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Stanford law professor says T-Mobile's 'Binge On' violates Net Neutrality principles
by Greg Sandoval on February 1, 2016 at 5:23 am February 1, 2016 at 6:13 am
T-Mobile CEO John Legere introduces Binge On during the Un-carrier X. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/AP Images for T-Mobile)
Binge On, the "unlimited" video-streaming service from T-Mobile, stifles competition, free speech and customer choice and because of this it violates basic principles of Net Neutrality, a Stanford University law professor has found.
T-Mobile, one of the country's largest providers of mobile internet access, launched Binge On in November. The service features video from Netflix, Amazon, HBO and others. Binge On customers can watch this content without it counting against their data allotments.
But on Friday, Barbara van Schewick, a professor at Stanford Law School and director of the university's Center for Internet and Society, joined YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in accusing T-Mobile of violating Net Neutrality principles. In her report, van Schewick outlined how Binge On was helping T-Mobile set itself up as an Internet "gatekeeper," one that would determine "winners and losers online," and distort competition.
According to van Schewick, by exempting Binge On's video from customers' data plans, T-Mobile is providing preferential treatment to Binge On's partners. The professor also found that while T-Mobile says any video provider can join Binge On, the reality is that T-Mobile requires partners to adhere to a specific technical criteria, which does not accept encryption. The report from Stanford alleges that Binge On is quicker to accept larger services into the program and this effectively discriminates against smaller players who must wait. This also forces video providers to shape their services to T-Mobile's technical demands. She warned this will mean the end of the "innovation without permission" era.
In addition, van Schewick says Binge On's partners are all commercial video providers, and notes the lack of non-profit, user-generated and educational offerings.
"As long as Binge On gives special treatment to video as a class," she wrote, "it undermines the vision of an open Internet where all applications have an equal chance of reaching audiences, and people, not ISPs, choose how to use the bandwidth available to them."
For these reasons, van Schewick says "Binge On" violates the law.
T-Mobile executives have said they are "baffled" by criticism of Bing On, citing factors including the ability of users to opt out of the program. Last week, the company introduced a new feature to make it easier for users to switch "Binge On" off and on by dialing a number. The company says any video provider can join the program, and it notes that the low-def streams for all video content mean that customers are benefitting from lower data use even when watching video content from providers not in the program.
But the Stanford finding is the second negative assessment from an independent party in less than a month. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a group that advocates for internet users and technology companies, said earlier in January that after studying Binge On, it concluded that "T-Mobile is throttling (Binge On's) video streams, plain and simple."
EFF wrote, "It's pretty obvious that throttling all traffic based on application type definitely violates the principles of net neutrality."
T-Mobile and CEO John Legere have denied that his company throttles and tried to call into question EFF's motives. We will have to wait to see if Legere will accuse Stanford University of having any hidden agendas.
Greg Sandoval is a long-time tech reporter as well as a former staff writer at The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Verge. He's just completed a two-year, around-the-world tour and now freelances for GeekWire.
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Borough-ing for Food: A Brief Review of Food and the City
March 30, 2016 · by JS Epstein
Ina Yalof's new book, Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restaurateurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and Why They Do It, is due out May 31, 2016. The book, essentially a collection of oral histories, is divided into nine sections, each dealing with a different aspect of professional cooking or food supply. Yalof presents a brief introduction to each section, and then lets the professionals speak for themselves.
A quick perusal of books on "New York" and "food" reveals any number of guides to eating in the city. Some are broad, like Zagat's, while others choose to focus only on Brooklyn, or only on pizza, vegetarian food, or street food. Some books are about particular institutions, like the Manischewitz matzo factory, or Russ & Daughters, known mostly for their smoked and pickled fish. Yalof's book is none of these; it is not a restaurant review book, nor does it tell the detailed history of one restaurant or family. (The section on "Duck and Other Dynasties" does contain vignettes of family-owned and operated establishments, from a famed Staten Island pizzeria to Fox's U-Bet chocolate syrup, one of three ingredients in nearly any egg cream.)
New York City food carts offer cuisine on the run.(www.citi.io)
What makes Yalof's book interesting are the themes that unite so many of the stories. There are many immigrants, each discussing why they left Greece or Nicaragua in search of financial success or stability in America, and how work in the food industry provided them with that. There are numerous examples of people abandoning other careers, sometimes successful ones, in the financial sector, in veterinary medicine, to pursue careers in food, whether as food cart operators, restaurant owners, or pastry chefs. In these cases, nearly every person was driven by a passion: either to work with their hands, to be their own boss, or to immerse themselves in the frenetic and cocksure world of gastronomy.
The other feature that differentiates this book from other food guides or histories is that the stories here are told by the involved parties. The narrative voice changes within each profile, which adds another layer to the stories. In some, you can almost hear an accent come off the page, whether from Italy, Mexico, or just the South Bronx. Each one is distinct, much like the foods made, and chosen with discretion by Yalof.
In addition to covering these traditional categories of food purveyors like chefs and cooks, she has a section on "Crowd Feeding," which includes a profile from the chief overseer of food service operations for all of New York City's Department of Corrections. The last section, "Counter Culture," features some of New York's most famous walk-in establishments, and one oral history is from an 84-year-old lox slicer at Zabar's. These distinct voices all come to life while reading the book, even if I, an erstwhile vegetarian, have a difficult time stomaching some of the narratives (the family-owned duck farm on Long Island springs to mind).
Len Berk slices salmon at Zabar's Food Emporium. (npr.org)
New York is almost unique as a food city. There are so many restaurants that many of them are famous for, or indeed focus on, one specific food item. And New Yorkers like to know all the restaurants, in their neighborhood certainly, and have strongly felt opinions on them. The only thing missing in Food and the City was some ink devoted to that other particular aspect of food in New York — delivery.
Now it's your turn. Choose one of both of these questions to expound on: What's your favorite cookbook or work of gastronomic literature? OR Do you know the history of any of your favorite restaurants?
This entry was posted in Book Reviews and tagged Books about Food, Food and the City, Growth of Food Carts, Immigrants and the Food Industry, Ina Yalof, Len Berk lox slicer at Zabar's, New York City Food Guides, New York Food Books, Oral History as Narrative Style, Pursuing Careers in Food Industry. Bookmark the permalink.
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6 thoughts on "Borough-ing for Food: A Brief Review of Food and the City"
Kate Gilbert says:
Hard to choose favorites, but there's one book on my shelf that is both a cookbook and a gastronomic history: Edna Lewis's The Taste of Country Cooking. This beautifully written book combines recipes with stories about Lewis's youth in a rural African-American community in early twentieth-century Virginia.
Thank you for the review. I can think of several people who would enjoy this book!
JS Epstein says:
Kate, thanks for your comment. Edna Lewis is certainly the grand dame of Southern cooking.
Since I'm not a cook, I don't read cookbooks–or even buy cookbooks. But my favorite is the one my mother compiled of family recipes her mother had compiled. I taught myself to type at age eleven by typing up the cards they were written on. You can imagine how some of the pages must look. (This in the day before computers or even whiteout!)
Since Mama put this book together when she was in her 80s, with poor eyesight and arthritic hands, it looks very amateurish, despite its beautiful cover of one of my grandmother's watercolors. But reading it is an adventure in meeting relatives I've never known and exploring foods I've never heard of elsewhere (ex. syllabub) and reliving a day with my mother..
It might be fun to try a meal of your mom's recipes in your new kitchen…
Sounds like a fun book to read—especially for the voice of the 84-yr-old lox slicer—food is definitely something that ties all of humanity together—and brings out the ethnic best in all of us. All my favorite foody books are gifts from my mother, who was unmoved when I feared I wouldn't know how to cook when I got married. Her most memorable advice about that worry was, "You can read, can't you?" The most fun of her gift books, aside from the ones from our own ethnic background, was The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken—full of funny essays on food as well as great recipes. Thanks for reminding me 🙂
Crystal Klimavicz says:
I love the photo of Len at Zabar's. I've been hearing that name for a long time, as they are supporters of NPR's selected shorts. Now, I have a face to put with the name. Fun article. I have frequented Boston much more than New York, so I will admit that I am rather 'green' when it comes to the City. Hope to get there, soon, though!

