If you've been injured in an auto accident, by medical negligence, or on unsafe premises, we are here to help. We help our clients file personal injury claims to get them back to the life they deserve. The first step is to reach out to a professional to help. Call to schedule a free consultation.
Personal injury claims are difficult, emotional and sometimes critical. If you have been injured through the fault of someone else or if you have lost a loved one due to the negligence of another, you may have a personal injury or wrongful death claim. If you are unsure of what your rights are or what the rights of your loved one may be or may have been, a personal injury attorney is the one to turn to. When you are dealing with an injury or death of a family member, it can be overwhelming to navigate the civil justice system.
At Ann Brown Legal, we help people with personal injury and wrongful death claims to recover damages from the negligent person or their insurance carrier. This financial recuperation can be an emotional weight lifted, as justice is rightly carried out, and can lighten a significant burden, giving the family or injured person the opportunities they need to carry on with life. Those finances may be used to pay medical bills, install or gain access to life-improving tools or live a brighter future. If you believe you may have a personal injury or wrongful death claim, please contact our office to schedule a free consultation to address the many concerns you may have during this difficult time.
At Ann Brown Legal, we regularly communicate with clients about their cases and always take time to answer any client questions or address any concerns. We are here for you during this time and are a trusted ally as you move forward. Every case presents different issues. We keep you informed along the way. We treat every case with the utmost importance, no matter how seemingly large or small. We realize the great burden this has placed on you and your loved ones and we make every case our priority. We treat every client the way we would want ourselves, and our family members, to be treated. We handle personal injury and wrongful death cases in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo and throughout all of Iowa.
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The battle between the top luxury watch makers is truly ongoing, with names such as Rolex , Omega, Audemars Piguet, Breitling, and more each attempting to woo customers with services and perks outside of merely producing the more desirable timepieces. One of the things that makes watches a lot like cars when it comes to luxury goods is the fact that they will require service or repair from time to time. This makes timepieces very distinct from items such as jewelry, clothing, and handbags which have no mechanical element to them. Today, Rolex has confirmed to me that they are increasing the warranty and service offered with all new Rolex watches starting July 1, 2015. This is good news for Rolex buyers, but it is important to understand why this is happening in the context of luxury watches.
Conventional knowledge might suppose that the more expensive an item is, the more durable and robust it should be. Ideally is should be the case that cheap things require more repair while expensive things last longer. That isn't always the case, unfortunately (as buyers of exotic cars will frequent lament to you), and it is very true in the sphere of timepieces. Perhaps, the biggest complaint watch owners have (aside from high initial prices) is the cost and effort required to get their watches fixed or merely serviced. At least for now, some of the world's top brands are increasing the warranty period for new watches so that customers won't have as much out of pocket expense when it comes time to fix or service a watch.
Like cars, timepiece need to go in for an "oil change" each few years. Some brands recommend each five years, and some brands a bit more or less. Unless you are the owner of a timepiece with a very complicated or exotic movement I suggest not servicing or repairing a watch until it has an actual problem. Servicing a watch is expensive, but it is also something that, if done correctly, requires a lot of time and effort. When service centers rush watch repair work, the results are often very disappointing. So yes, it can cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars merely to service a watch. Repairs are yet another story, depending on the issue and complexity of the movement.
When taking a watch back to an authorized dealer, customers often fear being hit with high fees. With that said, in many cases, watches should go to authorized dealers for the best service results. By offering longer warranty periods, brands like Rolex hope to increase customer esteem for their products, but are also trying to lessen the potential costs of repair over time. With that said, even with increasing their warranty for all Rolex Oyster and Cellini watches to five years, most Rolex watches will never see a service center during that time. Warranties cover problems with a watch, and not servicing.


Mississippi's K-12 teachers lobbied hard for a $4000 across-the-board raise this legislative session. After all, it's an election year, when even stingy, "anti-big-government" legislators like to strike their most generous poses. Instead the teachers got a mere $1500 raise, less than 40% of their ask.
I have an idea why legislators – or at least the leadership that's calling the shots – won't "truly commit." Simply put, Mississippi educators are not militant enough in their demands. They petition, lobby, present carefully prepared data, and cajole – generally "playing nice" with legislators. They do not march, occupy, threaten, or strike. Legislators count on teachers to "go along to get along," as a result feeling that they have nothing to fear.
Mississippi teachers should take a leaf from their more militant colleagues in other parts of red America – West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona. Teachers in those states long stood for much of the same crap handed down to Mississippi educators, until they decided that enough was enough. They've been organizing, fighting through an array of actions, and as a result winning new concessions.
Disappointed once more, will Mississippi teachers finally decide the do the same? If they do, social workers should stand behind them in every way they can. The teachers' fight is our fight.


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The Johns Hopkins Hospital has a tradition of commitment to professional social work education. Fieldwork is an important component of social work education. It is through the integration of the theoretical material presented in the classroom and the opportunity for guided fieldwork practice that students are prepared for professional practice. The goal of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Social Work Field Education Program is to prepare students for practice in a manner that reflects the principles underlying the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics.
Intern applicants must have an excellent educational foundation, superior communication skills, and the ability to adapt to a complex and fast-paced organization. Students seeking admission to the Field Education Program must be referred by the Field Education Office of their graduate program. Internships are enhanced through weekly seminars, which are a cornerstone of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Field Education experience. Seminars expose students to diverse and scholarly presentations from social workers throughout the institution.
The Field Education Program is centralized under the auspices of the Social Work Council at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Questions or inquiries about the Field Education Program can be directed to:
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Лапча́тка гуси́ная, или Гуси́ная ла́пка () — невысокое многолетнее травянистое растение, вид рода  семейства , родом из Северного полушария. Часто встречается на берегах рек, на лугах и по обочинам дорог.

Другие названия — «судорожная трава», «гусеница».

Ботаническое описание

Лапчатка гусиная — низкорастущее травянистое растение со стелющимися красными столонами, достигающими 80 сантиметров в длину.

Листья в длину 10—20 сантиметров, равномерно непарноперистые, сверху зелёные, гладкие, снизу беловатые, сильно опушённые, разделённые на листочки 2—5 см в длину и 1—2 см в ширину. Волоски покрывают также стебель и столоны, из-за этого растение выглядит серебристым, что отражено в его английском названии Silverweed (серебристая трава).

Цветки диаметром 1,5—2,5 сантиметра, с пятью, реже с шестью или семью жёлтыми лепестками, растут на отдельных стеблях, достигающих 5—15 сантиметров в длину.

Плод — многоорешек.

 трудноотличима от  — эти два вида различаются только характеристиками покрывающих волосков. Некоторые ботаники классифицируют Potentilla egedii как подвид Potentilla anserina.

Распространение
Встречается в умеренной зоне по всему земному шару.

Лапчатка гусиная чаще всего встречается на песчаных или каменистых, глинистых почвах, по обочинам дорог, на лугах и пустырях, в оврагах и канавах, где она может быстро размножаться изобильно укореняющимися столонами. Растение типично для населённых областей, в отличие от Potentilla egedii, которое является солестойким растением, характерным для прибрежных солончаков.

Химический состав
В листьях содержится 260—297 мг % аскорбиновой кислоты. В подземных органах собранных 20 августа содержалось 105,6 мг % аскорбиновой кислоты.

Листья содержат 8 % золы, 17,6 % протеина и 14,6 клетчатки.

Значение и применение
При поедании животными вызывает отравление которое сопровождается потерей аппетита и расстройством желудка. Особенно чувствительны лошади. На пастбище скотом поедается плохо или не поедается вовсе.

В подземных и надземных органах содержит дубильные вещества. Клубнеобразные утолщения богаты крахмалом.

Медоносные пчёлы собирают с цветков нектар и пыльцу.

Используется как лекарственное растение. С этой целью собирают обычно листья, гораздо реже заготавливают также побеги и цветки. Настой и отвар лапчатки гусиной обладает противосудорожным, кровоостанавливающим, антисептическим, сильным вяжущим и мочегонным действием. В народной медицине лапчатка гусиная известна как действенное желудочное средство, которое применяют при поносах. Наружно настой употребляют для полосканий при воспалительных заболеваний горла и полости рта, а отвар — для обмываний и примочек при язвах, порезах, различных кожных воспалениях, сыпях, кровоточащих ранах.

См. также
 Гусиная трава
 Гусиный лук

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Литература

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Флора Евразии
Флора Северной Америки
Медоносы
Сорные растения
Растения, впервые описанные в книге Species Plantarum

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The Phelan Medal was first awarded in 1926 for the player voted the best and fairest in the Sydney First Grade Competition. It was initially called the Ellis Medal, after the person who donated the award, E J Ellis, and at the time, the medal was forged in pure gold.
By 1932 the name had changed to the Provan Trophy after the league president of the time, A D S Provan, who also donated medallion. In 1937 the trophy was again renamed, this time to the Phelan Medal in recognition of the work, effort and commitment, Jim Phelan, acknowledged as the father of football in Sydney, had given to the code. The medal then was no longer donated but purchased by the league.
Because of WWII, the award was suspended between 1942-45 however when its presentation was resumed in 1946, the voting format had temporarily changed and as well, no actual medal was bestowed. It was not until the mid-fifties that the presentation of an actual medal was resumed and this ceremony would take place at half time of the first grade grand final. Then, the winners of the first, reserve and later Under 18/19 grades would then run a lap of honour at the grand final venue prior to the commencement of the third quarter. This arrangement changed upon the introduction of the League's Phelan Medal Night in 1972.


