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The wonderful warmth of Chanukah! Family get- togethers — catching up on the past and creating meaningful memories for the future. Enjoying the festive presentations and traditional foods. In deference to those allergic to potatoes or just for a refreshing change, there are other options to potato latkes, like ricotta pancakes and spicy salmon patties. Enjoy the camaraderie and this novel Chanukah cuisine.
Ricotta Pancakes with Rhubarb Sauce
A welcome change from your typical pancake. The ricotta cheese gives it a very creamy, velvety texture and precludes the need for eggs (which may please your doctor). Serve with pancake syrup or rhubarb sauce. view recipe-->
Spicy Salmon Patties
Made with canned salmon, these patties are delicious hot or cold. They have a little zip to them so they may appeal more to adults, but they’re not too spicy for kids to enjoy as well. With all the interesting ingredients, the younger generation will enjoy helping to make them too. Serve with or without tartar sauce. view recipe -->
In the mood of a new fried dough, instead of sufganiyot? This treat is a twist on doughnuts that your family will love. You can even vary the shapes and make dreidels or menorahs with a cookie cutter. Use your imagination and enjoy the activity with your children during Chanukah. However, for safety purposes do the frying yourself. view recipe -->
Chocolate Chip Cheese Dip
This creamy dip is perfect for parties. Even before the actual meal is served, have this on the table for the kids to nosh. They literally gobble it up with bread sticks, animal crackers, graham crackers, and the like. view recipe -->
This article originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine.
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Canine Assistants is a non-profit organization, founded in 1991, which trains and provides service dogs for children and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. In addition to physically assisting those with disabilities, Canine Assistants service dogs are instrumental in removing many of the barriers faced by the disabled in today's society. One recipient made the value of this skill quite clear when asked by a reporter what she liked most about her service dog. Immediately, she responded, "My dog makes my wheelchair disappear."
Visit Canine Assistants
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May 12, 2007 (by A1C Chase S. DeMayo) - The first overseas deployment of America's newest fighter aircraft ended when the stealthy planes arrived back on May 11.
Four F-22As are parked at Langley AFB after the first wave of the 27th EFS returned home on May 11th, 2007
The first wave of F-22 Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron returned from Kadena Air Base, Japan, as part of a three-month air and space expeditionary force deployment where the squadron flew more than 685 sorties.
"The mission still isn't over for us," said Lt. Col. Wade Tolliver, 27th FS
commander. "But so far, we accomplished several amazing tasks making it not only operationally successful but also historical."
While deployed, the 27th FS pilots along with pilots from the Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing flew several missions with the Air Force AWACS and 18th Wing KC-135 Stratotankers, and with the Navy, Marine Corps and Japanese Air Self Defense Force.
"Working together with the other units made us a much stronger asset to the United States' mission," said Colonel Tolliver. "Now that we have experience working together, it gives us that better edge in combat."
Langley's pilots and maintainers also worked closely with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and the squadron hosted four open houses, allowing local servicemembers to view the Raptor.
"The Japanese were professional and competent," said the commander. "Never again can bring we bring our Raptors to Japan and say it's a first. It was historic for everyone."
The remaining aircraft and squadron members will arrive next week.
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Latin American Countries Push More Students to Study Abroad
by Andrew Downie
The Brazilian government announced this year that it plans to give 75,000 scholarships for local students to study abroad by 2014.
But when officials tell students how and where they might apply, some can't quite get their heads around it.
"I can feel that they are thinking, This can't be for me, it has to be for someone else, maybe for those with Ph.D.'s or more advanced degrees," said Thais Pires, head of Alumni Advising-Education USA. "They want to know more, but lots of them can't believe it."
The disbelief is perhaps understandable given the unprecedented scope of the program, Science Without Borders. But the vast new effort is indicative of a broad trend up and down the region.
More Latin American students are going abroad, largely to the United States, to study (although their numbers still lag way behind students from Asia), and governments across the continent are using some of their newfound wealth to increase the numbers further through generous scholarship programs.
In addition to Brazil, nations as diverse as Chile and El Salvador have offered or are planning to offer new incentives to get their students into foreign programs.
"They are all trying to increase dramatically the number of students they send abroad," said Samir Zaveri, international operations director for BMI, a company that organizes education fairs in Latin America. "The idea is that they come back with more skills and help the economy and help with its growth, especially in areas where there are shortages."
That is especially clear in Brazil, the biggest country in South America and the world's seventh largest economy. Brazil is growing fast, but it struggles to find the researchers, engineers, and highly skilled workers to maintain that growth.
The 75,000 scholarships offered by the government of President Dilma Rousseff, as well as an additional 25,000 slated to come from the private sector, are exclusive to fields of national interest such as science, technology, and engineering.
They will come from the federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (Capes) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
"Capes will manage 40,000 scholarships, and CNPq will manage 35,000 scholarships," said Denise Neddermeyer, director of international affairs for Capes. The other 25,000 scholarships "will cover areas with an important technological impact, such as engineering, hard science, mathematics, energy, sustainable development, environment, biotechnology, and health."
That focus is shared by governments across the region, large and small. El Salvador, for example, created a vice ministry of science and technology in 2009.
The Central American nation provides 35 scholarships a year for students to study abroad, but it is planning to add another 150 to that number over the next three years, said José Marroquin, the engineer in charge of Becas Fantel, the government's main scholarship program. The additional places are for students pursuing subjects important to the country, such as environment and health.
Ecuador this month announced its most ambitious scholarship program yet, with the aim of sending more than 1,000 students abroad, while Colombia will send more people overseas in 2011 than in the 18 previous years put together.
And Chile plans to offer 30,000 scholarships by 2018 through a program called Becas Chile. The $6-billion scheme was started by former President Michelle Bachelet in 2008 and replaced the smaller President of the Republic scholarships.
Like in many other national scholarship programs, those who win Becas Chile scholarships sign a contract agreeing to return home after completing their studies and work for "the good of the country." Its sheer size has proved a particular boon to less-well-off students.
"One new student who just came here is from the south of Chile, and five or six years ago that would have been impossible," said Cristian Castro, a Chilean student earning a doctorate in history at the University of California at Davis. "The best thing that Michelle Bachelet did was to democratize it. People who never imagined leaving the country can now do so."
One key factor in making this all possible is that Latin American governments have huge reserves of foreign currency thanks to the worldwide thirst for commodities like copper, iron ore, soy beans, and sugar.
