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ROW: Links for 31st July, 2019
July 31, 2019 July 30, 2019 AshishLeave a comment
"There are things government could do if it were bold enough. How about a series of state-specific visas to foreigners, designed to encourage them to settle in Alaska and other underpopulated states? Alaska's population could well rise to more than a million, and then the benefits of a good state university system would be more obvious, including for cultural assimilation. In fact, how about a plan to boost the population of Alaska to two or three million people? What would it take to get there?"
Especially read together with the last paragraph, this article is an excellent example of straight thinking – and one wonders where this might apply in India's case?
I'm breaking one of my own rules (but hey, that's kind of the point of owning this blog), but here's a short video about a tyre scultpure out of Nigeria.
"Nonetheless, reading the testaments of people who'd come through a period of great uncertainty in the late 1920s and early 1930s, with the liberal order seemingly spent, it's hard not to hear faint echoes in our current plight. As they do now, people then craved simple, emotional answers to complex economic and political problems."
Learning more about the lives of ordinary people in the past is something I want to do more of. Germany and Germans when they realized the Russians were coming.
"The official history of China's economic reforms is rather more sanitized, but the memoirs of Gu Mu (谷牧), who was vice premier in the 1980s and in charge of foreign trade, do help show how export discipline was applied in the Communist bureaucratic system (see this post for some more interesting tidbits from Gu's memoir)."
If there is one book that I would want a student of modern Asia to read, it would be Joe Studwell's "How Asia Works". This article begins by tipping its hat to that book, and speaks about how China instilled a sense of export discipline.
A very long, mostly depressing article on an intellectual purge in Turkey.
Tech: Links for 30th July, 2019
"In an ever-changing work environment, 'AQ', rather than IQ, might become an increasingly significant marker of success."
I'm never sure that lists are a good idea, but I enjoyed scanning this one. 101 people, ideas and things that are changing the way we work today.
"Developer Chris Wetherell built Twitter's retweet button. And he regrets what he did to this day."We might have just handed a 4-year-old a loaded weapon," Wetherell recalled thinking as he watched the first Twitter mob use the tool he created. "That's what I think we actually did.""
A lament for the creation of the retweet button. I disagree though – I continue to maintain that Twitter (and by extension the retweet button) are net positives. The article is interesting throughout, and some of the suggestions for "curing" the retweet problem are fascinating – and perhaps overdue.
"In this so-called golden age of television, some critics have pointed out that the best of the form is equivalent to the most enriching novels. And high-quality programming for children can be educational. But the latest evidence also suggests there can be negative consequences to our abundant watching, particularly when the shows are mostly entertainment."
You are shaped by influences around you – relevant to Twitter (see above) and also TV.
"WeWork was born as a co-working space based partly on the idea that it should be easier for entrepreneurs like Neumann to get their ideas, good or bad, off the ground. Its core business is simple: lease offices from landlords — the company owns hardly any real estate — slice them up, and rent them out in smaller portions with an upcharge for cool design, regular happy hours, and a more flexible short-term lease. There are hundreds of co-working companies around the world, but what has long distinguished WeWork is Neumann's insistence that his is something bigger. In 2017, Neumann declared that WeWork's "valuation and size today are much more based on our energy and spirituality than it is on a multiple of revenue.""
A very long profile of WeWork and its founder.
"Our reporting finds that Alphabet is already generating several billion dollars annually from Google Maps, an amount that isn't yet material to the company's financial results. But although officials state they are taking a leisurely approach to monetizing Google Maps, which is a core part of Alphabet's search business, revenue is picking up at a healthy pace as Google experiments with new local ad formats within Google Maps. As Google Maps gets around to targeting more verticals, the only thing that might stand in its way from becoming a ubiquitous superapp may be users' mobile behavior and regulators looking to break up big tech."
The app that underpins a lot more than you think: Google Maps.
India: Links for 29th July, 2019
July 29, 2019 July 29, 2019 Ashish2 Comments
Five links from the time of India's independence, to help me remind myself of what was going on then. This series will get more structured over the coming weeks…
What made India India in terms of its rules? An article that sheds some light on the Constituent Assembly.
And in the same vein, a short history of the men who made it possible. By the way, if any of you have any articles about this topic that you could send my way, I would be most grateful.
When Bengal burned.
Operation Polo, or how Hyderabad became a part of India.
What India's economic policies might have looked like.
Video for 28th July, 2019
Do read the book too!
Tweets for 27th July, 2019
July, 1969. 14 banks were nationalised. 50 years later, on the anniversary, it remains one of the most significant and debated decisions.
In our #50YearsOfBankNationalisation series, we look back and forward.https://t.co/JYoyfTHtF9 pic.twitter.com/NODUmJfRyY
— BloombergQuint (@BloombergQuint) July 18, 2019
Journalism is the new engineering. Too many colleges offering degress, but no jobs going around, unless you count writing stories around what people are saying on Twitter and sharing in Instagram, as a job.
— शिक्षित बेरोज़गार (@kaul_vivek) July 18, 2019
Debate on Immigration is usually lacking in nuance, with advocates of "open borders" never baking in the cultural tensions that it would bring
Brian Caplan has some interesting thoughts on how we can increase "immigration" and yet maintain cultural homogeneity
An extract – pic.twitter.com/9IpMF3s0uM
— Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya (@shrikanth_krish) July 18, 2019
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— Paul Novosad (@paulnovosad) July 19, 2019
People call tech companies monopolies (e.g. MSFT, FB), but their reigns usually end every few decades.
The top universities have remained the same for *centuries* without new entrants posing much of a threat.
What structural/systemic barriers prevent disruption/new competition?
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) June 7, 2019
Etc: Links for 26th July, 2019
"Novak Djokovic has a way of winning even when he's losing. He has a way of patiently absorbing his opponent's most devastating play, doing just enough to stay alive, and choosing precisely the right moment to strike back. He'll lose a spectacular rally and then, while the commentators are still gushing about the other player, unspectacularly win the next point. You'll think he's getting run off the court, and then he'll absolutely maul a couple of forehand winners, and suddenly you realize that he's about to win the set. Tennis is a game of moments hidden inside a game of runs. I'm not sure I've ever seen a player who knows how to exploit that duality better than Djokovic."
Brian Philips on the phenomenon that is Novak Djokovic.
"Let's make copies of these videos and send them to schools, to young athletes, coaches, administrators, parents, teams. Youngsters need to appreciate every part of sport, especially this, the professionalism of showing up and looking the questioner in the eye. The strength that it requires to be honest, to let people glimpse your despair and also witness your conviction. On their worst days, the great athlete is only beaten, not broken."
Rohit Brijnath on the phenomena that are Kane Williamson and Roger Federer. As I said on this Sunday – sports has a lot to teach us.
"The idea of a power law is fundamental to understanding the music market as well as the superstar phenomenon. The distributions of streamed songs, album sales and concert revenue are all closely approximated by a power law. And so are the numbers of Twitter followers, YouTube subscribers and Facebook likes that musicians attract."
I have a sneaking suspicion that I linked to this when Alan Krueger passed away, but still – worth reading again. On the economics of Rihanna's stardom.
"However, while physicists have studied the physics of mixing concrete, fewer have taken a close look at the forces at work in chocolate conching, as the process is called. Now a team of physicists, funded in part by Mars, the confectionary company, published a paper last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing just what happens as the ingredients of chocolate are given a stir on their way to becoming a delicious treat."
My word for the day: conching.
