There are times when a dentist can treat a tooth before there is too much damage done to it. There are also times when that is not possible and a dentist must add something to the tooth to make it look the way you want it.
There are times when a dentist can treat a tooth before there is too much damage done to it. There are also times when that is not possible and a dentist must add something to the tooth to make it look the way you want it. A filling would be the first choice, of course, but sometimes even that is not enough and another item has to be found. The item that is mainly used is called a dental crown and it is made of a few materials, including porcelain or gold. There is the option to have other metals included with the gold and this is going to help to keep the cost down.
Gold crowns have not been in use for as long as some types, but they are becoming more popular and you will see a fair amount of gold in peoples mouths now. There is a choice of gold crown and the difference is in the make up of the gold. One has a lot of porcelain in it and the gold is fused to it. This type is known as PFM. The other type is just gold and can be gold alloy. The American Dental Association has a say in the make up of the gold and they have specified three different forms of alloy that it is permissible to use. The first is a high noble alloy which is a precious metal.
This one must be made from at least 60% of the high noble alloy. The items that are in this one will be palladium, gold or platinum. There must be at least 40% gold and the rest can be made up from the other metals. The next type is a noble alloy, and this is a semi-precious metal. And in this case, there must be 25% of the precious metal. With the third one there is less than 25% of the precious metal and this is known as a non-noble alloy. Usually there will be gold used, but it could also be chromium or nickel.
Why is having a gold dental crown an option?
When eating teeth rub together and often when it is enamel on enamel, they get damaged. Gold is not going to do this and will be ideal for people who grind their teeth. They will last a long time and not need to be repaired or replace often. If there is an allergy to certain metals, it is important that there is a high gold content as this will not lead to any reactions.
Why a full gold dental crown?
There are a few benefits to full gold crowns and when your dentist recommends one there will be a good reason for it. One of the most important ones will be their durability. When chewing it is important that the tooth can withstand the pressure put on it. If your teeth show that you chew more emphatically than other people, your dentist will suggest one. Once in place they will not break or become damaged in any way and will not need to be changed regularly, ensuring that there do not have to be a lot of visits made to the dentist just about the one tooth. The time they may have to be changed is when there is further damage inflicted on the tooth underneath. Just because they are strong, that does not mean that you can return to the bad eating habits that will cause more damage to the tooth.
A tooth that is repaired with a gold dental crown does not have to have as much of the original size taken away. Infection if it is there will still have to be removed, but this will not take long. The gold crown will be easier on the surrounding area. There are reports of a lot less bleeding and there is very really any damage to the nerves reported. The full gold crown will feel a lot better in the mouth as it is smooth. It is not going to damage the tongue or any other soft tissue in the mouth. When being manufactured, it is easier to fit the full gold crown over the remainder of the tooth. They are less likely to become smaller in the same way that a porcelain one can. For some people it is simply the fact that they can last a long time.
Where is a gold dental crown an option for my tooth?
The location of gold teeth can be a choice, as they can be placed anywhere in the mouth. It will normally be teeth towards the back of the mouth as it is here that a lot of chewing and biting takes place. Pre-molars and molars are ideal candidates although some people choose to have front teeth made of gold. The gold dental crown is useful in cases where the dentist chooses to need a more conservative treatment and sometimes a patient chooses for the look. Generally, the gold alloy is a phenomenal metal that is gentle in the mouth and adapts to all forces well.
Even when there is white gold used, it will be possible to see that there is something attached to the teeth. It is your choice as to whether or not you choose to have fillings or replacement crowns that are gold but it you want your smile to be a perfect white then this is not the best option. If you want a good look that is combined with strength and originality, then gold are the crowns that you should look to.
Signs to see to know you need gold dental crowns and how they are fitted?
This dental crown is needed when you want to preserve your natural teeth by capping them. As well, a crown is recommended to those who have had a root canal therapy done or those who have a large dental filling. It will not be possible to have a full gold crown fitted in a single visit to the dentist, though, as there is background work that has to be carried out. An dental impression will have to be made and this will be turned into the crown. Beforehand a temporary crown will be fitted, although this will not be gold as it is not going to be permanent. Finally, the crown will be attached and once in place should last for a long time, with many people reporting that 20 years is normal and there are cases when they have lasted for 40 years.


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New Orleans Ok, I'm entitled. It was front page news for days after the game, and now it's even front-page news in the New York Times. The sports channels are boiling with the reports. Has Trump tweeted about it yet? I hope not! Of course, I'm talking about the no-call on both pass interference and helmet-to-helmet contact in the last 1 minute and 40 seconds of the NFC Championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams. I saw it all on television, so I know as much as anyone, and way more than the referees.
I got in a little trouble with my companera, because I repeated the old saw hardwired into me from years of playing football as a kid up through the high school team that our Saints had lots of chances to win, and it shouldn't have come down to whether or not a bumbling ref made the right call. As my coaches used to tell me, all of that is true until it isn't. I saw Saints Coach Sean Peyton going ballistic on the sidelines right after the play and over and over again.
There were fifty cameras or more on the field, so sure, all of us from the fans in the Superdome watching the jumbo-tron to all of us at home watching on TV knew this was a penalty. The Rams defensive back knew it was a penalty and has said so publicly. The Saints receiver knew it was a foul. Both of them were looking at the ref, and nothing happened. Within two minutes there's an automatic review by the refs of touchdowns and other plays, but blatant situations like this, nada.
Gayle Benson, the owner of the team since her husband, Tom Benson, passed away earlier this year, wrote the NFL saying that this kind of incident attacked the "integrity of the game." Given the mealy-mouthed, lame way that Roger Goodell has handled his duties as NFL commissioner from players' protest to player injuries, it was impossible to expect that he would act within his powers to get fairness for the players and fans. One sportscaster made an excellent point arguing that if the owner screaming had been Dallas' Jerry Jones or the Patriots' Robert Kraft much less the much-hated former Oakland Raiders owner, Goodell and other owners would not be able to ignore this thievery. He didn't say what seems obvious to me, that a new, female owner would likely be tut-tutted and patted on the hand rather than given justice.
We'll still root for the Saints. It's hard not to root for the Rams over the Patriots, geez enough already! But it is also hard to still believe that the NFL and the football played on its fields is about sport, fairness, and even integrity, if they won't admit mistakes and police their refs as much as their players, rather than simply lining the pocket of their billionaire and millionaire owners. This has to stop, or we can just watch them kill the game.
This entry was posted in Ideas and Issues and tagged NFL, saints, super bowl on January 22, 2019 by Wade.
NFL Cheap on Super Bowl Community Benefits
New Orleans We love having the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Another one is coming in a year – 2013! I read with interest a story in the Times about Indianapolis this year with an alluring headline, "Unexpected Benefits from a Super Bowl Bid." On first reading I lapped up the article's spin on the NFL's largesse and it's multiplier impact on the lower income Near Eastside neighborhood. Re-reading, it is clearer that the NFL chumped 'em, and yet another argument for why we need to push more aggressively for community benefit agreements (CBAs) in such low-and-moderate income areas, and not just for the business boosters and developer class.
The NFL donates a million dollars towards a community center with a matching requirement to every Super Bowl city to be built in impoverished neighborhoods. Believe me, I'm Google searching now to see exactly where that million dollars was spent in 1997 and 2002, the last times they were in the city, and what the plans are for next year!
Frankly, a million from the NFL is chump change when one thinks about the fact that it's close to a $9 Billion dollar business and collects all of the ticket and concession sales at the venue for the game (estimated at more than $200 Million!) and beaucoup from the TV rights. The Near Eastside in Indy will end up with something called the Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center. For the same $1M Chase (JP Morgan Chase bank) leveraged $4 M in new market credits from HUD and ended up with "naming" rights obviously.
I could reread the article a dozen times and have trouble finding any evidence of how much the community and its residents really had to say about any of this? Were there jobs for them? Were there decent wages and benefits? Yes, there are stories about housing improvements, and praise to these folks, but there was no sign of guarantees of new housing units that came from this massive economic enterprise hitting Indianapolis, and that's one of the reasons why CBA's are negotiated!
The NFL rewards the construction of new stadiums with a Super Bowl and Dallas last year and Indianapolis this year are part of that package. Stadium construction is often a wildly controversial public expenditure of cash and bonding capacity, and none should be approved without community benefit agreements. This story is a trip to lollipop land without much indication that the community got anywhere near what it should and could have extracted from the overall development and the Super Bowl investments.