Grants given to Latin American students on Fulbright programs tripled to $21-million in 2010, from $7.5-million in 2000, said Jenny Verdaguer, branch chief for Fulbright Western Hemisphere programs.
The leading contributors today are Chile and Brazil, two of the fastest growing countries in the hemisphere. They replace Mexico and Argentina, two nations that underwent harsh economic times during the last decade.
Not coincidentally, new programs are being discussed with Panama, Paraguay, and Peru, economies that grew 7.5 percent, 15.3 percent, and 8.8 percent respectively in 2010.
"I think that the willingness of governments to send students abroad is predicated on their economic resources, and if they have that they can dream large," Ms. Verdaguer said in a telephone interview from Washington.
The increased investment in Fulbright programs "is very much a function of improved economic conditions in the region," she added.
While continued economic growth would thus appear to be a prerequisite for longer-term continuance of the scholarships schemes, there are other obstacles, not least of which is the commitment of Latin governments to actually carry out such grandiose plans.
Other issues include how readily their foreign degrees will be accepted at home—Brazilians getting doctorates abroad must go through a lengthy process to validate their qualification—as well as ensuring that students come back and share their knowledge, as stipulated in their contracts.
"It is hard to oblige people to pay it back if they don't want to," said Ian Whitman, author of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report on the Becas Chile program. "They want them to come home but come home to what? Research institutes without a test tube or a microscope? In the case of Chile, we recommended that they use some of their money to improve the infrastructure of their research sector."
Another issue is foreign-language proficiency. More than half of those winning the first scholarships from the Becas Chile program needed to take language lessons before going abroad. And Ms. Neddermeyer acknowledged that Brazil must invest in tuition because not enough students are fluent in languages other than Portuguese.
"It is clear this could be a difficulty in longer term," she said. "I think we have a group ready right now, but when we extend ourselves, I think we will need to have extensive courses. That can also be negotiated with the foreign universities. Some will offer that as part of their deal."
For now, the main challenge is spreading the word and ramping up interest with universities and students. It's not hard once that initial skepticism wears off, said Ms. Pires. Especially with such unprecedented numbers at hand.
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by Ann Garrison
On Feb. 27, 2009, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the California Foreclosure Prevention Act, authored and introduced by California Assembly Member Ted Lieu, a Democrat representing California’s 53rd Assembly District. The California Democratic Party Caucus website still proudly proclaims that Lieu’s legislation is “one of the most comprehensive and important pieces of legislation in the country to stem the tide of foreclosures and get our economy back on track,” but it’s likely to save as many homeowners as the state lottery, if that.
Why? The law that Lieu’s Assembly Bill 27 creates is supposed to give homeowners an additional 90 days to somehow cope and/or negotiate home loan modifications. However, at the very same time, the law requires the California Departments of Corporations, Financial Institutions and Real Estate to automatically grant “temporary exemptions” to any mortgage lender that submits a “substantially complete application” claiming it has a “comprehensive loan modification program” in place.
And all the major banks, which are foreclosing on 90 percent of the distressed loans in California, lined up for exemptions on June 15, the day the act went into effect, and got exemptions within 24 hours.
Here are a few of the Department of Corporation’s FAQs (frequently asked questions) for banks:
“7. How do I obtain an exemption from the provisions of Civil Code Section 2923.52(a)?
“The licensee or other entity must submit the Application for Exemption from the Provisions of Section 2923.52(a) in accordance with Section 2031.7 of Subchapter 14, Chapter 3, Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations to the Department of Corporations.
“10. How long does it take after an application is filed to obtain an exemption?
And what happens if one of California’s regulatory bureaucracies issues a temporary exemption, then rules, 30 days later, that the bank did not actually have a “comprehensive loan modification plan” in place?
Offending banks will then have to stop foreclosing for 90 days, unless and until they get another exemption.
And Assemblyman Ted Lieu told the Sacramento Bee that banks hate foreclosure moratoriums: “’You have voluntary programs that they don’t have to do,’ said state Assemblyman Ted Lieu, a Torrance Democrat who was the author of the bill. ‘This creates an enforcement mechanism to force them to do it. The hammer is the 90-day foreclosure moratorium, which they all hate.’”
Oh my God! Banks hate foreclosure moratoriums! They’ll do anything to retain the power to keep foreclosing, even adopt a totally toothless, but “comprehensive” loan modification program!
And the hammer? Bank execs might just as well be frightened of being hit by one of Arnold’s hybrid hummers.
Unlike homeowners, whom the bill grants absolutely no breathing room, they’ll get not only automatic exemptions, but also 30 more days to keep foreclosing on anyone already in their cross-hairs if the state later rules that they never deserved their exemptions in the first place.
Then they can apply for exemption again, and again, and again.
And banks that don’t want to modify a single loan, or even go through the motions of considering it, have simply hired other banks that already have exemptions, like OneWest Bank, to “service” their loans.
This means that both Deutschebank and Goldman Sachs, which are now rumored to hold the majority of the securitized home loans from all over the country, have exemptions simply because they pay other banks that have exemptions to send out their monthly bills and collect the checks!
This is heartless, Orwellian, war-is-peace and freedom-is-slavery legislation, which makes life worse for distraught homeowners, many of whom have already been victimized by the predatory lending practices that triggered the mortgage meltdown, derivatives disaster and global recession.
Why worse? Because it holds out false hope, then confuses, confounds and torments homeowners with illogical, bureaucratic and ill-defined non-binding lender obligations.
Conceivably, a few determined homeowners may somehow prove that their lenders have acted in bad faith, perhaps even committed perjury to obtain exemptions. A very few may even have the whole foreclosure process thrown out due to banks’ bad faith and illegal procedure. But how many homeowners, on the verge of losing everything, have that kind of energy or bureaucratic and legal agility left?
And weren’t homeowners supposed to be using the relief created by a 90-day foreclosure moratorium to work, find work or maybe sell their homes before losing them – to somehow cope as best they can – not to struggle with the deceptions of a byzantine bank enabling law?
Foreclosure sale notices typically advise homeowners to seek legal counsel or face the sale of their homes at auction within weeks, but how many homeowners can afford a lawyer by that time, especially a lawyer capable of going up against the big banks?
