way too much emotion, i don't even know what's real
Love the Yuri genre! I was just reading Kanamemo and I'm glad I've found it, it's just my taste…cute and funny…just heartwarming.
I Wong
Try "Pieta" next, it is really amazing. The character exploration is amazing, and this series appeals to the mind and study of humans. This is a great psychological exploration that is purely taken from a 3rd person perspective.
Kristen Hunter
Nice, I'm not a big Manga reader so Yuri is new to me. Any good titles out there?
Jorgey
Last one I read was Sasameki Koto, I liked the series, but they dragged the ending out a lot longer than necessary, and then suddenly sped it up really fast toward the end. They skipped like their whole 3rd year of high school I think. Not that they needed it in, but the story started in their first year and didn't have nearly enough content to fill out 3 years in story time, so they were just skipping big chunks of time in order to have a graduation conclusion
Sasameki Koto is a great suggestion. It's coming to America under the title Whispered Words. Girlfriends by Milk Morinaga along with the anthology collection Kisses, sighs and Cherry Blossom pink by the same author is are great place to start.
How about Blue Drop, it is a hidden gem. I like it a lot more then the anime, which has about as little to do with this manga as it can get away with.
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I'm not much of a yuri reader and this article is a pretty good glimpse into the world. I'd just like to mention that as you know, this problem resides with nearly every genre of media in the world. We have our block-buster action-hero stories mostly following a set template, other kinds of anime falling in the same trap as the yuri genre, and books… well we'll leave it at that (please never have me read a Twilight clone again…). I enjoyed how you delve into specific problems and cite examples that differentiate the issues surrounding yuri with other genres of anime. Job well done.
Thank you for your kind words. I do agree that this problem extends to all forms of media.
Michelle Webb
Very well done, I've never heard of this writer, genre or text 🙂 So thank you!
carlysmith
Thank you so much for mentioning Aoi Hana! It's such a wonderful story full stop, but I have to say it's definitely one of the best yuri titles I've come across. I've met many people who picked up Sakura Trick this season hoping to find a good story about two girls falling in love and were turned off by how much of a male gaze the show has. For anyone who picked up Sakura Trick and was disappointed by its intended audience, I would definitely suggest Aoi Hana. Hourou Musuko (Wandering Son) was also poignant. Here's hoping for more stories penned and illustrated by members of the LGBTQA communities.
kongetsume
This is a good article that provides a good look into the yuri genre. Short, succinct, and to the point.
I just wanted to mention that two of the mangaka's names are not written correctly. It's Takemiya Jin and Morishima Akiko.
Arebel
I enjoyed that you picked this topic. I liked knowing how the genre came to be. I also liked that you are posing a question to the world as well.
I never stepped in the realms of Yuri manga or anime, but this sets as a source of background knowledge for me.
Kristin Ronzi
This is a great overview of Yuri and some of its shortcomings. As a student of Japanese LGBTQ rights, I've noticed that lots of yuri and yaoi and almost fetishized to the point of being disingenuous. There are very few yuri manga that I've heard of that authentically portray the trials and tribulations of a love story without falling in the drama and cliches of most mainstream shoujo manga.
Thanks for the read!!!
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katec
As a frequent reader of Yuri I find your overview of the genre to be very interesting, particularly your historical and cultural information regarding the genre. I really hope there are more lesbian writers out there, waiting to tell true stories with their manga, rather than the same recycled plots.
Janed
Thanks for writing this. I wasn't familiar with the lesbian = immature mentality. It helped me pick up some subtext I'd missed in Utena. Thanks!
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anisukidayo
I love reading yuri manga, and to see a post this well written is extremely difficult, so thank you for the great read! The works mentioned are all notable titles that I also highly recommend to new readers of the yuri genre, so I will certainly come back to this article when I'm finding myself in need to explain the genre in detail to friends. But I do want to go reread Utena though!
I really enjoyed this. As a huge fan of the yuri genre, it's nice to see a more critical examination of what's often taken as a very "silly" subject.
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sweatersage
It's always so heartwarming to learn a little bit more about the history of yuri — always has been my favorite romantic genre <3
As with every genre, I do wish there was more narrative innovation but perhaps there might be renewed interest in these kind of stories with Madoka Magica's immensely popular subtextual relationship.
Sseoni
The entire concept of "Yuri" has always interested me because although emotional bonding is a commonality among most, if not all, females, this specific genre goes beyond that. It is work written primarily by women, for female audiences who support and appreciate the unique love that can develop between girls. I was not aware of the historical aspect of the "1911 double suicide" or Japan's "Class S", which I found rather intriguing and informative. I do wish there were more openly lesbian writers for the genre so readers could have more realistic and original works.
The same old storylines are used time and again, eventually becoming so cliché that most readers will often ignore a writer's work because it does not seem interesting. The thought of an idealized world in this line of work is exciting and optimistic, especially since realistically, the world appears to be more accepting of lesbians now.
fairx
Stretch! Not entirely yuri but a softer redemption of cancelled manga Prism from the same author.
idleric
Recently, Citrus entered New York Times Bestseller list (for two weeks). I found it surprising because of its subject matter. I wonder whether this should be taken as the encouraging sign of yuri genre being accepted by the general manga fans, or just a shock value.
AndrewTG
Yuri is just another genre (By the Way i love yuri) people should not make it like its all sex and not push the stereotypes so far keeping it semi-real.
I thought, like Yaoi, Yuri is a term that includes sexual content. Shoujo-ai (girl-love) and shounen-ai (boy-love) would be the ones that exclude sexual content… No?
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banalma
I actually never heard of the word Yuri before until I stumble on manga that is one, which is called Citrus. Lovely manga. I recommend it.
Animechou
I completely agree with you about Strawberry Panic. It's overly dramatic in the anime as well as in the novels/manga. Its very obvious that it is overly dramatized, and inaccurate to real religious schools.
One manga that seems to be more realistic (at least character wise) is the manga Ayame to Amane and Ayame 14. Ayame 14 specifically is about a girl coming to terms with her sexuality, in a bit more realistic way than portrayed in most manga. It might be of interest to you if you haven't read it yet.
jghiorse
Aoi Hana is still, so far, one of the most realistic portrayals of female homosexuality I've seen. Otsu Hiyori also tends to write pretty realistic portrayals, and although all characters are high school age, they're not all in a school setting, which is always nice.
I definitely tend to lean towards yuri which isn't over exaggerated. God knows how Kannazuki no Miko or Marimite ever became popular in the first place, Kannazuki for just being plain terrible, and Marimite for being the most boring manga I may have ever read in my life – which is really saying something.
The yuri genre really does need to step up it's game, and this article does a great way of showing that.
I haven't explored the yuri genre much at all, and honestly I haven't found much besides the more pornographic manga and anime. I will also admit that my first thought when hearing "yuri" is still lesbian porn, since there's been nothing saying anything different. I wondered what the term was for non-pornographic lesbian tales, and I'm glad I now know the genre. There hasn't been much for me to find in the American Midwest besides porn, and all the descriptions sound scandalous. I did notice an all-girls high school theme, though. I want to look into more manga and anime, and I'm very glad you gave some titles of good ones. This was an interesting read, and I'm excited to learn more about it!
Desertpiestraw
"Yuri" in anime & manga is simply a catch-all for F/F content produced by Japan. It doesn't stand to mean "Lesbian porn" or lack thereof. Yuri ranges from dedicated friendship between girls/Girls that look cute or sweet together – to – 100% romantic love/Sex & love between girls + women.
haleesue
Hello, lesbian here who is so incredibly conflicted about Madoka Magika. On one hand, I just love love love love the show and enjoy the characters, but on the other hand it skeeves me out to see men sexualizing young girls. I wish there were Yuri which didn't take place in high schools, I feel like it contributes to so much negative objectification of young girls and lesbians.
While I struggle to find Yuri manga or anime that I like, I have absolutely fallen in love with a (Chinese?) work called "Their Story" by Tan Jiu. It's mostly comedy but involves same-sex relationships in a unique comic-strip style. Unfortunately, it deals in the typical high school setting (sigh). Give it a go though–the scanlators are really dedicated and it's impressive.
Oh, but don't get me started on Durarara!! x2 and the "Yuri" depiction there. The female "twincest" is degrading and so out of line with how the LGBTQA+ community needs to be represented in media. That kind of portrayal of same-sex relationships is really harmful to young girls who are questioning their sexuality and it annoys me that an otherwise awesome anime is marred by this lesbian-baiting-fanservice or whatever it was meant to be.
If you're into reading literature, please pick up any of Banana Yoshimoto's works. She's a contemporary Japanese writer that often explores lesbian or bisexual relationships in her stories in a Japanese setting. I highly recommend "Hardboiled & Hardluck" and "Asleep", both of which are short story collections.
StefanKeys
I am not that familiar to the Yuri genre. All I have read from this genre is a Japanese webcomic called "Huskey and Medley." Unlike some of the examples given here it is realistic and not overly dramatic. Just a cute story about two girls falling in love.
DapperHologram
Yuri has always been a genre of manga and anime that I've strayed away from, precisely because of some of the overused tropes described in this article. Most of the time, when I give one a chance, the stories just fall flat. The characters are simply together because they're female and have no chemistry. Not everything has to be realistic in the realm of fantasy, true. If it's not, however, then it should at least be compelling.
The same could be said for manga and anime in general. Main characters always being paired with each other strictly because of their gender, or friendship, when they hardly have any romantic (or human) interactions that aren't slapstick.
That being said, this article made me reconsider Yuri in particular. I'll be sure to check some of these suggestions out.
Mitchapman14
Not a big fan of this genre, but I see why people like it. It can be brilliant at times, but conventions of anime seem to take me out of the moment too much for me to get properly invested in it.
Marion Diablito
I have to say that Sakura Trick continues to get a bad rap that's totally undeserved. There is a fan service element shoehorned in, no doubt, but fans of the show always ignore it, since it's entirely beside the point. The love story between Haruka and Yuu is actually extremely good, just very quirky. Yuu risks her life to save Haruka and declares that she'll always protect her, right after Haruka asks her to marry her. Later on, when Yuu thinks Haruka is asking her again to marry her, she agrees. After that, they realize their relationship is a love relationship and not friends with benefits and they start avoiding each other for a while out of fear. that provides an opening for Yuu's older sister to try to steal her girlfriend, but Haruka can't even imagine not being with Yuu. Meanwhile, Shizuku and Kotone are working towards a life together and are role models for Haruka and Yuu. The whole point of Sakura Trick is that Yuu and Haruka live in their own separate couples' world and everything revolves around that. It's as much a romantic comedy as Toradora, say, and every bit as good. Also, given the art of the show, the "fan-service" is not exactly tittilating. It's also openly mocked on two occasions (the pool half-episode and a cut-away vignette). Sakura Trick the manga is way less fan-service-y and it should be a light novel. Perhaps then people would appreciate the actual story.
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dreamcapturer
big fan of yuri, currently reading Citrus!
XenaLun
I totally agree with your argument. People, in all factions of art, tend to be attracted to cliche because it is digestible. It sells to a wide audience; however the consequences of this are disheartening. I, myself, love cliched stories AND complex stories, but I do agree that there is not enough diversity within the Yuri community. Cliche tends to boil complicated situations down to an "understandable truth of experience," which is a dangerous game to play because it creates impossible situations and expectations. Thanks for the well articulated overview of the Yuri genre.
ChristinaGilbert
I totally agree. Yuri has always been one of my favorite genres, but with the stereotypes and tropes, it makes it really hard to actually find something good and relatable rather than something entirely sexual. Because the relationship between two women is something very complex and somewhat uncommon, I feel like stories and their conflicts should be the same.
This brings up interesting points, it's true that yuri is a deeply flawed genre that still relies on misogynistic and homophobic tropes… but the article needs an urgent revision. Starting from the fact that this has been already argumented in a much better way, I wonder if the author has read any paper on the subject before writing this? Also, the quality of the writing itself is so bad it's distracting. They didn't even get 'Morishima Akiko' right.
This is an interesting read!