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Posts Tagged 'wingnuts'
* CFP: ASAP, Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present.
* Real-life trolley problem: programming a self-driving car to decide what to aim at in the event of a crash.
* As one of the first full-time faculty members at Southern New Hampshire's online college, Ms. Caldwell taught 20 online courses last year: four at a time for five terms, each eight weeks long. The textbooks and syllabi were provided by the university; Ms. Caldwell's job was to teach. She was told to grade and give feedback on all student work in 72 hours or less.
* The digital humanities bubble has popped. Climb on board the science fiction studies bubble before it's too late!
* March Madness: The University of Oregon and the local district attorney's office appear to have colluded to prevent a rape accusation from interfering with basketball. What a mess. "I thought, maybe this is just what happens in college," she told police, "… just college fun."
* How to Combat Sexual Assault: Three universities are addressing sexual assault the right way.
* The Worst of All Possible Universes and the Best of All Possible Earths: Three Body and Chinese Science Fiction.
* Go ahead, make your jokes: Harvard Faculty Members Approve College's First Honor Code.
* "The Day I Started Lying to Ruth": A cancer doctor on losing his wife to cancer.
* The CPB also usefully charts the changing funding fortunes of higher education and corrections. As they remind us (4), there has been an effective reversal in the priorities placed on higher education and corrections since the early 1980s. In 1980-81 2.9% of the General Fund was spent on corrections; in 2014-2015 the Governor proposes 9%. In 1980-81, 9.6% of the General Fund was spent on higher education; in 2014-2015 the Governor proposes 5.1%. Actually the reversal is worse than the CPB indicates since Brown's General Fund budget does not include the spending being sent to counties for realignment. This has allowed him to appear as if he is cutting back on correctional spending when he is not.
* Money, Politics, and Pollution in North Carolina.
* Portland Committee Reviews Arrest of Nine-Year-Old Girl. Give them time! They really need to think through if arresting kids is really a good idea!
* Snapchat goes on twenty-year probation with the FTC.
* Atrocious: The Globe and Mail wants its management to the have the right to assign editorial employees to write and edit advertorial copy as part of their regular duties, according to this union bulletin.
* 'Can You Make Sure There's Nothing Un-Islamic In Our Oriental Shlock-Fest?' – G. Willow Wilson In The Bleeding Cool Interview.
* The point is that after years of studies about charter schools, there is not really any definitive proof of any "charter magic" they bring to the field.
* Meanwhile, standardized testing in Chicago asks immigrant students to choose the best argument for their own exclusion from society.
* Yes we can! Interest Rates on New Federal Student Loans Will Rise for 2014-15.
* Professors' non-existent privacy rights.
* Economists: Still the Worst.
* Scenes from the adjunct struggle in San Francisco.
* Pope Demands 'Legitimate Redistribution' Of Wealth. Sold!
* North Dakota Is the Deadliest State to Work In.
* RIP, Community. For now!
* I'm a little surprised we don't already have a few trillionaires lying around. Get to work, capital! You're slacking.
* Iowa Secretary of State makes voter fraud his signature issue, pours a ton of money into finding it, comes up with 117 illegally cast votes and gets six convictions. Typical voter turnout in Iowa is around one million people.
* Scientists create truly alien lifeforms.
* The Recommendation Letter Ralph Waldo Emerson Wrote For A Job-Hunting Walt Whitman.
* The tragic case of Monica Lewinsky.
* Four Ways You Can Seek Back Pay for an Unpaid Internship.
* Stress Gives You Daughters, Sons Make You Liberal. Well, that about solves all the big questions forever.
* The Secret Origins of Benghazi Fever.
* And bell hooks vs. Beyoncé: whoever wins, we… Well, look, Beyoncé's going to win. Let me start over.
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Easter Thursday and the Living's Easy Links
* BREAKING: The NCAA has approved unlimited snacks. Can we please stop all this silly union talk now?
* Unintentional metaphor watch: In other words, for every year Citicorp Center was standing, there was about a 1-in-16 chance that it would collapse.
* Extremism and the college classroom.
* Unpaid Interns Gain the Right to Sue. What a country!
* Women, confidence, and institutional sexism.
* "I'm sorry, that sounds horrible," he continued. "I would have put my own wife or daughters there, and I would have been screaming bloody murder to watch them die. I would gone next, I would have been the next one to be killed. I'm not afraid to die here. I'm willing to die here."
* Accreditors ask City College to voluntarily terminate its own accreditation. Tempting, but….
* How to Spot Bad Science.
* Rare Video Of People Actually Riding Action Park's Infamous Water Slide.
* A People's History of AIM.
* A new study which statistically analyzed temperature data over the pre-industrial period and the industrial period has rejected the hypothesis that global warming is due to natural variability at confidence levels greater than 99%.
* North Dakota Finds Itself Unprepared To Handle The Radioactive Burden Of Its Fracking Boom.
* Informed awareness is the worst, part one: A Mrs. Doubtfire sequel is in the works. Because you demanded it!
* Informed awareness is the worst, part two: Why are they even calling this show 12 Monkeys?
* Police Unit That Spied on Muslims Is Disbanded After Impressive Zero Prosecution, Zero Conviction Record.
* Democracy is a shell game: Cities in Oklahoma are prohibited from establishing mandatory minimum wage or vacation and sick-day requirements under a bill that has been signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin.
* Kermit Frog, Superstar.
* When Google Tried to Build a Space Elevator.
* The Whale Poop Hypothesis.
* Aaron Sorkin's The Foodroom.
* The Secret "Ronbledore" Pages of Harry Potter Revealed By Court Order. I always knew.
* 1648: The first emoticon.
* What's on Captain America's to-do list in other countries that aren't America.
* And your periodic reminder that child poverty is a policy choice. Maybe it's time we just turn things over to the rats.
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* zunguzungu: We Cannot Afford to Protect the Anuses of the Condemned.
Yesterday, as the Washington Post put it, the Supreme Court "upholds jail strip searches, including for minor offenses"; as the New York Times wrote "Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches for Any Arrest"; and as the AP headlines it: "People arrested on minor charges can be strip searched, Supreme Court rules." And I'm interested in these headlines because the words "offenses," "arrests," and "charges" are all ways of demarcating the moment the state judges a person to be in custody without saying anything in particular about the reason why. The fact of being in custody becomes the only important fact, to which all others are subordinate. This is the logic of the decision, but its also the logic that the headlines obey, flattening all possible juridical categories into a single one: the condemned.
More on this from Glenn Greenwald, who notes (no surprise) Obama's DOJ is completely on board.
* Elsewhere in the rule of law: Fifth Circuit Judges Now In Full Wingnut Mode.
* What is your state good at?
* What is the going rate for a cellphone wiretap?
* …we would need a $9.92-per-hour wage, more than $2 above the current federal minimum, to match the buying power of the minimum wage in 1968.
* Where are you on the global pay scale? How long would it take Mitt Romney to earn what you make in a year?
* UNC study: We found that employed husbands in traditional marriages, compared to those in modern marriages, tend to (a) view the presence of women in the workplace unfavorably, (b) perceive that organizations with higher numbers of female employees are operating less smoothly, (c) find organizations with female leaders as relatively unattractive, and (d) deny, more frequently, qualified female employees opportunities for promotion. The consistent pattern of results found across multiple studies employing multiple methods and samples demonstrates the robustness of the findings.
* George Lucas vs. the city.
* Romney Zippergate: Too juvenile, or not juvenile enough?
* 20 Services Google Thinks Are More Important Than Google Scholar.
* Alfred Hitchcock Movies as Nintendo Games. Doctor Who, now for the SNES. More Who: Will the next Doctor be a woman? Honestly, this seems like the obvious move.
* Imaginary monsters of U.S. cities.
* And science proves 33 is the happiest age. Bring on 2013!
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Friday Night Links
* This American Life retracts their Apple documentary. More here.
* Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection.
* Rortybomb with three ways of looking at the student debt crisis.
* China Miéville previews his new comic series Dial H for Hero.
* Inhofe on climate change: "'I Thought It Must Be True Until I Found Out What It Cost." Sure, that's how facts work.
* Wisconsin GOP loses state Senate majority after surprise resignation.
* The Family Hour: An Oral History of The Sopranos. Via MeFi.
* Rick Perlstein argues the problem isn't that conservatives are crazier than they were fifty years ago; the problem is they're exactly as crazy as they were fifty years ago. Via LGM.
* After less than three full days of deliberations, the five men and seven women of the jury found Dharun Ravi, 20 years old, guilty of invading the privacy of his 18-year-old roommate, Tyler Clementi, and his dorm-room date.
* So much intercepted information is now being collected from "enemies" at home and abroad that, in order to store it all, the agency last year began constructing the ultimate monument to eavesdropping. Rising in a remote corner of Utah, the agency's gargantuan data storage center will be 1 million square feet, cost nearly $2 billion and likely be capable of eventually holding more than a yottabyte of data — equal to about a septillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) pages of text.
* I miss Linsanity. Those were simpler times.
* Americans used public transformation twice as much in 1940. That's per capita. That's nuts.
* Louis C.K. Withdraws as Host of Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner. Who invited him in the first place? What a terrible choice for the gig.
* Obama comes out against Amendment One. Hey, me too!
* Al Gore endorses filibuster reform. Hey, me too!
* And today in Settlers of Catan news: A Dutch public broadcasting network last month offered its viewers a board game featuring Israeli settlers who use "Jewish stinginess" and "the Anne Frank card" to colonize the West Bank. Hours of fun for the entire family!
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* Tomorrow's crimes today: man arrested for attempting to steal five tons of glacial ice in Chile.
* Parlor game of the day: French Toast. Via Alex, via MetaFilter.
* Major birth control pill recall. Bring on the lawsuits! Wow.
* Worst idea in comics history confirmed.
* Cary Nelson on fighting for the humanities.
We take it for granted that scientific knowledge must advance, that there is much we do not know and much that we will live out our lives without knowing. Knowledge of the physical universe beyond the solar system and the galaxy remains so limited that it is hard even to calculate its partiality. The nature of life elsewhere in the universe remains beyond our grasp, as does knowledge of the human body that would enable us to control diseases like cancer.
And yet we often—unreflectively, uncritically, and in a learned form of self-deception—assume that we largely know ourselves and our history. Through its institutions and the norms of social life, human culture immerses us in collective understanding that is often deceptive or false.
The task of the humanities is not only to show us the ways that artists and others have penetrated our illusions by creative acts both modest and grand but also to try to discover when human cultures as a whole have seen through a glass darkly.
* Somebody in Stockholm finally noticed that the commander-in-chief of the biggest military on the planet is an odd choice for a peace prize.
* A Kinseyan gaffe is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.
* Abolish the dollar bill! For freedom!
* The headline reads, "India Factory Workers Revolt, Kill Company President."
* Science uncovers the high cost of bad handwriting.
* Freddie deBoer on divorce rate hokum.
* And why do you have two nostrils instead of one giant hole in the middle of your face? io9 reports.
Tagged with Barack Obama, biology, birth control, Cary Nelson, Chile, class struggle, comics, contraception, divorce, doctors, evolution, French Toast, gaffes, games, glaciers, gold, handwriting, ice, India, medicine, Mitt Romney, Nobel Peace Prize, noses, poverty, product recalls, reality is unconstitutional, science, statistics, the humanities, tomorrow's crimes today, Watchmen, water, what it is I think I'm doing, wingnuts
Tuesday Links
* How—and why—writers' papers end up in British and American libraries.
* The Guardian loves China Miéville and radical SF.
* Creeping cowboyism: White House Tells Media It Was Ready to Risk War with Pakistan. We can take comfort I suppose in the fact that this is 99% bluster; full-on war with Pakistan was not a likely outcome of the raid. There's more from TPM, where Josh Marshall speculates there could actually be some meat to this.
* Obama to pick a fight on immigration reform.
* Could Democrats retake the House in 2012?
* Almost forgot to link to this amusing, time-travel-flavored Tom Tomorrow cartoon.
* And a trip inside Mike Huckabee's brain.
Huckabee has joked that he "answers" to "two Janets." One is his wife, Janet Huckabee. The other is Janet Porter, the onetime co-chair of Huckabee's Faith and Values Coalition. And Porter, the former governor has said, is his "prophetic voice." But that voice has said some weird things over the years: Porter has maintained that Obama represents an "inhumane, sick, and sinister evil," and she has warned that Democrats want to throw Christians in jail merely for practicing their faith. She's attributed Haiti's high poverty rate to the fact that the country is "dedicated to Satan," and she suggested that gay marriage caused Noah's Flood. And there's this: In a 2009 column for conservative news site WorldNetDaily, Porter asserted that President Barack Obama is a Soviet secret agent, groomed since birth to destroy the United States from within.
Tagged with Afghanistan, archives, Barack Obama, Bush, China Miéville, cowboyism, Democrats, Don't mention the war, general election 2012, House of Representatives, Huckabee, immigration, libraries, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, radical SF, research, science fiction, Ted Hughes, This Modern World, time travel, Tom Tomorrow, wingnuts, writing