Southern California real estate and bankruptcy attorney David Gibbs predicted all this when Schwarzenegger signed the bill in February, writing on Knol, a Unit of Knowledge, and, in June, posted this update:
“UPDATE – As anticipated, this piece of legislation turned out to be nothing more than a piece of Swiss cheese. On June 15, 2009, the date on which the legislation actually became effective, magically almost 47 mortgage lenders, servicers and others involved in foreclosure received a temporary exemption from the law. Amazing, considering the fact that the state had posted on its website that the applications would not even be accepted until June 15, 2009.
“In some instances, not only did the firms receive a temporary exemption, many, such as Bank of America, Citimortgage, EMC Mortgage, Kondur Capital and Select Portfolio Servicing, all received their exemptions WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ENACTMENT OF THE LAW. I am appalled at our legislators who, under the guise of protecting homeowners from foreclosure, wasted our time and taxpayer money to enact a law that is absolutely meaningless.
“Of the largest loan servicing companies in California (the ones who are foreclosing on 90 percent of homes in California), all are now 100 percent exempt from this new law. Here is a link to the current list of exempt lenders as of July 2, 2009 – be sure to check the Department of Corporations, Department of Real Estate and Department of Financial Institutions – all of which can be linked from the above website.
“Someone in the state Legislature PLEASE tell me how it makes sense to add 90 days to the foreclosure process to allow people to negotiate a modification or some other relief from foreclosure, AND THEN EXEMPT FROM HAVING TO WAIT THAT ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS THE VERY BANKS THESE HOMEOWNERS ARE TO NEGOTIATE WITH? Way to go California – financially, and now MORALLY bankrupt.”
Hear, hear, Counselor Gibbs. (And have you ever considered running for political office?)
On July 21, I reported the real nature of the California Foreclosure Prevention Act to Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico and sent him the Department of Corporations’ quick stop guide to same-day exemption for banks. And the long list of banks exempted.
Torrico notified his staff, assigned a legislative aide to investigate further and promised to hold a hearing in August. But he said that ultimately only Californians, outraged and organized at the grassroots, can turn the tide of corporate triumph led, in California, by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
This story first appeared at OpEdNews. San Francisco writer Ann Garrison is the energy policy examiner for Examiner.com. She also blogs at ColoredOpinions.blogspot.com and is the website writer-editor of thepriceofuranium.com. She can be reached at [email protected].
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Some 21 volunteers, mostly neighbors of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, raked and bagged leaves, twigs and other debris Friday at the Livingston complex.
"Here's how hard they worked," said Lynn Kelly, chief executive officer of the Harbor. "They used up a whole box of giant industrial-sized lawn-and-leaf bags, like a hundred of them!"
Buildings at the Harbor, an 83-acre mixed use cultural site, weathered Sandy largely unscathed, but dozens of large old trees came down during the storm. The complex will be closed until fallen trees and dangling limbs are removed.
Volunteers, who answered calls for help on the Harbor's Facebook and Twitter accounts, were confined Friday to the perimeter of the property.
"I am humbled" Kelly said yesterday, by the spirit of the Staten Islanders who pitched in." Snug Harbor will re-open on a limited basis Monday.
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That's the question asked by journalist Riazat Butt for the British newspaper, The Telegraph, in a recent article entitled, "Women bishops will have to accept discrimination to exist."
Here's the back story for those of you who aren't either feminists or Anglophiles.
The Church of England authorized the ordination of women to the priesthood in 1992 and began ordaining them in 1994. In the 20 years since the decision was made, the debate about women in the episcopacy has been raging.
In 2008, draft legislation which would allow women in the episcopacy was finally proposed to General Synod which has been the subject of many angry debates, failed deals, fudges and great turmoil and angst.
In July of this year, a resolution - intended to reassure opponents of the ordination of women - was passed unanimously by the House of Bishops but it failed to achieve consensus among clergy and laity and was defeated.
In September of this year, the resolution was further tinkered with and clause 5 (1) (c) was proposed to the House of Bishops by Synod member, the Rev'd Janet Appleby. Depending on who's talking, the clause is either a brilliantly nuanced compromise which will allow women - finally! - to be "appointed" to the episcopacy - OR - another bad batch of Anglican fudge.
Section 5 of the the draft measure on women bishops states that the House of Bishops must draw up a code of practice on implementing the measure.
In May, the House of Bishops inserted a new clause 5 (1) (c):
It says male bishops or priests looking after objecting parishes should exercise their ministry consistently with "the theological convictions as to the consecration and ordination of women" of the parishes.
The redraft agreed on 12 September says male bishops and priests should be selected "in a manner which respects the grounds on which parochial church councils issue Letters of Request under section 3."
I'm sure the bishops were quite relieved that a woman who is a priest proposed it, hoping to put an end to the matter and getting back to doing.....well, whatever it is CofE bishops do. I'm quite sure they want this issue off their plate before Justin Welby, bishop of Durham and the new Archbishop of Canterbury, takes over for the beleaguered Rowan Williams.
If the Appleby Amendment passes, they'll soon enough be onto the next contentious issue: The blessing of LGBT covenants and marraige and ordination of LGBT people - which, I think, will make the 20 year battle for the full inclusion of women in the church seem like a day eating oysters at the beach at Whitstable.
Sally Barnes, from the campaign group Women and the Church (WATCH), says that, at the July Synod, people were “so angry”, when stronger legal safeguards were suggested for traditionalists, that it took the bishops and archbishops by surprise. “They couldn't see what they had done and we had to spell it out.”
Some laity are thrilled because it also means that, for the first time in recent memory, the laity have had enormous influence on the decision-making of the institutional (male, clerical dominated) church hierarchy. The hierarchical paradigm, they say - at least on this issue - has been inverted.
Not so fast, say the "traditionalists". Forward in Faith, a group that wants greater accommodation for traditionalists than is currently being offered, has dismissed the Appleby Amendment. Members of the Catholic Group in Synod, Reform and the Church of England Evangelical Council have already said they will vote against the legislation.
|Justin Welby, new ABC|
“The House of Bishops needs to have women in it. Some people have had enough - it's not a ringing endorsement- but we've had 20 years debate and it's essential. A two-thirds majority is needed – the bar is very high – and I am resigned to whatever happens. People are very weary. We want women bishops very much and it's not credible or tenable that there aren't any. If it [the legislation] falls then we will have to keep on until there are women bishops.”It's important to note that the ordination of women has been a controversial issue throughout the Anglican Communion for a long, long time. It's the one place where Evangelicals and Anglo-Catholics find common cause.
