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Create literary texts that draw upon text structures and language features of other texts for particular purposes and effects (ACELT1632)
creating literary interpretations of short stories based on understanding and analysis of their context, narrative structure (including the twist at the end), layers of meaning, themes, point of view and style
combining visual and digital elements to create layers of meaning for serious and humorous purposes
Text structure, Literary styles, Imaginative texts, Literary devices
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The School of Economics and Law recently announced a Scholarship Fund in partnership with longstanding friends Forum for International Relations Development (FIRD) covering tuition fees to five Pakistani and five Afghan students for undergraduate and postgraduate British qualifications to be studied in London at the Track-II/1.5 Beyond Boundaries dialogue, organised by the Islamabad based Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and its Afghan counterpart, Organisation for Economic Studies and Peace (OESP).
The announcement was made jointly by CEO Toaha Qureshi MBE and CRSS Executive Director, Mr. Imtiaz Gul, also an advisory board member for SOEL. The CRSS and OESP will recommend and lead the process of referring high achieving and needy students, while the final selection will be approved by SOEL. All students must meet the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration in order to study as Tier 4 International Students. The process is due to begin in February 2018 with admissions taking place as early May 2018.
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Video – The star of performance support?
In my previous blog post I paid homage to video, the come-back kid. In this post I'm going to explore a few pros and cons our beloved video has.
With the popularity of YouTube, Vimeo, Slideshare and the like, it has never teen easier to sell the benefits about using video for learning and performance support. Wherever we go; on our PCs, on our laptops, on our mobile devices – video is there.
Why? Well, we are visual creatures primarily and, as the saying goes, pictures paint a thousand words. In which case, how many words would moving pictures paint, let alone 'talkies' (and they said it wouldn't catch on).
Then we have the video as performance support. Videos seem to have transformed this arena. So much so that should you search for a 'how to' guide on practically anything, it is highly likely there will be a clip for that.
The problem with video … oh yes, there are problems with video… is that in the world where we are encouraging more learner-control, these don't quite give them that. Yes, they can be classed as 'on-demand' but they are far from self-paced. You can fast-forward, stop and rewind, but you still can only listen and watch at the pace at which they were recorded.
This can cause problems. For example, the other day, my other half needed some instructions to help him install some software and searched the vendor's website for some help. The only thing he found was a video. Now, my spouse is an experienced techy guy and only required a quick checklist or simple steps to run through as he installed the software. I've also experienced the same and it's very frustrating.
It's great to get an overview to get yourself ready before you carry out the steps. A video will set the scene and, as the visual creatures we are, we feel more prepared for the activity. Allison Rossett, in her book Job Aids & Performance Support calls this type of performance support a 'planner'. It does what it says on the tin – it helps you plan for when you need to do it.
What he needed was a 'sidekick'. Something quick to help him carry out the steps at that moment.
So a word of friendly advice… if you are developing a collection of on-demand videos for performance support, be sure to consider your audience, their needs and in what situation they will need that support. If you only provide 'planners' then you might be setting yourself up for a fall if you don't also provide 'sidekicks' to help at that exact moment of need. These could be checklists, quick procedure steps or step by step diagrams. Think aeroplane safety cards – what use will a video be when you can't remember what you saw in the video/demo at take-off?
This entry was posted in Performance support and tagged learning technologies, video on February 14, 2013 by Laura Layton-James.


Ugh..that was totally dissatisfying, wasn't it? Lots of movement, so little action.
Like feverishly rocking in a rocking chair, there was non-stop back and forth but so little progress. Reminds me of the ruts in my life, times when I'm expending plenty of energy but producing minimal results.
Yeah, that's what that looks like.
Oh well, the half time show was decent (maybe I'm OK with tattoos after-all 😜) and Gladys..I mean wow. Is that what being in your 70s looks (and sounds) like?
She was 100% grace and class and beauty.. I can only imagine what I'd look like in a snow white dress under the spot lights like that..it wouldn't be pretty, I'm just sayin'. At a minimum, I think I need to drink more water and buy a new moisturizer..these women in their 70s are making me look bad..


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Can Boosting Immunity Make You Smarter?
The body's defense cells engage the brain in an intricate dialogue that may help raise IQ.
By Carl ZimmerDecember 20, 2013 12:00 AM
T cells, white blood cells that are a key part of the immune system, may also play an important role in cognitive function. NIBSC/Science Source
After spending a few days in bed with the flu, you may have felt a bit stupid. It is a common sensation, that your sickness is slowing down your brain. At first blush, though, it doesn't make much sense. For one thing, flu viruses infect the lining of the airways, not the neurons in our brains. For another, the brain is walled off from the rest of the body by a series of microscopic defenses collectively known as the blood-brain barrier. It blocks most viruses and bacteria while allowing essential molecules like glucose to slip through. What ails the body, in other words, shouldn't interfere with our thinking.
But over the past decade, Jonathan Kipnis, a neuroimmunologist in the University of Virginia School of Medicine's department of neuroscience, has discovered a possible link, a modern twist on the age-old notion of the body-mind connection. His research suggests that the immune system engages the brain in an intricate dialogue that can influence our thought processes, coaxing our brains to work at their best.
Kipnis got the idea of an immunity-intelligence link while earning his Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. His adviser, Michal Schwartz, was performing experiments to understand how the brain repairs itself after an injury. She found that the brain depends on a type of immune cell known as the T cell, which normally kills infected cells or leads other immune cells in a campaign against foreign invaders. Her research suggested that T cells can also send signals that activate the brain's resident immune cells, microglia and blood-borne macrophages, telling them to protect the injured neurons from toxins released by the injury.
Without T cells, Schwartz and other researchers have found, the brain does a bad job of healing itself. Kipnis was fascinated by the discovery because he knew that T cells cannot get past the blood-brain barrier. Yet apparently they could significantly influence the brain from a distance. He wondered if T cells did more for the brain than just help heal wounds. "The crazy idea came to me: What if we needed T cells for healthy brain function?" Kipnis says.
'I've Never Seen Such Idiotic Mice'
To test the idea, Kipnis performed an experiment on mice. He reared two groups of the animals, one group that was normal and another that lacked T cells. Otherwise they were genetically identical. Kipnis then sent the mice to a colleague, Hagit Cohen at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, to see how well they could learn a new trick.
Cohen subjected the mice to a learning test known as the Morris water maze. She put them in a pool of water, where they started to swim frantically. Just under the surface of the water was a hidden stand. If the mice could find the stand, they could climb onto it and stop their desperate swimming. Over several rounds, the mice learned where the stand was hidden and swam straight for it.
After testing the animals, Cohen—who didn't know the details of Kipnis's research—gave her colleague a call. "She said, 'One of the groups of the mice you sent me are real idiots. I've never seen such idiotic mice,' " Kipnis recalls. Those mice could not find the stand; they were also the ones without T cells.
If Kipnis's crazy idea was right, he reasoned, then he should be able to make the idiot mice smarter by giving them back their T cells. He injected the cells into the mice's bloodstream and gave the cells time to multiply and spread. Then he and his colleagues tested the mice again. With their T cells restored, they were idiots no more. They did almost as well as the mice born with normal immune systems.
