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    1. At a time when students should feel hopeful about their future, students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are instead being pulled away from an inclusive life path that leads to opportunities. They are deprived of the opportunity to dream big and plan for an adult life that includes post-secondary education.

      it's honestly viewed as a "next chapter" of everyone's lives when talking in terms of post secondary. i feel like thinking you don't even have this opportunity because of a developmental or intellectual disability, feels very isolating and lonely? it's like you are missing it while everyone gets to experience without you

    2. planning for post-secondary education, will set the stage for how they will contribute to their greater community after graduation and helps form both their student and career identities. Our education system’s vision for student success has been created to “enable learners to maximize their potential and to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to contribute to a healthy society and prosperous and sustainable economy”

      planning for post secondary helps students find their identities and contribute to their communities. the education system aims to help students develop the skills they need in order to succeed and engage in society!

    1. Fig. 3. Large carnivore incidents by species and type (grizzlybear, Ursus arctos; black bear, Ursus americanus; wolf, Canislupus; and cougar, Puma concolor). Percentages are cumulativeover 1999 through 2014

      2 How are the diets of wolves different from bears? How are cougars different from wolves in terms of what they eat and how they hunt? How does this knowledge inform about threats to livestock?

      According to the graph in figure 3 of the paper, wolves primarily cause damage to agriculture through eating livestock while grizzly bears split between livestock eating and attractant and Black Bears primarily being attractant. Cougars and wolves both primarily cause damage through eating livestock, but wolves hunt in packs where cougars hunt alone, so wolves tend to do more costly eating of livestock all at once. Additionally cougars also tend to eat smaller animals where a wolf pack or pair will eat larger animals. This knowledge shows us that although both wolves and cougars primarily cause damage through eating livestock, and the differences in diet and choice of prey can help farmers better adapt their defenses and mitigation strategies based on the animal threat they face most often.

    1. Once the controversy isrestated, the next step is to determinethe general category of the law intowhich it falls.

      This relates to the research methods we have been learning in class. Formulating a plan to find relevant sources to the issue we are researching is vital in cutting down time and reducing reading sources that do not apply to the issue at hand. Creating a viable plan before beginning research is a vital task to ensure logical research procedures.

    2. Outside of the legalbibliography manuals, which some-times approach this in their “surveysof legal materials”,

      As I learn research skills and the methods required to produce timely and efficient material it is reassuring to know there is no one true method. Although finding my method that produces effective results will not be easy I can understand it will come from time and repetition. Although the process of developing my technique has been extremely frustrating and confusing as I navigate I understand the importance that legal research and writing has in practice.

    3. particularly as to C.J.S.,constitute the most recent, definitivestatement of the law on a specific sub-ject.

      Thinking of encyclopedias, or C.J.S., as one of the most current resouces for information seems contrary to what one would assume. Having an accessible and quick way to learn about a research topic is a great short cut to noting which cases define the common law for the topic, and where to continue your research. This resource is especially great when a topic is new and you have a short timeframe to gather your necessary research.

    4. There is still the task of selection, ofevaluation, of logical organization,and of composition, but these lie be-yond the realm of pure legal research.They are matters involving the highestform of creative artistry in law, and in

      To the end of the sentence on the next page:

      The first portion of this quote highlights the idea of legal research involving gathering and analyzing statutes, case law, and precedents and crafting the actual legal documents. It also emphasizes that these two things require a much deeper level of creativity and personal interpretation than often thought of. Creating these legal documents requires critical thinking, persuasive techniques, and a variety of stylistic choices that reflect the author's (attorney's) voice and perspective. This quote highlights the duality of the legal profession: the reliance on empirical data and well-established laws, and the art that is the actual profession itself - thriving on individual expression and interpretation; it makes the practice rigorous and dynamic.

    5. ll Iwant is a case just like mine fromGeorgia!” She left in a huff, thor-oughly convinced that I did not wantto help her and half-believing that Iwas secretly in league with the insur-ance company against her,

      Here, we see some of the frustration that the public has with our legal system. People who aren't trained attorneys often don't understand the "whys" of the law: Why is it so hard to find a similar case? Why did a judge rule in a way that seems to contradict common sense? Why is this city code so hard to read? I think a lawyer who works with everyday people (i.e. a local defense attorney or a lawyer who writes wills for your average Joe) must empathize with these frustrations and be patient if they want to be effective.

    6. ‘There arespecial problems, such as questionsarising out of the Restatement or oneof the Uniform laws (in these the re-searcher turns immediately to the Re-statement in the Courts or UniformLaws, Annotated).

      This provides insight on the intricate process of researching legal frameworks that provide outlines for our legal system - like the Restatement of the Law and Uniform Laws. These are designed to clarify legal principles, but not to enforce the law unless the courts adopt them. A legal researcher's task is not just about reading these difficult texts but also about actually understanding them and being able to apply them where necessary. This particular part of the practice reflects a larger truth which is that the practical application of the law often differs from the theory of the law. Legal researchers cannot only rely on the theory of law, but also have to engage in the judicial evolution of legal doctrines. The legal doctrines provided by sources like the restatements and UCC must be viewed by themselves and also through their application to cases in order to truly understand how they influence the law.

    7. When due allowance is made forthese fairly numerous “special situa-Vol. 46tions’, most experienced legal re-searchers have a reasonably well-de-fined “pattern of approach”. This“pattern” will differ widely from oneresearcher to another, reflecting per-sonal preferences, but each will tendto fit into something of a stand-ardized approach.

      This underscores the way one needs to blend structure and individuality in any and all legal research. An experienced researcher might develop their own "pattern of approach" over time, but it was likely to be shaped by how your professors taught you and how their professors taught them. The overall method is likely to be the same others', even if there are situations - such as unique legal questions - where one might take a specific route towards research. Like most research processes - across the board - there's a bit of standardization of the legal one. Even if we all have differences in what works best for us, we all have to make sure we're competent, thorough, and efficient. Its the mix of the personal and the structured that makes legal research so creative while also being methodical.

    8. When due allowance is made forthese fairly numerous “special situa-Vol. 46tions’, most experienced legal re-searchers have a reasonably well-de-fined “pattern of approach”.

      This is something that I hope I can achieve. Despite spending almost six weeks in law school, I am unaware if anything has "clicked" for me. However, I am riding on the wave that it will eventually click, that law school and legal studied will eventually get better. I want to get to a point where I have a "pattern of approach" for legal research and reading legal documents. I am certain though that I am more equipped now that I was six weeks ago. But, I still have a long way to do.

    9. But, somebody must start it.Here it goes:

      This phrase really struck me. Up to this point, the article seems to be about what is expected of research and the idea that every person has a different approach. I think it can be really easy to assume that everyone else is doing things better, even if they never say what it is they're doing, and sometimes it can be difficult to start a conversation that needs to be had when you think you aren't good enough to start it. But if important conversations are going to happen, someone has to start them.

    10. I agree, everyone will find their own way of researching, and it might be altered by the issue. That said, this article gives a nice guide for those new to legal research, and I’m sure if followed will produce worthwhile results.

    11. I do not guaranteethat the research approach I have out-lined will find every “case just likemine from Georgia”.

      Obviously there is no method to guarantee our perfect case will be found, yet this seems so frustrating. You can go through the whole research process, doing each step as well as it can be done, and still not end up finding what you're looking for. Sometimes the "case just like mine" doesn't exist which is quite the bitter conclusion to reach after a lengthy research process.

    12. Of course, all legal problems do notyield to the same approach. ‘There arespecial problems, such as questionsarising out of the Restatement or oneof the Uniform laws (in these the re-searcher turns immediately to the Re-statement in the Courts or UniformLaws, Annotated). There are otherproblems which suggest a particularapproach, as, for example, where theanswer turns on a definition (recently,in a case involving a covenant againsta “two-family dwelling’, Words &Phrases was more helpful than anyother work). In yet other cases, theIndex to Legal Periodicals yields fruit-ful law review discussions (this is par-ticularly true in new fields, such aslabor law, or fields of current, intenseactivity and change, such as civilrights). Other “special situations”will be remembered by every re-searcher,

      Differences in situations like the author describes here have been frustrating for me outside of research in law school. Considering that I am still new to this, I will get to a point where I feel comfortable with an idea that I have been learning and then a slight change will warrant a completely different approach that I am not familiar with and I have to start all over again. I feel like the author's last sentence of this paragraph is really more of a euphemistic way to say that everyone will have their own mental scars from dealing with their particular "special situations."

    13. However, in the final analysis, legalresearch is an art, not a science. Cer-tainly, the researcher must know whatbooks touch the field and the extentof their coverage, but beyond thismany factors—familiarity with thelegal principles involved, a vivid senseof analogy, a quick mind, a penetrat-ing insight, a lively imagination—maymake all the difference in the world asregards the results of different re-searchers.

      This idea of legal research and practice being an art more than a science is intriguing to me. It seems to me that a great deal of what we have learned so far in LRW or our other classes has been a mixture of both. I find that my mind feels comfortable with procedures and rules that are in theory rigid and clear, but then the application to a fact pattern or a slight shift in interpreting the exact words, "make[s] all the difference in the world as regards the results..."

    14. A cagey, oldlawyer several years ago searched thislibrary several days, only to find onecase on his point in this country—andthat was against him. He hid the book.It took us a week to find it—to becited against him.

      This is such an interesting way to play strategy in law, one that I would never think of to use. I wonder if why I am surprised by this approach is my technological outlook on research. Most of the research I have done throughout my life has been via internet, primary source or secondary. Because of this, I imagine when I am doing research that we have all of the same access to resources. The idea of hiding a law book has its own implications because of the innate nature of law resources as a whole. As discussed in my library tour with Professor Creed, law firms are limited on research resources because of the cost of these materials. This strategy is especially perfect for the law industry as the materials are as limited as mentioned.

    15. Lawyers sometimes fail tomake their clients see the “legal ques-tion” involved and, more rarely, theythemselves fail to see it in its fullimplications.

      Is there such a thing as being too specific? I feel like the problems with the law and the lack of understanding derive from getting so granular that the wording begins to lose focus. Certain topics require specificity, but I can't quite agree with language that is so unreachable. Why not write like Hemingway?

    16. n new orrapidly developing fields, these recentcases sometimes bring into the rule anew emphasis or even change theweight of authority. This is an im-portant step; lawyers who omit it—asa few do—are sometimes embarrassedlater by their oversight.

      That has to be frustrating- doing all that research, thinking you have the right case law in hand only to find out that there is new law that changes your support. This I hope will make me weary of neglecting to stay current on decisions in my field of practice, so i'm not as easily surprised. On the contrary, It'll make me more prepared for changes in law.