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Veterans and active military personnel nationwide have filed lawsuits against 3M, claiming the company knowingly distributed defective earplugs to servicemen and servicewomen that led to the development of hearing loss and tinnitus.
Lawsuits Moved to Florida
On April 3rd, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided to move the 600+ cases to Florida. The plaintiffs' lawyers and 3M had supported various other venues for the lawsuits, including California, Texas, and Minnesota (where 3M is based). However, the panel stated that the Northern District of Florida has the resources necessary to handle these claims.
The venue is near military bases, and a high number of service members live in the area. Also, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, who will be hearing the cases, served for two years in the military.
"The transfer of these cases to the Northern District of Florida is a very positive development for the current and former military personnel we are representing in this litigation… the judge is experienced with these types of claims, and the residents in the area know the importance of protecting our servicemen and servicewomen. We look forward to holding 3M responsible for the harm it knowingly allowed to occur to the military personnel who were protecting our country." -Attorney J.P. Sawyer
Defective Earplugs Allegations
The claims allege 3M's Combat Arms Earplugs version 2 (CAEv2) had a flawed design, which caused them to slip out of the person's ears who was wearing them. Unaware that the earplug had loosened, the soldier was exposed to dangerous noise levels that led to hearing loss and tinnitus. The CAEv2 were standard issue between 2003 and 2015 and might have impacted the health of thousands of military personnel.
In 2018, 3M paid $9.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of the U.S. government. The claim alleged the company knew its earplugs were defective but sold them to the Defense Logistics Agency regardless.
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Emma Watson Reveals What Made Her Fall in Love with Tom Felton While Filming 'Harry Potter'
Dec 30, 2021 Madeline Hiltz
(Photo Credit: Warner Bros./ MovieStills DB)
We know there was lots of magic happening while filming the Harry Potter movies, but now it seems that there was also some major chemistry. Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger, can remember the exact moment she fell "in love" with her costar Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy.
Emma Watson and Tom Felton in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (Photo Credit: Warner Bros/ MovieStills DB)
On December 29, HBO Max shared a sneak peek at their highly-anticipated Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return To Hogwarts with ET Canada. In this clip, Watson remembers the exact moment she "fell in love" with Felton.
"I walked into the room where we were having tutoring. The assignment that had been given was to draw what you thought God looked like, and Tom had drawn a girl with a backward cap on a skateboard. And I just don't know how to say it- I just fell in love with him."
She continued, saying, "I used to come in every day and look for his number on the call sheet. It was number seven, and if his name was on the call sheet, it was an extra exciting day." The crush was not reciprocated, as Watson added, "he was three years above me so for him he was like, 'You're like my little sister.'"
From left to right- Tom Felton, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Matthew Lewis at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, 2011. (Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images)
Felton was well aware of the crush Watson had on him. As he remembers in the HBO special, "I think I was in the hair and make-up chair and someone said something along the lines of, 'Yeah, she has a crush on you.'"
Although the crush was never necessarily reciprocated, Felton admits there is a special bond between himself and Watson. "I became very protective over her. Yeah, I've always had a soft spot for her and that continues to this day. There's always been something that's like, I don't know, a kinship."
Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Jamie Waylett and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (Photo Credit: Warner Bros./ MovieStills DB)
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For years, rumors have swirled about the pair dating. Much to the dismay of Harry Potter fans everywhere, the pair have only just been extremely close friends. Emma Watson has always been very open in interviews about her childhood crush on Tom Felton, and though we might be biased, we certainly think they would make an ultimate power couple.
This confession and many other memorable moments will be included in the special, Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, which is set to air on HBO on January 1, 2022.
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The Ferndale Fire Department and the Hazel Park Fire Department have long been discussing the idea of a merger. In order to make that happen, the cities have enlisted the help of SEMCOG (South East Michigan Council of Governments) and consultant Ray Riggs.
Riggs retired from the West Bloomfield Fire Department two years ago after 30 years of service. He'd worked his way up to the Assistant Chief in Charge of Emergency Operations, and was instrumental in their department's merger with the Tri Cities Fire Department, which was serving Orchard Lake, Keego Harbor and Silman Lake.
After retirement he began consulting work for SEMCOG, helping member communities with public safety issues. He has assisted Ferndale and Hazel Park by facilitating discussions between the two cities. He was also able to work with the Michigan Municipal League to secure a grant to fund a study on the cost and feasibility of a merger. The MML Foundation is paying 50% of the cost. Hazel Park and Ferndale have each chipped in 25% of the cost. Ferndale City Council approved this $12,000 expenditure at their March 14, 2011 Council meeting.
The contract was awarded to Oregon-based Emergency Services Consulting international (ESCI), a company that is experienced in public safety mergers.
Riggs said he expects the study to take about a year. ESCI will consider all the variables and talk to all the stakeholders, and come up with a plan for a merger. The cities are not bound by the plan, and it will be up to Council if they want to move forward with all, or part, of ESCI's recommendations.
Speculation on the merger has some residents uneasy, some expressing worry that a merger might cost the community more firefighters, might cause a station to be closed, or might take away citizen input on over-seeing the service.
He stressed that those conducting the study will be continuing to talk to the unions, the Department Heads, the City Managers, Council and others involved, and that there will be opportunities for public input before anything is approved by Council.
"It would be premature to speculate what any changes might be. That's what the study is going to look at," Riggs said.
One consideration on the minds of City leaders is how the creation of a Regional Fire Authority might provide stability for the Departments. The Authority would be its own governmental entity, managed by a publicly elected board with a stabilized funding source. Taxes would be collected specifically to pay for Fire service, much the same way the Library is funded.
Another fear is what might happen to the firefighters and staff from each department. In other mergers, such as the one Riggs experienced in West Bloomfield, employees were given the first option of working for the newly formed department. Those who did not meet the requirement of being a licensed paramedic were given the option of completing enough schooling to earn their certification and qualify for the job.
The cost of a merger is one that the study will examine. Many variables could influence the cost, including locations, equipment needs, election costs, costs negotiating contracts, insurance costs and more. "There is going to be some expense up front," Riggs said. "But long term it will mean continuance of good service." He said that it also would make Ferndale more likely to qualify for incentives from the state for consolidating service, depending on what plans Michigan adopts for the coming year.
Another study was done several years ago that explored the possibility of a merger of seven local departments. The communities found the project too overwhelming a task and the idea was set aside. Riggs explained that merging two departments is a lot easier than merging seven, and that depending on how the authority is created it may be relatively easy to add on neighboring communities that want to join in later.
As ESCI moves forward with the study for Hazel Park and Ferndale, Riggs continues to help with coordination and communication between the cities and the other parties involved. Learn more about SEMCOG at http://www.semcog.org.


