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Amanda Boyden's "I Got the Dog" Is a Fierce, Funny Account of Marriage to a Fraud
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Novelist Amanda Boyden's searing new book I Got the Dog: A Memoir of Rising is roaring up the Canadian bestsellers list.
Born in Minnesota, educated at the University of New Orleans, Boyden has done everything from slinging hash to performing as a trapeze artist known as "Lady Hummingbird."
She's published bestselling novels - Pretty Little Dirty (Vintage - 2006) and Babylon Rolling (Pantheon - 2008) - before embarking on her memoir. Dog offers the reader - among other things - a devastatingly powerful account of a sexual assault as well as the psychic assault of a marriage gone desperately wrong.
Skinny Jackson recently had a virtual sit-down with Boyden and discussed everything from Shakespeare to writing to betrayals of the heart - and how, when life kicks you in the teeth, you get back up and get back to it.
You've a successful career as a novelist, why a memoir at this point in your career?
I'd been bouncing around for a number of years, working primarily on screenplays and adaptations, a bit of journalism here and there, a requested collection of poems for a dying friend.
I also had two novels-in-progress (both finalists in the William Faulkner - William Wisdom Competition) but, after the break-up of my marriage, I simply couldn't find the stomach to return to pre-existing work. No doubt I was craving something new at large, but I'd also considered the Me Too movement as a motivating force to tell my story, part of it from a long time ago, part of it recent.
Over the decades I've found great solace in the words of others - Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking comes to mind - and I wanted to offer something helpful or possibly useful rather than just consuming the works of other people.
I'm just gonna jump in here and ask you flat-out. Your ex-husband - Joseph Boyden - was the literary darling of Canada - perhaps a tad too darling, darling. Yet there's not a lot of mudslinging in I Got the Dog. You remain above the fray. Should we call you High-Ground Boyden?
I thought a lot about what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it. Am I still trying to heal? Some weeks, yes. Other weeks I'm still reeling. I found out just a few days ago that a woman I considered a friend - a former graduate student of mine - had had a two-year affair with Joseph, right under my nose.
There may be more cockroaches in the corners that come my way, but they can be killed with a good shoe swat.
Life is short. I don't want to be on any kind of crusade that reminds me every day of the dark side of the human condition. Why sully my memoir with vindictiveness.
Agreed, Sister. Now I'm going to head into some tough questions if that's okay.
I've got my big girl pants on and zero reason not to say what I know to be true.
Alright then, here it comes. Your ex, Mr. Boyden, has been accused by the media - and some in the First Nations communities - with misrepresenting himself. It's been argued that he has no Native Canadian blood whatsoever and casually invented an indigenous literary identity in order to sell books. Is that true?
Here's what I know: I was a fierce defender of my husband when the controversy broke out, as I knew him to be passionate, truly passionate, about the First Nations' causes he supported. I believed that he had the people and the cause in his blood, his mind, and his heart. I believed he meant the words he put down on paper and the words he said in public when telling the history and the stories of the First Nations people.
That said, I urged him to get out in front of the firestorm of controversy that The Globe and Mail feature generated about his claim to his status. And I was troubled by his response. He dragged his feet and stalled on taking a DNA test for a long, long time before finally doing it.
But he finally took the test?
[LONG PAUSE] Yes, he did.
Canadian Author, Joseph Boyden
You can buy I Got the Dog on Amazon here.
And what were the results?
While he has a few drops of indigenous blood from overseas . . . that would be Greenland, he has no Native American blood, has no DNA that can be traced to the First Nations people in Canada or the Americas at large.
Wait. So you're saying he made the whole thing up?
I actually don't believe that he was solely responsible for the mythology of the Great Joseph Boyden. Years and years ago, when the machine began spinning his myth-story for his dust jacket it included the word Metis, I asked him why he'd let them say that.
He categorically didn't know that could be the case about his heritage but explained that the word Metis meant "mixed," and that he didn't fully know his genetic history.
I called him out on the false advertising, but he ignored my advice. He did that about other aspects of his life as well - ignoring my advice, that is.
How do you feel about that?
I Got the Dog recounts how Joseph told me he was "just going to live [his] own life." I didn't exactly understand what that meant at the time. But now the onus is on him.
I don't feel like a woman scorned. I feel like a woman freed. I feel like a woman vindicated. I'm sure many more women who drank his Kool-Aid, women he had one-night stands with - or significantly longer relationships with inside our marriage - will reveal themselves to me.
But as R.E.M.'s lyrics say, finally, "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine."
Thank you for being so honest. Time to breathe - take a sip of wine. Or four. Now tell me, do you see any connections between your novels and your new book?
I'd be lying if I said I'm not a feminist. All over this memoir, I try to touch on that, especially in the chapter titled "Marrow." We three daughters, being the children of our smart and independent parents who instilled those feminist values in us, well, we're all feminists.
Both Pretty Little Dirty, a reinterpretation of the Cupid and Psyche myth, and Babylon Rolling address feminism. As a writing woman, how can I not champion Woman with a capital W?
How would you describe I Got the Dog and its intent?
Full of fire, tears, joy, immense pain, glorious heights. If I can rise, so can you.
What's at the heart of the book?
That one version of me who is most vulnerable.
I think about all the other women and girls - so many of color - the LGBTQ+ community, and feel like I might just have managed to carve out the tiniest path in this world for others who find themselves sad. Or self-punishing. Or wandering.
One of my favorite people - not just in the book, but ever - is your younger sister Meg who is a psychic medium. I can tell she's a real hero to you. Are you Meg's hero, too?
Funny you should ask that. A couple days ago I was on a conference call with Meg and a friend. Afterwards, the friend said, "Wait, I thought she was your younger sister." I laughed and said yes, she's younger in this life but a much older soul.
Meg is indeed my hero, and her husband is as good a man as it gets. I admire their union, their solidarity, their moxie, their loyalty not just to one another but to extended family.
Any discoveries made while writing I Got the Dog - are you surprised by anything?
I was admittedly delighted by abandoning old forms and just letting the material draw me into new narrative territories. Why did I have to write this in any semblance of a traditional memoir? I just decided to write freely. After all, I was newly free.
When did you know you were a writer?
Before I could write. Mom sang German lullabies and read me fantastical bedtime stories. Dad made Shakespeare jump and sing. Their world was always about words, and they brought me into it from Day One. I was gifted with amazing parents.
Amanda Boyden with the dog
I'm finally heading back into a novel that's held my interest for years. It's about an illegal immigrant, a kidnapped girl, a 95 year-old WWII vet, a jilted African American wife, as well as a serial killer and his sublimated wife. Yeah, there's a reason why I've dragged out the writing of this thing . . .
Any favorite memoirs?
Michelle Obama's Becoming, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer, Laurie Gough's travel memoir Kiss the Sunset Pig. Countless others.
I just finished a collection of stories that I think will soon be essential reading in all university classes. Michael Clayton's Dead Roosters is absolutely fantastic. My dad's book of poetry is also knocking my socks off: In Their Time, by Bill Buege.
With an unforgettable title like I Got the Dog, I gotta ask about your rescue Chihuahua, Fry.
He and I are sporting our COVID-10 Tires - Fry's is a ten-ounce, mine a ten-pounder. But we wear them proudly. After all, we're both survivors.
Amanda Boyden is the author of two novels, Pretty Little Dirty and the international bestseller Babylon Rolling. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Maclean's, Globe and Mail, Sonora Review, and others. The recipient of Nerve.com's Henry Miller Award for Best Literary Sex Scene in Pretty Little Dirty, she lives in New Orleans with her rescue Chihuahua, Fry.
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Discussion in 'Official Announcements' started by Bradley Zastrow, Jun 5, 2018.
I would like to keep you updated on some recent trends we've observed with the escrows that DCG has been managing, the impacts this has on the business development team and the changes we're implementing moving forward with the July voting cycle.
As many of you are already aware, in support of the monthly proposal process, Dash Core Group has been providing escrow services whenever requested by the proposal owner. In the past, the requests were relatively infrequent and simply constructed. As a result, requests were easily managed.
Beginning in the earlier part of this year, we've seen a sharp increase in the number of requests in addition to the amount of time required to work with proposal owners so that the proposal contains objective and measurable milestones for the payouts. We have also experienced a few instances where DCG has incurred legal expenses in drafting up an escrow agreement and then have the proposal owner not proceed with the posting of the proposal, or deciding to forego escrow. This consumes legal resources without benefit to the network.
While we fully recognize the value created by escrow, we feel strongly that it would be much healthier for the Dash network to develop a diverse set of quality escrow services. If Dash Core Group continues offering these services to proposal owners at no cost, we are actively preventing alternative services from developing. Providing escrow requires time, money, and expertise. We cannot expect these services to develop competing against free services from Dash Core Group.
We also want to lead by example. Historically, we've taken a very neutral position on the projects we escrow. Although we explicitly do not endorse the projects we escrow on behalf of the network, we have witnessed many escrow terms or milestones that were weak or poorly defined to the network. As a result, we feel that minimum standards for the protections granted the network should be a requirement for DCG to conscientiously provide escrow services.
Separately we also realize that the escrow process with DCG is not well understood and know that there will be value in bringing transparency to the process and sharing that with the community along with anyone wishing to engage DCG in the future with an escrow request.
Whilst we appreciate the value DCG backed escrows bring to the proposal process, it has unfortunately resulted in almost 2/3rds of a single business development resource dedicated solely to managing the escrows, both in the design as well as maintenance phase once milestones start to be achieved. This is not an efficient use of business development resources as it's taking away from our capacity to identify, negotiate, onboard and manage new partners. Even if we were to create a new role just for escrow management, it would still require my time to interview, onboard and oversight moving forward.
Milestone 0 payouts will be limited to 10% of your total budget or a maximum of $25k, whichever is highest. Milestone 0 payouts is that portion of the proposal that's paid out upon the proposal being successfully funded. Whilst we understand that some proposals do require some startup funding, allowing too much of a payout at milestone 0 creates too much risk for the network.
We will set the maximum project funding duration to 3 months, a maximum total budget request of $500,000 USD and a maximum fiat exchange guarantee of $100,000 USD per month. This will limit both the risk being taken on by DCG as well as lower the overall complexity of the agreement and amount of time to manage moving forward.
Requests can only be made 2 weeks or more prior to the requested voting cycle voting deadline. The length of time required to actually build a proper escrow contract, get counter signed and generate a wallet address takes significant effort. Any requests worked beyond the 2-week mark are unlikely to have sufficient time to post and receive votes.
Turning down requests for projects which present too high of risk. We get more requests than we can manage and need to focus the limited DCG resources on where we feel the lowest risk/highest ROI exists given the investment. We will refer proposal owners to other potential escrow resources.
Additionally, for greater transparency and understanding of how the escrow process works, we've documented the entire lifecycle of the escrow agreement included here: https://dashpay.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ES/overview. We've additionally set up a new email address [email protected] to which all escrow related queries can be made. We feel this will make things easier for those wishing to engage DCG with an escrow request.
Whilst we feel the above changes will go a long way in helping us manage the process without dedicating the same amount of monthly resources – eventually we do want to move completely away from escrows. We'll be researching 3rd party escrow companies and encourage anyone with connections to these types of companies to have them reach out and engage with the community.
Thx for that. Another time that DC stepp up the Game.
Tank you for the good job done on improvement of the escrow.
There is a 3rd way, you can create on our request a non-profit company separate from CORETEAM under the control of the DAO and financed by the DAO. This kind of service is too sensitive to leave it in the hands of private for-profit uncontrollable company.
Apart from the agreements made between two private companies, the escrow service and the company leading the project, actually has no value for the DAO. Because we have no control over her.
As soon as a flaw appears in the system it is exploited. A private for-profit company, will find any way to earn money, whether it serves or not the dash network anyway it will earn money, just pass the proposal and make it look good. As a private company we have no legal means of controlling what happens there. And this is not theory it's already in progress.
A fair portion of this could have been, and should be, built directly into the budget protocol.