The NFL and its 99% owners need to put up more and play a better role in making sure the whole community benefits and not just the wannabes, hoteliers, and developers. The NFL stepped up for New Orleans after Katrina. 2013 is an opportunity to see a lot more happen here and set the model for the future.
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For the University of Lincoln, involvement with the community is the central focus for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda; its 2,000 employees have access to a bank of 150 'give-back days' a year, to use however they see fit in order to promote a positive local impact.
Employees' chosen activities might involve taking up a volunteer position at a local food bank or hospice, or a becoming a leader for schools' Duke of Edinburgh awards. Staff have also helped to clear up the river on which the university sits.
The university runs a number of schemes to both support its CSR agenda and boost employee wellbeing. For example, it promotes a bike hire scheme to reduce emissions in the city, however this also encourages employees to adopt a healthier commute to work.
At the end of 2018, the university became one of the first to receive a gold award in the Armed Forces Employer Recognition scheme, recognising the work it does with local armed forces and the relevant support it provides to employees.
Lincoln has numerous RAF bases and many employees are reservists, or have family members in the armed forces. Employees who are reservists receive an extra 10 days of paid leave each year for statutory training and are able to access five additional days to attend armed forces events. Employees with family members in the forces also receive five additional days of leave.
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Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster
October 11, 2013 Jason Ayers 2004, Documentary, Review 3 comments
Metallica Week… Hmmmm… How do I, lover of Queen, Kylie and Billy Joel, contribute to a week dedicated to a Heavy Metal rock band of such legendary status that I can't name a single song or album that they are famous for? Great start huh? In fact if my friends over at musicscramble had asked me to review 'One Direction: This Is Us' I would have been coming from a stronger starting place of musical knowledge. But apparently that is what they want for this review so away we go.
Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster is a documentary covering the 3 year period from 2001 to 2003, that follows the band's creative process (and differences), ultimately resulting in the release of their St. Anger album. I can't say that this is a warts and all documentary, and it certainly isn't as revealing as something like 'Tantrums and Tiaras', but I definitely feel I got a very good insight about who the three members (they had lost bassist Jason Newsted at this point) of Metallica actually are.
NB I have promised myself that I won't dive straight onto wikipedia to find out what happened next, until after I finish this article because I don't want other peoples' writing or facts to influence the feelings I got from the three of them.
From the start it is clear that the band consists of two alpha males and a guy who is just along for the ride. However it is also clear that all three of them are really scared about what their future together actually means and how to perpetuate themselves into the 'naughties'. The fear being written off as has-beens or receiving criticism about being either stagnant or bending to the musical trends of the times dominates early on. In fact the machismo of hiding and then revealing their feelings is a theme that progresses through the whole documentary.
Front man James Hetfield comes across very strongly as a man on the edge, who then falls off and after a year of rehab comes back terrified of falling off again. You can see he desperately doesn't want to lose what Metallica means to him but also that he has to do it on his own terms, which puts hims strongly at odds with drummer Lars Ulrich.
The post-rehab Hetfield comes across as a really nice guy and (as a singer myself) I was really touched when he talked about his warm up exercises and how he initially feared his vocal coach would try to make him sing opera. He clearly dotes on his family and I can understand how setting limits of the side of his life that was so destructive to him in the past is a real struggle as music is his raison d'etre. In fact he tells an audience of inmates at San Quentin that if it wasn't for music he would either be in here with them or dead.
Lars Ulrich starts out as the most open and sympathetic member of the band, but once Hetfield leaves the scene for a year, you see his insecurities building to the point that when Hetfield comes back he is frantic to get back to making music. This puts him at odds with the strict '4 hours a day' limit that Hetfield feels he needs to impose of the creative process.
From here you get to see a really selfish man and I won't be surprised if my later viewing of wikipedia tells me he spent a significant amount of time in rehab not long after the making of this film. Watching him and his wife getting trashed at an art auction where they must have made well over $10 million, along with the constant can of beer in his hand as they came closer to finalising the song list, painted a picture of a man who knows how to drink to excess.
Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett is the man in the middle. He speaks openly about what it is like to go through rehab and it has clearly done him the world of good. He comes across as well-balanced and yet even he occasionally allows his ego to break through as he tries to involve himself more in the creative process previously dominated by the other two.
Acting as the glue through the whole process is 'Performance Coach' Phil Towle who was hired by Metallica's management company Q-Prime. I spent the whole 140 minutes waiting for Hetfield or Ulrich to take a swing at him… Sadly they don't, but by the end they clearly are looking forward to get rid of him. He comes across as an absolute weasel of a man and when he came out with the line "We've still got some trust issues that I think we need to sort out" I would have smacked him in the teeth had I been in the room!
Ex-band member Jason Newsted (bass player who left the band in 2001 as Hetfield wouldn't let him do other projects outside of Metallica) came over pretty favourably in the sections he was featured, however the emotional confrontation between Ulrich and David Mustaine made me cringe.
Mustaine was Metallica's lead guitar player in the early 80's but was kicked out in 1983 for being repeatedly violent through alcohol abuse. The scandal at the time led to Mustaine being vilified by the Metallica fans. When meeting with Ulrich, Mustaine complains about the abuse he gets from Metallica fans and I have to say that I had no sympathy for him at all as he comes across as an absolute cry-baby! (PS Get a Haircut… Ginger mullets were well out of fashion by 2002!)
I really enjoyed the section where they auditioned for a new bass player… The guy they chose (Robert Trujillo) was truly mesmerizing to watch and I hope he is still going strong with the band. It was great to see the three of them actually coming together and agreeing with what they were looking for and how stoked they were on agreeing to bring Trujillo into the fold. To quote Ulrich, "You make us play better".
In the end St. Anger is made, released to Grammy Award-winning praise and the subsequent tour looks certain to be a roaring success… This documentary has certainly made me appreciate the amount of hard work that goes into producing an album of this magnitude and I am fairly certain that One Direction don't get quite as involved in the creative process! Hats of to the guys of Metallica though. It is clear they love what they do and they need what Metallica brings to them and hence they end up valuing the need to be cohesive and working as a team. This documentary film is worth a watch just for that alone.
From my point of view though this hasn't made me want to go out and buy a Metallica album as I have no desire to listen to music of that ilk over and over again… However if anyone has a spare concert ticket lying around give me a ring as I am certain that the live experience would be simply stunning!
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3 thoughts on "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster"
Tony Kennedy October 11, 2013 at 23:57 - Reply
There is a single over arching problem that dwells within this band and many bands of the heavy rock genre and in my experience it is this. The desire to be recognized by the musical establishment as real musicians. They found a formula that was derived from the new wave of British heavy metal and meshed it with the power of punk rock. I can tell you that this kind of music requires genuine virtuosity. They are one of the biggest selling rock bands of all time but this pales in comparison to the mainstream. James Hettfield has long wished to be seen as an artist with skill and depth, unfortunately this will never be possible within rock music. The biggest proof of this desire can be seen in the Metallica S&M concert where the band perform with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Micheal Kamen. This was in my view a disaster, the virtuosity of the band is obvious, the performance of all involved is sublime but the Juxtaposition of Orchestra meets Rock and Roll is cringe making. The drinking drug fueled image of rock overshadows the inherent skill required to make it, ironically this is also the appeal of the music. The idea of anti establishment and danger. Some kind of Monster is the result of this internal war that the band and many rock musicians fight. The desire to be rebellious and dangerous, being the drug fueled road warrior but desperately needing to be taken seriously.
They are to me part of my youth an audible outlet for anger and an inspiration in my own development as a musician.
Gareth October 12, 2013 at 08:49 - Reply
Nicely put, and some excellent points but I have to admit I disagree on two things.
You say that their rock band sales pale in comparison to mainstream. Really? I would argue their sales outstrip most 'mainstream' acts. I feel that similar to the likes of AC/DC or Iron Maiden they are one of the few artist who can boast a similar healthy competition compared to pop or mainstream.
Soundscan claim 110 Million worldwide for Metallica. Bruce Springsteen (120 Million), Britney Spears (100 Million), Madonna (300 Million), U2 (150 Million) and Elton John (300 Million). In my view I think it's pretty similar rather than pales really.