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Азербайджан на XXIX Всемирной Летней Универсиаде в Тайбэе представляло 19 спортсменов в четырёх видах спорта: лёгкой атлетике, дзюдо, тхэквондо и тяжёлой атлетике. В итоге сборная Азербайджана завоевала три золотые, одну серебряную и четыре бронзовые медали, заняв 24-е место.

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Результаты соревнований

Дзюдо
Азербайджан на Универсиаде был представлен тремя дзюдоистами. Это были Тельман Велиев (73 кг), Фирудин Дадашев (90 кг) и Зелим Коцоев (100 кг). Первую медаль сбороной завоевал Зелим Коцоев, который, одолев четырех соперников, вышел в финал против японского дзюдоиста Кентаро Иида. Заработав оценку «вадза-ари» в дополнительное время Коцоев выиграл золотую медаль Универсиады.

Фирудин Дадашов, победив дзюдоистов из Колумбии и Италии, проиграл вскоре японцу,чей выход в финал позволил Дадашову продолжить состязание в утешительных схватках. Здесь он одолел спортсменов из Чехии, Латвии и Казахстана, завоевав бронзовую медаль, которая стала второй медалью для сборной Азербайджана на Универсиаде.

Тельман Велиев же, начал с побед над представителями из Индии, Польши и Казахстана. Однако, в полуфинале он проиграл дзюдоисту из Франции, а в поединке за третье место уступил корейскому спортсмену, заняв пятое место.

Лёгкая атлетика
В лёгкой атлетике Азербайджан был представлен двумя спортсменами. В прыжках в длину страну представлял Назим Бабаев. Прыгнув в квалификации на 16,32 метров, Бабаев занял третье место и вышел в финал. В финале же в первой попытке Бабаев прыгнул на 17,01 метров и занял первое место. В метании молота Анна Скидан выступила неудачно.

Тхэквондо
В соревнованиях по тхэквондо Азербайджан представляло 12 спортсменов. Это были Гашим Магомедов (54 кг), Али Мамедов (58 кг), Магомед Мамедов (63 кг), Айхан Тагизаде (68 кг), Саид Гулиев (74 кг), Милад Бейги Харчегани (80 кг), Паям Огаз (87 кг), Радик Исаев (+87 кг), Сафие Полат (49 кг), Патимат Абакарова (53 кг), Ярпак Ериш (57 кг) и Фарида Азизова (+ 57 кг).

В первый день соревнований Айхан Тагизаде, победив представителей Франции, Великобритании, Испании и Армении, вышел в финал, где уступил Борису Краснову из России, взяв серебряную медаль, которая стала третьей медалью для сборной страны в целом. Ярпак Ериш получил дисквалификацию на старте, а Магомедов потерпел поражение во второй схватке.

Во второй день соревнований Милад Бейги Харчегани, одержав пять побед, стал победителем Универсиады, а Али Мамедов, Сафие Полат и Фарида Азизова проиграли вторые же схватки. В третий день соревнований на даянг вышли Саид Гулиев и Радик Исаев. Оба они дошли до полуфинала, где проиграв, завоевали бронзовые медали. Примечательно, что действующий олимпийский чемпион Радик Исаев проиграл в 20-летнему российскому спортсмену Рафаэлю Аюкаеву со счетом 8:36.

В последний день соревнований по тхэквондо за медали боролись Патимат Абакарова, Магомед Мамедов и Паям Оугаз. Бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира 2017 года Мамедов выиграл три боя, однако, потерпев в полуфинале поражение, взл лишь бронзовую медаль. Бронзовая призерка Олимпийских игр 2016 Абакарова проиграла в первом же поединке, а Оугаз проиграл в четвертьфинале.

