Turnbull review of "Intellectual Impostures"
As a constructivist and relativist working in Science Studies currently writing from the University of California at Santa Cruz, trying to review Intellectual Impostures seemed at first to create something of dilemma for me. My position was obviously an example of the kind that Sokal and Bricmont's set out to critique, but I found myself entertaining a variety of responses, why be so nasty, so sneering, why overstate the case, why attribute failings of individual's arguments to all of some supposedly homogeneous group be they constructivists, sociologists of science postmodernists or whatever? Why be so earnestly tendentious? Yet, did I not agree with much with what they had to say? I too find plenty of contemporary scholarship obscure and irrelevant, and most importantly, I agree with them about the necessity of criticism, especially political criticism. Hence it seemed inappropriate to respond with equally over the top denunciation. Fortunately, I had time to look at some of the associated literature particularly Flight From Science and Reason and A House Built on Sand where I discovered two writers dealing with important issues in the Culture Wars. Philip Kitcher trying to find some middle ground and a way to recognise that some important and valuable work is being done in Science Studies, and Meera Nanda formulating some telling criticisms of the 'localist' thesis including some of my own work.
Their articles led me to think about the role of the critic/reviewer and the trickster/jester and that I too should try to find some common ground and articulate some criteria for making critical judgments in science, science studies and reviews, whilst in the midst of controversy and overblown rhetoric.
Meera Nanda argues for the necessity of criticism and points to the ways it is vitiated in the hands of constructivists and the postcolonialists. From her point of view the enlightenment project of humans endeavoring to set themselves free through the power of their actions and analysis is still worthwhile, especially in countries like India that have to deal with fundamentalists of all persuasions. A position which I endorse, and presumably so would Sokal and Bricmont since they cite Nanda favorably. Equally, so too would many postmodernists and people in science studies, even if the enlightenment project has become vastly more difficult and complex as a result of the reaction of the third world against the hegemony of the west and the reassessment of the concept of progress, otherwise what is the point of it all? Though problematising progress is one of the currents of postmodernism that Sokal and Bricmont' find so objectionable.
The problem with science studies for Nanda is two-fold. She points out that many people living in the third world, or in oppressed and deprived conditions anywhere, need the tools of scientific rationality and criticism to liberate themselves from superstition and exploitation. Science studies seems to make unattainable this entirely laudable aim of criticism. Even worse, she thinks that those who, like me, argue for seeing all knowledge systems as comparable have given additional strength to whoever are the dominant group enabling them to claim that their beliefs are as good as, indeed even superior to, anyone else's. Nanda is not grateful for what she sees as my condescending charity; the gift of epistemic equality is for her a Trojan horse. This is a serious and important issue. I am inclined to think, as maybe Sokal is too, that it is the issue. In fact I think it is the litmus test for relativists. If the form of relativism you advocate mitigates against or denies the possibility of criticism, of science, indigenous knowledge or your own work, then it is a form that is not worth espousing.
While there may be some anti-science writers about whom I have no wish to defend, I challenge Sokal and Bricmont to find any writer in science studies who thinks science is an illusion or a waste of time. If this were the case much of their own work would also be illusory and time wasting. Most people in the area recognise science as the best problem solving process yet built, but not the only one, nor one without fault. Their primary interests are concerned with understanding the process and ways to improve it. Why is this critical stance confused with anti-science? What is the point of making such broad brush claims as Sokal and Bricmont's if not to tar every writer in science studies with a brush so black that no one would want to bother reading them? It suggests that rather than sticking to their proclaimed aim of critiquing particular authors, they are seeking to dismiss the possibility of the critical examination of science.
Sociology of scientific knowledge is not indissolubly wedded to epistemic relativism, rather it requires the recognition that science is based in judgments, judgments made by the community of scientists for 'good reasons'. Sokal and Bricmont not only seem to acknowledge this judgmental character of science, but they also acknowledge that such judgments, and the reasons for them, have developed historically and vary according to context. In addition they recognise the nonspecificity of method and rationality. At this point I see no difference between a supposedly 'untenable' constructivist position and their 'tenable' rationalist one. We agree that the production of scientific knowledge is a social process dependent on historically developed and context dependent judgments. They want some acceptance of empirical evidence and testing of hypotheses, again no problem for anyone in history and sociology of science, given the proviso that what counts as 'fact', 'experiment', 'proof, 'evidence' and 'testing' are historical products and hence similarly conventional and contingent. All that is required at this point is recognition of the value of methodological relativism combined with a pragmatic theory of truth that incorporates small doses of correspondence and coherence. However, pragmatism and relativism alike also require explicit recognition of a value system. Objectivity and rationality can never be based in a value free view from nowhere.
What about Sokal and Bricmont's other general claim, that those authors they name have committed some scientific error or used science's name in vain and must therefore stand condemned as heretics. Once again a little charitable modesty is in order. Personally I am not overly concerned about whether Latour, for example, is 'mistaken' about relativity. Latour is frequently, witty, wise and insightful; try reading his classic article on visualisation and you will see what I mean. At least you will if what he says has any value for you, if it throws any light on problems of concern to you. If not you will rightly move on, as indeed we all do in trying to navigate our way through the morass of literature. We ignore the bits we are not interested in. Something like 90% of all the articles published in science are never cited by anyone suggesting that they go unread, unevaluated, and simply ignored. Are they to be seen as a problem, bad or false science, a waste of taxpayers' money, a pathological threat to the body of science? Maybe Science Studies should get together with scientists on this one.
So why don't Sokal and Bricmont deal with Latour's theoretical claims and ask whether they stand up to the practical test? Do they tell us anything useful, do they illuminate any problems? I for one would answer firmly ''. While I have some reservations about actor network theory, as indeed does Latour, I think his work along with that of John Law, Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer and many others has been seminal in enabling us to see, for example, that scientific knowledge is produced in particular places by particular people and that its 'universality' is achieved by making it move. The exploration of how knowledge travels through the establishment of literary, social and material technologies has proved an extremely rich and valuable vein of research in science studies.
Their first point is sociologically valid but their second is far more problematic and epistemologically interesting. Judgments of 'approximate truth' and 'success' in predictions are the stuff of which science is made but they are much more like 'muddling through' than is recognised in the image of science that Sokal and Bricmont confect.
Adams and Leverrier postulated the existence of the unknown planet in order to explain the perturbations in the orbit of Uranus. However, in their calculations they used Bode's law, a purely arithmetic rule relating the distances of the planets, leading them to assume too large a distance and hence a correspondingly greater mass for the planet. Despite having got the distance and mass wrong, the planet was observed by telescope in the predicted position in the night sky because Adams and Leverrier got the longitude or direction right. Whether or not this constituted an accidental or a deliberate discovery is thus open to debate. Sokal and Bricmont are right, it does show Newton's mechanics are approximately true, but there are interesting questions involved in the issue of how Adams and Leverrier managed a good guess when they got so much wrong. The claim '"science works" therefore constructivists are deluded' is rendered otiose if the historical and social details of the actual practice of science are included in the picture instead of being airbrushed out.
After this discursive ramble I could either set this all in a Bourdieuian struggle for authority, ( interestingly Bourdieu he is one of Sokal and Bricmont's allies aligned in the preface), or try to establish the grounds for a critical dialogue. Enough has already been said about the former, about the latter very little. If being charitable means trying to criticise an author's thesis in its strongest possible version, if the wisest criticism is tempered with wit and if we are worldly enough to recognise that we have common interests in improving science, rather than attacking it or acting as apologists for it, then surely we can all agree that clarity, charity and criticism are best achieved in dialogue not denunciation or intellectual imposition. The point is still to understand the world and to change it; aims best achieved by a judicious blend of Feyerabend and Popper. Feyerabend was far from the relativistic anarchist he is typically portrayed as being. He advocated 'letting a thousand blossoms bloom' not because he thought 'anything goes' but because he believed diversity is superior to a monoculture and more likely to lead to the growth of knowledge. Popper pointed out that democracy and science alike depend on differing views being freely expressed.
Sokal and Bricmont have thrown up a welcome critical challenge but in their lust for annihilation have done rather more damage to the world of critical debate than was ever done by any of their targets. It is time now for them to take a stand against the flood of anti-intellectualism with which at least American academe is being inundated, aided in large part by their work.