The other one was S&M. Was it really disastrous? Deep Purple, KISS, and so many others have trod down the orchestral path. I don't think they ever sounded any heavier. They came out the other side looking no worse off than they ever did beforehand and picked up a few fans on the way.
Anyway it is a small point, and I think Some Kind of Monster deals more with their fear of staying relevant and feeling part of something that the buying public will want to keep involved in. For me this stems amongst other things the fact hat Load and Reload were poorly received (hair and makeup), S&M had virtually no new material, neither did Garage Inc. (self-penned). Not forgetting Lars' ill-advised Napster and MP3 download stance which alienated them from many.
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In an ever-changing world with ever-evolving challenges, it's become quite clear that resiliency is key. To be successful in business, or any profession, you need the ability to innovate, react, evolve and adapt. That's why it's more important than ever to focus on the strategies that will help us stay positive so we can set ourselves up for success in 2022 and beyond. And who better to speak to resiliency than Andre De Grasse, Canadian Sprinter, 10x Olympic and World Championship Medalist.
As an Olympic champion, De Grasse knows a thing or two about the mental preparedness it takes to face life's greatest challenges. His gold medal finish in the 2020 Olympics was the first Canadian Olympic gold in track in 25 years and the first Canadian Olympic gold in the 200 metre in 93 years.
Sylvain Brisebois, Head of National Sales Strategy for BMO Private Wealth sat down with De Grasse and Dr. Ryan Todd, psychiatrist and CEO of headversity, a workplace mental health platform that helps organizations build resilience, to talk about the importance of having a positive outlook and practicing mindfulness when setting out to achieve our goals.
Be Mindful, Reduce Stress
Mindfulness, or the practice of focusing on the present, is a growing trend in successful businesses. Not only does it lead to decreased levels of stress and increased productivity, it allows teams to become better equipped for the challenges of today. As a performer on the world's stage, being mindful and practicing skills around hardiness, like optimism and bravery, is something De Grasse knows all too well. And if we apply those practices to business, we can change the culture of organizations for the better.
"For me it takes a lot of preparation. You have the physical part, and you go into training every single day, but when it all comes down to it, most of it is mental preparation," De Grasse said. "At the last Olympics in Rio, I had to adjust to the noise and distractions in all my surroundings, so that's where all my mental toughness had to come into play. I have to make sure that I'm focused on getting my direction from my coaches, my therapist, and doing all the necessary things to be ready for that moment because the race is only 10 or 20 seconds."
Set Realistic Goals
One of the biggest challenges in business is the feeling that everything needs to be done at the same time. From finding new clients and keeping the current ones happy, to managing finances, and streamlining processes to keeping employees motivated and engaged—it can all feel incredibly overwhelming at times. The key is to set goals, starting with smaller ones and building up from there.
"I tell myself; I know the longer-term goal is that I want to be an Olympic world champion, I want to be able to break records, but I know there are smaller steps and shorter-term goals in order to get there," De Grasse said. "You can't just hit home run out the park, you've got to get to first base, second base, third base, and eventually you get there."
But as we all know, having that kind of a mentality takes discipline and strategy. So how does De Grasse step up to the challenge?
"I have to speak it into existence. I have to tell myself in my head every day that this is possible, that there are no limits to what I can do, and that just keeps me going and keeps me motivated. I'll check things off the list, like this is my short-term goal, did I get it today? If I don't get it today let's try back tomorrow, it's a new day and I'll refocus."
Stay Balanced
Speaking of doing too much all at once, it's common practice for a lot of us to tip the scales on the work end of things while neglecting the rest of our lives. While it's great to strive for success, how do we learn to not do too much and exceed our capacity? According to De Grasse, prioritizing, setting boundaries, and focusing on what's important can really help.
"It can be overwhelming, but I've realized that throughout the years, when I'm trying to balance my sport, balance fatherhood, and balance all my other obligations off the track, I've learned to just try to do what I can. Doing too much can be overwhelming, it can drain you, it can take you out, so I just try to do as much as I'm capable of and what I can do. It's a kind of balance I try to find."
Have a Strong Support System
In the balancing act of life, there's one thing that can help you maintain your sanity on your quest to succeed in business. Sure, you need self-motivation and self-discipline, but it's not just about your own strong qualities of entrepreneurship, it's also about having the support of those around you.
When asked the age-old question, what do you wish you had known 15 years ago, not just in the world of sprinting and racing but about life in general, De Grasse said "Your family or support system is very important. Now even though I'm so busy and have so many things going on in my life, I'm still like, 'OK, I've got to call my mom or my uncle.' Family is super important to me and I really depend on those people a lot who have supported me, not just in my career, but life in general. It's OK to have a shoulder when I'm having a bad day or things aren't going the way I expect."
You can watch the full discussion here: A Conversation with Andre De Grasse
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The history of the evolution of Quest is really a history of ideas and the people who had the conviction and energy to bring those ideas to reality.
The International Outward Bound Program, with its emphasis on teamwork, leadership and the development of human potential through challenging outdoor activities, attracted the interest of several BU administrators and faculty in the early 1970's.
John Walker, as Assistant to the President, Steve Breset, Physical Education faculty, and Louis Mingrone, biology faculty, were instrumental in the mid 1970's in providing that vital initial impetus that led to the establishment of the Quest Program. Together they attended the Association for Experiential Education Conference where other like minded professionals gathered to discuss the educational opportunities afforded by experiential education. The educational rational and philosophical underpinning of experiential education was embraced by this team. All they had to do now was persuade the college elders, Provost, deans and faculty chairpersons. Undoubtedly, without the continuing support of John Walker – who was able to convince President McCormick of the value of this new idea – the early efforts would most likely have foundered. It was John who came up with the name, Quest. He explained, It seemed to capture those value forming experiences that are beneficial to a student's life at the University.
Steve Breset headed the program and steered it through 1981 when a full-time director was appointed and the program was given a permanent home in Student Life. The next important character to emerge on the scene of this fledging program was Bill Proudman who took over the reins in 1981 after Steve Breset. He was instrumental in forging a program curriculum that exemplified all the early aspirations of its founders. Bill was the right person at the right time a fortuitous event that allowed the program to grow and have an impact on the University community. Bill and students, presumably without the knowledge of some higher authorities, built office space out of what had formerly been the locker room for the University's football team on the ground floor of Walter Simon Hall. Bill's surreptitious creation of the office space is an example and a major point in Secretary Colin Powell's list of leadership skills of what it sometimes takes to take on a traditional institution and create change; get it done and ask permission later.
Backing up a bit. In 1967 a small liberal arts college (Prescott College) in Arizona integrated the concepts of Outward Bound into an innovative program that replaced the traditional physical education program. The focus of the program was to develop leadership, self reliance and teamwork skills. The program, the first of its kind in the nation, received national attention from Time Magazine, CBS, NBC and ABC, and garnered the support of Dewitt Wallace, owner and founder of Readers Digest, who gave the college a large grant to further develop the program. (The founder of this program, Roy Smith, later became director of the Quest Program). This publicity attracted the attention of colleges and universities from around the country who were in interested in starting a similar program. Bloomsburg University, along with Princeton and Cornell, was one of those schools. In 1973, Roy Smith received a letter from John Walker asking if him if he would share his experiences in running the Prescott program. What is interesting about this historical morsel is that 15 years later, in 1988, Roy Smith, left Colorado and assumed directorship of the Quest Program.
By the time Roy arrived in Bloomsburg, his predecessors, the director and associate director had both moved on to other jobs and it was given to Signe Klinger – who had first participated in a Quest course two years earlier to hand over the keys and acquaint Roy with the program, its history, and the areas around Bloomsburg where courses were conducted. Signe was an invaluable link in a broken chain and was immediately promoted to Associate Director, a position she held until the birth of her first child in 1991.
In 1989, with a $10,000 start up grant from the Bloomsburg University Foundation, Roy Smith created the Corporate Institute as an adjunct to Quest and as a major revenue generating source that became the principal underlying financial support for the Quest Program. This revenue source allowed the Quest Program to improve its equipment inventory, expand its student leadership training capabilities and undertake more ambitious international experiences. The housing of the Quest Program and the Corporate Institute under one roof was a mutually beneficial undertaking. It allowed the Corporate Institute to have immediate access to a wide range of training facilities, and for the Quest program to benefit from increased revenue and a ready access to leadership and team development ideas taking place in the corporate world
The Quest program today has grown considerably in size and in the range of courses, and extended trips abroad, that we now offer not only to students at Bloomsburg University but to an extensive list of clientele from other colleges in the region, and community organizations from around the State. Much of this growth can be attributed to the outstanding work of the associate directors, who over the years, have done sterling work in training staff and coordinating a schedule of contract courses.