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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But I have to admit, the last time I constantly had breakfast was back when I was still working in Ortigas.
I also remember when D used to surprise me with fully loaded breakfast in the car as he drives me to work.
I just miss those times when D and I share breakfast together early in the morning.
I really want us to have breakfast dates again, but with our busy schedules, the least we could do is have brunch on Saturdays.
After having a taste of The Cake Club's weekend brunch specials, I told D right away that we must go back, for him to try it out.
These two beautiful ladies are our all-time favorite cakes from The Cake Club. Vanessa is a sweet and refreshing pistachio macaron cake with strawberries while Guia is a rich, creamy, and nutty cheesecake.
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M-28, M-123 undergo facelift
With the I-75 Business Spur reconstruction and improvements to the M-28 overpass already resulting in traffic delays, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be overseeing a third major project in our area this summer as it commenced a road resurfacing in the westernmost portions of the county on Monday.
The $3.5 million project will include a six mile segment of M-28 from M-123 to Dick Road and an additional 12 miles of M-123 from north of H-40 to M-28.
"This project will result in a smoother driving surface and increased safety," said Dan Weingarten in a press release from MDOT's Office of Communications as he announced that work was underway, "and will extend the lifespan of the roadway."
The work, as Weingarten relayed, includes shoulder reconstruction, upgrades to concrete sidewalk ramps to meet the Americans With Disabilities Act standards and pavement marking as well.
Traffic flow will be maintained throughout the summer with construction crews utilizing flag control as needed to direct motorists through the affected areas. It should be noted that a 10-foot lane width restriction will be in effect beginning Aug. 8.
The project, which includes a three-year pavement warranty, is scheduled to be completed in mid-October.


