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A Record Breaking Deluge of Rain in Israel
US Drone Strike Puts Middle East on High Alert
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Building the Cities of Judah in the Face of World Opposition
The Mountains of Israel, the focus of the regathering.
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The world keeps trying to get the Jews out of Judah, but they just don't seem to be able to achieve their goals. This is David Billington with you for the Bible in the News.
The Jerusalem Post yesterday reported that:
"The UN, the EU and the US on Monday deplored Israel's plans to build some 400 new homes in the Givat Ze'ev settlement. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the previous day's decision to approve the plan for a new haredi neighborhood in the settlement located just north of Jerusalem. "The secretary-general expresses his concern over the government of Israel's approval of a resumption of construction of 750 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev," Ban said in a
statement issued by his spokesperson."
The question is why would the Israeli government approve the building of a new neighborhood in the West Bank, when the world will condemn them and when Ehud Olmert is promising to remove West Bank Jewish communities? The answer is in the makeup of the Israeli government. In Israel, governments are made up of several parties cobbled together to form a ruling coalition, as no one party is large enough to form a government alone. If one party pulls out of the collation the government could fall. Such is the current situation, a religious party called Shas is threatening to leave the coalition. Shas represents Ultra-Orthodox or Haredi Jews, who are very traditional in their Judaism, they do not necessarily advocate holding onto Judea and Samaria. However, quite a number or their constituents do and they have been under pressure to leave the government. Shas has declared that if Olmert begins negotiating on Jerusalem they will leave the government.
The current government coalition is made up of four parties; Kadima with 29 seats, Labor with 19, Shas with 12 and the Pensioner's Party with 7, for a total of 67 seats. If Shas were to leave the government they would have 55 seats left. Now there are 120 seats in the Israeli Knesset, so you need at least 61 seats in order to function without help from the opposition. This gives Shas a lot of clout. The Jerusalem Post had a Analysis this week with the title, "The world can bark, but Shas has bite". The gist of the analysis was that people like US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice can bark, but Shas are the ones who can bring down the government--so who will Olmert listen to? Political survival matters to these people more than anything else.
After the brutal, horrific terrorist attack in the Mercaz Yeshiva, Shas chairman Eli Yishai promised he will make sure that 100 housing units are built in the memory of every yeshiva student who was murdered. He went on to say: "The Americans want a building freeze, so we will make it clear to them that there is no freeze." The building freeze the Americans and Europeans want is in East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria--all the land that they want for their Palestinian State. The world has been pushing hard for this for years and there is always much talk about dismantling the settlements in Judea and Samaria. The Olmert government in conjunction with President Bush wanted a peace treaty with the Palestinians to pave the way to their state, by the time Bush is to leave office this year. However, it looks very unlikely they can do much dismantling, working in their shaky coalition with Shas--and in reality the settlements are expanding.
In the prophets the focus of the regathering of the Jewish people is to the mountains of Israel. For example the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 38 declares -- while speaking to Gog the latter-day invader of Israel -- that: "After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them... To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land." Ezekiel places the regathering and the object of Gog's invasion on the mountains of Israel in the midst of the land.
In Ezekiel 34:13-14 we note the same emphasis: "And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel." In Ezekiel 34 the regathered Jews are to be fed on the mountains of Israel by good shepherds, in other words they are to be instructed in the truth of God's word on the mountains of Israel.
When we compare this with Isaiah chapter 40 we can be even more sure that these mountains are the mountainous region in particular, of Judea and Jerusalem. Isaiah 40 is a chapter that is rightly applied to the work of John Baptist as both John and Matthew show. However, Jesus pointed out that the work of John Baptist was only a precursor to the greater work of the restoration of all things by Elijah the prophet in Matthew 17:11. We can see that Isaiah 40 while having an application to John, also has a future application to the time of the restoration of all things in verses 10-11: "Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand , and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young." This is a time when "his arm shall rule for him"! Notice also the metaphor of the shepherd again that we saw in Ezekiel 34. When we go back to verse 9 of Isaiah 40 we see that this shepherd is also feeding on the mountains of Israel, but here it is more specific (This is from the JPS translation which catches the proper sense also given in the AV margin): "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah: 'Behold your God!'" Here the feeding is taking place on the mountains of Israel, even the cities of Judah, the area which today is the center of a worldwide controversy--the West Bank. It is amazing how the controversy of Zion has been focused on this area.
Meanwhile, First Temple building remains have been found near the Temple Mount, in a dig near the Western Wall plaza close to the staircase leading up towards the Jaffa Gate. Israel National News reports that: "A vast amount of pottery vessels was also discovered, among them three jar handles that bear similar stamped impressions. An inscription written in ancient Hebrew script is preserved on one these impressions, reading "Belonging] to the King of Hevron." I can only think of one ancient Hebrew king who ruled in Hebron.
"Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days." -Hosea 3:5
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Many of us work hard in our gardens, designing, digging, dedicating our spare time to creating a beautiful space to enjoy and share with others. If you're like me, you go to a nursery and wander along the rows of starter plants, checking to see which plants will thrive in the soil composition in our backyard. Does this plant need direct sunlight or shade? A little of both? Dry or moist soil? Added nutrients? What kind? How big will the plant grow? Will it need pruning?
It's a lot of work (and fun) to be a gardener, even when you're not blessed with a green thumb and spend a lot of time praying what you put in the ground will survive.
Then I take a drive and see what God does. The plantings along fields and streams, along the bluffs overlooking the Pacific, the Sierras, and all that gorgeous landscaping by the Master Gardener! From the tiniest mushroom to the tallest redwood, everything perfectly laid out and healthy. And the colors! God can put them all together without having any clashing. Take Carrizo Plain National Monument, far from the usual beaten path.
When Roman and Grace take their road trip in The Masterpiece, Grace is awed by the beauty of this place where a spectacular once-a-year display of God's handiwork occurs. Yellow coreopsis, golden-yellow tidytips, purple phacelia, golden poppies, sky-blue lupines, lavender tomcat clover, red-tufted vetch, purple and yellow Padre's shooting stars splash colors across the hillsides. Simple plants, weeds, really, many of which would be plucked out of a cultivated garden and tossed on a compost pile. What is a weed, other than a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants handpicked by people with biases and prejudices?
Grace tells Roman, the artist, to look at what God does with weeds. God cultivates them and shows their beauty.
How many of us are like weeds? Feeling unwanted and in competition for a little space to call our own. God sees something beautiful in each of us, something worthwhile, something in need of tender care, something He designed for a special place and special purpose in the world He created. We are like the lilies of the field, called forth and clothed in splendor by—and for—our Artist God and King.


