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Brain volume and intelligence: The moderating role of intelligence measurement quality
Gilles E. Gignac, Timothy C. Bates (2017)
Correlation between brain volume and IQ in healthy adults is r ≈ .40.
The importance of correcting correlations for range restriction is demonstrated.
Intelligence measurement quality was a moderator of the brain volume/IQ effect.
Fair, good, and excellent measures of IQ yielded correlations of .23, .32, and .39.
p-Curve analysis indicated the significant results in the area likely not due to p-hacking.
A substantial amount of empirical research has estimated the association between brain volume and intelligence. The most recent meta-analysis (Pietschnig, Penke, Wicherts, Zeiler, & Voracek, 2015) reported a correlation of .24 between brain volume and intelligence – notably lower than previous meta-analytic estimates. This headline meta-analytic result was based on a mixture of samples (healthy and clinical) and sample correlations not corrected for range restriction. Additionally, the role of IQ assessment quality was not considered. Finally, evidential value of the literature was not formally evaluated. Based on the results of our meta-analysis of the Pietschnig et al.'s sample data, the corrected correlation between brain volume and intelligence in healthy adult samples was r = .31 (k = 32; N = 1758). Furthermore, the quality of intelligence measurement was found to moderate the effect between brain volume and intelligence (b = .08, p = .028). Investigations that used 'fair', 'good', and 'excellent' measures of intelligence yielded corrected brain volume and intelligence correlations of .23 (k = 9; N = 547), .32 (k = 10; N = 646), and .39 (k = 13; N = 565), respectively. The Henmi/Copas adjusted confidence intervals, the p-uniform results, and the p-curve results failed to suggest evidence of publication bias and/or p-hacking. The results were interpreted to suggest that the association between in vivo brain volume and intelligence is arguably best characterised as r ≈ .40. Researchers are encouraged to consider intelligence measurement quality in future meta-analyses, based on the guidelines provided in this investigation.
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>In English, the words "explore" and "exploit" come loaded with completely opposite connotations. But to a computer scientist, these words have much more specific and neutral meanings. Simply put, exploration is gathering information, and exploitation is using the information you have to get a known good result.<
B. Christian & T. Griffiths
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Creativity and Genius:
"Creativity and genius are unrelated to g except that a person's level of g acts as a threshold variable below which socially significant forms of creativity are highly improbable. This g threshold is probably at least one standard deviation above the mean level of g in the general population. Besides the traits that Galton thought necessary for " eminence" (viz., high ability, zeal, and persistence), genius implies outstanding creativity as well. Though such exceptional creativity is conspicuously lacking in the vast majority of people who have a high IQ, it is probably impossible to find any creative geniuses with low IQs. In other words, high ability is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the emergence of socially significant creativity. Genius itself should not be confused with merely high IQ, which is what we generally mean by the term " gifted" (which also applies to special talents, such as music and art). True creativity involves more than just high ability. It is still uncertain what this is ..."
The g factor (1998)
Why are there so many explanations for primate brain evolution?
R. I. M. Dunbar, Susanne Shultz (2017)
The question as to why primates have evolved unusually large brains has received much attention, with many alternative proposals all supported by evidence. We review the main hypotheses, the assumptions they make and the evidence for and against them. Taking as our starting point the fact that every hypothesis has sound empirical evidence to support it, we argue that the hypotheses are best interpreted in terms of a framework of evolutionary causes (selection factors), consequences (evolutionary windows of opportunity) and constraints (usually physiological limitations requiring resolution if large brains are to evolve). Explanations for brain evolution in birds and mammals generally, and primates in particular, have to be seen against the backdrop of the challenges involved with the evolution of coordinated, cohesive, bonded social groups that require novel social behaviours for their resolution, together with the specialized cognition and neural substrates that underpin this. A crucial, but frequently overlooked, issue is that fact that the evolution of large brains required energetic, physiological and time budget constraints to be overcome. In some cases, this was reflected in the evolution of 'smart foraging' and technical intelligence, but in many cases required the evolution of behavioural competences (such as coalition formation) that required novel cognitive skills. These may all have been supported by a domain-general form of cognition that can be used in many different contexts.
"If you memorize a thousand jokes, that doesn't make you a person with a sense of humor. Sense of humor is more subtle. A good sense of humor is about timing, the ability to say the funny thing at the right time and to the right people."
Gil Greengross
"While most humor research concerns jokes (with distinct "set-up lines" and "punch lines"), only about 10% to 15% of laughter in natural social contexts occurs in response to classically-structured jokes that would seem funny when repeated out of context (Provine, 2000). Rather, most laughter occurs in response to short utterances or nonverbal micro-performances during informal conversation. These might seem funny in the immediate social context, but would often seem fairly mundane or stupid if repeated later."
Samstag, 8. Juli 2017
"Thinking about Death and Pain Makes People Funnier"
"is it possible that the greatest comedians of all time are the ones that have the most painful thoughts [?]"
"Perhaps humor is rooted in tragedy, pain and struggle in ways we cannot imagine or fully understand yet."
Arthur Jensen on Mental Productivity:
A startling corollary of the multiplicative model of exceptional achievement is best stated in the form of a general law. This is Price's Law, which says that if K persons have made a total of N countable contributions in a particular field, then N/2 of the contributions will be attributable to sqrt(K) (Price, 1963). Hence, as the total number of workers (K) in a discipline increases, the ratio sqrt(K) / K shrinks, increasing the elitism of the major contributors. This law, like any other, only holds true within certain limits. But within fairly homogeneous disciplines, Price's Law seems to hold up quite well for indices of productivity — for example, in math, the empirical sciences, musical composition, and the frequency of performance of musical works. Moreover, there is a high rankorder relationship between sheer productivity and various indices of the importance of a contributor's work, such as the frequency and half-life of scientific citations, and the frequency of performance and staying power of musical compositions in the concert repertoire. (Consider such contrasting famous contemporaries as Mozart and Salieri; Beethoven and Hummel; and Wagner and Meyerbeer.)
If productivity and importance could be suitably scaled, however, I would imagine that the correlation between them would show a scatter-diagram of the "twisted pear" variety (Fisher, 1959). That is, high productivity and triviality are more frequently associated than low productivity and high importance. As a rule, the greatest creative geniuses in every field are astoundingly prolific, although, without exception, they have also produced their share of trivia. (Consider Beethoven's King Stephen Overture and Wagner's "United States Centennial March," to say nothing of his ten published volumes of largely trivial prose writings — all incredible contrasts to these composers' greatest works.) But such seemingly unnecessary trivia from such geniuses is probably the inevitable effluvia of the mental energy without which their greatest works would not have come into being. On the other hand, high productivity is probably much more common than great importance, and high productivity per se is no guarantee of the importance of what is produced. The "twisted pear" relationship suggests that high productivity is a necessary but not sufficient condition for making contributions of importance in any field. The importance factor, however, depends on creativity—certainly an elusive attribute.
What might be the basis of individual differences in productivity? The word motivation immediately comes to mind, but it explains little and also seems too intentional and self-willed to fill the bill. When one reads about famous creative geniuses one finds that, although they may occasionally have to force themselves to work, they cannot will themselves to be obsessed by the subject of their work. Their obsessive-compulsive mental activity in a particular sphere is virtually beyond conscious control. I can recall three amusing examples of this, and they all involve dinner parties. Isaac Newton went down to the cellar to fetch some wine for his guests and, while filling a flagon, wrote a mathematical equation with his finger on the dust of the wine keg. After quite a long time had passed, his guests began to worry that he might have had an accident, and they went down to the cellar. There was Newton, engrossed in his mathematical formulas, having completely forgotten that he was hosting a dinner party.
My second example involves Richard Wagner. Wagner, while his guests assembled for dinner, suddenly took leave of them and dashed upstairs. Alarmed that something was wrong, his wife rushed to his room. Wagner exclaimed, "I'm doing it!"—their agreed signal that she was not to disturb him under any circumstances because some new musical idea was flooding his brain and would have to work itself out before he could be sociable again. He had a phenomenal memory for musical ideas that spontaneously surfaced, and could postpone writing them down until it was convenient, a tedious task he referred to not as composing but as merely "copying" the music in his mind's ear.
Then there is the story of Arturo Toscanini hosting a dinner party at which he was inexplicably morose and taciturn, just as he had been all that day and the day before. Suddenly he got up from the dinner table and hurried to his study; he returned after several minutes beaming joyfully and holding up the score of Brahms's First Symphony (which he was rehearsing that week for the NBC Symphony broadcast the following Sunday). Pointing to a passage in the first movement that had never pleased him in past performances, he exclaimed that it had suddenly dawned on him precisely what Brahms had intended at this troublesome point. In this passage, which never sounds "clean" when played exactly as written, Toscanini slightly altered the score to clarify the orchestral texture. He always insisted that his alterations were only the composer's true intention. But few would complain about his "delusions"; as Puccini once remarked, "Toscanini doesn't play my music as I wrote it, but as I dreamed it."
Mental Energy
Productivity implies actual production or objective achievement. For the psychological basis of intellectual productivity in the broadest sense, we need a construct that could be labeled mental energy. This term should not be confused with Spearman's g (for general intelligence). Spearman's theory of psychometric g as "mental energy" is a failed hypothesis and has been supplanted by better explanations of g based on the concept of neural efficiency (Jensen, 1993). The energy construct I have in mind refers to something quite different from cognitive ability. It is more akin to cortical arousal or activation, as if by a stimulant drug, but in this case an endogenous stimulant. Precisely what it consists of is unknown, but it might well involve brain and body chemistry.