Тяжёлая атлетика
В тяжёлой атлетике страну представляли Магомед Мамедли в весовой категории до 62 кг и Азер Мамедли в весовой категории +105 кг. Азер Мамедли с результатом 370 кг занял последнее 12-е место, а Магомед Мамедли с результатом 256 кг удостоился 7-го места.

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Страны на летней Универсиаде 2017 года
Спорт в Азербайджане в 2017 году
Азербайджан на летних Универсиадах

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Q: Why are electric and magnetic susceptibilities defined in such an unintuitive way? When I studied electromagnetism the $\mathbf{B}$ and $\mathbf{E}$ fields were introduced as fundamental quantities to me, and the $\mathbf{H}$ and $\mathbf{D}$ fields were introduced as something of an afterthought in order to more easily work with free currents and charge densities in materials (I understand that this may not be the way maxwell originally thought about these, but it makes perfect sense nowadays). It was always clear to me that the analogous quantity to $\mathbf{B}$ was $\mathbf{E}$ and the analogous quantity to $\mathbf{H}$ was $\mathbf{D}$, since the equations $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{E} =4\pi \rho$ and $c\nabla \times \mathbf{B} = 4\pi\mathbf{J}$ (for non time-varying electric fileds) turn into $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{D} = 4\pi\rho_{f}$ and $c\nabla \times \mathbf{H} = 4\pi\mathbf{J}_{f}$ in materials (I am using gaussian units), however, the definitions of the electric and magnetic susceptibilities don't make this clear at all, it actually seems like they are defined as if the analog to $\mathbf{E}$ was actually $\mathbf{H}$. Why is this the case? From my point of view I can't really see any reason for identifying $\mathbf{E}$ with the "electric analogue" of $\mathbf{H}$. The definitions I am talking about are as follows (for linear, isotropic materials):
$$ \mathbf{M} = \chi_v \mathbf{H}$$
$$ \mathbf{P} = \chi_e \mathbf{E}$$
I have also heard $\mathbf{H}$ being called the "magnetic field" and $\mathbf{B}$ the "magnetic induction" which is also pretty confusing. Is this just a historical anachronism (in which case it is quite a confusing and impractical one) or is there a deeper reason why this is the case?
To clarify: what puzzles me is the fact that $\mathbf{H}$ is used instead of $\mathbf{B}$ to define the magnetic susceptibility, which makes as a consequence the actual meaning of the susceptibilities different in a magnetic and an electric context, since in one case a fundamental quantity, $\mathbf{E}$, is being used, whereas in the other case a less fundamental quantity, $\mathbf{H}$, is being used in order to define constants that are called with the exact same name and could easily be defined symmetrically.

A: This is an interesting question that calls for a proper historical analysis, but here is one pragmatic reason.
The vectors $\mathbf E$ and $\mathbf H$ are used because they are more directly related to what is an independent variable (chosen by experimenter) when the measurement of behaviour of the medium is done by common methods.
Polarization in a medium due to electric field can be measured with a parallel plate capacitor that has a slab of that medium inside and where voltage is controlled and measured by the experimenter. This voltage is directly related to electric field inside the medium, due to relation between electric work and voltage. Polarization is not measured directly, but other related things are, such as electric current during the process of charging the capacitor. Electric displacement $\mathbf D$ can then be determined by calculation from the measured current and voltage and then dielectric constant or susceptibility can be determined as well. This makes $\mathbf D$ dependent variable; it is determinable only by a calculation from other quantities and thus is not intuitive to use it in the role of an independent variable in the relation between response and field set up by the experimenter.
The same is true for $\mathbf H$ and magnetization. Magnetization in a medium due to magnetic field can be measured with help of a toroidal coil which has torus of that medium inside and where current in the coil is controlled and measured. This current is directly related to magnetic strength $\mathbf H$ inside the body, due to Ampere law. Magnetization is not measured directly, but other things are, such as voltage on the coil or (more often) voltage on a second coil wrapped around the torus, which is related to magnetic induction $\mathbf B$ in the torus. Or, if static field is to be measured, the torus may have an air gap in which magnetic induction can be measured by a Hall probe. From these, magnetic permeability or susceptibility can be determined. However $\mathbf B$ is determined, it is more difficult to do than to determine $\mathbf H$, so it is $\mathbf H$ that is taken as the variable that experimenter can reliably control and measure.

A: Your puzzlement is appropriate.  It all goes back to periodic units conferences where these issues were settled democratically, with engineers and telegraphers outnumbering physicists.  H was chosen because a technician looked at a dial where the current was given as H, using~NI/L. Since H_tangential is continuous, H inside a ferromagnetic rod was equal to either H or  B outside, when put in a solenoid. Physicists, but not engineers, knew that H and B were equal outside.  Thus the engineers put everything onto H and won the day.  This issue was further sealed by the strange fact that H and B are considered quite different, even in vacuum, by SI units.  Their use has completely messed up electromagnetism to this day, and the foreseeable future.

A: In free space H and B are the same.  Fundamentally H only arises in a medium (non-vacuum).  If you read a lot of theoretical physics you can find whole books in which H is never mentioned (e.g., Cohen-Tannoudji's book on QED).  At the micro-level you can always talk about B and you end up with essentially random wave propagation.  M and D are the response of a medium to an applied field (B and E, respectively).   Further, in CGS units H and B have the same units, D and E have the same units and the response functions are dimensionless.  So, if you're doing pure theory, then B and E are all you need.  But in material, you need both micro fields and macro fields.  H is only defined macroscopically as the non-local response to an applied B field.  Also, keep in mind that a lot of texts play fast and loose by mixing the time domain Maxwell equations with the Fourier domain response law, since convolutions are annoying.  Linear response laws must be causal and this is tricky in the frequency domain (the real and imaginary parts of the response functions are constrained by Kramers-Kronig).  If you just arbitrarily set the imaginary parts to zero you will violate causality.  For me, B and E are the fundamental fields.  And they are what I measure in the lab usually.  If you launch an incoming E field at a material and measure the amplitude and phase of the outgoing E field you can infer the permittivity without ever dealing with D, for example.