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10 Science Book Publishers You Need to Know
It's science that has made possible the many advancements and technological process we've seen in recent decades. It's crucial for the further advancement of civilization, and several publishers have emerged to publish and disseminate scientific books and literature across the diverse fields of science. Whether your manuscript addresses chemistry, psychology, mathematics, rocket science, or any other facet of science, this list undoubtedly contains the right scientific publisher for you.
Adenine Press publishes journals, magazines, conference proceedings, monographs, and books in the niche area of biological structure, dynamics, interactions, and expression as well as medicine and health care.
Adenine Press
Schenectady, NY, USA
American Psychiatric Association Publishing is the world's premier publisher of books, eBooks, and journals on psychiatry, mental health, and behavioral science.
American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.
Arlington, VA, USA
Begell House Inc. was established as a source of scholarly publications in 1991 by Dr. William Begell, who has had a long and distinguished career as a chemical-nuclear engineer, researcher, and publisher.
Begell House Inc.
Danbury, CT, USA
The Mad River Press publishes and sells natural history books and specializes in books on the systematics and biology of fungi, particularly mushrooms.
Mad River Press
Eureka, CA, USA
As the company and industry changed, Morton began to focus on lab manuals and photographic atlases for life and physical sciences and now publishes best-selling titles in anatomy & physiology, microbiology, and general biology, as well as chemistry and astronomy.
Morton Publishing Company
Englewood, CO, USA
NWPII publishes journals and books from authors around the world. The covered subjects include medicine and biomedical sciences, chemistry and chemical engineering, biology, education, business and finance, energy, environment, etc.
New World Publishing International
Osprey, FL, USA
Incorporated in 1977, Plexus Publishing Inc. was located in Louisville, Kentucky, before moving in 1978 to its current location in Medford, New Jersey. In addition to being a regional publisher, Plexus also publishes titles in the field of biology and ecology. Its flagship publication, Biology Digest, provides current, readable information in the life sciences to over 3,000 schools, colleges, and libraries. Its book list extends from technical-scientific works to histories, folklore, and novels.
Plexus Publishing Inc.
Medford, NJ, USA
The interests of Science Publishers extend to mathematics & statistics, computer science, medical science, and engineering. It already has some very interesting works in these fields and several more in the pipeline.
Science Publishers
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Tuxedo Publishing seeks to help students of all ages with the unique challenges inherent in science education, especially chemistry. It specializes in science books that help students learn concepts fully and can be used for science summer reading programs in high schools. It also publishes books that provide advice to high school and college students on making the most of their academic experience.
Tuxedo Publishing
Springfield, VA, USA
Univelt publishes books, proceedings, and papers for the American Astronautical Society about Mars exploration, space travel, planetary missions, JPL, mission control, NASA, astronomy, astronautics, science, astrophysics, spaceflight dynamics, the history of space research, manned missions, planetary studies, satellite technologies, man–machine interaction, effects of cosmic radiation, colonization, rocketry and rockets, shuttles and space stations, interstellar probes, and much more.
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San Diego, CA, USA


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Introduction | Base Operations | Base Life & Activity | Combat Aircraft Arrival | Phan Rang Local Area | Credits & Favorite Links | Guest Book
Phan Rang Local Area
The city of Phan Rang is located 3 miles inland from the South China Sea and 35 miles south of Cam Ranh Bay. It is the Provincial Capital of Ninh Thuan Province, which lies on the southern end of Central Vietnam and occupies a geographical position as a central transportation point adjoining three regions; Southern Central Highlands, South Central and South-East. It borders Cam Ranh Bay and three other provinces, Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang), Tuyen Duc (Da Lat), and Binh Thuan (Phan Thiet). It is the residence of a large number of ethnic Cham, along with the Ra Glai and Hoa peoples. Ninh Thuan Province is the driest and hottest region of Vietnam. The climate is a combination of the tropical monsoon and dry and windy weather. The coastal plain is semi-arid with Prickly Pear Cactus vegetation. The average temperature is 27 degree C (80.6 degree F). The natural area of the province is 3,430 sq. kilometers (1,325 sq. miles) and hosts a population of over 483 thousand people. The province's topography forms three zones – plain, coastal and mountainous.
Permission for use of Phan Rang area map courtesy of Jim Henthorn, USAF, 21st SOS
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Phan Rang (originally "Panduranga" from the Cham language) and its twin city of Thap Cham mark the site of the Po Klong Garai Towers, constructed at the end of the 13th century by the Cham as Hindu temples. This ancient temple is located on a rocky hill between Thap Cham and Phan Rang Air Base.
The ancient Kingdom of Champa and the Cham civilization offers a startling contrast to many of Vietnam's Chinese conventions. The Cham derived their cultural influences from India and were almost exclusively Hindu. The Cham existed from the second to the sixteenth century throughout the central highlands of Vietnam. Although this is a considerable portion of Vietnam, the severity of weather and limited area for agriculture limited the size of the population to about 2.5 million people at its height. The Kingdom of Champa back in the 8th and 12th century stretched all the way from Dong Hoi to Phan Thiet in central Vietnam. Most were didicated to kings and Brahman divinities, including the Shiva God, who was considered the creator, founder and defender of the Champa Kingdom and the Cham royal dynasties.
Much of the above information was obtained from research conducted by J.C. Sharma in his text "Temples of Champa in Vietnam".
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Join us for an entertaining Saturday afternoon as we interview the artists about their new literary release, The CrossoverGraphic Novel—an illustrated edition of the bestselling book that catapulted Kwame Alexander's career. The new version is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. See the Bell family in a whole new light through Dawud Anyabwile'sdynamic illustrations as the brothers' winning season unfolds, and the world as they know it begins to change. Guitarist Randy Preston adds a musical element to the interview as he creates music in real-time based on the words and illustrations that leap off the pages of the graphic novel. This is not your typical literary event—it's a performance that you will not see anywhere else. Written's Michelle Gipson will conduct the interview, followed by a book signing. The event is free and open to the public, but a reservation is required. A bookseller will be on site.
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and New York TimesBestselling author of 33 books, including SWING, THE WRITE THING, and REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious Carnegie Medal, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, HOW TO READ A BOOK, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame currently serves as the inaugural Innovator-in-Residence at the American School in London, and the Founding Editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that aims to Change the World One Word at a Time.
Dawud Anyabwile, who lives in Atlanta, is an Emmy Award winning artist, illustrator and co-creator of the groundbreaking Comic Book Series, Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline. Anyabwile has worked with companies such as Cartoon Network, Turner Studios, NBA TV, Nickelodeon, and many others as a character designer, storyboard artist, illustrator and concept artist. Anyabwile illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA Anyabwile now volunteers, teaches art classes to young students, and gives lectures when he isn't working on his art. Instagram: @brothermancomix
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When you land in Cuba, you become a part of the tug of war the country is now experiencing of defining what is the Cuban culture.