Because the blood-brain barrier made it impossible for the T cells to affect the brain from the inside, Kipnis wondered whether they were maximizing their long-distance influence by getting as close as they could to the brain.
It has long been known that the membranes encasing the brain, called the meninges, are loaded with T cells and other immune cells. Kipnis and his colleagues wondered how smart mice would be if they had a normal supply of T cells everywhere in their bodies except the meninges, so he injected a compound into mice that prevented T cells from reaching the meninges. When those animals were put into a water maze, they, too, performed badly—just as Kipnis had predicted.
Guarding the Brain
Kipnis is now investigating what exactly the T cells surrounding the brain are doing to make the brain work well. One strong possibility: They keep the rest of the immune system from inadvertently harming it.
When we learn something new, our neurons tear down old connections and build new ones. In the process they cast off lots of molecules. To the immune system, this waste may look like an infection or some other kind of trouble, resulting in inflammation and the release of harsh compounds that normally fight viruses but can also interfere with the brain and its function.
Kipnis suggests that T cells keep this process in check, differentiating between disease and ordinary stress and, when warranted, telling other immune cells to stand down by releasing antagonist molecules that prevent misguided inflammation.
The same T cells that protect the brain from inflammation also work to keep us sharp; and in what appears to be a feedback loop, the mere act of learning reinforces the effect. As mice learn something new, T cells in the meninges produce high levels of a molecule called interleukin 4 (IL-4). IL-4 is an immune system signal that curbs the inflammatory response and, according to research by Kipnis and others, also improves learning. Indeed, when mice lacking the gene for making IL-4 take the water maze test, they do badly, perhaps because their T cells lack a critical signal involved in fast learning.
This theory could explain why we lose our mental edge when we get sick, Kipnis says. When we're healthy, T cells keep the immune cells in the meninges from inflaming the brain. But when we get sick, the T cells loosen their hold to let the immune system attack invading pathogens. The resulting inflammation helps clear out the invaders, but it also blunts learning. When we're sick, Kipnis proposes, it's more important to launch a powerful immune attack than to have a sharp mind. "Everything in life is priorities," he says.
Kipnis has recently started to investigate what happens to people's brains when they start losing T cells. People with cancer, for example, often suffer a loss of T cells when they undergo chemotherapy. It may be no coincidence, he argues, that chemotherapy is notorious for causing "chemo brain"—a fuzzy mental state in which patients have trouble thinking clearly. Kipnis proposes that without T cells to keep inflammation in check, immune cells in the meninges pump harmful compounds into the brain.
Old age also strips us of our T cells. The thymus, a strawberry-size gland in the chest, produces a steady stream of T cell precursors in our youth. But over the decades it shrinks until it's barely visible. Kipnis proposes that with fewer T cells, older people cannot effectively suppress the inflammation around their brains—which could play a part in the cognitive decline that people experience as they age.
There are many other factors involved in how well we learn and remember things, but for the most part they are very hard to change. Drugs that might be able to rework neurons inside the brain and improve mental sharpness are often too big to get past the blood-brain barrier, for example. Dopamine, a molecule crucial for signaling between neurons, cannot cross this barrier, which is why its chemical precursor, L-dopa, is used instead to treat Parkinson's disease. But the immune system offers a new way of changing our cognition and treating illnesses affecting the brain.
An experiment Kipnis and his colleagues carried out recently on mice missing T cells foreshadows how future brain-immune medicine might work. The scientists drew blood from old mice, whose supply of T cells was depleted, and isolated immune cells. They added IL-4 to the flasks where they reared those immune cells. Then the scientists injected the IL-4-exposed cells back into the mice. Afterward, the mice were able to learn well—presumably because their brains were no longer suffering from inflammation.
"Today we can't really get inside the brain and fix things. But we can take the immune system out of the body, we can put it back in, we can do almost anything we want to it," Kipnis says. "We could target the immune system and get benefits in the brain. It could be an amazing therapeutic tool."
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Lee Radford hints that there has been an overreaction to England's World Cup disappointment
Cam Pattison January 24, 2023 mode_comment0
When we think of Lee Radford, these days we tend to think of Castleford Tigers but in the winter he was working to mastermind England's downfall in the Rugby League World Cup as Samoa reached the final as he acted as assistant coach.
However, speaking as someone who helped dismantle England's hopes, Radford suggested that there wasn't much wrong with what England did hinting that it has perhaps been a bit of an overreaction:
"Andy Last is in the same office as me and we travel down together, we speak about it a lot. England got beat by an incredible team, in an incredible game in an incredible situation.
"They didn't get an awful lot wrong, they just didn't take their opportunities. Not much went wrong for them, they were just against a very good team."
Despite being English, there were no mixed emotions from Radford:
"Honestly the competitiveness in me far overweighed the sentiment in me to English rugby league, I was ecstatic as anyone especially after the first game and the stick I got.
"There were some things on social media, when that happens and you turn it on your hand, you have a bit of a smile."
Now though it is all about focusing on Castleford as pre-season draws closer to the season itself:
"I think we had a decent year last year without being special. We could have had a bigger impact on the competition but injuries in the spine didn't help us.
"Success for us relies on keeping the nucleus of the side fit.
"I think there has been a steady progression. I think one advantage this time around, it wasn't wholesale changes.
"The standard is getting better, this time round we've doing 13 on 13 more often.
"I say we were underdone last season, what I mean by that is the likes of Jordan Turner had hardly any pre-season, Paul McShane missed three quarters of pre-season, as did Adam Milner.
"We were physically underdone in terms of reps on the training field because they were returning to the field.
"Fortunately there is only Callum McLelland in that position at the moment."


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Grading the Graders
Jun 14, 2013 8:00 AM By Avi Krawitz
RAPAPORT... No two diamonds are alike and it seems neither are their grading certificates. A survey by RapNet – the Rapaport Diamond Trading Network, found significant differences between laboratories grading the same diamond.
While there is a common language used in the grading of diamonds, there are clear inconsistencies in the use of that language, concluded Saville Stern, chief operating officer of RapNet. Stern oversaw the study and presented its findings at the fourth annual Rapaport Diamond Certification Conference in Las Vegas on June 2. (View the full panel discussion here).
The RapNet team sent 10 diamonds, ranging in size from 0.33 carat to 1.62 carats, and of varying qualities to six different labs for grading to assess the consistency, or lack thereof, of their respective reports. The diamonds were sent to the GIA, IGI, HRD, EGL USA, EGL Israel and EGL Hong Kong.
The results were analyzed according to the strictness of grading and the price those goods would achieve on RapNet. The survey is a precursor to a more in-depth study currently being conducted by RapNet.
While the results on some of the sample diamonds indicated some consistency in grading, there were significant variations on others. (See the full results in the tables at the end of this article).
Typically, one color or clarity grade variation would be considered reasonably acceptable in the market. On some of the diamonds, the labs were fairly consistent providing only slight variations in color and clarity.
More dramatic differences were apparent in other stones. For example, a 1.01 carat stone was graded as K color, SI1 clarity by both GIA and IGI, whereas EGL Israel graded it a G, VS1, a difference of 4 color grades and 2 clarity grades. A different 1.01 carat diamond was found to be F, I1 by GIA and IGI, but was graded as D, SI1 by EGL Israel and EGL Hong Kong, while HRD graded it to be F, SI2.