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Infants and pre-school children - diets in this age group are low in vitamin A, vitamin D, iron and zinc.
Pre-pubescent children - diets were found to be low in vitamin A, magnesium, iron and zinc. Boys tended to have higher intakes of iron and thiamin than girls.
Teenagers - diets are low in many key nutrients - including vitamin A, vitamin D, iron, magnesium, zinc, selenium and potassium.
Pregnancy and lactation - women on average fail to get enough calcium, magnesium, iron, iodine, selenium, potassium and vitamin D.
Middle age (50years and above) - while this group has better quality diets, there are still shortfalls in intakes of magnesium, zinc and potassium.
Older age (75 years and beyond) - data shows that in adults aged over 85, intakes of magnesium, zinc and potassium are below the recommended nutrient intake.


New page by Marty Grant, 10th Great Grandson of George Fawdon.
Note: The George family is fully documented in the author's book "George Family History" now available. Click link for details. On the current web pages I am only presenting the most interesting documentation. There is a great deal more available that is not included here. Most of the available source documentation is in the book mentioned above. There are also many acknowledgments to be made. The book contains them all. Some are listed here.
I think the above statement has two errors. First of all, George Fawdon was in Virginia long before the English Civil War (of the 1640's and 1650's) which is when the Cavaliers fled from England. The second error (I believe) is that he died without heirs. It is possible this was not an error, but unfortunately Mr. Boddie didn't provide documentation for either of these statements.
It was probably sometime around 1629 or shortly afterwards that George Fawdon married someone in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. This is assuming he was the father of Hester, wife of Isaac George, for she must have been born ca 1630's. Boddie said Fawdon died without heirs, but he may have been mistaken. I have not found any record of the name of Fawdon's first wife.
The above record shows that George Fawdon already owned land on the Nansemond River, and the next record below shows it was on the South side of that river. This most likely places this land in present Suffolk City, Virginia.
George Fawdon was mentioned in other patents for land on the south side of Nansemond River.
In 1637, Warrosquoyacke County was renamed to "Isle of Wight" County, Virginia.
George Fawdon was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1646, representing Isle of Wight County. He was also a Justice for Isle of Wight County that same year (per Boddie and other sources). He was also apparently an officer in the Isle of Wight Militia, or Virginia Militia, for he was listed as "Major" in several records.
Here is what I can gather from this record. George Fawdon married Ann Smith, daughter of a Mr. Smith and Ann (---) Smith. Mr. Smith was dead by this time, and widow Ann (---) Smith was married to Nathaniel Bacon, thus making Bacon Ann Jr's step-father, and that Ann Smith (Jr) had a brother William Smith. Presumably they married very shortly after this deed was made, so probably in early November 1654.
I don't know anything else about Fawdon's wife Ann. She may have outlived him by many years, but I've found no additional records on her.
Children of George Fawdon. George Fawdon left no Will, so no definitive list of his children is available. Mr. Boddie stated that he died without heirs, but offered no explanation for that statement or any source documentation to support it. The deed of gift in 1654 from George Fawdon to Isaac George strongly suggests that Isaac was his son-in-law, but does not come out and say it directly. If true, then that means that Isaac's wife Hester was probably a daughter of George Fawdon. There is room for doubt here though. George Fawdon and Ann Smith do not appear to have been married long enough to have any children.
Upon the death of George Fawdon, his surname "Fawdon" appears to have become extinct in America at least through the late 1800's.
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1. Major George Fawdon was born about 1600 in England. He died in 1654/1655 in Isle of Wight Co, VA.
George married ? in England. ? died before 1654 in Isle of Wight Co, VA.
2 F i. Hester Fawdon was born about 1635 in Isle of Wight Co, VA. She died in 1685/1696 in Isle of Wight Co, VA or Middlesex Co, VA.
Hester married Isaac George, son of Colonel John George and Jane, about 1654 in Isle of Wight Co, VA. Isaac was born on 20 Feb 1635/1636 in Charles City Co, VA. He died in 1685/1696 in Isle of Wight Co, VA or Middlesex Co, VA.
George also married Ann Smith, daughter of William Smith and Ann, about 30 Oct 1654 in Isle of Wight Co, VA. Ann died after 1654 in Isle of Wight Co, VA.


Certified water flavour standard used to train professional tasters to recognize and scale the intensity of musty character. Tribromoanisoles are produced by moulds and Actinobacteria, primarily in water distribution systems. Bromoanisoles have extremely low flavour thresholds. They impart unpleasant musty odours, reminiscent of damp cellars or corked wine.
The best way to detect 2,4,6-tribromoanisole in water is as follows. Without covering the glass, swirl the sample to release the aroma. Take a single short sniff. Repeat as necessary.
The flavour threshold of 2,4,6-tribromoanisole in water is <10 ng / l.
2,4,6-Tribromoanisole is derived from methylation of bromophenols by moulds or Actinobacteria, primarily in water distribution systems.
2,4,6-Tribromoanisole imparts an unpleasant musty odour to water which is reminiscent of damp cellars or corked wine.
The CAS registry number of 2,4,6-tribromoanisole is 607-99-8.
2,4,6-Tribromoanisole is one of several bromoanisoles that can taint water. The flavour produced by this compound is typical. This compound can be detected, but not recognized at concentrations well below the recognition flavour threshold.
Ten different flavours - a personal water taster training kit or up to two hours of training for ten of your colleagues? - you choose!