"On the other hand, the fish are huge—Bolbometopon muricatum can reach up to 4.5 feet long, and 165 pounds or so—and fairly funky-looking. Their foreheads are almost comically bulbous, like they've just been clonked on the head. Their mouths, with 1,000 strong, sharp teeth that demolish coral, algae, and squishy polyps, make them look like perpetually startled horses. And then there's the reason scientists were in the water to begin with: to collect their prodigious amounts of poop."
Fish, poop, science and research. This piece markets itself.
EC101: Links for 25th July, 2019
Five economic theorems you may not have heard of. They are somewhat abstruse, but all are truly interesting. All Wikipedia articles too – like Twitter, grossly underrated.
"In game theory, Aumann's agreement theorem is a theorem which demonstrates that rational agents with common knowledge of each other's beliefs cannot agree to disagree. It was first formulated in the 1976 paper titled "Agreeing to Disagree" by Robert Aumann, after whom the theorem is named."
"The Alchian–Allen effect was described in 1964 by Armen Alchian and William R Allen in the book University Economics (now called Exchange and Production [1]). It states that when the prices of two substitute goods, such as high and low grades of the same product, are both increased by a fixed per-unit amount such as a transportation cost or a lump-sum tax, consumption will shift toward the higher-grade product. This is true because the added per-unit amount decreases the relative price of the higher-grade product."
"Revenue equivalence is a concept in auction theory that states that given certain conditions, any mechanism that results in the same outcomes (i.e. allocates items to the same bidders) also has the same expected revenue."
Unless you are an avid student of math and economics (and, not or), feel free to Ctrl-F the word "Implication" and skip straight to that section.
"Mandeville's paradox is named after Bernard Mandeville, who posits that actions which may be qualified as vicious with regard to individuals have benefits for society as a whole. This is alluded to in the subtitle of his most famous work, The Fable of The Bees: 'Private Vices, Public Benefits'. He states that "Fraud, Luxury, and Pride must live; Whilst we the Benefits receive.") "
This is a painfully short article – I have set myself a target of using only Wikipedia links in today's set, but I am breaking my own rule.
"In law and economics, the Coase theorem describes the economic efficiency of an economic allocation or outcome in the presence of externalities. The theorem states that if trade in an externality is possible and there are sufficiently low transaction costs, bargaining will lead to a Pareto efficient outcome regardless of the initial allocation of property. In practice, obstacles to bargaining or poorly defined property rights can prevent Coasean bargaining. This 'theorem' is commonly attributed to Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner Ronald Coase during his tenure at the London School of Economics, SUNY at Buffalo, University of Virginia, and University of Chicago."
Perhaps the most important, and certainly the most misunderstood of all the theorems above – and I probably misunderstand it myself!
ROW: Links for 24th July, 2019
July 24, 2019 July 23, 2019 Ashish1 Comment
How to learn more about a country? Read a bit about it! In the process of writing up these ROW links, I plan to link to five articles (mostly random) about a country. The only thing that is common to them is that they're all about one particular country.
And today's country is Australia: I have not (yet) been to the country, but loved reading about it in Bill Bryson's book, and loved hating the Australian cricket team (still do!). But on a more serious note, it is a country that I need to read more about.
In no particular order, or theme, five articles I read recently about Australia:
"It's on the matter of culture that Alan is most unconsciously revealing — unconsciously because Alan's generation did not think of it as "culture" so much as of "character". His upbringing was simple, in farming country near Gosford since swamped by housing. "I didn't known what a steak was until I got to Sydney," he recalls. "My mother knew how to cook rabbit 10 different ways.""
How to not begin with an article on cricket? Alan Davidson, the original Wasim Akram – and a profile on him by Gideon Haigh. Please read, if you are a fan of cricket, Haigh's book on Warne, called… "On Warne".
"Australia loves larrikins, as long as they are white, and polite, and display no flamboyance and voice no controversial opinions. Australia laments there is no colour in public life anymore, complains that sports-people show no personality in their interviews, and then punishes them the moment they do. Australia is willing to embrace Nick Kyrgios, as long as he becomes someone else."
From Australian sportsmen then, to Australian sportsmen now. Nick Kyrgios.
"Australia will be a great nation, and a power for good in the world, when her head of state is a part-Aboriginal and her prime minister a poor man. Or vice versa."
Words written by Les Murray, who passed away recently. This article is via The Browser, and is worth reading for glimpses of Murray's poetry, but also for an insight into Murray's opinion about Australia.
"It is commonly reported that the colonisation of Australia was driven by the need to address overcrowding in the British prison system, and the fact of the British losing the Thirteen Colonies of America in the American Revolution; however, it was simply not economically viable to transport convicts halfway around the world for this reason alone.[4] Many convicts were either skilled tradesmen or farmers who had been convicted for trivial crimes and were sentenced to seven years' transportation, the time required to set up the infrastructure for the new colony. Convicts were often given pardons prior to or on completion of their sentences and were allocated parcels of land to farm."
Almost everybody who has attended a class I've taught on Principles of Economics knows the story – well, the story stands on somewhat weakened foundations.
Finally, Professor Cowen picks his favorite things Australian. I am gloriously unaware of all of them.
Tech: Links for 23rd July 2019
"Cichon's find shows us that when thinking about their overall impact on the planet, it's not helpful to think in isolation about producing 2 billion iPhones. Instead, we should think about a counterfactual: What would have been produced over the past 12 years in a smartphone-free world? The answer, clearly, is a lot more: a lot more gear, and a lot more media."
You might think that this piece is about technology. But it is at least as much about opportunity costs.
"Comparably high pricing has long been seen as a roadblock to success for Netflix in India, where competitors charge significantly less for their paid video services. For instance, Disney's Hotstar service only charges consumers INR 365 for a full year of paid access."
Will Netflix lower its prices in India? What do competitive markets have to say about this?
"China has been stealing our intellectual property and conducting cyber-warfare, and China is an unusually dirty country dirtying up the planet. Trump's 25% tariffs on China should be reframed as a carbon tax.
You don't want people negotiating trade treaties who are dogmatic about free trade. The worse job they do, the better job they think they are doing. You need people who are skeptical to be negotiating trade treaties, in order to get a better deal for the U.S. You don't want them to be playing John Lennon's "Imagine" in the background."
Notes from a Peter Thiel speech. If you want to learn how to do contrarian thinking, there probably isn't a better person around.
"Of all the fables that have grown up around the moon landing, my favorite is the one about Stanley Kubrick, because it demonstrates the use of a good counternarrative. It seemingly came from nowhere, or gave birth to itself simply because it made sense. (Finding the source of such a story is like finding the source of a joke you've been hearing your entire life.) It started with a simple question: Who, in 1969, would have been capable of staging a believable moon landing?"
I am (emphatically!) not saying that the moon landing was a conspiracy. I just enjoyed reading this article because it is a good exercise in the following exercise: I don't believe it – not for a second. But if it were to be true, how might it have been done?
Not the most well written article you'll find, and the advertisements aren't fun to switch off – but a useful list of startups in the education space. As you might imagine, a topic I find very interesting indeed.
India: Links for 22nd July, 2019
Now that the dust has settled, and it isn't "news" anymore, let's take a look at the budget.
Rather than reading the budget, a much better use of your time would be to read the economic survey. Still, if you insist, here's the budget at a glance.
"Nirmala Sitharaman, India's first full-time female finance minister, presented the first Budget of Modi government 2.0 yesterday. Unlike, other finance ministers before her, Sitharaman in her speech talked about everything but the Budget—which basically refers to the government's expenditures on various things during this financial year, and where the earnings to finance those expenditures are likely to come from. But just because she did not discuss the numbers, doesn't mean we shouldn't either."
Vivek Kaul explains, in a very readable article in NewsLaundry, what this particular budget is about.