One clue was suggested by Havelock Ellis (1904) in A Study of British Genius. Ellis noted a much higher than average rate of gout in the eminent subjects of his study; gout is associated with high levels of uric acid in the blood. So later investigators began looking for behavioral correlates of serum urate level (SUL), and there are now dozens of studies on this topic (reviewed in Jensen & Sinha, 1993). They show that SUL is only slightly correlated with IQ, but is more highly correlated with achievement and productivity. For instance, among high school students there is a relation between scholastic achievement and SUL, even controlling for IQ (Kasl, Brooks, & Rodgers, 1970). The "overachievers" had higher SUL ratings, on average. Another study found a correlation o f +.37 between SUL ratings and the publication rates of university professors (Mueller & French, 1974). Why should there be such a relationship? The most plausible explanation seems to be that the molecular structure of uric acid is nearly the same as that of caffeine, and therefore it acts as a brain stimulant. Its more or less constant presence in the brain, although affecting measured ability only slightly, considerably heightens cortical arousal and increases mental activity. There are probably a number of other endogenous stimulants and reinforcers of productive behavior (such as the endorphins) whose synergistic effects are the basis of what is here called mental energy. I suggest that this energy, combined with very high g or an exceptional talent, results in high intellectual or artistic productivity. Include trait psychoticism with its creative component in this synergistic mixture and you have the essential makings of genius. To summarize: Genius = High Ability X High Productivity X High Creativity.
Humor: Differences Between Interest Indicator and Sexual Selection Models
1. Function: According to the sexual selection perspective, humor primarily serves a showing-off function; according to the interest indicator model, humor is used to communicate relationship interest. Thus, whereas sexual selection suggests that humor causes attraction to occur, interest indication predicts that humor initiation and perceptions of humor are driven by attraction. Consistent with the interest indicator model, the same exact joke can be perceived as highly funny or unamusing depending on who tells the joke.
2. Differentiation from general conversation: Because a good-genes model emphasizes the conveying of intelligence, it does not necessarily differentiate between humor and general, intelligent conversation (i.e., both should be able to highlight cognitive skills). In contrast, the interest indicator model points to the specific function of humor to communicate interest. That is, although saying something creative or intelligent might be a way of showing off to a potential mate, saying something humorous should specifically convey relationship interest.
3. Direction of discourse: Research adopting a sexual selection perspective has emphasized the importance of men initiating humor and women responding (e.g., Bressler et al., 2006). In contrast, an interest indicator model emphasizes that any individual who is interested in a relationship should be more likely to initiate and respond positively to humor.
4. Scope: Whereas sexual selection theory states that humor evolved in the courtship domain and thus emphasizes humor's function in mate choice, the interest indicator model applies equally to humor's function across all social domains. That is, just as people use and desire humor not only in courtship, but across all types of social relationships and across the different stages of those relationships, the interest indicator account provides an underlying framework for how humor functions across diverse social relationships.
Sexual Selection & Humor:
Imperfect Information and Divorce
A Treatise on the Family
Gary S. Becker (1981)
"If participants in marriage markets have complete information about all prospects, divorce would be a fully anticipated response to a demand for variety in mates or to life-cycle changes in traits. Most divorces would then occur after many years of marriage, because traits change gradually. The facts, however, suggest the opposite: about 40 percent of all divorces (and annulments) occur prior to the fifth year of marriage, and separation usually precedes divorce by a year or more (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979).
If, however, participants had highly imperfect information, most divorces would occur early in marriage by virtue of the fact that information about traits increases rapidly after marriage. Several years of marriage is usually a far more effective source of information on love and many other traits than all the proxies available prior to marriage. I suggest that marriages fail early primarily because of imperfect information in marriage markets and the accumulation of better information during marriage. This suggestion is supported by the fact that unexpected changes in earnings and health do raise the probability of divorce (BLM,5 1977).
Women who divorced early in their marriage report that "difficult" spouses and value conflicts were major sources of their discontent, presumably because these traits are much better assessed after a few years of marriage. Personality conflict, sexual incompatibility, and similar traits should be less important sources of later than of earlier divorces; little additional information about these traits is acquired after a few years of marriage. On the other hand, some information, including information about other women and about earnings potential, is acquired more slowly and should be more important in later divorces. Indeed, another woman and/or financial conflict are frequently cited by women divorcing after ten years of marriage (Goode, 1956, pp. 128-129).
The major sources of discontent and divorce are not necessarily the major determinants of marital well-being. Education, age, physical appearance, and other easily assessed traits are not major sources of discontent because not much more is learned about them after marriage. Just as the emphasis on easily assessed traits in marriage markets does not imply that these traits contribute more to marital well-being than other traits, neither does the opposite emphasis on difficult-to-assess traits in "divorce markets" imply that those contribute more.
The more rapid accumulation of information during the first few years of marriage implies that divorce is more likely early in marriage than later. Divorce rates are highest during the first few years of marriage and decline steeply after four or five years, although the explanation is partly that those most prone to divorce tend to drop out early from the cohort of married persons (see Heckman, 1981, on the effects of heterogeneity).
Divorce is less likely later in the marriage for the additional reason that capital accumulates and becomes more valuable if a marriage stays intact ("marital-specific" capital). Children are the prime example, especially young children, although learning about the idiosyncrasies of one's spouse is also important (Heimer and Stinchcombe, 1979). Divorce is much less likely when there are children, especially young children-not only in the United States and other rich countries (Goode, 1963, pp. 85, 364; BLM, 1977), but also in primitive societies (Saunders and Thomson, 1979).
The accumulation of marital-specific capital is, in turn, discouraged by the prospect of divorce because, by definition, such capital is less valuable after a divorce. Presumably, trial or consensual marriages produce fewer children than legal marriages at least partly because the former are less durable (see the evidence in Kogut, 1972, on consensual and legal marriages in Brazil). Persons who marry outside their race or religion are far more likely to divorce than are others with similar measurable characteristics. Therefore, we can readily understand why marriages between persons of different races or religions have significantly fewer children even when intact marriages are compared (see the evidence for the United States in BLM, 1977), and why marriages between Indians of different castes have fewer children than marriages within a caste (Das, 1978).
Expectations about divorce are partly self-fulfilling because a higher expected probability of divorce reduces investments in specific capital and thereby raises the actual probability. For example, consensual and trial marriages are less stable than legal marriages, and marriages between persons of different religions or races are less stable than those within a religion or race, partly because mixed marriages have fewer children. At the same time, as indicated, mixed marriages have fewer children partly because they are expected to be less stable.
Specific investment and imperfect information can explain why homosexual unions are much less stable than heterosexual marriages (Saghir and Robins, 1973, pp. 56-58,226-227). Homosexual unions do not result in children, and generally they have a less extensive division of'labor and less marital-specific capital than heterosexual marriages. Moreover, the opprobrium attached to homosexuality has raised the cost of search to homosexuals and thereby has reduced the information available to them. Furthermore, homosexual unions, like trial marriages, can dissolve without legal adversary proceedings, alimony, or child support payments.
Women have usually married earlier than men partly because the maturation and independence of men has been delayed by greater investments in their human capital. Since investments in men and women have become more equal over time as the demand for children has decreased (see Chapter 3), men and women now marry for the first time at rather similar ages. For example, the difference in the United States between the median age at first marriage of men and women declined from four years in 1900 to about two and a half years in 1970 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971c).
Yet divorced women have remarried more slowly than divorced men even when divorced at young ages. They almost always receive custody of children, a factor that discourages remarriage. For the same reason, women with illegitimate children marry for the first time more slowly than women without children (Berkov and Sklar, 1976).
Young children raise the cost of searching for another mate and significantly reduce the net resources of divorced women (Weitzman and Dixon, 1979). Possibly for these reasons they raise the probability that remarriage will fail, even though children born during the remarriage lower this probability (BLM, 1977). It is noteworthy that illegitimate children and other pregnancies prior to first marriage also raise the probability of marital failure (Christensen and Meissner, 1953; Berkov and Sklar, 1976) Divorced women might well remarry earlier than divorced men, just as single women without children marry earlier than single men, if divorced women did not receive custody of children. Indeed, perhaps 45 percent of divorced women would have remarried within the first two years of their divorce if they did not have custody, which is double their actual percentage (22) and considerably higher than the percentage for men (31). This estimate assumes that women without custody marry as rapidly as women without children. It is based on a regression equation that relates whether a woman remarries within a specified period of time to several variables, including number of children (BLM, 1977)."
"It turns out to be a lot easier to build a perfect chess player than a poker whiz. Chess is a perfect information game: if you look at a chessboard, you know the exact state of the game from both players' perspectives. And the rules of the game are not affected by chance, like the drawing of a card.
But in poker, an imperfect information game, there are many unknown variables ..."
R for Data Science
R for Data Science (O'Reilly)
Garrett Grolemund & Hadley Wickham
Autism and Talent:
Source: F. Happe & U. Frith, Autism and Talent
The exploration/exploitation trade-off:
"It is fairly intuitive that never exploring is no way of live. But it's also worth mentioning that never exploiting can be every bit as bad."
The exploration-exploitation trade-off:
"The exploration-exploitation trade-off is a fundamental dilemma whenever you learn about the world by trying things out. The dilemma is between choosing what you know and getting something close to what you expect ('exploitation') and choosing something you aren't sure about and possibly learning more ('exploration'). ..."
Brain volume and intelligence: The moderating role...
>In English, the words "explore" and "exploit" com...
Why are there so many explanations for primate bra...
"If you memorize a thousand jokes, that doesn't ma...
"While most humor research concerns jokes (with di...
"Thinking about Death and Pain Makes People Funnie...
Humor: Differences Between Interest Indicator and ...
"It turns out to be a lot easier to build a perfec...