    17. The approach which I have out-lined begins with the textbooks, be-cause I prefer to begin my searchfrom the authoritative statement ofa specialist. I have seen others startwith the encyclopedias and still others,usually young men with law reviewbackgrounds, turn first to the Ameri-can Digest System.

      I really like how the author tells us her process for which resources to use and when to use when answering her problem. I also like how she acknowledges that this is the way that works for her and just because it works for her does not mean it is superior than another way in which others may tackle the same problem. I think the important concept is to find a way that works for you and acknowledging that it is not less efficient or wrong to start with a different source than others. It is going to take us some time to figure out what works best for us but this gives us a good idea for a starting point.

    1. Before this centralization of media in the 1900s, newspapers and pamphlets were full of rumors and conspiracy theories. And now as the internet and social media have taken off in the early 2000s, we are again in a world full of rumors and conspiracy theories.

      While it's reasonable to claim that a decentralized media system results in the proliferation of conspiracy theories, I think it's worth noting that conspiratorial press is also very common within centralized media systems. News networks and daytime TV alike both have a tendency to report shocking and dubiously truthful (if not outright false and dangerous) news, often manufacturing outrage just the same.

    2. Books and news write-ups had to be copied by hand, so that only the most desired books went “viral” and spread

      This is fairly interesting, and something my discussion partner brought up in week two. I get that in some sense books are considered social media, but I feel like they have slipped away from that definition with new social media platforms becoming more and more prevailent. My biggest question regarding this is whether or not the lack of ability to recieve feedback directly through a boom would disqualify it from a more modern understanding of what constitutes social media.

    1. Kumeyaay spokeswoman Bernice Paipa says their biggest headache is that “the majority of the 29 remains went into private hands and have never been accounted for

      !!!

    2. The school formed the NAGPRA group to decide whether to return to the Kumeyaay the three skeletons unearthed at University House in 1976. As the meeting wore on, it became clear that the Kumeyaay felt the group had come to bargain repatriation of the skeletons for the Indians’ blessing on the University House project.

      it is crazy to me that they even had to THINK about whether or not to return the skeletons to the Kumeyaay people, i feel like even thinking about keeping them is selfish

    1. At the same time, there are range of CLBC services that may be available to support your goals, based on disability-related needs and available funding.

      lots of opportunities and offers to make sure they can have a say and variety in what field individuals with disabilities want to go though

    2. CLBC staff work hard to provide information in a way that is easy to understand, to answer your questions and to build a positive relationship with you.

      putting an effort to make sure they can excel during the process of finding work

    1. Friction is anything that gets in the way of a user performing an action. For example, if you have to open and navigate through several menus to find the privacy settings, that is significant friction. Or if one of the buttons has a bug and doesn’t work when you press it, so you have to find another way of performing that action, which is significant friction.

      It's very interesting to think about the idea of friction as an intentional choice, which seems counterintuitive. However, on further thought it seems like MORE friction should be added to social media. Services like Meta's Reels and TikTok have very low friction levels (even ads can be swiftly swiped past) which cause many people--including me--to get sucked into an endless scroll for dopamine.

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    1. Verify that the radio_button is selected Verify that the radio_button is not selected

      Usually the radio button will have identification text like the example provided.

    1. Our job is not tocensure but to understand. (Applause.

      How is the moral obviousness of how wrong this is not clear? They refuse to censure (disapprove), echoing that nothing has changed (Piexoto)

    2. great GeoffreyChaucer; but those of you who know Professor Wade informally, a

      Offred's narrative makes connections to Chaucer, the first poet to publish in english. Most connection to the Canterbury tales which talks about pilgrims in a story-telling competition.

      So are handmaids on a pilgrimage, and it is a tale and not a biography ?? Is offred a pilgrim looking for her religiousness?

      Sexist element in saying she was looking for her lost faith and she was telling a fib, a lie, a myth.

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    1. It always seemed inevitable to me that the truth would come outone day and be believed. So the orphanage was somehow meant to put paidto all the rumours and sweep any doubts away

      The orphanage throughout the play is a means for people's benefits. Mrs.Alving uses it to cover the truth and for Mr.Alving and Oswald's social reputation and other people use it to extract profit

    2. EGINE: No, shame to say, you haven’t. If I’d known Osvald was sickly –. Andnow that there can’t ever be anything serious between us –. No, I reallycan’t be staying out here in the country wearing myself out on invalids.SVALD: Not even for somebody who’s so close to you?EGINE: Not likely. A poor girl has to take advantage of her youth; otherwiseshe might end up with nothing72 before she knows it. And I have the joy oflife in me too, ma’am!

      When the connection between Oswald and Regine is revealed, Oswald is deeply heart-broken, as opposed to Regine, who shows a cold attitude. The fact that she wishes to 'take advantage of her youth' shows that she was only interested in Oswald for her material gain [her trip to Paris], and that she has never truly loved him.

      Despite the hatred that Regine has against his father, she is quite similar to his father in this sense - taking advantage of love for material gain and social success

    3. You’ve established a beautiful illusion in your son’s mind, MrsAlving – and you truly shouldn’t undervalue that.RS ALVING: Hm; who knows whether that really is such a good thing. – Butany underhand goings on with Regine are out of the question, at least. He’snot going to go and make that poor girl unhappy.

      Mrs.Alving's refusal of the reality - Oswald is unconsciously inheriting a lot of aspects of his father, even those that she wanted him to avoid, the primary cause for her to send him to another city and cutting the bonds between their relationship

    4. SVALD [sits motionless as before and says]: The sun. – The sun.

      The Sun reflects Oswald's pursuit for clarity of his past, family, and truth. Throughout the novel, darkness manifested in the house and the places he has been staying, which contributed to his illness [he was not allowed to know about his father, which led him to build an ideal image of him on his own imagination. And when this image is broken, he faces struggles and mental disorders]

      "Oh, how – how dark it is here!" "It is dark outside apart from a faint glow to the left in the background."

    5. NGSTRAND: Can you ask a father what he wants with his only child? Aren’t Ia lonely and forsaken widower?

      This once again shows his manipulative endeavor. + how he repeats the word 'father' and 'child' "What the hell's this? Going against your own father, are you, girl?" He brings up familial and bloodline connection before revealing is true intention, as a means for Engstrand to make Regine feel bad for him. His primary interest lies in how she can be used as 'womenfolk round the house, for a bit of fun in the evenings, singing and dancing'

    6. EGINE: Yes, you can be sure we’ll see about it! Me! Who’s grown up herewith Mrs Alving, the wife of the chamberlain? Me! Who’s been treatedalmost like one of the family here –? I’m supposed to move home to you?To a house like that? Ugh!

      Engstrand's treatment of Regine throughout the play can be interpreted as both exploitative and manipulative. The relationship between the two figures lack of connection and concern for each others' well being, because both of them are focused on their desires and ambitions for material success. This quote specifically highlights Regine's awareness of Engstrand's manipulative endeavor, as well as her refusal to be used for his gain

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    1. Then he looked directly at me, just for a minute. "I ain't smart," he said. "If I was smart, I'd have reached for a pistol a long time ago."

      I think that this sentence is really showing the narrator and the reader the personality of someone struggling, showing perhaps a potential insight into how Sonny may have acted or looked before his death. I also thought that this line was heartbreaking for the reader because you can infer that this person has an extremely low view of themselves, perhaps contributing to how they live.

    2. Maybe it did more for them than algebra could

      I thought that this line was specifically heart wrenching within the story because I think that it displays the sad reality of loving someone with an addiction and not being able to ever fully understand, because there is no logic or sense to it. I thought that it was enforcing the idea that an outsider looking in will never be able to understand someone's own personal struggle.

    3. spelling out the story

      Before I read this I didn't know what story he was referring to and now I understand.

    4. When I came Page 22 back, nothing had changed I hadn't changed I was just-older."

      This is another line that really goes into how the character feels about Harlem and the things they went through saying that when they came back to Harlem, even though he was older everything was pretty much the same. Sometimes we go through things in our past that if we go back to the original place, it can bring feelings of sorrow rather than just nostalgia which is an important message in this story.

    5. I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill it, this instrument, with the breath of life, his own. He has to make it do what he wants it to do. And a piano is just a piano. It's made out of so much wood and wires and little hammers and big ones, and ivory. While there's only so much you can do with it, the only way to find this out is to try; to try and make it do everything.

      This passage was by far my favorite. I love how Baldwin is saying that even though he may be feeling sad or have faced may things in life, he can play beautiful music. His life and him breathing is so important as a musician because he can use those feelings or emotions to his advantage to help spread to message to anyone who hears it and as a musician, he would have the control to make it do what he wanted it to.

    6. "I've been something I didn't recognize, didn't know I could be. Didn't know anybody could be."

      This really stuck out to me. In a way I thought it was powerful because he feels he is changing in his character or personality which results from the trauma he has faced and the sadness that the character feels.

    7. Look. Don't tell me your sad story

      I wonder why they never cared about what was going on in Sonny's friend's life, what he had been through, if anything. And why did they not question the boy on why he was always waiting in the courtyard?

    8. "I thought Sonny was a smart boy, I thought he was too smart to get hung

      I was pretty confused when I was reading this sentence. I knew that something happened to Sonny but they were never really clear on what. But then they said he got hung so I took it in the context of he was dead, but as the story went on that was obviously not the case so now I think that they meant more so he got hung up on things he shouldn't have been.

    9. and nodded. Then he put it back on top of the piano

      I really liked this sentence because it gave the story the ending that it needed, this sentence showed that Sonny was okay; that he had turned over a new leaf and that he was not going back to the person he was before.

    10. But something deep and watchful in the child knows that this is bound to end, is already ending. In a moment someone will get up and turn on the light.

      *Whats significant about this comment to me, is the authors use of light and darkness. He has an unique take on it, and this is especially noticeable when he makes this statement, about when the light comes on the kid is filled with dark. Its like Bane from Batman who has a well known statement about how he was born in the darkness, and the difference of this versus somebody like batman who adopted it. This child and the environment had turned so dark that light represented having to experience life going on. This is a beautiful way of explaining how life experiences aren`t always so light and dark, and the different ways light can be perceived to those born in the dark. *

    11. "How you been keeping?" he asked me.

      A lot of times siblings say more informal things to each other so it was nice to see the author convey that here and show what the relationship between two siblings is like.

    12. "Don't you know what I mean?" he asked, softly.

      I think that all throughout the story he's trying to get into Sonny's world. At first he doesn't want to be in his world, here he is trying to get in.

    13. A teacher passed through them every now and again, quickly, as though he or she couldn't wait to get out of that courtyard, to get those boys out of their sight and off their minds.

      I think a lot of times students assume that teachers don't want to be there when they themselves don't like school much so I wonder if this is what the author was trying to convey?