Time does march on - even in England where it always seems to be 1950. By 2012, 28 of the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion ordain women as priests and 17 have removed all barriers to women becoming bishops.
So, back to the question: Is a little discrimination a lesser evil than no women bishops in the Church of England?
It sounds to me that folks are leaning toward answering that question in the affirmative.
Is that a good thing?
You ask that as if you believed that having women in the House of Bishops will completely eradicate sexism in the church.
You know, like the fact that Barbara Clementine Harris was the first woman to be bishop in the Anglican Communion, and Katharine Jefferts Schori is the first woman to be Presiding Bishop in the Episcopal Church, means that there's not even "a little bit of discrimination" in the church.
Or, like the fact that Barack Obama is the President of the United States means that there's not even "a little bit of discrimination" in terms of racism in this country any more.
Even if General Synod rejects the Appleby Amendment in favor of full, unequivocal, flat out inclusion of women in all orders of ordination, discrimination will continue to persist - in the church and in the world.
Which means that discussions in the House of Bishops about - and votes on - issues of reproductive justice, human sexuality, ordination and marriage equality will take on a very different tone and texture.
Not immediately, of course, but over time, there's bound to be an impact. It's completely unavoidable.
Do you really think the laity would have had an impact on the last Synod vote if there hadn't been women ordained to the priesthood in the Church of England for the last 20 years?
Is a little discrimination a lesser evil than no women bishops in the Church of England?
Is sexism a greater evil than misogyny?
A little bit of discrimination?
Women have been dealing with discrimination since the beginning of time. With one hand tied behind our backs. Six times before breakfast.
Imagine what we'll be able to do in the Church of England with both hands free.
And, after breakfast.
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Thu 26 Feb 2009
Dismantling the Old World Order VII. The Grand Chessboard: NATO, US Occupying the Centre of Eurasia with EU Support
" A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! They are coming from a far country, from the farthest horizons .." (Isaiah 13:4-5).
Something strange is taking place in central Asia around Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India. It is a big game under the false name of “War on Terror” – a terror which started on 9/11 of 2001 with what many think was an insider job However, the intention is to control all mankind – the real enemies of the New World Order.
See this shocking video. This whole 9/11 business seems to be inspired by Pearl Harbour. The "Day of Deceit": “In White House meetings the strong feeling was that America needed a call to action. This is not what the public wanted, though. So, according to Stinnett, Roosevelt provoked Japan to attack us, without warning the fleet in Pearl Harbor, and thus galvanized the country to war.”
In chess, you cannot win the game, unless you control the centre. The same is true in the attempt to here introduce world government . The energy and geopolitical centre of the Earth today is Central Asia and the middle East.
The US-NATO-invasion of Afghanistan took place with full support by the EU – and here – although till this day the EU has sent just 193 policemen to Afghanistan! On Sept. 23, 2008 The UN submitted to NATO which has now become the New World Order´s tool to gain world domination.
Zbigniew Brzezinski´s, Obamas mentor´s, view on the world : Brzezinski sees Eurasia as the centre of the world – necessary for the USA to dominate, if the US want to rule the world, keeping any rival away. (As for his views on regionalisation as the way to the world state – see here)
"Long-term, global policy must become more akin to a supremacy of power in the hands of a single state. Thus, America is not only the first, but also the only true global superpower, and it may probably be the very last" – very ominous!!! (s.209)
Brzezinski: "Between 2 Ages 1970:" 9. Society is controlled by the elite. Democracy and the humanitarian, social values are, unfortunately, mistakes that result in the uneducated´s regime." And, he also argues that the "One-World society" that is the crown and completion of work.
Beginning US-Russian Inconsistency over Central Asia
Russia is reasserting its role in Central Asia . On Wednesday, Russia announced a financial rescue fund for a group of ex-Soviet allies and won their agreement to form a military rapid reaction force (10.000 men) in the region that it said would match North Atlantic Treaty Organization standards. That came a day after Kyrgyzstan announced, at Russian urging, that it planned to evict the U.S. from the Manas base it has used to ferry large numbers of American troops into Afghanistan. Russia said the base may house part of the planned new force instead. (The eviction within 6 months has been passed by the Kyrghysz Parliament).
The steps mark Russia's most aggressive push yet to counter a U.S. military presence in the region that it has long resented. They pose a challenge for the administration of President Barack Obama, which sees Afghanistan as its top foreign-policy priority and is preparing to double the size of the American military presence there.
Russia is signaling that it will be a tough defender of its interests, especially in its traditional backyard of the former Soviet Union.
“Karasin dismissed suggestions that Moscow's strategy was to provide bases for US Afghan operations in exchange for Washington abandoning its anti-ballistic missile shield.”
With Pakistan increasingly tenuous, U.S. officials have had to turn to Russia for help. The U.S. already ships large quantities of fuel through Russia.
The Putin-Medvedev doctrine consists of Russia defending the rights of its citizens wherever they are and by whatever means necessary, as in Abkhazia, is causing concern.
Why does this matter?
The US National Intelligence Council predicts a total implosion of Pakistan - “a failed nuclear power with myriads of terrorist groups, displeased groups of rebels and a mighty army. This is expected to have serious consequences for global security.
Global Research Febr. 16, 2009
It is the people of South Asia who will pay a steep price as the Pentagon and their corporatist masters seek a "solution" to what Washington insiders have dubbed the "Af-Pak" problem.
A New York Times article also states that the US is continuing to carry out Special Forces operations on the ground inside Pakistan, in addition to its stepped-up missile attacks.
Obama, Gates and the military chiefs have already outlined a policy shift away from any pretense of democratic reform or “nation-building” in favour of a more concentrated focus on counter-insurgency operations aimed at wiping out popular resistance in both Afghanistan and Pakistan to US neo-colonial aims. There is a growing danger of a military conflagration throughout Central Asia and beyond.
The Pentagon is attempting to persuade U.S. President Barack Obama to approve a vast nation-building plan for Afghanistan that would involve deploying 100,000 troops in that country for as long as a decade alongside with civilian measures. It would cost "around $2 billion per month beyond the roughly $20 billion we already spend.
I: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, revealed that CIA Predator drones are flown from an airbase in Pakistan. Feinstein's remarks are certain to enflame tensions against Pakistan's civilian government. And that may be intended!!
Comment: And it is true – according to the Times Online.