The fight for AI supremacy has been reduced to merely a duel. The facts tell the truth however is not only about US and China.
In 2017 the papers submitted to Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 83 percent of AI papers originate outside the U.S. and 28 percent of these papers originated from European authors, the largest percentage of any region. China was second with 25%.
56 percent of papers fell into the Machine Learning and Probabilistic Reasoning category in 2017, compared to 28% in 2010.
For most categories below, papers were published at a faster rate during the period 2014—2017 than in the period 2010—2014.
Most notably, Neural Networks had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3% from 2010—2014, followed by a CAGR of 37% from 2014—2017.
AI papers in China are more focused on Engineering and Technology and Agricultural Sciences, while AI papers in the U.S. and Europe tend to focus on Humanities and Medical and Health Sciences.
Compared to data from 2000, data from 2017 show increased specialization across the three regions and a shift toward agriculture in China.
In Europe, governments have published thrice the number of papers than the corporates. Academia is not far behind though, which is not shown in the graph presented. In 2017 the number of AI papers on Scopus affiliated with the academic sector in Europe was ~16,000 or ~88% of total AI papers in Europe.
Country-wise, in Europe, UK leads with 32 papers published, followed by 28 of Germany and even Italy had 14 papers.
There is a huge interest among European parliamentarians also regarding the impending fourth industrial revolution. In 2018, 'Artificial Intelligence' was mentioned more than 200 times in UK parliament.
Where does India stand in the AI battle?
India is lagging behind by 5-10 years – in research and data. It is time for India to have a definite stand on AI and not just do PR based lip-service.


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There is an ancient story of a wild pink rose of incomparable beauty and perfection. The rose knew it had only a short life in bloom, so time was precious, magical really.
The very essence of the rose entered into each passerby who touched the beautiful petals. The rose held a soft pink with streaks of silver running from its base to the exquisitely curled edges of perfection. This rose held secrets, as all roses do, only this one was different. This single rose held the secrets of freedom through the power of love.
Standing tall and gracefully regal in the light of the sun, Freedom's Love Rose whispered to everyone passing by. For those who heard the call and came forward, each found a different secret, unique to their needs. For some it was forgiveness, for others it was healing, prosperity, health, kindness, peace and joy. All day the little pink rose touched the lives of unsuspecting passers by.
The real magic occurred when a person stopped to touch and take in the fragrance of this special pink rose. By the power of attention to the rose, each person was given the gift of recognizing their own love, light, abundance, beauty, freedom, courage, strength and perfection. This made a space for the miracles deep inside their heart to unfold. Recognition of this rose burst open the Flame of Love's Freedom for those wise enough to see what others had missed. Sometimes the best things in life are hidden in plain view.
I like to think that for some it is a rose, for others perhaps someone who is cold and hungry on the street, a butterfly fluttering close, the smile of a stranger or a song the breeze carries to you. Love can be everywhere when we let it in. There are many ways to unlock the heart and all of its amazing secrets, and most are in plain sight. Like the beautiful rose who wilts and moves on, leaving seeds behind for more roses to bloom. Everything changes, morphs and shifts holding secrets waiting to be discovered and shared.


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A Voice for the Homeless
Posted June 1, 2020 May 26, 2020 | Story and photography by Andy Fillmore
Dennis Yonce heads up the City of Ocala's Office of Homeless Prevention with a hands-on and heart-guided approach.
At the tip of the spear of the city's homeless outreach, Dennis Yonce, manager of the City of Ocala's Office of Homeless Prevention, has a heart for the homeless. He responds 24/7 to help people in desperate situations, such as families with children living in cars.
Some of the homeless camps that dot the central Ocala area have elaborate arrangements of makeshift tents, central kitchens and outdoor facilities, and are secluded in wooded areas just a short distance behind busy roads and retail shopping areas. Yonce has contacts in the encampments, and on the streets, all developed through trust and respect.
He also is a regular presence at shelters and outreaches such as the Salvation Army and Interfaith Emergency Services, and maintains contact with partners of the Continuum of Care, a group of social service providers in areas such as housing, child care, legal aid and domestic violence.
"He was the first person to start building relationships with the area homeless and connect them with us and the Continuum of Care," says Karla Grimsley, chief executive officer of Interfaith Emergency Services. "It is a bigger challenge than you might think. For example, a person may need a job but have no identification or Social Security documents. You start to peel the layers and it's complex."
"We have to forget the cookie cutter approach toward helping the homeless and realize each person has a background and unique story," Yonce offers. "You have to ask why the person is homeless, get at the cause, and match each person with the proper help, follow up and case management. It's been eye opening, and a learning process."
Yonce, 64, a native of Hollywood, Florida, says he has had a "passion to serve as a first responder" since his teens.
He earned his EMT certification and worked on an ambulance crew before he enlisted in the Air Force in 1976 and served until 1980. He then joined the Hollywood Police Department, where, he remarks, he saw the homeless in a different light than he had as a youth.
Yonce moved to Ocala in 1983 and joined the Ocala Police Department as a patrol officer. He attained the rank of major and became a bureau commander before he accepted the position with the city in 2016. He remains a certified reserve officer with OPD.
Yonce and his wife Darlene, married for 38 years, have two sons and two grandchildren. Darlene Yonce said his family's safety has always been her husband's "number one priority."
Diane Coleman, a longtime advocate for the local homeless community, serves as manager of the Center for Life on North Pine Avenue, which is a program of Interfaith Emergency Services and helps homeless persons with health care services including medicines. She collaborates regularly with Yonce.
"The trust Dennis builds up with homeless people in the field allows us to get to know their true story," Coleman asserts.
Yonce feels that all people, regardless of income or social standing, should be treated equally and with respect.
"Everyone deserves the chance to improve their lives but, for some, the right opportunities and resources haven't been there," he notes.
Yonce regularly shuttles between several motels on Silver Springs Boulevard, where he places clients and then follows up on their security and confirms that room charges are paid. He recently had seven clients in one of the locations, with some of the placements completed under COVID-19 emergency grants.
He says a mix of issues contribute to homelessness, such as mental health concerns, substance abuse, past criminal history and prior employment problems. He feels that constantly arresting people is not the long-range solution. Resolutions might involve emergency shelter, medications or mental health services, housing placement, or providing the person paid transportation back home, where there may be support that is lacking here.
Such was the case with a woman from New England who was living in a tent near Maricamp Road. She had been arrested for DUI and her vehicle was towed, impounded and sold at auction. Yonce learned she was on probation and was "scared of living on the street." He quickly developed a plan and she was provided transportation back to her home, where she had a support network.
Yonce was "awesome and vigilant" in his help, she affirms. "He helped me at a low point and I felt empowered, I felt I had a voice. He's a good listener and he wants to make a difference."
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that communities receiving HUD funding for homelessness intervention and prevention services conduct a yearly census of the homeless population, called the annual Point-in-Time Count, which is required for federal grant distribution. According to Marion County Homeless Council data, that census shows an average of 574 people each of the last four years who were in emergency and transitional shelters or were unsheltered.
Yonce remains concerned about high "barriers," or rules and regulations for clients—such as curfew hours and access denied for outdated criminal records—which are put in place by some shelters, many of which are faith-based. There also has been some controversy over a city ordinance that doesn't allow people to "lodge" or sleep and remain in a place where trespass laws might apply. He says he would like to see increased cooperation among the Continuum of Care partners and governmental agencies, especially when it comes to children in homeless situations.
"Over the years, I have seen people from all walks of life suffer in ways far beyond explanation," he notes. "The sense of fulfillment that I have been a part of making a difference in someone's life has been the driving force. To have been there for them, either by myself or as part of a team, has always fulfilled the inner me and drives my next step. I just follow my heart and the guidance has been right on."
He says he does expect effort from those he tries to help and that if a person "will give effort, I'll match it."
"As a community," he offers, "we can make it happen for the homeless, one person at a time."
To learn more, visit the City of Ocala Office of Homeless Prevention website at www.ocalafl.org; the Marion County Homeless Council at www.mchcfl.org; and Interfaith Emergency Services at www.iesmarion.org
United Way of Marion County offers information about local resources through its 211 phone line.
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Bishop Chatard – The Trojans stay perfect in conference, with their victory over Brebeuf. Holly Horton earns the win, adding 3 hits and 4 runs batted in. Kate Caskey went 5-5 with 3 RBIs. Anna Pruitt had a two-run home run. Cierra Landers, Megan Chamberlain, Reagan Behringer, and Julia Knight all had 3 hits.
Brebeuf Jesuit – Jocelyn Swan had a two-run home run.