* Unpopular opinions, number one: Yes, colleges should absolutely ban fraternities. I feel certain that at many schools donor flight is the only thing keeping the frats open.
* Unpopular opinions, number two: I think Campos and Chomsky are assuming facts not in evidence when they assert that bin Laden was targeted for assassination rather than killed while resisting arrest. There have been multiple contradictory reports of what exactly happened in the compound, and second-guessing the SEALs at this point seems really premature and ill-advised. Chomsky's piece in particular is pretty terrible; it comes shockingly close to Trutherism in its opening paragraphs and completely elides the important legal distinction between state violence and terrorist violence in its middle. Only the last paragraphs provide something approaching a useful comment on the bin Laden arrest:
Same with the name, Operation Geronimo. The imperial mentality is so profound, throughout western society, that no one can perceive that they are glorifying bin Laden by identifying him with courageous resistance against genocidal invaders. It's like naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk… It's as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes "Jew" and "Gypsy."
* BREAKING: Obama bans the American flag! It's exhausting to try and dialogue with people this stupid.
* Judge Gives Immigrant in Same-Sex Marriage a Reprieve From Deportation. According to my Facebook feed this is the first time this has been granted. Very promising sign.
* And Huckabee speaks the truth: St. Ronald himself couldn't win the Republican nomination today.
Tagged with America, Barack Obama, college, fraternities, gay rights, genocide, Geronimo, How the University Works, Huckabee, immigration, imperialism, marriage equality, Noam Chomsky, Osama bin Laden, politics, Reagan, Republican primary 2012, Republicans, stupid people saying stupid things, the law, violence, wingnuts
How to Win an Argument
Paul Waldman on the political value of shamelessness.
It's great that The Daily Show is around to heap some scorn on these blowhards, but it won't really do them much harm. One thing they understand very well at Fox, and in the conservative movement more generally, is the political value of shamelessness. As long as you say what you're saying with conviction, it doesn't matter how absurd or hypocritical it is. You may not get the majority of the public to agree with you, but you can get a good number. And among the functions Fox serves for the right (along with conservative talk radio) is the rapid dissemination of arguments and a model of argumentation. They tell conservatives not just what they should say, but how they should say it. A key component is that every argument is presented without a shred of doubt, and with a clear delineation between heroes and villains, the people we should be celebrating and the ones we should be hating.
As a result, conservatives may not win every argument, but they almost never get routed completely. And they manage to keep the debate from moving too far away from where they'd like to be. Right now, at a time when the public's preferred solutions to the budget deficit run to raising taxes on rich people and cutting defense spending, those kinds of things are not even being considered. Instead, the administration and Republicans are arguing about just how much they should screw the middle class and the poor (Republicans say a lot, Democrats say some, but not as much).
Tagged with actually existing media bias, Fox News, framing, how to win an argument, lies and lying liars, malicious bullshitting, politics, Republicans, shamelessness, wingnuts
Wednesday Politics Minute
Nate Silver says I shouldn't be as annoyed at Jim Webb as I feel at the news that he's retiring after just one term. Josh Marshall says I shouldn't believe a return to Macacamania is inevitable, though I do. I will have to console myself with the fantasy that right-wing talk radio may finally be dying.
I can't wait!
Tagged with George Allen, Glenn Beck, Jim Webb, Macaca, Nate Silver, politics, radio, Rush Limbaugh, Virginia, wingnuts
Monday Night!
* The latest Detroit atrocity: Detroit mayor shoots down idea for Robocop statue. When will that poor city finally get a leader with some vision?
* How "The Fridge" lost his way: Elegy for William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
* Football vs. labor: Will the NFL play next year?
* Dystopia watch: Disney Now Marketing To Newborns In The Delivery Room.
* David Cole plays "Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?"—almost by name!—in the New York Review of Books.
As Judge Hudson sees it, the health care reform law poses an unprecedented question: Can Congress, under its power to regulate "commerce among the states," regulate "inactivity" by compelling citizens who are not engaged in commerce to purchase insurance? If it is indeed a novel question, there may be plenty of room for political preconceptions to color legal analysis. And given the current makeup of the Supreme Court, that worries the law's supporters.
But the concerns are overstated. In fact, defenders of the law have both the better argument and the force of history on their side. Judge Hudson's decision reads as if it were written at the beginning of the twentieth rather than the twenty-first century. It rests on formalistic distinctions—between "activity" and "inactivity," and between "taxing" and "regulating"—that recall jurisprudence the Supreme Court has long since abandoned, and abandoned for good reason. To uphold Judge Hudson's decision would require the rewriting of several major and well-established tenets of constitutional law. Even this Supreme Court, as conservative a court as we have had in living memory, is unlikely to do that.
The objections to health care reform are ultimately founded not on a genuine concern about preserving state prerogative, but on a libertarian opposition to compelling individuals to act for the collective good, no matter who imposes the obligation. The Constitution recognizes no such right, however, so the opponents have opportunistically invoked "states' rights." But their arguments fail under either heading. With the help of the filibuster, the opponents of health care reform came close to defeating it politically. The legal case should not be a close call.
* Did Bush cancel a trip to Switzerland out of fear of criminal prosecution? Probably not—but isn't it pretty to think so?
* The lunatic fringe of the Republican Party finds another RINO: godfather of neoconservatism Bill Kristol.
* The end of the DLC. My inclination is to say "make sure you bury it at a crossroads so it can't come back," but of course Ezra's more or less right: the DLC can safely disband because it won.
* The city-states of America, "those states where the majority of their populations lie within a single metropolitan area." Via Yglesias, which has some light speculation on the politics of all this.
* On the Soviet Union's rather poor plan to reach the Moon.
* Star Wars, with all those pointless words and images taken out. Note: falsely implies Chewbacca received a medal at the end of the film.
* Charles Simic: Where is Poetry Going?
"Poetry dwells in a perpetual utopia of its own," William Hazlitt wrote. One hopes that a poem will eventually arise out of all that hemming and hawing, then go out into the world and convince a complete stranger that what it describes truly happened. If one is fortunate, it may even get into bed with them or be taken on a vacation to a tropical island. A poem is like a girl at a party who gets to kiss everybody. No, a poem is a secret shared by people who have never met each other. Compared to the other arts, poets spend most of their time scratching their heads in the dark. That's why the travel they prefer is going to the kitchen to see if there is any baked ham and cold beer left in the fridge.
* An evening with J.D. Salinger. It ends pretty much exactly as you'd expect:
The three of us got into the cab. Joe gave the driver my address and when the cab began to move Salinger began walking, then running, alongside, still asking us to change our minds. He hit the cab—with his fist, I supposed—and the driver braked.
Joe said, "Drive on!" Salinger was looking in through the window beside me. "Stop. Please come back!" He was shouting now in the quiet street.
The cab moved and got through the intersection. Joe said angrily, "He's absolutely crazy."
* And the headline reads: Global food crisis driven by extreme weather fueled by climate change. Enjoy the century.
Tagged with "Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?", alcohol, Bill Kristol, Bush, centrism, Charles Simic, Chewbacca, cities, climate change, Democrats, Detroit, Disney, dystopia, food, football, Glenn Beck, health care, J.D. Salinger, labor, maps, neoconservativism, poetry, politics, Republicans, Robocop, science fiction, Soviet Union, Star Wars, Supreme Court, Switzerland, the Moon, United States, war crimes, wingnuts
'The Most Important Thing to Recognize about the Right-Wing Freakshow's Latest Pimp-N-Ho Videorama Is That Today's Anti-Choice Activists Don't Think They Can Get Their Way If They Say What They Actually Believe'
What James-O'Keefe-style hoaxes really say about the right, from Jed Lewison at Daily Kos.
Tagged with abortion, hoaxes, James O'Keefe, journamalism, malicious bullshitting, politics, trolls, wingnuts
J-Day Miscellany
* Big happy birthday to two of history's greatest heroes: my wife and Stan Lee.
* I think I want to take back all the nasty things I've ever said about Eliza Dushku's acting. She's doing a really good thing here.
* Larry Niven and the Green Lantern Bible.
* Drugs in Portugal are still illegal. But here's what Portugal did: It changed the law so that users are sent to counseling and sometimes treatment instead of criminal courts and prison. The switch from drugs as a criminal issue to a public health one was aimed at preventing users from going underground.
* A particular type of ancient rock art in Western Australia maintains its vivid colours because it is alive, researchers have found.
* MetaFilter on how to live forever.
* Also: a megapost on science fiction sensation Ted Chiang. Move over, Philip K. Dick: twelve stories in twenty years is a pace I think I can match.
* And Daily Kos has up-to-the-minute details on the dumbest shit yet.
Tagged with Africa, art, Australia, Barack Obama, child soldiers, DC Comics, Dollhouse, drugs, Eliza Dushku, Green Lantern, Jaimee, Larry Niven, longevity, Manhattan, politics, Portugal, science, science fiction, Stan Lee, Ted Chiang, war on drugs, wingnuts, writing
Don't Ask, Don't Tell (and Several More)
* Between the tax compromise and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, I think Obama did a tremendous amount to help his chances for reelection this week. Rachel Maddow rightly calls the DADT repeal the president's victory:
Politically, the thing to not lose touch with here is that this is the President's victory. This is something about which the President took a lot of criticism, a lot of abuse, a lot of skepticism from his otherwise most loyal supporters. He continually insisted that this was possible that it would get done.
Guilty as charged. I confess I also love the sweet sound of right-wing screams, especially when their own caucus collapsed in the face of this "generational change." Even Richard Burr voted the right way!
* It looks like Harvard and Yale will return ROTC to their campuses in light of the repeal. Frankly I'd prefer to see the trend going the other way—we need tighter restrictions on military recruiting, not loosening of the few restrictions that already exist—but I suppose this was unavoidable.
* Seen on Facebook: Obama wants to let gays vote. That's why I'm voting Tea Party.
* Watch out Texas: bad news coming.
* Aside from the matter of actual violence, drugs, and squalor, there was the fact that in the 1970s New York City was not a part of the United States at all. It was an offshore interzone with no shopping malls, few major chains, very few born-again Christians who had not been sent there on a mission, no golf courses, no subdivisions…
* The message to Nicky Wishart and his generation is very clear: don't get any fancy ideas about being an engaged citizen. Go back to your X-Box and X-Factor, and leave politics to the millionaires in charge. Via MeFi.
* And still more trouble for Britain: There are a growing number of grassroots organisations campaigning about the over-professionalisation of childhood football. Give Us Back Our Game launched four years ago. "The game has been taken away from children by over-competitive coaches and parents," says founder Paul Cooper. It has several offshoots, including Football Football, an initiative to revive inner-city football. Then there's the Children's Football Alliance, which champions "mixed ability" football, and the Don't X The Line campaign against over-the-top parental behaviour at children's football matches. Also via MeFi.
* Consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs is evolutionarily novel, so the Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis would predict that more intelligent individuals are more likely to consume these substances.
* And Fringe announces its move to the Friday night death slot with style.
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I've Got My Pipe Because We're Going to Speak About Schoolish Kind of Things
In 2007, Beck, then the host of "Glenn Beck," on CNN's Headline News, brought to his show a John Birch Society spokesman named Sam Antonio, who warned of a government plot to abolish U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada, "and eventually all throughout the Americas." Beck told Antonio, "When I was growing up, the John Birch Society—I thought they were a bunch of nuts." But now, he said, "you guys are starting to make more and more sense to me."
A secret history of Glenn Beck, by way of Robert Welch, Willard Cleon Skousen and the John Birch Society. From the New Yorker.
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Last week, a jury awarded a Pennsylvania man $620,000 for pain and suffering in a medical malpractice lawsuit he filed against a surgeon who mistakenly removed his healthy testicle, leaving the painful, atrophied one intact.
The bill is part of a package of proposed reforms that supplement the American Health Care Act, the House measure to replace the Affordable Care Act that was narrowly approved in May. The Trump administration pledged to support the tort reform legislation.
About half of states have a cap of some sort on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases, according to Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy, a consumer advocacy organization for civil justice issues.
Although the damages cap is noteworthy, other elements of the House bill also trouble consumer advocates. For example, it would establish a three-year statute of limitations following an injury for consumers to bring a lawsuit, or a one-year limit from the date that the consumer discovers or should have discovered an injury.
The bill would also set limits on the amounts that lawyers can recover in contingency fees from consumer judgments. This seemingly consumer-friendly provision could actually harm patients, said Doroshow.