    14. I read about it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I read it, and I couldn't believe it, and I read it again.

      The use of repetition here, I think, is a really good way to start the passage because it sets the reader up for how the main character is as a person.

    15. These boys, now, were living as we'd been living then, they were growing up with a rush and their heads bumped abruptly against the low ceiling of their actual possibilities.

      I think "the low ceiling of their actual possibilities" is a line that very strongly resonates throughout the entire story. Both brothers tried to break that ceiling.

    16. They was having fun, they just wanted to scare him, the way they do sometimes, you know

      I like this line because it demonstrates how some people don't take into consideration how serious a situation can get.

    17. I'm glad Mama and Daddy are dead and can't see what's happened to their son and I swear if I'd known what I was doing I would never have hurt you so, you and a lot of other fine people who were nice to me and who believed in m

      I feel like this what goes through every addicts mind whenever they think about their past actions and most of the time they are able to get help and get clean but there is always the few that realize they need help but don't do anything about it

    18. And I didn't write Sonny or send him anything for a long time. When I finally did, it was just after my little girl died

      The narrator didn't realize or maybe even understand Sonny's suffering because he never experienced it himself but after his daughter's passing he knew and understood.

    19. Page 1 Sonny's Blues Sonny's Blues Sonny's Blues Sonny's Blues

      Even though this is only the title, I think it is a perfect way to title the story. It encapsulates the theme of Sonny's fight with addiction while talking about his love of music

    20. "Do you have a better idea?" He just walked up and down the kitchen for a minute. He was as tall as I was. He had started to shave. I suddenly had the feeling that I didn't know him at all

      "I suddenly had the feeling that I didn't know him at all." I like this part a lot. It's simple, but I feel as though it holds a lot of weight. People we once knew can feel like strangers in just a blink of an eye.

    21. And when light fills the room, the child is filled with darkness. He knows that every time this happens he's moved just a little closer to that darkness outside. The darkness outside is what the old folks have been talking about. It's what they've come from. It's what they endure. The child knows that they won't talk any more because if he knows too much about what's happened to them, he'll know too much too soon, about what's going to happen to him

      This particular part is very descriptive, the use of light and dark adds extra feeling to it. "The darkness outside is what the old folks have been talking about." right after talking about how when the light turns on, the child will be filled with darkness. The child will see the reality of the world around them, and that will fill them with the darkness the author speaks of. It leaves you with a gloomy/upset feeling.

    22. Page 1 Sonny's Blues Sonny's Blues Sonny's Blues Sonny's Blues I read about it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I read it, and I couldn't believe it, and I read it again. Then perhaps I just stared at it, at the newsprint spelling out his name, spelling out the story. I stared at it in the swinging lights of the subway car, and in the faces and bodies of the people, and in my own face, trapped in the darkness which roared outside.

      I really love this opening, it grabs the readers attention and leaves you wondering what the narrator is talking about. It compels the reader to keep reading!

    1. there was a parallel growth of social media platforms that were based on having “no rules”,

      This is the first time that I'm hearing of such platforms and it defies the idea that social media always reinforces connectivity and is mostly beneficial in some way or the other. This also brings into question how although media similar to this creates high levels of toxicity, misinformation, manipulation and more, they still continue to exist for various reasons such as revenue earned from the platforms, the right to free speech and more which I personally find extremely unethical.

    2. “Anonymous” the hacker group

      Ok, I've definitely gone down the youtube rabbit hole of watching various things this group has done. It's interesting to know that a group who had an actual impact on the world started as a 4chan group.

    1. O singer bashful and tender, I hear your notes, I hear your call,

      In the line "O singer bashful and tender, I hear your notes, I hear your call" from Walt Whitman's "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," the speaker addresses the "singer" as a symbol of both mourning and beauty. The adjectives "bashful" and "tender" evoke a sense of vulnerability and fragility, suggesting that the song of the singer—likely representing Abraham Lincoln or a broader embodiment of loss—is both poignant and gentle. This duality reflects the complexities of grief, where the beauty of memory intertwines with sorrow. The repetition of "I hear" emphasizes the speaker’s deep connection to this voice, suggesting that the act of listening becomes an essential part of processing grief. This line encapsulates the overarching theme of the poem: the interplay between loss and the enduring power of remembrance. In a world marked by violence and tragedy, the tender notes serve as a reminder of the beauty that persists even amidst profound sorrow.

    1. archaeologists qualified to assess the value of these artifacts

      Even though their might be a possibility that they won't get much information, I don't see why they don't also consult the Kumeyaay tribe as well. If they're not sure, just like the tribes who were consulted to see the footprints in White Sands National Park, they'd probably be notified and possibly go see it.

    2. were not bagged inplastic bags, but some were in paper bags

      This was really surprising to read because even though UCSD isn't really known for their anthropology or history department, I thought that they'd at least do the bare minimum to protecting these items. However, the fact they barely did anything to properly preserve them, shows that not even well reputed federal institutions can be entirely trusted to help preserve Native history.

    1. trials Then

      missed the identification of metal and never talked about the percent of error. also forgot a period.

    2. Graph 1

      Has no labels of the Y&X axis.

    1. Specifically, EPA should: Institute a pause and review for all grants over a certain threshold. Put a political appointee in charge of the grants office to prioritize distribution of grants to those who are most in need and toward projects that will tangibly improve the environment. Cap the number and dollar amounts of grants that the Office of Research and Development can award and require that they be reviewed by the Administrator’s office.

      To reduce funding for EPA's extramural research as well as for NGOs addressing environmental justice, the author proposes an initial halt and "review" of all bigger ongoing grants. Ironically, the author's solution to allegedly "radical" environmental research "driven by ideology" is to put a political appointee in charge of EPA research enterprises. Is that person really going to enable grant distribution to "those who are in most need and towards projects that will tangibly improve the environment"? Only if judgements about need and tangibility reflect demonstrably scientific realities more so that conservative ideological blinders that so often skew and slant the proposals in this chapter.

    2. Regional EJ staff efforts, both in the ORCs and in the policymaking offices, are highly variable. EPA is therefore likely to take inconsistent legal positions.

      The author has argued that a conservative EPA will take its cues from the states, even turn leadership in pollution control over "to the states." The regional offices mentioned here are the agency's primary vehicle for engaging with the states. But this recommendation advocates greater headquarters control over these regional offices, which conflicts with the earlier-expressed desire to work more collaboratively with the states. The author's jarring swerve here toward calling for centralization stems from what is apparently a higher goal: stymying or eliminating any efforts toward environmental justice within the agency.

    3. The Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR).

      Once again, the author is framing environmental justice as a priority only of the Biden administration. Civil rights and environmental justice have been long-standing concerns at the EPA, beginning under Republican leadershipl, when President George Bush first established an Office of Environmental Equity in 1991.

      See comment #70 above as well others on the Foreword section of the document.

    4. Review EPA’s Environmental Justice and Title VI authority.

      The author's failure to offer specific examples of how the Biden administration has "broadened" the EPA's use of Title VI, or to specify "long-standing understandings of the legal limits of that authority" reflects the speciousness of this argument. In the 1970s and 1980s, the EPA  circumscribed its statutory obligations under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. President Clinton's Executive Order 12898 of 1994 along with the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice within EPA (from an earlier Office of Environmental Equity established under Bush), were important efforts to bring the agency into compliance with federal law.

      https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/111/1/71/7695574?redirectedFrom=fulltext

    5. Repeal Inflation Reduction Act programs
    6. Reject precautionary default models and uncertainty factors. In the face of uncertainty around associations between certain pollutants and health or welfare endpoints, EPA’s heavy reliance on default assumptions like its low-dose, linear non-threshold model bake orders of magnitude of risk into key regulatory inputs and drive flawed and opaque decisions.

      Precautionary models, including assumptions of "low-dose linear nonthresholds," have been central to EPA risk assessments since risk assessment itself began at the agency in the late 1970s.  Doing away with them would radically alter the EPA's safety levels for all chemicals known or suspected to cause cancer, for endocrine disruptors, and alll substances otherwise well-established as having no safe level  of exposure, such as lead.  Rejection of such models, apparently because of the "opaque decisions" and "disportionate economic impacts" they are accused of causing, flies in the face of consensual statements of public health professionals like the article below, which hold that "hazard and risk assessments should not assume existence of a 'safe' or 'no-risk' level of chemical exposure in the diverse general population."    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-022-00930-3.

    7. their membership has too often been handpicked to achieve certain political positions

      Precisely what the Trump administration sought to do, by trying to forbid those with EPA grants from serving as well as appointing more members who were corporate scientists-for-hire (working for regulated companies or corporate consulting firms), or also scientists working environmental agencies in Texas and other red states. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/14/583972957/top-epa-science-adviser-has-history-of-questioning-pollution-research https://www.eenews.net/articles/boards-add-industry-and-state-officials-drop-scientists/ https://envirodatagov.org/an-embattled-landscape-federal-environmental-science-integrity-in-the-united-states-a-three-part-series-part-1-targeting-scientific-influence-on-policy/

    8. Suspend and review the activities of EPA advisory bodies

      Scientific advisory committees play a crucial and cost-effective role in making available to the EPA the best in contemporary knowledge in environmental sciences and policy to inform agency decision-making. For what the Trump administration actually did to these, see charts 1-3 in https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    9. EPA’s scientific enterprise, including ORD, has rightly been criticized for decades as precautionary, bloated, unaccountable, closed, outcome-driven, hostile to public and legislative input, and inclined to pursue political rather than purely scientific goals.

      Most all the criticisms tallied here come from conservative and industry-allied critics.  EPA's scientific programs were targeted by severe cuts during the Trump Administration, which through the intervention of Congress were limited to actual cuts of 14% to 35.6% between FY2016 and FY2019.  See among other charts #s 2, 4, 8-10 in  https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    10. The Biden Administration has expanded the scope and breadth of regulatory actions with respect to OPPT and OPP, but both programs continue to maintain that resources are insufficient.

      Only the second call that more--not fewer--resources need to be devoted to an EPA program.   But during the Trump administration, research into "chemical safety for sustainability" was reduced by 35.6% between FY2016 and FY2019, surpassing the cuts in all other EPA research programs. See esp. chart 9 in https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    11. When approving pesticides, FIFRA allows for cost-benefit balancing, recognizing that pesticides are effective precisely because they harm pests. However, the ESA does not allow for any consideration of the beneficial effects of pesticides.

      Recent studies of the health effects of pesticides are sobering. Researchers investigated what happened in several rural counties where White-Nose Syndrome caused a sharp decrease in the number of bats, who eat insects. Pesticide use on nearby farms went up by 30% -- and infant mortality in those same counties went up by almost 8%. Cost-benefit balancing must include the most recent research on costs as well as benefits of these powerful chemicals.  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0344

    12. Eliminate or consolidate the regional laboratories and allow OLEM to use EPA, other government, or private labs based on expertise and cost.