Another useful article by the same author, that explains some (non)peculiarities in this year's budget.
"Desperation is creeping into India's economic policy-making. Having lost the fiscal plot, bureaucrats are trying to marshal resources by squeezing taxpayers, foreign investors, firms planning buybacks and even the central bank. Such overreach never ends well."
Andy Mukherjee is less than impressed with this year's budget.
"The third respect in which it differed from all previous Budgets — and not just Jaitley's — was that macroeconomics was simply missing from her speech. As I said, the primary function of a Budget is to control government expenditure and limit it to what the representatives of the people approve. But as governments grew in size, both their Budget balance and their tax and expenditure policies had serious effects on the national economy. Parliaments are supposed to watch and control these effects. . This function was entirely forgotten by Sitharaman. She did not err. Simply, it is her experience that Parliament does not care."
Ashok Desai is exasperated with the budget, plain and simple.
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All About Natasha Aughey: Measurements, Height, Age, Boyfriend
By Robbie Peterson July 22, 2021
1 Who is Natasha Aughey?
2 Early life and Family
4 YouTube Career
5 Her workout regime
7 Other social media
8 Would you like to know her net worth?
9 Physical stats and Hobbies
Who is Natasha Aughey?
Natasha Aughey is a social media star, a bodybuilder, fitness trainer, and Instagram influencer, who rose to fame by posting interesting fitness and gym-related content on social media. She is additionally known for her successful modeling career. She was born under the Zodiac sign Pisces on 18 March 1993, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, so holds Canadian nationality, and as of 2021, she is 28 years old.
Not much is known about her parents and their professions, but she has a sister named Michaela. Natasha became interested in fitness and gym during her high school days, prompting her to focus more seriously.
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When it comes to her education, she attended an unknown high school in Ottawa, from which she matriculated in 2011, then obtained a CanFitPro Certified Level 1 Trainer.
Natasha kicked-off her career unintentionally in high school, when she began visiting the gym on a regular basis. After spending a couple of years, her physique changed, but she still wasn't seeing the results she had wanted, as she was losing weight and not developing curves. This prompted her to seek the advice of the fitness trainers and bodybuilders, who suggested weightlifting.
After following a well-defined workout regime, her body significantly developed, and Natasha quickly earned the title "Canadian Beast", as some media outlets named her. At her friends' suggestion, she created an Instagram account in 2012, often posting photos of her workouts and achieved progress. Not long afterwards, various fitness and supplement brands started reaching out to Natasha, as she slowly gained recognition in the bodybuilding community. In 2013, she entered the OPA Ottawa Championship and came in sixth place. In her second competition in 2014, she won the competition in her class.
Natasha Aughey
The following year she competed again, landing in third place in the Figure Category, but she reportedly wasn't satisfied with her results and hence decided not to compete again.
However, over the following years she continued with the regime, pushing her boundaries and motivating other people. She collaborated with various brands, including Celestial Bodie, Enhanced Human Performance Labs (EHP), and Black Stone labs. At the moment, she is sponsored by Hexxee Socks, Redcon1 Canada, and Hybrid Performance Method Gym.
YouTube Career
Motivated by her success with bodybuilding and fitness, in 2015, she launched the self-titled YouTube channel.
Similar to her other social media accounts, she uses YouTube to showcase her workout regimes, plus share advice and tips on how to achieve her body physique. Some of her first videos are entitled "Natasha Aughey (Glute/Ham Workout)" and Natasha Aughey "(Arm Workout)". Recently, she began diversifying her content, adding video blogs such as "Coffee &Hike" and "Wild Camping – Canoeing, Campfire, Cooking, S'mores".
Natasha's most popular video is entitled "Leg Day," which as of mid-2021 counts over seven million views; her channel has over 300,000 subscribers with over 30 million views. In the description for the channel, she elaborated that the main reason for creating the account was simply to motivate others, and to share her experience and tips with people who are interested in fitness and bodybuilding.
Her workout regime
As a prolific bodybuilder and fitness trainer, Natasha has a very defined and strict weekly routine. On Mondays, she usually focuses on her back, then glutes and hamstrings. On Thursday, Natasha works on her chest and biceps, followed up by shoulders and triceps. Her Friday and Saturday routine consists of quadriceps, and rear deltoid shoulder focus, while on Sundays, she rests. Even though she doesn't follow any specific diet, she likes to prepare well-balanced meals which are nutritious and healthy. In an interview, Natasha said:" I like to make healthy recipes that I find using my 'phone, but what I eat the most is likely my chicken and rice dish. I still have lots of recipes I have not made yet, and of course I have a few for my cheat days that are yummy."
Her favorite dishes include sushi, doughnuts, and burgers.
Given that Natasha is a very shy and secretive person who likes to keep her private matters away from the public eye, not much is known about her romantic interests, so there's no concrete information about her dating history.
Even though she's never made any claims or discussed her sexuality, some fans took the lack of information about her personal life and male company as a potential sign that she might be lesbian. Additionally, some rumors circulated about her alleged abuse of steroids. Those accusations, as well, have never been proven.
Over the years, Natasha has amassed quite a following on Instagram; her account currently has 1.3 million followers. She has a Twitch account, which at the moment counts over 5,000 followers. Since launching her career, she has acquired a loyal fans base which perceives Natasha as an inspiration and body goal.
Would you like to know her net worth?
Natasha's estimated net worth is around $500,000, acquired through her career as a bodybuilder and social media star. She generally earns by promoting various fitness products and gear. According to Social Blade, which is a website that tracks social media statistics, Natasha makes around $7,000 monthly, and so around $85,000 a year on YouTube.
Physical stats and Hobbies
Natasha is 5ft 6ins (165cm) tall, weighs around 136lbs (61kgs), with vital statistics of 36-25-38. Her natural hair is black, while her eyes are black as well. Also, she has numerous tattoos.
In her free time, she likes to watch Anime, and besides lifting weights, she likes to divulge in various outdoor activities, such as hiking, camping and running. Interestingly, she is also a gamer – Natasha plays Nintendo, Pokemon, and Clash of Clans.
Natasha has a dog named Little Loki.
In addition to her impressive physique, she is very humorous and goofy, best seen in her video blogs such as "Pumpkin Carving" and "Crocs n' socks for leg day".
Author Robbie Peterson
Robbie is currently a reporter for TheBiography based in Santa Monica, CA. Prior to joining TheBiography in December 2020, he was an entertainment reporter in People.
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Is the real issue in the Colin Kaepernick situation that an athlete won't stand for the National Anthem?
Or is it that the nation won't stand strongly against unpatriotic citizens?
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Kaepernick has made big news recently — and sparked a movement now spreading to other teams and players — by refusing to stand for the Anthem before football games. It's a Black Lives Matter-type protest, the athlete explained, saying, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.… To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
Kaepernick is alluding to black criminal suspects shot by police — and in particular by white officers — cases of which have made headlines in recent years. Of course, the reality is that 93 percent of black homicide victims are murdered by other blacks, and most of the rest are killed by Hispanics; thus, non-Hispanic white-on-black murder is a very rare phenomenon. It's also true that the vast majority of people shot by police are white, that whites are more likely to be shot by cops relative to the races' homicide rates and the rate at which they feloniously shoot police, and that police killings of black suspects have declined 75 percent during the last few decades. Yet the issue here is not just that Kaepernick and some other people have adopted the wrong social struggle, but that many more people have adopted the wrong social code.