2013 2nd International Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering Technology (ISMSET 2013) will be held on June 27-28, 2013,Guangzhou, China.
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Two thirds of the way through the Slice Challenge! It's time to take a few minutes to focus on some of the little things that bring a smile to my face.
-- My older son has taken to coming directly over to me first thing in the morning and giving me a long hug. While it still feels weird that HE is leaning down to hug ME... it makes me smile every day.
-- My younger son still enjoys (mostly) nightly read-alouds. We've also taken to sharing a quick "smiling mind" meditation each night to help him sleep. He likes the time together and the deep breaths and stillness help me, too.
-- My husband has decided to start trying some new recipes. We'd gotten into a rut (mostly due to my lack of adventure in cooking) and hadn't been eating together very often at all. With these new delicious and quick recipes, we've taken more evenings to eat as a family and share more smiles.
Sometimes I forget to stop and reflect on the little things. Life really is good.


If I've said it once, I surely have said it 100 times. Austin Food + Wine Festival is my absolute favorite event of the entire year. Overlooking the Austin skyline, foodies from near and far come together for an entire weekend of culinary demos, chef meet and greets, great food and of course, wine!
I had the honor of attending the festival for the third year in a row and let me tell you, each year they outdo themselves and this visit was no different. From the Grand Tasting to Rock Your Taco, Sips & Sweets to Taste of Texas, everything about Austin Food + Wine Festival will blow your mind.
For those of you who weren't able to attend this year, don't worry! The dates have been announced for 2016 so mark your calendar for April 22-24 and enjoy my recap of The 10 Best Bites of the 2015 Austin Food + Wine Festival below!
If you enjoyed this article then be sure to check out my coverage of the 2014 Austin Food + Wine Festival here and here!