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Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling a step closer as India signs up
Shirish Nadkarni | Dec 02, 2019
India, one of the world's largest ship breaking nations, has become the 15th state to accede to the Hong Kong Convention.
India is the first of world's five countries that, between them, account for over 98% of all ship breaking by gross tonnage to sign up to the IMO's Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009. The other four - Bangladesh, China, Pakistan and Turkey - have yet to accede to the treaty that seeks to set global standards for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling.
Under the HK Convention, ships sent for recycling are required to carry an inventory of all hazardous materials on board. Ship recycling facilities are required to provide a 'Ship Recycling Plan', specifying how each vessel will be recycled, based on its particular characteristics and its inventory of hazardous materials.
Related: A decade on - IMO Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling is a long way from ratification
Gopal Krishna, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Shipping, and Amitabh Kumar, the country's Director General of Shipping (DGS), deposited the instrument of accession to the treaty with IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim during the just-concluded 31st session of the IMO Assembly.
Welcoming India's accession, IMO Secretary-General Lim urged other States, in particular those with a considerable ship recycling volume, to become Party to the treaty as soon as possible.
Related: HKSOA urges ratification of Hong Kong Convention on ship recycling "as soon as possible"
"What happens to ships at the end of their lifetime is an important global issue, with major consequences for safety and the environment," said Lim. "I urge all countries yet to do so, to ratify this important convention so it can enter into force and provide a consistent, global regulatory regime for this vital industry."
Speaking on India's decision to embrace the HK Convention, Guy Platten, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the principal global trade association for shipowners and operators, said, "ICS welcomes the accession of India to the Hong Kong Convention.
"This is a major step towards guaranteeing the safe and environmentally sound management of ship recycling throughout the ships entire lifecycle. We are hopeful that it will spur other major recycling States, particularly China and Bangladesh, to ratify and make the Convention a reality as soon as possible."
India's DGS, Amitabh Kumar, added, "We have ratified the HK Convention; and this significantly increases the likelihood of its coming into force. The Convention will ensure that ships are recycled in a safe, environmentally friendly and transparent manner, providing global oversight to an economically and environmentally essential industry.
"India is a major ship recycling nation; and, in 2018, received more than 250 vessels of almost 5 million gross tonnes – amounting to 25-35% of the world's recycling tonnage. The decision, therefore, by the Government of India to begin steps towards ratifying the HKC is a significant one."
The Contracting States to the HK Convention are as of end-November 2019: Belgium, Congo, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Japan, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Serbia and Turkey. Between them, they represent just over 30% of the world's merchant shipping tonnage.
The treaty will enter into force 24 months after three separate criteria have been met. It must be ratified by 15 States – but these States must represent 40% of world merchant shipping by gross tonnage, and a combined maximum annual ship recycling volume (during the preceding 10 years) of not less than 3% of their combined gross tonnage.
India's accession brings this important Convention a significant step closer to coming into force, with the required 15 sovereign states now party to it, and with India's ship recycling volume considerably contributing to the required recycling capacity. However, further tonnage and recycling volumes are needed before the Convention can come into force.
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2016 marked St. Edmund's Episcopal Church's 75th Anniversary. A series of events was held to celebrate this milestone, culminating in the Feast of St. Edmund on November 20th, 2016.
Music and Conversation with a Master; a violin performance by Martin Chalifour, Principal Concertmaster, Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Tracing Edmunds' roots in the English countryside led by the Reverend Canons George Woodward and Colville Smythe.
Wine tasting tour of Sunstone Winery, Santa Ynez with talk by winemaker and toast to our 75th!
A fun day of picnic and games!
Saturday, September 17th 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Celebrate 75 Years with St. Edmund's Street Fair!
Bring the family for a old-fashioned good time!
These are photos that show some of the progress and changes at St. Edmund's Church over the years. There are early shots of buildings and photos of parishioners. Most of these are from 1941 to 2005.