Velvet Paw Creations: Day 11 of 12 Days of Creepmas!
See you again on Tuesday Dec 23rd for our Creepmas finale!
Great great page! Love the softer colors on this page. Always so beautiful!
Is it wrong to say that is one well built skellie?
Love your backgrounds and green piping.
Another fab page. I too am sad that we are nearing the end of this - mind you maybe I'll have a bit of time...did the shopping for our C Day lunch today - still need a few things - need to make the crackers...finish wrapping...Lots to do!!


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Christian Jung
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Christian holds a PhD in Medical Science and Technology from the Technical University of Munich. He also holds an MSc in Molecular Biotechnology from the Technical University of Munich.
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After three nights on Maui, it was time for three more on Kauai. Flying between the islands isn't as easy as it used to be. I seem to recall that you could once fly nonstop — now you have to change planes in Honolulu.
Here are all of my photos from the Garden Isle of Kauai!
Here are the rest of the photos from my stay on Maui… didn't really discover any photo "hot spots", like I was hoping for. Still, it was beautiful, as usual.
On my second day in Maui I spent the morning snorkeling, and the afternoon driving around the island. The snorkeling pics were taken with the Canon PowerShot D10, one of three underwater cameras that I brought along with me. The above sea-level photos are from the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1.
Maui sunsets are the best!
Aloha from Maui… yes, I'm here again, for a little working vacation. I've got three nights here, then three more in Kauai. I brought along a camera to review, plus three underwater cameras to take snorkeling with me.
Below are photos from Day 1, which are mostly of my drive through Upcountry Maui, which is a fun road, if not a little scary! I threw in some beach photos for good measure, though I'll lots more of those in the week ahead.
Biggest dip I've ever seen. Plenty of evidence of bottomed-out cars below.
Those last two photos are panoramas, by the way. All of these were taken with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1.


Halloween is just around the corner, and with it comes a host of modern traditions and expectations that are exciting for some but may not be a good fit for all families. Creating wholesome seasonal traditions for our children can sometimes be challenging in this day and age. But with thought and care, it can be done.
There are many reasons why families might not choose to participate in trick-or-treating or other Halloween traditions. Some children are easily scared by Halloween imagery. Some families have religious or philosophical reasons to forego Halloween. Some children must avoid sugar or other ingredients present in candy traditionally given to trick-or-treaters. Some parents object to the act of collecting candy from neighbors. Some families are offended by the commercial twist on this holiday. Some live in locations where neighbors are scarce or unknown, and in some areas it's not safe to go door-to-door.
For some families, foregoing Halloween altogether is the right solution. But some of us have a nostalgic attachment to Halloween that we'd like to share with our children in some way. The turning of the seasons from summer to fall, the shortening of days, the arrival of chill air, the falling leaves, and the enticing harvest colors invite us to celebrate this special time of year.
One possibility is to host an old-fashioned seasonal party at home for family, friends, and fellow homeschoolers. My children and I kept this tradition for a number of years, and it held the lure of trick-or-treating at bay until a time in our family's growth when that felt appropriate.
Ask each family to bring something yummy (preferably homemade or homegrown) for a harvest potluck table. Apples, cider, corn muffins, pumpkin bread, popcorn… A simmering pot of stew or chili on the stove can round things out if your party happens to be around lunch or dinner time.
Invite your guests, young and old, to come dressed in not-too-scary costumes. Those who need help might borrow from your dress-up bin if it's placed in plain sight. An adult might offer face-painting. Start off the party with a festive "costume parade" and the opportunity for each participant to tell about their costume if they wish.
My children enjoyed making crafts and decorating the house in advance of the party. With a simple color theme — orange and black — anything they chose to make fit right in. We also played our favorite Wee Sing Halloween recording in the background, and it has remained a nostalgic seasonal favorite.
black cardstock can be made into bats, black pipe cleaners can become friendly spiders.
A basket of mini pumpkins and gourds can be beautifully decorated with black beeswax crayons. Orange, yellow, brown, and black construction paper and crayons, scissors and glue, and other open-ended supplies can become whatever little imaginations fancy.
Prepare a number of old-fashioned games for those who want to participate. Keep the emphasis on the fun and the competition gentle.
bobbing for apples: We found that soft apples such as Macintosh work best for this. If your crowd has a low tolerance for potential germ transmission, this may not be an appropriate game, but for those who find it acceptable, it sure is fun!
sack race: We got burlap sacks free from our local coffee roaster, but pillowcases work well, too. Set up start and finish lines using ropes. Participants climb into a sack and hop from start to finish. Usually at least some of the players fall over and hilarious laughing ensues!
three-legged race: Use the same start/finish lines as the sack race. Use playsilks or other soft cloths for tying teammates' legs together so that two people have "three" legs. Teams must run from start to finish as quickly as they can. As with the sack race, there is often great fun when teams lose their balance!
spoon relay race: We found googly eyeballs to use instead of hard-boiled eggs, but anything spoon-sized that is ball-shaped or egg-shaped will do! Team members should divide themselves between the start and finish lines. Each team gets a spoon and a ball (or egg/eye) to balance on it while they walk or run toward the finish line. When the first team member reaches the finish line, they hand the spoon to the next member, who heads back toward the start line. Try not to let the egg/ball/eye fall off the spoon! If it does, pick it up and keep going.
doughnuts on strings: Hang plain or cider doughnuts on string from the low-hanging branch of a tree. Place them at varying heights based on the sizes of the participants. (Hint: Hang only one doughnut per person.) Ask each player to stand in front of their doughnut, hold their hands behind their back, and on the count of "ready, set, go!" try to eat it using just their mouth. Speed can vary; everyone wins a doughnut!
mummy wrap: This is a great game for groups with a wide range of ages. Form teams so that ages are fairly represented across the teams and olders can help the youngers. Each team gets a roll of toilet paper and chooses one person to be their mummy. Each team must wrap their mummy completely with toilet paper; first team to finish wins.
fishing-for-fortunes: Create a fishing pole from a dowel or twig, string, and a magnet tied at the end of the string. Make up strips of paper with happy fortunes written on them; curl them up and attach a paper clip to each one. Players dip the fishing pole into the bowl. When the magnet firmly attracts a paper clip, they pull it out and read their "catch"!
All of these games are appropriate for a wide range of ages, and parents or older children can help the younger ones. In most cases our parties shifted from games and snacks toward running around the yard shrieking and laughing. A bonfire would be a great addition if space and safety considerations allowed.
My children and those who attended our homegrown Halloween parties have fond memories and stories of the fun they had. What are your family's homegrown traditions around Halloween? Do you have any suggestions to add?