Reflecting this and quite different from Tortorella, the 49ers issued a statement on Kaepernick reading, in part, "In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose and participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem," reports NFL.com. The site continued, "Niners coach Chip Kelly told reporters Saturday that Kaepernick's decision not to stand during the national anthem is 'his right as a citizen' and said 'it's not my right to tell him not to do something.'" Yet this is posturing. The NFL restricts freedom of expression and religion all the time, often telling athletes and other employees "not to do something." In 2014, for instance, Kansas City Chiefs player Husain Abdullah was penalized for kneeling in prayer in the end zone after a touchdown, New York Jets coach Rex Ryan was fined $100,000 for shouting profanity following a victory, and Kaepernick himself was fined more than $10,000 after being accused of using a racial slur.
Moreover, the NFL mandates much uniformity. Would the league tolerate a player who, citing symbolic sartorial expression and rejection of conformity, refused to wear his team jersey? And would the NFL be so tolerant of an athlete who sat for the Anthem as a protest against big government, the acceptance of faux marriage, Obama's "transgender" bathroom directive, or the spread of white-privilege theory? After all, everyone has a cause.
The reality is that the NFL is cowardly hiding behind the freedoms of speech and expression, which, the Constitution makes clear, only prohibit government trampling of those freedoms. As a private employer, the NFL can — and always does — limit what its employees can do while on the job.
In fact, it isn't unheard of for businesses' employee contracts to contain "morals clauses," which limit behavior not just on the job but also off it. Moreover, they can address not just criminal activity but also mandate that an employee "refrain from behavior that tends to 'shock, insult, and offend the community and public morals and decency,'" writes the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law. And examples of Americans fired on this basis abound. In 2007, a Catholic high-school teacher was sacked for remarrying both outside the Catholic Church and before having his first marriage annulled; Catholic schoolteachers have also been pink-slipped for practicing homosexuality. And actors Michael Nader, Charlie Sheen, and Mel Gibson all had contracts terminated for violation of morals clauses.
Then there's the 2014 case of Mozilla Corporation co-founder Brendan Eich, forced to resign from his CEO position for opposing faux marriage. His case didn't involve a violation of a morals clause but of the fashionable social code known as political correctness, and this brings us to the point: The NFL isn't kowtowing to Kaepernick because it cares, oh-so much, about "freedom of religion and expression." Rather, the issue is that our social code is corrupted — consequently, today's social pressure often dictates all the wrong things.
Writing about Kaepernick, columnist Karina Bland told a story about how her Marine father admonished her for hissing at those who didn't honor the Anthem. She wrote that her dad "explained that people get to decide, whether to stand still, or keep walking.… They can put their hands over their hearts, or let their arms hang loosely. They can remove their hats or leave them on. They can cheer proudly, or even jeer." This is what America is all about, is the idea.
And the idea is a common mistake. When someone does something wrong that he has a legal right to do is precisely when society's role begins. I have every right to consistently respond to others' courtesies and kindness with a string of profanity.
And they have a right to scorn, ostracize, and refuse to hire me.
And the right use of freedom is meant to counterbalance (and correct) the wrong use of freedom. But when it's only used one way by one side, in the wrong way, a nation goes in the wrong direction. Apropos to this, philosopher G.K. Chesterton observed, "All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change." If we said we wanted nothing whatsoever to do with government and the process of lawmaking and completely departed that sphere, we wouldn't end up with no laws, nor would lawmaking cease. Some other group would assume that role and we'd end up with its laws. Likewise, every society has social laws (a social code), and what happens when — fancying that using social pressure is somehow un-American — conservatives and libertarians refuse to engage the social sphere? Social laws don't disappear.
It's just that some other group creates them.
And when the wrong group does, the result is what we witness all around us: The world's Brendan Eichs get axed. Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker is suspended and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation for making politically incorrect comments, while Kaepernick is applauded by some and tolerated by many. Businessmen are scorned and threatened (not to mention punished by government) for refusing to service faux weddings, amidst all other manner and form of politically correct persecution.
So sitting is the problem. When "live and let live" types sit on their hands with respect to the social sphere, it doesn't create a libertarian country. It creates a vacuum to be filled by those who will live — and cause righteousness and the republic to die.


The changes and disruptions of the past hundred years have shaped our conception of reality, our thought, and our language. The Dictionary of Now series reflects on the capacity of words to both depict and create reality. The selected terms for the Dictionary organize complex fields of knowledge. Since the modern age this went hand in hand with the search for universal truths and codified usages. The Dictionary of Now will confront this assertion of linguistic universalism with specific contemporary positions.
What varieties and shifts of meaning lie at the root of these terms, what readings and subtexts do they harbor? What social, political and technological processes of transformation can be read from them? And how can they be sharpened and adjusted in order to generate scope for linguistic action?
In a series of twelve discussions through 2015 to 2018, distinguished representatives from the sciences, politics and the arts, from theory and praxis, question the established meanings of selected terms, updating them against the background of their respective expertise.


If you follow a lot of sewing blogs, you've probably seen some of your fellow sewists making up patterns by the new-ish German pattern company Schnittchen. Until recently, Schnittchen's size range topped out at a European size 46 (similar to a Burda size 46). However, now several of their patterns are available in a very generous size range–up to a European size 56 (up to a 53.5″/136cm bust).
The Michelle is a swing-style blouse with a good amount of ease through the bust and hips. Fabric choice is going to be very important for this pattern–you'll want to use something lightweight and very drapey.
No buttons or buttonholes! It might seem weird, at first, but the blouse has enough overlap at the CF that they aren't really needed. The blouse fastens at the top with a single snap. And I thought that the final blouse might hang weird over my large bust, but due to the shaping, there's no issue with that at all.
Schnittchen also generously offered to giveaway several patterns to our CSC readers (details at the bottom of this post) in conjunction with my pattern review.
Note that while I received a promotional copy of this pattern, all of my opinions are my own.
Size Range: The Michelle Blouse is available in both Schnittchen's Plus size range and Misses size range. The Plus size range encompasses European sizes 46-56 (42″-53.5″/106-136cm bust, 45″-56″/114.5-142cm hip). The Misses size range encompasses sizes 34-46 (32″-42″/82cm-106cm bust, 36″-45″/91cm-114.5cm hip).
When reviewing my photos, I realized the hem looks like it hangs strangely in some of my photos. This is simply a result of the blouse shifting while wearing it and not a result of weird drafting or anything.
Based off of the size chart, I made a size 52, blending to a size 56 from the bust on down (aka a "cheater" FBA). I debated doing a "real" FBA on this one, but given its loose, swingy style, I opted to skip it.
Amazingly, while the armholes are a bit large, the blouse doesn't ride up in front, even without an FBA.
This was an easy blouse to construct. The drafting and style is unique, but there isn't anything particularly challenging about the actual construction.
The instructions are on the sparse side–similar to StyleArc's. There aren't any illustrations, and the instructions skip over things that should be familiar to more experienced sewists, such as which way to press your seam allowances and how and when to finish your seams. I skipped the instructions and used other methods, such as the burrito role method for the yoke, to get cleaner finishes on the yoke and facings.
I was impressed with the pattern's fit. I was a little skeptical about the lack of bust darts, but with the right fabric, I don't think they're necessarily needed. Now, a tent/swing-style top isn't probably the most slimming choice for my full-busted figure, but sometimes it's nice to just wear an easy-fitting shape without stressing about whether or not your waist is defined.
This is such a quick, easy, and comfortable sew that I would definitely make it again. If I were to make the sleeveless version again, I'd probably raise the armholes a bit; however, I'll probably make the sleeved view next time.