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FILE – President Joe Biden waves before boarding Air Force One at El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, to travel to Mexico…
FILE – President Joe Biden waves before boarding Air Force One at El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, to travel to Mexico City, Mexico. The Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden's former institute, the White House said Monday, Jan. 9. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Most Democrats in new poll support probe into Biden classified documents
A majority of Democrats support a congressional investigation into the classified documents found at President Biden's home and private office, according to a new poll, which comes as House Republicans and the Department of Justice have already announced probes into the records.
Fifty-two percent of Democrats and 64 percent of respondents in general said they would approve a congressional investigation, according to a Yahoo News-YouGov poll this week.
The survey found that there is strong support for lawmakers' inquiry from independents and Republicans as well, with 67 percent and 84 percent in favor, respectively.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced last week that he had appointed a special counsel to investigate Biden's document handling. House Republicans have also opened up an inquiry of their own.
A number of Democratic lawmakers have also said they support the Justice Department's decision.
The news of Biden's classified documents has presented former President Trump a possible political lifeline as he continues to be scrutinized for his handling of classified information that resulted in last year's FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence. Trump and other Republicans have been quick to pounce on the discovery of Biden's classified documents, while Democrats point out that the FBI's Florida search came after multiple attempts to recover the records were stymied by Trump and his team.
The new survey, which polled 1,538 adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points, found that a majority of respondents thought that Biden's situation was either less serious than Trump's — at 31 percent — or equally as serious, which 32 percent of people believed.
The survey found that a majority of respondents would approve a number of congressional investigations, including looking into the security of the southern border, investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and oversight of the Justice Department and FBI and their ongoing investigation into Trump.


finished the cover art this week for the 3rd Lexy Cooper mystery.. available this Christmas I assume.
lines in Sketchbook Pro, colors in Photoshop.
I love the books, also love the covers you've done for each of them (Including book 3, Griefed... which I haven't spotted here yet).
Mrs. Santa is gonna slap pops upside the head,if she finds out.........ha ha ha.
I think I want Lexy for Christmas.
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Dziesięciobój mężczyzn – jedna z konkurencji rozgrywanych podczas lekkoatletycznych mistrzostw Europy na Letzigrund Stadion w Zurychu.

Obrońcą tytułu mistrzowskiego z 2012 roku jest Niemiec Pascal Behrenbruch.

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20 years later, woman waiting on HDC
Beverly Mulraine shows an aged copy of a letter she received from the now defunct National Housing Authority from 1998, acknowledging receipt of her application.
Beverly Mulraine has been waiting for a house for almost 20 years, when she applied for a home under the now defunct, National Housing Authority (NHA), the precursor organisation to the current Housing Development Corporation (HDC).
Today, Mulraine's home is dangerously close to collapse as increased rainfall threatens to destroy the wooden, one-bedroom structure which is situated on a slope. Mulraine visited Newsday's Port of Spain office yesterday saying she visited the HDC several times over the past 19 years and despite continuous reassurances, she is no closer to finding a home.
"I applied for a house back in 1998 when it was still called NHA. My home is in really bad condition and I can't even use the washroom...I need to go to my cousin's house a short distance away if I need to use the toilet. Whenever I need to take a shower, I need to put on a bath suit and go outside to bathe. Is that any way for people to live in 2017?"
Mulraine works as a domestic cleaner and fears that one day, she will return home from work to find her house collapsed. "As it is right now, the house is located on a slope with a precipice at the bottom. It's prone to landslides and mudslides. It's a serious concern for me because I have done everything possible and still the situation has not improved."
Mulraine is calling on the relevant authorities to look into the matter and says that she has made repeated attempts to contact surveyors and officials from the HDC but to no avail. She says that while she has sought to try and minimise the effects of weathering, the house will inevitably crumble.
Reply to "20 years later, woman waiting on HDC"
Homeless family to get prefab house
Gasparillo mom's killer is 'walking free'
Tropical Storm Kirk downgraded
Man dies in fire, wife critical after trying to save him
Galleons Passage sailing soon
'I want to go home to play with my brother'