RapNet gathered the data from the grading reports provided by each of the labs on each of the respective diamonds to present its Laboratory Quality Index as a means to indicate which labs are more lenient and which are stricter than others.
The method used was to assign a number to each score of the color, clarity, polish, symmetry, cut, and fluorescence categories graded by the particular lab for every stone, whereby the lower number assigned, the more strict the grading. For example, regarding color, K being the strictest grade was assigned the numeric value of one, while D color was assigned the value eight. Similarly, a SI3 clarity – the lowest clarity for the survey's purpose representing the strictest grade – was given a value of one and the respective better clarities above it scaled up until IF was given a value of eight.
The values were totaled for every stone for each lab to indicate its level of lenience or strictness. The totals for the sample 10 stones were averaged for each lab, leading to the Laboratory Quality Index, as presented in Table 1 and Table 2 below.
According to the index, the lower the score, the more strict the lab. The survey therefore ranks the GIA as the strictest of the labs, followed very closely by IGI and EGL USA. The scores of these three labs were sufficiently close to suggest that the U.S.-based labs are working within comparable boundaries, while the non-U.S. labs are applying more lenient standards. Whereas HRD is treading a fine line in its grading quality, EGL Hong Kong and EGL Israel were by far the most lenient of the labs that were surveyed.
Stern suggested that the differences in quality of grading might already be factored into the manner in which the market prices the diamonds from each lab. A stone with certain parameters given by a lenient lab might demand a higher discount than a stone with the same parameters given by a stricter lab. However, the survey found that while there are differences in prices that the various labs garner, they are not sufficient to substantiate the large differences in grading.
Rather, the survey suggested that while the labs have different reputations, as reflected in the prices they garner, sometimes that reputation is not equally reflected in the quality of their grading.
To assess the price ranking of the various labs, the RapNet team took each of the diamonds graded in the survey, and searched for diamonds with similar parameters by the same lab on RapNet. So for each of the diamonds, the survey checked the average price that similar diamonds were selling for on RapNet and averaged the results. The findings suggest which lab would have given the highest price for that specific diamond, based on the parameters given by each of the labs for diamonds found on RapNet.
According to the survey, selling all of the diamonds corresponding to each lab's respective standards would have brought in the total revenues listed in Table 3 below, indicating which of the labs gain the highest prices for the same set of diamonds in the market. (Some diamonds were excluded from this test due to insufficient RapNet data existing to base a conclusion).
The GIA gained the highest price ranking, followed by HRD, EGL USA, EGL Israel, IGI and EGL Hong Kong respectively.
The survey showed some surprising results when comparing price with quality of grading by the different labs (as presented in Table 2 and Table 3 above). It appears that some labs – such as IGI, which ranks second in the Laboratory Quality Index but fifth in the price ranking – are being punished in their pricing and that their diamonds are selling for less than what their grading standard deserves. In contrast, HRD graded stones seem to get a better price than their grading warrants as the lab is listed second in the price ranking but only fourth in the quality index.
Selling Diamonds Not Certificates
When it comes to grading diamonds, certificates are used in different ways for different members of the industry. Stern notes, for example, that diamond manufacturers use certs to assist in their pricing and marketing of the diamonds they're selling. A dealer may use them differently and even chose a lab based on his ability to sell the diamond – factoring in the type of diamond being sold and which market is targeted – rather than choosing a lab for its grading quality. Certs are also used by insurance companies when determining the replacement value of a stone that may have been lost or stolen.
However, it's at the retail level that the industry stands to lose the most from the labs' inconsistent grading standards. How does a jewelry retailer explain these differences to a customer? Particularly in today's information age, retailers increasingly have to explain to customers why a diamond viewed online with certain specifications is not the same price as a diamond in his/her store with the same grading done by a stricter lab. How can the industry expect the consumer to understand that the same diamond can be given an H color by one lab and K color by another, or VS2 clarity versus SI1?
The survey presents more questions than answers. While many have called for greater regulation of the labs, they're unsure how that would work. What is clear is that jewelry retailers are left to convince customers to trust them more than their certificates. Stern challenged retailers to stand behind the products they're selling.
Jewelers need to focus on selling diamonds rather than certs to ensure consumer confidence in the industry. And the same applies to the rest of the diamond and jewelry pipeline. For the industry to really achieve its goal to encourage and grow diamond consumption, manufacturers and dealers too, need to focus on selling their expertise and their product. After all, diamond certificates are intended as a vital tool to aide in that very process.
The following are the results of the grading of each diamond by the respective laboratories:
Disclosure: RapNet is the world's largest diamond trading platform with daily listings of over 1 million diamonds valued over US$6.5 billion and more than 12,000 members in over 80 countries. As of May 29, approximately 67 percent of the diamonds listed on RapNet are certified by the GIA, 9 percent by IGI, 6 percent by EGL Israel, 5 percent by EGL USA, 3 percent by HRD, 2 percent are graded by other labs and 9 percent are uncertified.
The writer can be contacted at avi@diamonds.net.
Follow Avi on Twitter: @AviKrawitz
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Is it possible to list labs in order of grading by diamond - and noting whether or not the diamonds were inscribed and if so what information was included in the inscription - was the lab name & report number on the side???
just to be clear
Jun 25, 2013 2:28PM By Raffaele Silvera
Can u please show us the original reports of the stones selected for the test...because i never seen a stone igi with medium fluo... if you make a report it have to be clear and showing facts and reports. thank you in advance.
Jun 14, 2013 3:04AM By James Sinclair
The question is not what each laboratory has graded the diamonds, similar outcomes to the above have been self evident for a decade, but why has it taken so long for Rapaport or similar Industry organisations to do something like this? Even national Industry organisations, who are set up to protect paying members, shy away from investigating the reliability and veracity of the self righteous gemmological laboratories and their purveyors. By doing this survey, does Rapaport believe that it is exposing a deep dark secret? Where to now Mr Rapaport? Or have you said 3 Hail Marys and get back to business as usual?


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Breast Cancer Rates Higher Among African American Women from Disproportionate Chemical Exposure
(Beyond Pesticides, February 25, 2021) A University of Michigan study finds a link between elevated rates of breast cancer incidents and chemical exposure from pesticides among African American women. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, causing the second most cancer-related deaths in the United States. However, breast cancer outcomes differ significantly among women of various races/ethnicities, with African American women being 40 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than women of any other race. Furthermore, incidences of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)—an aggressive breast cancer subtype lacking remediation—is approximately three-fold higher in non-Hispanic Black women (NHBW) compared to non-Hispanic White women (NHWW). Although past studies suggest genetic and environmental factors interact to produce these differences in breast cancer outcomes, genetic factors only play a minor role while disparities (differences) in external factors (i.e., chemical exposure) may play a more notable role.