I thought that this was a very well-drafted pattern with a very inclusive size range. Given the easy-fitting shape, I think that most curvy sewists would have a fairly easy time with this pattern. The instructions are a bit sparse, but the construction is pretty intuitive if you've made a blouse with a self-faced center front before.
Size Range (1-5): 5 (Nicely inclusive size range).
And now for the part of this post that you've all been waiting for: the Giveaway! Schnittchen has generously offered to give away four of their new plus size patterns to four of our readers. We have 2 copies of the new Katha tunic for giveaway, 1 copy of the Rose dress, and 1 copy of the Jeannie dress.
To enter the giveaway, simply comment on this post with the name of the pattern that you'd like to win. Make sure to either check back to see if you've won or make sure that we can easily contact you–either through your CSC login or by leaving an email address or link to IG or other social media accounts as part of your comment.
Entries for the giveaway close on Friday, December 2 at 12pm Pacific Standard Time. We'll notify the winners a few days after that.
You must be reading my mind! I'm just planning a shirt right now. I would appreciate an article on matching up horizontal patterns. I tried the Craftsy Shirt class and the Libety shirt as well but my memory is poor so I'm happy to follow a long with you. Thank you.
I went to the website and bought the paper Katha tunic pattern as Iv;e never been lucky in competitions and I loved the look of the Katha. got some time off work and will escape to the fabric shop this week.
I have a metallic denim that'd be perfect for Rose.
The Katha Tunic looks great. That's definitely on my list.
Ohhhh all so nice and I love your interpretation. I would love the Katha Tunic!
Katha tunic all the way!!! It looks so versatile for both cooler weather and summer. I can see myself at the campground all comfy and styling in a sleeveless version. So much better than all the T-shirts you see everyone in. And for the cooler weather, I wish I had one on right now here in front of my computer looking out at the fall colors and squirrels gathering nuts. A nice burnished rusty color would feel awesome.
I would love the Jeannie dress. Love the sleeves and the silhouette.
Whew! Those 3 pattern's look great. I would love the Kantha tunic. Have been looking for a shaped but loose tunic for ages!
I love the look of the Jeannie dress!
I would like to try the Katha tunic.
I would enjoy the Katha tunic. The designs look nice, clean and simple.
Katha Tunic! I seriously love this, and I really want to try this company. I have large biceps, but I believe that these patterns will have the least adjustments for my juicy pear body. Lol. Thank you for discussing this company, I really am excited.


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Perfumer's Apprentice Nectarine Concentrate provides the exquisite taste of fresh nectarines- similar to a peach flavour, but with a little more tartness.
Perfumer's Apprentice Nectarine Concentrate provides the exquisite taste of fresh nectarines- similar to a peach flavour, but with a little more tartness. The tangy juiciness of this flavour concentrate makes it a perfectly good stand-alone, but it will add brightness when mixed as part of a DIY recipe, making other fruit flavours shine. Perfumer's Apprentice Nectarine Concentrate pairs well with peach flavours and watermelon, adding more high notes to the mix.
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Telomerase and early detection of cancer: A National Cancer Institute Workshop
R. A. Breslow, J. W. Shay, A. F. Gazdar, S. Srivastava
Cell Biology - Division S
Hamon Center For Therapeutic Oncology
Neoplastic Gene Expression Regulation
Telomerase
Early Detection of Cancer
Breslow, R. A., Shay, J. W., Gazdar, A. F., & Srivastava, S. (1997). Telomerase and early detection of cancer: A National Cancer Institute Workshop. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 89(9), 618-623.
Telomerase and early detection of cancer : A National Cancer Institute Workshop. / Breslow, R. A.; Shay, J. W.; Gazdar, A. F.; Srivastava, S.
In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 89, No. 9, 1997, p. 618-623.
Breslow, RA, Shay, JW, Gazdar, AF & Srivastava, S 1997, 'Telomerase and early detection of cancer: A National Cancer Institute Workshop', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 89, no. 9, pp. 618-623.
Breslow RA, Shay JW, Gazdar AF, Srivastava S. Telomerase and early detection of cancer: A National Cancer Institute Workshop. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 1997;89(9):618-623.
Breslow, R. A. ; Shay, J. W. ; Gazdar, A. F. ; Srivastava, S. / Telomerase and early detection of cancer : A National Cancer Institute Workshop. In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 1997 ; Vol. 89, No. 9. pp. 618-623.
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Wright Brothers Memorial gets tree grant in time for fall colors
Credit: (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley
Jasmine Pierce, an Ohio Department of Natural Resources intern, and Adam Yankush, a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base volunteer, plant a new tree Oct. 1 at the Wright Brothers Memorial. WPAFB and ODNR teamed up to plant 26 trees at the memorial for National Public Lands Day. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH
By W. Eugene Barnett, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
Addition part of National Public Lands Day celebration
The 88th Civil Engineer Group's Environmental Branch and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base volunteers partnered with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to plant 26 beech and dogwood trees at Wright Brothers Memorial through a National Environmental Education Foundation grant.
The tree planting took place Oct. 1 in the picnic area. The event was linked to National Public Lands Day, which is celebrated Sept. 25.
"The National Park Service and ODNR are great partners in helping the base maintain our urban forest assets," said Scott Vincent, 88 CEG director. "WPAFB is a longtime Tree City USA community, and our partners have been integral in that success."
The National Environmental Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization chartered by Congress in 1990 to partner with the Environmental Protection Agency and advance environmental literacy nationwide. NEEF works to make the environment more accessible, relatable, relevant and connected to the daily lives of all Americans.
Kaley Bartosik (left) and Sarah Burkhart, both with the 88th Force Support Squadron, place a tree in the ground Oct. 1 at the Wright Brothers Memorial. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH
"Part of the grant acceptance is agreeing to help get the word out about (Department of Defense) lands that are open to the public for recreation and enjoyment," said Danielle Trevino, a biological scientist with 88 CEG's Environmental Branch.
Sitting high on top of the hill overlooking Area A, Wright Brothers Memorial is open to the public and covered with trees of various fall colors this time of year.
Another tree supporter is Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
"The colors of fall make our great outdoors even more beautiful," DeWine said in an ODNR news release Sept. 23. "This is the perfect time to enjoy a walk through a state park, nature preserve, or forest and experience the transition of summer to autumn."
National Public Lands Day brings together hundreds of thousands of individual and organizational volunteers to help restore the country's public lands. These are the places Americans use for outdoor recreation, education and enjoyment.
The lands encompass national parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, forests, grasslands, marine sanctuaries, lakes and reservoirs, as well as state, county and city parks managed by public and government agencies, all of which can be visited by all.
For more information, contact Trevino at danielle.trevino.1@us.af.mil or 937-257-8555.
A volunteer plants a tree Oct. 1 at the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. WPAFB and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources teamed up to plant 26 trees at the memorial for National Public Lands Day. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH
A volunteer shovels dirt into the hole where a new tree was just placed Oct. 1 at the Wright Brothers Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH
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Denison baseball to play in NCAA Regional at Adrian College
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Denison will play in the 2019 NCAA Division III Tournament | Photo by Levi Rex
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GRANVILLE, Ohio-- After capturing the 2019 North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Denison will take a program-best 38-7 record into the NCAA Tournament. On Monday's NCAA Selection Show it was announced that the Big Red will travel to Adrian, Michigan on May 17-19 for a four-team regional tournament. Denison is the top-seed at the tournament and will face La Roche (Pa.) in the opening game on Friday, May 17 at a time to be determined. Heidelberg and Adrian will play in the other opening round game.