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The building fronts upon a city park to the west with a plaza that serves as a transportation hub for pedestrians, bicyclists and for those waiting for the Central City trolley line that passes right in front.
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Janet Coffey, Ph.D.
Program Director, Science Learning
Janet oversees the Science Learning portfolio of grants at the foundation.
Previously, Janet was a College of Education faculty member at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests lie at the intersection of assessment and student learning in science education, and her work in this area has spanned from elementary and middle grades to undergraduate teaching and learning. Janet began her career in education at the National Research Council and also taught middle school science.
Janet has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation and recognition for teaching and graduate student mentoring. Currently, she is on the board of directors of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming science teaching and learning. She has also published and presented extensively in the science education field.
Janet received a B.A. in human biology and Ph.D. in science education from Stanford University.
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Why East Timor is falling apart
Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado called Thursday for the prime minister's exit.
By Nick Squires Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
@NickSquires1
DILI, EAST TIMOR
Emerging from the still smoking ruins of her neighborhood in Dili, Rita Mesquita was in no doubt as to who is responsible for the arson, looting, and gun battles that have plunged East Timor's capital into chaos.
"I blame the prime minister for the destruction and all the tragedy here," the 45-year-old mother says, angrily pointing at the burned-out remains of tin-roofed houses. "He's the worst man I know."
Mrs. Mesquita is not alone. As vicious ethnic unrest roils the country, requiring an Australian-led expeditionary force to descend on Asia's poorest country for the second time in less than a decade, there is a widespread perception that Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri bears much of the responsibility.
From the streets of Dili to the mountains of the interior, many say his government's handling of a recent standoff within the army is indicative of the favoritism, corruption, and arrogance that they say has plagued East Timor's government since the nation gained independence in 2002.
Instead of listening to the grievances of the 600 soldiers that went on strike in March to protest alleged ethnic discrimination, the government sacked them. The move has provoked successive waves of tit-for-tat violence, and the renegade troops have taken to the hills and remain in a tense face-off with the government.
"Alkatiri is a criminal and should face justice," says the rebels' charismatic young leader, Lieutenant Commander Alfredo Reinado, as he paces the verandah of the hill-top Portuguese-era villa he has commandeered as rebel headquarters. Thursday, he said there will be no end to the crisis unless the prime minister resigns.
A Portuguese-speaking sophisticate, Mr. Alkatiri appears to have difficulty connecting with the mass of East Timorese, who speak more than 30 local languages. Many regard him as arrogant, aloof, and dictatorial. He also lacks credibility: Unlike President Xanana Gusmao, who devoted years to fighting the occupying Indonesian military from jungle hideouts, Alkatiri spent the same period in exile in Mozambique.
Indonesia had invaded the country after a civil war in the early 1970s. Up to 180,000 people are estimated to have died in the ensuing 24-year occupation, with the Indonesian military conducting a scorched-earth policy against East Timorese guerilla fighters.
The tiny country - which spent 400 years as a neglected Portuguese colonial backwater - voted overwhelmingly for independence in 1999, unleashing a wave of violence and destruction of infrastructure by Indonesian soldiers and pro-Jakarta militias.
Seven years on, the national solidarity that garnered much praise internationally appears to be in tatters. Lt. Cdr. Reinado and his renegade troops, which constitute half the army, have deserted their posts and are hiding out in the mountainous interior, supported by elements of the police.
They accuse Alkatiri of shooting of five unarmed protesters in Dili last month - charges that Alkatiri denies. Gangs of disenfranchised youths armed with machetes, swords, and even bows and arrows, have embarked on a series of tit-for-tat attacks, and Dili's ramshackle neighborhoods have been set alight.
The clashes have further exposed the East-West fault line in East Timorese society, with Easterners regarding themselves as the mainstay of the struggle against Indonesian occupation, and Westerners perceived as being too close to Indonesian West Timor, just across the border.
These murderous ethnic and political divisions have been exacerbated by chronic underdevelopment and 50 percent unemployment: East Timor's illiteracy rate is among the highest in Asia, the population is soaring and many families live on $1 a day. Huge offshore oil and natural gas deposits promise to bring billions of dollars' worth of revenue, but much of the production has yet to start because of years of acrimonious talks over Australia's overlapping claims.
Mr. Gusmao, the president and a hero of the liberation to whom the disaffected soldiers profess allegiance, announced on Tuesday that he had assumed all powers over the military and police, in what was seen as a snub to Alkatiri. But the rebels say that is not enough to diffuse the standoff, and want the prime minister's resignation forthwith.
Signs of political movement emerged later in the day with the resignation of the defense minister Roque Rodrigues and the powerful interior minister, Rogerio Tiago Lobato.
But descending the twisting mountain road that leads back to Dili, plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the most recently torched houses. Thousands of desperate refugees, made homeless by the unrest, stormed a government warehouse and looted 50- kilogram sacks of rice before being chased away by hard-pressed Australian troops in full combat gear.
"Get back and stay back," screams one trooper, armed with an automatic rifle.
"We can understand their frustration," says another soldier, Corporal Jarrett Vesely. "They are just hungry."
Australian armored personnel carriers were dispatched to help quell the chaos, Black Hawk helicopters clattered overhead, and tear gas was used to break up rival gangs marauding along potholed roads lined with crumbling colonial villas.
The Australians have been put in an almost impossible role as policemen, peacemakers, and emergency food-aid providers. But despite their robust tactics they have been warmly welcomed - even by the renegade Reinado.
"They can't deliver a miracle in one day, but their conduct so far has been very good," he says, surveying the thatched huts, dirt tracks, and coffee plantations in the valley below.
"We have to cooperate with the international forces, but in the end it's only the Timorese who can solve East Timor's problems."
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Serge Ravet is Innovation Director at ADPIOS, a not for profit organisation created in 2010 to address the issues related to identity construction in a world where digital and networked technologies colonise an ever increasing space in our lives. ADPIOS is one of the outcomes of a ten year partnership between EIfEL, the European Institute for E-Learning, and Espace Mendès France, a leading centre for the diffusion of scientific, technical and industrial culture, based in Poitiers (France) with active partnerships in Europe, the USA, Québec, South America and the Caribbean.
Serge is currently leading Badge Europe! and Europortfolio, two European initiatives aiming at increasing the accessibility, transparency, trustworthiness and quality of formal and informal education in Europe. He is particularly interested in exploring how to create the conditions for placing informal recognition of informal learning on a par with formal recognition of formal learning.
Serge advocates a holistic view of learning and knowledge technologies, integrating individual, community, territorial and organisational learning —he has organised 2 conferences on Learning Regions and Cities. His work on ePortfolio and identity construction has led him to publish The Internet of Subjects Manifesto to explore the opportunities for creating a world where individuals are in full control of their personal data to lay the foundations of a society and economy based on more balanced relationships between individuals, institutions and businesses.
Previously, he contributed to the creation of the European Institute for E-Learning (EIfEL, 2001), the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (EFQUEL, 2008) and the Internet of Subjects Forum (IoS Forum, 2010).
Combining both technological and pedagogical expertise (30 years experience in learning technologies, training and human resources development) with work experience in Europe and the USA, he is retained as a learning technology expert, a consultant in a number of European projects and a keynote speaker. He has published numerous articles on individual and organisational learning technologies, ePortfolios, competency development and recognition, quality systems. Since 2003 he has also led the organisation of international ePortfolio and Identity Conferences (ePIC) in Europe (from Poitiers 2003 to London 2014) and beyond (from Australia to Canada).
Would love to find out about other badges in entrepreneurship before I develop my own.