An older couple, Sigga and Runni, reveal funeral photos of their long-dead son who died tragically young. After thirty years, the photos still elicit painful differences between a grieving mother and her stoic husband; Rúna a housewife living in the harsh and isolated west fjords keeps funeral photos of a terrible family tragedy. For Rúna, they mark a profound event which forever changed her and which belong side by side with photos of weddings, confirmations and baptisms; Erlendur and his stepdaughter Úlfhildur, after nursing his wife through a long battle with cancer, use photography to record her on her deathbed, in peace at last. And Sigrún, morbidly fascinated with funerals and wakes, compulsively videotapes acquaintances' family funerals as a bulwark against her own fear of death. When she experiences death first hand however, her attitudes change.
By displaying and viewing these images, the subjects re-live moments of intense personal loss, and in the process of remembering they meditate on the nature of their own mortality. The film also accompanies a body from death bed to burial which is intercut with these stories of grief and survival. Archival photographs of corpses and funerals spanning 100 years demonstrate the largely unacknowledged, yet common practice of post mortem photography by the public.
20 Geitur, Krumma Films ehf.


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Close, some are less, but all of them make my life interesting.
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  using CloudPolicyStore::policy_signature_public_key_;
  using CloudPolicyStore::status_;
  using CloudPolicyStore::validation_result_;
};

class MockCloudPolicyStoreObserver : public CloudPolicyStore::Observer {
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  MockCloudPolicyStoreObserver();
  MockCloudPolicyStoreObserver(const MockCloudPolicyStoreObserver&) = delete;
  MockCloudPolicyStoreObserver& operator=(const MockCloudPolicyStoreObserver&) =
      delete;
  ~MockCloudPolicyStoreObserver() override;

  MOCK_METHOD1(OnStoreLoaded, void(CloudPolicyStore* store));
  MOCK_METHOD1(OnStoreError, void(CloudPolicyStore* store));
};

}  // namespace policy

#endif  // COMPONENTS_POLICY_CORE_COMMON_CLOUD_MOCK_CLOUD_POLICY_STORE_H_

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In a typical year, Professor Edward Hess figures he teaches no more than 300 students in his courses on managing smaller enterprises and the challenges of business growth. About 120 of them are MBAs, while the remaining 180 are executive education students at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.
When Hess walks into the classroom this January to teach Smart Growth for Private Businesses, however, as many as 50,000 people are expected to have signed up for it– more students than Darden has graduated since its founding nearly 60 years ago and in all probability the largest single audience ever assembled for a business course.
The professor will be the first to deliver a so-called MOOC (a massively open online course) for the school to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. The free online class is part of a partnership with Coursera, a start-up online education company founded by two Stanford University computer science professors. Since it began six months ago, Coursera has enrolled 1.57 million students in a wide range of courses taught by professors from Princeton, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania and other prominent schools (see Our Guide To The Best MOOC Courses in Business).
For Hess, a former lawyer, executive and banker, it means learning an entirely new way to teach. Like other MOOC courses, his course will be broken into manageable chunks, with short video modules, Powerpoint slides, and interactive quizzes. An online forum will allow students to ask questions, get answers and collaborate in learning teams by industry sector, work backgrounds or geography. "This is like going to Mars," he laughs.
Instead of a classroom, Hess is going into a television studio to film the five hour and one-half classes for the course. Each class will be divided into four modules. For three of the classes, he'll bring in entrepreneurs who are the subjects of the required case studies for 15-minute video segments. Hess also plans two live webinars in addition to the five class sessions, one to give students real time access to him and another with an entrepreneur to help students create a growth plan. He'll have to adjust to grading students on their assignments—rather than on class participation and exams. Students who complete the course with passing grades will receive a certificate of completion.


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Joseph Schafer Published: May 23, 2017
Tau Cross, the international band spearheaded by Rob "The Baron" Miller formerly of Amebix, and featuring Voivod drummer Michel "Away" Langevin will not be a one-off project. The band today announced a sophomore LP entitled Pillar of Fire, and with it has released a video for the song "Deep State".
Buzzworthy political vocabulary aside, there's not much to differentiate "Deep State" from most of the band's earlier material. Tau Cross still traffic in rhythmic and Killing Joke-ish metallic punk, all the better to fit the band's overtly radical and political music. More of the same is no indictment: Tau Cross released my favorite album of 2015. Read this interview with Miller from that time, and observe the "Deep State" video below.
Pillar of Fire will be released on July 21 via Relapse. Order it here.
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A Zsadány egy 1875-ben Magyarországon hullott meteorit nemzetközi neve.

A hullás története
A Zsadány meteorit 1875. március 31-én délután fél 4 tájban hullott le a Temes Vármegyei Zsadány község határában. Krenner József, a budapesti Pázmány Péter Tudományegyetem ásványtan és geológia professzora és a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Ásványtárának a kurátora személyesen szállt ki a hullás körülményeinek kivizsgálására, a Magyar Királyi Természettudományi Társaság megbízásával. A neves kutató a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia tagja is volt és számos ásvány fölfedezése fűződik a nevéhez: pl. a semseyit, a kornelit, a szomolnokit, az andorit, a lorandit, a warthait, a fizelyt és a schafarzikit. Az ő nevét is megörökíti a krennerit ásvány, amely egy arany-tellur-szulfid neve.

Jelentését a Természettudományi Közlönyben tette közzé. Temes vármegye alispánjának a jelentése április 14-én érkezett meg hozzá és két nap múlva ő már Zsadányba érkezett. Zsadány a Temesvár-Arad vonalon fekszik, Merczifalva közelében. A meteoritok a falu határában hullottak. A szemtanúk elmondták, hogy először mennydörgést hallottak, (Szécsányban és Orczyfalván is, de a távolabbi Vingán már nem) de fényjelenséget nem észleltek. Összességében 9 meteorit hullását észlelték. Ezekből 6 került a Természettudományi Társaság gyűjteményébe s 3 más személyekhez került. A példányok nem túl nagyok, diónyi nagyságúak, kerekdedek ill. táblásak voltak. Anyaguk szürke, fekete héjbevonattal. Alakra a knyahinyai meteoritra hasonlítanak, írta Krenner.