Denison is led offensively by junior first baseman Will Krushena and sophomore shortstop Max Lahn. Krushena ranks second in the nation in runs batted in with 68. He is batting .393 with 21 doubles and five home runs. He opened the season with a school-record 28-game hitting streak and hit for the cycle in Denison's 12-9 win over Kenyon on April 16.
Lahn boasts the nation's seventh-best batting average at .438 in addition to his .531 on-base percentage. He has had 24 multi-hit games in 2019.
Senior starting pitcher Danny Brackman leads a balanced and deep pitching staff that is a mixture of youth and experience. Brackman is 8-2 and leads the team with 71 strikeouts in 74.0 IP. Sophomore Taylor Perrett boasts a 3.53 ERA and is coming off a complete game shutout of Allegheny in the NCAC Tournament that landed him on the All-Tournament Team.
As a team, Denison is averaging 8.8 runs per game which is good for ninth out of 386 teams in Division III. The Big Red have been sound in all three phases and the defense has been spectacular. Their .971 fielding percentage has them ranked in the top-10 in Division III.
Denison head coach Mike Deegan is in his seventh season leading the Big Red. He became the program's all-time leader in wins earlier this season and brings a 191-100 (.656) record into the NCAA Tournament. Over the last three seasons, DU has won 99 games with a .756 winning percentage.
This is Denison's second-straight NCAA Tournament berth. The Big Red was an at-large selection in 2018 and were sent to the Holly Springs, North Carolina regional.
Adrian Regional Notebook
Cam the Man: Freshman outfielder Cam Farren was named the Most Valuable Player of the NCAC Tournament after hitting .625 (10-for-16). He is currently riding a 10-game hitting streak.
Insta-Troll: Senior pitcher John Troll has been Denison's long man out of the bullpen in 2019. He was integral in Denison's NCAC Tournament championship, going 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in 9.2 IP. Troll started Saturday's deciding championship game and pitched five innings, allowing one earned run. He is 8-0 with one save in 50.2 IP in 2019.
Stacked: Eight of Denison's nine regular starters boast batting averages over .300. Denison's .344 team batting average ranks fifth in Division III.
I Made Sacrifices: Denison may boast one of the most potent offenses in the country, but they are not afraid to play small ball. The Big Red lead the nation in sacrifice flies (40) and rank seventh in sacrifice bunts (45).
Krushed Up: Will Krushena has started all 45 games in the middle of the Denison order and he is enjoying one of the best seasons in program history. He is second in the nation in RBIs (68) and ranks fourth in doubles (21) while batting .393. Krushena enjoyed a 28-game hitting streak to start the season and hit for the cycle in Denison's 12-9 win over Kenyon on April 16. He is also batting .636 (7-for-11) with the bases loaded.
Return of the Mac: Brian McAuliffe leads the team in home runs with 10 and has provided some serious punch out of the No. 5 spot in the batting order. His .647 slugging percentage is tops on the team. He also enjoyed a 21-game hitting streak during which he batted .386 with seven home runs.
Get off my Lahn: In his first year as a regular starter, Max Lahn has established himself as one of the top hitters both regionally, and nationally. Lahn leads Denison with a .438 batting average and is even better at getting on base. His on-base percentage of .531 lands him 12th in D-III. Lahn reached base safely in 36-straight games earlier this season.
Back-End Arms: The back end of the bullpen is anchored by senior Mikey Rivera and freshman Henry Haack. Rivera is second in career saves at Denison with 17. This season, Rivera has seven saves and a 4.24 ERA in 34.0 IP. Haack has pitched in 18 games and carries a 2.16 ERA in 29.1 IP with one save.
Backstop Platoon: Brad Baldinger and Daniel Spencer form a formidable backstop for Mike Deegan's club. Baldinger is batting .352 in 25 starts and Spencer is hitting .370 in 20 starts behind the plate. Baldinger is also a member of the Denison football team and will be competing for the starting quarterback job when camp opens in August.
Where the Skies are Blue: Ty Robinson uses Sweet Home Alabama as his walk-up song for a reason. The sophomore hails from Hoover, Alabama and is third on the team in doubles (13) and is batting .417 with runners in scoring position.
Walk it off: Vince Walker enters the NCAA Tournament on a tear. He is batting .407 over the last 10 games. Walker is hitting .321 with a .429 OBP in 42 games played.
Turning 40: Despite a myriad of weather issues, Denison was one of the few teams in the region to play a full 40 game regular season. They were aided by two early season doubleheaders that were played at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The Big Red enters the NCAA Tournament with 38 wins. No Denison baseball team has ever reached the 40-win milestone.
Don't Gimme No Lip: Kenny Lippman is one of three key freshman pitchers for the Big Red in 2019. He is joined by left-handed starter Will McManaman and reliever Henry Haack. Lippman got the start in Denison's 5-3 win over Wooster in Game 6 of the NCAC Tournament. The victory forced the if-necessary championship game that went to the Big Red, 7-5.
Back for Seconds: This is Denison's second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. The first came last season when the Big Red earned an at-large bid to last year's postseason after going 32-10.
So Many Streaks: Six different Denison players have had hitting streaks of 10-games or longer in 2019. Krushena's 28-game streak led the way but third baseman Brian McAuliffe put together a 21-game streak that lasted from March 27 until May 4. Cam Farren's 10-game hitting streak is the top active hitting streak. As a team, Denison set a program record with a 17-game winning streak that stretched from March 21 until April 20.
Home Cooking: Denison went 13-1 at home in 2019 and over the last three seasons the Big Red are 39-6 at Big Red Field.
No Overtime: Denison is yet to play an extra-innings contest in 2019. The Big Red is 32-0 when leading after eight innings.
Doing the little things: Second baseman Anthony Ruggieri has been called on to do the little things all season, boasting a .978 fielding percentage while totaling six sacrifice flies and six sac bunts.
Early Offense: The Big Red has been outstanding in the first inning, outscoring opponents 56-14 in the opening frame.
De facto OAC Champs: While Denison recently claimed its first North Coast Athletic Conference Championship last weekend, its success against the Ohio Athletic Conference in recent years is eye-popping. Dating back to the 2016 season, the Big Red has rattled off 25 consecutive wins against OAC opponents. This year, DU went 9-0 against the OAC.
Opponent History: Denison and La Roche will be playing for only the third time on Friday and the first time since 2014. The Big Red defeated La Roche 6-1 in 2013 and suffered a 15-0 loss to the Red Hawks in 2014. Heidelberg and Denison are familiar opponents and last met on April 24 in Granville. Denison prevailed 8-2 powered by four RBIs from Ty Robinson. Adrian and Denison have only met three on the diamond, first in 2009 and most recently in 2108. The Big Red is 2-1, all-time against the Bulldogs.


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After a Truly Rocky Season, Marist Looks Ready to Take Back The MAAC
Published on 6 Sep 2021 7 Sep 2021 by Tanner Demling
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Coming into the 2021 season the Marist Red Foxes were thought to have the best roster in the MAAC and clear favorites to win the conference. After all, they were the defending MAAC champion from the last full season in 2019 and were coming off a shortened 2020 season which saw them run with a top-20 Richmond team for a full 60 minutes in a 13-11 loss and upset a top-10 Army West Point squad, 17-9, in one of the biggest surprises of the season.
However, things didn't go exactly as planned for the Red Foxes.
Marist opened the season with a 15-11 home victory over Detroit Mercy on March 6th but would have to wait a full 45 days before they saw the field again due to highly-scrutinized COVID-19 protocols imposed by the university. The lengthy pause cost the Red Foxes seven games and left them with just two regular-season contests left on the schedule. Marist won each of the two contests, beating Quinnipiac 14-9 and Manhattan 14-7.