This study highlights the significance of understanding how chemical exposure drives disease outcomes and increases disease risk, especially for more virulent diseases that disproportionately (unequally) impact specific communities. Prior research infers differences in chemical exposure may explain racial disparities for several illnesses, and growing evidence suggests common chemical exposure patterns influence the risk of breast cancer. Therefore, advocates points to the need for national policies to assess exposure hazards' involvement in disease development and diagnosis. The researchers in the study note, "[…]African American women are disproportionately exposed to chemicals with breast cancer-associated biological activity at doses relevant to human exposure. Future studies should aim to analyze pathways and genes identified as active at biologically relevant concentrations as more (EPA) ToxCast assay data becomes available. […]These experiments will help to inform whether [the] integration of exposure data from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) with biological activity data from Toxcast is a relevant methodology to identify hazardous chemicals that may be involved in the development and prognosis of breast cancer."
The study identifies 44 chemicals with considerable exposure inequalities, by race, that have biological activity concerning breast cancer. Aggressive cancer subtypes, including triple-negative breast cancer and others—all of which African American women are more likely to die—have stem-cell-like properties that allow pesticides to dysregulate hormonal pathways. The very chemicals this study finds racial disparities in biomarker concentrations also target specific stem cell-related genes, including AHR, SOX1, GLI1, and HIF-1A, responsible for normal bodily regulation and function.
Furthermore, this research highlights the faults of environmental pesticide monitoring as it fails to account for unequal exposure and specific disease outcomes in communities of color. The study authors conclude, "Advancing methods to screen candidate chemicals for associations with specific disease outcomes is critical for prioritizing chemicals for further experimental and epidemiological investigation, as well as to design interventions in highly exposed populations."
People of color and low-income populations are at higher exposure risk of environmental contaminants (i.e., pesticides) exposure that can catalyze adverse health and birth effects, especially in urban areas. Although Black women endure higher disease burdens than other U.S. populations, there remains a lack of research surrounding how chemical exposure may perpetuate these patterns of racial disparities in disease outcomes.
To identify chemical exposures which may cause racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes, researchers assessed chemical biomonitoring data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), an ongoing population-based health study. The data included toxicological reports of chemicals present in U.S. Non-Hispanic Black women at higher biomarker (indicators of exposure to a chemical) concentrations. Using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ToxCast assay (test), researchers measured active concentrations of these chemicals and assessed efficacy and potency effects. Lastly, researchers conducted a literature search to identify genes responsible for breast cancer development. They analyzed the biological activity (high, moderate, low) of the selected chemicals on genes at human-relevant exposure doses.
The results of the study find 44 chemicals at considerably higher biomarker concentrations in NHBW: the fungicide thiram, pesticide metabolites (2,5-dichlorophenol, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, p,p' DDE), chemicals in personal care products (methylparaben, propylparaben, monoethyl phthalate), and heavy metals (mercury and lead). The assay finds that active concentrations of these chemicals are comparable to biomarker concentrations in Black women. In addition to disproportionate chemical exposure among Black women, human-exposure relevant doses of all 44 chemicals have high to moderate breast cancer-associated biological activity.
The connection between pesticides and associated cancer risks is nothing new. Several studies link pesticide use and residue to various cancers, from more prevalent forms like breast cancer to rare like kidney cancer nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor). Although the link between agricultural practices and pesticide-related illnesses is stark, over 63 percent of commonly used lawn pesticides and 70 percent commonly used school pesticides have links to cancer. Past research demonstrates the mechanism by which cancer can develop after pesticides enter the bloodstream. In 2013, an experimental study showed that exposure to pesticides produces reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are highly unstable and cause potential DNA and cell damage that propagates cancer development. Additionally, pesticides can increase cancer risk through alternate mechanisms, including genotoxicity (gene damage), epigenetics (gene expression), immunotoxicity, tumors, and endocrine disruption. For breast cancer, one and ten women will receive a diagnosis, and genetics can only account for five to ten percent of cases. Therefore, it is essential to understand how external stimuli—like environmental pollution from pesticides—can drive breast cancer development.
The connection between cancer and pesticides is of specific concern to communities of color, as etiological studies often attribute cancer to genetics or environmental contamination without considering the disproportionate risk of exposure to contaminants. Many people of color communities or members of low-socioeconomic backgrounds experience unequal amounts of chemical exposure from various sources. Placement of toxic waste plants, garbage dumps, industrial factories, farms, and other hazardous pollution sources lowers the quality of life for minority populations. Such high levels of chemical exposure can cause these communities to suffer from health outcomes that affect their ability at work and in schools. Women of color are especially vulnerable to chemical exposure as a 2020 study comparing women of different ethnicities in the U.S. finds these women have higher levels of pesticides and their metabolites, including toxic DDE and 2,4-D. The presence of pesticides in the body has implications for women's health. Studies suggest women are more susceptible than men to certain types of cancers (i.e., breast cancer) as several pesticides produce endocrine-disrupting effects. Endocrine disruption promotes the development of hormone-related cancers that affect women more than men.
Current pesticide laws lack adequate policies that protect workers and minority communities from pesticide exposure. Risk assessments that calculate "acceptable" risks across population groups fail to disclose the disproportionate effects pesticide use has on people of color communities. Although EPA's Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) establishes safety standards that use a "health-based" standard for pesticide regulation, there is an inherent assumption that if a pesticide meets a highly questionable "acceptable" risk threshold, it has value or benefit. However, this flawed assumption allows the use of unnecessary toxic pesticide products without regard for either the health effects of chemical interactions or the availability of safer, non-toxic practices and products. These standards ignore the disproportionate risk, for example, to African American children whose asthmatic conditions are caused or triggered by the exact pesticide products that meet health-based standards. Furthermore, federal pesticide laws that aim to categorize disproportionate harm allows elevated risk to workers, particularly farmer and landscapers who are predominantly people of color, who experience aggregate effects of pesticide exposure from multiple sources.
EPA's failure to address the long-standing effects of chemical exposure differences among various communities is only the tip of the iceberg. As has been previously stated: "[Beyond Pesticides] has long been critical of EPA's risk assessment process, which fails to look at chemical mixtures—including inert ingredients—and synergistic effects in common pesticide products. Additionally, lack of awareness on specific health endpoints (such as endocrine disruption), disproportionate effects to vulnerable population groups, and regular non-compliance with product label directions hinder accurate risk assessments. These deficiencies contribute to its severe limitations in defining real-world poisoning, as captured by epidemiologic studies in Beyond Pesticides' Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database."
The evidence, associating disproportionate chemical exposure to pesticides and cancer, in this study and others like it, highlights the need for better long-term risk assessment of pesticide use on human health, as current evaluations fail to capture chronic (long-term) risks fully.
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Much pesticide use and exposure are associated with cancer effects. Studies concerning pesticides and cancer help future epidemiological research understand the underlying mechanisms that cause cancer.
Global leaders must have a full understanding of the cause of pesticide-induced diseases before the chemicals enter the environment. Policy reform and the adoption of practices that eliminate toxic pesticide use can end the uncertainty surround harm. With far too many diseases in the U.S. associated with pesticide exposure, reducing pesticide use is a critically important aspect of safeguarding public health and addressing cost burdens for local communities, particularly minority and underserved. Beyond Pesticides' Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database is a great resource for additional scientific literature that documents elevated cancer rates and other chronic diseases and illnesses among people exposed to pesticides. This database supports the clear need for strategic action to shift away from pesticide dependency. For more information on the multiple harms pesticides can cause, see PIDD pages on breast cancer, endocrine disruption, and other diseases.