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This is a highly flexible task management system.  It already has a lot of
features and is quite usable despite being a fairly early state.

You can try Taskit out yourself at http://www.mytaskit.net

Originally this project was to be a commercial venture, but now I feel that the
community could complete the project and benefit from the project much more if
it weren't commercial.

# Help Us

This project has a few missing features and a few things that need some
attention here and there.  If you like the project and want to help, please do!

http://www.mytaskit.net is using the same code you can find here.

## Profit

At this point, I would much rather someone make use of my code than make money
off of it.  If mytaskit.net winds up with enough traffic it may require
something to subsidise it, but it's my intention to keep it as free as possible
for as long as possible.

# Installation

Taskit requires PHP 5 and Yii (1.1.12 works fine).  You also need an SQL
database system.  We use PostgreSQL for ours.  There's PostgreSQL specific
features in the included sql scripts.

There's no real reason it couldn't work with MySQL or another system, but I
haven't tried it yet.

When you clone the taskit git repo, it will have an htdocs directory inside it
ready for using with your website.  The default configuration assums that yii
will be checked out in the root of the git repository.

I like to create a symlink to the specific yii versioned directory named simply
"yii".  This is the directory that taskit expects to find yii.  If you would
like to change this you can edit htdocs/index.html and
htdocs/protected/yiic.php.

If using PostgreSQL you must have a user created, for example:

	createuser -P -D -E -S -R -U postgres taskit

This command will create a new user named taskit who can use their own
databases, but is not a superuser, cannot create new databases, or other users.

Next, create the database:

	createdb -U postgres -O taskit taskit

This will create the database as postgres, but the database will be owned by
taskit, and the database will be named taskit.

Next, create the tables:

	psql -U taskit taskit -f taskit.sql

Next, configure your taskit.  Open the following file in your favorite editor:

	taskit/htdocs/protected/config/core.php

Feel free to change the name near the top, configure the database section (look
for connectionString) and enter required credentials.  Finally, check out the
'params' section at the bottom and change this to suit your needs.

Finally, if using Apache (recommended for now), then you'll need the following
added to your configuration, modified for your needs:

	<VirtualHost *:80>
		DocumentRoot "/srv/domains/localhost/taskit/htdocs"
		ServerName taskit.localhost

		<Directory "/srv/domains/localhost/taskit/htdocs">
			Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
			AllowOverride all
			Require all granted  # This is apache 2.4 syntax
			<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
				RewriteEngine on

				RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
				RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
				RewriteRule . index.php
			</IfModule>
		</Directory>
	</VirtualHost>

Unfortunately, Taskit currently must be in the root of a virtual host to
function correctly.  With any luck, this will be fixed soon.  Restart apache and
you're good to go.

If you want to use something other than apache, make sure that something
equivelent to the above rewrite rules works, and the htdocs/protected directory
is not accessible to the public.

Yii has some guidse for getting it running with other web servers on their
website.

## Create Initial Users

Users can be created on the command line using the yiic tool.  To create your
first user enter:

		htdocs/protected/yiic user create --username=<user> --email=<email>

This will let you know if your database configuration has worked, and also
create your first user account.  The password will be generated randomly, and
displayed on the screen.

You should now be able to login to Taskit.