      Yet another plan that will further strip the agency of scientific capacity, going beyond what was done in the Trump years.https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    13. it is critical that OLEM staff focus on project management more than policy creation. Emphasizing productivity more than process and policies can result in more work on the ground in communities

      Given this emphasis on "productivity" in OLEM, it is worth noting how the Trump administration, the first to introduce ELMS to the agency, actually did on the Superfund front.  Between December 2016 and December 2019, the EPA office in charge of Superfund had lost 14.5% of its staff.  https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/ In 2019, "the EPA cleaned up the fewest sites of any year before the 1980s, as site backlogs were reaching a 15 year high." https://apnews.com/article/c1d827364ac630d53848ac3ec489788d

    14. A WOTUS rule that makes clear what is and is not a “navigable water” and respects private property rights. Coordinate with Congress to develop legislation, if necessary, to codify the definition in Rapanos v. United States that “waters of the United States” can refer only to “relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies of water…as opposed to ordinarily dry channels through which water occasionally or intermittently flows.

      This is a repeat of the Trump administration's unsuccessful effort to sharply limit the waters to which the Clean Water Act is applicable.  In 2019, the Trump administration proposed a rule that would have removed protections for 1 in 5 river miles and 50% of wetlands previously protected.  That rule was replaced by a new rule finalized in 2023 that restored many of the earlier protections, though a Supreme Court decision in Sackett vs. EPA that same year struck down a wider definition of protected waters.   https://www.americanprogress.org/article/debunking-trump-administrations-new-water-rule/ https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-and-army-finalize-rule-establishing-definition-wotus-and-restoring-fundamental https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-454_4g15.pdf For context, see chapter 3 in https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674979970.

    15. Place a political appointee in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ, regulating mobile sources) and a political appointee in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,

      Political appointees to the EPA have been confined to leadership of the Administrator and program offices at the headquarters, along with regional office leadership.   Making political appointments to head these scientific wings of the agency could deepen a new administration's interventions into the agency's ongoing scientific work, going beyond the severe cuts and de-prioritization of agency science during the Trump administration.  https://envirodatagov.org/an-embattled-landscape-federal-environmental-science-integrity-in-the-united-states-a-three-part-series-part-1-targeting-scientific-influence-on-policy/ https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    16. Establish a system, with an appropriate deadline, to update the 2009 endangerment finding.

      The 2009 endangerment finding, completed by the Obama Administration EPA in response to a court order, gathered the abundant evidence available by 2011 to declare that the EPA could regulate greenhouse gas emissions as threats to public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act. https://www.apeoplesepa.org/home/climate Ever since, it has been a dream of many in the conservative movement to reverse this finding, thereby pulling the legal rug out from any regulation of greenhouse emissions.  While some  in the Trump Administration resisted such a move, including this chapter's author, others did undertake a last minute unsuccessful move to try and overturn it.  It appears that Project 2025 authors would now like to take another crack at the finding, at least to "update" it.  https://www.eenews.net/articles/inside-the-trump-epas-final-moves-on-climate/

    17. on small businesses

      Current EPA reporting requirements for greenhouse emissions only apply to about 8,000 facilities in the US. While these cover about 85-90% of U.S. greenhouse emissions, most genuinely small businesses are already exempted from having to report these. https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting US firms' reportage of greenhouse emissions has been falling behind that of "global peers" according to MSCI Sustainbility Institute https://www.msci-institute.com/insights/us-firms-fall-further-behind-global-peers-on-climate-disclosure/

    18. return the standard-setting role to Congress

      Members of Congress cannot be expected to have the requisite expertise, as Congress itself acknowledged through its broad framing of the Clean Air Act. Highlighting "the growth in the amount and complexity of air pollution," calling for "a national research and development program to achieve the prevention and control of air pollution," it generally authorized the Executive Branch "to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population." Nowhere does the Act suggest an expectation that the authorized agency come back to Congress for the standard-settting needed to accomplish such a goal. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2013-title42/html/USCODE-2013-title42-chap85-subchapI-partA-sec7401.htm

    19. ensure to the maximum extent possible that grants and funding are provided to state regulatory entities and not to nonprofits.

      Here and elsewhere, this author evinces a special animus against the many programs set up by the Biden EPA to fund and otherwise support community-based organizations addressing the pollution and other environmental impacts facing disadvantaged communities, under the Justice40 initiative led by the Biden White House https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/justice40-epa

    20. Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT)

      Best Available Control Technology, a higher standard than "reasonably available" should remain the standard to protect public health. For more on when each standard is currently applied, see https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/setting-emissions-standards-based-technology-performance

    21. When doing cost-benefit analysis, use appropriate discount rates, focus on the benefits of reducing the pollutant targeted by Congress, identify “co-benefits” separately, and acknowledge the uncertainties involved in quantifying benefits.

      Currently, “co-benefits” — benefits from a regulation that are ancillary to its intended purpose — must be considered alongside direct benefits for there to be an accurate cost-benefit analysis. For instance, when the EPA adopted its mercury rule to limit toxic mercury emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants, the agency rightly included the co-benefits from reductions in fine particulate matter that would result from the installation of pollution control equipment used to reduce mercury emissions. Legalistically excluding the co-benefits of a rule, on the other hand, would make it harder for EPA to justify that rule, and stymie its ability to move against the multiple public health threats faced by many communities. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/reckoning-conservatives-bad-faith-cost-benefit-analysis/#:~:text=The%20demise%20of%20regulatory%20cost,conflicts%20with%20their%20deregulatory%20goals.

    22. In recent decades, OAR and its statutory responsibilities under the Clean Air Act have been reimagined in an attempt to expand the reach of the federal government. The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped and stricken several actions from OAR under liberal Administrations, citing a lack of requisite legal support.

      On the actual state of the scientific study of climate change at the time of the passage of the Clean Air Act, suggesting greehouse emissions were relevant to original ntent of the act, see https://www.ecologylawquarterly.org/print/climate-change-and-the-clean-air-act-of-1970-part-i-the-scientific-basis/ From the abstract: "In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court held that the 1970 Clean Air Act granted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to regulate greenhouse gases as air pollution. But, while the Court found the Act to 'confer the flexibility necessary” to respond to “changing circumstances,' the Justices expressed skepticism that legislators in 1970 would have been familiar with the climate-altering effects of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases. At the time of the Clean Air Act’s passage, the Court wrote, 'the study of climate change was in its infancy.' That statement was misleading. By the late 1960s, scientists knew that greenhouse gases, derived from fossil fuel combustion, could alter the global climate with potentially serious and deleterious ensuing effects."

    23. Budget Review. Develop a tiered-down approach to cut costs, reduce the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, and eliminate duplicative programs. EPA should not conduct any ongoing or planned activity for which there is not clear and current congressional authorization, and it should communicate this shift in the President’s first budget request.

      Auguring a more sophisticated effort to accomplish more of what a first Trump administration tried to do but was partly stymied by Congress: greatly reduce EPA budgets and staff. See charts 8 and 11-15 here: https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    24. Employee Review. Determine the opportunity to downsize by terminating the newest hires in low-value programs and identify relocation opportunities for Senior Executive Service (SES) positions.

      Auguring a more sophisticated effort to accomplish more of what a first Trump administration tried to do but was partly stymied by Congress: greatly reduce EPA budgets and staff.  For documentation, see for instance charts 4, 6, 9, 11 here: https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    25. Stop all grants to advocacy groups

      Targeting the several grant programs set up during the Biden administration to funnel more funding support to organizations representing "environmental justice" communities. For instance, https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/environmental-justice-thriving-communities-grantmaking-program

    26. Resetting science advisory boards to expand opportunities for a diversity of scientific viewpoints free of potential conflicts of interest.

      Here, "diversity of scientific viewpoints," a rhetoric honed by Trump-appointed EPA political leadership, codes for diminishing the voice of academic scientists on these boards.  The previous Trump adminstration sought to undermine these boards by barring membership for academics with EPA grants, while expanding their membership share of corporate or consultancy (science-for-hire) experts.  See charts 1-3 here: https://envirodatagov.org/an-embattled-landscape-federal-environmental-science-integrity-in-the-united-states-a-three-part-series-part-1-targeting-scientific-influence-on-policy/

    27. Relocating the Office of Children’s Health Protection

      The Trump Administration targeted the Office of Children's Health, set up to better ensure environmental protection of children, are more vulnerable to many environmental threats such as lead and other toxics.  Undermining the OCH's leadership, the Trump EPA reduced staff by 40%.  This proposal to remove it from the overarching Administrator's Office and split it across or move it into one of the "media offices" is likely to reduce its influence still further.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8713602/#:~:text=The%20EPA%20established%20the%20Office,science%2C%20programs%2C%20and%20policy.

    28. Eliminating the Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education as a stand-alone entity and reabsorbing substantive elements into the Office of Public Affairs.

      The first Environmental Education Act, passed in 1970, was a bi-partisan effort. Public school education on environmental issues has proven effective in helping children both understand environmental crises as well as develop a sense of agency towards solving them.

      The Trump Administration sought to curb environmental education efforts by the agency,  from this office to its websites to the information it provided for public comments on its proposed rule changes.  Most audaciously, it sought to scrub mentions or discussions of climate change from its websites. https://envirodatagov.org/publication/the-new-digital-landscape-how-the-trump-administration-has-undermined-federal-web-infrastructures-for-climate-information/

    29. Returning the enforcement and compliance function to the media offices (air, water, land, and emergency management, etc.) and eliminating the stand-alone Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance

      Proposal is nearly identical to what  Anne Gorsuch did to EPA enforcement during the first two years of the Reagan Administration, as part of a far-reaching assault against the EPA's basic mission.  She and others in that administration also proposed cutting the agency's budget by one-third; though public outcry by 1983 drove her out of office and led the Reagan White House toward a more supportive approach.  Whereas the Trump administration was able to "achieve" a historic drop in EPA enforcement efforts without resorting to this measure, apparently a second Trump administration may draw from the early Reagan playbook.   https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29698097/ On the Trump admnistration's successes in cutting agency enforcement work without this measure, see https://envirodatagov.org/publication/a-sheep-in-the-closet-the-erosion-of-enforcement-at-the-epa/

    30. Returning the environmental justice function to the AO, eliminating the stand-alone Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.