Proper prevention practices, like buying, growing, and supporting organics, can eliminate exposure to toxic pesticides. Organic agriculture has many health and environmental benefits, which curtail the need for chemical-intensive agricultural practices. Regenerative organic agriculture nurtures soil health through organic carbon sequestration while preventing pests and generating a higher return than chemical-intensive agriculture. For more information on how organic the right choice, see Beyond Pesticides webpage, Health Benefits of Organic Agriculture.
All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.
Source: University of Michigan
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This page will detail the Public Works Department effort to contract, bid out and implement enforcement of the Vegetation and Debris Nuisance Ordinance of the City of Sunset Hills. Details concerning the bidding process, direction of contracted efforts and other pertinent details concerning this activity will be posted here by Building Inspector, Scott Reed. Any questions concerning these issues can be directed to him at 314-849-3400 or via e-mail. The complete section of city code 27-3/4 can be found below.
These will be bid for rectification by qualifying contractors this Friday, July 1, 2011 at 10 a.m. Bidders interested in bidding on this project can download the bid package (PDF).
June 21, 2011 - A bid package to contract out cutting on several properties within the City Limits of the City of Sunset Hills is being drafted for solicitation by city personnel.
June 27, 2011 - Publication of offending properties is under evaluation, review and will be consolidated onto a list for bid this Friday by Public Works Department personnel.
Access section 27-3/4 of the Sunset Hills City Code (PDF) for more information.


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ON TARGET: New Year's Resolution: Let's admit our failures and learn from them
Social Media Manager January 4, 2016
In the spring of 2014, when Daesh was overrunning Iraqi security forces in the Sunni Triangle, the Kurdish peshmerga took advantage of the chaos to launch their own offensive against the Iraqi army.
It is a terrible human trait to not learn from past mistakes, but it is an even worse habit to claim false success in order to embark on yet more doomed endeavours.
A case in point is the recent clamour from the Colonel Blimp tub-thumpers to send in more Canadian trainers to northern Iraq because that is something we were successful at in Afghanistan. One only needs to keep abreast of the news to know that the Afghan army trained and equipped by NATO is hopelessly demoralized and completely ineffective in combating a resurgent Taliban.
Despite Canadian soldiers' best efforts to teach these Afghans superior combat skills, there is simply no way to motivate them into sacrificing their lives for the corrupt regime that the West installed in Kabul.
With the NATO-U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan almost complete, the Taliban have been steadily increasing their gains against the government security forces that we so successfully trained up until 2014. In an ironic twist of fate, the major obstacle to the Taliban seizing complete control over Afghanistan has been the emergence of Daesh in that war-torn country.
That's right folks, the only thing preventing the evil-doing Taliban from a quick victory is the amount of troops and resources they have deployed to combat even worse evil-doers. Some success.
Now the warmongers want Canadian soldiers to train Iraqi security forces so they might defeat Daesh. Sounds simple, and since we know that Daesh is pure evil, how could we not lend a hand?
Well, for starters, Iraq is no longer a singular entity. Our soldiers are deployed on a training mission in Kurdistan. To cloud the issue and to simplify things, our politicians and media refer to this as the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. The Kurds are far more honest about things and at the border checkpoint, the sign says welcome to Kurdistan.
Erbil is the capital of Kurdistan, and everywhere you go they fly the red, green and white stripes with a sunburst centre that is the flag of Kurdistan. In photographs, you will notice this same flag on the uniforms of the Kurdish peshmerga militia, and in some cases it has been displayed alongside the Maple Leaf on the sleeves of our Canadian trainers.
In the spring of 2014, when Daesh was overrunning Iraqi security forces in the Sunni Triangle, the Kurdish peshmerga took advantage of the chaos to launch their own offensive against the Iraqi army. With little fanfare, the Kurds seized the oilfields of Kirkuk, which contain about 40 per cent of Iraq's total oil output. For the record, there is virtually no oil in the Sunni Triangle, now under Daesh control, as the remaining oil hub is in the Shiite-dominated region around Basra.
With the Kirkuk windfall, Kurdistan has the economic engine to support complete independence. This is what the peshmerga fighters are fighting for, not a unified democratic Iraq.
Canadian politicians clearly understand this deep division. That is why when former prime minister Stephen Harper and, more recently, newly appointed Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan visited the region, they paid their respects to both the Kurdish leaders and the impotent Shiite-dominated regime in Baghdad.
With the U.S.-trained-and-equipped Iraqi army in tatters after its quick defeat at the hands of Daesh in 2014, the Baghdad government had to call up the Shiite militia to defend the capital. Those militias are largely supported and mentored by Iranian army trainers. Given Canada's current relations with Iran, bolstering those anti-Daesh fighters is not an option.
Which leads us back to Kurdistan. If Canada wants to pour in military aid and expertise to bolster the Kurds, then we need to be honest and open about the creation of an independent state. This will not be easy, of course, because an independent Kurdistan is strongly opposed by neighbouring countries, including Turkey, a key NATO ally.
For several months, Turkish security forces have been waging a renewed counterinsurgency against Kurdish separatist guerrillas in eastern Turkey. The Kurdish Workers Party — known as the PKK and listed as a terrorist organization by the united States, the European Union and Canada — has long used Kurdistan as a safe haven from which to launch cross-border attacks into Turkey.
As we should have learned from our decade-long failure in Afghanistan, we can train individuals to fire weapons, but we cannot control their will as to what they will fight for. We want to teach the Kurds to fight Daesh; the Kurds want weapons and munitions to create Kurdistan, and that includes chunks of Turkey, Syria and Iran.
For 2016, let's start admitting our failures and thereby begin learning from them.


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Nick Jonas Tattoo, Teeth
Many pop stars and celebrities receive permanent ink to carry their inspirations to the outside world. From Justin Bieber to Miley Cyrus, tattoos are supposed to express an artist's passions, and it's a consensus that they look pretty cool, too. Whether it's a sleeve or just a single marker, tattoos are often filled with subtle meaning and references to personal experiences. and Check out Nick Jonas Tattoo
While some celebrities get their ink for purely superficial reasons (they too generally look pretty cute), others choose designs that evoke passion and inspiration every time the needle hits the skin. One of the more iconic and symbolic tattoos of recent times is the one on Nick Jonas' forearm. The piece was created in 2013 and there has been a lot of talk about what it means and why it is so special.
The Meaning of Nick Jonas Tattoo
At first glance, the group of symbols can easily be mistaken for some kind of hieroglyphics or extraterrestrial relics. To an uninformed observer, it appears as nonsense or as something that lies too deep for an outsider to understand. It is cryptic in concept and somewhat confusing without further explanation, but when explained, it makes perfect sense and fits both Nick Jonas and the Jonas Brothers' brand.
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The meaning of this tattoo is quite simple and straightforward. The tattoo first appeared on his Instagram page in 2013 with the headline: "God is greater than the ups and downs". From the picture of the tattoo, it is not difficult to sort out the symbols. G stands for God, then the "greater than" symbol (>), followed by a vertex? and a? representing the ups and downs.