Vagobond Reviews "A Month of Italy"
The thing that most captured me as I read was the sense of how it made me feel good about the life I lead and the choices I've made. Chris is a hard working guy – like me. I spend a huge amount of time writing, editing, working on projects, and building a future for my wife, our daughter, and me. The thing is though, I always make sure to take the time to enjoy life too. Chris pointed out at one point that the average working American father spends an average of 37 seconds a day with their kids!!!! What?
And yet, there is much more to this book than the adventures and misadventures of an American family in Italy – instead, this book is about finding the balance in our lives between work and play – it is about the importance of taking the time to really live – and it is filled with powerful messages that every stressed out CEO or entrepreneur needs to read. The reason? Because life is sometimes meant to be fun and sometimes it is meant to be downright silly.
Ultimately, this book is about Italy and more. It's about Tuscany, food, culture, and the misadventures of travel – but, beneath the surface, this book is about the choices we make in our lives. It is about how to be more effective in our work, more loving in our families, and how to enjoy the art of our lives – both on vacation and at home.
As to the rest – it's an enjoyable story about traveling in Italy and it offers some funny stories, beautiful descriptions, and some inspiring moments. It's a very good book and I recommend that you read it.
For the complete review, click here.
Thanks, Vagobond, and thanks to all who've read and recommended the book! May you strike out on your own adventures soon!
Others Rediscovering the Art of Vacation!
Since the release of my latest book, A Month of Italy: Rediscovering the Art of Vacation, I have received countless connections to others who are also touting the power of vacations. Here is an article that appeared on CNN. For those of you who have read the ITALY book, you will notice some similar points!
Vacationing with no agenda -- for some travelers it's heaven, for others a week or more of unscheduled free time is like staring into an abyss.
Planning for a vacation is usually part of the fun for me, but largely skipping the research and reviews on a recent trip to Costa Rica was surprisingly refreshing.
Arriving without a bunch of expectations and a long list of things to see and do and accomplish wasn't entirely premeditated. I ran out of time, and since the friend I was traveling with is a native Spanish speaker, I felt great about being able to resolve those inevitable travel snafus. Also, we did book hotels a couple of weeks in advance. (I probably would have melted into a puddle of anxiety otherwise).
We did a lot -- zip lining, snorkeling, bird watching, tarantula spotting, sitting on the beach -- but without that gnawing sense of missing something really important. Ignorance might indeed be bliss.
Have I been doing it wrong all this time? After the trip, I consulted a trio of sages -- a travel agent, a psychiatrist and a life coach -- to see what vacationing advice they'd offer to people who want to avoid going back to work dragging, desperate for another vacation.
Maybe you don't need three professional advisers to have a nice trip, but some Type A would-be vacationers could use a little help. You know who you are.
"If your vacation causes you stress, it's not a vacation, it's a should, a to-do or an overachieving chore," said Laura Berman Fortgang, a career and life coach and author of "Living Your Best Life."
Trying to squeeze too many activities into one trip with "no built-in time to chill" can be exhausting, especially when your trip lasts a week or less. (Ours was a weeklong trip and we visited three places. Overly ambitious?).
Consider this strategy, posted by enthusiastic planner Kris Stafira on CNN's Facebook page: "I usually do plan every minute of every day, but then our family sets our priorities and we make SURE we do those things -- the rest happens or not, depending on the day. I tell my kids they can relax at home -- vacation is for SEEING and DOING and LEARNING!"
Right. But what if life at home is just as busy?
Berman Fortgang recommends taking at least 10 to 14 consecutive days away, if at all possible, and building in time to do nothing.
"A week isn't a lot now. At the pace that we all go and the amount of adrenaline that we force our bodies to produce because we move so quickly -- your body doesn't really recover from that in a week," she said.
Berman Fortgang and her husband are self-employed and they shifted their family's schedules years ago to be able to take European-style, three to four week vacations in August.
"Just knowing on that sixth night you didn't have to pack up to leave, then we started relaxing," she said.
From a psychological standpoint, vacation offers time to build resiliency, according to Dr. Gregory Fricchione, director of the Benson-Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The term, adopted from structural engineering, refers to the ability to bend or adapt, but not break, under pressure.
Strong connections with family and friends and meaningful and positive experiences bolster resiliency. Your stress response, an alert to threats that spurs you to action, is also a key component, Fricchione said.
The stress response is essential, but it burns a lot of energy, so avoiding stressors is part of what's restorative about vacation.
If you want a restful trip, ask yourself "what's a nonthreatening and socially supporting and meaningful and positive experience for me to have? And it would be different for different people," Fricchione said.
Sitting on the beach reading books is just the thing for some people. For people with highly active, risk-taking personalities that don't satisfy that side of themselves at work, an adventure trip can be very fulfilling.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with having a very busy vacation. Being outside your normal habitat has its own benefits.
"There is something rejuvenating about that in the sense that your mind is very alert, your senses are very alert," Fricchione said.
"If you enter into that experience and you're not exhausted at the beginning, it can be very energizing. It's a nice kind of stress, in a way, and you have enough resiliency to deal with it."
Fricchione suggests taking stock of how you feel and what would be restorative for you and planning your time off accordingly.
People who go for the trips they think they want instead of the type of experience they really want and need are the ones who come home needing another vacation, said travel agent Anne Morgan Scully, president of McCabe World Travel in McLean, Virginia.
"The reality is a vacation should really be about you and what your body needs, what your mind needs, what your soul needs and what your heart needs, and that drives good vacation decisions," she said.
Scully asks her clients about their best trip ever and for two reasons why they loved it. She takes those and other responses and tailors a trip to suit everyone in the group.
"We try to put a balance in what they're asking for so if there are choices and options, something is going to work," she said.
Most companies give the concept of customer service world-class rhetoric and mediocre implementation, at best. The attitude isn't one of customer service, but rather of "customer serve us."
Every now and then, however, someone surprises us. When it happens, it's as refreshing as the sunshine after a cold rain.
Observe Exhibit A: our family cocoon packed into a small minivan traveling sleepily through rush hour traffic in Rome. Scooters zip by on all sides, cars dart in and out, horns blare, and pedestrians play chicken with cars by avoiding eye contact. After three hours of hazard-avoidance, our quota is used up and we collide noisily with a passing scooter (see previous post for details). Since the incident occurred on a busy street directly in front of our destination hotel, I suggested Terri take our kids inside to safety. Within moments, I became vaguely aware of hotel employees in black uniforms extracting the baggage from our damaged vehicle. Next I looked up to see one of them bringing me a bottle of water with two fancy drinking glasses. Soon, the general manager of the hotel was standing next to me, comforting me, advising me, and reassuring me that he would provide assistance to help my with any language barrier issues.
After several hours of cleanup and paperwork, we were ushered to the hotel's courtyard where our children were comfortably seated and being pampered by the hotel staff. We were offered drinks and informed that we had already been checked into our rooms. As a final exclamation point, I was informed that the hotel would additionally be changing my flat tire for me. "Prego, prego, we insist!" I was told.
The hotel in question? The Hotel Forty Seven. The general manager? Paolo Dalle Vacche. The employee who brought me the water and took care of my children? Piero Galli. The man who changed my tire? Valentino. I mention them all here because they deserve worldwide recognition for putting into implementation what most people only talk about – world-class customer service. Thank you gentlemen! Grazie mille!
So, do you think I'll stay at the Forty Seven upon my next visit to Rome? Wild horses couldn't keep me away.
Your actions speak louder than words – everyone talks, few walk. Let your actions exceed your promises.
Put yourself in the customer's position – this should be obvious, but what made my experience at the Forty Seven so exceptional was the way in which the hotel staff anticipated my needs and met them.
One individual is not enough – it takes a whole culture to get it right. Not that one individual taking the lead and the initiative isn't how a culture is built – it is – but ultimately, most of the team has to be emotionally on board and committed to authentic exceptionalism.
It makes a difference – the hotel Forty Seven didn't merely cement their relationship with me as a customer, they made an impact on my life. Who knows what calamities they steered me clear of by their attentiveness.
This list is by no means exhaustive, but you get the idea. Can you imagine what the world would be like if companies absorbed just these five lessons deeply into their operating psyche?
All of this makes me wonder why more companies don't get it - why they don't truly implement the high-sounding platitudes and pronouncements that litter their flashy brochures and walls.
When is the last time you had an exceptional customer service experience like mine in this example?
What can you do in your business, job, or career to be like the staff at the hotel Forty Seven in Rome?
As I depict in my book, A Month of Italy: Rediscovering the Art of Vacation, one of the most interesting aspects of travel is the chance to notice things that are usually obscured by the bustle of daily living. This is even more true when traveling internationally, when so much is unfamiliar, and, well, foreign. I particularly enjoy the signs and other public displays that make it across the language barrier a little worse for wear. Sometimes, something IS lost in the translation.
The Top 10 Reasons People Have Lost the "Art of Vacation"
One of the themes in my upcoming book, A Month of Italy, is that Americans have lost the "art of vacation." According to a recent Harris poll, only 14% of Americans take more than one week of vacation at a time, while the Center for Economic and Policy Research reported that 25% of Americans and 31% of low wage earners take no vacation at all anymore. In a 2006 survey conducted by Expedia.com it was estimated that workers would give back to their employers more than 574 million unused vacation days that year! So less people are taking vacations, while those who do are taking fewer vacations, shorter vacations, and even less vacations then they've earned!
The question begging to be asked is, why?!
In my experience working with thousands of people in business and leadership functions for almost twenty years, and supported by research from sources as diverse as "happiness experts" on one side to government agencies and pollsters on the other, there are several distinct reasons for this bizarre trend. For argument sake, and in an attempt to hopefully get you to challenge and analyze your own prevailing beliefs about vacations, sabbaticals, and leisure time in general, I hereby present my own list of reasons. If you ever get time, that is, if you're not too busy, I mean, if you can catch a break, maybe you can read through these. Or, at the worst, perhaps you can wait and go through them on your next vacation.
The Top 10 Reasons People Have Lost the "Art of Vacation."
10. Concern for Work Accumulation: The fear of the work that will pile up in their absence.
9. Dread of Competition: The fear that other employees will pass them up if they are gone.
8. Fear of Termination: The worry that they will lose their job or be replaced if they are gone.
7. Pride of Workmanship: The belief that nobody can do their work as well as they can.
6. Avoidance of Hassle: The perception that vacation isn't all it's cracked up to be (it's too much trouble to travel, it's a "fix" that doesn't last anyway, etc.).
5. Fear of Intimacy: A distaste for relating to a mate and/or children outside of their usual structured and frenzied lives.
2. The "Blackberry Effect" - with all the technology of today, people feel as if they can't really "get away" anyway.
1. Financial Inadequacy: Money is too tight.
To varying degrees, each of these reasons may have some validity. But very clearly it is necessary for human beings to do as Stephen Covey teaches in his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, and that is to "Sharpen the Saw." Legitimate or not, reasons such as those in this list should not hold us back from properly unplugging and recharging (which, electrically speaking, is impossible. But in the figurative world you know what I'm trying to say!) We are not machines. Without proper rest and restoration, we lose our edge. Taken to extremes, we can lose our grip, our health, our relationships, and our ability to perform at anywhere near our peak output.
Now don't get me wrong. I am not trying to become the poster child for self indulgence, dilatoriousness, or laziness. I believe our lives are precious and our gifts are imparted to us for a reason, and neither should be wasted in mere idleness. What I AM saying, however, is that the old jingle, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," is still true, and I like to think of the word "dull" there as the antithesis of Stephen Covey's "sharp."
So determine which of the above reasons may be holding you back from properly implementing restorative breaks into your schedule. Make a plan to sharpen your sword on a regular basis. Buy my book when it comes out and learn anew the "Art of Vacation." And stay tuned into this blog where I'll be bringing further information and insights into this neglected topic.