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Tag Archive | "Red Pine Alley forest"
Mysteries in nature niches are always present to please and challenge us. An article in one of the papers where my column appears suggested a mystery "Ranger Steve" might try to solve. Fortunately, I had already worked on it about 30 years ago.
During the 20 years I was director at HCNC, I noticed branch tips from Norway Spruce accumulated all winter on the forest floor. The spruce forest next to Red Pine Alley is known as the "Enchanted Forest" and that is where the green on the forest floor increases all winter. Perhaps something similar occurs in Red Pine Alley.
The enchanted forest has canopy openings that allow sunbeams to light carpets of moss. The scattered carpets appear as electrified green glowing ground cover. Enchanting carpet glow provides its own mysterious experience for all that walk the forest on Nature's Habitats Trail. I think the trail has been rerouted to circumvent the enchanted forest since I left but we can still peer into the forest.
Walk into the enchanted forest repeatedly from fall to spring to notice the growing number of branch tips on the ground. Trees self-prune branches that do not produce more food energy than they consume. Lower branches that do not receive adequate sunlight to produce abundant sugar are sealed off by the tree and die. Trees spend energy producing new growth on sun-exposed branches, where needles can produce more sugar than they consume. For some mysterious reason those sun-exposed branches are the ones shed in winter.
Branches from the tree trunk produce tip buds that increase their length. Lateral buds grow side branches from trunk branches. Buds formed in the summer have embryonic tissue ready to expand branch length and width when spring arrives. Waiting all winter encased by protective bud scales, the highly nutritious bud tissue is ready for spring's burst of growth.
It took me a few years to discover why the forest floor was covered with spruce branch tips. At first the mystery made no sense for trees to shed branch tips exposed to sun. It would not benefit the tree to lose new growth buds that provide the best sunlight exposure. Self-pruning occurs at the base of branches closest to the trunk where sunlight is more limited.
Why were branch tips being shed? During summer, red squirrels find choice insects, bird eggs and other food to sustain themselves. When winter arrives, food is not abundant. Red squirrels hungry for winter nutrition eat the buds along the sides of branches. In the process, they sever branch tips that fall. All winter branch tips increasingly accumulate and cover the understory. They cannot produce roots or grow new trees. The tips decay and add nutrients to the soil.
The squirrel pruning process is like us cutting branch tips that make the trees and shrubs grow more compact and thick with branches. We do this on ornamental plants and Christmas trees to provide aesthetic appeal. Squirrels do for their own nutritional benefit and not to shape tree growth.
Discover and solve mysteries awaiting your outdoor experiences.