Executive Directors:
Brianne Oehmke 2015- Present
Brett Simpson 2009 – 2015
Roy Smith 1988- 2009
Chuck Connelly 1987-1988
William Proudman 1981-1987
Stephen Breset 1973-1981
Associate Directors:
Tony Draus 1997 -2001
Mark Wasakoski 1996-1997
Tom Burkiewicz 1992-96
Karen Michaelson 1991-92
Signe Klinger 1989 -91
Barbara Lake 1987-8
Heidi Hammel 1986-7
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Betsy Gil's Story - I took an incredible trip coastal canoeing in the Everglades with Quest 20 years ago. Looking for my own path to take in the world.
That trip was life changing! I started out traveling in a van to Florida with 15 strangers and it ended up being one of the best trips of my life to date. Every moment was beautiful and I learned so much about myself.
Quest offers more than just an outdoor experience, it offers true moments to discover nature and discover yourself!
All of Quest's trips are self-funded. Any donations to our program would greatly benefit students particpating in enriching experiences and would be graciously accepted.
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Pete Olson challenges VA as Houston National Cemetery religion controversy continues
By Stewart Powell on July 15, 2011 at 3:56 PM
The Cabinet officer heading the Department of Veterans Affairs is being urged by a Houston-area congressman to "personally take action" to resolve a simmering dispute over alleged "censorship of religious references" during veterans' burials in the Houston National Cemetery.
Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land, a Navy veteran, is urging Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, a retired four-star Army general, to break through a legal "smokescreen" to end questions over whether veterans' families can cite "God" and "Jesus" during grave-side burial services.
Olson's letter to Shinseki was released Friday as Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Florida, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, indicated that the full House panel may convene a hearing if the dispute is not resolved.
Rep. Pete Olson (Official photo)
The non-profit Liberty Institute has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Houston-area veterans' organizations including American Legion Post 586, Veterans of Foreign Wars District 4, and National Memorial Ladies, a volunteer group that attends burials at the cemetery.
The lawsuit alleges that the Department of Veterans Affairs personnel and Houston National Cemetery Director Arleen Ocasio have forbidden members of the veterans' organizations from invoking the names of "God" and "Jesus" at burial services.
The suit also claims officials have forbidden recitation of religious messages unless deceased veterans' families first submit the wording to the cemetery director.
Olson said it would be "inexcusable" for the VA to use the suit as a way to "avoid resolving this complaint."
"Instead of hiding behind legal obfuscation, it would not be at all difficult for the VA to conduct an immediate investigation to find out the truth, and to then take any appropriate action," Olson told the Veterans Affairs chief in the letter.
"If the person or persons in question did violate the rights of our veterans and their families then they should be fired," Olson added.
Olson concluded: "I would hope that you will personally take action on this matter, overrule the Justice Department lawyers, and quickly resolve this matter for the sake of our fellow veterans and their families."
Stewart Powell


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US House speaker says one candidate should drop out if race drags on through summer.
"At some point it'll be clear that there is a frontrunner, and at that point we would hope that, for the greater good, for the country, that we can all rally as early as possible behind one person," Pelosi told ABC Television on Tuesday.
Pelosi said it would be harmful for so-called superdelegates - senior Democratic officials who cast deciding votes if the neither candidate can secure an outright victory - to go against the choice of the party.
"I do think that as it evolves, one of them is going to have to realise that the numbers, whether its Senator Obama, and he would step aside, or whether its Senator Clinton," Pelosi added.
Clinton and Obama are involved in a close race to win enough delegates to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama currently leads by 162 pledged delegates, 1415-1253, according to an NBC news count. A total of 2,025 delegates are required to secure the nomination outright.
Pelosi, however, said she was not suggesting Clinton withdraw from the race.
Clinton holds a double-digit lead in recent polls of voters in Pennsylvania, which holds the next major primary vote on April 22.
Pelosi also spoke out on China and called on George Bush, the US president, to consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in protest over China's crackdown on demonstrators in Tibet.
"I think boycotting the opening ceremony, which really gives respect to the Chinese government, is something that should be kept on the table."
Her remarks come as China launched the longest and one of the most controversial torch relays ever on Tuesday amid tight security and great secrecy over the exact route.
Security has been very tight after anti-government rallies last month in Tibet and the exact route of the relay - set to include an ascent of Mount Everest in the troubled region - will be kept secret to prevent any potential protesters from getting close.
Pro-Tibet protesters around the world have been demanding that the IOC and world leaders boycott the games.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, was the first European leader to suggest a boycott of the opening ceremony to protest against China's handling of the unrest in Tibet.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is skipping the Olympics altogether.
The White House has said Bush would not boycott the Olympics because of the crackdown, arguing that the games are supposed to be about the athletes, not politics.
But Pelosi said "the president might want to rethink this later, depending on what other heads of state do".


This is the first in a series of interviews with commercial contractors in the Fixxbook network about best practices, innovation and how contractors can best service their customers. Whether you're hiring contractors to perform work for your locations or are a vendor yourself, we think you'll find some useful information to improve your own operations.
This winter, New England was faced with one of the highest snow accumulations in recent years. This caused significant cost overruns for many companies despite proper planning for snow removal services. We sat down with Neal Glatt of Case Snow Management (a Massachusetts-based Contractor) to talk about the challenges and opportunities of the snow removal industry as well as how mobile facilities management software helps support its business.
Tell me about Case Snow Management and how the company got to where it is today?
Case Snow traces its roots back to 1951; our President, Jason Case, is a 3rd generation Case who started a business focused exclusively on Snow Plow services. Having worked with his father in the family business, Jason saw an opportunity in 2009 and focused on establishing a snow services division. The goal was to carve a niche in the service industry and focus exclusively on snow to best serve our customers. Today, Case Snow Management provides snow removal services to all of New England and New York with over $25 million in annual revenue making us among the largest snow removal service providers in North America.
Neal, what would you say is a large differentiating factor between companies that succeed in this industry from those who don't?
Obviously, you want to be listening to your customers and you want to make sure you truly understand their needs and challenges. Our customers view us as the subject matter experts with decades of snow removal experience. They depend on us to find innovative ways to help them plan and manage their services and cost. That said, we believe the most important thing is to be on time and perform well; we are able to monitor through technician mobile apps and by having field managers drive around to our customer locations validating service performance.
What role has technology and software applications played in your company's success?
In the realm of snow plowing, our customers are aware of the importance to reduce risk and liability by taking proactive measures to avoid slip & falls and litigation. Part of our job is to help mitigate this for our customers through real time fleet tracking (every service is verified with GPS and we can upload photos) using the ServiceChannel CIWO (contractor-initiated work order) mobile app. This also provides us more visibility in the field and ultimately reduces our administrative costs.
Tell us about the recent developments at Case Snow Management and what you do during the off-season?
We were recently achieved ISO9001 certification for snow plowing which was is something we are very proud of. We use the spring / summer to meet existing and new customers, bid new work and enhance our operational processes and staffing contingencies in preparation for the next season.
Any recommendations to clients & industry peers?
On both sides, there is no cost benefit to waiting until fall to finalize your snow plow strategy. Staffing and contingency planning is considerably easier when you head into the season prepared; ultimately it allows for both clients and contractors to keep cost static while maintaining service levels expectations.


My writing is pushed more by what I'm feeling at a given time, what disturbs me, what haunts me.
I think in our part of the world our writing cannot help but be political.
She comes from impeccable political pedigree, has grown up in exile, seen her beloved father assassinated. The life lessons from these lived experiences come together beautifully in Fatima Bhutto's narratives, the violence, the searching, the bereftness, the suffering and the quest for resolution, all come from a space of deep introspection. In her latest book, and her second novel, The Runaways, she brings together three different narratives from three corners of the world, each with their own stories of pain, grief, violence and perhaps, hope. Coming on the heels of her non-fiction book, Songs of Blood and Sword, this book is an exploration of identity, religion and youth in an age that is being rapidly defined by violence.