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Freshwater lakes already emit a quarter of global carbon – and climate change could double that
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Lakes and ponds are the final resting place for many of the Earth's plants. Rivers collect much of the planet's dead organic matter, transporting it to rest in calmer waters.
But on a microscopic scale, lakes are anything but calm. An invisible metropolis of microbes feeds on these logs and leaves, producing greenhouse gases as a byproduct.
As a result, lakes may be responsible for as much as a quarter of the carbon in the atmosphere – and rising. New research conducted with my colleagues in Cambridge, Germany and Canada suggests that emissions from freshwater lakes could double in the coming decades because of climate change.
All known life on Earth is made of carbon. When plants and animals reach the end of their lives, microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi come to feast. They feed on the carbon-based remains of other organisms and their waste products — collectively known as organic matter.
As a byproduct of this never-ending feast, microbes release gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the environment. While each individual microbe releases a minuscule amount of gas, they are the most abundant organisms on Earth, so it adds up. Energy from sunlight can also break the chemical bonds between molecules of organic matter, releasing smaller molecules, such as carbon dioxide, into the environment.
Lakes and land are not isolated systems. Aaron Burden/Unsplash, CC BY-SA
Some of this degradation happens on the forest floor. But much of the organic matter that falls to the ground ends up in the water. Winds, rain and snow transport it into lakes, or more often into the rivers that feed them.
The amount of greenhouse gases released from lakes by microbes and sunlight is huge. Initial estimates were about 9% of the net carbon released from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere – that is, the amount released over and above the Earth's carbon-storing processes.
But, thanks to improved measurements, recent research has revised the figure to as high as 25%. These numbers are substantial given that that lakes only comprise about 4% of the global land surface.
In the coming years, lakes will receive more and more organic matter for microbes to digest. A warming climate will bring more forest cover around lakes and a greater proportion of broad-leaved trees, such as maples and oaks, as compared to needle-leaved trees, such as pines.
Carbon in a thousand forms
To understand how changes to forests will alter the role that lakes play in the carbon cycle, we performed an experiment in two Canadian lakes.
We filled plastic containers with rocks, sand, clay and different amounts and types of organic matter from nearby forests. This was intended to mimic the change in forest cover and composition expected from climate change.
We then submerged the containers in shallow lake waters where organic matter is most likely to accumulate and monitored them for three years.
Using new techniques to analyse the carbon chemistry of water, we found that those containers simulating a level of forest growth expected in the next few decades led to between 1.5 and 2.7 times more greenhouse gases in the water than conditions simulating today's forest conditions.
The invisible diversity of organic compounds in the water was the most important factor causing this rise – even more important than the diversity of microbes and the overall amount of organic matter.
The likely explanation for this result is that the same microbes can feed on many different types of molecule. So as the number of carbon-based compounds in the water increases, there are more ways for microbes to feed and release greenhouse gases.
They'll find their way to a lake sooner or later. Aaron Burden/Unsplash, CC BY-SA
The increase in diversity of organic matter alone was enough to raise greenhouse gas concentrations by about 50%. But the size of this effect nearly doubled in containers with darker overlying waters – a scenario expected in most lakes as climate change brings increased tree cover.
Accurately tracing how carbon makes its journey from land to atmosphere is vital to predict the pace of climate change and mitigate its effects. By better understanding how the vegetation around lakes controls greenhouse gas concentrations in waters, our research can inform whether changing the way we manage land near lakes could help reduce carbon emissions.
For example, we might want to plant fewer aquatic plants such as cattails in lakeside areas, because they produce much higher concentrations of greenhouse gases than organic matter from forests.
Work also remains to understand fully the role lakes play in the carbon cycle. Not all organic matter that reaches lakes is digested by microbes. Some sinks to the lake floor to form muddy sediment, locking away carbon. The amount of sediment formed will also increase with climate change, but we don't yet know by how much – and so to what degree this increase in stored carbon will offset the increased greenhouse gas emissions from lakes.
Answering this question will be crucial in improving the accuracy of carbon accounts – and assessing how much time humanity has to balance them.
Andrew J Tanentzap, Reader in Global Change Ecology, University of Cambridge
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1054/2001 of 31 May 2001 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
OJ L 148, 1.6.2001, p. 14–15 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
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Official Journal L 148 , 01/06/2001 P. 0014 - 0015
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1054/2001
of 31 May 2001
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000(4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural products as food aid(5) lays down that the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on the products in question fixed under Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovementioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
For Community and national food aid operations under international agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 May 2001.
For the Commission
Franz Fischler
Member of the Commission
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Increasing Diversity: University of Leicester
The School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester shares its progress on increasing the representation and experience of BME students on its postgraduate courses ( as part of Advance HE's Increasing Diversity project).
The School conducted extensive qualitative and quantitive research before implementing a mixture of positive action scholarships and changes to course design, delivery and promotion.
The School of Museum Studies has a long-standing interest in equality and diversity which infuses all aspects of its day-to-day practices: from our vision and values to our supportive and non-heirarchical study and research culture. We have a lead role in institution-wide initiatives to design and deliver accessible and inclusive curricula, we hold a 2014 Athena SWAN Bronze Award and we established a School Diversity and Equality Working Group. We also have a a suite of research projects spanning more than 25 years that actively address museums' engagement with disability, race, class, and sexual and gender diversity.
At the same time though, recruitment of students remains unrepresentative of the wider population and mirrors, in many respects, the inequalities of participation that are evident in the museum sector where workforce diversity has been subject to long standing debate.
What's been tried before?