Fontos részlete a jelentésnek annak leírása, hogy a szemtanúk 4 meteoritot is hidegnek éreztek, amikor kézbe vették őket. Ezt a szemtanúk három csoportja is megerősítette, akik különböző hullási helyszíneken észlelték ezt.

A meteorit típusa
Az ásványain végzett kémiai összetétel (Mg/Fe arány) alapján a zsadányi kondritos meteorit a H5 típusba sorolható be.

Irodalom
 Bérczi Sz. (2001): Kis Atlasz a Naprendszerről (1): Planetáris és anyagtérképek holdkőzetekről, meteoritekről. UNICONSTANT. Püspökladány ( Ö, )
 Krenner, J., 1875: A zsadányi meteorkőhullás: Utazási jelentés. Természettudományi Közlöny 7, 199-203.
 Bérczi Sz., Lukács B. (2001): Existence, Survival and Recognition of Icy Meteorites on Antarctica with Respect of Palaeotemperatures. Acta Climatologica, Szeged, XXXIV-XXXV. 51-68. (HU ) (A Függelékben leírás a hullásról).

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A Zsadány H5 kondrit hullása, főbb jellemvonásai
A magyarországi meteoritok listája
A Természettudományi Múzeum Ásványtárának ismertetése a zsadányi kondritról
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In this talk, Dr. Nabil speaks about how the road less travelled, the road of purity and holiness leads to oneness.
Dr. Nabil talks about the book of the Song of Songs and how it relates to our own marriage with our spouse or with our Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.
In this talk, Dr. Nabil Baky talks about examining the war on us to be unholy by examining our qualities, behaviourand how pure our body is as a temple for the Holy Spirit.
In this talk, Dr. Nabil Baky talks about how society iscampaiging for us to abandon our faith, to be unholy and to have a hardened heart. He goes on to talk about how we can win these battles.
Dr. Nabil in this talk asks whether you are the hunter or the hunted in this battle for holiness and sexual purity?
In this talk, Dr. Nabil talks about the help that is at hand for us to win the war against sexual addiction and to become holy.
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From remarks by Vice President Cheney on NBC's Meet the Press, 9/14/03
"[T]he theme that comes through repeatedly for me is that 9/11 changed everything. It changed the way we think about threats to the United States."
"It's very important we make that transition to understanding that we're at war, that the war continues, that this is a global enemy that struck in not only New York and Washington but in Bali, in Jakarta, in Mombasa, in Casablanca and Riyadh since 9/11, that this is an enterprise that is global in scope."
"[W]e went there specifically to take down the Saddam Hussein regime, to wrap up all WMD capability that he had possessed or developed, to deal with the threat that his regime represented to the region and to the United States. A very significant challenge. But we have, in fact, I think, been very successful at achieving it."
"We've now got a 25-man Governing Council in place, made up of Iraqis, a broad, representative group of Iraqi officials. We've got Iraqis now in charge of each ministry in the government. We've got 90 percent, over 90 percent, of the cities and towns and villages of Iraq are now governed by democratically elected or appointed local councils."
"We've been successful, to some extent, in getting international support. We've got a Polish division that we stood up, Polish-led division we stood up a few weeks ago that has troops in it from 17 countries."


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Tucked away in Gerringong there is a wonderful studio where the fragrant aromas of timber embrace your senses as you walk through the door.
The space belongs to Leon Sadubin – designer, furniture maker and sculptor. At first glance, the term master craftsman quickly comes to mind. Leon has been working with wood for almost 40 years and it shows in the level of detail and the superb craftsmanship in his finished works. Unsurprisingly, the National Gallery of Australia has acquired his Wing writing table and chair for their permanent collection.
Leon's career credentials are extremely impressive including his role as the timber consultant for the new Parliament House; he produced 93 benches for the public and parliamentary spaces. His design drawings of the project as well as a prototype, sample bench and 1:10 model have all been acquired by the Powerhouse Museum. More recently, Leon curated the Kauri project exhibition for the Royal Botanical Gardens.
While he has had a number of major furniture commissions over the years, Leon particularly enjoys the process of working with private clients and coming up with designs for their personal requirements.
Leon's passion for his craft is contagious. It's wonderful to hear him speak with so much enthusiasm about an upcoming exhibition showcasing a series of sculptural coffee tables that are part of his stunning From the Tidal Zone collection. They reflect his fascination with the inter tidal zone – that space between high and low tides, a time when he enjoys looking into rock pools and watching the formation of the sand. The tables are crafted from white cedar and the highly grained textures of the wood reflect patterns created on the shoreline by the receding water, while the legs are reminiscent of the sea grasses and the gentle sway of the stems.
Although he is busy fulfilling both public and private commissions, Leon always finds the time to teach his craft to upcoming generations. Not only does he regularly teach at The Sturt Wood School in Mittagong, but he also regularly mentors students in his workshop. This is important, explains Leon, not only for them, but also for him too as their youth brings a natural energy and level of enthusiasm to his work, which he finds uplifting.


Although God is the Father of all by virtue of creation, that fatherhood is largely unknown and unacknowledged, with most of the people of the world living as orphans, not knowing to whom they owe their existence.
' You do not know me or my Father. … If you knew me, you would know my Father also' [John 8:19 ].
'No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him' [Matthew 11:27 ].
'When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me' [John 12:44 -45].
" 'If you really knew me you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.' Philip said, 'Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.' Jesus answered: 'Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?' " [John 14:7-10].
' … the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does' [John 5:19].
'My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me' [John 7:16 ].
'I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me' [John 8:28b].
'I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. … So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say' [John12:49].
'The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me' [John 14:10b-11a].
If we have no positive image of 'father' because of the absence or sin of our earthly fathers we do not need to lack in this concept of God as 'our Father': all we have to do is to consider the words and actions of Jesus Christ: he has made God known [John 1:18], and he has made him known as 'Father'. It is not without purpose that Isaiah 9:6 presents 'Everlasting Father' as one of the names of Jesus. He reveals the Father; he is one with the Father.
'Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds – his name is the Lord – and rejoice before him. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling' [Psalm 68:4-5].
'As a Father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him, for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust' [Psalm 103:13-14].
'He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carried them close to his heart; He gently leads those that have young' [Isaiah 40:11].
'I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel 's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son' [Jeremiah 31:9].
'On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised. Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" I made you grow like a plant of the field' [Ezekiel 16:4-7a].
'It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them. I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I lifted the yoke from their neck and bent down to feed them' [Hosea 11:3-4].
Below is a table listing attributes/names of God that portray the strong protection and shelter that he gives to those who trust in him. Read the Psalms listed and write out the concepts which speak of God in this way. [The love of God is also included in this table]. These all depict God as a strong, capable, caring Father.


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Diane von Furstenberg's first home fabrics collection celebrates Diane's truly renowned sense of print in pattern and scale with bold color resulting in an exclusive collection of furnishing fabrics for Kravet. The collection introduces high fashion to home furnishings that combine Diane's signature bold animal prints like the Spotted Cat and Funk Zebra. Diane's home fabrics collection incorporates a foundation in black and white with colour accents; geometric and abstract prints mix with hues of berry and orange reminding us the sunsets of Rajasthan or the Caribbean sea azure, green-blues or the neutral stone and sand of the Desert dunes.