On one side, Cubans are deeply entrenched in the past and its traditions. The other is of a future Cuba that includes modernizations and the creation of a new economic and political model. After decades of political embargo by the US and its allies, Cuba is changing rapidly.
"Obama did a lot for our country," said our Afro-Cuban guide Alberto as he points out the American embassy that has recently opened in Cuba.
Alberto showed us how Cuban youth were embracing hip-hop and how modern phones and Facebook turned a late night street corner near the Department of Exterior, into the gathering spot to get internet access for a few CECs (Cuban currency) for the password to a secured wifi site.
Alberto also showed us the hangout for the newly "out" LGBTQ community that was benefiting from the new government changes. This population, under Fidel, was ostracized into an underground existence. Now, they throw rave parties and socialize in an open, yet segregated, part of the city.
The most obvious change is the aesthetic texture of the island. Only 90 miles from Miami, the Art Decor architecture of the pre-revolution is frozen against its Caribbean sky, paying homage to a time when Cuba was more affluent and arguably more divided. In stark contrast, modern hotels under construction from Chinese owned companies, now compete for the same visual space. The former Hilton Hotel which opened in the 1950s and the more modern Amelia Cohiba are icons to what was and what is to come.
Similarly, the classic American car, which once stood for a mark of the Revolution and a monument to Cuban ingenuity and innovation after the Revolution and subsequent embargo, left the country without professional maintenance and parts. In the past, these cars would be the envy of every Cuban, with price
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tags that exceed $60,000, the American classic was a monument of pride and achievement. Now the sound of the classic motors is muted from the bass, treble and subwoofer from Kia and Mercedes Benz newly imported cars which are available to the elite in an economy that is Socialist in its design, yet almost caste like in its execution.
The Socialist economy of pre-President Obama Cuba was one of slow, often stifling innovation. Now, Cubans are able to apply for permits for AirBNB rentals, neighborhood cafes and independent cab drivers. The hybrid government partner entrepreneurship allows for an emerging elite and middle class Cubans who will want amenities to accompany their new found economic status, that more closely resembles Capitalism than its Socialist enemy.
And when you speak to Cubans the generation that remembers the good and not so good of Fidel's regime, you hear the pride of a country that fought for freedom, combined with the longing of a Cuba that continues to be free of the trappings of other societies that are often purchased and traded for corporate or government desire. "Cuba is Communist," our guide Earnesto commented. "The people are not,"
The biggest change that most Cubans say that has challenged the country the most is the arrival of the Americans. Once considered the enemy of Cuba and everything it valued, the tourist Visas are flying through Cuba's custom department, which requires different resources - more schools to teach English to Cubans in all industries as the non-Spanish speaking foreigners infiltrate a land, that was once only one language. And as the language barrier dissipates, so do the misconceptions from decades of distrust between the two countries.
"Americans are smart and nice," said Ernesto. "Not like in the movie where there is a lot of drunk people and fighting." Ernesto, has a sister, who married an American and was now living in Miami. He was hoping to visit Florida to see her and his nephew soon. His English was helping him with that process and making his cab business a lucrative occupation.
"Cuba has to change," said Ernesto. "I want us to stay independent, but we have to change. This system is not working."
The struggle of change and independence will be a difficult one for Cuba. Only time will tale if both are possible.
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When I first discovered the HGTV show "Fixer Upper," I couldn't tell you why I loved the show. The remodels were modest. The families that owned them equally so, but there was something so appealing about The Gaines family. I began texting friends and sharing on Facebook, 'You have to watch this new show set in Waco, TX of all places.' People asked what was the appeal and at the time I couldn't articulate it, but after listening to the story of this dynamic duo, I have the one word that capture the appeal: genuineness.
The Magnolia Story is a quick recap of what brought this couple into our lives - the peculiar happenstances, the odd idiosyncrasies and the magnificent miracles that pushed two individuals who were seemingly very different down a path that was uniquely designed for them.
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New Hydrogen fuel cell release
January 28, 2011	1 By Erin Kilgore
A synthetic fuel was introduced by the Cella Energy,
a UK-based company which can result to a price of US$1.50 for every gallon. The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has been on this top secret project for over four years, and now has finally come up with this hydrogen based fuel. When this is burned, there are no carbon emissions, and they can be utilized by present vehicles with no necessary changes to their engines.
The materials are manufactured by Cella, wherein these are in micron-sized beads that can be moved like fluid. Nano-structuring is utilized to encase the hydrides, and replaces the traditional high pressure cylinders with a fuel tank that comes in a conventional shape. For refueling needs, a regular fuel pump is used that can be situated in a place of normal temperature.
Electrospraying or otherwise called coaxial electrospinning is a method that was also developed by Cella Energy.
During this process, hydride is confined in a nano-porous polymer that allows desorption of hydrogen in a quicker pace. This is a simple and affordable technology where the materials can be handled safely and easily.
There are two identified ways on how you can use the materials and these are as a fuel additive and as a fuel cell. As a fuel additive, it will have minimal emission of carbon unlike the current vehicles that are being used these days. As for its fuel cell function cell, it is a pure hydrogen solution wherein it can be used in a vehicle without damaging the car's parts. This is to provide a way of storage as well as the delivery of hydrogen to the combustion engine.
Several benefits are introduced by the micron-sized beads that can move the same way that fluid does. Rehydrogenation is not anymore needed. This, when it happens will need high temperatures and pressures, which is skipped off with these materials. When the hydride is used, you can simply remove it from the car and have it be rehydrided in some other place.
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In the Court of Appeal yesterday morning, six former Guantánamo prisoners — Bisher al-Rawi, Jamil El-Banna, Richard Belmar, Omar Deghayes, Binyam Mohamed and Martin Mubanga — won a resounding victory against the government, when three senior judges, including Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, overturned a ruling that, for the first time in British history, allowed the government to use secret evidence in a civil claim for damages.
The former prisoners are suing MI5, MI6, the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the Attorney General on the basis that agents of the intelligence services were involved in unlawful acts and conspiracy, and that, essentially, they were involved in, or failed to stop, their detention and ill-treatment (and in some cases, their "extraordinary rendition" to secret prisons). However, in November, Mr. Justice Silber ruled that the government should be able to withhold evidence from defendants and their lawyers on the basis of national security.
In our view, the principle that a litigant should be able to see and hear all the evidence which is seen and heard by a court determining his case is so fundamental, so embedded in the common law, that, in the absence of parliamentary authority, no judge should override it. At least so far as the common law is concerned, we would accept the submission that this principle represents an irreducible minimum requirement of an ordinary civil trial. Unlike principles such as open justice, or the right to disclosure of relevant documents, a litigant's right to know the case against him and to know the reasons why he has lost or won is fundamental to the notion of a fair trial.