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Dual stainless steel boilers & dual italian pumps. over-pressure (opv) limits extraction pressure.
I don't even know where to start. I just got this "Lamborghini" of espresso machines, about 2 hours ago and after about 6 tries I pulled a perfect shot.
When I say perfect, I mean double-shot-single-wall-filter-14gr-30-lbs-of-tamper-pressure-200F-9-bars-30-second-extraction-2oz-full-of-crema PERFECT.
I have been using a BES820XL for quite some time and I was very happy with the quality and all my friends always said that my espresso was the best they've ever tried. True, my espresso has always been consistent and close to the coffee I drank throughout Italy.
I can't believe the difference this machine made. I mean the same coffee (same amount of coffee & same tamper pressure & 30 second extraction) tastes like it's not from the same beans. It tastes like dark chocolate with a very long finish and a delicious aftertaste. The same coffee pulled through BES820XL lacked the finish and wasn't as full-bodied.
The machine is a lot bigger than my BES820XL (I will try to upload a photo later) but it's pure sexinness. I don't even mind that my espresso cups don't fit on top of it when it's under the cupboards (my cabinets are hung a little low).
Besides the obvious difference in the looks between the two machines, this machine is a technological marvel. The PID controls alone are worth it. The PID controls let you keep the temperature pegged at 200F with just over a 1 degree variation. Instant steam means I never have to wait again or hear that pumping noise.
I love the wheels underneath. It makes it so easy to maneuver the machine on the counter. And I also love the fact that you can fill it up right through the top lid.
The ONLY disappointment is the weight of the included tamper. I mean it's great that you can store it right on the machine but for my big hands it's a bit small and too light. I will have to get another tamper (this machine usees a 58mm tamper as opposed to the 51mm on the BES820XL). I've been used to using a nice heavy tamper with a rosewood handle, so I'll probably look for the same one in 58mm.
In conclusion, I LOVE the BDB (Breville Dual Boiler).
I've only had it for 2 hours, so time will tell if it will continue to deliver the results. I will keep updating the review, so stay tuned.
I've uploaded 2 photos. On one of them you can see the difference in size between BES820XL (same size as BES830XL) and the new BES900XL.
This machine is MASSIVE. I don't know where to put it in my small kitchen… It's intruding into the cooking space. I might have to put it somewhere outside of the kitchen. I may have to get a bigger apartment to accommodate this espresso machine. I think in the new apartment I will have a separate coffee & wine room with just my coffee stuff and wine refrigerators, how cool would that be?
I keep on pulling perfect shots at 9 bars and get 2 oz in 30 seconds. I am using Lavazza "perfetto espresso" ground coffee, which seems to be the perfect grind size. The Smart Grinder should come in within a few days, but I don't see how it can get any better. The espresso I pulled (see the pictures I posted) is as perfect as I've ever had anywhere, even in coffee shops in Italy from freshly roasted and ground coffee.
Ran out of Lavazza "Il Perfetto Espresso" which was a perfect grind size. Opened a gold can of Lavazza and found the grind size to be too small – I tried pulling shots even with very little tamper pressure and the shots were coming out too slowly about 40 seconds. The Smart Grinder is coming in tomorrow so I am excited. I already bought the Lavazza and Illy whole beans. Will update my review tomorrow.
Received Breville's Smart Grinder (Breville BCG800XL Smart Grinder) today and started grinding my own coffee. I bought a 2.2 lb bag of Lavazza beans (Lavazza Super Crema Espresso Whole Bean Coffee, 2.2-Pound Bag) from Amazon, which was delivered super fast by the way.
Well, quite a bit judging from the latest espresso effort from Breville. Since I love espresso, this is going to be a lengthy review. My apologies.
If you would rather not read all my ramblings, the bottom line is this is a great consumer-level machine with some "prosumer" features. It is very user friendly and has an abundance of well thought-out convenience touches. My concerns are that it has to be professionally serviced every 4-5 years and that it lacks a proven track record regarding reliability. I think it's a good match for someone who wants a feature-rich machine that offers ease-of-use automation, but also the ability to take a hands-on approach should one desire. The brand name won't impress the "serious" espresso crowd, but it hits the mark where it counts – tasty espresso.
Breville is one of my favorite small appliance companies since they spend a lot of time on the little things that make a difference when using their products. However, when it comes to espresso, I've not been satisfied with their products (I've tried their die-cast espresso machine and the Modena). Decent looks, decent price, but mediocre performance.
Their so-so past espresso efforts, plus the fact that they are a general kitchen appliance maker, never earned Breville much love among the "serious" espresso crowd. Their view is: want a juicer or toaster oven? Go for a Breville. Want an espresso machine? Go for one made in Italy.
Breville has made a big effort to change that perception with this machine. It is packed with features seen on prosumer-level machines: a PID (which allows precise temperature control), a heated group head, the ability to tweak a wide range of settings, and even a timer for start-up and shut-down. For me it's the best of both worlds – I can play with the settings when I feel so inclined, or just push a button when I want an espresso RIGHT NOW.
A big change from past models is the dual boiler setup. This means there is one boiler dedicated to brewing, and another dedicated for steaming milk. The benefits include the ability to steam and brew at the same time, faster recovery time, and more consistent temperature. According to Breville, the water comes into the steam boiler first, then goes to the brew boiler so you don't get a big influx of cold water that drops the temperature.
Other nice features include an automated cleaning cycle (more on that later) and a hot water dispenser. Little helpful touches abound, such as a cubby behind the drip tray to hold cleaning supplies and a wheel that pops up to help move the machine when you need to get to the back of the unit. It's indicative of the thought that Breville puts into their designs – clearly the people who design these products actually use them as well.
I paired this initially with a Breville Smart Grinder, but was not pleased with the results. I couldn't get the grind fine enough (I'm using the non-pressurized basket). It's important to note that I have NOT modified my grinder with the shims. If you get the shim kit (free from Breville) their Smart Grinder should be an OK choice. I had much better results with a Baratza Vario grinder. Remember, a great espresso starts with the grinder – don't bother spending good money on a machine unless you also budget for a good grinder.
After only a few failed experiments I was turning out very nice shots. Granted, you can get great shots from a much less expensive machine, but the Breville saves you from having to temperature surf or worry about other such variables. All you have to do is concentrate on the grind, dose and tamp.
My only quibble regarding shots was that occasionally the puck stuck to the shower screen. It's easy to dislodge (gently nudge it with your finger and it pops off) but was irritating. Nice dry puck.
The tamper included with the machine is OK. It has a standard 58mm portafilter so a third-party tamper is easy to get (my Rattleware 58mm worked great).
I'll preface this review by saying that I am not a coffee snob. I don't have lab equipment by which to test the Ph levels of the final product. But I do know food, and I understand that it's important to most people to get both good coffee and good value from their machines. What you'll find in this review is a pragmatic and practical discussion of this product. We'll look at my favorite things about the machine and then a few minor gripes, which I've broken down into categories. At the end of each category I'll highlight the pros and cons, for those who'd like to speed read this review.