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Andrew Schneider in "YOUARENOWHERE."
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Mass Live Arts Announces 2015 Festival Lineup
Live performances by Radiohole, Andrew Schneider and Joseph Silovsky alternate with a series of vintage Wooster Group performance films.
GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS.: Mass Live Arts (MLA) has announced its lineup for the 2015-16 festival. The third annual festival will include a world premiere by the ensemble Radiohole, a return performance by Andrew Schneider and Joseph Silovsky's Send for the Million Men, as well as a Wooster Group film retrospective.
"Our programming this July features some of the most thrilling and innovative artists making work today, as well as a film series from one of the most influential American companies of the last century," said Ilan Bachrach, MLA's founding artistic director in a statement. "More exciting still is that many of these performances were made here in the Berkshires at Mass Live Arts, meaning that not only does our audience get the first look, but also that their presence is an important part of its creation."
YOUARENOWHERE (July 9–11) by Andrew Schneider kicks off the festival's live performances. This newest work from Schneider questions space and time through live performance, media and theatrical sensory overload in a hyperactive scenic environment.
Next is Joseph Silovsky's Send for the Million Men (July 16–18), about the notorious execution of Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, wrongly accused of robbery and murder in the 1920s. Silovsky's reenacts the trial using text, cutout puppetry and video games, with music by Catherine McRae and video design and performance by Victor Morales.
Finally, the Brooklyn-based collective Radiohole will present the world premiere (and MLA co-commission) of its newest show Tarzana (July 23–25). The show is described as a "Thoughtful consideration of otherness, isolation, transgression, and alienation takes place within parody and camp; Superman and his friends, all trapped in the [Bottle City of Kandor], wonder how and why to leave."
The festival's resident artists, Fay Driscoll and Heather Fisch, will also have work-in-progress performances of their work. Driscoll will develop the second installment of the MLA commission Thank You for Coming, a work of dance theatre. And Fisch will show an evening-length piece which will later be seen at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in August.
MLA's film series will have three installments, all of them of vintage Wooster Group performances: showings of Rumstick Road (1977), a night of show excerpts from old and new productions including Hamlet (2007), Early Shaker Spirituals (2014) L.S.D. (…Just the High Points…), The Crucible (1984), the satirical musical North Atlantic (1983) and the company's version of Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones (1992), and a screening of House/Lights (1999). Screenings will be on July 6, 13 and 20.
Mass Live Arts is a festival of experimental theatre and performance taking place at the Daniel Arts Center of Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington. MLA is dedicated to presenting bold new works of contemporary and experimental performance in the Berkshires.
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Greece aiming to boost defense sector amid Eastern Mediterranean tension
Athens, Greece – Greece plans to acquire arms, bolster up its army staff and revamp its defense industry, its government spokesman said on Monday, as tensions with NATO ally Turkey over energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean grow.
Greece, which emerged from its third international bailout in 2018 and has been struggling with the economic impact of the novel coronavirus, wants to spend part of its multi-billion-euro cash reserves on its defense sector.
"We are in talks with allies to boost our armed forces," government official told reporters, adding that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will outline his plans during an annual economic policy speech on Saturday.
A Greek government official said that Greece is in talks with France and other countries over the acquisition of fighter jets. Greece has also been trying for more than a decade to consolidate and privatize its loss-making defense companies.
Mitsotakis will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Corsica on Thursday, before a Southern European leaders summit (MED 7), and will discuss the issue. The French Presidency has not confirmed the meeting.
Turkey and EU member Greece vehemently disagree over the extent of their continental shelves. Tensions rose last month after Turkey sent an exploration vessel into disputed waters in the region, accompanied by warships, days after Greece signed a maritime deal with Egypt that angered Turkey.
Turkey has since been extending the vessel's work in the wider region, issuing advisories which Greece calls illegal.
The Greek conservative leader discussed the latest twists in the row with European Council President Charles Michel, who chairs summits of EU leaders. Michel will visit Greece on September 15.
MHP leader Devlet Bahceli says the presidential candidate of the Republican Alliance is Erdogan
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says there is an absolute sense that the script was written in advance
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New Zero-Trust Cloud Security Models
Updated on April 27, 2022 by Mike Mariano
What is Zero Trust?
Advantages of Zero Trust
How Do Zero Trust Models Apply to Cloud?
What New Models Are Emerging and Why?
Zero Trust in the Cloud
Zero Trust via the Cloud
What Can We Expect in the Future?
With more users connecting unmanaged devices to the internet, today's cloud environments are becoming an attractive target for cybercriminals. When you can't trust your connections to be free from people trying to steal, destroy, or ransom sensitive data, a security strategy becomes necessary.
While there is no perfect security strategy, one of today's most effective strategies to mitigate cyberattacks is Zero Trust. In this article we will explore what Zero Trust is, its advantages, how Zero Trust models apply to cloud security, what new Zero Trust models are emerging and why. Read on to know all you need about adopting a Zero-Trust Model.
According to Verizon Data Breach Report, 80% of data breaches are as a result of weak authentication credentials. Traditional security models create perimeters that assume trusted people are inside and less trusted people are outside the network. Zero trust is a security strategy that treats all users, and devices as untrustworthy before authentication in order to protect the network.
Zero trust securities ensure that every access transaction is secure by granting information access after verification and not assumed trust. Each resource in the network is treated as a separate entity whose authentication needs to be successful before access is given. Each user and device have to verify their identity, device, network, and data request before carrying out actions even within the environment.
Accessing systems and removing data is restricted in order to protect against unauthorized access to sensitive data and digital assets. To fully implement a Zero Trust approach, consider the following elements
Strong authentication methods: Make sure only known traffic or legitimate application communication is allowed
Security controls: Enforce access control by adopting a least-privileged access strategy
Controls against lateral movement.: Monitor and log all traffic within your network to quickly identify, prevent and respond to threats.
The Zero Trust security model requires tools for implementation thereby requiring a significant investment. Its architecture, however, creates a more secure environment with significant benefits for organizations. Benefits include:
Better visibility into data, assets, and risks
Creating smaller attack surfaces
Speed and agility in monitoring and alerting
Mitigating the impact and severity of cyberattacks
Reducing the time and cost of clean up after a breach
Simplifying network infrastructure and a better user experience,
Improving the effectiveness of cyber security by 144%
These days it is more cost efficient to host your application in the cloud as there is no hardware maintenance, so organizations are migrating. This cloud environment is operated by a Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider and is outside your organization's network. This means that to keep your network connection secure, you will have to tightly control network access.
Secure access is crucial for Zero Trust to work and have minimal impact on users. Zero Trust cloud architecture requires security delivered from the cloud. This allows for policy enforcement, better protection, and visibility into all internet traffic. Your Zero trust model for cloud security should inspect all traffic for all applications.
There are several ways zero trust models apply to cloud:
Zero Trust for Private Apps in the Public Cloud: When migrating your app to the cloud, you need to ensure that it stays secure. Set policies for devices on the network that monitor data access and securely allow access per the user's role
Zero Trust for SaaS Apps: Cloud based SaaS apps like G Suite, Box and Office 365 have made remote work collaborations easier but can also lead to data breaches. Users should have access to data appropriate for their level in order to keep data secure.
Zero Trust for DevOps in the Cloud: DevOps professionals use APIs to communicate with cloud apps. Ensure that these API keys are protected by enforcing authentication at the security service layer. This allows only authorized users to make authentication attempts with the API thus reducing the risk of attack.
Because more applications are migrating to the cloud, more data is being stored and retrieved from remote cloud endpoints. For a strong chance to protect these endpoints, a layer policy is implemented and a central brokering model which controls how access is granted. Cyberthreats continue to evolve in creativity so leveraging a cloud-based model for zero trust is a necessity.
In a bid to boost cloud security, two new zero-trust cloud security models have emerged, and they are zero trust in the cloud and zero trust via the cloud.
Traditional network securities operate a perimeter security with the trusted users being within the network. The zero-cloud approach does not depend on only this perimeter but also micro segmentation which moves the perimeter in as close as possible for further protection. Zero trust in the cloud is often implemented within the cloud-by-cloud service providers using micro segmentation techniques and tools.
Zero trust in the cloud inspects applications and monitors their environment to easily detect abnormal behavior or malicious activity. Cloud platforms with micro segmentation already enabled include Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft Azure.
For zero trust via the cloud, the cloud security model is centered around end-user access to cloud applications and services. Cloud brokers offer zero trust network access and SaaS-specific monitoring capabilities. This ensures that users have controlled access to applications and services.
This type of zero-trust cloud security model involves strong authentication for user access, endpoints, access policies, browser isolation and content filtering. All of this act as gatekeepers which allow organizations to extend the reach of their security policies beyond their own infrastructure.
The concept of zero trust will continue to evolve as security professionals need to fortify access control and monitor user activity. Zero trust security makes it possible to secure access to IT resources for users and devices in ways perimeter-based security cannot which has led to emerging cloud security models. It is not easy recovering from a data breach and with the rising popularity of cyber threats, "don't trust, always verify" is a good security approach.
Mike Mariano
Michael is the Chief Information Security Officer at IS Partners as well as the leader of the penetration testing practice for AWA International. Michael has 15+ years' experience in internal IT operations with 7 years of being involved in various levels of IT auditing with experience with PCI DSS, SOC 2, HITRUST CSF, Risk Assessments and experience working with Security Frameworks (such as ISO and NIST). Michael has worked with/at companies from 10 to 50,000 employees in size. Prior to joining IS Partners, Michael worked as the IT Operations Manager at AVASEK an MSP IS Security firm where he managed a team of six technicians to service 1500 client endpoints as well as the firm's Cloud Hosting Solution. while at AVASEK, Michael also performed gap assessments against HIPPA and NIST Security Frameworks and was a member of the incident response team. Michael's specialties are IT Security and IT Management. He is experienced in performing security Risk Assessments, enforcing security policies, handling confidential information, deploying and administering network and application security systems, administrating SaaS products, Active Directory (AD), firewalls, routers, and VPN. Michael is HITRUST CCSFP and AWS CP Certified and has maintained various CompTIA Certifications over his career. He is currently working to achieve his GIAC GWAP and OSCP Certification in 2020.
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Q: WP Shopify Plugin CSS Button Color Issues I am working on a website, https://wordpress-625707-2032312.cloudwaysapps.com/, with the WP Shopify Plugin, and trying to change the default button colors. I have gone into dev tools and found the div class to change the button background. I can clearly see it's labeled as "wps-btn wps-btn-secondary wps-add-to-cart css-7k7g1c-buttonCSS-addToCartCSS-AddButton"
But when I use this class for my css changes, it doesn't work.  The change is "wps-btn wps-btn-secondary wps-add-to-cart css-7k7g1c-buttonCSS-addToCartCSS-AddButton {
background-color: #D71614 !important;
}"
Why is this not working?? I can't attach screenshots since I'm too new on here...sorry!