      Pollution and hazardous wastes have disproportionate negative health consequences in communities of color, on Tribal lands, and in low-income neighborhoods around the nation, from Flint, Michigan, to the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Beneficial environmental amenities, such as parks, green spaces, and recreation areas, which promote human health, are also unevenly distributed. In response to these documented disparities, the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR), which Project 2025 seeks to eliminate, was first established in 1992 as the Office of Environmental Equity by Republican President George H.W. Bush. The OEJECR now anchors the EPA’s efforts to remedy these longstanding inequalities. The OEJECR works to ensure that everyone has “equitable access to a healthy, sustainable, and resilient environment” and to protect people from adverse human health and environmental burdens, including those attributable to climate change, cumulative exposures, and “the legacy of racism or other structural or systemic barriers.” https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-environmental-justice-and-external-civil-rights Since environmental racism was identified as a serious national problem in the 1980s, progress has been halting, but the OEJECR represents a significant commitment to address environmental inequalities. Politicizing federal agencies by reorganizing departments and by replacing experienced civil service experts with political appointees stands out as a key element of the Project 2025 plan. Eliminating the OEJECR would reduce environmental protections for all. For a history of this office and its fate during the Trump Administration, see https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/env.2021.0012

    31. make public and take comment on all scientific studies and analyses that support regulatory decision-making

      Already, all peer-reviewed findings can receive scrutiny and comment in the public record.  What this rhetoric of "transparency" targets for exclusion are studies of people who are actually exposed to environmental chemicals, which often draw on medical records whose privacy would be compromised by this "transparency." See comment and links at annotation #2 above of this chapter.

    32. EPA should foster cooperative relationships with the regulated community, especially small businesses, that encourage compliance over enforcement.

      The EPA has long had a compliance program, as it should, but as many studies of EPA enforcement have shown, a lack of strong enforcement will lead to more violations that put public health and the environment at risk. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1093/reep/req017 https://envirodatagov.org/publication/a-sheep-in-the-closet-the-erosion-of-enforcement-at-the-epa/

    33. tangible environmental problems

      Ordinarily "tangible" would be taken as meaning, among other things, scientifically demonstrable. Yet the aversion here to acknowledging the science of how intensifying storms or droughts have been worsening through climate change suggests otherwise. Instead, "tangible" seems to refer only to those problems that authors of this report and their allies--none of them scientists themselves--are willing to acknowledge as perceptible and real, without necessarily listening to what any scientists say.

    34. primary role in making choices about the environment belongs to the people who live in it.

      States lack the budgets, enforcement authority, and breadth of expertise that the federal agency can provide.

      They can also be susceptible to regulatory capture--a major reason why the state-based patchwork of pollution controls prior to the EPA was widely considered to have failed. For just one instance, see this analysis of the mining/smelting industry in Idaho. https://upittpress.org/books/9780822964483/

    35. Back to Basics.

      Rescusitates this slogan from Scott Pruitt, Trump's first appointee as EPA administrator. Before resigning under a cloud of multiple scandals, he claimed his vision for the agency to harken back to an earlier EPA, when its agenda was more "basic" and its relationships with states more harmonious. For a critical look by an actual historian at what Pruitt's vision missed, see this piece by Leif Fredrickson: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/07/14/scott-pruitt-is-wrong-about-the-origins-of-the-epa/

    36. EPA experienced massive growth

      False; the EPA's workforce size and budget trends do not support this claim. Employment at the EPA, which actually peaked in 1999, shrank during the Obama administration. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2023/02/epa-employees-voice-concerns-about-low-pay-understaffing-burnout/ Also see charts 4 and 11 here which actually show slow declines in EPA's budget and staff over the Obama years: https://envirodatagov.org/embattled-landscape-series-part-2b-the-declining-capacity-of-federal-environmental-science/

    1. s it tries to keep the best ...

      过的粉丝放过的是非观说的吧

    1. Who is the third who walks always beside you?

      The vibe I got out of this line is the creepy motif of a doppelgänger and the unsettling psychological implications of the “other” that haunts the speaker. Both Eliot’s speaker here and the main character of Dracula, Jonathan Harker, confront spectral presences that embody their deepest fears and anxieties, suggesting that this “third” figure represents more than just a physical entity. It’s a shadow self, a manifestation of repressed desires, fears, and the destabilization of identity.

      In Dracula, Dracula the character functions not only as a literal antagonist but also as a projection of the unconscious fears and desires of Harker. When he is trapped in Dracula’s castle, he begins to experience a split in his sense of self, feeling his identity destabilize under the influence of the Count. He states, “I am beginning to feel this nocturnal existence tell on me. It is destroying my nerve. I start at my own shadow, and am full of all sorts of horrible imaginings” (Stoker). This vampiric presence of Dracula is both external and internal—an embodiment of everything Harker represses within himself.

      Similarly, in TWL, the “third” walking beside the speaker is neither fully acknowledged nor understood. The ambiguity of the figure’s identity—“I do not know whether a man or a woman”—reflects the same psychological dissonance present in Harker’s experiences with Dracula. The third figure, like Dracula, is elusive, undefined, and haunting, representing a part of the self that remains unrecognized yet constantly lurks at the edge of consciousness.

    1. The American economy had lagged behind Britain, Germany, and France as recently as the 1860s, but by 1900 the United States had taken its place as the world’s leading manufacturing nation

      Why is this? Shouldn't Britain still be the worlds leading economy. With the amount of colonies Britain has, why is it that they have lagged down? Can countries that haven't fully developed have such a dramatic economic gain as this if they industrialize and prioritize it? L

    2. The governor of Maryland deployed the state’s militia in Baltimore and the militia fired into a crowd of striking workers, killing eleven and wounding many more. Strikes convulsed towns and cities across Pennsylvania.

      Because history is something we are supposed to learn from and not repeat it is hard to see the deployment and a result and cycle of police brutality occurring throughout different time periods. Especially over human rights protests.

    1. The 1950s also saw the rise of a new form of study: the randomized control trial, a clinical trial that in its ideal form was a double- blind study in which one treatment, usuallya drug, was compared to anotheror to a placebo such that neither the doctors nor the patients knew what treat-ment the patients were getting.

      I learned about the “double-blind” clinical trial method in statistics, which is performed in such a way that neither the performer nor the subject knows what treatment they're being given, what drug they're being given, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on.

    2. Overall healthcare costs were over $2 trillion in 2011, prescription drugs accounting forabout 10 per-cent, or $203 billion, of that amount.fIgure1 “‘Are You the Picture of Health?’” poster for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Screen for Life Campaign. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Campaign for Colorectal Cancer Screening (retrieved May 5, 2005, from www.cdc.gov/screenforlife).

      “2 trillion” sounds like a horrible number, and it's in U.S. dollars, so I can't imagine how big a number it is. In sighing at the number of spending so big at the same time I can understand, my family is also open a chain of drugstores, although not every day business is very good, but in our family drugstore there are too many old customers, they are sick or small illnesses have to go to see a doctor to buy a drug, who did not have a few boxes of medicine stored at home this year!

    1. forecasting makes predictions up to a few days ahead, with the objective of scheduling various generation sources to meet the changing demand and to mitigate the short-term variability.

      The importance of forecasting with its relevance to the renewable energy cause is explained

    2. directives for low-carbon electricity generation consist of two closely interconnected parts: renewable energy and power systems. The renewable energy part consists of generating a sufficient amount of electrical power through carbon-neutral or carbon-negative technologies to serve the increasing energy demand. The power system part is concerned with the delivery and consumption (including storage) of that power, which requires upgrading of the current system in terms of both infrastructure and automation & control technology.

      A breakdown of the big picture solution

    3. the two fields, namely, atmospheric science and power system engineering are jointly discussed with respect to how solar forecasting plays a part.

      This is the main point of this paper

    1. fatal_fe_lm_mod <- lm(fatal_rate ~ beertax + state - 1, data = Fatalities)

      It would be useful to explain the meaning of " -1" in the formula.

    1. a contrario

      Is a Spanish word that means on the contrary

    2. The only advance is that of the vehicle itself, Mars thus being only an Earth of dreams, endowed with perfect wings as in any dream of idealization. Most likely if we were to disembark in our turn on the Mars we have designed, we should find there merely Earth itself, and between these two products of the same history we should be unable to determine which is our own

      To me, I understand this as how the expectations we set can differ rom the cruel reality of things. The passage basically says that we see Mars as a perfect version of Earth which is healed by our dreams. However, if we were to actually go there somehow we would realize it’s more similar to Earth then our dreams imagined

    1. In the mid-1990s, some internet users started manually adding regular updates to the top of their personal websites (leaving the old posts below), using their sites as an online diary, or a (web) log of their thoughts. In 1998/1999, several web platforms were launched to make it easy for people to make and run blogs (e.g., LiveJournal and Blogger.com). With these blog hosting sites, it was much simpler to type up and publish a new blog entry, and others visiting your blog could subscribe to get updates whenever you posted a new post, and they could leave a comment on any of the posts.

      I believe that with the rise of weblogs, it allowed individuals to be able to easily share their thoughts and experiences with a broader audience on the social media. The platform LiveJournal was able to foster and create early forms of online communities with the help of reader engagement and feedback on the platform.

    2. 2003 saw the launch of several popular social networking services: Friendster, Myspace, and LinkedIn. These were websites where the primary purpose was to build personal profiles and create a network of connections with other people, and communicate with them. Facebook was launched in 2004 and soon put most of its competitors out of business, while YouTube, launched in 2005 became a different sort of social networking site built around video

      It's crazy how long these social networking services have been out for and still continue to be popular today. Facebook makes it really easy to connect with other people that are far away so I think that's a big reason why people still use it.

    1. Ο Mustafa σημειωτέον ότι είναι Άραβας και τα βιβλία του είναι φοβερά διαφωτιστικά της κατάστασης.

      O Mustafa Kabha εργαζεται σε Ισραηλινο πανεπιστημιο:

      Mustafa Kabha is full Professor in the Department of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies and the Head of the Middle Eastern studies at the Open University of Israel.

      Το μεμαλοποιει, στη λιστα με τις σφαγες στη Wikipedia δεν βρισκω πολλες τετοιες.

    2. χριστιανούς Άραβες

      Παλι εδω η θεωρια πως οι Αραβες ειναι γενετικα ολοι τους απογονοι του Μωαμεθ, και οχι οτι ηταν μια πολιτιστικη/θρησκευτικη επεκταση. Με τη 2η ερνηνεια, ο ορος "χριστιανος αραβας" δεν βγαζει παντα νοημα:

      The concept of an Arab Christian identity remains contentious, with some Arabic-speaking Christian groups in the Middle East, such as Assyrians, Armenians, Greeks and others, rejecting an Arab identity. Individuals from Egypt's Coptic Christian community and Lebanon's Maronite community sometimes assume a non-Arab identity.

      Εδω μαλλον εννοει τους Μαρωνιτες. Σιγουρα αυτοι συνομωτισαν εναντια στους Παλαιστινιους προσφυγες το '80.