First off, let me describe the new Breville unit in one word: innovative. Breville really thought this one through, adding features where they're useful and shoring up the design to create a machine that feels sturdy, reliable, professional-grade and user-friendly – and a machine that gives you the same performance of machines that cost twice as much. This unit looks great, it brews a killer espresso, and it's priced really well.
1. Customization! Breville has handed over control of pre-infusion, shot temperature and shot volume. At first, I wasn't sure I needed all this customization. But with a little use, I found myself tweaking things a bit here and there…and in the end, it really did help me create the espresso/cappuccino/latte I wanted. Additionally, they've included an all-out manual button, offering total control to those with the temerity and tenacity to take the reigns.
Pros: Very customizable, easy controls, temperature adjust, shot volume adjust.
2. The coffee! It's hard to review the coffee because I find that coffee drinkers are VERY particular and have very different ideas of what makes a good espresso…or whatever it is they're concocting. What I can say is that even as an inexperienced barista, it didn't take very long before I was pulling 8.5-9.5 bar 30 second shots. I don't always hit right in the zone, but I usually do. Breville helped me out here by including four filters…both single and dual wall filters in single and double shot sizes. I was able to pull decent shots on the dual wall filters pretty much out of the box, but it took some learning to get consistent on the single wall "regular" filters.
And this is where you have a big PRO and a little bitty con on this machine. It will make great espresso with out-of-this-world crema…coffee that will make you tilt your head and wonder why the beans you've always used never tasted like this before…but doing so takes a little attention and patience. There are mornings where I get lazy with my dosing and tamping, and end up with a 6 bar sour shot (admittedly totally my fault). But when I measure my dose and tamp it correctly, the Breville responds by pulling a rich, velvety shot that is really quite awesome.
I definitely see the value of a double boiler. This unit heats from room temp to ready in about five to ten minutes (I live in a warm climate; don't ask how it would operate in a Minnesotan kitchen in February). It also has a built in timer, so the unit will pre-heat for you in the mornings at a user-specified time…a nice feature. It has a VERY short recovery time. When making 2-3 coffees, it's ready to go before I've gotten the portafilter reloaded. And while I didn't think it was a big deal when shopping for the machine, I find that I appreciate the double boiler and REALLY like being able to steam and brew at the same time…and this machine truly will handle this. The machine is also designed to produce a solid, almost dry puck. It does this almost every time, a HUGE improvement over my last machine…not a lot of grinds floating in the sink with this machine.
If there is one con to this unit, it's that it's a rather HUGE machine. We have small kitchens in California, and this thing takes up a lot of valuable real estate. Additionally, it's tall. The size allows the use of larger coffee mugs, but if you want to use the cup warmer on top you really need about 22″ of clearance…watch out if you have cabinets above your counters!
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Studies in Digital Humanities
NCSU ENG 582-003 Fall 2013
Tentative schedule. Assignments may change with advance notice. Please find any readings not linked below on our course Moodle site. You can also get a citation library for all the items below on Zotero.
1. What Is/Are The Digital Humanities?
Introductions (Thurs 8/22)
Heppler, Jason. What Is Digital Humanities?, 2012. http://whatisdigitalhumanities.com/
Draft straightaway a 500-word definition of the digital humanities. Submit via email / attachment.
Histories (Tues 8/27)
Hockey, Susan. "The History of Humanities Computing." In Companion to Digital Humanities, edited by Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, and John Unsworth. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/
Kirschenbaum, Matthew. "What Is Digital Humanities and What's it Doing in English Departments?" ADE Bulletin 150, 2010. http://mkirschenbaum.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ade-final.pdf
Productive Failure (Thurs 8/29)
Unsworth, John. "Documenting the Reinvention of Text: The Importance of Failure." Journal of Electronic Publishing 3, no. 2 (December 1997). http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jep;view=text;rgn=main;idno=3336451.0003.201.
Flanders, Julia. "The Productive Unease of 21st-century Digital Scholarship." Digital Humanities Quarterly 3, no. 3 (Summer 2009). http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/3/3/000055.html.
Set up communications platforms: Twitter, HUMANIST, Zotero, RSS reader
Building (Tues 9/3)
Ramsay, Stephen. "On Building." Stephen Ramsay, January 11, 2011. http://stephenramsay.us/text/2011/01/11/on-building/
In-class building project
Making (Thurs 9/5)
Fisher, Erin. "Makerspaces Move into Academic Libraries." ACRL TechConnect Blog, November 28, 2012. http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/?p=2340.
Macpherson, Shaun. "Makerspaces in the Humanities." Maker Lab in the Humanities, University of Victoria, June 4, 2013. http://maker.uvic.ca/makerspaces/.
Visit to the Hunt Library Makerspace, conversation with Emerging Technology Librarian Adam Rogers
2. Hypertext, Archives, Databases
Digital Materiality (Tues 9/10)
Selections from Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. Mechanisms: New Media and the Forensic Imagination. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008.
Hypertext and Text Encoding (Thurs 9/12)
McGann, Jerome J. "The Rationale of Hypertext." In Radiant Textuality: Literature After the World Wide Web, 53-74. New York: Palgrave, 2001.
Smith, Martha Nell. "Electronic Scholarly Editing." In A Companion to Digital Humanities, edited by Ray Siemens, John Unsworth, and Susan Schreibman. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/.
Reports from the Field (Group 1): Storify essays
Text Encoding and Scholarly Editing (Tues 9/17)
"HTML Introduction." W3Schools.com, 2013. http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp (follow the chapters through "HTML Images")
Birnbaum, David. "What is XML and why should humanists care? An even gentler introduction to XML." 2013. Web. http://dh.obdurodon.org/what-is-xml.xhtml (skip the sections on "Entities and numerical character references" and "The XML family of standards")
TEI exercise (1)
Working with TEI (Thurs 9/19)
Prepare a text for editing. Download oXygen and a trial license. Familiarize yourself with the Tutorials and Examples most closely related to your text on TEI by Example.
Archives and the Digital (Tues 9/24)
Manoff, Marjorie. "Theories of the Archive from Across the Disciplines." portal: Libraries and the Academy 4, no. 1 (January 2004): 9-25.
Folsom, Ed. "Database as Genre: The Epic Transformation of Archives." PMLA 122, no. 5 (October 2007): 1572-79.
Case studies of selected archives and online collections
Archive review assignment
Google / Books (Thurs 9/26)
Nunberg, Geoffrey. "Google Books: A Metadata Train Wreck." Language Log, August 29, 2009. http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1701. (please also note the comment stream with responses by Google engineers)
Cecire, Natalia. "The Visible Hand." Works Cited, May 3, 2011. http://nataliacecire.blogspot.com/2011/05/visible-hand.html.
Digitization and Rare Books (Tues 10/1)
Gleick, James. "Books and Other Fetish Objects." The New York Times, July 16, 2011, sec. Opinion/Sunday Review. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17gleick.html?_r=1.