A: Actually you are pretty lost here.
This is not actually a class:
wps-btn wps-btn-secondary wps-add-to-cart css-7k7g1c-buttonCSS-addToCartCSS-AddButton

There are 4 classes there, separated by spaces. The last one is actually unique for the first button. And in css, when you are styling a class, you should start with a dot, like: .class-name
The code you are looking for is:
 .wps-btn.wps-btn-secondary.wps-add-to-cart {
      background: red;
 }

We concatenate 3 classes here with dots and NO spaces.
You should take a look at CSS Selectors:
https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp

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Raliance is a national collaborative committed to ending sexual violence in one generation. Comprised of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (NAESV), the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), and California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA)–PreventConnect, Raliance was founded in 2015 through a multimillion dollar seed investment by the National Football League. We are making prevention possible by awarding grants, advancing research, policymaking and more. Join the movement at Raliance.org.


Established in 1966, University Hill Preschool (U-Hill) is a licensed non-profit preschool. We offer a play-based program, which primarily follows the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching and the Montessori Philosophy. Above all, our teachers' primary aim is to foster your child's healthy self-image, instill confidence, encourage empathy and teach positive communication skills during your child's formative years.
Our program operates on four developmental areas: social, emotional, fine/gross motor skills and cognitive development. These areas are refined through the children's exploration of science, math, drama and literature as applied to themed class projects in a play-based manner.
We are located near the UBC campus at 5210 University Boulevard, in St. Anselm's Church, opposite University Golf Club. Our school is nestled in a scenic and natural setting, away from the noise of the city. Our ground-level classroom has full walls of windows on both the south and north side, allowing natural light to pour into the space even through the fall and winter months. We also have our own fenced in playground complete with a teeter-totter, climbing apparatus, and sandbox.
At "Uhill" we boast professional, caring, kind, exceptional teachers. All of our teachers are Canadian Certified Early Childhood Educators. All of our teachers have many years of teaching experience and long relationships with University Hill Preschool. They each bring a unique perspective from their independent educational backgrounds and work together to create a well-balanced program.
"My image of a child reflects a belief that each child is unique, strong and beautiful, each with their own ambitions desires and needs. My responsibility as an educator is to foster these ambitions by promoting each child's self-esteem and sense of awareness. Each child needs to feel important and needs to be listened to."
Maria has been with "Uhill" since 1996 and been supervisor since 2005. In 2014, she won the Prime Minister's Awards (PMA) for Excellence in Early Childhood Education. Furthermore, in 2012, Maria won the Child Care Award of Excellence in Early Childhood Education Coast Fraser Region. Maria received her early education at St. Joseph Convent School and holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Karachi, Pakistan. Before coming to "Uhill" Maria researched and worked in Montessori programs and earned her Montessori Certificate from the Association Montessori International. Maria speaks English, Urdu (Pakistan) and Hindi(India). She has found educating young children both rewarding and challenging and continues to pursue her teaching path by attending workshops and keeping abreast of new philosophies and ideas. She loves to sing and incorporates song into daily classroom activities as simple as washing hands or getting ready for snack. Maria is also a long distance runner and has participated in several Half-Marathons.
"Children have potential, curiosity and a desire to learn. The teacher's role is to provide the children with a range of possibilities and provocations. The wider the range of possibilities, the richer the children's experiences."
Atoussa has been teaching since 1988 and came to University Hill Preschool in 1991. She served as supervisor from 1997-2003. Atoussa graduated from Simon Fraser University with a B.A. in French Literature and Early Childhood Education (ECE). Atoussa is an active participant of the Reggio Network and attended the North American Tour to Reggio Emilia, Italy, in March 2009. She is presently upgrading her training to include the popular Reggio Emilia program and has already brought many aspects of this program into our curriculum. Atoussa speaks English, French, and Farsi.
"I believe that all children are unique in their own way and that they learn though their play. A child is exposed to daily experiences, which will help grow the child's potential abilities. As a teacher I believe in providing these opportunities to children based on their ideas and interests ... Let's play!"
Aya has been with University Hill Preschool from 1999 to 2004, and returned as a part-time teacher in 2008. In addition to her Canadian Early Childhood Education and Infant/Toddler Certificates, she also holds an Early Education License from Japan. In class, Aya introduces our clay projects, and will often play her famous blue guitar or our class piano, as she enjoys music-oriented circle-time with the children. She strongly believes in the strength of childhood lessons obtained through daily practical life activities and for this reason enjoys cooking in class with the students.
Operating since 1966 at our present location, we are a licensed, non-profit society. Our school is administered and managed by an elected Board of Directors, composed of parents of current students. These positions are voted on at the beginning of each school year and are strictly unpaid volunteer positions. Additionally, parents who do not hold board positions are encouraged to volunteer as needed for various tasks such as substituting, baking, picking up books, driving for field trips and assisting with other activities throughout the school year.


NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A woman has been freed after being trapped in an elevator for three days.
The Fire Department got called to a private residence on East 65th Street between Madison and Park Avenues Monday morning following a report of a stuck elevator. The elevator was stuck between the second and third floors.
When firefighters forced open the door, they found a woman inside.
Authorities believe the woman is an employee of the owners of the building and got trapped at some point Friday.
The owners had gone away for the weekend, and called 911 when they returned home.
The victim was hospitalized and is listed in good condition.


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Home Globe Newswire News Releases Early Warning News Release
Early Warning News Release
MONTRÉAL, Jan. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (TSX & NYSE:OR) ("Osisko") announces that it has purchased and received from Minera Alamos Inc. (TSXV:MAI) ("Minera Alamos"), 30,000,000 common shares (the "Shares") of Minera Alamos for a price of $0.20 per Share by way of a private placement of Minera Alamos, for an aggregate purchase price of $6,000,000 (the "Transaction").
Immediately prior to the closing of the Transaction, Osisko held, directly or indirectly, (i) 46,080,000 common shares of Minera Alamos, and (ii) warrants entitling Osisko to purchase 200,000 common shares (the "Warrants"). Assuming the exercise of the Warrants, Osisko would own 46,280,000 representing approximately 12.3% of Minera Alamos' issued and outstanding common shares prior to the closing.
Immediately following the closing of the Transaction, Osisko owns, directly or indirectly, (i) 76,080,000 common shares of Minera Alamos representing approximately 18.7% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Minera Alamos and (ii) 200,000 Warrants of Minera Alamos. Assuming the exercise of the Warrants, Osisko would own 76,280,000 common shares of Minera Alamos, representing approximately 18.8% of Minera Alamos' common shares that would be issued and outstanding.
Osisko acquired the securities described in this press release for investment purposes and in accordance with applicable securities laws, Osisko may, from time to time and at any time, acquire additional Common Shares and/or other equity, debt or other securities or instruments (collectively, "Securities") of Minera Alamos in the open market or otherwise, and reserves the right to dispose of any or all of its Securities in the open market or otherwise at any time and from time to time, and to engage in similar transactions with respect to the Securities, the whole depending on market conditions, the business and prospects of Minera Alamos and other relevant factors.
A copy of the early warning report to be filed by Osisko in connection with the Transaction described above will be available on SEDAR under Minera Alamos' profile. This news release is issued under the early warning provisions of the Canadian securities legislation.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd is an intermediate precious metal royalty company focused on the Americas that commenced activities in June 2014. Osisko holds a North American focused portfolio of over 135 royalties, streams and precious metal offtakes. Osisko's portfolio is anchored by five cornerstone assets, including a 5% net smelter return royalty on the Canadian Malartic mine, which is the largest gold mine in Canada. Osisko also owns a portfolio of publicly held resource companies, including a 15.9% interest in Osisko Mining Inc., 17.9% interest in Osisko Metals Incorporated and a 19.9% interest in Falco Resources Ltd.
Osisko's head office is located at 1100 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Suite 300, Montréal, Québec, H3B 2S2. For more information, visit www.osiskogr.com.
For further information, please contact Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd:
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Scientists have created bricks from simulated moon dust using the sun's rays in a potential breakthrough for the development of future settlements on the moon – and beyond.
Researchers at the DLR German Aerospace Center facility in Cologne baked the bricks in a solar furnace which harnesses sunlight and exposes them to a high-temperature beam, melting soil grains together. The material – volcanic minerals processed to mimic the look and feel of lunar rock – is then 3D-printed as bricks.
"We took simulated lunar material and cooked it in a solar furnace," said Advenit Makaya, a materials engineer overseeing the project for the European Space Agency (ESA).
The furnace focuses sunlight using 147 specially designed curved mirrors. Such was the lack of good weather in Northern Europe, however, an array of xenon lamps were used as solar stand-ins on overcast days.
Experts have long speculated about the viability of a lunar station, with the expense of carrying building materials the long distance to the moon making it difficult to sustain large projects. Now, however, scientists believe it could one day be possible.
The Cologne study represents another in a series of ESA projects exploring the development of lunar infrastructure.
Last year, both the Chinese and European space agencies announced plans to construct a joint base on the moon. Groundwork for the supposed 'Moon Village' will begin in November when China aims to send a probe to the moon to retrieve rock and soil samples, according to its state media.
Meanwhile, the forthcoming RegoLight project aims to further develop existing 3D technologies by testing printers in a vacuum and high-temperature environments – meaning the moon is perhaps not the only target for off-world habitation.


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Skinless - Savagery
It's not every day that a new Skinless record drops in your inbox - I still remember back in 2015 when Only The Ruthless Remain first assaulted my ear drums. I didn't think the band could push even further down into the world of terrifying death metal, and yet here we are, with what is undeniably one of their strongest releases yet. The forward stomp of Savagery speaks to the bands longstanding ability to tear fucking faces off and drives us into bold new vistas of death metal devastation. The band has grown ever more vile, and Savagery is the ultimate statement of this.
There is an undeniable sense of groove on this record that I think pushes this particular offering from the death metal legends ever further. The balls out assault of the bands rhythm section is unafraid to knock out your teeth. The go for the throat madness of a song like Siege Engine which crushes your bones even from the first track only goes to show what Savagery is all about. The sense of momentum that these riffs conjure up is delightful and the perfection of the songwriting only serves to make this record all the more interesting. you can get lost in this record in a way that doesn't often happen in death metal and I love it.
Of course - this is an album that pushes to expand what Skinless can be. Some of the songwriting here sees a strong advancement from the band and the melodic lines hint at a crush that has never been achieved before. The willingness to experiment with different sides of the genre, perhaps most notably with the doom death masterpiece Medieval reminds us time and time again that Skinless are in it for the long run, expanding their sound and hinting at a sense of death metal mastery the world has not seen for years.
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Q: effect of atmospheric pressure on reading of a weighing scale Let us consider a completely sealed weighing scale such that the air pressure above and below the pan of the scale are equal and is equal to 1 atm. pressure. The scale initially reads zero. Now if this weighing scale is placed in a completely evacuated chamber, will there be any change in the reading? I am guessing that as the force due to atmospheric pressure above the pan of the scale is now absent, but the air pressure below the pan is still present, the scale will show a negative reading as it experiences a net upward force which is equal in magnitude to the force exerted by the atmosphere on the pan initially. Is this reasoning correct? If not, what is the actual answer?

A: You must consider the effect of air pressure on each side of the pan when reading the weight, because the scale measures the exerted force, and this force can be exerted from the air pressure as well as any other object on the scale.
So, if the pressure below the pan is 1atm more than the pressure above, your explanation is correct and there will be a negative number.

A: Yes, what you have is called a "barometer".

A: Moving the scales from air to vacuum you would expect the reading to move in the same direction as if you had moved it from water (with 1 atm of air pushing down on the water) to air. The specific direction in either case would depend on whether the weighing mechanism relied on a sealed, compressible cavity.
A weighing mechanism based on the length displacement of suspending spring would give decreasing readings as the density of the fluid increased, due to buoyancy on the pan.
A weighing mechanism based on the volume displacement of a sealed cavity (piston compressing air chamber, calculating the force via gas laws) would give increasing readings as the pressure of the fluid increased. The pressure is important here depending on how vacuum is defined, as you can introduce heat energy to a partial vacuum and increase its pressure, even though there is no more gas and no less volume than there was before.