This should accompany his tattoo "Mercy" from the beginning of the year, which also has a clear personal and spiritual meaning for Nick Jonas. The Jonas brothers are famous for their Christian faith. A popular theme in their early years was the purity rings the group wore, symbolizing chastity until marriage. This and his "Mercy" tattoo fit the same pattern, but are a more mature expression.
In addition to the religious implications of the tattoo, the Jonas Brothers released their Album V shortly after the ink was finished. The V in the tattoo of Nick Jonas refers to the album. This may be unintentional, but it was certainly a reminder to most fans who keep an eye on the upcoming album. It was a bit of publicity back then, but the staying power lies in the meaning of the tattoo itself. It is a constant reminder to Nick Jonas and all his fans that God is greater than all. Even though there are good times and bad times, God is always watching and trumps all the experiences of this world.
Nick's Teeth
As much as we idolize our celebrities, they are not without their eccentricity and flaws. Nick Jonas himself also has his faults, which in his case makes him even more tempting. In September 2015, an author of Buzzfeed revealed that the singer has "three front teeth", which led some to call him an "extra tooth".
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The revelation provoked angry comments from fans, with some describing the post as lame, superficial, uneducated, incorrect, and many other adjectives. The most widespread ideal was that Nick has a lateral incisor, and if that is indeed true, then Nick's mistake is not a mistake after all. Look at the pictures for yourself and judge for yourself.
What do we think? Well, we don't care if Nick has five front teeth, after all, he is still Jonas' hottest brother.
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DUMMERSTON—If an unnamed resident doesn't license two aggressive dogs, the town's animal control officer, Zeke Goodband, may seize the animals, as per the Selectboard and state statute.
Goodband, who also serves as the Selectboard chair, told Board members about the issue at their Oct. 26 regular meeting.
He said there are two unlicensed, aggressive dogs in town, and despite his sending the owner letters ordering the animals "be kept kenneled, tethered, or kept control of by the owner," and licensed — "to the best of my knowledge they haven't been licensed yet."
"If I get a call from the emergency room and a person has been bitten, the first thing [hospital staff wants] to know is the rabies status of the dog," Goodband said, noting that if the dog is unlicensed, "I have no idea, [and] that causes some consternation, especially with parents of children that have been bitten."
State statute requires all dogs be licensed by April 1, Goodband said. By May 31, the town clerk is supposed to provide a "census of unlicensed dogs," and the Selectboard then "gives the animal control officer permission to seize and destroy any unlicensed dogs."
"I don't think that's ever been done in Dummerston, but it is, by statute, an option," said Goodband, adding that usually people have been willing to comply, but not this time.
"I want to have the Board's permission to have this option available to me when I go and talk to these people again," he said.
After the Selectboard unanimously voted to authorize the town's animal control officer to seize and destroy unlicensed dogs, Goodband said, "I hope this will provide more incentive to these individuals to get their dogs licensed."
Originally published in The Commons issue #382 (Wednesday, November 9, 2016). This story appeared on page C1.


What kind of character is "Touchstone", who appears in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"?
What Scottish city is at the confluence of the rivers Dee and Don?
In common English useage, what is Latin for doing or saying the same thing again?
In 1314, who led the Scottish forces at the Battle of Bannockburn?
Which of these people was a leader of the French nation from 18 May 1804 to 11 April 1814 and from 20 March 1815 to 22 June 1815?
A theory of the workings of the human body adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and believed until the 19th century was that it was filled with 4 basic substances (black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood). These were collectively known as what?
Which New Zealand cricketer, a left-handed batsman who captained New Zealand in 4 Tests in the early 1950s, was one of Wisden's cricketers of the year for 1950?


IDAHO FALLS — Idaho's wealthiest person — and historically a major donor to the Republican Party — has endorsed the Democratic nominee for state schools superintendent.
Melaleuca CEO and billionaire Frank VanderSloot on Monday announced his support for Cindy Wilson, the recently retired 33-year educator who is challenging Republican incumbent Sherri Ybarra in the Nov. 6 election.
VanderSloot also pledged two separate contributions to Wilson's campaign: a $5,000 personal donation and a $5,000 donation from Melaleuca, his company that sells nutritional supplements, cleaning supplies and personal-care products. Both contributions will be paid today, VanderSloot said. They represent the maximum an individual or company can contribute for a general election.
Candidates and third-party campaign committees must file their final pre-election sunshine reports by Tuesday.
"It's really urgent that our Legislature address teacher pay," VanderSloot told Idaho Education News.
The endorsement followed both a lengthy meeting with Wilson and multiple conversations with some of Idaho's "top leaders" in Boise, VanderSloot said.
At the close of the 2018 session, several key Republican lawmakers publicly complained that Ybarra was detached from the legislative process — and this compromised her effectiveness, even in a GOP-dominated Statehouse.
While VanderSloot generally endorses Republicans, he has crossed party lines before. In the 1994 governor's race, VanderSloot endorsed Democrat Larry EchoHawk. In 2006, VanderSloot endorsed Democratic controller's candidate Jackie Groves Twilegar. Neither candidate won in the general election.
EastIdahoNews.com last week reported that VanderSloot is supporting Republican Lt. Gov. Brad Little as Idaho's next governor.


Jeremy Oliver's Wine of the Year - 2012 Estate Vineyard Shiraz!
Since 1999 Rick Kinzbrunner has been fashioning cutting-edge cool climate Australian shiraz. Fifteen years ago there weren't too many Victorians making this variety into a style we perhaps more associate with the northern Rhône Valley, but Kinzbrunner has always drawn inspiration from the wines he most enjoys drinking. So until 2008, the only Shiraz from Giaconda was the deliciously perfumed, floral, spicy and savoury Warner Vineyard Shiraz, which has been continually sourced from a sloping, north-facing section of the Warner Vineyard, 6.5 km from Beechworth and located at a marginally cooler, higher site than that of the Giaconda Vineyard itself. For many years I have rated this as a 5-Star wine.
It took a long time for Kinzbrunner to plant shiraz at Giaconda, since for the first decade and a half at his Beechworth site he was more concerned at matching different parcels of the property with chardonnay, pinot noir and cabernet sauvignon. But the consistent quality from the Warner site convinced him that a warmer, north-facing plot at the top of the property was just the place to plant two acres of shiraz, with Hermitage well and truly in his sights. In itself this was a radical but confident decision, because Kinzbrunner initially chose the predominantly south-facing property to reduce the impact of heat on its elevated but still warmish location.
Retarded by the extended drought of the first decade this century, the young shiraz vines struggled to develop and produce a crop, but in doing so dug their feet deep into the site's granitic loam soils, which overlie decomposed gravel and clay. But when they came, the results were astonishing. The first wine from the new shiraz vines was the 2008 vintage, quickly affirming the site's potential with what I described at the time as a 'super Rhône'. It quickly revealed the layered, meaty and mineral attributes we now expect from the site. Kinzbrunner fine-tuned winemaking regimes for the next two vintages, exploring means by which to express the potential of the site's terroir into anexpression of shiraz fit to rival the Rhône's elite. Very closed and reductive in their youth, cloaked by layers of oak and tannin, the 2010 and 2011 releases delivered quality, but not enough to meet Kinzbrunner's expectations, or even indeed the Warner Vineyard Shiraz in 2010. All that has changed with the 2012 vintage. Fermented in tank with a small proportion of viognier, it was matured in the mineshaft-like cellar under the Giaconda vineyard for 22 months inside French oak barrels, around a third of which were new. From its earliest days it looked special. Thankfully, it is safely into bottle for its real journey now to begin.