As the BBC also explained, the ruling was "the second major blow by the Court of Appeal against the government's attempts to keep secret material out of open courts." Back in February, the Court overturned 18 months of obstruction, on the part of foreign secretary David Miliband, aimed at preventing the release of documents supplied to the UK by the US intelligence services, which revealed how Binyam Mohamed had been tortured while in US custody in Pakistan in 2002, before his rendition to torture in Morocco and the CIA's "Dark Prison" near Kabul, and his eventual transfer to Guantánamo. On that occasion, Lord Neuberger was deeply critical of the role played by the intelligence services, noting — in a passage in his ruling that the government tried to suppress — that MI5 did not respect human rights, had not renounced participation in "coercive interrogation" techniques, deliberately misled MPs and peers on the intelligence and security committee, which is supposed to be able to scrutinize its activities, and had a "culture of suppression" in its dealings with Miliband and the court.
Nevertheless, when it came to the damages claim filed by the six former Guantánamo prisoners, the government proposed exactly the same sort of procedure that the Law Lords found to be unlawful when it came to control orders, arguing that closed sessions should be held because of national security concerns, but with the supposed concession that the men would be represented by special advocates.
Quite apart from the fact that the issue is one of principle, it is a melancholy truth that a procedure or approach which is sanctioned by a court expressly on the basis that it is applicable only in exceptional circumstances nonetheless often becomes common practice.
Andy, as I read these accounts I have to ask myself what kind of people are these who are governing Britain? Clearly, the rule of law means nothing to them. They prefer the legal fiction (and science fiction) of the discredited war on terror.
I think there needs to be a concerted effort to get David Milliband out of public life. He is an unfit person to be elected.
This government has set some dangerous precedents in interfering in the BBC and with the judiciary. If the Conservatives (who are honest enough to spell their name like this) win the election, they will use these precedents to push further into the dark realm of the securitised state.
Hope one day, UK's court system and that of the USA catch up with decency, truth & by the way, something called "JUSTICE", for a lack of a more Politically correct term!!
Fantastic! I tried to go to a SIAC trial, I was told it would be open, but they wouldn't let me in – or anyone or any press. I wonder if this will end now?….
Thanks for the comments, everyone. I think this is an important ruling on the eve of the General Election, and will hopefully give pause to whoever comes into power, as I'm in agreement with Willy.


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"Restless Collection" Winter Study course curates art collection in response to VP Pence's politics
Kitt Urdang
Jordan Stein taught students such as Clarissa Dominguez '22 about how to curate art with a political purpose, engaging with Mike Pence's political views as their class's case study.
(Photo courtesy of Olivia Demuth '23.)
Mother. Mothership, motherland, mother nature, mother Mary; the word has countless uses, including being the term of choice for Mike Pence when referring to his wife. This word had particular significance for eight students in the Winter Study course "The Restless Collection," who spent the month of January curating a political art exhibition that they would want to put in Mike Pence's house based off the word "mother and all its iterations," according to Olivia DeMuth '23, a student in the class.
Their professor, Jordan Stein, is a San Francisco-based art curator who originally had the idea for the exhibit when he found an old catalog of exhibitions in a used bookstore. The catalog showed the house of Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's Vice President, when Mondale's wife Joan worked with curators to make their home into an art exhibit. Stein felt that drawing inspiration from Joan Mondale's project was particularly timely given the current administration's attempts to defund the National Endowment for the Arts. He brought this idea across the country to the College, and the class used that catalog as inspiration for their own exhibition, adding another dimension by making the art in Pence's house explicitly political. "The idea is to display the work in Mike Pence's house, and this is not just to decorate his home but rather to make a type of tongue-in-cheek commentary on his life and his beliefs," DeMuth said.
Although a large portion of class time was devoted to sorting through the 15,000 pieces of art that are in the vaults at the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), the class had no "typical day." The students took trips to Stein's temporary house in the woods, visited WMCA's Rose Gallery, consulted with WCMA curators, walked around campus to observe public art and discussed the merits of different types of coffee with their professor in preparation for their final projects.
The course's final project posed two fundamental questions Stein wanted his students to dissect and contextualize upon: What is an exhibition and who governs the terms of its engagement? Presenting their work over the past month to the WCMA staff was exciting, but the best part was "hearing from them afterward and having an actual dialogue about what we had put together," according to Isabel Kuh '23, another student in the class. The WCMA team drew on their years of experience in art curation and museum administration to point out new ideas and mediums to the students, who were eager to hear feedback.
The presentation itself allowed students to make personal connections with WCMA staff, but throughout the course, they also built close relationships with Stein and one another. Both DeMuth and Kuh say the course left them with a greater appreciation for curatorial work like Stein's in general, and Kuh said that the class helped her realize that every choice a curator makes is both active and political. She added that, going forward, she will be more conscious of this when looking at professional art exhibits.
The students showed grace and humility about the work they had done, according to Stein, who said he was incredibly impressed with the quality of work they were able to put together. "I was really surprised and taken with the students' capacity for collaboration" and their understanding of relationships between artworks was at "a remarkably high level," he explained.
Beyond their ultimate finished product, Stein was thrilled that the students "asked such big and rhetorical questions about the nature of motherhood, gender, sexuality, politics, the natural world, the future of technology and so many other things," adding that they showed a level of consciousness that was well beyond that of the College environment.
The class culminated with the students creating a pamphlet that exhibited the pieces they chose and displayed blurbs describing their thoughts. The project may have been an imaginary exercise, and Mike Pence's house will not be adorned with their suggestions, but the skills these students learned will stay with them.
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Kite Hill PR is growing in NYC, and we're excited to welcome Jodi Kovacs to the team as a PR Associate.
Jodi previously held a position at Raker Goldstein where she focused on both B2C and B2C accounts including Henschel-Steinau, a best-in-class retail marketing solutions provider, Jessica's Natural Foods and Ride Revolution.
We're excited to have her on board and are inspired by her growing passion for B2B tech PR. She'll be working across Kite Hill PR's ad tech accounts including PulsePoint, Crowdtap and Sherpa Digital Media. She's also dipping her toes into the music tech waters working on MyMusicCloud.
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The Maisin Centre is established on a small allotment, 15 metres in width, in the heart of the "quartier Léopold" in Brussels.
Its conception is, in essence, a re-interpretation of the traditional patrician's lay-out with its characteristic passageway entrance open to pedestrians, encompassing some ten-odd meeting rooms and offices.
These are nestled between two existing independent party walls, and organised around a private inner courtyard for the basement and ground floor levels.
Natural light thus abounds within the back volumes, notably in the common areas and the personnel's cafeteria.
The top four levels house duplex workspaces in a stacked and open-plan style, with the stairwell kept close against the street façade. The necessary amenities such as stairwell, sanitaries and lift shaft hug tightly together against one party wall in order to liberate space along the other. The transparency of the floor-to-ceiling façades accentuates the simple openness of the form.