From 1998 to 2011, the School was a key partner in a national scheme known as Diversify!, led by the Museums Association, to increase opportunities for people from diverse backgrounds to enter and develop careers in the museum sector. The scheme – that involved 130 individuals and 50 museums – focused on the use of positive action to recruit, train and support people from underrepresented groups. This approach had a positive impact on the sector, however recent studies (Sullivan 2015; Brown 2015) confirm that much more remains to be done and workforce diversity has re-emerged as an increasingly pressing issue for the sector at large.
In light of this and to support the School's ambition to continue to address inequalities of participation in new, impactful and sustainable ways, the School joined Advance HE's (then ECU) UK-wide Increasing Diversity project to tackle underrepresentation of key groups in student populations.
Early on in the project we honed and agreed a vision statement and underpinning rationale:
"Our aim is to attract more UK BME (Black and minority ethnic) students on the postgraduate taught programmes in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester and support them to develop their careers and thrive in the cultural sector."
We are committed to this aim primarily because;
BME professionals are under-represented in the UK sector workforce and the lack of workforce diversity remains a key concern for sector bodies;
The School's core values and University's strategic vision recognise the value of a diverse student body, actively engaged with addressing inequalities in all spheres of life;
We are committed to stimulating wider commitment to diversity and equality in the University and museum sectors.
Our long-term aim is to attract and support a student body that better reflects the demographics of the UK and can better support the needs of museums to employ a more diverse workforce.
Our working group included representatives from the University's Equalities and Diversity and Widening Participation teams, and the University's postgraduate admissions and Marketing teams, as it was agreed that cross-departmental involvement would enable a more holistic approach to be taken, and would support the embedding of lessons learned across the institution as a whole. We proceeded with the full support of the University's senior leadership team.
Research findings:
In order to identify and explore the reasons for underrepresentation of BME students, we undertook both quantitative and qualitative research focusing on 1) investigating current admissions data (including review of the different stages of the admissions process) and 2) exploring graduate experiences. The latter included taking BME graduates' views on ways to increase access for future BME students.
Our investigation of quantitative data on admissions and course profile revealed the under-representation of BME students, which was particularly low at around 2-5% of the cohort between 2011 and 2015. However, we noticed significantly higher representation in 2009. We also saw a significant increase to 10% of Home students identifying as BME after the full 2016 admissions round. We feel these higher percentages in 2009 and after 2016 are directly linked to our use of positive action at these times, showing the impact of positive action through scholarships on increasing BME diversity.
The quantitative data also revealed a lower conversion rate from application stage to registration among BME applicants (with around 48% of BME applicants registering compared to around 62% of non-BME applicants between 2009 and 2016), suggesting additional barriers may be present at an early stage of the admissions process. Although it is hard to generalise on the reasons for this difference, the data pointed to the potential for greater nurturing of enquirers and applicants from BME backgrounds to support them to proceed through the process, and to more actively elicit and address questions or concerns that they may have.
Our qualitative research into BME graduate experiences both as students on our courses and in their subsequent museum careers pointed to a number of issues around BME visibility and ongoing support. Taken together, the interviews with graduates raised a series of further questions to take forward:
How might the school further embed and cement values of diversity?
What measures can staff across the school take to ensure that diverse perspectives and visible difference are embedded in the curriculum?
How might we rethink scholarships, in light of the points raised by the report, with an emphasis on mentorship and skills?
How might the school support students' career when they leave?
How far can the school exert influence over practice in the rest of the sector?
We used the findings from this research to identify and implement measures to remove or overcome barriers to BME student participation. To attract and support more diverse applicants we:
Reviewed and extended our use of positive action for our Anniversary Scholarship scheme, relaunching them as Open and Diversity scholarships. These provide four partial scholarships valued at £3,000 each for students from a range of under-represented groups including those from BME backgrounds, those with a disability, and those from lower socio-economic groups. These are available across all of our postgraduate diploma and Masters programmes, and both distance learning and campus-based students are eligible.
Carried out a fundamental review of our various curricula to increase and enhance the representation of under-represented groups and perspectives. This work also drew on the findings of our broader work on the inclusive and accessible curriculum and on engagement with debates in the HE and museum sectors surrounding decolonising curricula. As a result, we increased the number of teachers from non-white backgrounds, we created new teaching resources and videos profiling decolonising initiatives and debates in the museum sector, we included subtitled and BSL signed resources, and we designed new assignments to ensure students engage with scholarship from people with a range of lived experiences.
Reviewed external communications to ensure these reflected our commitment to nurturing a diverse student body
Shared our findings to colleagues to embed learning and build institution-wide support. For example, we presented to our Diversity and Equality Working Group and our full teaching team, shared findings at University-wide EDI workshops, and presented to academic committees. More specifically, we have used learning from this project to inform other equality developments, for example our newly launched Disability Action and Awareness Group (DAAG) which takes an active and anticipatory approach to developing inclusive assessments, timetabling, and student support.
Successes so far
There has been an increase in BME student numbers, from around 4% to 10% of our total UK/Home fees cohort from 2015 to 2017.
Our Diversity Scholarship applicants who are unsuccessful in being awarded a scholarship typically continue to register with us despite this, suggesting a strong commitment to studying with us.
Our positive action Diversity Scholarships have received external funding support, enabling us to continue to run them for a significant number of additional years.
By December 2018 we will carry out a thorough analysis of the impact of this project and the measures we have taken, using data to explore BME student representation across courses; BME attainment; and the effects of scholarships on different eligible groups.
We will continue to review external communications to ensure they reflect our commitments to supporting a more diverse sector.
We will explore opportunities to build understanding and support for positive action across the museum sector.
We will explore how our graduate network (MS Connect) can support our work in this area (explore opportunities for mentoring support and support from wider networks).
What we've learned as a team
As a team, we have recognised the value of rigorous evidence and data from which to develop initiatives that overcome barriers to participation.
We have learned that tackling the barriers to participation are almost certain to require multiple, intersecting efforts rather than single track solutions (for example, the use of positive action scholarships are a powerful way to address underrepresentation but must also be accompanied by fundamental changes in the way courses are designed, delivered and promoted in order to create an environment in which BME students can thrive and flourish).