SheThePeople's Ideas Editor Kiran Manral spoke with Fatima Bhutto about her writing, being a chronicler of history and how she navigates identity and violence in her work.
The Runaways "deals with questions about modern Muslim identity in a world aflame with violence." As a young Muslim woman yourself, how much does your search for your identity in a post 9/11 world inform your writing?
It's not so much searching for identity – I don't think we in the East believe in 'identity' the way the West does because we come from a heritage of multiplicity. People are a hundred things in our countries, you can't confine them to one – but it's more about negotiating an identity that seems to be imposed on you. In a post 9/11 world, there seemed only one way to be a radical or a Muslim or an Arab woman according to the West and I think we struggle against these narrow definitions all over our part of the world. My identity, however, doesn't really inform my writing. My writing is pushed more by what I'm feeling at a given time, what disturbs me, what haunts me.
My identity, however, doesn't really inform my writing. My writing is pushed more by what I'm feeling at a given time, what disturbs me, what haunts me.
Moving from the personal narrative in Songs of Blood and Sword, to the fictionalised narrative in The Runaways, how much of a writerly shift did you have to make and what was the process like?
Fiction is like another language; it has different grammar and tones and sounds to non-fiction. It really feels at moments like talking in another tongue, it's what makes it so challenging and so exciting. I wrote non-fiction for years, but I truly feel myself in fiction.
Having grown up with a ringside seat to the cloak and dagger of Pakistani politics, and then the murder of your father Murtaza Bhutto, which you did chronicle in your previous book, did you feel at any point that you were too close to the subject of your writing to make it objective? And how do you detach yourself enough to put the story down without reliving the trauma?
My father Murtaza was my best friend, he was not just a father who I adored but a man who taught me how to survive the world I was born into. And the key was love. That's what I learnt from my father who raised me as a single parent. So when I was writing Songs it was a love letter to him, it was the story of a man's assassination and the story of his life as seen by his daughter so it was a deeply personal story. During my research when I found things that surprised me, I allowed myself the surprise and even at moments perhaps even disappointment and I think that carried through to the final book because they were parts of my journey. But to answer your second question, it wasn't really possible to detach myself and writing Songs was very painful. I had to sit in the same room as police officers who had been there while my father was bleeding to death on the road, to ask if they had fired at him and to listen to their answers. After the book came out I went on tour with it for almost two years and every time I sat on a stage I had to relive the most painful moments of my life, it was difficult for me.
My father Murtaza was my best friend, he was not just a father who I adored but a man who taught me how to survive the world I was born into.
How did the story of The Runaways come to you, and the lead protagonists?
I started writing it in 2014, it was after that summer that Daesh burst out onto the world stage in a terrifying manner. I had been travelling at the time and I was in Europe and as upset as I was about Daesh I was also upset by the way that Europeans were talking about radicalism – they had no clue about their roles, their country's roles in the terror that we live within the world today. They were speaking about infestations of migrants to Europe as though they weren't people, as though their wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan hadn't meant they had some responsibility to these people displaced by war and violence and fear. And I was talking to a friend one day who told me, you should write about that. I thought it was too heavy a topic when he suggested it but the idea stuck with me and the story was born in my mind as seen, initially, through two young men Sunny and Monty walking in a desert as they wage a war against the world.
They were speaking about infestations of migrants to Europe as though they weren't people, as though their wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan hadn't meant they had some responsibility to these people displaced by war and violence and fear.
As a writer, and a chronicler of history so to speak in both fiction and non-fiction, what is the burden you feel every writer faces when putting down the narrative that a lot of readers don't really realise? Do you think writers must keep this responsibility of being chroniclers of their times in mind when writing?
I think in our part of the world our writing cannot help but be political. Politics and the currents of the time shape how we live, how we love, how we eat, how we dress, how we move through the world – certainly it does in India and Pakistan. In the West they seem to feel they can cut off from the times, but I'm not so sure we have that luxury or in fact that inclination.
As a young Muslim woman do you feel your quest for identity and self differs from that of a young Muslim man? If so, what are the ways in which this particular quest diverges? Do you, at any point, feel that there is a certain exoticism in the way the West would perceive you and your writing?
I don't think it has anything to do with being Muslim. Look at the world today – where can you point to where women are not fighting? Where women feel they have the equality and liberty and safety they deserve? To be a woman is to be in battle constantly. Regarding the second part of your question, I think the West is desperate to prove its own narrative at the moment (i.e., that it is the only space of freedom and liberty for women – clearly this is a narrative under massive duress right now) and so it doesn't quite know what to do with Muslim women which they have never been able to understand anyway.
The Runaways is the story of two boys, Monty and Sunny, and also of Anita Rose. Why did you alight at this particular juxtaposition of characters rather than have it a singular narrative?
It began with Sunny and Monty and eventually Layla and Anita Rose and the other characters were born around the story. I didn't choose it, it appeared and I surrendered to it and followed them. You are slightly helpless in fiction in this way, the story decides and you simply follow.
You are slightly helpless in fiction in this way, the story decides and you simply follow.
You have grown up with violence, had violence impact your family, suffered the consequences of that immediate violence. Would you say the violence in your book is a catharsis of sorts for you to reconcile with the lived experience?
I am haunted by violence, having lived through it most of my life and at a close angle. I don't think you can ever have catharsis from it but I write about it because I want to understand it and I want to expose it to air so it's weakened in some way.
From the writer of The Shadow of the Crescent Moon in 2013 to The Runaways in 2018 what has changed within you, what are the issues you now deal with, what are the conflicts within you that have been resolved and what are the new conflicts you now grapple with?


A relatively short hill day on the eastern end of the Five Sisters / Three Brothers Ridge in Kintail.
Start the walk from the car park opposite the Cluanie Inn. A grass path heads up the south east shoulder of the hill to reach an 843m top with a cairn. After this point the path becomes more defined as it loses a bit of height and follows the delightful ridge to the subsidiary top of Sgurr an Fhuarail also marked with a cairn. Further height needs to be lost before the final push to the 1001m summit. This ascent route is a well used route but the descent can be varied with a lesser used route.
Descend in a southerly direction off path down a grassy shoulder. Follow this shoulder which steepens lower down. To avoid the steepest ground ensure you keep to the right of a gully which starts to form part way down the hillside. Aim for the trees and the confluence of the burns in front of you.
As you reach the foot of the slope cross the line of old fence posts and join a muddy path. Keep to the path to cross the burns and reach a stone sheep fank. The 800m walk back to the main road is now aided by the path.
On reaching the road it is probably easiest to cross over (take extreme care as it is fast and busy) and walk along the ground to the south of the road. This side of the road seems to be less lumpy and bumpy than the northern side. If the going gets too difficult there is a grass verge alongside the road which can be used instead. It's just over 2km back to the Cluanie Inn.
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Photographer/Director Louie Psihoyos on The Singing Planet
by Alix Lambert
in Directing, Directors, Filmmaking, Interviews
Documentary, Louie Psihoyos, Production, The Cove
Louie Psihoyos started out as a still photographer for National Geographic. He won an Oscar for his first feature length documentary: The Cove, which took an unflinching look at the slaughter of dolphins in Japan. He is now starting work on his next film, The Singing Planet, which will be shot underwater using extraordinary sound recording advances. He took a moment to talk with me about his films and his work as an environmentalist.
Filmmaker: How did you get interested in still photography? How did you start working as a photographer?
Psihoyos: I loved making art when I was a kid. I think that's what got me into still photography, that I could make instant art. When you are drawing or painting it can take days or weeks to make a piece of artwork, but with photography you could do it relatively instantly. I drew birds. I drew wildlife. I wanted to be a photographer when I saw National Geographic at my mom's hair studio. I was about six years old. It was an article that Jim Blair had done on Easter Island. That just blew my mind. Who are these people? Where did they come from? How did they disappear? All these unknown questions that became this metaphor for adventure and excitement. We didn't know anything about those people. We still know almost nothing about those people. It excited this adventure in me, and that's really where it all began. You know it's sort of a cliché that anybody that grows up wants to be a photographer for National Geographic. I never took it that people didn't actually become that. When I started working for them I became the first photographer that they hired in eleven years. If there's a lesson there for me, or anybody else that cares, I guess: never give up on your dreams.