    1. stly. The vicious composition and the irresponsibility of the Executive Council, and the secrecy with which not only the functions, but even the names of the members of that body haven been kept from the knowledge of this House, when inquiries have been instituted by it on the subject.

      want more information regarding the government to be public

    1. TikTok video was posted,

      This is an example of mal-information. This is an example because it is someone posting a leak on the internet. They posted this knowing that it would get the company in trouble and that it was also harmful to the company. This could make many frequent Disney guests mad at this information that is made up and quite honestly illegal. They posted this leak on many different social media platforms. One would know that this is mal-information because it is from an unreliable source that is not confirmed from Disney themselves. This leak is not considered something that Disney stands for with their family friendly environment and would cause lots of negative controversy around the Disney world and fanbase.

    1. In 1997, the internet service provider AOL introduced a chat system called AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) that anyone could join and maintain a list of friends. You could then see what friends were currently available, and start sending them messages. You could also leave away messages or profile quotes. Fig. 5.4 AIM let you organize your contacts and see who was currently online.

      I believe that AIM was an extremely pivotal in shaping the way that we interact online as it was able to introduce the way that we could use real time-digital communication and status updates to talk to other people. After reflecting on the influence that AIM had on digital communication, I believe it really helped set the foundation for many of the features that social media apps use today.

    2. One of the early ways of social communication across the internet was with Email, which originated in the 1960s and 1970s. These allowed people to send messages to each other, and look up if any new messages had been sent to them.

      I didn't think that emails were created around the 60's and 70's this actually surprises me. They've been around for a long time now I wonder if people received emails instantly back then and if not how long would it take for them to get sent? It only us a couple seconds to receive an email.

    3. The 1980s and 1990s also saw an emergence of more instant forms of communication with chat applications. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) lets people create “rooms” for different topics, and people could join those rooms and participate in real-time text conversations with the others in the room.

      IRC was influential in the early development of online communities, offering a decentralized, flexible, and open environment for communication, which contributed to its popularity in the 1990s. Although it's less popular now, IRC still has a dedicated user base, and its influence can be seen in modern chat tools like Slack, Discord, and others.

    1. losing millions of dollars in risky investments promoted with get-rich-quick dazzle. The fourinvestment figures are clothed as the personification of greed

      This is so good to learn about it, history have a way to repeat itself, this event reminds me about what just happen in 2020 which the crazy speculation with the crypto monodies. a lot of people were even taking a loans to invest in crypto believing they could get rich easy and lost a lot of money, Good reflection.

    1. Review coordinated by Life Science Editors Foundation

      Reviewed by: Dr. Angela Andersen, Life Science Editors Foundation & Life Science Editors. *Assisted substantially by NotebookLM.

      Potential Conflicts of Interest: Angela thinks Olivia Rissland is everything a scientist should be.

      What is an N-degron? N-degrons are short amino acid sequences located at the N-terminus of a protein that signal for the protein's degradation. This process is an essential part of protein quality control and regulation within cells. N-degrons are recognized by specific E3 ubiquitin ligases, also known as N-recognins, which help target the protein for degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system.

      How was this new Arg/N-degron pathway discovered? The authors were initially studying how N-terminal sequences affect gene expression using a reporter gene assay. They found that a specific tripeptide motif (KIH) inserted at the N-terminus of a reporter protein led to a dramatic decrease in protein expression. Further investigation revealed that this decrease was due to rapid protein degradation, indicating the presence of a novel N-degron.

      What are the key features of this new N-degron pathway? This newly discovered N-degron pathway targets proteins with a lysine (K) or arginine (R) residue at the third position (position 3) from the N-terminus. Importantly, this pathway requires: * • Methionine Removal: The initiator methionine (M) at position 1 must be removed by the enzyme methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2) for the degron to be active. * • UBR4 Recognition: The E3 ligase UBR4, but not UBR1 or UBR2, recognizes this specific degron and initiates the degradation process.

      Why is the identity of the second amino acid important? The second amino acid plays a crucial role in determining whether MetAP2 can cleave the initiator methionine. This study found that the degron is only active when the second amino acid is threonine (T) or valine (V). These amino acids allow MetAP2 to remove the methionine, exposing the lysine or arginine at position 3 for recognition by UBR4. In contrast, if the second amino acid is alanine (A) or serine (S), MetAP1 removes the methionine. The researchers hypothesize that these N-termini are then acetylated, preventing UBR4 recognition.

      Is there evidence that this pathway affects endogenous proteins? Yes, analysis of previously published data and additional experiments by the researchers suggest that this MetAP2-UBR4 pathway is not limited to artificial reporter systems. They found that endogenous proteins with MTK or MVK N-termini were less stable than those with other amino acids at position.

      Does UBR4 work alone in this pathway? UBR4 appears to function as part of a complex with the protein KCMF1 to degrade proteins containing this new degron. Experiments showed that disrupting the UBR4-KCMF1 complex stabilized the degradation of reporter proteins containing the KIH degron.

      What is the broader significance of this discovery? The identification of this new Arg/N-degron pathway expands our understanding of the N-end rule, a fundamental mechanism for protein degradation in cells. It highlights the complexity of this system and reveals how the interplay between different enzymes like MetAP2 and E3 ligases like UBR4 can fine-tune protein stability. Additionally, it suggests that there may be other undiscovered N-degron pathways that remain to be characterized.

      What questions still need to be answered about this new pathway? This study raises several new questions, including: * • Substrate Specificity: What are the precise rules governing UBR4 recognition of position 3 lysine and arginine degrons? Do other amino acids in the protein sequence affect degron recognition? * • Physiological Roles: What are the specific cellular processes and pathways regulated by this MetAP2-UBR4 N-degron pathway? * • Evolutionary Conservation: Is this pathway conserved in other organisms, or is it unique to mammals? * • Therapeutic Potential: Could this pathway be targeted for therapeutic purposes? For example, could stabilizing proteins involved in disease by manipulating this pathway be beneficial?

      What was not known: * • Whether a lysine or arginine residue at position 3 of a protein could act as an N-degron. * • Whether MetAP2 could play a role in initiating N-degron-mediated degradation.

      What this preprint reveals: * • A new family of N-degrons: The study identified a new class of N-degrons characterized by a lysine or arginine residue at position 3, following a methionine at position 1 and a MetAP2-cleavable residue (threonine or valine) at position * • MetAP2-dependent initiation of the Arg/N-degron pathway: The study found that MetAP2-mediated removal of the initiator methionine is essential for the recognition and degradation of these position 3 lysine/arginine degrons. This is the first demonstration of MetAP2's involvement in this pathway * • UBR4 as the primary E3 ligase: UBR4, rather than UBR1 or UBR2, was identified as the primary E3 ligase responsible for recognizing and targeting proteins with the newly identified position 3 degrons for degradation. * • Role of downstream residues: The study showed that amino acid residues downstream of the position 3 lysine/arginine can influence both methionine cleavage by MetAP2 and recognition by UBR4, highlighting the complexity of the N-degron pathway. * • Endogenous protein regulation: The study provided evidence suggesting that this MetAP2-dependent, UBR4-mediated Arg/N-degron pathway regulates the stability of endogenous proteins, highlighting its broader biological significance.

      Ang's take- somewhat specialized and 'ectopic' but important, thorough, and unambiguous. Satisfying. Very likely to be physiologically relevant even though most of the assays were done with reporters. Regardless, showing that this rule 'is' true is useful for technological applications.

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    1. Recently, after the 2007 wildfires,rangers at Irvine Canyon Ranch were surprised to notice that the fires exposed a plaque identifying one oaktree as a “Hangman’s Tree” used on “bandits” from Juan Flores’s “gang” in 1857. The plaque was proudlyerected in 1967 by equestrians, but then later forgotten until the fires exposed it. It is remarkable: there is alynching tree in Irvine, a lynching tree that was once memorialized but then forgotten.There is much that is forgotten here, in this semi-amnesiac, often contradictory space. In 1936, when 3,000Latino orange-pickers went on strike, the Orange County sheriff deputized 400 private guards, armed withguns and tear-gas, in a show of force that journalist Carey McWilliams named “fascism in practice.” WhenMcWilliams visited Orange County, he observed, “It is astonishing how quickly social power could crystallizeinto an expression of arrogant brutality in these lovely, seemingly placid, outwardly Christian communities.”That is a particularly ominous foreshadowing of the hyper-militarization and racialized policing that we haveseen more recently in Ferguson

      There is so much racism, inequality, and atrocities that have happened in Orange County's past, yet there is little conversation about it now to recognize it. It is privilege to be able to commit all of these acts, and then forget them, yet the people who they've affected will forever remember and be affected by their actions. It also shows that there's a lot of history to unpack that many of us are probably unaware about.

    1. This geography appears to play a major role in making Atlanta one of the metropolitan areas where it is most difficult for lower-income households to rise into the middle class and beyond, according to a new study that other researchers are calling the most detailed portrait yet of income mobility in the United States.

      The geographic location in which an individual resides plays a significant role in determining their ability to advance socioeconomically. This influence comes various factors such as the quality of educational institutions, the availability of diverse job opportunities, the strength of social networks, and the extent of community infrastructure. These elements can vary widely from one area to another, which leads to disparities in economic mobility. For instance, even within California, the economic opportunities and social dynamics in Los Angeles differ markedly from those in neighboring regions such as Orange County. or Irvine.

    1. Jugglers and Mountebanks are saydsaid to - kill and expellexpel wormesworms out of children by the powder of such other wormesworms, that is, brethren by brothers and Sisters, soeso here the dragon must be killed by the brother and Sister together

      According to a Google search of the word "Mountebanks," a mountebank is "a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan." However, Google also provides a "historical" definition, which reads: "a person who sold patent medicines in public places." In this sentence, Michael Maier appears to be calling on the knowledge of jugglers and mountebanks in order to argue that just as one can expel worms out of children by using other worms, one can kill a dragon through the power of its brother and sister. However, I wonder why Maier would call on a source that is connoted as inherently being "a charlatan." Or was that reputation to arise during a later period, and at this point they were not considered charlatans and were simply vendors of patent medicines? I'm also curious about who these jugglers were. Did early modern Europe have a juggler profession? How were they funded, if so? Or is the meaning less literal?

    2. Aqua permanens

      I looked up this word because I did not know it and found that it is defined as "the ‘sperm’ (sometimes ‘menstruum’) of the world, and ‘our Mercury’ (philosophical mercury as opposed to common mercury)." (Here is the link to the source where I found that definition.) This definition reminded me of how "The generation of the philosophers’ stone might be framed in terms of human or animal reproduction" (source). I wonder what might be the reasoning behind calling to mind human reproduction when discussing alchemy. One guess I have is that human reproduction is a natural process, so if making the philosopher's stone is a process similar to that, it can't be diabolical because it is as natural as giving birth. However, that is just a guess of mine.