The pause was one of multiple situations that ultimately forced the MAAC to adjust their postseason tournament, expanding it to allow everyone in. Thus, the Red foxes were given the No. 5 seed and paired up against No. 4 Canisius in the conference quarterfinals, where they fell 14-13 to end their season. Despite a late-game, 6-1 run from the Red Foxes, Canisius was able to hold on for the victory and advance to the conference semifinals.
Following a season in which the Red Foxes saw very little action, it's hard to get a clear grasp on exactly where this team stands amongst the rest of the MAAC heading into the 2022 season. But one thing is for sure, Keegan Wilkinson's squads have traditionally played with a big chip on their shoulder, and they may have the biggest one ever heading into spring after what they went through last season.
Offense has carried Marist in recent years, and despite having only four games last season their offensive prowess still showed through. The Red Foxes averaged a conference-high 14 goals per game, 7.50 assists per game, and 21.50 points per game during the 2021 season.
Much of the same should be seen from the Red Foxes' offense this coming season as they return all of their top-five scorers from a year ago in attackmen Jamison Embury (11G/7A), Vito Musso (14G/1A), and JoJo Pirreca (8G/5A), as well as midfielders Hunter Embury (8G/5A), and Jason Intermesoli (3G/5A), who will be back for an extra season. The returning core combined for 19 starts last season and 32 starts over the past two seasons alone.
The only full-time starter lost off this Marist offense is midfielder Joe Tierney (4G/3A), who was named the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year and a first-team All-MAAC selection as a fifth-year senior in 2021. The Bethpage, N.Y. native has been an impact player for the Red foxes and served as one of their top midfielder and overall offensive weapons since he arrived in Poughkeepsie as a freshman.
Returning one of the most talented offensive cores in the conference, this unit should only continue to build on the limited successes they were able to achieve last season. With Embury, Musso, and Pirreca combining to create one heck of a starting attack line that can be dangerous in various situations, and the other Embury twin and Intermesoli leading an offensive midfield that could see a number of guys step up and take that third starting spot, the only direction this Red Foxes' offense appears to be headed is up.
Defensively, things look pretty similar for the Red Foxes as they only lose one starter from a unit that allowed 10.25 goals per game this past season and looks to have the room for tremendous growth in 2022. Sam Ahlgrim, who was the leader of Marist's close defense last season with eight caused turnovers and 12 ground balls is the only loss on the back end.
Anchoring the Red Foxes' defense will be Logan Covey who took over the starting job in cage as a freshman last season and thrived, making 49 saves with a .554% save percentage. With only four games under his belt thus far, first-team All-MAAC selection will get to show the college lacrosse world exactly what he is made of this spring after only being able to show a glimpse last season.
Out in front of the cage, defensemen Kyle Stofko (11GB/6CT) and Kurt Wessner (1GB/3CT) lead the Red Foxes' close defense unit. LSM JT Roselle (8GB/6CT) and SSDM Keenan DeRaeve (4GB/3CT) return to lead the Marist rope unit.
While the Red Foxes return a great deal of talent on both ends of the field, the biggest question mark lies at the faceoff dot. Marist loses Andrew Evans, who went 43-for-107 (.402%) at the faceoff dot last season due to graduation. John Kelly was the only other faceoff man to see any action last season, winning one of two draws as a freshman. Kelly will be battling with incoming freshman Dylan Bedell for that starting spot. Whether it's Kelly or Bedell who gets the starting job or the coaching staff elects for a more faceoff by committee approach, they will certainly be looking to get back to the numbers during the 2019 and 2020 seasons with Peyton Smith ranking among the top-20 nationally at the position.
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Star of David Shines in Ukraine: Israeli Field Hospital Installed
Israel established its "Shining Star" field hospital in Ukraine and sent 230 tons of humanitarian aid donated by the Israeli public for the victims of the war.
By Aryeh Savir, TPS
The Israeli field hospital in Ukraine was installed over the weekend after equipment was transferred via Poland, the latest phase of Israel's help to the war victims in Ukraine.
Seventeen tons of equipment for the establishment of the Israeli "Shining Star" field hospital were sent to Poland, and then from there to the town of Mostyska in western Ukraine.
A medical delegation, including 60 medical staff from all sectors of the health system, will depart Israel on Monday under the leadership of Dr. David Dagan, director of the government hospitals department at the Ministry of Health.
The hospital will provide medical care to the war's many refugees and will include a delivery room, and adult and pediatric wards.
The medical assistance will also include laboratory and imaging capabilities and will utilize remote technologies in collaboration with the Sheba Medical Centre in Israel. The hospital will commence operations on Tuesday.
Similarly, an air train of 230 tons of humanitarian aid donated by the Israeli public for the victims of the war in Ukraine set out to Europe as part of Operation "Out Turn" led by the Jewish Agency.
The donations, including winter equipment and hygiene products, will be dispatched to the Ukrainian border crossings with Poland, Romania, and Hungary.
Over 110 local authorities and organizations from all over Israel took part in the operation, during which 23,000 boxes were collected. The equipment will be distributed by the JDC and the Friends of Ukraine Association in Israel, both to refugees at the border crossings who fled the war destitute and to the victims of the war within Ukraine.
The equipment donated by the general public will also be used to support immigrants and refugees who come to Israel.
Yaakov Haguel, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization and Acting Chairman of the Jewish Agency, stated last week that "the people of Israel are measured by their ability to mobilize for the other in times of peace and in times of war. The Israeli public has opened its hearts and donated hundreds of tons of humanitarian equipment that will help both the victims of the war in Ukraine and the refugees who are in neighboring countries."
At the same time, Jewish communities around the world mobilized for the Jewish Agency's relief efforts for the Jews of Ukraine and have so far donated more than NIS 60 million – through the Jewish Federations of North America, Keren Hayesod and Israeli donors and friends from around the world.
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STRADE also addresses equipment and service suppliers, exploration companies and investors. EU-level dialogues are initiated with mineral-producing countries to support European businesses in these sectors within non-EU countries. These activities also serve as a gateway to future cooperation between the EU and other raw-material-producing countries and often address environmental challenges in the mining sector. See a more detailed description under "Cooperation".
Subsequently, STRADE focuses on the governmental level and the EU's relation to mineral-producing countries. Based on a mapping of present EU and member-state engagements as well as those engagements of non-EU countries, the project provides analyses on how the EU can renew its engagement with mineral-producing countries aiming at a larger EU strategy to ensure fair and unrestricted access to mineral raw materials worldwide. Specifically aiming towards improving environmental and social sustainability, new concepts are developed for Europe's role in international actions toward sustainable mining and processing. Stakeholder workshops are held addressing possible contributions from EU Member States to several objectives, including an international resource governance alliance, internationally accepted sustainability evaluations and other certification schemes. See a more detailed description under "Sustainability".
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Willian will be out of contract next summer and is wanted by Barcelona and Juventus in January. [Image: Getty]
Chelsea star winger Willian is reportedly wanted by European giants Barcelona and Juventus.
Willian's future at the Stamford Bridge is in doubt despite the veteran winger being in fine form for the Blues this season.
The long serving Chelsea winger is no stranger to reports linking him with a move out of the Bridge. But Blues' fans are particularly worried about this latest transfer rumours, and rightly so.
Asides coach Frank Lampard being very vocal about his desire to keep the Brazilian international in his team, here are a couple of reasons why the club should not even think of letting the 31-year old leave just yet.
He's great for the dressing room
For a club like Chelsea who changes managers more than any other Premier League side in the last 10 years, Willian has remained an ever present character in the dressing room of whoever is in charge of the club as confirmed by his teammates both past and present.