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package blueprint

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"unicode"
	"unicode/utf8"
)

// A Variable represents a global Ninja variable definition that will be written
// to the output .ninja file.  A variable may contain references to other global
// Ninja variables, but circular variable references are not allowed.
type Variable interface {
	packageContext() *packageContext
	name() string                                        // "foo"
	fullName(pkgNames map[*packageContext]string) string // "pkg.foo" or "path.to.pkg.foo"
	memoizeFullName(pkgNames map[*packageContext]string) // precompute fullName if desired
	value(config interface{}) (ninjaString, error)
	String() string
}

// A Pool represents a Ninja pool that will be written to the output .ninja
// file.
type Pool interface {
	packageContext() *packageContext
	name() string                                        // "foo"
	fullName(pkgNames map[*packageContext]string) string // "pkg.foo" or "path.to.pkg.foo"
	memoizeFullName(pkgNames map[*packageContext]string) // precompute fullName if desired
	def(config interface{}) (*poolDef, error)
	String() string
}

// A Rule represents a Ninja build rule that will be written to the output
// .ninja file.
type Rule interface {
	packageContext() *packageContext
	name() string                                        // "foo"
	fullName(pkgNames map[*packageContext]string) string // "pkg.foo" or "path.to.pkg.foo"
	memoizeFullName(pkgNames map[*packageContext]string) // precompute fullName if desired
	def(config interface{}) (*ruleDef, error)
	scope() *basicScope
	isArg(argName string) bool
	String() string
}

type basicScope struct {
	parent    *basicScope
	variables map[string]Variable
	pools     map[string]Pool
	rules     map[string]Rule
	imports   map[string]*basicScope
}

func newScope(parent *basicScope) *basicScope {
	return &basicScope{
		parent:    parent,
		variables: make(map[string]Variable),
		pools:     make(map[string]Pool),
		rules:     make(map[string]Rule),
		imports:   make(map[string]*basicScope),
	}
}

func makeRuleScope(parent *basicScope, argNames map[string]bool) *basicScope {
	scope := newScope(parent)
	for argName := range argNames {
		_, err := scope.LookupVariable(argName)
		if err != nil {
			arg := &argVariable{argName}
			err = scope.AddVariable(arg)
			if err != nil {
				// This should not happen.  We should have already checked that
				// the name is valid and that the scope doesn't have a variable
				// with this name.
				panic(err)
			}
		}
	}

	// We treat built-in variables like arguments for the purpose of this scope.
	for _, builtin := range builtinRuleArgs {
		arg := &argVariable{builtin}
		err := scope.AddVariable(arg)
		if err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
	}

	return scope
}

func (s *basicScope) LookupVariable(name string) (Variable, error) {
	dotIndex := strings.IndexRune(name, '.')
	if dotIndex >= 0 {
		// The variable name looks like "pkg.var"
		if dotIndex+1 == len(name) {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("variable name %q ends with a '.'", name)
		}
		if strings.ContainsRune(name[dotIndex+1:], '.') {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("variable name %q contains multiple '.' "+
				"characters", name)
		}

		pkgName := name[:dotIndex]
		varName := name[dotIndex+1:]

		first, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(varName)
		if !unicode.IsUpper(first) {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot refer to unexported name %q", name)
		}

		importedScope, err := s.lookupImportedScope(pkgName)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		v, ok := importedScope.variables[varName]
		if !ok {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("package %q does not contain variable %q",
				pkgName, varName)
		}

		return v, nil
	} else {
		// The variable name has no package part; just "var"
		for ; s != nil; s = s.parent {
			v, ok := s.variables[name]
			if ok {
				return v, nil
			}
		}
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("undefined variable %q", name)
	}
}

func (s *basicScope) IsRuleVisible(rule Rule) bool {
	_, isBuiltin := rule.(*builtinRule)
	if isBuiltin {
		return true
	}

	name := rule.name()

	for s != nil {
		if s.rules[name] == rule {
			return true
		}

		for _, import_ := range s.imports {
			if import_.rules[name] == rule {
				return true
			}
		}

		s = s.parent
	}

	return false
}

func (s *basicScope) IsPoolVisible(pool Pool) bool {
	_, isBuiltin := pool.(*builtinPool)
	if isBuiltin {
		return true
	}

	name := pool.name()

	for s != nil {
		if s.pools[name] == pool {
			return true
		}

		for _, import_ := range s.imports {
			if import_.pools[name] == pool {
				return true
			}
		}

		s = s.parent
	}

	return false
}

func (s *basicScope) lookupImportedScope(pkgName string) (*basicScope, error) {
	for ; s != nil; s = s.parent {
		importedScope, ok := s.imports[pkgName]
		if ok {
			return importedScope, nil
		}
	}
	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown imported package %q (missing call to "+
		"blueprint.Import()?)", pkgName)
}