Global Research 23 Febr, 2009: 3 Pakistani military commanders are now joining forces against the government for this reason.
This will destabilize President Asif Ali Zardari´s civilian government of Pakistan.
The Zardari government is in full crisis mode. With a reputation as a grifter the Yankee overlords made it clear they had no confidence in Zadari´s administration and would prefer another compliant military "Big Man" to rule the roost.
II: Besides, Pakistan sees a home-grown Islamist insurgency.
President Zardari: "We are aware of the fact (the Taliban are) trying to take over the state of Pakistan. So, we're fighting for the survival of Pakistan." However, the government has responded by capitulating to the Taleban´s demands in …the Swat Valley.
Taliban have virtually cut NATO's supply lines into Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass and now threaten Peshawar, the NWFP's capital, a sprawling city of three million people.
It appears that the government's strategy for "winning" entails a complete capitulation to the Taleban´s demands, including the imposition of draconian Sharia to be "administered" by the Taliban themselves!
Pakistani critics believe that the organization …launches new operations aimed at the centers of power. Many Pakistani Army and intelligence officers … oppose using force against fellow Muslims, and some have ties to militant groups.
III: Ab Ordine Chaos – Chaos out of Order: The masters of the New World Order at play with incalculable risks for the planet.
The Americans play double games, e.g. equipping select Taliban groups with sophisticated technologies that are effectively used against their attempts to restrain the activities of the Taliban.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Muhammad ElBaradei has said Pakistan's nuclear weapons can fall into the hands of terrorists due to the prevailing instability in the South Asian country.
Instability, I might add, that the United States and their NATO partners seem hell-bent on spreading far and wide.
The US Defence Department is preparing to intervene, “if a nuclear state becomes instable and nuclear weapons could be used against rivalling groups – or the US)
American officials may also be prompted by growing concern that the militant attacks are increasingly putting the civilian government of Pakistan, a nation with nuclear weapons, at risk.” But the USA already has remapped the countries of the Middle East and Central Asia on the desk.
If Pakistan were pushed by internal and external forces to fly-apart, it would set the stage for the military occupation of the country by the U.S. and their partners under the guise of "peacekeeping" and "stability operations."
Government opposition is staging riots against Zardari´s government.The illuminist Atlantic Council: Pakistan faces dire economic and security threats that threaten both the existence of Pakistan as a democratic and stable state and the region as a whole. We are running out of time - ultimate failure threatens. Zardari to the Atlantic Council: “We – [the United States, Pakistan, NATO and the world at large] – are losing the battle” to keep Pakistan stable, at peace. A senior Pakistani military officer told us: “If Pakistan fails, the world fails.” Comment: NATO intervention seems imminent.
IV: New World Order out of chaos
Now where is the direct voice from the New World Order? Here is a voice from Tavistock´s Brookings Institution , which is telling the US Government how to run its affairs and the Chatham House, the daughter of Cecil Rhodes´Rothschild Club, The Round Table and the sister of Rockefeller´s Council on Foreign Relations:“
Bruce Jones, Director, Center on International Cooperation, New York University : “Let’s look backwards on Afghanistan briefly. We would be in a significantly stronger shape here if over the past eight or more years we had invested serious effort in building up the capacity of the UN and NATO to do the statebuilding work of governments.
Spiegel: As it is now the troops are getting exhausted. Therefore 17.000 US troops extra have been deployed in Helmand – but the US expects much more troops from Europe – especially from Germany, Italy and France) Apparently the EU is not willing to play the game of the New World Order when it comes to blood shedding in a remote country better being left alone, in case we closed our borders to people from that part of the world..
A conflict between China and the USA is unlikely, China being the creditor of the US and the US China´s best market. .
However it is not impossible
Obama and Saudi Arabia make a secret pact for the Persian Gulf while Moscow supports Teheran.
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Posted by: Jaideep Khanduja
project management, project manager, test team, tester
There are different kinds of project managers – those who take testers as a threat and thus treat them as foes and those who take testers are friends and hence always welcome them to put hands on the product in pipeline. Neither of the two is a strange factor. Both scenarios are natural and realistic.
If the situation is former, it becomes quite tough for testers to break the ice. It is not the question of just putting your hands on the product but also a good amount of cooperation and alignment is required from the development team. Without understanding business requirements on the basis of which the product in question has been developed, it is impossible to test the product. It is something like deciding to ride on a bicycle without knowing about the destination, road condition and distance to travel. Without knowing about the exact functionality requirements, it is next to impossible to test a product.
But logically, if you see, those project managers who treat testers as a threat lack confidence in themselves, their team and the product developed. Though this might not be true if some amount of probing is done in such cases, but it is the project manager that needs to introspect on such kind of behaviour. It could merely be lack of confidence and knowledge of project manager only that forces them to develop such atmosphere of hide and seek. The development team and product might be well in place! And the project manager would have placed them in a poor situation.
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By Lisa Selvaggio on ThirdEyeParagonEarth.com
The tragedy of the human race is that something went wrong in our evolution; something is missing in most of us, and it is not anything new either. The idea that humans are superior to other beasts and that every other species cannot feel or reason is the greatest fallacy humanity has ever bought into. I have no idea where it started or when it became engrained in our brains, but I do know that it is holding us back from achieving true greatness through peace and a connection to life itself.
When wild animals are taken in, caged up, starved and beaten to learn tricks, and then used for entertainment, I wonder where the empathy has gone. Why is it that I can put myself into that animal’s situation and feel the fear and the bewilderment? Why is it that I can compare that to an alien abduction, the kind every human is afraid of, when you’re taken in by another creature to be poked and prodded as they speak a language you don’t understand in surroundings you’ve never seen before, completely out of your element and away from those you love and trust?
When you hear about a lioness that “adopts” a baby gazelle, for example, it’s intriguing and confusing all at the same time because it defies the laws of Nature, going against every instinct the lioness should have, putting herself and the baby at risk. But what people don’t realize is that this is precisely the same thing humans do to myriad species, from birds to reptiles to even wild animals. Our adoption of these other species proves more than necessary that we are incapable of providing them with a suitable environment, diet, and attention. Pets are often neglected, abused, or become ill and die by direct, or even indirect unintentional means. So when we see a lioness adopting a gazelle, ripping it away from its herd and its mother, with no way to properly nurse and tend to it, is Nature trying to prove that this is not a system that works; that it is a system humanity, too, needs to relinquish in order for Nature to function properly and all animals to survive the way they were intended? Once again, we are forcing these animals into an alien environment, away from their own social groups, away from their food sources, away from the natural world itself, and we think that by providing them with artificial everything that they’ll be satisfied and thrive.