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    1. Santa Ana are four times more likely than students at Troy to drop out, roughly ten rimes more likely to be truant or suspended, and only one third as likely to take the SAT.

      It is interesting to read because the comparison of Santa ana and Troy school and because of the location, it is more probable to have drop out rates. Especially because of the kind of people that go to the school, it's sad that it is compared like that. I know i would look at it different of people dropping out because they do not feel the support from staff and at home as to why they tend to give up.

    2. What is decidedly not similar about these two schools, however, are their student populations, as measured by poverty rates, ethnic backgrounds, English proficiency, and even physical fitness.

      I would focus this more on their physical fitness. I would compare this more to how physical appearance tends to me towards semi obesity when it comes down to low income because we tend to eat just junk food because of being on the run. It happens both ways and not being physically right or be more active. I can also relate this to sports. A lot of kids in my school would not do sports because of how expensive buying gear was. even if we thought it wasn't expensive, it is because it is money that you do not plan to spend as we live check to check.

    3. Spending per pupil at the two schools is comparable, for exam-ple, as are the student-teacher ratios, the number of guidance counselors, and two standard measures of teacher quality: formal education and experience.

      This completely makes sense in the involvement based on the school or city you're in. I can say I see the difference with working in Orange County and the activities we give to the students or even with the supplies i know its something that my city where i grew up in would have. An example would be my coordinators bringing in animals to do a mini zoo for the kids and bringing in snakes, big tortoises, and just activities that i know in my after school we would not have opportunities provided like that from the school. Everything is different when it is more of the chools involvement for the school.

    4. n this chapter, we will meet children from two Mexican American families with firsthand experience of these two schools: Isabella and her parents,

      This study should be about the area in general not two families that support the evidence they are trying to make.

    5. This inequality is also reflected in Orange County schools. Consider two high schools chat "input" measures (see Table 4.1) suggest are sur-prisingly similar: Troy High School in Fullerton and Santa Ana High School.

      As a graduate from Fullerton High , we have a similar percentage of latin students to Santa Ana high . Troy High is a tech school their latin percentage is not in the same ballpark.

    6. In north Fullerton, the home of Cal State Fullerton, where the median household income was roughly $100,000 in 2012, the percentage of Latinos more than doubled from about 10 percent to 25 percent.

      I went to school near this area at the time , I would have to say I saw more growth in numbers from the asian and middle eastern communities. The latino population of Fullerton is near mostly downtown.

    1. Arabic numerals were actually invented in India by the Hindus around 600 AD.

      This is a fun fact to know as by the name you would think other wise

    2. This may be surprising since we tend to think of the Muslim world as being separated from Europe.

      It’s interesting to see how they actually worked hand in hand in some ways.

    3. Every major Islamic city in medieval times had an extensive library; in Cordoba and Baghdad the libraries claim to have had over 400,000 books

      They had many ways to learn with many books available to them

    4. Scientific knowledge, architecture, mathematics, and philosophy flourished in Spain during the rule of the Umayyad

      A lot of the important things flourished in Spain and that’s intriguing.

    1. was usually a household where the man was the weaver and the women prepared and spun yarn for the loom

      it is interesting that they work together for these textiles because usually we see men and women have vastly different jobs back in history.

    2. Another key innovation in the 13th century was the introduction into Europe of the spinning wheel.

      The spinning wheel was a really important inventions as that brought other important innovations.

    3. The growth of towns meant the development of a new type of worker and here the craftsmen become very important.

      It’s interesting that until the growth of towns is when craftsmen became important and not sooner.

    4. It was a new type of power machine, "in which the source of power and the transmission were of such a nature as to ensure the even flow of energy throughout the works and to make possible regular production and a standardized product" (p. 326).

      This quote is important to understand who invented these machines and how they were utilized.

    1. strangers to all good learning and intention

      In our discussion section, we have been talking a lot about how knowledge production during the early modern period was, at times, a means toward gatekeeping and, in doing so, maintained hierarchies of class and gender, for example. Similarly, in Magus, the credibility of a magus often depended on their ability to neatly frame themselves as one of those magi who skillfully drew upon elements that already existed in nature rather than a magus who conspired with the devil to produce effects. I feel that Michael Maier is doing something similar here, as he establishes his credibility by setting himself apart from those "strangers to all good learning and intention."

    1. . In 1331, cannons were by German knights used to capture a town in Italy, Cividale and Edward III brought at least twenty guns and gunpowder with him in his siege of Calais in 1346. In any case, by 1418, the city of Ghent was ordering 7200 cast iron cannonballs. In an age of warfare, this new technology was exploited to the fullest by Europeans.

      It seems cannons where a big use in war in the older times of wars.

    2. At the beginning, most of the troops fought on foot with weapons carried in their hands

      It’s interesting to see how wars was in the older times compared to now.

    3. The first known recipe for saltpetre, the principal ingredient of gunpowder, can be found in a Chinese military manual written by Wu Ching Tsung Yao from 1044

      Gunpowder has been around for a long time and it interesting to see how it’s improved and how it’s used now.

    4. Metal movable type was first created in Korea in the 15th century

      It’s interesting how it was invented in the 15th century and how it moved to other places.

    1. WorkBC Employment Services provide support for people looking for jobs, including specialized services for people with disabilities.

      WorkBC want people with disabilities to take the opportunity to work and get further involvement in the community

    2. From Surviving to Thriving can help you prepare for challenges and pressures that may arise. The guide will help you identify your personal strengths and develop strategies to manage stress, address challenges and reduce worry and fear

      more resourceful sites! i think it's very thoughtful to add in considering the fact post-secondary can be really scary for some people. it gives people an ease of mind knowing they have guides to lead them

    3. EducationPlannerBC — Search for post-secondary education programs by interest, subjects, type of credential and institutions, including adult special education programs.Find Your Path — Find Your Path is a personalized, interactive education and career planning tool. Explore, save and share your selections all in one place.Upgrading — Planning to upgrade or finish high school level courses to prepare for post-secondary training or education? Find a post-secondary institution or school near you that offers adult upgrading courses.StudentAid BC — Learn how to help fund your education through grants, loans and other student financial assistance programs for students who have a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability. Read StudentAid BC’s brochure Programs for Students with Disabilities (PDF).Resource Directory of Accessibility Programs and Services — Find information for potential students and their counselors, families, and referral agencies on programs and services for students with a permanent disability, or a persistent or prolonged disability at public post-secondary institutions.

      a lot of reliable resources for those who want to go into post-secondary, they seem to be good sites to encourage their education/passion! unlike the past of being denied and bashed to let into school, theres education programs to not only make people w disabilities feel included, but get the education they deserve in our community

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    1. I was social-ized to say "ma'am" and "sir" when addressing my elders.

      Like I said in previous readings you are the product of your environment . Pick up the good and throw out the bad. It may change the outlook on life.

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    1. For many students of color, however, "freedom of choice" too often h1-s meant freedom to fail or to barely get by.

      I believe our upbringing can effect our growth, but it does not mean we want to fail. Sometimes life gets in the way and priorities change. I believe people of color like myself have to work just a little bit harder to achieve the same recognition, but its okay doe not mean giving up something that makes us better.

    2. Such was the case for Manuel, a middle-class Chicano student who had been placed in Honors Geometry based on his strong mid-dle school math record but who found rhe class too difficult in the way it was rnughr.

      Each Student's mind thinks and works differently. The teacher makes a big difference . I believe free tutoring should be apart of everyones education if needed.

    3. Math placement typically serves a benchmark for ninth-grade aca-demic standing, ;rnd the <lisparities in math placement by race arc striking.

      In education and in life we should not continue to separate by race. It comes down to resources and teachers without proper funding the care for education will continue to diminish.

    4. Although Jennifer admits that she struggled with math in the past, she elects to enroll in a high-level math class: Honors Geometry.

      How did she overcome her struggle? Did she obtain a tutor , pay someone to do her math work? What advantages did she get because of her social standing.

    1. We wish to escape,

      Sadly, this exists also now, as the world slowly gets slightly more and more horrible and dystopian.

    2. But violence began when a 17-year old white woman ran out of an elevator in a public building and claimed a 19-year old black shoe shiner named Dick Rowland had sexually assaulted her. Rowland was arrested by the county sheriff and newspapers picked up the story and announced that the white community was planning to take action against the accused man.

      To accuse a man for crimes based on the testimony of a single person is unjust and horrible.

    3. a lingering “Red Scare” sparked by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia,

      This would continue until near the end of the 20th century.

    1. I do fear there is a lack of knowledge in what these chemicals can do long term not just in the short term.

    2. A great example of this is the Cane toad in Australia. Were introduced to get rid of pests and now have taken over.

    3. this is called gene flow!!! the movement of alleles from one population to another.

    4. lol ya I don't think we as a Society are going to look too smart. I also feel it relies a lot on context it's so easy to look back in the past and think how dumb but they only had so much knowledge at that time.

    5. There was a video released of high schoolers during the Cold War asking what they wanted to do in the future. A lot of them replied there wasn't going to be one because of the nuclear war or that they didn't think it was going to be a good fucher. This of course didn't happen but you could see the fear in general ideology of the time. This has a very similar feel and I wonder if it was written in the same time farm or this Author was at a critical point in life when this happened to be so impacted.

    6. Also isn't this kind of counterintuitive to what she was saying before where animals couldn't evolve fast enough for the chemicals we were creating? I totally get the point that yes we are creating an habitat that isn't livable but I just found it ironic.

    7. I went to Europe for the first time this summer and it was amazing what chemicals they didn't allow in their food in comparison to the US.

    8. this is called Bioaccumulation one of the most Famous cases are in fish.

    9. This made me think of the cases the acid rain that happened in the US in the late 70's I believes. It was a result of the Air pollutants that acidified the rain but this has been reduced Just in my lifetime and is a great Example of change that can happen.

    10. I don't think this is true, there's so many species that alter their habitat and the world around them. Just think of plankton and how they help build the atmosphere and creates most of the oxygen we use.

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    1. Exposure to violence results in an inability to stay focused on the task at hand.

      This is very true, I witnessed violence in my childhood due to my neighbors on a weekly basis . The children went from being so joyful and happy , to isolated and dull. The mind wants to escape, the only way to do that is to take your mind elsewhere.

    2. Poor nutri-tion and inadequate health care have long-term effects on children's in-tellectual development.

      Nutrition is one of the most crucial parts in youth growth & development . Food is like Gasoline, our bodies are cars without proper fuel we can not possibly have the energy to grow in anyway.