func (s *basicScope) AddImport(name string, importedScope *basicScope) error {
	_, present := s.imports[name]
	if present {
		return fmt.Errorf("import %q is already defined in this scope", name)
	}
	s.imports[name] = importedScope
	return nil
}

func (s *basicScope) AddVariable(v Variable) error {
	name := v.name()
	_, present := s.variables[name]
	if present {
		return fmt.Errorf("variable %q is already defined in this scope", name)
	}
	s.variables[name] = v
	return nil
}

func (s *basicScope) AddPool(p Pool) error {
	name := p.name()
	_, present := s.pools[name]
	if present {
		return fmt.Errorf("pool %q is already defined in this scope", name)
	}
	s.pools[name] = p
	return nil
}

func (s *basicScope) AddRule(r Rule) error {
	name := r.name()
	_, present := s.rules[name]
	if present {
		return fmt.Errorf("rule %q is already defined in this scope", name)
	}
	s.rules[name] = r
	return nil
}

type localScope struct {
	namePrefix string
	scope      *basicScope
}

func newLocalScope(parent *basicScope, namePrefix string) *localScope {
	return &localScope{
		namePrefix: namePrefix,
		scope:      newScope(parent),
	}
}

// ReparentTo sets the localScope's parent scope to the scope of the given
// package context.  This allows a ModuleContext and SingletonContext to call
// a function defined in a different Go package and have that function retain
// access to all of the package-scoped variables of its own package.
func (s *localScope) ReparentTo(pctx PackageContext) {
	s.scope.parent = pctx.getScope()
}

func (s *localScope) LookupVariable(name string) (Variable, error) {
	return s.scope.LookupVariable(name)
}

func (s *localScope) IsRuleVisible(rule Rule) bool {
	return s.scope.IsRuleVisible(rule)
}

func (s *localScope) IsPoolVisible(pool Pool) bool {
	return s.scope.IsPoolVisible(pool)
}

func (s *localScope) AddLocalVariable(name, value string) (*localVariable,
	error) {

	err := validateNinjaName(name)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if strings.ContainsRune(name, '.') {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("local variable name %q contains '.'", name)
	}

	ninjaValue, err := parseNinjaString(s.scope, value)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	v := &localVariable{
		fullName_: s.namePrefix + name,
		name_:     name,
		value_:    ninjaValue,
	}

	err = s.scope.AddVariable(v)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return v, nil
}

func (s *localScope) AddLocalRule(name string, params *RuleParams,
	argNames ...string) (*localRule, error) {

	err := validateNinjaName(name)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	err = validateArgNames(argNames)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid argument name: %s", err)
	}

	argNamesSet := make(map[string]bool)
	for _, argName := range argNames {
		argNamesSet[argName] = true
	}

	ruleScope := makeRuleScope(s.scope, argNamesSet)

	def, err := parseRuleParams(ruleScope, params)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

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Should 'New Moon' and 'SYTYCD' show up at the Oscar ceremony?
By Dave Karger
Updated December 08, 2009 at 08:08 PM EST
Today's Hollywood Reporter features an interesting story by Gregg Kilday about how this year's Oscar telecast coproducer Adam Shankman has been soliciting advice from his Twitter followers about who should appear on the show. "Curious: what and who do u wanna see on the oscars? What would make u watch?" he asked, prompting loads of responses suggesting cast members from New Moon, Glee, and High School Musical. Then, Shankman, who's also a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, wrote: "would u watch the oscars with more excitement if I cast some sytycd dancers if there are musical #s, " to which his followers exploded with excitement.
Clearly, Shankman is just having a little fun here, and certainly most of these ideas are unlikely at best. But it raises an interesting question: Should the Academy Awards, whose ratings have been slipping over the years, pander to younger fans by including tween stars and reality-show dancers even though they don't truly belong at the telecast? (Let's not forget that Robert Pattinson presented last year.) Or should the Academy be most concerned with upholding its integrity even if that means lower viewership? Will you only watch the Oscars if Vanessa Hudgens is there? Or is Gabby Sidibe enough to get you to tune in?