We have better understood the importance of identifying and embedding measures in ways that are visible and sustainable in the longer term and across the institution.
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University of Leicester School of Museum Studies
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The children's book, PAINTING FOR PEACE IN FERGUSON, written in verse by author Carol Swartout Klein tells the story of the community outpouring of hundreds of artists and volunteers who worked in Ferguson and along South Grand to transform boarded up windows into works of art with messages of hope, healing and unity.
Published locally by Layla Dog Press, all proceeds after printing costs will benefit north county-area youth and art programs as well as the businesses and employees affected by damage or loss of business. Cost of the 48-page book is: $15.95 for softback and $25.95 for hardback. Pre-orders for the book can be made at: www.paintingforpeacebook.com. For inquiries about the book, email: paintingforpeace.book@gmail.com. The book will be available for widespread distribution in January.
Excerpt from Painting for Peace in Ferguson:
They drew pictures of Peace
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Than the darkest of nights
Klein, who is sponsoring the project and who grew up in the Ferguson area, was inspired by the Mister Rogers quote that reminds children to always look for helpers when scary things happen. "It occurred to me that if adults are having a hard time processing and talking about the events of the last three months — how are children coping? So we designed this book to be a tool for parents and teachers to begin the conversation. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, it was so inspiring to see people young and old, black and white come together to transform boarded up windows from something intimidating to children into something so positive."
Centered on a child-friendly poem penned by Klein, the book does not go into the specifics of what caused the unrest, but rather focuses on the way the community came together to begin the healing process through the art of the Paint for Peace effort. "We did not go into detail because we felt it was important for parents to be able to talk about what happened in Ferguson in a way that was age appropriate for their child and that reflects each family's perspective," said Klein. A website is being developed that will include additional resources for parents and teachers to help them talk about the issues raised in Ferguson.
Award winning local book designer Michael Kilfoy notes that the book will feature photographs of many of the works of art. "We have a fairly complete photographic inventory of all of the art in both the South Grand and Ferguson area."
Publisher Kristina Blank Makansi of Layla Dog Press said that if the book proves popular there may be other projects that do showcase all of the artwork produced.
"We recognize that this is just one step in a long healing process for our community," said Klein. As the final line from the book states, "The work is not finished, there's much more to be done. But this art shows the spirit of a new Ferguson."
Funds from the sale of the book will be deposited with the Greater St. Louis Community Foundation a 501(c)(3) organizations. Donations made to that fund above and beyond the price of the book are tax-deductible.
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FEUO wrote: PLEASE point out where someone was saying negative about Peter (before he responded)? A legitimate question about the Esprit experience from others was not negative.
Nice justification: "Peter's Peter". Sounds more like "a-holes being a-holes".
As for buying any of his list at the LCBO.... haven't bought any of that in years (save for R10) and have ZERO plans in the future.
If I am in the mood for any of that its readily available on shelves all over Michigan.
like i said, this always happens. and yes, your summary of my justification isn't far off. Peter's just not the best, in my opinion, on this forum.
and buying Peter's line of beer in Michigan costs more even before exchange. we both know that. LCBO keeps those prices low.
I guess I'm not all about the almighty dollar. I'd sooner give an extra buck or two to the Shelton Bros or someone else before I ever let Peter sniff it.
And Windsor LCBO's rarely carry it even if I wanted to save a buck or two.
This thread makes me want to crack open a Cantillon geuze picked up in Michigan recently. Yeah, they're getting distro again.
For those with experience, how long does one normally wait for e-mail responses from Esprit? I sent one soon after his most recent post inquiring about the list. I'm wondering if I should cool my jest, or send again? Thanks.
Coronaeus wrote: For those with experience, how long does one normally wait for e-mail responses from Esprit? I sent one soon after his most recent post inquiring about the list. I'm wondering if I should cool my jest, or send again? Thanks.
Cool your jets. It takes a minute. I'd be happy to send you the updated list he sent me if you're in a hurry but obviously he takes his time.
DeMarco wrote: Cool your jets. It takes a minute. I'd be happy to send you the updated list he sent me if you're in a hurry but obviously he takes his time.
Thanks. Not really in a hurry. I'll wait another week or so.
esprit wrote: Why are you posting here. I reply to you, I tell you what is going on. I've been doing this for 27 years now and have hundreds of satisfied customers. It is your employer that has screwed up so don't blame me. Perhaps 1 out of every 200 orders has a problem and the problem is never me...it's the LCBO losing the product. And to the person who has never paid in advance, this gentlemen is out of town so we're transferring to an LCBO store and such orders must be prepaid in Toronto so I need payment in advance. Hope that clarifies things for everyone. Any one wanting a copy of our current list, please e-mail me at espritagencies@sympatic.ca. We've got some great new sours in and more to come shortly...lambics never before seen in Canada.
Quite the pissy response. He was asking a legitimate question about people's history ordering product through your service. Whats the big deal?
You are acting like he is accusing you of taking his money and running, which he is not.
Personally I will not be buying anything from you or through you based on your poor response.
you inevitably buy his stuff that's at the LCBO.
guys, not defending Esprit. but we have one of these threads every year or so. Peter's Peter. he's not a pissy guy in person. he's direct and to the point. these threads always go in the same direction. someone saying somethign negative about Peter, Peter replying and his reply doing more damage, then people crapping on him for his abrasiveness.
just let it go. don't drink Orval or Rodenbach if it pains you that much to deal with him.
He doesn't rep Rodenbach (Palm) anymore. That is now Hobbs and Co. Feel free to drink Rodenbach. I enjoy it more now.
Has anyone spoken to or seen Peter in the last couple of months? I have been emailing and phoning him regularly to try to buy beer for ages with no response. I have been his customer for 14 years and have never know him to be out of communication this long.
BakaGaijin wrote: He doesn't rep Rodenbach (Palm) anymore. That is now Hobbs and Co. Feel free to drink Rodenbach. I enjoy it more now.
just curious if you feel slightly shameful for this post in lieu of Peter's passing.
Rip peter. Thanks for bringing alvinne to Ontario.
Will Peters death have any effect on Rochefort etc. being at the lcbo? Will Esprit live on?
spinrsx wrote: Will Peters death have any effect on Rochefort etc. being at the lcbo? Will Esprit live on?
Who has taken over the Esprit Accounts? I am unable to find contact information since Peter's passing.
Wow. Haven't been on here in ages, and I find this.