Filmmaker: How did you come to be the first photographer they had hired in eleven years?
Psihoyos: Back then, they would take three interns every year. College interns. They take two by portfolio and one by winning a contest called College Photographer of The Year. So I applied for the internship by portfolio, and I got a very nice letter back from the director of photography who said to me, "You're good enough to shoot. Internships are only good enough for people who aren't. Good luck in your career." And I was heartbroken. I was a junior in college and I thought: my God, how am I ever going to work for them if I don't get in as an intern? And then I thought: Well, there's this contest. So, I worked real hard for nearly a year. I worked for the LA Times during the summer and I had a portfolio. There were about six or seven categories: sports, portrait personalities, and storyboards, and so on. I won first place in six or seven categories. They had to hire me. That's how I got in.
Filmmaker: What did you shoot for them?
Psihoyos: The first story I shot was a black and white story on the Powder River Basin. It was just up here in Wyoming, where the environment was being changed from a ranching community to a mining community. The Powder River Basin is where they have one of the largest reserves of coal in the world. A lot of our coal in America goes over to China because it's a low sulphur coal.
Filmmaker: Were you choosing your stories or were they assigning them?
Psihoyos: That story was assigned to me when I was an intern. Then my internship was going to be over at the end of the summer and I had to quickly think about something to do. Well, do you want the long story or do you want the short story?
Filmmaker: I want the long story.
Psihoyos: There was a really wonderful, creative person there I met, who started about the same time as I did. He was helping lay out the magazine and Geographic was doing stories at that time about gold, silver, platinum, rubies, diamonds, and there was one photographer who was mainly shooting that – his name was Fred Ward. We were kind of making fun out of Fred's stories, they were wonderful stories, but we thought the National Geographic had such a romantic view of the world, you know they have these relentlessly optimistic stories, like they could make Zaire look like a good place to live during a civil war. They had this notion that you never show the dark side of life, and I was all about trying to show the dark side of life. Not only that but try to make it interesting and entertaining. Anyway, we were up in the cafeteria over lunch time and we saw somebody hauling the garbage across the lunch counter and this was at a time when Geographic had separate lunch rooms for the men and the women. This was back in 1980. It was a very southernly type of atmosphere. It was a very regimented society. So, there was a woman hauling the trash across the lunch-room floor and I thought "Do a story on trash!" You know, like Fred Ward would do it – we could do: "Garbology: the study of garbage." Well it turned out there is this guy Bill Rathje – this archeologist who studies modern trash, that's what archeologists do. The best thing they can do is to find the trash of an ancient culture to figure out who they were, and they would make all these extrapolations. I thought there is this colony of people who make art from trash up in California, there might be a story for National Geographic. I wrote it up and that's how I became the first guy that they hired in eleven years. I did the story. It was an environmental story, it was on garbage, but then I realized that for the next nine years of my life I would have to make garbage look interesting. I traveled all around the world, got to some amazing places, stayed in five-star hotels, but I was shooting garbage. It became one of the most popular stories in their readership survey. They kept on hiring me. I was still three credits short of my graduation, I didn't go back to school to finish my college career because I already had my career.
Filmmaker: Did the work make you more environmentally conscious? Or did the consciousness come first.
Psihoyos: Back then I was very environmentally conscious, when I was 17 years old I was helping protest a nuclear power plant with Pete Seeger. That was one of the first stories I did, and then everything I was doing I was trying to be socially conscious and then I started working at Geographic and I did the Powder River Basin story, the garbage story, and then I got very good in my career at pulling rabbits out of hats: visually, trying to make stories that were not so exciting. They thought we have this kid, we could dump these stories on him and he could do them, and I was quite eager to work, but it sort of brought me down this road that I didn't necessarily want to go on. I weened myself away from Geographic and I did more interesting, important stories, I thought, when I moved up to New York. The irony is that I had my dream job. There was nothing in the satisfaction level to say that I was unhappy. But I feel like that was the wilderness compared to what I am doing now. I feel like this is so much more fulfilling, it's using the same thing, you are using art, you're using moving pictures to tell a story in a very provocative way. You're using sound, and not just my talent, but the talents of all these people that I have working here. We end up working together towards this big goal. When you take pictures, even for National Geographic, I was only allowed to have one assistant. Now I have a whole team, and that's sort of a curse and a blessing at the same time, because you have to get five people up at the same time in the middle of the night – to get the really good stuff you have to be up early. You have to work hard, really hard. Most people, don't understand what it takes to get the kind of images that we get. You have to have this relentless pursuit of perfection. To get up and get the shot – because the nature, the environment, the weather, they are not always cooperating with you, so you have to be there and be there and be there. So in this world, where they want to know what you're going to do on this day – what I do is if it's not the perfect day, I try to go find something else to do, I try to be creative. To me, the story is always changing.
Filmmaker: When did you decide that you wanted to start making films?
Psihoyos: About five years ago. My dive buddy was Jim Clark, the guy who started WebMD. One of the jobs I had was shooting covers for Fortune Magazine. That's where I met Jim. He was a legendary guy already. I had actually wanted to photograph him for a story that I was doing for National Geographic on the information revolution. He was too busy back then, he was this demi-god in that world. Then I photographed him and we became best friends, and dive buddies. About seven years ago now, we were on our third trip to the Galapagos. We were watching fisherman illegally fishing in a Marine sanctuary. He said something like "some one should do something about all these problems." I'll set this up a little bit. Jim is sort of a Zelig in the business world. When he was a professor at Stanford he created the first three-D graphics engine, which is the way that you do things in 3-D in real time on your computer, now we take it for granted, but that sped up the manufacturing, the productivity, the design stage, which became much more intuitive because of the real time computer chips that he built. The day he quit Stanford he started Netscape, the first commercial internet browser. The third company, WebMD, he told me was just to prove that the first two billion dollar companies weren't a fluke. I used that business to save my mom's life. I found out through WebMD that they were over medicating my mother, so he helped save my mother's life. So when Jim said, someone should do something about this – about people fishing on marine sanctuary illegally – I was like "Well, how about you and I?" I felt emboldened to make that kind of a statement based on who he was. He's a guy that changed the landscape of our environment. So we started this non-profit called Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS). The idea was to use his money and my talent as a filmmaker to make movies. The only problem was I didn't have any talent as a filmmaker. I had never made film before. But I was very good at researching, and I had a good nose for a story. I went to a marine mammal conference and Ric O'Barry, the trainer for Flipper was supposed to talk there. And they wouldn't allow him to talk, and I thought: "Who's the sponsor who wouldn't allow him to talk?" It was Hubbs Sea World Research Center. I called up Rick and said, "Why wouldn't they let you talk?" And he said " I was going to talk about this dolphin slaughter in Taiji. I had never heard about dolphins being killed before like this and I said, "Whose doing anything about this?' and he said "Just me. I'm going to TaiJi next week, do you want to come?" I said, "I can't leave right now." What I didn't tell him was that I had to take a three-day crash course in how to make a film. Then I caught up with him.
Filmmaker: Tell me about making The Cove.
Psihoyos: The joke on the set of The Cove was: We're all professionals, just not at this. When someone came into our life we would think: How can we use this person. Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, she was coming over to Japan to shoot divers that were diving for pearls. I thought we could really use them to set cameras in the cove. We had this team that we put together, but it was using their skills to help solve these problems. If it's a lawyer, I think well – "Sue the bastards, you know – we need litigators." If you're a writer, "We need writers." It depends on who you are. You can be very very effective using what somebody's real skill set is. That's sort of our brand around here, we bring people together with different specialties and then we try to figure out ways to amplify their voice, to amplify their bigger messages. I feel like I'm just the person who helps turn up the volume. People start to hear it, it starts to resonate at a frequency that people can actually see and hear using stories.
Filmmaker: Can you talk about your new film and the challenges of shooting underwater?
Psihoyos: It's a big story. It's a complicated story. I am excited, because I see a way emotionally into a big story. I was talking to James Cameron about it last year at about this time, and he was saying "You have to make the story emotional. You have to make it so that they don't just understand it intellectually, but they actually feel it, deeply." Your emotions are what make you change behavior.