In my current research, I've been looking into various conceptions of citizenship, the nation-states of source and adoption, as well as the ephemeral nature of what makes for adoptee identity and sense of belonging. Coincidentally, I recently submitted the last of the paperwork required to regain my nationality (a scan of my adoptive father's passport) to my lawyer. When the process is complete, I will have established a legal precedent for others to follow. As informed by friends of all stripes, I will also have made of myself a complete laughing stock, compared to most everyone else who is trying to leave this place.
Be that as it may, my recent success with DNA testing, along with rapidly changing scenarios of what makes for "citizenship" (read: economic potential and allegiance) in receiving countries actually had me reconsidering completely going through with the process—too much seemed at stake. In the end, I think the precedent is worth the effort after all of these years, and as many immigrants can attest, having a nationality and claiming an "identity" based on that nationality are two entirely different subjects of discussion.
What follows is an overview of some of what I've been grappling with. Some of it is personal, some of it is unique to Lebanon, much of it will ring true for international adoptees at least, and I hope that it might provide a starting point for discussion on the subject of the responsibilities of adoptive parents and agencies in not just naturalizing children, but in questioning their very role in perpetuating statelessness, dispossession, displacement, and disinheritance.
What information pertaining to our birth and adoption carries through to our ID papers?
Lebanon allows for dual (or more) citizenship(s), and people collect such travel documents like they do bubblegum cards. On the list of travel capability afforded by passport without visa, Lebanon ranks near last. To facilitate travel, and to ease emigration, many Lebanese nationals seek and maintain a foreign nationality, usually in a country that allows for dual citizenship. "New" identities, however, carry forward "old" traces. For example, written on many of these documents is the word "LEBANON", listed as place of birth. This marker of origin, especially in a jus soli (or "right of land [by birth]") nation-state like the United States, reveals just one of many "lines of fracture" that hierarchize citizenship. This trace, depending on origin, can be problematic at airline ticket counters or border crossings, for just two examples.
When I first arrived in Lebanon, as an American national it was required that I apply for a work visa. This duly carried my adoptive parents' names since my identity "leaned", if you will, in the American direction. During the process of obtaining my Lebanese nationality, we applied for a three-year "courtesy" visa which expires in April. This identity "leaned" in the Lebanese direction, and as such, required that I revert to "orphan" status, and thus there are no names for my parents on this updated visa, just two extended lines. As disturbing as I found this, it is less obvious than the word "foundling" which used to officially grace the ID cards of Lebanese without parentage. Another trace along these lines was the use of assigned names which denoted political "disembodiment"—"Beiruti", for example—which generically referenced place and not family name.
Sometimes the trace is inferred and not obvious. During the 2006 July War, many foreign nationals decided to evacuate at the behest or recommendation of their foreign governments. It was painfully evident the difference in how such countries viewed borders as well as citizenship, based on who was allowed to leave, and how many were allowed to leave with them. For American nationals, there were three tiers: Those born in the U.S.; those married to an American national; and those naturalized. Furthermore, a limit of two persons allowed to accompany the evacuee was imposed. Those of us who remained behind jokingly started assigning "cash value" to foreign passports, often in stark contrast to how they were previously considered in terms of "travel value"; here the American passport fell woefully short. Joking aside, as adoptees, we often define ourselves as "second choice" children. To this list we can add: "second-class" citizens.
Does the receiving country allow for dual nationality?
The laws pertaining to nationality, identity, and citizenship change frequently. Historically in the U.S. we can point to the Chinese Exclusion Act, the internment of Japanese citizens during World War II, as well as current calls to treat Muslims in the same way as evidence of such vagaries of citizenship in an Anglo-Saxon society. The "fortune" of those ascribed embodiment is rendered starkly by the presence of immigration lotteries, where "getting in" often comes down literally to the luck of the draw. This, along with its flip side—namely the mass deportations that the Obama administration has undertaken to remove certain "illegals" from the national population—can be seen to be based on a bar of state-based recognition/stigmatization that is forever in flux.
"Entry" and "landing" are usually premised based on economic considerations: Migrant labor needs; investment capabilities of the one seeking citizenship; and most recently the "needs" of high school and college sports teams. This has resulted in permutations of visa entry that qualify the entrant as "excelling" in some endeavor—usually a sport or a cultural talent—that allows him or her entry [to profit a broker, team, cultural institution, etc.] The question thus is not "what is my right to citizenship/as a citizen", but instead "how does my citizenship benefit originating and acculturating nation-states, and beyond these abstract entities, how does it benefit the 'broker'—the one who 'petitioned for [our] naturalization[s]?', as a border agent ignobly once phrased it to me. The fact is, we remain wholly outside of this establishment of citizenship in terms of agency and will, and should we fall below certain economic/political notions of existence, our right to place is called into question.
Exactly how much is citizenship within the purview of adoptee's will/agency?
The unstated of the above point is that the "citizen" must uphold the economic "bill of fare" that allowed him or her entry into the country—this is the "bargain" of citizenship. Previously, this embodiment was taken for granted, and not much thought needed be given the concept of our belonging. However, the U.S. conceptions of "solidity" of citizenship have been slowly eaten away by various laws up to and including the Patriot Act, and now various deportation acts, focused on similarly extirpating "illegal" immigrants. Added to the historical precedents listed previously in terms of such "exclusion" are the voices decrying "invasions" of refugees, often fleeing American wars abroad.
The fact is that the U.S. states that citizenship is conferred as a right, and as such can be retracted based on a list of reasons that seems to grow longer with time: "aiding or abetting" "terrorist" groups (keep in mind that yesterday's "terrorist" is tomorrow's "partner in peace"); calling for the downfall of the U.S. government; acting in a way that calls into question connection to the country (not paying taxes, committing a felony, etc.) Applying for a foreign nationality thus adversely "marks" an individual as concerns motive and allegiance, and can be considered an act "against the national interest". This determination is made wholly by the U.S. State Department. It should be noted that the current charged political climate is bringing forth discussions that question jus soli as an automatic right.
What is the impact of Europe's reverting to national identities/ethnicities?
France right now is discussing possible déchéance de nationalité for its bi-nationals. The false impetus for this is the recent attacks that have taken place in the country. Personally, I can remember back in 1986 being harassed by the far-right National Front in the minority (though no less French) neighborhood I lived in; the historic hatred for "impure blood" is in the national anthem. Beyond France are similar rises to power in other European nations of equally fascistic and nationalistic parties. With the refugee "crisis", the concept of Schengen—countries that are "borderless" for economic and travel reasons—seems to be withering. The discourse of citizenship as defined by blood or ethnicity or historical mythology, borrowed from the political platforms of right-wing and fascistic parties, is the first step toward legalization of such voiced "thoughts" and discussions.
I cannot speak for the majority of European receiving countries, I've only started researching them along these lines. I can say that the contradiction of the European desire to establish adoption as a "human right" is to be found in the way it treats foreigners and immigrants. Germany and most Scandinavian countries do not allow foreign dual nationality; in the Netherlands this was a recent change. The point here is that various concepts of jus soli, jus sanguinis (or "right by blood"), naturalization, etc. need to be examined on a nation-state by nation-state level, with ramifications of such citizenship elaborated on and evaluated from within both contexts. French parents, for one example, adopt children from Romania, but the government destroys the camps of Rom immigrants and deports them without a second thought. The political and economic embodiment ascribed to, say, an adoptee in France from Morocco, when contrasted to the historic treatment of nationals from that country in France, only starts to paint for us the picture of hypocrisy and "Un-Enlightened" thinking coming from the Asian subcontinent we call Europe.
What is problematic in terms of our original/ascribed/adoptive names?
Some issues of citizenship are only coming up now that many adoptees are attempting to return to originating place, and are in reunion with original family. My case for re-establishing nationality in Lebanon was based on the following trajectory as followed by my lawyer. First, filing the ecclesiastical court adoption papers with the government's national court. Second, establishing an ekhraj 'ad (basic ID) based on the false adoptive name and the existence of the name in the civil registry. Third, creating a family registry from scratch based on the adoptive parents (thus the need for my father's passport). Finally, amending the government records to read (for example) "Bernard Sarem currently known as Daniel Drennan". As such, my Lebanese "existence" is brought "up to date" to match my American existence, if you will; with the American existence predominating.
The problem inherent to this line of thinking is if we should be later reunited with original family. One case I know of a woman and her family in the south speaks to this, with the father wishing to re-establish familial links with his daughter. The problem is that the above scenario is about bending us back into the Lebanese system, which in this case is obviously the more flexible of the two, and stands in deference to the other's laws (like our adoptions). But let's say a family wishes to include a child within their registry. Now things get complicated; we cannot be listed on two family registries if we've created one "from nothing". Here, Lebanese law predominates. Furthermore, our "disinheritance" via adoption is reversed as far as the adoptive country is concerned. Meaning, our decreed orphan status is belied by the truth; our dispossession revealed. To "correct" along these lines for the American system, for example, would require perhaps an annulment of the adoption and a name change jurisdiction. Would this not intrinsically call into question the adoptive citizenship?
The establishment of dual nationalities doesn't necessarily provide "firm footing" in two countries. In fact it actually makes for "unsure connection" in both originating and acculturating places. For one example, Korea provides special visas for adoptees. This is based on the "human capital" that returning adoptees bring to the political and economic landscape of the nation-state, and thus is a function of class luxury and privilege. On the flip side, it is now estimated that ten percent of Korean adoptees in the U.S. are not, in fact, citizens [link]. This has resulted in sketchy attempts to globally and retroactively assign citizenship to all adoptees.
The reason for this playing catch-up has nothing to do with adoptees' rights at all, but instead is aimed at streamlining future adoptions into the country. Our adoption is based on the economic citizenship needs of our adoptive parents, and, as always, our own existence is an afterthought. The affording of automatic citizenship as well as the regaining of nationality should, I believe, be givens. At the same time, it might also be worth challenging our conceptions of what makes for "nation-state", "belonging", and "identity". Our "rights" as citizens are not of our own agency or will, and as such, are vague and ephemeral markers of economic potential rather than political embodiment. Of course, as long as such a marker is imposed from above, we need abide by its requirements and the implications of its establishment. As informed citizens, however, we should also know exactly what these entail.
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the Müller-Lyer optical illusion with arrows. Both set of arrows are exactly the same, the bottom one shows how the arrows are of the exact same length.
The Müller-Lyer illusion is an optical illusion consisting of a set of lines that end in arrowheads. The orientation of the arrowheads affects one's ability to accurately perceive the length of the lines. Like most visual and perceptual illusions, the Müller-Lyer illusion helps neuroscientists study the way the brain and visual system perceive and interpret images. Artists have also utilized the illusion to great effect in their works.
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The Müller-Lyer illusion is named for Franz Carl Müller-Lyer, a German psychiatrist and sociologist. Müller-Lyer published fifteen versions of the illusion in an 1889 issue of the German journal Zeitschrift für Psychologie.[1]
The most well known version of the Müller-Lyer illusion consists of two parallel lines, one of which ends in inward pointing arrows, the other which ends with outward pointing arrows. When observing the two lines, the one with the inward pointing arrows appears to be significantly longer than the other. In other versions, one of each type of arrow is put at each end of a single line. The viewer attempts to identify the middle point of the line, only to find that he/she is consistently off to one side.
It is unclear exactly what causes the Müller-Lyer illusion to take place, but there are a number of theories. One of the most popular is the perspective explanation.
A figure to explain the Mueller-Lyer illusion.
In the three-dimensional world, we often use angles to judge depth and distance. Living in a "carpentered world," we have grown accustomed to seeing corners everywhere. The brain is used to viewing such angles and interpreting them as far and near corners, and also uses this information to make size judgments. When looking at the Müller-Lyer arrows, the brain interprets them as far and near corners, and overrides the retinal information that says both lines are the same length.
This explanation is supported by studies comparing the response to the Müller-Lyer illusion by American children and both rural and urban Zambian children. American children were susceptible to the illusion, and the urban Zambian children were more susceptible than the rural Zambian children. Since the rural Zambian children were much less exposed to rectangular structures, this would seem to support the perspective (or "carpentered world") theory.
Interestingly enough, the illusion also persists when the arrows are replaced by circles, which have nothing to do with perspective or corners, and would seem to negate the perspective theory.[2]
Another popular theory has been the "eye movement theory," which states that we perceive one line as longer because it takes more eye movements to view a line with inward pointing arrows than it does a line with outward pointing arrows. This explanation is largely dismissed, as the illusion persists even when there is no eye movement at all.
Also popular has been the "assimilation theory," which states that we see one line as longer because the visual system is unable to separate the figure into parts. As a whole figure, the line with inward pointing arrows is indeed longer. This theory is also generally dismissed.[3]
Like most visual and perceptual illusions, the Müller-Lyer illusion helps neuroscientists study the way the brain and visual system perceive and interpret images. Artists have also utilized the illusion to great effect in their works.
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↑ "Muller-Lyer Illusion" June 2002. Retrieved December 4, 2007.
↑ Howe, Catherine Q. and Dale Purves. "The Müller-Lyer illusion explained by the statistics of image–source relationships" December 2004. The Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. Retrieved December 4, 2007.
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"The progress this program has made in four seasons under Rick has been incredible."
IOWA CITY, Ia. — After leading Iowa to its most successful stretch in program history, Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller has been rewarded with a contract extension, the school announced Thursday afternoon.
Heller's deal now runs through 2024.
"I am proud to be part of such an outstanding, team-oriented athletics department and university," the Iowa baseball coach said in a school release. "With the fantastic leadership of Gary Barta and President (Bruce) Harreld, our baseball program has grown significantly in the last five years and we look forward to working together to keep it moving forward.
"I am humbled that Gary and Bruce have given me the opportunity to be a Hawkeye for a long time. It's a privilege to go to work each day with such an amazing group of coaches, staff and student-athletes."
After taking over in 2014, Heller has guided Iowa to its most productive four-year stretch in program history, leading the Hawkeyes to a pair of NCAA Tournament berths (2015, 2017) and a Big Ten Tournament title last season.
Before Heller's arrival, Iowa had just three regional appearances since the tournament began in 1947 and none since 1990. Decades of futility often filled the gaps in between.
But Heller has led the Hawkeyes to 140 wins and has also helped generate 15 MLB draft picks during his Iowa City tenure, the program's highest figure during any four-year stretch. Heller has also coached five All-Americans, a unanimous Big Ten player of the year and at least one first-team All-Big Ten selection each season.
"The progress this program has made in four seasons under Rick has been incredible," Barta said in the release. "Rick has changed the culture from day one with the win, graduate, and do it right principles at the forefront. We're excited to be able to reward Rick with this contract extension to keep him in Iowa City for the foreseeable future.
"You can feel the excitement and buzz surrounding the program throughout the state. We are excited to continue building on that and are looking forward to the 2018 baseball season."
After a successful 2017 season, expectations remain high in 2018 despite some key MLB draft losses. The Hawkeyes open Feb. 16 against Toledo as part of the Diamond 9 Sunshine State Classic Series in Kissimmee, Florida.