The palette of materials used is deliberately limited so as to better highlight the translucency of the building: reinforced raw concrete structure left apparent, understated finesse of the round steel mushroom columns playing on the icy-grey steel girders and galvanised steel ventilation tubes. The perforated galvanised steel sheeting enveloping the elevator and stairwell emits a constant coloured halo of fluorescent light through its tiny piercings. The ceilings and exterior porches are treated in similar fashion, conveying the artist Jean Glibert's architectural sensitivity.
In this manner, the ethereal (light and colour) and material worlds are re-united, as are mind and body, emphasising the strong contemporary identity of the Maisin Centre.


The Global Web Filtering Market size is expected to reach $5.3 billion by 2023, rising at a market growth of 14.3% CAGR during the forecast period. Need for superior level of control over employees in enterprises, and need to adhere to stringent compliances, is the factors that have led to the adoption of web filtering solutions. The cloud deployment model has gained prominence over the years due to the limited capital investment, which decrease the overall operational and maintenance costs of organizations, significantly reducing management efforts. Cloud-based web filtering solutions are customized according to customers? demands, and payments can be initiated at customers? will. Web filtering solutions are used to optimize employee productivity, and protect sensitive data, applications, also comply with stringent regulations.
Based on Component, the Web Filtering market segments the market into Solution and Services. The Services market is segmented into Professional and Managed Services. Based on Application, the market report segments the market into DNS Filtering, URL Filtering, Keyword Filtering, File Type Filtering, and Others. Based on Organization Size, the Web Filtering market segments the market into Small & Medium Enterprises and Large Enterprises. Based on Deployment Type, the market report segments the market into Cloud and On-Premise. Based on Vertical, the Web Filtering market segments the market into BFSI, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Telecom & IT, Education, and Others. Based on Regions, the Web Filtering market segments the market into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, Middle East & Africa.
The market research report covers the analysis of key stake holders of the Global Web Filtering Market. Key companies profiled in the report include Cisco Systems, Inc., McAfee, LLC, Fortinet, Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Symantec Corporation, Raytheon (Forcepoint LLC), Barracuda Networks, Inc., Sophos plc, Trend Micro, Inc., and Zscaler.


A joint injection is an injection of a steroid or other medication into a joint; any place two bones move against each other and are surrounded by a joint capsule, such as shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers and knees.
It is done with the patient in whatever position allows the best access into the joint. Shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers and knees are often injected with the patient sitting. Hips, knees, ankles and toes are often injected with the patient lying down. The skin is cleaned with antiseptic solution and then the injection is carried out. A band-aid is usually applied.
Generally speaking, this procedure is safe. However, with any procedure there are risks, side effects and possibility of complications. The most common side effect is pain – which is temporary. The other risks involve, infection, bleeding, worsening of symptoms etc. The other risks are related to the side effects of steroids: These include weight gain, increase in blood sugar (mainly in diabetics), water retention, suppression of body's own natural production of cortisone etc. Fortunately, the serious side effects and complications are uncommon.


Because of the rise of technological advancements today, businesses tend to take traditional methods for granted. Companies rely heavily on a variety of digital platforms to market their products and services without realizing that some conventional marketing methods could still be able to help their venture grow. These marketing tools may be quite old and outdated, but they can still bring something to the table.
Despite the existence of social media platforms, consumers still value their opinion. They still want to feel valued by voicing out what they think or how they feel. Because consumer voices still matter, businesses must value the importance of speaking with their clients through a phone call. Consumers still call a business' number to inquire, give feedback, or ask for help.
Call Tracking makes use of software that enables businesses to record and track information related to all inbound telephone calls. It helps measure how effective a business' marketing campaigns are regarding generating leads and increasing sales. Whether you are a small startup business or you are an established multi-million dollar company, call tracking can help you learn which of your marketing efforts are generating money, and which ones are not.
Assessing which campaigns are working. Call tracking allows businesses assess which marketing campaigns and other business processes are working and which ones are not. It shows you how effective each marketing strategy is and it helps evaluate if your business processes are operating efficiently.
Providing tangible results. Unlike other advertising methods, using Fone Dynamics call tracking software, businesses can quickly pinpoint which marketing strategies and programs are generating a high return on investment or ROI. You get to see tangible results through your consumers who purchased your products or made use of your services due to the marketing campaigns you implemented.
Saving unnecessary marketing costs. Using call tracking, you can monitor the effectiveness of all your marketing campaigns by tracing them back to the calls your customers make. As a result, you can quickly determine which campaigns are not working. It enables you to eliminate those campaigns and save on unnecessary advertisement costs. The money you save can be used to fund campaigns that are more effective or other business operations that are integral to business growth.
Helping you understand your target market. Different customers have different needs. As a business owner, you need to understand each customer profile to provide them with the type of service they need. Through call tracking, you can cater to the different demands of your target market because you understand them. It enables you to respond to their needs faster.
Improving your customer service. With the results of call tracking, you are now aware of your business' varied consumers. You can use the information you have to personalize your customer service to make sure that each type of customer is satisfied. You can assign experienced staff members that are knowledgeable in areas that your consumers might have questions about. As a result, your employees can tend to all customer inquiries promptly. Also, faster customer service can translate to more leads and more sales.
Technical skills may be required. Not everyone is familiar with call tracking software. Therefore, you might need to hire someone with the skill set and technical knowledge when it comes to installing, operating, and translating the results of call tracking. It might mean additional expenses for the business.
Multiple phone numbers may complicate business processes. One or two phone numbers may already be confusing for some businesses, especially if several consumers are trying to make a call. That said, multiple phone numbers could complicate your business processes because of the volume of the calls and the number of staff assigned to each number.
Given the pros and cons of call tracking, you can assess whether it is ideal for your business or not. You can also consider if you have enough employees to handle voluminous calls, analyze data, and monitor the call tracking software. You should also consider if you have the budget for call tracking software. Since it may require a certain level of expertise to implement this software fully, you also need to consider hiring an employee who is knowledgeable in call tracking.
Your business may be smaller than your competitors, but you can have an advantage over them by getting to know your target market. Applying call tracking to your marketing campaigns makes it easier for you to learn which ones are generating leads and contributing to business sales.
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Regional and Social Dialects When Naming Carbonated Beverages by Evita Singh
I grabbed it and flipped the tab, "POP!" The carbonation in my soda began to fizz, and then I gulped down my Coca-Cola. Pop, soda, and coke are three commonly used terms to refer to carbonated beverages. The term pop comes from the popping sound a cork makes, soda refers to a carbonated, bubbly drink, and coke is a short form of the popular Coca Cola name, which originated in Atlanta, Georgia (Schmieg). These words represent variations in our language, and in some ways they help define who we are. Why did I think of "pop" as the sound the can made when I opened my "soda," for example? And why do I use the proper noun "Coke" rather than the official "Coca-Cola"? These might seem like unimportant questions, but they do speak to who I am – where I currently live and go to college, how old or young I am, and how I am influenced by the family and community surroundings of my childhood. All of these factors guided my research into the significance of the names of carbonated beverages.