But what’s missing in so many people that abuse animals, mangle and kill them for food or sport, and even perform vivisection on them? What makes me and so many others different from the people who have no qualms whatsoever about sowing an innocent animal’s eyes shut in a laboratory for an experiment they know will yield no conclusive medical results and that merely wastes taxpayers’ money? Why is it that some people continue to believe that animals cannot feel and don’t have connections to one another and even to their own lives? What “gift” have I been given that makes me believe firmly that animals have souls just as humans do, and that animals deserve to live free lives, unrestricted by humanity’s selfishness? What makes me see the Earth as my home – a home I want to keep clean and respect so that I can share it with those around me and with the future? Why is it that there are movements working toward animal liberation and a healthy environment while there are movements at the exact same time lobbying for more money and power at the expense of lives, even human lives, and the life of the planet?
I don’t mean to come across as egotistical or “holier than thou,” I just want to comprehend why we can’t all agree that when an animal is strapped to a table and cut open while conscious it does feel pain and horror. Aren’t the screams enough? Isn’t the writhing enough? I would assume that if the animal just sat there, unresponsive, while a needle injected poison into its eye that it, indeed, doesn’t feel. But that is never the case. So why can’t scientists, who are supposed to understand more than the rest of us just how bodies work – bodies of humans, animals, and the Earth itself – stop they’re sadistic experiments? We can all agree that when humans endured these types of experiments under Dr. Mengele during World War II, it was unjustifiably cruel and something that should never occur in the first place. Why not extend that to other creatures, from primates to rodents to domesticated animals that never see the light of day from their barren, cold cages, and whose bodies are forced to deal with toxins and poisons that will eventually harm humans despite what the FDA will tell you, and whose minds have to endure extreme isolation until insanity sets in and then finally death?
Why are the same laws protecting people from these abuses not extended to animals? Perhaps it’s because some people see nothing wrong with hurting each other either. That’s why the American government performed above-ground testing of atomic bombs in areas of Nevada and Utah, for example, during the ‘50s – you know, to sacrifice some lives in the name of national security. That’s why the pharmaceutical industry cares only for profits, not for the fact that its medications do more harm than good, are sometimes fatal, and only suppress humanity’s ability to be truly healthy. That’s why global corporations care nothing for the environments they destroy or the lives they destroy when they plant themselves in developing countries and pay two cents per hour or force children into labor. That’s why the food industry pumps animals used for food full of hormones and antibiotics, poisons our water and pollutes our oceans with no regard to the toxic fish that people will eat, and then forces organic, small-scale farms out of business to promote its own genetically-modified crops.
But I wonder; if everyone would start seeing the connection we have to other creatures and to the Earth, will the fighting subside, will the sickness wane? Will we finally see that it’s not worth dropping bombs when we know that those actions won’t just hurt our human enemies, but innocent animals and the Earth too? If the person who slams the chicken against the wall for no reason except sick enjoyment before it is sent to slaughter realizes that that chicken has the same right to life and security that he does, will he lose his violent disposition? If the scientist who burns an animal alive to see if an artificially produced chemical is safe for human use realizes that that animal is no less worthy than a human to live a natural life free of its “alien abductor,” will he instead focus his energies and intellect toward sustainable design and a more holistic approach toward health? I think so. In fact, I know so.
Here I am, with this gift of empathy. But I’m not alone. There are billions out there like me. And I’d like to believe we outnumber the sadists. Most people don’t want to see animals being mistreated. Most people don’t want their tax dollars going toward useless experiments. So we have to tip the scales. We need to take the control and the power back. We need to find strength in our numbers and recognize each other in a crowd by making our voices heard and no longer standing in the background or on the sidelines while the un-evolved take their places at the canned hunts, at the circuses and zoos, at the fur- and factory-farms, and at the blades that cut down forests of trees. It’s time empathy lives again before the lack of it swallows us whole and takes the good down with the bad. It’s not enough to say we care; we have to show it - first to the place that we call home, our planet Earth; then to the creatures who play their part in helping to keep the Earth livable by being able to thrive and reproduce as intended; and finally toward one another. It’s time to wipe away the apathy, the selfishness and greed, and replace it with empathy, that simple emotion that let’s us gaze into an animal’s eyes when it’s in distress and see in them our own.
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Why is 2012 such a big deal to the occultists? They say it’s because a new age will arrive due to some certainly rare planetary and stellar alignments around the winter solstice of that year, but why would unusual alignments cause men’s and women’s hearts to change, all choked up over the visuals through their telescopes perhaps? Of course, not the new age the occultists are hoping for could occur at anytime, when the prophecies in Ezekiel 38 will be fulfilled leading to the tribulation period described in Revelation, when they will have to choose whom they will serve for eternity, the time of God’s judgment on the world, when the anti-christ will rule for a time.
Did you ever wonder why the beginning of our current supposed mayan “fourth sun of time” is the same length as this current hindu “kali yuga of time,” both having begun at about the same date, this mayan sun having begun ostensibly at 3114 b.c, and this hindu yuga at 3102 b.c., both ending supposedly at the winter solstice in 2012 as the new agers propone? It’s because some spiritually devious and astronomically proficient types, using the geometric mapping method explained in article #2 at http://IceAgeCivilizations.com, trumped up these notions of ages, having counted back 1/5th of a precession cycle from what they calculated would be an astronomically momentous time back to when they say this age began, designed to fool the world.
And see http://genesisveracityfoundation.com.
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Just another sign of Jewish-zionist-israeli values being implemented in America to support traitorous israeli patriots and show American patriots what they canexpect if they do not accept Jewish views and jewish leadership.
Troture is now being called coerscion and n doubt some of the finer points of israeli-jewish methods are being insbreastutionalised as we speak.
THE BRUTAL NAZI APARTHEID REGIME OF ISRAEL Israel Judge Promotes Her Court As a Model
Strike Breaking STRIKE BREAKING (AS REPORTED BY NYT AND OTHER AMERICAN PAPERS) THE JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT HIRSH GOODMAN - they have not received any person training, nor are they members of a person organization. Rather they are members of that Palestinian generation that grew up knowing nothing but occupation
With anger, hatred, and sheer ferocity, thousands of youngsters hurled rocks at their Israeli occupiers, undaunted by the gunfire that greeted them. This was more than civil unrest. ...It was the beginning of a civil rebellion - Dan Fisher, Los Angeles Times, December 20, 1987. On that day, - wrote John Kifner in The New York Times, - the vast army of Arab laborers who wait on tables, pick vegetables, haul garbage, lay brick and perform virtually all Israel's menial work, stayed home.: John Kifner, New York Times, December 22, 1987.