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Do soutěže mužské čtyřhry na tenisovém turnaji Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2015 nastoupilo šestnáct dvojic. Obhájcem titulu byl pár Jesse Huta Galung a Stéphane Robert, jehož členové nestartovali společně. Robert se turnaje nezúčastnil. Huta Galung nastoupil s Pablem Andújarem do kvalifikace. Před zahájením se však odhlásili pro poranění pravého lýtka.

Vítězem čtyřhry se stal nenasazený chorvatsko-finský pár Marin Draganja a Henri Kontinen, který ve finále zdolal britsko-australskou dvojici Jamie Murray a John Peers po dramatickém průběhu 6–3, 6–7 a [11–9]. Oba šampioni si do žebříčku ATP připsali 500 bodů.

Nasazení párů
  Marcin Matkowski /  Nenad Zimonjić (. kolo)
  Marcel Granollers /  Marc López (čtvrtfinále)
  Daniel Nestor /  Leander Paes (. kolo)
  Alexander Peya /  Bruno Soares (semifinále)

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As energy was the driver for the industrial revolution, the Internet is the driver for IT.
Of all the nations in Europe it is France that has embraced open source with the most passion, and the most money.
The whole Open World Forum project is a way to call attention to this. That's why it opened with a parade of politicians talking about the money government is putting into the space. And the industry appreciates it.
But the motivation was explained best by Matthew Poujol (right), a consultant with Pierre Audoin, during an analysts' lunch put together by Italian Roberto Galoppini.
Why? "Software and IT is becoming more of the added value on everything you build. It was 20% of the value of the airplane, now it's 30%. It's 20% of the value in an auto." It's an immense cost that needs to be shared, he said, even with American competitors. "Airbus has put all their Java into Eclipse. They are encouraging Boeing to join their community.
Maybe here we're lacking something the U.S. has, he suggested. Or maybe they're like American journalists, I should have replied, most of whom define what we do as working for someone, and have little appetite for quitting the profession to run a business.
Because that's what happens, whether you're an engineer, a chef, or a writer. You start a business to scale what you do, and find yourself no longer talent, but management.


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"Cold Sweat" é uma canção gravada por James Brown e escrita por ele e pelo líder da banda de Brown, Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown a gravou em maio de 1967. Um versão sem edições de "Cold Sweat" lançada em single de duas partes foi lançada pela King Records foi número 1 da parada R&B e alcançou o número 7 da parada Pop Singles. A gravação completa, com mais de 7 minutos de duração foi incluída no  álbum do mesmo nome.

A letra de Brown descreve como o carinho de sua mulher o faz "suar frio".

Criação
"Cold Sweat" se desenvolveu a partir de uma gravação anterior de James Brown, "I Don't Care", gravada em 1962 e lançada primeiramente em seu álbum  James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. e depois em single como Lado-B em 1964. De acordo com Brown: "era uma faixa lenta, estilo blues, na época. Era boa assim, mas eu estava realmente entrando na minha pegada funk agora, e ela se tornou uma melodia quase completamente diferente, exceto pela letra." Ellis relembra em uma entrevista que:

Análise
Construído nas inovações das canções anteriores de Brown "Out of Sight" e "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "Cold Sweat" foi uma linha divisória na evolução da música funk. Enquanto aquelas canções eram baseadas no convencional blues de doze compassos, progressão musical, "Cold Sweat" tinha apenas uma mudança definitiva de acordes, um movimento para o subtônico na ponte. Como nas canções anteriores, todos os instrumentos da banda (sopro, guitarras, etc.) são usados percussivamente em "Cold Sweat", e uma ênfase esmagadora é colocada na primeira batida de cada compasso ("on the one"). A parte principal da bateria é um padrão de dois compassos com um som de caixa na segunda e quarta batidas (um padrão 4/4 no rock) com uma simples variação: a quarta batida que acompanha o primeiro compasso é atrasada em um oitavo. Esta padrão de caixa contribuiu grandemente nos arranjos do funk. Foi copiado, sempre com ornamentos, nas canções posteriores de James Brown e em inúmeras canções de outros artistas.

"Cold Sweat" é a primeira gravação em que Brown chama por um solo de bateria (com a famosa exclamação "give the drummer some") de Clyde Stubblefield, começando a tradição dos "breaks" rítmicos que se tornariam importantes na dance music e no hip hop bem como na fundação do sampling. A canção também conta uma solo de saxofone de Maceo Parker.

Impacto
Algumas vezes citada como a primeira canção funk de fato, "Cold Sweat" foi sempre reconhecida como um afastamento radical das convenções da música pop da época de seu lançamento. O produtor Jerry Wexler relembra que "[a canção] afetou profundamente os músicos que eu conhecia. Enlouqueceu os caras. Ninguém sabia o que fazer em seguida." Cliff White a descreve como "divorciado de outras formas de música popular." Alguns músicos a criticaram como sendo simplista. Fred Wesley relembra que antes de se juntar a banda de Brown, ele "não ficou impressionado com ['Cold Sweat']. . . Tinha apenas uma mudança, as palavras não faziam nenhum sentido, e a ponte era musicalmente incorreta." O crítico musical Dave Marsh, enquanto reconhecendo a música como fundamental, sugeriu que "'Cold Sweat' era parcialmente responsável pelo "declínio no número de canções genuinamente memoráveis" nos anos seguintes ao seu lançamento.

Brown continuaria a desenvolver o ritmicamente intenso, harmonicamente estático modelo que foi pioneiro em "Cold Sweat" nas gravações que se seguiram tais como "I Got the Feelin'", "Mother Popcorn", "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" e "Super Bad".

Como outros sucessos funk de Brown, "Cold Sweat" foi extensamente sampleado por muitos DJs e produtores de hip hop.

O riff de guitarra foi usado posteriormente em "Mother Popcorn" e "I Know You Got Soul".

Outras gravações
Performances ao vivo de "Cold Sweat" aparecem nos álbuns Live at the Apollo, Volume II, Say It Live and Loud, Live in New York, Soul Session Live e Live at the Apollo 1995. Brown regravou a canção em uma versão jazz com o Dee Felice Trio fpara seu álbum de 1969 Gettin' Down to It, e novamente com sua banda para o álbum de 1972 Get on the Good Foot.