Werner, Sarah. "Fetishizing Books and Textualizing the Digital." sarahwerner.net, July 24, 2011. http://sarahwerner.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/fetishizing-books-and-textualizing-the-digital/.
———. "The Serendipity of the Unexpected, or, a Copy is not an Edition." sarahwerner.net, August 1, 2011. http://sarahwerner.net/blog/index.php/2011/08/serendipity-of-the-unexpected/.
Field trip to NCSU Library Special Collections and digitization lab
Collections and Cultural Heritage (Thurs 10/3)
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (2005-2011). http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/. (browse to get a basic sense of what it is)
Omeka digitization and exhibition assignment
3. Domains of Criticism
Algorithmic Criticism (Tues 10/8)
Ramsay, Stephen. "Algorithmic Criticism." In A Companion to Digital Literary Studies, edited by Ray Siemens and Susan Schreibman. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companionDLS/.
Fall Break, no class (Thurs 10/10)
Distant Reading (Tues 10/15)
Selections from Moretti, Franco. Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for A Literary History. London: Verso, 2005.
Michel, Jean-Baptiste, Yuan Kui Shen, Aviva Presser Aiden, Adrian Veres, Matthew K. Gray, The Google Books Team, Joseph P. Pickett, et al. "Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books." Science 331, no. 6014 (January 14, 2011): 176-182.
Text analysis exercise (1)
Text Mining and Analysis (Thurs 10/17)
Rockwell, Geoffrey. "What is Text Analysis, Really?" Literary and Linguistic Computing 18, no. 2 (2003): 209 -219.
Witmore, Michael. "Text: A Massively Addressable Object." Wine Dark Sea, December 31, 2010. http://winedarksea.org/?p=926.
Topic Modeling (Tues 10/24)
Jockers, Matthew. "The LDA Buffet Is Now Open; or, Latent Dirichlet Allocation for English Majors." Matthew J. Jockers 29 Sep. 2011. http://www.matthewjockers.net/2011/09/29/the-lda-buffet-is-now-open-or-latent-dirichlet-allocation-for-english-majors/
Underwood, Ted, and Andrew Goldstone. "What Can Topic Models of PMLA Teach Us About the History of Literary Scholarship?" The Stone and the Shell. 14 Dec. 2012. Web. http://tedunderwood.com/2012/12/14/what-can-topic-models-of-pmla-teach-us-about-the-history-of-literary-scholarship/
Nelson, Robert K. "Introduction." Mining the Dispatch 2011-. Web. http://dsl.richmond.edu/dispatch/pages/intro
Ratliff, Clancy. "Initial Foray into Topic Modeling for Rhetoric and Composition." CultureCat 12 Feb. 2013. Web. http://culturecat.net/node/1564
Data Mining (Thurs 10/26)
Cohen, Daniel J. "From Babel to Knowledge: Data Mining Large Digital Collections." D-Lib Magazine 12, no. 3 (March 2006). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march06/cohen/03cohen.html.
Digging Into Data Challenge. 2009-. http://www.diggingintodata.org/
Nowviskie, Bethany. "What Do Girls Dig?" Bethany Nowviskie, April 7, 2011. http://nowviskie.org/2011/what-do-girls-dig/.
Topic modeling collaborations project
Network Analysis (Tues 10/29)
Weingart, Scott. "Demystifying Networks, Parts I and II." Journal of Digital Humanities 1, no. 1 (March 15, 2012). http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/articles/demystifying-networks-by-scott-weingart/.
Virtual guest discussion with Professor Ryan Cordell
Images and Visualization (Thurs 10/31)
Manovich, Lev, et al. ImagePlot. Software Studies Initiative, University of California, San Diego (2011). http://lab.softwarestudies.com/p/imageplot.html.
Manovich, Lev. "Media Visualization: Visual Techniques for Exploring Large Media Collections." In Media Studies Futures, edited by Kelly Gates. Blackwell, 2012. http://softwarestudies.com/cultural_analytics/Manovich.Media_Visualization.web.2012.v2.doc
Visualization experiments
Sound Studies (Tues 11/5)
Trettien, Whitney. "Towards a Noisier Digital Humanities." Presentation at DH2013, Lincoln, Nebraska. July 18, 2013.
Lingold, Mary Caton, Darin Mueller, and Whitney Trettien. "soundBox." soundBox, 2013. http://sites.fhi.duke.edu/soundbox/who-are-we/.
Wall, John. "Virtual Paul's Cross Project." Virtual Paul's Cross Project, 2013. http://vpcp.chass.ncsu.edu/.
Visit to Hunt Library and project opening. (Note opening event and symposium earlier in the day, if you can make it.)
Course projects: initial proposals (send email / attachment)
Space, Time, and Neatlines (Thurs 11/7)
Nowviskie, Bethany. "Space, Time, and the Problem of Scale: Digital Storytelling with Neatline." presented at the Digital Dialogues, MITH, November 6, 2012. http://www.livestream.com/mithdigitaldialogues/video?clipId=pla_3cb1ed80-1f2a-4fd0-9a2a-1eaf42aa085e.
Nowviskie, Bethany, et al. "Geo-Temporal Interpretation of Archival Collections with Neatline." LLC: Literary and Linguistic Computing 28.4 (December 2013): 692-699. http://llc.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/4/692.full.
Neatline enhancements to Omeka projects, or Sandbox experiments
4. Pedagogy, Publishing, Politics, and the Profession
Learning in a Digital Age (Tues 11/12)
Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic, July/August 2008. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/.
Davidson, Cathy N. "Project Classroom Makeover." Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. New York: Penguin, 2011. 61-104.
Authorship, Publishing, Peer Review (Thurs 11/14)
"How to Read this Text," "Introduction" (w/ three subsections), and "One: Peer Review" (w/ nine subsections) in Fitzpatrick, Kathleen. Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy. MediaCommons, 2009. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/.
Participatory crowdsource and open review projects (1)
Scholarship and the Open Web (Tues 11/19)
Cohen, Dan. "The Ivory Tower and the Open Web: Introduction: Burritos, Browsers, and Books [Draft]." Dan Cohen, July 26, 2011. http://www.dancohen.org/2011/07/26/the-ivory-tower-and-the-open-web-introduction-burritos-browsers-and-books-draft/.
Becker, Jonathan. "Scholar 2.0: Public Intellectualism Meets the Open Web." UCEA Review 52, no. 2 (June 16, 2011): 17-19. http://www.ucea.org/special_feature_52_2_pcp/2011/6/16/scholar-20-public-intellectualism-meets-the-open-web.html
Digital Diversity (Thurs 11/21)
Koh, Adeline, and Roopika Risam. "Open Thread: The Digital Humanities as a Historical 'Refuge' from Race/Class/Gender/Sexuality/Disability?" Postcolonial Digital Humanities. Accessed August 22, 2013. http://dhpoco.org/blog/2013/05/10/open-thread-the-digital-humanities-as-a-historical-refuge-from-raceclassgendersexualitydisability/.
McPherson, Tara. "Why Are the Digital Humanities So White? or Thinking the Histories of Race and Computation." In Debates in the Digital Humanities, edited by Matthew K Gold. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/debates/text/29.
Class cancelled (11/26); Thanksgiving (11/28)
Professional Developments (Tues 12/3)
Selections from Nowviskie, Bethany, ed. Alternative Academic Careers for Humanities Scholars. MediaCommons, 2011. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/alt-ac/.
Guest conversation with Brian Norberg
Course Projects Review (Thurs 12/5)
Pecha Kucha presentations
Course Projects Due (before 9:45 am, Tues 12/17)


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Probabilities of Future Decisions
D. Nilsson, Finn Verner Jensen
Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
Information, Uncertainty and Fusion
Bouchon-Meunier, B. : Yager, R. R. : Zadeh, L. A. (eds.)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN (Print)
Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science
SECS 516
Nilsson, D., & Jensen, F. V. (2000). Probabilities of Future Decisions. In Bouchon-Meunier, B. : Yager, R. R. : Zadeh, L. A. (eds.) (Ed.), Information, Uncertainty and Fusion (pp. 161-171). Boston, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science, No. SECS 516
Nilsson, D. ; Jensen, Finn Verner. / Probabilities of Future Decisions. Information, Uncertainty and Fusion. editor / Bouchon-Meunier, B. : Yager, R. R. : Zadeh, L. A. (eds.). Boston, Mass. : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. pp. 161-171 (Kluwer international series in engineering and computer science; No. SECS 516).
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