I like the fact that winemakers like Rick Kinzbrunner, Phillip Jones, Joe Grilli and Roman Bratasiuk are so honest and focused on their extraordinary ambitions. From the outset, Kinzbrunner started this project to make a wine worthy of the greatest sites of the northern Rhône, and he didn't mind who he told about it. The clearest ambitions can carry with them the highest risk, but the risk can bring the reward.
In this case, the reward is a wine that does what Kinzbrunner has done before with chardonnay, and is also promising to do again with nebbiolo. It is taking the perceptions of what has been considered possible with Australian wine, spinning them about and exposing them for their shameful lack of imagination and inspiration. That's what great winemakers do and why the Giaconda Estate Shiraz 2012 is such a worthy Wine of the Year.
In 2003 we dared to ask the question: who are Australia's best winemakers?
Who got the pulse racing, the lips smacking in anticipation of not just a wine but something magical and truly uplifting in a glass?
The results showed a mix of old-school, technological brilliance and new wave, with riesling winemaker extraordinaire John Vickery of Leo Buring fame in first place followed by Petaluma founder Brian Croser and chardonnay master Rick Kinzbrunner of Giaconda.
Today, we revisit the question.
One day I happened on Giaconda's 2012 Warner Vineyard Shiraz, from Beechworth. I stopped dead in my tracks just smelling this wine. It smelled so good and so distinctive, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. The fruit characters reminded immediately and distinctly of the 2011 wine Jamsheed made off this same vineyard – this same Warner Vineyard in Beechworth. Different approach and techniques, yet the vineyard was shining through.
This was one of the most wondrous reds I've ever stuck in my gob. Giaconda, Warner, Beechworth: simple words that might resonate through time. When smells, tastes and words interleave, names do mean something.
Pure raspberries and blackberries, gentle pepper and other transitory souk spices. A palate bursting with fruit,relieved by the finest, building, black coal-edged tannins. Long, so long. 98/100.


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In Lara, residents use socks to filter dirty water
Makeshift filters such as rags or socks are what residents in El Tocuyo have to use if they want to be able to use the dirty water they get.
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28 January, 2020 8:02 am
By Keren Torres.
Neighbors need to place socks or tie or rags around to their water taps, the only way to filter out dirt and larvae.
Like 80% of Venezuela, Pueblo Nuevo in El Tocuyo in Lara state have not to regular water service over pipes, when it does come, it is full of dirt and larvae forcing them to filter the liquid of life using socks and rags.
Daily things getting worse, there's also a cooking gas shortage (Venezuela is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis), which means they have to cook with firewood, a method which makes it difficult to boil water.
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Now respiratory illnesses from the smoke have to be added to the list of intestinal, skin ailments deriving from polluted water, neighbors say.
"And we also have the smoke wafting over from the garbage dump, every day. Before, they had the machinery to compact and bury waster, but that is not working either. We are going from bad to worse," neighbors told El Pitazo.
Four years ago, since the machinery at the landfill stopped working, residents live under a cloud of smoke. They want this dump shut down and another one built not so close to the El Tocuyo communities.
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2 pts - ¡Ay Stuhuahua!
5 for Red Ant's documentary on ghetto life!
HM to Peas and Carrots & Luke's Lucky Lady!
I love pork, though I also love chicken, steak, fish and just about any other meat or meat like substance, but your song still made me want Pepperoni Pizza.
Amazing gas parody, frankly made me want to Sh*t my pants, sorry it's Jack (Red Ant's) Fault, he's been a terrible influence on my mouth.
Great Round, all, now to finish up Garth Brooks.
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Rozali vs Johnson: disagreements on Twitter mob's hunt on Hunt
Sir Tim Hunt, a Nobel prize winner in biology, was rapidly fired from numerous British and European scientific and scholarly institutions because 9,000 km away from London, he told an audience that even in the lab, opposite sexes mostly attract and women cry more often than men.
While committing his blasphemy, Hunt totally forgot to point out that science, it's a girl thing, and it's all about the lipstick – the official definition of science according to the European Commission.
It is unnecessary for me to repeatedly explain what I find so crazy about the event. The American Thinker just published an essay about the event. I agree with the author and pretty much with all the commenters. Sometimes, they think that they argue but they don't really contradict each other and almost all the comments are right, too. This movement shouldn't be called PC, it's just evil. And even the term "cultural Marxism" is misleading because Marxism doesn't have any subdivisions. It's one ideology trying to take control of the whole society and to do so, it uses numerous strategies.
It's easy for them – and us – who are outside the university system to mock the reaction by the universities and point out the non-Western and sick values and mechanisms that produce such outcomes. You need much more courage to even express doubts about the lynching of Tim Hunt if you are inside the university system.
For this reason, I find it much more important to see what people inside the university environment dare to say about this crazy episode (extremely far from the first one of its kind).
Physicist Clifford Johnson posted a link to The Tuttle Rebuttal and recommended this external URL because it's "great". Honestly, I have no idea what anyone can find great about that page. There isn't anything true on that page, there isn't anything smart on that page, there isn't even anything creative or original or entertaining or provocative on that page.
Sarah Tuttle, a third-class astrophysicist (remove the non-cosmic papers by her namesake) whose main source of her subjectively perceived moral superiority is her vagina, just wrote a couple of the (by now) standard hateful clichés directed against achieved men such as Tim Hunt. I have no idea why anyone (regardless of his or her opinions) would link to those stupid tweets and how Tuttle's tweets differ from the tweets submitted by the other members of the mob. But there must be something very special about them from Clifford's viewpoint because he was self-evidently aroused.
In the comments, Moshe Rozali, another string theorist whom I know even better than Clifford, didn't seem to share Clifford's excitement about the way how Hunt was treated.
Now, you shouldn't have any doubts about the political affiliation of both men. In that very discussion, Moshe Rozali described themselves as "progressive academics". This made me laugh. I can't comprehend why someone would use such a totally discredited label basically equivalent to "obnoxiously pompous jerk" to describe himself. The communist regime was using similar labels to describe scholars it considered loyal but pretty much all of them would at least privately renounce it. They were telling their friends: "You know, I am the good one or good communist who is just improving or destroying the party from the inside." But Moshe doesn't see any irony and proudly talks about himself as about a "progressive academic" who is "aiding progressive causes".
I hope that this equivalent of the communist party ID will help Moshe at least a little bit because this is where his sympathies to the violent feminists on Twitter ended.
Regardless of his political affiliation, Moshe is understandably worried about the crazy speed and "lack of the formal, organized process" – a word he uses about 6 times. You know, regardless of one's political opinions, anyone in a remotely similar situation as Tim Hunt should be worried. People used to think about the Academia as a decoupled ivory tower that is shielded from the cruelty of some of the ordinary people. The idea is that this shield against attacks and distractions was needed to provide the scholars with a sufficient concentration – analogous to the mood that monks could enjoy in monasteries. Tenure was meant to be an even higher level of protection and I think that most people would agree that a Nobel prize should give one even more safety than just tenure. But even the last, triple shield, didn't help Sir Tim Hunt at all.