"Cold Sweat" ganhou versões cover por inúmeros intérpretes, notavelmente por Mongo Santamaría em 1968.

Créditos
James Brown - vocais

com a James Brown Orchestra:
 Waymon Reed - trompete
 Joe Dupars - trompete
 Levi Rasbury - trombone
 Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis - saxofone alto
 Maceo Parker - saxofone tenor
 Eldee Williams - saxofone tenor
 St. Clair Pinckney - saxofone barítono
 Jimmy Nolen - Guitarra
 Alphonso "Country" Kellum - guitarra
 Bernard Odum - Baixo
 Clyde Stubblefield - bateria

Posições nas paradas

Ligações externas
 Lista de canções que samplearam "Cold Sweat" no Whosampled.com
 [ "Cold Sweat" crítica da allmusic.com]

Singles de 1967
Canções gravadas por James Brown
Canções em inglês


When a certain subject or matter is being discussed by individuals it is best to trace the subject or matter to the root of it or in another word its history. In the early years of human civilization (the age of BC ) there was no such thing as Critical Thinking or logical thinking. It is all more on the concept of the teachings of religion, math, art and many more through the basis of monkey see, monkey do.
Thus, giving the title of this topic, the contribution of Greek Logics and Metaphysics in Critical Thinking. From the title of the subject in question, Greek Logics means the concepts of logic that originated from the land of Greek. Lastly, Metaphysics means a high level of physics concepts.
In this context, there are many from the ancient land of Greek that has given contributions to civilization regarding Logic and Metaphysics, however, there are only three that truly has given the true contribution to the civilization of the world. These three according to Hakim (1997) is "…the three trinity of Greek philosophy". Before moving on, it must be thoroughly be understood that there were no critical thinking in the past and only philosophy exist. Furthermore, the philosophy of that time must not be confused with that of present time. This is due to the fact that the philosophy of the past until the age of the European Renaissance are a combination of science, language, ethics, mathematics, logic, and many more that are considered as such in this age and time. Therefore, it should not be of any question of whether philosophers of the past have given any contributions to the critical thinking of the present, for the answer is true.
The three that are meant by Hakim (1997) are Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Furthermore, Hakim (1997) also states that Socrates had greatly influenced his student Plato, and in turn, Plato has greatly influenced his student Aristotle. This shows the relation of these three great thinkers of their time.
The first that will be discussed in this topic is the master out of the three, and is the person according to Wikipedia as one of the founder of modern Western Philosophy.
Therefore, it must be understood that all of the information obtained regarding Socrates were passed on from his students such as Plato, Xenophon and others such as Aristophan.
According to the accounts that were given by all of the related individuals, Socrates was a son of a sculptor, and that he was married to a woman called Xanthippe. Furthermore, according to all the sources available, the family life of Socrates was as such; his mother Phaenarate after the death of Socrates' father Sophroniscus had remarried and gave birth to another child, Socrates' half-brother, Patrocles. In addition, it was also said that Socrates was never a father to the three children he had received from Xanthippe, it was said that he had left them to survive on their own. This was due to the fact that Socrates believed that knowledge cannot be passed from parent to child, it is more of what one does to gain the knowledge the person had originally possessed.
In accordance to the sources as well, when compared to the other Athenian males of that time, Socrates appeared poor. This is because the average Athenian male at that time are very well concerned about their fame, glory and wealth. In contrast, Socrates does not even care about his financial being.
Socrates by profession is a teacher, even with him himself denying the fact. Socrates can often be seen with crowds no matter the degree let it be a man, woman, children, slave or anyone and engage them in a question and answer form of conversation. However, even though he gives the community of Greek the treasure of knowledge he never accepts any payments in return for it nor did he ever ask for any payments.
Furthermore, it is understood that Socrates is a very pious person. He would never do anything without seeking consent from the Gods. Furthermore, it was said that Socrates had a voice that always advices him whenever he would do something bad. This voice became known as a Daemon for Socrates which guided him on all of his actions.
Lastly, it was made known from the Apology that Socrates started his life as philosopher after his friend told him that the Oracle of Delphi had said that Socrates is the wisest man of all Greek. In order to prove that statement wrong, he started questioning others whom considers themselves smart when after the conversation with Socrates proves that they are not. This showed Socrates that the reason of why he is the wisest man of Greek is due to his ignorance. Thus the statement of "I know cause I do not know" was born; which meant that only one who is ignorant and knows it is more willing to gain more knowledge.
This led to Socrates' next contribution, the thinking of a subject in a logical manner. Whenever Socrates is in the city, he would always encourage everyone around him to think logically and not accept everything that was thrown into them. Furthermore, Socrates also always asked the people around him to reflect themselves better everyday. This concept of self-reflection and logical thinking became almost synonymous to Logical Thinking.
Plato is one of the student of Socrates, he received the greatest influence form the Master which drove him in writing works of his own which brought on Platonism. The full detail of this philosopher is as such.
After completing his early education, Plato met with Socrates and was under his tutelage until the death of the Master. After Socrates' death, Plato travelled to Italy, Sicily, Egypt, and Syrene; it was during those trips that Plato wrote his early works the Socratic Dialogues. After his travels, Plato returned to Athens and opened up a school of philosophy known as the Academy just outside of Athens.
It was understood that Plato lived at the Academy until his death.
Just as it was with Socrates, there are also not much that could be said about Plato's contribution other than the Academy (The first ever educational fascility built in the Western Countries). This is due to the fact that Plato kept records about philosophy in the form of a dialogue of the Master, therefore, making it hard for most scholars to differentiate the true works of Plato from that of Socrates.
However, not all hope is lost, this is because scholars discovered an inconsistency in the writings of Plato which were depicted in the form of Socrates' speech which hinted the possibility of the philosophy or theories spoken by Socrates in these works to actually be that of Plato. These works were ascertained to be that of Plato's works beginning from the Phaedo.
One of Plato's work Republic was a book that was written by Plato during his mid-life. Thus, rendering the philosophy or theories written in it to be that of Plato's original. There are many theories listed in the book, however, the one that was given the most care by scholars were the one regarding the rulers of a country; Plato said that until philosophers became kings or kings became philosophers the world will not know true peace. The meaning of Plato behind this statement is that a ruler or a leader of an organization must be one who have the proper knowledge to rule and will continue to have this kind of knowledge. This paved the road for the development of knowledge of rulers and showed that a ruler must always be thinking in order to rule a country; meaning active thinking, and according to John Dewey, one who thinks actively is a critical thinker. Therefore, Plato showed that critical thinkers are the perfect candidate for the seat of power.
Another one of Plato's contribution is that of the permanent and passing. According to Plato, this world consists of a permanent object from which those of the passing are copied from the permanent. This theory of Plato is known as the Platonic Dualism. The Platonic Dualism is further explained in his book on The Theories of Forms (Metaphysics). This concept of Plato can be simplified by the example of a tree; according to Plato there may be Oak, Pine, Palm and many other trees, but there is one tree from which the foundation for the other trees were derived from. The concept of Platonic Dualism spurred the thinking of many scholars into what it is meant by real and what is an illusion. This form of thinking brought upon self-reflection which is very much encouraged in the field of Critical Thinking.
According to Hakim (1997), Plato left in his writings which after translation mean that humans must bring about change in their thinking by constantly thinking about their thinking. From this point, we can conclude that Plato is telling to continuously think about their thinking in order to increase the quality of their thinking. This according to Richard Paul is one of the traits that define a critical thinker.
Finally, also according to Hakim (1997), Plato stress that one should always strive to free from the binding of the body and perceive the perfect by a steady, contemplative effort. The meaning of this statement is that one must always strive to search for the truth by the methods of constant thinking; this fact can also be associated with active thinking which shows critical thinking.
Aristotle is the student of Plato in the Academy. Aristotle works are known throughout the West as one of the most celebrated works of history due to subjectivity that it possessed. This was one of the main reason why the being known as Aristotle was able to overshadow that of his master Plato.
According to Hakim (1997), Aristotle was born on 384 B.C. in a town that lay in between Thrace and Macedonia called Stagira, Chalcidice. Aristotle is the son of Nicomachus, the personal physician of the King of Macedon. Therefore, due to his father's connection with the king, Aristotle had access to the Royal Court as a child and received his early education there as a member of aristocracy.
Aristotle's father, Nichomachus died when Aristotle was still a child. Even though orphaned, Aristotle was still loved by the Macedon royal court due to the influence he received from his father; which prompted Aristotle to be an observant child. Later on, when Aristotle became 18 years of age, he went to the Academy ran by Plato believing that it will be able to increase his knowledge in many matters.
After reaching the Academy, Aristotle met with Plato and since then regarded Plato as both a great teacher and a great friend. It was said that Aristotle stayed by Plato's side until the death of Plato. The period of his stay at the Academy was recorded for around 20 years.
After the death of Plato, Aristotle travelled with Xenocrates to the court of his friend Hermias of Atameus in Asia Minor (now known as Turkey). According to Wikipedia, whilst in Asia, Aristotle travelled with Theophrastus to the Island of Lesbos where they researched the botanical and marine biology of the island. Later on, Aristotle married with Hermias' adopted daughter (niece) Pythias who bore for him a daughter.
After the death of Hermias, Aristotle was invited by the King of Macedon to tutor his 12-year old son, Alexander the Great at 343 BC. By 335 BC, Aristotle returned to Athens and constructed a school which stands at a place with lyceum trees, with the name of the tree at the place, Aristotle named his school Lyceum. It was said that during his stay at the Lyceum, Aristotle conducted courses and wrote many of his works (where only a handful remain now).
At 322 BC, Alexander the Great died. At this time, most of the Athenians holds an anti-Macedonian sentiment due to the actions of Alexander the Great. Therefore, there were those that targeted Aristotle's life due to his involvement with Alexander the Great. However, before anything could be done, Aristotle left the city and headed for his mother's family estate in Chalcis, stating that he will not allow the Athenians to sin against philosophy twice. On that same year, Aristotle died at Euboea due to natural causes.
As the third of the Three Trinity of Greek Philosophy, Aristotle has given great contributions to the world. Furthermore, in contrast with his predecessors, Aristotle kept a very organized and well written documentation about himself and his works. Therefore, it made the matter of understanding Aristotle and his works very easy. Most of the works of Aristotle is lost due to many reasons. Furthermore, those that did survive are in the form of treatises or lecture notes. Although these documents are not able to give full account of the works of Aristotle, they are able to give hints on the works that he has done which are considered as his own contribution.
One of the contributions Aristotle has given to the world is the Aristotelian Epistemology. The Aristotelian Epistemology that we know today was known as analytics at the age of Aristotle. Basically, the Aristotelian Epistemology is basically the logic that we know today. As logic is the centre of critical thinking, Aristotle is the greatest contributor of critical thinking with the introduction of the method of searching for answers by focussing the scope from a general to its details by deduction.
The second contribution of Aristotle is the giving of subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Biology and many greater meaning and depth than any other man at his time or until the age of the Renaissance. One of it is Aristotle's Metaphysics. The Metaphysics that Aristotle explained was regarding the universe. Aristotle believed that the universe is something that can be explained by the means of deduction and these lead many thinkers to actually think logically in order to solve the mysteries of the universe.
According to history, after the fall of Rome, the western countries had fallen greatly in the scope of knowledge development and founding, leaving the works of its past masters of knowledge to rot in cellars or underground storages without proper care or maintenance.
It was at this time that the newly appeared Islamic civilization bloomed in the development of knowledge and shadowing the West until the age of Renaissance.
The Islamic community were all guided by the Holy Quran to seek knowledge without rest and to forever learn new knowledge. This divine guidance of the Quran spurred the appearances of many scholars and researches in multiple fields. It was with the appearance of these celebrities of knowledge that the field of Critical Thinking was also able to expand.
Among these celebrities of knowledge there are three whose contributions to the world were the greatest; the three are Al-Kindi, Ibn Sina (Avicienna) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes).
Al-Kindi or known in the West as Alkindus was an Arab and Iraqi polymath; he was also an Islamic philosopher, astronomer, astrologer, scientist, chemist, cosmologist, mathematician, musician, logician, physician, physicist, psychologist, and meteorologist.
Al-Kindi was born at 801 CE at Kufa, Iraq to a Kindah family. His full name is AbÅ«-YÅ«suf Ya'qÅ«b ibn Isḥāq ibn as-á¹¢abbāḥ ibn 'Omrān ibn Isma'Ä«l al-KindÄ«. The father of Al-Kindi was the governor of Kufah, and it was at Kufah that AL-Kindi received his early education. Later on, Al-Kindi moved on to Baghdad to complete his education.