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Trump is 'completely shutting down' oversight: CNN's Toobin slams the White House's move to limit Hope Hicks testimony
On Tuesday, CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin tore into President Donald Trump's White House for moving to limit what former Communications Director Hope Hicks can tell the House Judiciary Committee in her upcoming testimony.
Hope Hicks, a former communications official at the White House, will testify behind closed doors tomorrow in the House of Representatives, the Judiciary Committee," said anchor Wolf Blitzer. "But the White House is now saying she has immunity — she doesn't have to answer questions regarding the time she served in the White House."
"You said she's going to give testimony," said Toobin. "I believe she will attend the hearing. I think that's the accurate way to put this."
"She has the answer questions about before she came to the White House," added Blitzer.
"Who cares? That's not the real purpose of her testimony," said Toobin furiously. "This is just a further example of how the White House is completely shutting down the congressional oversight function for anything involving the presidency, and what the Judiciary Committee, what Congress has to do is get these things into court or else the clock's just going to run out on all these investigations."
CNN's Anderson Cooper struggled to control a segment about President Donald Trump's racism while interviewing a former member of Trump's Hispanic Advisory Council.
Cooper interviewed Steve Cortes about the president's racist outburst at the four young women of color in Congress that are known collectively as "The Squad."
The host read the dictionary definition of a demagogue.
"A leader that makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises to gain power," Merriam-Webster published.
"Is Donald Trump a demagogue? Isn't this exactly what he is doing here?" Cooper asked.
Gold Star father blasts Trump for failure to govern while refusing to 'defend and protect' America
On Monday's edition of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," Gold Star father Khizr Khan eviscerated President Donald Trump for his latest racist attack on congresswomen of color.
"To Donald Trump I say, sir, have you no sense of decency with this racism and division for political purposes?" Khan told anchor Anderson Cooper. "Donald Trump has nothing to offer. Therefore, he is going to create division and hate for political expedience. I am saddened but not surprised because, as you explained, he is a demagogue and will continue to use hate and division for his political expediency purpose."
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Racism drives Trump 'like rocket fuel' — but even for him, this is 'shocking and disgraceful': WaPo journalist
On Monday's edition of CNN's "The Situation Room," Washington Post reporter David Swerdlick told anchor Wolf Blitzer that there's nothing truly new about President Donald Trump's racist social media assaults on Democratic congresswomen of color — but that there is something uniquely horrible about the latest episode.
"People are suggesting what the president has said in the past day or two represents a new low," said Blitzer. "But when you look at the president's history ... the president claiming Barack Obama wasn't born here in the United States, his comments about Charlottesville. This clearly isn't a one-off."