As Moshe says, one can become a bit inconvenient for some bosses and they will quickly professionally destroy him whoever he (or, less likely, she) is in order to help themselves.
Moshe is worried about the Twitter mobs more than about Hunt's innocent quotes, of course. He uses the term "mob" for the bunch of aggressive Twitter activists and the word "mob" means that 1) there is no proper process in the "trial", 2) the members of the mob are faceless and don't have any individual responsibility for their contribution to the lynching.
And Moshe Rozali worries that it's naive to think that similar mob lynching will systematically produce justice (totally agreed); and it's foolish to expect that such mob lynching won't be used against "progressive causes". Well, the latter point is probably wrong and I have good news for Moshe: as long as you remain a "progressive academic without heresies", you will be safe.
Angry Twitter users surely exist among left-wingers and right-wingers; climate alarmists and skeptics; they exist in virtually every large enough group. But some of these groups' Twitter anger doesn't produce any results because unlike your hardcore Stalinist friends such as Clifford Johnson, the angry critics of the leftists don't have any power in the Academia. It's that simple.
To mention an example, Catherine Hayhoe claims to be receiving 200 pieces of hate mail a day. (She is a strange hybrid of a crazy environmentalist and alarmist activist and a religious whackodoodle; this combination will become less shockingly crazy tomorrow when Pope Francis will release this document, Laudato si, which will turn him into a Hayhoe in a skirt LOL. It's like a summary of an IPCC report flavored with references to the Pope's Mother Earth, Brother Sun, and Sister Moon, among tons of other hilarious things.) But as you can see, 200 pieces of hate mail a day isn't enough to fire her!
You should compare the non-existent implications of these 200 pieces of hate mail e.g. with one mail that a Stalinist named Lee Smolin sent to Harvard faculty when he didn't like my review of a pseudoscientific book he wrote at amazon.com. The mail described me as a chauvinist and a homophobe and all these weird things and they had to deal with me. And make no doubts about it, I became immediately harassed by the spineless department chair John Huth and indirectly others. Just imagine how creepy it is: nonsensical and surely totally off-topic accusations of my being a "homophobe" were being used as a tool to make me erase a review of a book on a topic that I understand about 100 times better than Lee Smolin – that was really why I was hired to that job. No, you really shouldn't be surprised that I want an electrical chair treatment for the likes of Smolin because that's the kind of the behind-the-scenes behavior they do 7 days a week – the main source of their "success" in the system.
Most of the colleagues (professors) would privately agree with me. As far as I know, none of them has provided me with any principled defense that was so needed at that time. None of them has made it clear to Smolin that I not only had the right to write reviews at amazon.com but I was really hired to that Harvard job because I knew a lot about the topic that his book unsuccessfully tried to address. Those were the times when I was learning how badly damaged and existentially dangerous the environment was.
I do believe that despite being a self-described "progressive academic", Moshe Rozali does feel some ethical constraints. But even if you're not an active enforcer of the Stalinist rules, Moshe, you are a part of the problem. Clifford Johnson is one of the hardcore and unfair enforcers of the ideological purity, a counterpart of the guards in a concentration camp, and your disagreement simply isn't credible or strong enough to actually stop any of these things.
So even though I appreciate the infinitesimal portion of courage that you have exposed by mildly disagreeing with Clifford, I am afraid that it's clear that the Tim-Hunt-like terror against Nobel prize winners who dare to preserve their common sense would lead to the professional assassination in your very department, too.
Clifford Johnson, the hardcore Stalinist in the exchange I am discussing, doesn't like the label "mobs" for the activity of the mobs on Twitter. He celebrates Twitter for giving the voice to the people who feel "daily undermined and underrepresented". "It's not just women," he adds, suggesting that he also means blacks like himself. Please give me a break with this outrageously ludicrous cr*p, Clifford. If there is someone in your department who has enjoyed special privileges throughout his life, who really deserves to be called a spoiled brat, then it's you.
Concerning the voicelessness, you know, some people and some groups remain "voiceless" or unable to enforce political decisions they would prefer – and it is mostly a good thing. When a thousand of angry scientists whose main virtue was their vagina were unable to sack a Nobel prize winner just because he said an obvious truth that they would prefer to treat as heresy, the world was a better place. These angry scientists who try to eliminate basic aspects of our civilization such as the freedom of speech are and have always been a risk for the Western society and centuries of evolution were able to minimize the risk. There were very good reasons why such mobs became basically voiceless.
Twitter itself is just a technical tool. It allows users to gather lots of supporters very quickly. Rozali and Johnson discuss whether this quantitative difference produces a qualitative one – and Rozali correctly yet ironically reminds Johnson of the law of Marxist dialectics about the transition of quantity into quality. ;-) But I do agree that Twitter, a technical tool, can't be considered the ultimate culprit.
The ultimate problem is in the universities and committees and boards etc. that fire people in similar situations as Tim Hunt's. These committees and boards are mixtures of hardcore Stalinists such as Clifford Johnson who badly and sincerely want to ruin other people's lives for ideological reasons; and people like Moshe who know that it's wrong but they don't have the balls to make any difference. The outcome is often inevitable.
An obvious reason why I don't consider Twitter to be the "ultimate" cause of the problems is that I believe that almost everyone understands that it is easy to get many copies and retweets etc. So everyone takes this fact into account when he decides whether some "Twitter campaign" is important or not. If you see one thousand of retweets by angry feminists, it is clearly not such a big deal relatively to hundreds of other events on Twitter that we still consider inconsequential. There simply exists some portion of the population – millions of people – who will get angry by something and some fraction of these angry people (fraction that depends on the luck and well-connectedness of the founders of the campaign) may participate in a Twitter lynching exercise.
But the real problem is the combination of the outright hostility to the freedom of speech (Clifford Johnson is a symbol of it) and the spinelessness of the people who make similar administrative decisions in the Academia (Moshe Rozali). Moshe, it's still bad when you find it appropriate to join the lynching by repeatedly saying – for absolutely no good reason – that "you have no sympathy for Hunt and he is disgusting". He is not disgusting. He just has common sense that you have lost years ago and he has the right to preserve it. Moshe, as long as you are unable to make it clear that Johnson's support of the lynching is unethical and you may tangibly oppose such things in the future, you are a part of the problem – a component of the spineless part of the problem, but it is still a part of the problem, anyway.
P.S.: By the way, Brian Cox, the media's favorite caricature of a particle physicist, dared to defend Hunt against the mobs. And so did Boris Johnson, the mayor of London. A Labour Party MP swine immediately threatened Boris Johnson, too.
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Place cauliflower with 2 tablespoons water in a microwave safe bowl; microwave, at full power, 5 minutes; drain.
Heat a skillet over medium high heat with 1 tablespoon oil; cook onions until they being to turn golden, 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add garlic, ginger, and cumin; cook 30 seconds.
Add another tablespoon of oil; toss in cauliflower, stirring until light brown, about 3 minutes more.Stir in tomatoes, chickpeas, turmeric, cayenne, and 1/3 cup water.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 4 minutes; season with salt.
Serve garnished with cilantro and a dollop of yogurt.
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