After the completion of his education, Al-Kindi was acknowledged and appointed by Abbasid caliphs, Al-Ma'mun andAl-Muta'sim into the House of Wisdom in Baghdad due to his adept for education. (The House of Wisdom was a newly established institute in Abbasid by the caliphs in order to translate the ancient wisdom from other languages into Arabic, the ancient wisdom was the writings and books that was left by the Greek and others western philosophers before Islam.) It was said that during Al-Kindi's work at the House of Wisdom, his own wisdom expanded due to the influence of the documents he was transcribing and this lead to the creation of his own books. However, as time passed, the writings of Al-Kindi had been lost due to two main reason; first the destruction of the libraries of Abbasid by the Mongolian army; second, the disinterest of Al-Kindi's works by the later philosophers.
After the death of Al-Ma'mun, Al-Mu'tasim rose in power, however, at this time Al-Kindi had fallen. According to historians this was due to the harsh treatments of Al-Muta'sim against unorthodox Muslims. There was even the occasion of when Al-Kindi was beaten and had his library temporarily confiscated from him.
Al-Kindi died in Baghdad at 873 CE during the rule of Al-Mu'tamid.
Thanks to his time spent at the House of Wisdom transcribing the ancient knowledge, Al-Kindi was able to gain incredible knowledge in many fields such as physics, geology, astronomy and many more. This gain I knowledge inspired Al-Kindi to write books of his own in regards of his knowledge. The books that were written by Al-Kindi was described as encyclopaedic in form.
One of Al-Kindi's greatest contributions was that of cryptology. Al-Kindi wrote a book regarding the method of encrypting and decrypting codes. The method of decryption that Al-Kindi explained was the frequency method; where within a specific encrypted text there is a certain similarity between each verse, and Al-Kindi suggested that one looks for the similarity in order to decrypt the text.
Which means that we must not ever close our eyes or ears to the truth after it was proven even if it came from someone other than ourselves or our colleagues. This principle is one of the principles that are in Critical Thinking.
The third and perhaps one of the most important of the contributions that Al-Kindi has made was the introduction of Philosophy into the Islamic culture. As explained before, in the beginning, the Islamic culture depended on the divine mysteries of the Holy Quran as well as the knowledge given by the Prophet Muhammed. However, after Al-Kindi went to the House of Wisdom, he translated the other works of the past Western philosophers into the Arabic language and made them available for use by the other scholars. These translations brought upon the rising of other Islamic philosophers such as Al-Farabi and Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
The last of the contribution that Al-Kindi gave was that of metaphysics. According to Aristotle, the universe in infinite and that it is absolute. However, this fact was denied by Al-Kindi due to his faith which believes that only God is absolute and also due to other factors. One such factor is that where he believed that there is no such thing as infinite. This is because for a matter to be infinite it will have to have an infinite temporal existence. This fact was also supported by Garos.
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) is on of the most celebrated intellects of the Islamic world. In profession Ibn Sina is a physician. However, Ibn Sina is also a philosopher, astronomer, chemist, astrologer, logician, geologist, palaeontologist, mathematician, physicist, poet, psychologist, teacher, and scientist.
This shows that the individual known as Ibn Sina was a great intellect known through the ages is still being regarded as such.
The true name of Ibn Sina is Al-Hussain bin Abdullah bin Hassan bin Ali bin Sina. He was born at Bukhara, Turkistan on 980. Ibn Sina' mother' name is Setareh and his father Abdullah.
According to records, Ibn Sina was given careful education by his father at Bukhara. Furthermore, thanks to the intelligence and great memory that Ibn Sina possesses, he was able to memorize the contents of the Holy Quran by the age of ten. In Islamic culture, one is considered to have completed their education with the completion and memorization of the Holy Quran and that any other forms of education are to be made on one's own account. It is due to this facthat Ibn Sina went to libraries available in Bukhara at that time in order to pursue the knowledge that are available. It was said that Ibn Sina read the writings of Aristotle regarding Metaphysics 40 times in order to gain the meaning of the text. However, still in confusion after the readings it was said that Ibn Sina would perform the prayers in seeking revelation from God and that one day his prayers was answered in the form of Aristotle's Metaphysics commentaries of Al-Farabi being sold at an extremely cheap price at a book store. And then, at the age of 16, Ibn Sina turned towards the direction of medicine and learned it from a wandering physician. Furthermore, according to records, Ibn Sina is said to have mastered all there is to master at the age of 18.
Soon after began the terbulation of Ibn Sina's life. After treating the emir from a serious illness, Ibn Sina was rewarded with access of the Royal library of the Samanids. However, after the library was burned down not only was Ibn Sina accused of the crime by his enemies. However, by not being appalled by the event, Ibn Sina helped his father in the financial labors and wrote some of his early documents.
After the death of his father, Ibn Sina traveled to many places helping out those that are in need, offering his services to where it can be found and teaching giving lectures to whomever that wishes for it. However, after many events, Ibn Sina was struck by colic and this had caused Ibn Sina to not be able to perform his work as well as he did before. However, even at these circumstances, Ibn Sina still refuses to give up and continued his work till his death at June, 1037.
The contribution of Ibn Sina to the world has been so great till it overshadowed that of Al-Kindi (Alkindus). This was not only due to the amount of knowledge available to him from an early age but also to his incredible memory and intelligence that many others including Al-Kindi (Alkindus) did not have.
One and most probably the most important of the contributions of Ibn Sina is that in the field of medicine. Everything that can be related to that of human treatment such as have all been given contribution by Ibn Sina; the fields mentioned are chemistry, psychology, medicine, biology, and many more. The contributions that Ibn Sina gave to the world were so magnificent till we of the present call him with the name of The Father of Modern Medicine. This is because of these such contributions; the founding of infectious diseases and its properties, the founding of psychological states, the explanation of the human body, the introduction of medicinal herbs to the world, and many more. All of the greater of Ibn Sina's contribution can be found in his book the Canon of Medicine.
The other contribution that Ibn Sina gave to the world is those in the form of the Islamic Metaphysics. According to Ibn Sina, there are two things that life is based on, essence and existence. Essence (Mahiat) is something which are false and that it cannot exist by itself and that it requires something in order for it to exist. Whilst existence is something that does and can exist by itself, and that even though it cannot be accounted for it can still exist. This was the main reason as to why Ibn Sina said that these two elements cannot coexist.
The next contribution that Ibn Sina gave to the world is in the form of logic. Even though Aristotelian logic was still being used greatly at that time, it was not long after that the Avicennian logic had replaced the former as the most dominant logic system used in the Islamic world. This was because of the fact Ibn Sina had developed a theory on hypothetical syllogism and that formed the basis for his risk factor analysis. Other than that Ibn Sina also developed an early theory on propositional calculus.
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) is the third of the Islamic contributors. He was an Andalusian-Arab polymath: a master of Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, celestial mechanics, physic, Maliki Law, jurisprudence, psychology, logics, politics, Arabic music theory, the science of medicine, astrology, geography, and mathematics.
Ibn Rushd or known by his true name as AbÅ« 'l-WalÄ«d Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd is born at Cordoba on December 10, 1198. Ibn Rushd was a student of Ibn Tufail, Ibn Bajjah. Just like his grandfather and father before him, Ibn Rushd also served the people as a legal scholar at Seville as a Qadi (judge) and served many court appointment at Cordoba, Seville and Morocco. However, after the conquest of the Almohads of Cordoba Ibn Rushd's career came into a halt and he was sent to exile. However, not short before his death he was reappointed the Qadi of Cordoba. It was from that moment onwards that Ibn Rushd wrote his philosophical works.
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Nebraska is far from a dumb state – in fact, based on the data we looked at, Nebraska's high schools have a dropout rate nearly 3 times lower than the national average.
On top of that, a recent study published by The Washington Post found that Nebraska is actually the twelfth smartest state in America, with above average scores in every intelligence metric.
But that doesn't mean that a few cities in Nebraska are a bit slower than others, due to a lack of basic education.
In order to measure the education levels of the following cities, we used the U.S. Census 2009-2014 American Community Survey.
Note: We only looked at cities with populations greater than 5,000, leaving us 32 cities in Nebraska to rank. We also looked at the graduation rates of the entire population, not the current rates for high schoolers.
Located in northeastern Nebraska, directly across the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, South Sioux City is the dumbest place in the state by a wide margin.
South Sioux City has the highest rate of teenage high school dropouts in the state, with 15.5% of students dropping out each year.
That's nearly three times as high as the dropout rate for the second worst city in Nebraska, and six times higher than the state average for cities with populations over 5,000.
On top of that, South Sioux City has the third highest rate of uneducated adults in Nebraska, with more than 1 in 3 adults lacking a GED. All of this makes for the dumbest city in Nebraska overall.
The fourth biggest city in Nebraska, Grand Island is also the second dumbest city in the state.
How'd Grand Island earn this ignominious title? Mostly by having the fifth highest rate of uneducated adults in the state, with 18.7% of residents over the age of 25 lacking a high school diploma.
The dropout rate in Grand Island is only 0.6% higher than the average for Nebraskan cities we looked at data for, but it's still bad enough to land Grand Island high up on dumb-list.
Located in eastern Nebraska, Fremont is the third dumbest city in Nebraska overall.
Both Fremont's GED-less adult population and current rate of teenage high school dropouts are about 1% higher than the state average, and both rank in the bottom 10 for the state.
The cumulatively bad score leaves Fremont as a relatively dim city.
Another city located in the eastern part of the state, Nebraska City is located on the western bank of the Missouri River.
Nebraska City has the second highest rate of teenage high school dropouts in the state, with 5.5% of students leaving high school each year. Though this rate is still below the national average, it's more than twice as high as Nebraska's statewide average.
Also, about 11 of every 100 adults living in Nebraska City never completed high school, so the older generation also makes it a relatively dumb place to live.
Omaha is the largest city in Nebraska, but, unfortunately, it's also the fifth dumbest city in the state.
Omaha ranks in the bottom 25% for each of our dumbness metrics, with 12.2% of adults lacking a high school degree.
The city also the seventh highest rate of teenagers dropping out of high school in the state, with 4% of students leaving basic education each year.
But, the city is home to five Fortune 500 companies, so it might be doing something right.
Located in the southeastern part of the state, Crete is the sixth dumbest city overall, but it has way more uneducated adults than most of the cities in the top five.
28.1%, more than double the state average, of adults lack a GED, making Crete one of the worst places in Nebraska to start a book club.
The only thing that saves Crete from a higher position on this list is its middle-of-the-pack teenage high school dropout rate, which is actually 0.2% lower than the state average.
Located along U.S. Route 30 and the Union Pacific Railroad, Lexington ranks as the seventh dumbest city overall in Nebraska.
Lexington has the second highest rate of uneducated adults in the state, with a whopping 45.2% of adults lacking a GED.
Since 45 of every 100 adults in Lexington never completed high school, you can bet the city's adult residents don't know many answers when they're watching Jeopardy.
On the other hand, Lexington also has the twelfth lowest teenage high school dropout rate in the state, with only 1.6% of high schoolers dropping out each year. So you can also bet that the next generation will slowly improve Lexington's smartness score.
A railroad town in the southwestern portion of Nebraska, North Platte is actually way ahead of the state average in terms of educated adults – about 3% more adults have their GEDs in North Platte than the rest of Nebraska.
But the city does have a problem with keeping teenagers in high school; with 5.1% of teens dropping out each year, North Platte has the fifth highest dropout rate in the state, and more than doubles the state average.
Schuyler's a funny city to measure in terms of intelligence – it's adult population is the least educated in the state, but it's current dropout rate is really good.
45.4% of residents over the age of 25 in Schuyler lack a high school diploma, which is between three and four times worse than the state average.
Yet, with absolutely no teenagers reportedly dropping out of high school, Schuyler has the widest imaginable gap between the intelligence of its adult population and its up-and-coming generation. In other words, the city can only get smarter from here.
We we know, no city is perfect, so the dropout rate number might be a fudged.
Located in the Great Plains region of the U.S., Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and is home to several college campuses.
1.9% of Scottsbluff's teenagers won't be able to attend these colleges though, since they've opted out of completing basic education. That's not the real intelligence problem facing the city though.
Having the sixth highest rate of uneducated adults (16.2%) is the real problem. But again, the future generation will improve upon this score immensely in the years to come.
If you're measuring the locations in Nebraska where there are a high number of teenage dropouts and adults who never received a formal education, this is an accurate list.
If you're curious, here are the smartest cities in Nebraska, in order: Gretna, Sidney, Chadron, Holdrege, and York. These cities are well spread out over the state, so there doesn't seem to be a correlation between geography and intelligence in Nebraska.
Other notable cities: Nebraska's capital, Lincoln, ranks as the 11th smartest city in the state, with better than average rates of education in both generations.
Bellevue narrowly beats out Lincoln, ranking as the 10th smartest city in the state, with a slightly lower teenage dropout rate than the capital, but a slightly higher rate of uneducated adults.
Kearney is barely smarter than both of these cities, ranking as the 9th smartest city in Nebraska, with a higher dropout rate than Bellevue and Lincoln, but a more educated adult population.
We also studied what might be the 10 most redneck cities in Nebraska if you wanted to read that study.