To begin, I decided to research the impact of regional and social dialects, two forms of dialect that are commonly studied and are important in my research of beverage names. Regional dialects vary from region to region within a country while social dialects include different slang terms and words unique to certain age groups and ethnicities (Pederson). Thus, in my study, terms such as pop and soda, which refer to carbonated beverages, are understood as created by a variation in people's regional differences and their ages, among other factors. Specific use of words can sometimes tell how old an individual is because, according to Georgetown University Linguistics Professor Roger Shuy, words, just like people, have a life span (Shuy). This idea might explain why one of my grandparents might use the official title Coca-Cola, but as a 19-year-old I abbreviate and use the more common slang term Coke. Additionally, regional dialects across the U.S. impact our language. The five main dialects within the United States are Inland North, North Central, West, Midland, and South (Labov, Ash, & Boberg), and variations also exist within states. For example, Ohio is part of the Midland region of the United States and is divided into three areas with different dialects: Inland North includes Cleveland and Northern Ohio, Midland contains Columbus and Central Ohio, and Appalachian encompasses Cincinnati and Southern Ohio. I decided to focus my study on exploring social and regional dialects within Ohio because I attend college in Ohio. Ohio also makes a good research study because it is on the border of Pennsylvania and Kentucky, which are in the Inland North and Southern dialect regions, respectively. The key advantage of choosing Ohio is that its bordering states use dialects differently from the form of English used in Ohio. Due to the vicinity of these other regions, I even noticed variations between Inland North, Midland, and Appalachian dialects within Ohio. Identifying the three dialects' similarities and differences allows us to make connections between the varying forms of English throughout one region of the United States.
As I began to focus my study, I found that significant research has been done on the terms used to describe carbonated beverages, providing more insight on the impacts of social and regional dialects. For instance, a team of researchers for The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) conducted a survey throughout the entire United States between 1965 and 1970 and asked, "Ordinary soft drinks, usually carbonated – what are they called?" The group distributed 1002 questionnaires and received 1360 responses; many people submitted more than one response because they apparently couldn't decide on just one answer. DARE found that the most consistent response given was pop (Schneidemesser). About thirty years later, in 1994, Schneidemesser performed a similar survey in which 313 people between the ages of 16 and 35 from 35 states filled out a questionnaire about whether they called a carbonated beverage pop, soda, or some other term. The survey's findings were that pop and soda were the most popular terms used to describe a carbonated beverage, and words such as soda water, dope, soda pop, and drink were used less frequently (Schneidemesser).
In a more contemporary study done in 2007, Heidi Sleep and Katie Thiel used guided conversation to study the variations of terms for soft drinks at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, a college consisting mostly of students from Midwestern states. They interviewed seven subjects on campus from several cities in Minnesota and Wisconsin. They hypothesized that individuals from Minnesota use the term pop and those from Wisconsin use both soda and pop but soda is more common. In order to test this prediction, Sleep and Thiel asked the students questions about the food or vending machines on campus, which required them to use pop or soda in their conversations. The results of this study indicated that students from Wisconsin generally said soda and students from Minnesota called the drink pop. Moreover, they discovered that some individuals preferred to use the name brands of certain carbonated beverages such as Mountain Dew or Diet Pepsi before they used pop or soda to describe the soft drinks (Sleep and Thiel).
Around the same time, another researcher, Alan McConchie, established a website where he obtained people's zip codes and questioned, "What generic word do you use to describe carbonated soft drinks?" His primary sources of data were the individuals who read his web page and submitted their choice. Then, McConchie displayed his results on a map of the United States, showing that pop is used more commonly in the Midwest, soda in the Northeast, and coke is usually said in the South (McConchie). Also, Greg Plumb and Matthew Campbell from East Central University in Oklahoma used McConchie's Internet survey results to separate the names for soft drinks by county on a map. According to the map, about 50-100% of the population in the Midwest and the Northwest used pop, 50-100% of individuals living in the South said coke, 50-80% of the population in California and the Southwest used soda, and 80-100% of the people living in the Northeast called it soda (Campbell and Plumb). Generally, people from the East and West coasts addressed the beverage as soda, individuals in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest used pop, and the population in the South said coke. Studies conducted by USA Today and Bert Vaux corroborate these results (Vaux). After examining the map and this research, Jennifer Nemec, writing for the website Grit: Rural American Know-How, concluded that the differences in the terms used for carbonated beverages as a result of regional dialects across the United States can be problematic in some households. "A debate rages beneath the surface of our country. It's not about red states and blue states; it's not even about Coke or Pepsi. It's about what we call Coke and Pepsi. Whether a soft drink is a 'soda,' a 'pop' or a 'coke' can become a concern in geographically mixed household," she writes, equating the debate with a political difference of opinion in a household (Nemec).
Broadening the above research, in a 2012 study Brice Russ from The Ohio State University looked at differences in regional language on Twitter. He examined 2,952 tweets from about 1,118 locations across the United States and found that pop is used mostly in the Midwest, soda in the Northeast and Southwest, and coke is popular in the South (Russ). These findings agree with all of the older research on names for carbonated beverages, illustrating that, even today, these regional dialects hold true across the country.
Although multiple studies exist on carbonated beverages in relation to regional dialects, official research with social dialects such as age groups is sparse. A notable exception is a general study on language and different age groups by Thomas Donahue at Youngstown State University. Donahue looked at the usage of the word, yinz, meaning "you," which was becoming popular around Northeastern Ohio at the time. He had 93 students fill out a questionnaire and found that 60 students had either used the word or heard someone from an older generation use it. Thirteen students said they used the word when talking to an older generation so the language was being passed along, and nine more students said they only used the word yinz when they heard a person from their own generation say it (Donahue). This research gave me more reason to look at certain effects of social dialects such as peer bonding and alienation in relation to age.
I conducted a unique study in order to look at various terms for carbonated beverages that are used by people of different ages. As mentioned, past studies have been done on the different terms given to soft drinks but no study has wholeheartedly concentrated on how age groups differ in describing these drinks. Differences in language as they relate to age are important to my study because they can reveal generational values and differences. Having the knowledge of the evolution of language might help us predict how words will change over time and how they can shift from generation to generation. This study deals exclusively with Ohio's population and the different age groups that have specific names for carbonated beverages.