condition fixed by Dain as well as some console issues raised by other folks.
Thanks to all for their quick turnaround of problems and comments.
Correct a script for Windows to reduce the verbosity of the startup.
honored by the server and potentially left them insecure (GERONIMO-1384).
but was beyond the scope of 1.0 so this stop-gap is sufficient for 1.0.
was important enough to address for 1.0 and included that as well.
corrupted data or intolerable outcomes.
above, barring a catastrophe this will be the release that will go out as 1.0.
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Q: Meaning of the phrase "as is the case for" Here is the context it was used in:

As is the case for many countries still suffering wounds from old
  wars, it may take a long time for these two to settle their
  differences.

A: First of all, I would suggest that you think of this phrase as a fixed expression or an idiom even though I think no dictionary out there actually has an entry for this expression in its database. It still bets me why not. This syntactical construction seems to be very popular in English and probably deserves at least some mention in those dictionaries. And as for the meaning, it simply means typical or usual (or typically or usually, depending on the context). Consider the following example:

As is the case with many technological advancements, they can be used for the good or the bad of society.

Now, let's paraphrase this example using simpler language:

It is typical for many technological advancements that they can be used for the good or the bad of society.

A: The first part of the sentence is discussed in the previous question "As is the case for" vs. "As is the case with".
However the first part says "many countries" and the second part says "two countries". Also "took" is the wrong part of speech, so I suggest

As is the case for many countries still suffering wounds from old
  wars, it may take a long time to settle their differences.

A: "As is the case for"  is a formula used to introduce a state of affairs that is typical. You could express the same meaning by "History shows by many examples that it may take a long time to settle differences between countries if they are still suffering wounds from old wars.

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Q: Problem about running php test suite and test case using Selenium RC I need a php test case and how can i test a php test case using selenium RC. Already i have set up Selenium RC in my computer.Not only that, i need a test suite. What is the purpose of test suite and test case? Is the test suite and test case same thing?
It would be very helpful helpful for me if any one post a solution in the blog as early as possible.

A: The Recorded test scripts can be than exported to PHP language and with the help of these you can create a library which contains all the functions/tests which has to be performed on the application
Now create the suites for different libraries which will call the functions in the libraries and executes it on application.
Start the Selenium RC using the command "java –jar selenium-server. jar"
On the new command prompt enter the specific directory location of the file and enter "phpunit xyz.php"

A: Selenium is a tools that let you automate visits to a site and test for conditions; mostly presense of text on page or in html controls. The selenium server needs to be running which will enable you to control a browser (firefox by default) to do you automation tasks.
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New York Anarchist Accused of Using Twitter to Direct G-20 Protesters
October 4, 2009 - 5:38pm -- jim
Elliott Madison was arrested by FBI and charged with using social networking site to help demonstrators evade Pittsburgh police
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/man-arrested-twitter-g20- us/print
A New York-based anarchist has been arrested by the FBI and charged with hindering prosecution after he allegedly used the social networking site Twitter to help protesters at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh evade the police.
Elliot Madison, 41, from Queens, had his home raided and was put on $30,000 (£19,000) bail after he and Michael Wallschlaeger, 46, were tracked to the Carefree Inn motel in Pittsburgh during the summit on 24 and 25 September.
The pair were found sitting in front of a bank of laptops and emergency frequency radio scanners. They were wearing headphones and microphones and had many maps and contact numbers in the room.
Official police documents allege the two men used Twitter messages to contact protesters at the summit "and to inform the protesters and groups of the movements and actions of law enforcement".
In all, almost 200 protesters were arrested during the two-day summit, which brought world leaders to Pittsburgh to discuss the global economic meltdown and other matters of common financial interest.
About 5,000 protesters were estimated to have taken part in demonstrations in the city.
Twitter has rapidly established itself as an important tool in the armoury of protest groups and demonstrators. During the summit, the police openly monitored Twitter to listen in to the protesters' communications.
The FBI said that as well as the computers and radio scanning equipment discovered at the motel, they also confiscated from Madison's home 11 gas masks, five pairs of goggles and test tubes and beakers. They said they also took away anarchist books and pictures of Marx and Lenin.
Madison is a social worker with a Manhattan-based programme attached to a psychiatric hospital. He is said to be a member of the People's Law Collective, a voluntary group that advises protesters on legal issues arising from actions. Wallschlaeger produces a talk show on radio called This Week in Radical History.
NYC Anarchist Black Cross Statement of Solidarity
Submitted by jim on October 15, 2009 - 3:05pm
On October 1st, 2009, at 6:00 am, the Joint Terrorism Task Force kicked down the front door to an anarchist collective house in Queens, New York, affectionately known as Tortuga. This much you know. And while we of the NYC Anarchist Black Cross slept, our comrades were being subjected to the type of humiliating treatment that is typical from the state. The cops claimed to be searching for evidence related to rioting. We know better. These Federal rioting charges are not new to us, they were used to target the Chicago Seven in 1968. They beat the charges then and we'll beat them now.
This raid was a fishing expedition intended not only to intimidate public anarchists, but also to gather information for future prosecutions. It occurred in the context of a growing repression, the likes of which anarchists have not experienced in the last decade. What does it mean? If nothing else, it means we're doing something right. Apart from that, it means we need to intensify our capacity for effective strategizing. If the state is spending untold dollars and labor hours devising ways to vanquish our networks, physical and otherwise, we must develop ways to counteract this.
Over the last decade, two of our main strategies have been organizing in our neighborhoods and organizing in the streets. It is fair to say, we've gotten better at both. Unfortunately, divergent currents of thought have led many to think that we must focus on one or the other, that the two are in some way mutually exclusive. In reality, these two are often composed of the same people. Even when they aren't, they compliment each other; stronger ties in our neighborhoods creates support in the streets.
If we look to recent history, there are movements that did not see the separation between building stronger neighborhoods and militancy in the streets. There is plenty to learn from these movements, especially from those most affected by and entangled in the state's repression. As an organization that supports political prisoners and prisoners of war, many coming from these very movements, we believe that their input can provide insight and inform our evolving strategies while also helping to keep them tied to the streets. With the number of political prisoners increasing -the majority of those most recently arrested are anarchists-this need to communicate with them should be evident.
We stand with the anarchists in Queens, not only out of solidarity with their ideas, but also because they are our friends and comrades. We realize that the state is attacking during a sensitive time - a time in which we are primed to put another chink in its armor while understanding we also face increased risks. We can work together and tear this motherfucker down and now is the time to focus on strategy, stay ahead of the cops, and support our friends, comrades, and allies when they most need it.
For the worlds we're building, against those that must come down, NYC Anarchist Black Cross October 13th, 2009