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A study led by the Alertness CRC has found that if you can understand the individual timing of a worker's body clock, you can better help them maintain alertness during night shift.
Shift work has long been associated with impaired alertness and performance, which can further lead to poor staff health and increased workplace errors.
"We've uncovered new knowledge on the impact of different shift types and the sleep-wake behaviour of healthcare shift workers, which could inform potential methods of intervention to help people cope better with shift work," said Monash University's Dr Tracey Sletten; an Alertness CRC Project Leader and senior author on the recently published paper, "The Impact of Shift Work on Sleep, Alertness and Performance in Healthcare Workers".
Researchers used wrist activity monitors and daily diaries to evaluate, sleep and wake duration between the workers' shifts. They found the amount of sleep obtained during the day between night shifts was shorter than most people require. Working early morning shifts was also associated with a considerable reduction in sleep, according to the study.
"We found that in rotating shift workers, early day shifts could be associated with similar sleep loss to night shifts, particularly when scheduled immediately following an evening shift," Dr Sletten said. "This is important to consider when designing shift schedules to optimise the sleep, alertness and the wellbeing of staff in any industry".
Unlike many other similar studies, this study also involved the collection of biological samples, to assess the specific timing of individual staff's circadian phase – the timing of their body clock – to examine the impact of this timing on changes in alertness and performance during a shift. Circadian timing varied considerably between individuals, and this timing was shown to influence sleepiness and performance during night shifts.