III. Methodology
A. Methods
My study focused on how regional and social dialects impact the choice of names used for carbonated beverages by individuals of different ages. I wanted to see if older generations of people called a beverage something different and if living in various regions of Ohio made a person more likely to use a certain term over one used in another part of the state. First, I surveyed a total of 300 individuals from the three main regions of Ohio belonging to the following age groups: 18-26, 27-35, 36-44, 45-53, 54-62, and 63+. Observing the different age groups aided me in examining the differences in social dialects between these various generations and the differences they make in naming carbonated beverages. In addition, I surveyed the same number of people (50) from each age group for the purposes of consistency. This study went beyond the research presented in the introduction because I looked at the effect of social dialects on how the terms were used to describe soft drinks while previous research had specifically studied the differences in regional dialects and words for these beverages. The sample consisted of people who live in three unique groups in Ohio: Inland North (Cleveland and Northern Ohio area), Midland (Columbus and Central Ohio area) and Appalachian (Cincinnati and Southern Ohio area). In this manner, I could control regional dialects within the boundaries of a specific state. To collect the data from the sample, I personally interviewed 300 people face-to-face from Ohio and asked them their age, city of origin, and the following two questions:
What do you call a dark-colored carbonated beverage?
What do you call a clear carbonated beverage?
At first, I thought asking these two questions seemed as if they would be more beneficial and accurate than asking a general question about carbonated beverage names. However, these questions specify certain kinds of soft drinks. For example, beverages like Coke and Pepsi are dark-colored, and drinks such as Sierra Mist and Sprite are clear. Dark-colored and clear soft drinks are common so I decided to concentrate specifically on those drinks and the terms people in Ohio use to describe them. I surveyed people asking just these two simple questions in person rather than having a guided conversation or allowing people to select a name online. Guided conversation makes it difficult to interview a large population, and online surveys can be somewhat unreliable because there is no way to know if the people are in the required age group or from Ohio. After getting some results for this survey, I observed that many people were just giving the name of their favorite dark colored beverage, and every person I surveyed answered Sprite for the clear colored beverage. I realized that asking these questions would bring inaccurate results, leading to an incorrect conclusion about the effects of regional and social dialects have on the names people give to carbonated beverages.
B. Revision of Methodology
Therefore, I improved this study by going back to the original question: "What do you call a carbonated beverage?" While answering this question, individuals thought about what they call a carbonated drink in general, showing patterns of regional and social dialects. I kept the regions and the number of people similar as in the initial survey. Based on the findings of previous research, I hypothesized that pop and soda would be the most common terms used. Furthermore, after looking at Plumb and Campbell's and McConchie's survey results, it seemed likely that pop would be a more common descriptor of a beverage since they found that this term was used mostly in the Midwest region. For the social dialect aspect of the study, I hypothesized that there definitely would be differences in the terms used by individuals in the different age groups but it was hard to predict exactly which word each group used most often since there has been no past research relating carbonated beverages and social dialects.
After collecting the data, I created pie charts that clearly showed the correlation between the age of a person and what names he or she used for carbonated beverages. These graphs also depict how dialects vary even within a certain state. Additionally, I carefully noted whether individuals used specific brand names of carbonated beverages when answering these questions. My method of study was similar to the DARE and Schneidemesser studies since those also looked at various regions but mine was distinct because it encompassed both social and regional dialects, which resulted in noteworthy data.
IV. Results
The results I obtained from surveying people of different ages from all over Ohio were unique and interesting. I found that there is a clear relationship between the age of an individual and the term they use to describe a carbonated beverage. Results show that at least 50% of the people surveyed say pop, and about 30-40% say soda, making these the most common terms used by the population between the ages of 18 and 35 (Figures 1 and 2).
Also, about three fourths of the people 36 years old and above use soda to describe a soft drink. The people belonging to the older age groups seem to mostly say soda and the second most common term used is coke. As the age group gets older, the percentages of individuals who say pop decrease significantly and people aged 63 and over do not use the term pop, according to my data (Figures 5 and 6). In general, the relationship between a person's age and the term he or she uses for a carbonated beverage is that younger people, between the ages of 19 and 35, tend to mostly say pop, and people of ages 35 and over use the word soda. This indicates that the social dialects within Ohio vary with age (Figures 3 and 4).
Additionally, my survey focuses on regional dialects within Ohio. The resulting data indicate that there is not much of a clear link between the region of Ohio a person belongs to and the name he or she has for a carbonated beverage. However, the figures from the data do show some interesting connections between these variables. According to the figures, pop and soda are the most common names given to carbonated beverages by the people of Ohio. Out of the three regions of Ohio, it seems as though a carbonated beverage is called pop more in the Midland region, but the drink is known more often as soda in the Inland North and Appalachian regions. The conclusion that I drew from the figures above is that there is not much of a direct relationship between the regions in Ohio and the names people in these regions have for carbonated beverages because the majority numbers are not conclusive enough for each specific area. However, these figures do give valuable information about how people living in Ohio tend to say pop and soda, and seldom use the terms coke and soft drink. The maps show that there is a possibility of regional dialects within Ohio but this study was unable to provide obvious results.
The study I conducted indicates that there are clear social dialects within Ohio and there may be regional dialects when it comes to other parts of language but names for carbonated beverages do not seem to vary much within this one state. The most common terms for carbonated beverages in Ohio are pop and soda, and this might explain why I use both terms in my own vocabulary. Additionally, the majority of those 35 and under from Ohio say pop and the older people tend to say soda or coke; this was mostly in accord with my hypothesis. These findings indicate that there is a social dialect within Ohio because the terms people have for carbonated beverages vary with age. But again, I could not find as much existing research on social dialect as on regional dialect. It seems logical to assume that individuals from the same generation are usually spending time together so they tend to match in their language and dialects.
According to my study, there is not only one certain regional dialect pattern in Ohio. This finding may be due to the fact that Ohio is just one state out of fifty and regional dialects tend to vary much more significantly between different regions rather than inside one state. The results vary from region to region, and all that can be concluded from the figures is that pop and soda are the common terms used in Ohio and people from the Midland region tend to use pop more.
My study focused on the relationship between various age groups and the terms they used to describe certain carbonated beverages. This research gave me insight into variations in language and how speech patterns continue to change as culture changes, coining new word usage. My study also allowed me to link my own research with the existing data on regional and social dialects in Ohio and gave me a better understanding of the many names given to carbonated beverages. All of this research stemmed from one seemingly simple question: why do I call my beverages pop, soda, or coke? Turns out, that question wasn't as simple as it seemed.
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Shuy, R. "Dialects: How They Differ." Language: Reading in Language and Culture, 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008. 292-312. Print.
Stauble, A.E. "The process of Decreolization: A Model for Second Language Development." Language Learning, 28.1: October 2006, 29-54. Web. Retrieved October 29, 2012. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-1770.1978.tb00303.x/abstract.