The Israeli response to the uprising was brutal. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered the use of tanks, armored vehicles and automatic rifles against an unarmed population.
The San Francisco Examiner cited Rabin as openly advocating buttbuttination. "They can shoot to hit leaders of disorder," Rabin said in defense of the army's practice of using marksmen with high-powered .22-caliber rifles to shoot indiscriminately at Palestinian youth. - San Francisco Examiner, December 23, 1987.
Rabin ordered house-to-house searches, first for young men and later for anyone of whom an example might be made. By December 27, over 2,500 Palestinians were seized, many of them as young as twelve; by the end of January the number reached 4,000 and was rising. The "militants "were marked for deportation. Israeli high-security jails and detention centers were overflowing. Mbutt trials of Palestinians were underway.
The act of brutality which most inflamed the Palestinian population was the army seizure of the wounded from hospital beds. This practice, standard procedure throughout the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, made Shifa Hospital in Gaza a center of resistance. Great crowds ambutted to defend the wounded, whom, they rightfully feared, would never be seen again.
A mother of a Palestinian man shot three times in the head by Israeli soldiers was asked if she would let her remaining sons join the demonstrations. " As long as I am alive, "she responded, "I am going to teach the young people to fight ... I don't care whatever happens, as long as we get our land." - John Kifner, New York Times, December 21, 1987.
"They entered the house like animals, shouting," the 22-year old student at Bir Zeit University said. "They took us from the house, kicking us in the head, beating us, all the soldiers with their rifle butts."Two others, he said, beat his hands with lengths of two-by-fours, breaking the bones.
The first priority is to use force, might, beatings. This is considered more effective than detention ... because he may then resume stoning soldiers. But if troops break his hand, he won't be able to throw stones. - New York Times, January 21, 1988.
AGAINST AN UNARMED CIVILIAN POPULATION.
No matter which house one calls, the anguished accounts of family members wounded or arrested pour forth. Convoys of buses cruise the streets of Nablus followed by vans of the Mossad, Israel's secret police. Army units go from house to house pulling youths from their beds at 3 a.m. As the buses fill, the soldiers beat the youths viciously around the head, shins, groin and back. Shrieks fill the air.
AGAINST AN UNARMED CIVILIAN POPULATION.
By April 1988 over 150 Palestinians had died. The Israeli government had admitted to the arrest of 2,000 people, bringing the acknowledged total to 4,000. The real figure was far higher.
Sources in the West Bank and Gaza established that the number detained by the weekend of March 27 had exceeded 13,000. Bbuttam Shaka'a, deposed Mayor of Nablus, placed the total held solely in a hastily constructed barbed-wire encampment at Dhariyah at 10,000.
American cult of cruelty
Arash CounterPunch September 16, 2006 Ethos of the Destroyers The American Military's Cult of Cruelty By...
And under these conditions people have no chance of being molested? Children and parents would complain loudly about paedophilia, rape, forced incest, sadistic and perverted against them? Of course and the church, there are christians in this crowd that your jewish brothers dont like to talk about, did the church race to check the wellbeing of there followers, were they even allowed? God would approve according to the Christian Evangelical Church-s led by G.Bush and our other Christian insbreastutions?
CHERTOFF AND MOSSAD + 911
serwad google.video has lots of them. and they look just like what was on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc... because a lot of the...
TWO OF THE CHILDREN, AGES 9 AND 11 , WERE TAKEN BY THE SOLDIERS IN THEIR night clothes, frog-marched in the streets and beaten as they were forced by the jeering soldiers to clear debris.
In the Balata camp outside Nablus, and in the Casbah - the old quarter - l, 000 people were arrested in a period of 48 hours. The discovery of people in ditches in the fields - shot in the back or with their heads caved in - has been reported from villages throughout the West Bank and Gaza
NEW YORK TIMES Fleets of helicopters fly over Nablus at night dropping a dense, green toxic gas over the city. The smell pervades every house. Armed units fire canisters of the substance into houses at random. Doctors at Ittihad Hospital reported several rests and severe lung injuries from this as-yet unidentified asphyxiating chemical, totally distinct from tear gas.
Among the victims was the grandmother of the Da'as family and the 100-year-old father of noted Nablus attorney Mohammad Irshaid. Soldiers had entered the house at 2 a.m., smashing furniture and firing a canister of the dreaded green gas while preventing the family from leaving.
Simultaneously, the Israeli army targeted the hospitals. Army trucks rammed ambulances and blocked them from reaching the homes of those overcome by the gas. Soldiers entered the Ittihad Hospital in Nablus numerous times, arresting the wounded and those waiting to give blood to family members. EVEN THE OPERATING THEATRE WAS INVADED WHILE SURGEONS WERE OPERATING ON PATIENTS.
DOCTORS WERE BEATEN AND EQUIPMENT SMASHED. FAMILY MEMBERS WERE PREVENTED FROM ENTERING THE HOSPITAL AND THE CARS OF DOCTORS AND NURSES WERE DESTROYED BY SOLDIERS.
Meanwhile, all of Nablus was paralysed by a total strike. All the streets in every quarter of the city were without open shops or business activity. As gas permeated the city, cries and chants filled the night.
Gas canisters recovered by Bbuttam Shaka'a, Yousef al-Masri chief of Ittihad Hospital and American author Alfred Lilienthal bear the markings "560 cs. Federal Lab. Saltsburg, Pa. USA MK2 1988." Biochemists are studying their properties as casualties mount.
JOHN KIFNER reported on April 4 that "Hundreds of refugees were treated in United Nations clinics for gas inhalation." On April 15, Kifner wrote, "...gas has been thrown inside homes, clinics and schools where the effects are particularly severe."
Check Number of prisoners in Auschwitz.