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L'alcelafo torà (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora ) è una sottospecie di alcelafo originaria del Corno d'Africa. Il nome deriva dalla parola tigrina torā᾿, con cui l'animale è noto presso i locali.

Descrizione
L'alcelafo torà è un alcelafo di grandi dimensioni, che presenta un'altezza al garrese di circa 135 cm. La colorazione generale del manto è bruno-rossastra chiara su gran parte del corpo, comprese testa, fronte, parte superiore del posteriore e zampe anteriori. Le zampe posteriori e il ventre hanno colorazione variabile dal biancastro al giallastro, mentre la coda è nera. Le corna si differenziano notevolmente da quelle delle altre sottospecie: molto più sottili e divaricate, formano una specie di lira a bracci allargati.

Distribuzione e habitat
In passato l'alcelafo torà era diffuso nelle regioni occidentali e sud-occidentali dell'Eritrea, nell'Etiopia nord-occidentale e nelle adiacenti regioni confinanti del Sudan; attualmente sopravvive con un numero esiguo di esemplari nelle savane dell'Eritrea e in alcune località inaccessibili dell'Etiopia, ma è con tutta probabilità scomparso dal Sudan.

Conservazione
Il torà è la più rara sottospecie di alcelafo. Sono urgentemente necessari degli studi per determinare l'esatta estensione del suo areale e il numero di esemplari, così da sviluppare e incrementare appositi programmi di conservazione. Nel corso di sopralluoghi effettuati in Etiopia occidentale e nord-occidentale nel 2007 non sono state rinvenute prove che indicassero l'esistenza dell'animale nell'area. Nessun esemplare vive in cattività.

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"Heavy is the root of light
still is the master of restless
thus a lord might travel all day
but never far from his supplies
even in a guarded camp
his manner is calm and aloof
why would the lord of ten thousand chariots
treat himself lighter than his kingdom
too light he loses his base
too restless he loses command"
HAN FEI says, "'Heavy' means to be in control of oneself. 'Still' means not to leave one's place. Those who are heavy control those who are light. Those who are still direct those who are restless."
WANG PI says, "Something light cannot support something heavy. Something small cannot hold down something large."
CONFUCIUS says, "A gentleman without weight is not held in awe, and his leaning is not secure" (Lunyu: 1.8).
CH'ENG HSUAN-YING says, "Roots are heavy, while flowers and leaves are light. The light wither, while the heavy survive. 'Still' means tranquil, and 'restless' means excited. Excitement is subject to birth and death. Tranquility endures. Hence, the still rule the restless."
TE-CH'ING says, "'Heavy' refers to the body. 'Light' refers to what is external to the body; success and fame, wealth and honor. 'Still' refers to our nature. 'Restless' refers to our emotions. People forget their body and chase external things. They forget their nature and follow their emotions. Sages aren't like this. Even though they travel all day, they don't leave what sustains them."
KUAN-TZU says, "Those who move lose their place. Those who stay still are content" (quoted by Chiao Hung).
WU CH'ENG says, "When a lord travels for pleasure, he rides in a passenger carriage. When a lord travels to battle, he rides in a war chariot. Both of these are light. And behind these come the heavier baggage carts. Even though a lord might travel fifty kilometers a day in a passenger carriage or thirty kilometers a day in a war chariot, he does not hurry so far ahead that he loses sight of the baggage carts behind him."
TS'AO TAO-CH'UNG says, "'Supplies' means the precious commodities with which we maintain ourselves and without which we cannot exist for a second."
HO-SHANG KUNG says, "A lord who is not heavy is not respected. A plant's leaves and flowers are light. Hence, they are blown about by the wind. And its roots are heavy. Hence, it lives long. A lord who is not still loses his power. A dragon is still. Hence, it is able to constantly transform itself. A tiger is restless. Hence it dies young."
HSUAN-TSUNG says, "Traditionally, the Son of Heaven's fief included one million neighborhoods with a tax revenue of 640,000 ounces of silver, one million cavalry horses, and ten thousand war chariots. Hence, he was called 'lord of ten thousand chariots.'"
SU CH'E says, "If the ruler is light, his ministers know he cannot be relied upon. If the ministers are restless, the ruler knows their minds are bent on profit."
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There are Many Facets to a Remodeling Project! Make Sure Your Kitchen Remodel Estimate Includes Them All.
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Talk with one of our knowledgeable kitchen remodeling contractors in Petaluma, CA, or in one of the surrounding communities. Our courteous experts would be happy to answer any of your questions and provide valuable insight from their years of experience! Give us a call today at (707) 772-1272 to get started.
Remodels vary in scope and design. When it comes to transforming your kitchen space, our team at Tri County Design Center does our best to cater to your family's budget and functional needs, as well as your design preferences. For larger projects, our experienced experts can provide all your kitchen remodeling services, from pleasing cabinet finishes to breathtaking granite countertop installations. Even if you're designing on a tight budget, you'll find our little goes a long way in beautifying your kitchen.
Below are some of the popular services we've provided to our fellow homeowners. Be sure to see what our customers have to say about our work in the reviews section! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to give us a call.
New Fixtures Provide That Extra Flair to Complete the Look of Your Kitchen Remodel.
While they may occupy less territory in your kitchen, new kitchen fixtures perform a crucial role in your kitchen remodel. When all your countertops, cabinets, and tile flooring has been put into place, your fixtures and appliances put the final accent on the overall design. Experienced remodeling services understand this, which is why they'll never rush the decision.
As a homeowner, you'll likely interact with these elements every day. So choosing fixtures that match your personal tastes is a must! If you're just starting the remodeling process, try grabbing a few squares of your favorite countertop material, then play a little mix-and-match with your best fixture options. You should quickly get a sense for what does and doesn't work for your design. Once you've decided on your final selections, talk with your kitchen remodeling contractors so they can plan the adjustments for your new countertops.
The kitchen cabinets are one of the first visual points of contact for your kitchen. Kitchen and bathroom remodeling contractors must carefully mold the cabinets to fit with all major appliances and lighting fixtures. Picking the ideal hue and finish is just as important. A wrong choice could leave the cabinets blended in with the walls and countertop, while the right color makes the rest of the kitchen pop with renewed life.
If you prefer, you don't have to replace your cabinets at all. These essential aspects of your kitchen can be rejuvenated with staining or even a brand new paint. Our experts would love to help you plan your cabinet installation or refinish. Talk with one of our Petaluma, CA kitchen remodeling contractors at (707) 772-1272 to learn about your best styling options. They'll work with your budget to identify cost-effective, exhilarating ideas for your home!
Your Countertops Pull All the Other Elements of Your Kitchen Design Together.
The countertop is another segment of your kitchen design that provides both aesthetic and practical value for your home. Any kitchen and bath remodeling companies that neglect the countertop design process risk creating a confused look. Picking a lovely material is simple. Choosing a resilient surface that handles your design and cooking needs is another matter.
That's why our experienced remodeling experts at Tri County Design Center provide hardened materials like granite and quartz that can handle the day to day traffic, while providing a beautiful surface that pleases the eye. Both supply a multitude of design options while also giving you a long-lasting kitchen surface. Be sure to examine the dozens of hues and textures we offer by exploring our kitchen designer tool!
Of course, your lovely remodeled kitchen deserves a gorgeous new flooring to finish off the overall design! Choosing the right material for your home can be a challenge. Do you pick the warm, rustic look of natural hardwood flooring, or should you opt for an eye-catching, easy-to-clean tile design?
Our kitchen and bath remodeling contractors offer a pleasing variety of materials and styles to support your project. Whatever flooring material you need, we'll be happy to install it for you! That includes the essential subfloor preparation and on-site adjustments, by the way. Our courteous flooring experts at Tri County Design Center will walk with you through each step of the installation process. Should you have any questions about your flooring options, talk with one of our kitchen remodeling contractors at (707) 772-1272!
The Right Flooring Can Add Warmth and Light to Your Kitchen. Consider a Lighter Hardwood or Tile Floor!
Thinking about starting a remodeling project for your home? We'd love to consult with your family about budgeting and designing your new kitchen! Talk with one of our knowledgeable professionals about getting your kitchen remodel estimate. To get started today, give our team a call at (707) 772-1272.
At Tri County Design Center, we provide a full list of service to help you design, budget, and implement your dream kitchen! As kitchen remodeling contractors in Petaluma, CA, we've helped countless homeowners do just that. While a remodel may feel like a daunting task, our professionals can simplify the work, so that you can relax and enjoy the process. Even if you aren't sure how to start your plans, we'd love to help you build the home you'll love for decades to come!
Updated on November 30, 2018 at 4:11 pm by Tri County Design.