He truly loves Chelsea
Many top players have come and gone – Hazard, Costa and Lukaku – to mention a few. But Willian has remained at the Stamford Bridge all these years forming great partnerships with the several strikers and attackers the club has worked with over the years. Some left us in pursuit of "dreams" elsewhere, why Willian has made playing for Chelsea his dream. After all these year of numerous "top clubs" constantly trying to sign him, it must be said that the Brazilian truly loves this club and has called it his home!
He's a brilliant influence to the current Chelsea team
With Chelsea building a new set of young and talented squad, having a few oldies such as Willian around will certainly go a long way in positively influencing these young lads.
Willian has seen it all with the Blues and it's up to players like him to pass on the values of the club down to the new set of budding players at the Stamford Bridge. Especially this day and age when one-man-one-club loyalty seems to be fast fading away.
He still has a few more decent footballing years left in his tank
For a 31-year old winger, Willian, without a doubt still looks as sharp as ever. His being selected regularly by boss Frank Lampard has not been entirely out of experience, but rather due to his current form. He has totally earned his place in the team.
Looking at Willian over the years, its easily imaginable to see him actively playing until his mid-30's.
Hopefully, Chelsea keeps him away from Barcelona to achieve all these amazing benefits he can give to the club now and in the nearest future.
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Prince George Airport Q2 Update
On July 16, 2021 July 16, 2021
Prince George, BC –Passenger numbers at the Prince George Airport (YXS) were up significantly in comparison to the second quarter of 2020; however, passenger volumes are still down 54% year to date. The airport saw 7,427 passengers in April, 8,124 passengers in May, and 12,870 passengers in June. June 2021 saw the most monthly passengers since March 2020. In terms of air service, the Prince George Airport is seeing growth with Flair starting back up and expanded schedules from both Central Mountain Air and Pacific Coastal. There is more to come in the third quarter of the year.
"We are so happy to see air service and passenger numbers increasing," says President and CEO Gordon Duke. "We are looking forward to this trend continuing as COVID restrictions decrease, allowing for more recreational travel."
On the customer service side of things, Farmhouse Catering Company Ltd. has opened up a Gourmet Express in the departures lounge with plans to open a full restaurant pre-security later in the year. Our new long-term parking equipment arrived early in the quarter and has been installed. This is a long-standing customer complaint that the Prince George Airport Authority (PGAA) is happy to see resolved.
The Prince George Airport Authority (PGAA) would like to remind the public that masks are to be worn at all times when in the terminal as per Transport Canada regulations. We are happy to announce that non-passengers are now allowed to be inside the terminal. Effective August 15, 2021 we will no longer be waiving short-term parking fees for those who remain with their vehicle. The Prince George Airport Authority is looking forward to what the next quarter will bring. We're ready when you are.


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Observer > 2014 > December > Exploring Infant Cognition
Exploring Infant Cognition
Sarah Schroeder
APS Awards
Spatial Perception
Many of today's developmental psychologists defend the hypothesis that "babies are smarter than we think" — a lot smarter than we think, explained Nora Newcombe of Temple University during her APS William James Fellow Award Address at the 2014 APS Convention in San Francisco. But Newcombe's work on mental rotation and human spatial perception has made her question the complex cognitive abilities that many researchers ascribe to infants.
"They're smarter than you think if you think they don't know anything," she said, noting that no serious contemporary scientist sees babies as "blank slates" devoid of mental ability. Referencing the concept of "experience expectancy" proposed by neuroscientist William Greenough, also an APS William James Fellow, Newcombe acknowledged that human infants benefit from "strong starting points" — brains capable of learning from the physical world. The empirical questions that remain, then — questions that science has yet to answer — are whether babies are also born with strong representational knowledge of the world and, if so, how much knowledge they are born with.
Infants can't tell scientists what they think or understand. So developmental psychologists have long relied on "looking time" as a clue in the study of infant cognition. In 1997, for example, Sue Hespos and Philippe Rochat designed a study in which 2- to 8-month-old infants were shown a two-dimensional animation of an object (shaped more or less like a two-tined fork) turning as it fell behind a larger occluding square.
Then, the "fork" was either removed from behind the occluder in the position in which it would be expected to have fallen considering its trajectory, or it was removed from the occluder in a position that would be totally unexpected considering the trajectory the babies witnessed. Seeing the second, physically improbable scenario caused infants to look longer at the object. Apparently, Hespos and Rochat concluded, these infants understood that something about the animation didn't mesh with the way the physical world works. Subsequent studies have used looking time to suggest that babies as young as 3 to 4 months can distinguish between pairs of objects that mirror each other and pairs of objects that do not mirror each other.
Newcombe urges developmental psychologists to think twice about interpreting such results as evidence of incredible spatial insight in babies. Work conducted in her own lab and by Wenke Möhring and Andrea Frick used looking time to examine how well infants could predict the position of a p-shaped object that was completely blue on one side and yellow with a red bull's-eye shape on the opposite side. Infants watched the p fall straight down behind an occluder (blue side facing forward and with no rotation at all).
Only when 6-month-old infants had been allowed to handle the p before watching it fall (as opposed to just being shown both sides of the shape) did they stare (i.e., display an "elevated looking time") when the p emerged from behind an occluder with the yellow side facing forward — a surprising event considering the p's trajectory. Ten-month-olds seemed puzzled by unexplained object rotation even without having handled the p figure; however, this effect was carried by the 10-month-olds in the study who had learned to walk. Ten-month-olds who had not yet learned to walk showed shorter looking times than their mobile age-mates when the p shape was pulled from behind the occluder in what should have seemed like an "impossible" position.
These results contradict the dominant "nativist" view of development, which attributes spatial learning to innate intellectual abilities: Experiential learning — exploring and learning from one's environment as the babies did when they handled the p shape — may be much more important than many researchers acknowledge.
Even mobile 10-month-olds like the ones from Möhring and Frick's study, who seemed capable of making predictions about a simple object rotation task, have a very limited understanding of the geometry of their surroundings, Newcombe said. The scientists who design object-rotation tasks may get infants to stare longer at "impossible" scenarios. However, Newcombe warned, the babies "don't think, 'That's impossible.' They just think it looks a little weird; that's all it takes to drive a looking-time finding."
"As you interact [with your environment] through grasping and crawling," she asserted, "that propels developmental change."
According to the evidence that Newcombe and her colleagues have gathered from their work with older children, it takes years of interactive experience before children develop truly complex spatial reasoning capacities. A 2013 study led by Andrea Frick tested 4- and 5-year-olds' ability to play a simplified version of the game Tetris, which required the player to look at a figure and determine how it could fit into a larger puzzle. The team asked only that the children touch the place where the blocks would fit; they didn't actually have to rotate the blocks or fit them into the puzzle. Four-year-olds struggled with the activity; many 5-year-olds could do it.
When these results were combined with those from an experiment that tested how well children ages 3–5 could fit various ghost-shaped pieces into a puzzle board, the researchers concluded that it isn't until about 4.5 years of age that most children are able to make accurate, active predictions about object rotation.
"I think a lot of cognitive development needs to be rethought … in light of these doubts about what looking time is telling us," Newcombe said. She hopes her work will challenge researchers convinced that "babies are smarter than we think" to embrace a different point of view. Newcombe believes that babies are "really not so smart, and that there's a lot of change that occurs during development, and that our task is indeed to embrace this change and to think about what creates this change."
Right now, Newcombe sees child cognitive development between infancy and 4 years of age as terra incognita. Infants, she argues, must learn many of the skills scientists previously assumed they were born with; mapping that learning process should be a new priority for developmental researchers.
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