The working title of the film is called: The Singing Planet. Chris Clark, a biologist from a bioacoustical laboratory up at Cornell, said, "The whole world has been singing, we just haven't been listening." Everything from insects up to blue whales, has a voice, has a song, we don't even recognize it as a song because we think that only humans can sing. We know birds can sing, but almost everything with a backbone has the ability to make sound, and when you go underwater the first thing you hear is the crackling shrimp. You hear the shrimp singing down below. A blue whale sings, but you can't hear most of what a blue whale is singing because it's below our threshold for hearing. You can feel it though, if you're in the water, you vibrate, you know something is there. It's almost like an earthquake. Even if you could hear it you wouldn't even recognize it as a song because the notes are like 70 seconds long. So, our internal metronome for how we perceive sound and music noises is completely different than a blue whale. It's still song, you speed it up it sounds like bird song. I just love that as a metaphor. We are losing these voices extremely quickly. We're trying to capture these sounds. We're doing it with DSD technology – it's never been done with film before, it's almost like 3D sound. I love to take people to our studio and show them the sound because it's transformational. You see it in everybody's eyes. There's a high bit rate, a high sampling rate is like 48 k, 192 – this is like 2.8 million. If I am talking with DSD technology, you close your eyes, you feel like you could touch my lips. It's that clear, it's that resonant. So, you capture the emotion in people's voices, you capture the emotion of song. Technology for music is going the wrong way. We have dumbed ourselves down. It's oxymoronic because as our ability to capture more bits has gone up we have sacrificed quantity for quality. We all have a thousand songs on our iphones, but what we are missing is the soul. We're missing the true clarity of the voice. That's what we hope to bring back with this film. When people start to resonate, they start to vibrate with these creatures, and they start to hear them and feel them, you have this deeper connection.
Filmmaker: Do you have a projected date of completion for this film?
Psihoyos: About this time of year 2013, two years from now.
Filmmaker: I can't wait to see it.
Psihoyos: Film is the most powerful weapon in the world. I call it the weapon of mass construction. You can use it to sell boxes of popcorn and get ten dollars for a ticket, or you can use it to change the world.
To read more from Lambert's interview with Psihoyos, go to The Great Immensity.
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In July 2017 Low Ham Church was vested with the Churches Conservation Trust (CCT). Since then the CCT have carried out much needed restoration work on the church and will soon be completed.
In addition to this work The Church in the Field Charitable Association* financed the refurbishment of the clock and the addition of a self winding mechanism.
The church continues to be consecrated. When the current repairs have been completed services will be held again and the church will be open to the general public.
Low Ham is a hamlet within the parish of High Ham near Langport in Somerset. Its present church, known locally as the Church in the Field, is a Grade 1 listed building and was a private chapel belonging to the Lords of the Manor since 1624. In 1921 it was given to the Church of England.
The present day church dates almost entirely from the early 17th century but it is thought that two churches had previously occupied the site. Adrian Schael, Rector of High Ham from 1570 to 1599, clearly gives the impression of previous churches in his writings. There are also references to a previous church having stood here in 1316. During the recent restoration by the CCT a wall 'of high quality' was found buried near the East wall. Whether it's the remains of a previous church or other building is unknown at the moment. Further investigation has to be made.
It is believed that an earlier church may well have been built by Serlo de Burci, one of the Knights who assisted in the invasion by William the Conqueror. He received the Manor of Low Ham amongst others as his reward and his name figures in several charters of William the First and William the Second. The Burci family can be found in Low Ham until 1363 when the manor passed to the Berkeley family. In the 16th century the Manor House was still called Burci's Court.
The purpose of 'The Church in the Field Charitable Association' is to finance, maintain and repair the fabric of the Church. Its trustees are a small group of Low Ham villagers who raise funds for this expensive ongoing program. We are always thankful for donations however small to help with our task.


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CSRE 226: Race and Racism in American Politics (AMSTUD 226, POLISCI 226, POLISCI 326)
Topics include the historical conceptualization of race; whether and how racial animus reveals itself and the forms it might take; its role in the creation and maintenance of economic stratification; its effect on contemporary U.S. partisan and electoral politics; and policy making consequences.
Last offered: Autumn 2015 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
CSRE 246: Constructing Race and Religion in America (AFRICAAM 236, AMSTUD 246, HISTORY 256G, HISTORY 356G, RELIGST 246, RELIGST 346)
This seminar focuses on the interrelationships between social constructions of race, and social interpretations of religion in America. How have assumptions about race shaped religious worldviews? How have religious beliefs shaped racial attitudes? How have ideas about religion and race contributed to notions of what it means to be "American"? We will look at primary and secondary sources, and at the historical development of ideas and practices over time.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Lum, K. (PI)
CSRE 246 | 4-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 18530 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | SEM | Students enrolled: 4
01/08/2018 - 03/16/2018 Fri 9:30 AM - 12:20 PM at 90-92Q with Lum, K. (PI)
CSRE 252C: The Old South: Culture, Society, and Slavery (AFRICAAM 252C, HISTORY 252C)
This course explores the political, social, and cultural history of the antebellum American South, with an emphasis on the history of African-American slavery. Topics include race and race making, slave community and resistance, gender and reproduction, class and immigration, commodity capitalism, technology, disease and climate, indigenous Southerners, white southern honor culture, the Civil War, and the region's place in national mythmaking and memory.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Olivarius, K. (PI)
CSRE 252C | 5 units | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 33028 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | COL
09/25/2017 - 12/08/2017 Tue 1:30 PM - 4:20 PM at STLC118 with Olivarius, K. (PI)
CSRE 260: California's Minority-Majority Cities (HISTORY 260, URBANST 169)
Historical development and the social, cultural, and political issues that characterize large cities and suburbs where communities of color make up majority populations. Case studies include cities in Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and Monterey counties. Comparisons to minority-majority cities elsewhere in the U.S. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center).
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: McKibben, C. (PI)
CSRE 260 | 4-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 31587 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | COL | Students enrolled: 1
01/08/2018 - 03/16/2018 Thu 4:30 PM - 7:20 PM at 160-319 with McKibben, C. (PI)
CSRE 268C: Poverty in America (AMSTUD 268C, HISTORY 268C, HISTORY 368C)
During the twentieth century, Americans launched numerous bold efforts to reduce poverty in the United States. Federal welfare policy, community-based programs, academic research, philanthropic charity, and grassroots activism committed time and resources to the cause, but poverty-- and inequality-- have persisted. Why? This seminar considers the origins, implementation, and consequences of these remedies, noting in particular how race, gender, citizenship, family composition, and geography have shaped the lives of those in poverty and the public and private responses to it.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Dunning, C. (PI)
CSRE 268C | 4-5 units | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 32107 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | COL | Students enrolled: 3
01/08/2018 - 03/16/2018 Wed 3:30 PM - 6:20 PM at 200-013 with Dunning, C. (PI)
CSRE 275B: History of Modern Mexico (AMSTUD 275B, CHILATST 275B, HISTORY 275B, HISTORY 375C)
Surveys the history of governance, resistance, and identity formation in Mexico from the nineteenth century to the present. Explores Mexico's historical struggles to achieve political stability, economic prosperity, and social justice and examines how regional, class, ethnic, and gender differences have figured prominently in the shaping of Mexican affairs. Topics include Mexico's wars and their legacies, the power of the state, violence and protest, debates over the meaning of "Mexicanness," youth culture, and the politics of indigenismo.
DLCL 100: CAPITALS: How Cities Shape Cultures, States, and People (COMPLIT 100, FRENCH 175, GERMAN 175, HISTORY 206E, ILAC 175, ITALIAN 175, URBANST 153)
This course takes students on a trip to eight capital cities, at different moments in time: Renaissance Florence, Golden Age Madrid, Colonial Mexico City, Enlightenment and Romantic Paris, Existential and Revolutionary St. Petersburg, Roaring Berlin, Modernist Vienna, and bustling Buenos Aires. While exploring each place in a particular historical moment, we will also consider the relations between culture, power, and social life. How does the cultural life of a country intersect with the political activity of a capital? How do large cities shape our everyday experience, our aesthetic preferences, and our sense of history? Why do some cities become cultural capitals? Primary materials for this course will consist of literary, visual, sociological, and historical documents (in translation); authors we will read include Boccaccio, Lope de Vega, Sor Juana, Montesquieu, Baudelaire, Dostoyevsky, Irmgard Keun, Freud, and Borges. Note: To be eligible for WAYS credit, you must take the course for a minimum of 3 Units and a Letter Grade.