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There was a fatal accident involving a "wrong-way driver" on Christmas Day in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
An SUV traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of North Pulaski Road struck a 2001 Volkswagon Golf. Although the driver of the Golf, a 25-year-old woman, tried to swerve to avoid the oncoming SUV, the SUV nonetheless struck the passenger side of the car around 4:45 a.m. The accident happened in the 2600 block of North Pulaski Road.
A passenger in the rear seat of the Golf, Obdulia Villalobos, 67, died after the accident. She was pronounced dead at 5:18 a.m. at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
The 25-year-old female driver of the Golf – said to be the daughter of Obdulia Villalobos – was also taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Another passenger in the car, a 25-year-old male, was not injured.
The SUV, a Blazer, fled the scene. The SUV and its driver were found in a different location by Chicago Police.


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Team ZoomMass Beats Blustery Weather and Bad Luck
Team ZoomMass overcame blustery winds, severe thunderstorms, and overwhelming odds to finish with a gritty, Rocky-like performance, beaten up but upbeat, at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Supermileage Competition in Michigan. "When we got on the track the wind was howling," says Jonathan Rothstein, the team's faculty advisor. "It was so bad it blew the windshield off the car, which promptly got stuck in the front wheel, causing the car to spin around and the front wheel to shear off as it slid sideways. It took us half the day to put the car back together and persevere through a number of other problems, like flat tires and thunderstorms."
Team ZoomMass finally got its car back on the track just as the course was closing and recorded almost 400 mpg, which in itself was a small miracle. Despite hours of feverish pit-crew work, the wheels were still out of alignment and not tracking true, the body was weakened and wobbling, and the rear tire was rubbing on the skin.
Faced with the nightmarish weather, the friction and wind resistance from all these mechanical damages, and other problems beyond their control, team members worked through it all to see their little vehicle complete the course, put up a decent score, and finish a credible 12th place in the competition, which annually attracts more than 30 teams.
Thus, the 10-month odyssey of Team ZoomMass from the starting line last September, with nothing more to work with than a collection of spare parts, brilliant ideas, and bright dreams, to the finish line in June turned into exactly what it was designed to be. A capstone learning experience.
The object of all this learning was an eight-and-a-half-foot-long, 100-pound, teardrop-shaped, neon-green vehicle that's as simple as it is elegant. During two semesters of intensive work on the vehicle, the team designed and built an 85-pound chassis, the mechanical workings, three motors, two transmissions, all the usual bells and whistles, and a removable 15-pound, fiberglass shell with its clear-plastic bubble.
As with every beneficial learning experience, it's the journey, not the destination, that counts. The journey began last September, when Team ZoomMass began designing and building the vehicle from the ground up, starting with the standard, three-horsepower, 115-cubic-centimeter Briggs and Stratton lawnmower "starter engine" supplied by the SAE to every team in its competition. Actually, Team ZoomMass began scaling down and modifying three starter engines to see which was the most efficient. They created a 50 cubic centimeter fuel-injection engine, a 50 cubic centimeter carbureted engine, and a 25 cubic centimeter carbureted engine and then used the best of the three.
The team also experimented with two different transmissions. One is called a NuVinci continuously variable transmission. The name pays homage to Leonardo da Vinci, the first person to create the concept of a continuously variable transmission, which allows the drive shaft to maintain its most efficient RPM setting indefinitely.
"The other transmission is a variable-ratio transmission like the derailleur and sprockets you have on a bike," explains Rothstein. "The real question for the bike transmission is can it handle the power being outputted by the engine."
The almost year-long process of designing, building, assembling, and testing the supermileage vehicle puts much of the UMass mechanical engineering curriculum to work. The students use computer modeling software to design the car, they do fluid mechanical modeling to optimize the aerodynamics, they create three-dimensional CAD drawings of all the parts, and they use a special software to design the fiberglass shell.
They've even written a special mathematical code that takes into account the drag coefficient of the car, the rolling resistance of the bearings, the weight of the vehicle, the efficiency of the engine, and other factors to predict the ultimate mpg they will achieve.
"It's a great culminating experience for our seniors because they take a lot of the principles that they've been learning in the classroom and they apply them to a year-long project," says Dr. Rothstein. "The project depends on a very big design component, fluid dynamics, making composite materials, teamwork, project management, time management, and much more." (July 2011)


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Infrastructure Today Magazine | NCR states to benefit from high-speed corridor
NCR states to benefit from high-speed corridor
Web Exclusive / Jul 02, 2013
Apart from including Bharatpur in the National Capital Region (NCR) and making Jaipur as a Counter-Magnate Area (CMA), the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) also approved the construction of a high-speed corridor between Alwar and Delhi. Once completed, the distance between two cities can be covered in less than 30 minutes. Rajasthan is among the stake holders in the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) which will develop speedy connectivity between national capital and satellites towns.
Rajasthan has already pooled in its share of Rs 12.5 crore for construction of a high-speed corridor between Alwar and Delhi. Four states — Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi — are the stake holders in the project which has been started with an initial funding of Rs 100 crore. Each state has contributed 12.5 per cent while railways has invested Rs 50 crore. GS Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing said that the Department has given its contribution of Rs 12.5 crore in the newly developed corporation.
The agreement in principle was given earlier but now we have formally become part of it. The project will reduce the travelling time between Alwar and Delhi and develop Bhiwadi and Neemrana as major investment hubs in the country, he said. A feasibility study of alignments from Delhi to Alwar prepared by the Urban Mass Transit Company has already been submitted to ministry of urban development and approved by the NCRPB.
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For some people, the kitchen is heaven on earth. It's a place where they can explore various dishes and infuse tastes originating from different parts of the world. The cooking enthusiast's playground would not be complete without the wide selection of ingredients and, of course, equipment.
One company that ranks high when it comes to producing quality equipment is Kitchen Aid.
About Kitchen Aid
A century of producing quality cutlery, cook tops, coffee makers, and other cooking equipment. That's how long Kitchen Aid has been in the culinary industry. They aim to create tools that will allow cooks, chefs, and cooking enthusiasts to be at their best when they are working in the kitchen. Kitchen Aid wants to create a world of possibilities for people who want to blend, brew, bake, and cook.
It makes perfect sense that their products are ergonimically designed. This makes the experience of cooking fun even for those who are threatened by it. The embossed aluminum nameplates are a staple, so customers will always remember that they have Kitchen Aid with them as they whip up sumptuous dishes, desserts, and drinks.
Outdoor BBQ Grill Badges Design
Kitchen Aid is known for their line of barbecue grills. Their collection has grills that are precise and powerful so people can enjoy the experience of cooking or grilling outdoors. The company's logo shines brightly on the BBQ grill badges, making it difficult for people to miss that Kitchen Aid is responsible for grilling meat to perfection.
Intense Temperature For The BBQ Grill
The food is exposed to the ever-changing conditions during outdoor cooking. Concerns about the intense temperature are addressed by variations of Kitchen Aid's design. While the metal nameplates are constantly visible, the material used on the body varies. Some of their grills are made from stainless steel, while other island grills are made from faux-stone. The designs are simple, but they provide so much room for newbies and experts to make the most out of their outdoor cooking experience.
Another feature that their outdoor cooking grill has, aside from grilling accessories like the grill covers, are the infrared searing burners. These slowly cook the meat's insides while caramelizing the outside. This is a feature that only Kitchen Aid's grills have.
Crafting The Master Piece With Technology
As mentioned earlier, Kitchen Aid puts a lot of work in to the products they create. From conceptualization, all the way to design and production, the company bears the cook in mind. It's all about making things easy while providing enough space for tasty possibilities. Then comes the technological innovations to execute all these concepts.
The company goes down to the nitty gritty details like embossed aluminum plates and BBQ grill badges. Of course, at the end of the day, their products should bear the company's name, while the performance showcases what Kitchen Aid stands for. It's the little things like metal nameplates that made Kitchen Aid the company that it is today.
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The 35-million member strong European social networking site Netlog has opened its translation and localization capabilities to third-party developers. The site's translation system allows nearly instant translation into 23 languages.
Netlog is unique among social networking sites in that it only accepts applications offering "a clear added value" - refusing applications that force users to leave the site, install the application or invite friends. "In order to reach all of the 35 million Netlog members, applications needs to be localized," explained Lorenz Bogaert, co-founder and CEO at Netlog. "Using our translation function, developers can reach their target audience almost instantly in their local language - something other social networks fail to understand."
Three months ago, Netlog joined the OpenSocial initiative, which allows developers on the platform to use a common set of programming interfaces on social sites such as Orkut, MySpace, Yahoo!, Hi5 and Friendster. OpenSocial makes it easier for developers to build social applications and for websites to add more social features quickly. Netlog also announced it will give developers access to its "credits economy," offering developers an alternative for advertising revenues.