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Facebook Widens Ban On COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation In Push To Boost Confidence
By Shannon Bond
Published February 8, 2021 at 1:07 PM EST
Iakovos Hatzistavrou
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the coronavirus vaccine to an elderly at a health center in the Cypriot coastal city of Limassol on February 8, 2021.
Facebook is expanding its ban on vaccine misinformation and highlighting official information about how and where to get COVID-19 vaccines as governments race to get more people vaccinated.
"Health officials and health authorities are in the early stages of trying to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, and experts agree that rolling this out successfully is going to be helping build confidence in vaccines," said Kang-Xing Jin, Facebook's head of health.
Social media platforms including Facebook have played a big role in the spread of false claims, hoaxes and conspiracy theories about the pandemic over the last year, despite efforts by tech companies to clamp down on harmful content and promote authoritative sources.
In December, Facebook said it would remove claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, such as posts saying, falsely, that the vaccines contain microchips.
Now the company is widening the list of banned claims to include posts falsely claiming the virus is man-made or manufactured and that face masks don't prevent the spread of COVID. It's also banning false claims about vaccines in general that have long been in circulation despite being repeatedly debunked: that vaccines are toxic, dangerous or cause autism, that they are not effective, and that it's safer to get a disease than the vaccine meant to prevent it.
Facebook says it will focus its enforcement on groups, pages and accounts that repeatedly violate this policy. Groups on the platform have been particularly potent sources of vaccine misinformation, which has spread widely during the pandemic, according to researchers and the company's critics.
Jin said Facebook takes a two-pronged approach to misinformation: cracking down on false claims that could lead to harm, and boosting information from credible sources, like health agencies and non-governmental organizations.
"We know that misinformation thrives in the absence of good information," he said. "So because of this, a core part of our strategy is actually partnering with health authorities and amplifying credible information to meet people's needs and get their questions answered where they are."
Jin said to help people find accurate information about vaccines and getting vaccinated, Facebook is building on the work it started last year with the COVID-19 information center, a part of its app that links to information from sources such as the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health agencies. The voting information center Facebook rolled out ahead of the 2020 presidential election, which connected people with information on how and where to cast ballots, is also a model, he said.
Facebook is also giving $120 million in ad credits to health ministries, United Nations agencies and other organizations to promote vaccine and health information.
Other tech companies are also highlighting information about vaccines. Google is putting locations of places to get vaccinated in Google Maps in some states, and has put information panels on searches about vaccines.
Editor's note: Facebook and Google are among NPR's financial supporters.
Shannon Bond
Shannon Bond is a business correspondent at NPR, covering technology and how Silicon Valley's biggest companies are transforming how we live, work and communicate.
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Over the past couple weeks, I've encountered numerous stories about fellow writers who have faced resistance or outright disdain over their writing careers. It might be as simple as a parent who steers a child with an affinity toward the written word toward a safer career. (I was steered toward teaching, for instance.) Or a husband who hopes his wife will finish her novel and "get it out of her system"—as if a vocation were a phase, like that year she tried bangs or the summer she took up tai chi.
Maybe it was the critique partner who turned up her nose and insisted that she didn't know how to critique "that kind of work" when we found our writing taking a new direction. Or perhaps it was a creative writing professor who, on the first day of class, announced that genre writing was off limits—even though the story of our hearts was one of science fiction or horror.
"When are you going to write a real book?" the children's book author is asked. Never mind that children's books nurture the next generation of bookworms or that almost all of us can wax nostalgic about a beloved childhood tale. Or perhaps a romance novelist is greeted by strange looks and words of caution, as though great storytellers haven't been telling love stories since before the novel was even an art form.
These experiences can plant seeds of doubt.
Many of these aren't attempts at sabotage. My mother's encouragement to pursue a teaching career was based on her belief that "society will always need teachers." She didn't want me to face hardship and disappointment, and I can appreciate that. Our creative writing professors were probably trying to encourage us to broaden our horizons, not to dampen our spirits. And maybe, just maybe, our spouse wants us to finish our latest WIP so we'll come out of our writing den and join him for an adventure in the real world—you know, the one that allegedly exists outside of our heads and imaginations but that, as far as I can tell, doesn't contains actual dragons?
Maybe they think artists are egomaniacs who spend their days contemplating their navels. Maybe they think the genre we write in is shameful and they mean to "enlighten us." Maybe they have their own hang-ups and issues and we're just getting sucked into their Vortex of Crazy. Those who mean well can be reasoned with. Those who mean us harm need firmer boundaries—maybe electrified fences in some cases.
Remember: We are not alone.
There's good news. There are a lot of people in this world who will support your writing career, even if you're a fledgling novelist with nothing more than a notebook or computer file of disjointed scenes, a battered copy of "Writing down the Bones," and a dream. Because every writer, in addition to facing the forces of self-doubt, will face outside forces that feed that doubt. It might be as simple as the stereotypical image of the struggling artist, or a crit partner or reviewer who simply hates our work even when others chime in with honest support and legitimate praise.
There are writing communities on the Web and in person, writing challenges to immerse ourselves in, conferences full of freaks like us. And all of those people, from the bestseller to the newbie, has faced many of the same challenges that we do. Other writers can offer words of encouragement, constructive criticism, practical advice, or simply a sympathetic ear.
If you are faced with someone who truly doesn't support your work, you can turn to us—to Kristen Lamb and the awesome people you can meet on the WANA Tribe website, to the folks participating in Kait Nolan's A Round of Words in 80 Days writing challenge, and to fellow writer-bloggers, writer-tweeters, and writer-Facebookers who walk their own writing roads.
As Kristen says, "We are not alone." And I just want those of you who are facing Negative Nancys and Debbie Downers to know that.
What about you? Were there moments when you faced someone who didn't support your writing career? How did that make you feel? How did you overcome that negativity?
WIP progress: Sent chapter two of "Good, Old-Fashioned Magic" off to critique partners. Continued work on chapter three; wrote 838 words. That word count should be higher, but I took Monday off to spend with hubby, running errands and finishing painting our bedroom.
Reading to hone my craft: Finished reading Roz Morris' "Nail Your Novel," which I highly recommend. The book includes a lot of exercises for writers who have a tendency to get stuck during the drafting process, as well as ways to more effectively research, plan, and plot your novel (even if you're NOT a plotter) to make the process go more smoothly.
Blog Wednesdays and Sundays: So far, so good.
How are your ROW80 goals coming along this week? Are you shoveling yourself out where you live?
I think it's awesome of you to make a post like this. I'll be adding it to my Interesting Post Round-up next time.
Great post! I can't tell you how many times I've been faced with the "un"support of others in choosing writing as my hobby when I was young, then as my major in college, and now as my profession. During my freshman year in college, the first words out of my first writing/literature professor were, "There's no money in writing, so keep your day job." I had family members scoff and boyfriends and best friends that just truly didn't, and don't, understand. What they don't get is that a lot of the time we write because we can't not write, because it keeps us going and nourishes us… It's like an impulse; it doesn't do us any good if we ignore it. I know many writers that took that "risk" and journeyed into the unknown by pursuing a life in writing, not because they thought they were going to become famous or rich, but because they followed their heart. Thanks for writing this post, I can absolutely appreciate it!
I'm very lucky that I have a supportive husband, kids, siblings, and father. But I've certainly faced those kinds of attitudes before. It's a drag, but at least my nearest and dearest are a great support network.
Congrats on the progress and good luck!
I've been lucky that way, too–my husband, friends, and close family support my writing career. Still, I feel for fellow writers who don't get that kind of encouragement, and I'm glad that we have such a positive online community of writers. I have, however, faced negativity in the world at large, and that hurts enough. I can't imagine what it would be like to face that criticism from someone close to me.


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