Thiel, K., & Sleep, H. "A Linguistic Study: 'Soda' and 'Pop' in Wisconsin and Minnesota." UW-Stout Journal of Student Research. 2007: 1. Web. Retrieved November 1, 2011. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/52914?show=full.
Vaux, B. "Pop, soda or Coke? Internet voters seek to settle debate." 2005. Web. Retrieved November 1, 2011. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2002-09-12-soda-pop_x.htm.
Evita Singh currently attends Kent State University, and hopes to go on to medical school. She conducted and wrote this research project on carbonated beverages for an English class and said, "It was interesting to look at the relationship between age, region of Ohio, and the name given to a carbonated beverage. Doing research is such a great experience for undergraduate students."
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Universal has snapped up comedy pitch "The Nice Guy," by Ed Zwick and Sheldon Turner, in a six-figure preemptive buy.
Turner is already penning the script, which follows a recently divorced doctor who's frustrated because women consider him mere "marriage material."
Zwick, who is in Africa helming Warner Bros.' "The Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connelly, is considering helming "Nice Guy" but has not yet inked a pactpact.
In addition to Bedford Falls partners Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, shingle prexy Rick Solomon will produce "Nice."
Project would mark a return to the romantic comedy genre for Zwick and Herskovitz, who together created 1980s TV skein "thirtysomething."
Lately, their attention has been focused on dramas and actioners such as "Blood Diamond" or "The Last Samurai."
"Both Ed and I have always loved romantic comedy," Herskovitz said. "But it is something difficult to do well. This is something we have high hopes for."
Herskovitz and Zwick came up with the original idea for "Nice Guy" and brought it to Turner to flesh out a story and pitch it to U.
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Interesting, though to call thirtysomething a romantic comedy makes me think they've never seen it...
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First of all, I am not expert in audio, so this is not expert review. I am just a regular runner who need to equip myself with Bluetooth Earphone to avoid dangling wire. I also use the earphone for listening to music, especially during commuting to work place.
Jabra Rox Wireless. My first sport wireless earphone. Solid one with amazing quality.
Taotronics TBBH-07. So far, the best wireless earphone I've ever have.
Jabees Beating. The cheapest one. I bought this as backup to my Jabra Rox Wireless.
Soundmagic E10BT. Since I had very good experience with their wired earphone, I try the high-rated wireless one.
And since I am from Indonesia, so the earphones listed above, can be bought in Indonesia.
So what is the criteria? These are several things that I found quite important.
I am a bit stingy when it comes to cost.
Two reasons. First, for my ear, I find the quality of some of the cheap earphones are at par with some high end ones. Of course, don't compare it with wired ones.
Second reason, It happens that my earphones were rarely still be used after 2 years. Lost it, broke it, accidentally dropped in the water. So to keep buying the expensive ones are not economically wise.
But if you have no concern at all with price, stop now, just buy either Bose Soundsport, Jaybird, or Jlab Epic (see expert review from Wirecutter here).
1. Battery. Typical simple bluetooth earphone will last 5-6 hours. If you want to have more battery life, then you need bigger battery. So the form factor will be different. Either it will separate the battery pack (like Soundmagic E10BT) or the battery is hidden in solid ring (around your neck).
2. How it attached to your ear. Some use typical earbuds. Some use earbuds with wings or around your earlobe support.
Left : Earphone like this one can hold larger batter. Right : Different type of earbuds.
But, the most important thing is how the earbud itself go in to your ear. If it is not convenient, wings and other method will not help.
1. How to Charge. You will often charge the earphone, so the location of charging port is important. For instance, if it is located in one of the earphone, and under the rubber seal (that covers the earbuds), then you need to remove the rubber seal every time you charge. After sometime, the rubber seal on the earphone will lose its grip and often dropped.
2. Seal Material. During running, sweat will reach the earphone. If the material is not good, you will need to replace the seal after a while. And if you use wings, the wings will have constant friction with your ears, making them easier to come off after a while.
Other than that, I have no idea. Like I mentioned, i don't have the chance to test the durability of the earphones from months/years of usage.
Well this is the hardest part. I don't have the ability to judge based on bass-treble, low note-high note, etc. I just compare the listening experience through the same songs. Luckily I started with Jabra Rox Wireless… a good base, quite hard to beat.
Oke, now to review one by one.
Price (when this article was posted) : Amazon = USD 39.95, Tokopedia : Rp 1.2-1.5 million.
Jabra Rox Wireless, solid quality, but somehow the earbuds are too big for my ear.
– The noise cancellation is nice.
– Can be paired to multiple devices at once.
– They provide the Jabra Music Player to optimize the sound experience.
– This is the bad part for me. The size of the earbuds are simply to big.
– Wings does not help, it is really annoying when using it for long distance running.
– The earphone are using magnet, so it can be attached each other (neat).
– But, the magnet is also functioned as switch. You detach, and it's on.
– So sometime it drains your battery because it accidentally switched on and off.
– Wings will be easy to drop after some time.
– Once, I accidentally pull the cable while charging, it break the earphone, need to glue it together.
Verdict : If you use it when you are not working out, or doing more static workout, this will be a superb choice. But if you running regularly, make sure it will fit your ear.
A cheap but decent bluetooth earphone.
– So so. Definitely the lowest quality from all the items here.
– But it's not that bad.
– The button is located in the earbud, so it is quite difficult to use to control.
– But it fits nicely to the ear.
– Ironically, although I bought this for backup, I use this more often than my Jabra Rox.
– The worst. The seal is easily loosen up.
– First, the rectangle shape, make it difficult to attach the seal.
– Second, to charge, you need to remove the seal completely.
Verdict : Decent but not designed properly for workout earphone.
The best I've ever had.. from every aspect.
– The best. Better than Jabra Rox.
– The noise cancellation (CVC technology) is superb.
– The wings are not easily detached like Jabra Rox.
– The earbuds fit nicely to my ear, wings are also very steady, not easily moved.
– And I love the magnet. It's simply just magnet, connecting both earbuds.
– The charging port is located in the button pad (not in the earbud).
– So charging will not need you to do anything to the earbud.
– The only question is because my right earbud produced drizzle sounds after 1 year.
– I don't know it's because of water or physical pressure applied.
Verdict : Even after I used the Soundmagic E10BT and my typical wired earphones, this is still the best. Definitely will buy Taotronics again after this.
DIfferent form factor. Big Battery.
– Noise cancellation is not as good as Taotronics. But probably safer for running.
– No wings. But fits properly.
– Battery is bigger, it is separated, but it does not annoying cause it can be clipped to your shirt.
– Charging port is located in battery.
– Cable and seal are durable like the wired one I used.
Verdict : Need more time to know the real difference with Taotronics, but for now, it is an excellent choice, especially if you often forget to charge.
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