    1. Schenck was arrested on August 28, 1917, convicted, and sentenced to six months. He appealed on First Amendment grounds, resulting in the Supreme Court case. In arguments, Justice Holmes offered his quote as a dictum, an “ancillary opinion that doesn’t directly involve the facts… and has no binding authority,” as Trevor Timm put it in The Atlantic back in 2012 (before mainstream American commentary lost its mind). Holmes compared Schenck informing people of their right to protest to yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. This bizarre argument paved the way for the Court to create its ominous “Clear and Present Danger” standard affirming Schenck’s conviction. Holmes wrote the opinion:The question… is whether the words used are used in such circumstances… as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.

      More details on the Schenck case and "Fire" opinion.

    2. “‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater” was never law, nor was it ever a “Supreme Court test,” as Walz insisted. The quote is from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who in a 1919 case called Schenck v. United States argued, “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.”That argument, however, had nothing to do with the case, among the more infamous in the court’s history. Charles Schenck and Elizabeth Baer of the Socialist Party of America were convicted of the just-passed Espionage Act for distributing leaflets opposing the draft during World War I. There was no call for violence or civil disobedience in Schenck’s pamphlets, which said things like: Do not submit to intimidation. You have the right to demand the repeal of any law. Exercise your right to free speech, assemblage, and petition the government for redress of grievances.

      I should add this to my WWI course material!

    1. Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. — In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.

      Popper on Tolerance -- apparently. A citation would have been nice!

    1. When computers store numbers, there are limits to how much space is can be used to save each number. This limits how big (or small) the numbers can be, and causes rounding with floating-point numbers. Additionally, programming languages might include other ways of storing numbers, such as fractions, complex numbers, or limited number sets (like only positive integers).

      When computers store numbers, they are limited by memory space, which may lead to problems such as floating-point precision errors and integer overflows. Different programming languages ​​provide special data types such as fractions and complex numbers to solve these limitations.

    1. water-sprite,

      Definition: A spirit or fairy that lives in the water (GJ)

    2. Part VII

      After being saved in the pilots boat and by the Hermit, the Mariner remembers the lesson he learned and carries it with him throughout his life and shared it with others. (GJ)

    1. I’ve currently only fixed the platen and reconnected the space bar. Issue I’m having is the letters are really faint and cut off almost half way through.

      Often after you resurface a platen, it slightly changes the configuration of the platen with respect to the typeface. As a result one usually may need to do three adjustments in a specific order to get things to align properly again. These can definitely be done at home with some patience.

      Usually the order for tweaking is: * Ring and Cylinder adjustment (distance of platen from typeface; the type shouldn't touch the platen or you'll find you're imprinting on your paper, making holes in the paper and/or ribbon, which isn't good). Sometimes using a simple backing sheet can remedy a bit of this distance problem, especially on platens which have hardened or shrunk slightly over time. * On Feet adjustment (vertical adjustment so that letters are bright and clear and neither top or bottom of characters are too light/faint) Repair shops will often type /// or a variety of characters with longer ascenders/descenders to make sure that the type is clear from top to bottom. * Motion adjustment (the lower and upper case letters are at the same level with respect to each other) The best way to test this is to type a center character like HHHhhhHHH to see if they line up on the bottom (the last three Hs are usually done with the Shift Lock on to make sure that's properly set).

      You can search YouTube videos for your model (or related models) and these words which may uncover someone doing a similar repair, so you have a better idea of what you're doing and where to make the adjustments.

      Here's Joe Van Cleave describing some of it in one of his early videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0AozF2Jfo0

      The general principles for most typewriters are roughly the same with slight variations depending on whether your machine is a segment shift or a carriage shift. You should roughly be able to puzzle out which screws to adjust on your particular model to get the general outcome you want.

      Related blogposts: * https://munk.org/typecast/2022/01/23/adjusting-ring-cylinder-on-a-brother-jp-1/<br /> * https://munk.org/typecast/2013/07/30/typewriter-repair-101-adjusting-vertical-typeface-alignment-segmentbasket-shift-typewriters/

      You might find a related repair manual for your machine with more detail and diagrams for these adjustments via the Typewriter Database or on Richard Polt's typewriter site.

      For those not mechanically inclined you may be better off taking it onto a repair shop for a quick adjustment. https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-repair.html 

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    1. reality

      Reading this last section of the reading, it makes me wonder. How did the schools that Latino and other catagories turned out? Did they shut down? Was there a low number of students? Did they take a ction on bettering thier schools? What hapened to the teachers?

    2. 14A

      Was NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) a large group of people? Were they only located in Los Angeles? If not, where were they located? If they were in other cities, did the other cities take the same action to send a message to schools about segragation?

    3. 57

      Reading this paragraph made me wonder. When the families moved away from Los Angeles, was the main reason the families were moving because of overcrowding schools? Was it because they permitted Latinos and other categories to attend the schools?

    4. LAUSD

      This reminded me of the video that we watched in class, where a family fought for diversity in schools and the right for Latinos and other categories to attend "white" schools. I remember towards the end of the video, there was a woman who was one of the first students to attend "white" schools, and she talked about an experience that she had when she started to attend the school where a boy approached her and told her how they don't want Mexicans here.

    5. Brown

      In the reading, it mentions who are the Brown Berets. They are a group that fought for Chicano rights they fought for many things, such as police brutality, war, and U.S. imperialism, while fighting for education, workers' rights, and health care. I live in Barrio Logan across the street from Chicano Park. I still see the Brown Berets in their uniform during Chicano Park day and during Christmas, they receive toy donations to give to the children of the neighborhood. They always are there to help and protect the Chicano people. It is very nice to continue seeing them representing and continue to fight for what they fought for in the past.l

    1. Loop through the list of submissions# The variable submissions_list now has a list of Reddit submissions. So we can use a for loop to go through each submission, and then use . to access info from each tweet (other pieces of information would need [" "] to access). For each of the tweets, we will use print to display information about the tweet

      This reminds me of Lab 1, where I was so excited after successfully using code to post an article on Reddit. However, it also left me feeling a bit anxious when I considered the broader implications. It made me realize that so much content on the internet can be generated through code, and a single individual has the power to shape public opinion or even spark controversies with just a few lines of code. It's both empowering and a little daunting to think about how easily information can spread and influence people.

    1. "whipping boys" of fairly recent publicdiscourse concerning African-Americans and national policy,

      cultural events transcribed into the physical

    1. Now, let’s say we have a list of users who liked our latest social media post: users_who_liked_our_post = ["@pretend_user_1", "@pretend_user_2", "@pretend_user_3"] Copy to clipboard What if we wanted to follow all of them? If our list was long, it would take a lot of code to pull out each one and try to follow them. But Python gives us an easy way to perform actions on all the items in a list, by using for loops.

      This passage really resonates with me because it highlights the fun and flexibility of programming. Seeing how a simple for loop can help follow a bunch of users makes everything feel so much more manageable.

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    1. On March 12, the night before select banks reopened understricter federal guidelines

      How did this influence the expectations of government in other crisis situations?

    2. “Today’s woman gets what shewants. The vote. Slim sheaths of silk to replace voluminous petticoats.Glassware in sapphire blue or glowing amber. The right to a career. Soapto match her bathroom’s color scheme.” As with so much else in the1920s, however, sex and gender were in many ways a study in contradic-tions. It was the decade of the “New Woman,” and one in which only 10percent of married women—although nearly half of unmarried women—worked outside the home.16

      This shows how women gender roles transformed during this time period, shifting from the prior household and work expectations to consumerism.

    1. e Angulo goes on to say that wandering can lead to death, to hopelessness, to madness, to various froms of despair, or that it may lead to encounters with other powers in the remoter places a wanderer may go. He concludes, “When you have become quite wild, then perhaps some of the wild things will come to take a look at you, a

      It is interesting and can be applied to different aspects of life. For example, if you are curious about science, your mind may become tired, but in the end, you will be rewarded by discovering new things.

    2. The question then is how to get lost. Never to get lost is nor to live,

      I like this sentence and how the writers convey the idea that getting lost can be something positive. It helps people to think, become more creative, and explore new things.

    1. Attention• Retention• Reproduction• Motivation
      • You need to pay attention to what is happening to the person
      • You have to maintain that punishment in memory
      • You have to repeat that behaviour when you're motivated to do so
      • Reinforcement is affecting motivation the most
    2. variable ratio schedule
      • Rewarded based on the amount of responses and it increases responses
      • Immune to extinction
    3. Stimuli associated with drug use also become rewarding
      • Hinders drug-addiction recovery because the context is still fresh in the one's mind
    4. Contingency
      • Are you able to access the reward even if you don't do the behaviour?
      • Eg. We still need to feed dogs which is why food is not good for reinforcement
    5. Immediacy
      • How quickly after the behavior the reward can be received
      • Eg. Obedient classes and treat
    6. Premack Principle38
      • Refers to the opportunity value of engaging in an activity
      • The ability to do something is reinforcing behaviour, even when you don't actually plan on doing the behaviour

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    1. Much of the pleasure of the writing has derived from the chance to ex-perience narrative as a product of impetus and accident.

      I learned that some writers only plan the beginning and the ending, and the middle is changeable, allowing anything to come to the writer's mind.

    1. I'm trying to find sources discussing Zettelkasten being used for research in natural sciences (for me most directly relevant is medical research). Does anyone know of any good sources or starting points? My preliminary searches haven't really resulted in anything meaningful unfortunatly (The best I've found sofar is this ZK Forum thread https://forum.zettelkasten.de/discussion/2415/zettelkaesten-in-the-fields-of-science-and-history)

      reply to Signynt at https://discord.com/channels/686053708261228577/979886299785863178/1293207926013427733

      Does Carl Linnaeus' incarnation work? Isabelle Charmantier and Staffan Müller-Wille have a number of journal articles on his "invention" and use of index cards in his research and writing work. If you dig around you'll find references to Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz' use of index cards and the Arca Studiorum (Krajewski, MIT, 2011); Computer scientist Gerald Weinberg wrote Gerald M. Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method. New York, N.Y: Dorset House, 2005, which might appeal; you'll also find examples in physicist Mario Bunge, and, although he had a mixed practice of notebooks and index cards, W. Ross Ashby's collection of notes on complexity can be found at https://ashby.info/. Hundreds of other scientists and mathematicians had practices, though theirs typically fall under the heading of commonplace books (Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin, et al.) or as in the case of Isaac Newton and others the heading of "waste books". While looking at others' examples or reading about it may feel like it's going to get you somewhere (better?), having some blind faith and proceeding with your own practice is really the better way to go. Others have certainly done it. Generally it's far rarer for mathematicians, engineers, or scientists to write about their note making/methods so you're unlikely to find direct treatises the way you would for historians, sociologists, anthropologists, humanists, etc.

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