This week's crop of episodes brings us heroic parenting, a woman on a mission, Sacred Games, an observant dog, World Cup dreams, beers and buds, Hulk Hogan, cinematic marketing, burlesque-tinged opera, educational coding, AI, emergency alerts, Dragon Ball Super and more.
Also, we added another two podcasts to the network. Learn more about PopCycle and the 2 and Out CFL Podcast!
On the latest instalment of Makeshift Stories, written by Alan V. Hare, Lee and Garry, online nemeses, reluctantly agree to take a trip to the edge of their world to prove who is right. Is there something beyond the boundary or not?
Stories are how we make sense of the world and how we make decisions. We look for stories that tell us which product is the closest to who we are and who we want to be. On this week's A Branded World, Luiza asks, "So, what is your story?"
On Girl Tries Life, Victoria lets us in on how choosing your mind frame can help you to decrease stress, boost happiness and boost productivity.
On this week's first instalment of the Best Wrestling Podcast, Johnathan and Matt discuss the individual sagas that two promo powerhouses went through.
Alex and Trisha share Part 2 of The Broadcast's interview with former cabinet minister Stephanie McLean, the first MLA to give birth while in office.
On Press Start to Join, Josh and Alan talk Dragon Ball Super's movie announcement and which game franchises let you down, plus Alan suggests a book trilogy and Josh recommends a new Netflix series.
This week on I Don't Get It, Fawnda takes Colleen Feehan and Laura Raboud to see the Dora Award-winning burlesque spectacle of Canadian Opera Company's Orphée at the Banff Centre.
On this episode of EPIC Podcast, Dr. Josh Bezanson and Grayson Cockett ask public alerting expert Tim Trytten all about the Canadian Wireless Public Alerting Capability. What is it? How does it work?
This week on Ed, Shane talks with Brian Aspinall about why coding is an important skill and why it's not necessarily the coding itself that's the most important thing being learned.
On the Mess Hall Podcast, Avery connects with Christina Owczarek at Railyard Brewing to discuss great craft beer and food pairings, and the Railyard's new curated charcuterie programme.
Beer Guy's son (and Mary's nephew) Will Bailey joins Mary and Amanda for the first season final episode of Tomato Radio to talk beer, plus summer food events to add to our calendars.
On the follow up episode of the Best Wrestling Podcast, Johnathan and Matt dive into Hulk Hogan and the Hall of Fame, their thoughts on Extreme Rules, plus Bobby Lashley vs. Brock Lesnar.
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AI won't solve all of a marketer's problems, but it will upend how we do marketing in the next few years. On Frank Reactions, Jim Sterne tells Tema Frank what marketers need to know about AI right now.
On the Networker's Quest, Matt and Collette talk with Emma Donnelly, an entrepreneur and marketing professional passionate about living her best life and showing others how to do the same.
On the newest episode of The UnDad, Trent Wilkie shares a rousing conversation with Elena Porter about being an actor and parent, the great Arlington Apartment fire of 2005, murder, and buying a horse.
On Loyal Company of the River Valley Nate, Adam and returning guests from the January roundtable discuss the YEG4CPL movement and what it meant for everyone.
In an all new Blank Line Podcast, Carl, Joel and Mike endeavour to determine the new name for their 4th Line extra, and they discuss fan favourites who became hated before they'd even left town.
This week on The Young Gaffers, Jason and Adam share their takeaways from World Cup 2018, and look ahead to John Herdman's blueprint for Team Canada in Qatar 2022.
The SACRED GAMES Are Afoot!
With Netflix's first original Indian series, Sacred Games, Matt and Erin sneak in a quick supplemental Bollywood is for Lovers episode to discuss the first season of the highly anticipated adaptation of Vikram Chandra's novel.
On City of Champions, Shane talks with Bean Gill, co-founder and executive director of ReYu Paralysis Recovery Centre, about how she became paraplegic and how she pushes forward every day on her mission to leave a legacy of helping others.
The latest episode of the Edmonton Community Foundation's podcast features three stories connected to the North Saskatchewan River. Check it out, and don't forget to subscribe.
Learn how ATB Financial made it possible for a visually impaired team member to try out a new technology to give her vision a boost while she's carrying out her duties in the Client Care Centre.
On our constantly updated events page, you'll see several opportunities to meet Alberta Podcast Network members and many other cool people.
One such event is Creative Mornings Edmonton, coming up on July 27. It features poet laureate Ahmed Knowmadic, who also happens to be working on a podcast project that we're excited to share with you in September!