Instructors: Daub, A. (PI) ; Edelstein, D. (PI) ; Surwillo, L. (PI) ; Levi, M. (TA)
DLCL 100 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI | Class # 18647 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | SEM | Students enrolled: 1
01/08/2018 - 03/16/2018 Mon, Wed, Fri 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM at 260-113 with Daub, A. (PI); Edelstein, D. (PI); Surwillo, L. (PI); Levi, M. (TA)
Instructors: Daub, A. (PI); Edelstein, D. (PI); Surwillo, L. (PI); Levi, M. (TA)
DLCL 106: Censorship & Propaganda: From Renaissance to Revolution (HISTORY 9S)
Information is power. From the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, a shadowy world of illicit communication challenged church and state. We'll explore the resulting communication wars as waged through print, art, architecture, and theatre. We'll read banned, scandalous and satirical works by Niccolò Machiavelli, Martin Luther and Benjamin Franklin among many others. From the archives to the digital humanities, students will gain new tools to explore the politics and historical development of information control.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Midura, R. (PI)
DLCL 106 | 5 units | UG Reqs: WAY-SI | Class # 30509 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | SEM
09/25/2017 - 12/08/2017 Mon, Wed 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at School of Education 130 with Midura, R. (PI)
EARTHSYS 103: Understanding Energy (CEE 107A, CEE 207A)
Energy is a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. At the same time, our energy system has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. For example, energy production and use is the number one source of greenhouse gas emissions. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts -- students will also be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system and think critically about how and why society has chosen particular energy resources. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, climate change, sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world. The course is 4 units, which includes lecture and in-class discussion, readings and videos, assignments, and two off-site field trips. Enroll for 5 units to also attend the Workshop, an interactive discussion section on cross-cutting topics that meets once per week for 80 minutes (timing TBD based on student schedules). The 3-unit option requires instructor approval - please contact Diana Ginnebaugh. Website: http://web.stanford.edu/class/cee207a/ Course was formerly called Energy Resources.nPrerequisites: Algebra. May not be taken for credit by students who have completed CEE 107S.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SI
Instructors: Gragg, D. (PI) ; Grubert, E. (PI) ; Knapp, K. (PI) ... more instructors for EARTHSYS 103 »
Instructors: Gragg, D. (PI) ; Grubert, E. (PI) ; Knapp, K. (PI) ; Stasio, K. (PI) ; Woodward, J. (PI)
EARTHSYS 103 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci, WAY-SI | Class # 2239 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | LEC | Students enrolled: 8
09/25/2017 - 12/08/2017 Mon, Wed, Fri 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 530-127 with Gragg, D. (PI); Grubert, E. (PI); Knapp, K. (PI); Stasio, K. (PI); Woodward, J. (PI)
Instructors: Gragg, D. (PI); Grubert, E. (PI); Knapp, K. (PI); Stasio, K. (PI); Woodward, J. (PI)
04/02/2018 - 06/06/2018 Mon, Wed, Fri 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at Hewlett Teaching Center 201 with Gragg, D. (PI); Grubert, E. (PI); Knapp, K. (PI); Stasio, K. (PI); Woodward, J. (PI)
EARTHSYS 106: World Food Economy (EARTHSYS 206, ECON 106, ECON 206, ESS 106, ESS 206)
The economics of food production, consumption, and trade. The micro- and macro- determinants of food supply and demand, including the interrelationship among food, income, population, and public-sector decision making. Emphasis on the role of agriculture in poverty alleviation, economic development, and environmental outcomes. (graduate students enroll in 206)


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No Charges For Kurt Busch
Brian March 5, 2015 March 5, 2015 NASCAR
Kurt Busch is not charged. That means nobody got hurt!
Well this has to be good news! Looks like my whole team of drivers will be back in tact in a matter of weeks and I won't have to replace anyone. That's great! It will be good for Kurt to be able to move on from this. And then soon Kyle will be done recovering from surgery and everything will be back to normal!
Source: www.jayski.com
Kurt Busch Statement: "I am grateful that the prosecutors in Delaware listened, carefully considered the evidence, and after a thorough investigation decided to not file criminal charges against me. I wish to thank my family, friends, fans, and race team who stood by me throughout this nightmare with their unwavering support. Thanks also goes to my legal team for making sure that the truth got out and was fully provided to the prosecutors. As I have said from the beginning, I did not commit domestic abuse. I look forward to being back in racing as soon as possible and moving on with my life."(ESPN)(3-5-2015)
Kurt Busch will not be charged by the Delaware Attorney General's office: Kurt Busch will not be charged by the Delaware Attorney General's office. Attorney General Matt Denn's office declined to file charges stemming from a complaint filed in November by the driver's ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Thursday's decision concludes a months-long investigation that has kept the NASCAR world guessing what would happen to the driver known as "The Outlaw."
"After a thorough consideration of all of the available information about the case, it is determined that the admissible evidence and available witnesses would likely be insufficient to meet the burden of establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Busch committed a crime during the Sept. 26 incident," Delaware Attorney General spokesman Carl Kanefsky said in an email. "Likelihood of meeting that high burden of proof is the standard for prosecutors in bringing a case. For this reason, the Department of Justice will not pursue criminal charges in this case."
Driscoll, president of the Armed Forces Foundation and a defense contractor, alleges Busch grabbed her by the throat and slammed her head three times against the bedroom wall of his motor home during a race weekend in Dover. A Kent County Family Court commissioner ruled in favor of Driscoll last week and granted a protection order against the driver in a separate civil matter. NASCAR, acting off that civil decision, suspended the driver indefinitely, two days before the Daytona 500.
The order, which expires in 2016, stipulates that Busch has to stay 100 yards away from Driscoll, her home and workplace. At NASCAR races he has to maintain the maximum "practicable" distance from her and not attempt to contact her. "We're very disappointed that the Attorney General's office chose not to prosecute, but it only makes the order for the (protection order) that much more important," said Carolyn McNeice, Driscoll's attorney. "I understand their position, but I am disappointed."(Delaware News Journal)(3-5-2015)
AND The decision by the Delaware Attorney General's office, might not affect Busch in the interim because he's under suspension by NASCAR. The sport indefinitely suspended the Stewart-Haas Racing driver before the Daytona 500 — a decision that was upheld on appeal — after a family court commissioner issued a detailed opinion Feb. 20 saying that Busch had committed an act of domestic violence against Driscoll. NASCAR hasn't announced the guidelines for Busch's reinstatement but is using a domestic violence expert to help determine Busch's path. Busch has agreed to the NASCAR guidelines. The burden of proof is different in the criminal and civil cases that stem from this incident.(ESPN)(3-5-2015)
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In 2009 when world governments announced a new strain of influenza called H1N1, initially dubbed "swine flu", I listened with a certain degree of skepticism to the daily radio reports on the subject. There were dire estimations of how many people were going to die from the new flu and scary newspaper stories publishing the details of plans for mass graves.
At the same time, numerous commercials appeared, advertising remedies for the swine flu and well-known companies selling household cleaning items suddenly announced their products killed H1N1 in tests. Posters for anti-bacterial hand sanitizers sprang up everywhere.
I couldn't help thinking how this situation stood to benefit such companies, who could make a tidy profit out of public fear. It made me angry, thinking of all the people who would be rushing out to buy kitchen bleach and anti-microbial wipes.
I found good old-fashioned white vinegar perfectly good enough for most cleaning jobs. I cleaned my kitchen surfaces with washing up liquid and washed my children's hands with normal soap--just a plain ordinary bar of soap. I never fell for the glitzy marketing ploys showing dangerous invisible germs all over our homes, ready to make us ill.
Yes, there are bacteria everywhere, but not only are they all over surfaces, they are also all over us and they live inside us. There are literally thousands of bacteria in our bodies and on the surface of our skin. According to a recent news report, there are 1,400 strains of bacteria in the human belly button, some of which are undiscovered to science. We are living ecosystems and we need these bacteria to live. They not only eat up the bad bacteria but they provide our immune system with the needed challenges in order to stay healthy and functioning correctly.
To then become fixated and worried about a select bacteria seems odd and to attempt to destroy "99.9%" of bacteria, as some adverts claim, may be doing us more harm than good.
D.P. Strachan said, "Over the past century …higher standards of personal cleanliness have reduced the opportunity for cross infection in young families.