Combine travel aboard 3 renowned rail routes with visits to Chicago, New Orleans, Washington DC, and New York City for a memorable vacation through the Midwest, Deep South, and east coast.
Combine three fantastic rail journeys with visits to four of America's top cities for an excellent train vacation in the Midwest, Deep South, and east coast. Begin in Chicago where highlights include the picture-perfect lakefront, great cultural activities, and towering skyscrapers. Travel by overnight train to New Orleans where the lively French Quarter, swamps and bayous add extra spice to your travels. Continue by train to the nation's capital and explore famous monuments and museums before hopping on a day train to the "city that never sleeps," New York City, with visits to the Statue of Liberty, 9/11 Memorial and Empire State Building.
Itinerary is available Westbound, from New York City to Chicago, based on your travel preference.
Arrive in the "Second City" and enjoy the sights with a hop-on/hop-off tour of Chicago's top sights and attractions. Tease your taste buds with a five-star meal at one of the many world-class restaurants or try a local favorite, Chicago-style deep-dish pizza. Enjoy a night at the Opera or a Broadway play at one of Chicago's historic theaters. Overnight Chicago.
You have the entire day to explore the city. Visit the museums, stroll along Navy Pier, take a ride down Lake Shore Drive, shop the Magnificent Mile, and experience the art and architecture of the birthplace of the skyscraper. Overnight Chicago.
Take your last day in Chicago to explore new aspects of the city, revisit your favorite sights from your stay, sample delicious cuisine, or shop for souvenirs. This evening transfer on your own to historic Union Station and board Amtrak's City of New Orleans for your 8:05 pm departure. Relax on the train and take in the evening views. Overnight train.
The day starts with an up-close look at Louisiana's wildlife on a guided boat ride through the swamps and bayous. Keep an eye out for alligators, raccoons, snakes, turtles and more as you learn about the local Cajun culture and mysteries of the swamps and bayous. This afternoon take a guided walking tour of the French Quarter. Your knowledgeable guide will introduce you to the history, mysteries, and architecture that surround one of America's oldest cities as you stroll through the quaint streets of the French Quarter, the French Market and Jackson Square. Overnight New Orleans.
The morning is yours to explore New Orleans at leisure. Take a streetcar to Riverwalk Marketplace for some shopping. Visit the Mardi Gras Museum. Explore the Garden District and admire the antebellum homes. This afternoon you will learn the magic behind Creole cuisine during a cooking demonstration at the New Orleans School of Cooking. Spend your last night enjoying the beauty of New Orleans. Overnight New Orleans.
Take a trip on the Old Town Trolley and see all of the best sights in the city including a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. Spend the rest of the day admiring the Beaux Arts Architecture of DC and enjoying some of the finest restaurants DC has to offer. Overnight Washington, DC.
Transfer on your own to Union Station for a 10:20 am train to New York City. Arrive this afternoon at Penn Station. The remainder of your day in the "Big Apple" is yours to take a bicycle ride through Central Park, visit the Museum of Modern Art, or enjoy a musical at the theater. There are so many things to do in New York! Overnight New York City.
Spend the day visiting more than 30 of Manhattan's must-see sights on a Hop On/Hop Off double-decker bus tour. Highlights include Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greenwich Village, Battery Park and more. Overnight New York City. Overnight New York City.
Your adventure ends with an independent departure home.
Hotels are the Palmer House Hilton, Hotel Monteleone, Sheraton Washington DC and Sheraton Times Square.
Amtrak accommodations are available in Coach class, Roomette and Bedroom. Coach accommodations include a reclining seat with leg rest. Roomette accommodations include a private cabin that features two comfortable seats beside a picture window during the day, which converts to an upper and lower berth at night. Bedroom accommodations feature a sofa and chair by day and upper and lower berth by night. Bedroom accommodations also include a sink and self-enclosed toilet and shower.
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Prices are land-only, per person based upon double occupancy. Prices are correct at the time this web page is published; however, are subject to change.
During Festival time such as Mardi Gras and Jazz festivals, certain sightseeing is not available.
Swamp and Bayou tour in New Orleans is seasonal operating from March 1-October 31.


KSHA members are invited to attend our annual Legislative Day in Topeka. At this event, KSHA members earn free CEUs by attending sessions about current legislative priorities and learn about ways to become involved in the legislative process. Legislative Day also provides an opportunity for members to meet with their legislators and begin to form relationships with those who represent our members at the State level.
Save the Date! KSHA's Annual Legislative Day will be Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
Prior to attending Legislative Day, it is strongly suggested that you contact your legislator and request an individual meeting if you are going to be in Topeka. If not, please consider following up with a phone call, e-mail or a visit at the local level when they are in your district.