CROSSES AT AUSCHWITZ
Historian--Jews consistently call for the removal of Christian symbols from Auschwitz even though statistics at Auschwitz demonstrate that at least 80% of the labor at that work camp were non-Jews--e.g., Christians and Moslems--yet the Jews are only interested in Jewish-oriented rests and not in the
One guy gets 10 years, the other gets a raise and promotion??
htm American and Australian shot by Israelis Chris McGreal talks to the relatives of three British and American victims
AND THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT LONDONS LORD MAYOR??? Everyone please go here =
Christian homes being knocked down??? The new homes were built by a group of limited income Palestinian Christian families who banded together as the Arab Orthodox Housing Project to build a new life. They obtained a 99-year lease from their Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, 22 years ago and then began the agonizing process of organizing and saving enough money to start construction.
"We were renters for 40 years," Dalal Awad, a mother of five told me. "We saved for 22 years and built this home with our neighbors. It cost $42,000. We built it with our hearts, our own labor. Now the Israelis want to kill our dream."
(Wanderer, Oct. 12, 1989, p. 7; National Review, March 16, 1992, p. S-5).
Israeli soldiers can beat up a priest on the West Bank, then shoot up his church during Mbutt, and only the Catholic press takes note...If Christians had done such a thing to a synagogue, anywhere, it would have been front-page news, everywhere. (Wanderer, Oct. 12, 1989, p. 7; National Review, March 16, 1992, p. S-5).
Farmers harbutted and shot in israel
Zionist settler deliberately hits and kills Palestinian old man
AND THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT LONDONS LORD MAYOR??? Everyone please go here =
m WARNING To People in Austria; Belgium; France; Germany; Israel; Spain and Switzerland. You can be fined, imprisoned or both for discussing the topics set forth in this article.
The Jews declared war against Germany On March 24, 1933, the Jewish World Congress, then under the leadership of Chaim Weizman, declared war on Germany on behalf of the Jews of the world.
Like the yanks who rounded up all Japs and Germans?
Immediately after Japan declared war on the United States of America, the order was issued to round up all Americans of Japanese ancestry and imprison them in large camps.
CPT Hebron Chronology February 1995 - September 2003 February-March 1995 Wendy Lehman and Kathleen Kern go on a fact finding tour of the West Bank, Gaza and Israel, talking to Palestinians, Israelis and internationals who are working for human rights and for peace. They make several trips down to Hebron. After they talk to the Public Relations Director of the Hebron municipality about CPT's work in Haiti, she tells them that such a team is
NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN
George Galloway: Israel is a person State
Israeli Terrorism In Pictures
THE ZIONIST PROTECTION RACKET.
He escaped and fled to Israel only to discover that the anti Semitism and plantings had been engineered by his fellow Zionists to dupe Iraqi Jews into going to Israel. An ancient community was deprived of its wealth and reduced to second-clbutt citizen status in Israel, replacing Palestinian labor. See my "Zionists Double Crossed Iraqi Jews"
In a letter to the conference host, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura, the protesters said the Wiesenthal center, "under the deceitful cover of the struggle against anti-Semitism, is on the contrary encouraging intolerance and racism in our societies."
Jon and David Kimche The SS was particularly enthusiastic in its support for Zionism. An internal June 1934 SS position paper urged active and wide-ranging support for Zionism by the government and the Party as the best way to encourage emigration of Germany's Jews to Palestine.
The Jewish Agency delegation headed by Golda Meir (Meirson) ignored a German offer to allow Jews to emigrate to other countries for $250 a head, and the other Jewish groups made no effort to influence the United States and the 32 other countries attending the conference to allow immigration of German and Austrian Jews.
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THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION VERDICT: "strong" is not all America has to be
"The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike." C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), The Poison of Subjectivism.
Like the Holy Land Foundation trial itself—now with the community of the defendants, their families, and their friends waiting in the most bizarre twist of events yet, the Absent Federal Judge—much of the following most likely makes little sense. It is all connected, but perhaps the connections make sense only to those who understand the grotesquerie of this trial.
To begin this post with an enormously unpopular statement about “terrorism” and “terrorists” is at best fool hardy, more likely self-defeating.
However, many Americans remember the late Susan Sonntag’s uncanny ability to name things as they are. Her essay in the New Yorker on September 24, 2001, is a piece that “lives in infamy.” She dared to say, “In the matter of courage (a morally neutral virtue): whatever may be said of the perpetrators of [September 11th’s] slaughter, they were not cowards.” Most Americans, reading her statement today, would bristle once again with the indignation with which her writing was greeted in 2001.
Few of those who castigated Ms. Sonntag (denounced her as a “traitor” and called her a member of a “fifth column”) ever read to the end of her essay. “Let’s by all means grieve together,” she wrote. “But let’s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us to understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen. ‘Our country is strong,’ we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be.”
America is strong.
America’s “strength” is our greatest weakness.
America (at least those in whose charge we have placed our strength) has come to believe that we are strong enough to have our own way in any and every situation. I have no special knowledge of international affairs or of politics or even of history. But, as an ordinary American, I can observe.
The indictment and subsequent trial of the Holy Land Foundation and its leaders is evidence that America’s “strength” has become our greatest weakness. America is (seemingly) strong enough to destroy anyone in this country or abroad who dares to think, to believe, to act contrary to the prevailing perceived interests of those who control America’s strength (the sheer weight of our physical presence in the world).
The “strong” in America can define who is a “terrorist,” ignoring Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Wherever rulers repress the ruled, institutions threaten persons, or might oppresses right, human beings have not only the right but the responsibility to resist— whenever possible non-violently.”
The “strong” of America can define out of existence freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and, most important, “the free exercise [of religion].” The “strong” in our government can, apparently at will, make decisions about the lives of American citizens based on the desires of a foreign nation, not on either the strategic or the moral interests of the United States.
It was not always so.
[Thomas] Jefferson as a diplomat [U.S. first ambassador to France] did not make the mistake of confusing his own ideological sympathies with the American national interest….he was aware that the sinews of American strength did not lie in commerce or in wealth or in military power, but rather in the mythic quality of the American revolutionary victory….
Thomas Jefferson: America's Philosopher-King, By Max Lerner, page 47 (written in the early 1970s and published in 1996).
Well before the writing of our Constitution, those who struggled for Independence and began the process of guaranteeing the freedoms of United States citizens understood that “strength” came not from physical or military power, that “might” (pardon the cliché) does not make “right.”
Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but ….The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People…. [t]hey may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. They will only exchange Tyrants and Tyrannies.
John Adams Letter to Zabdiel Adams, June 21, 1776
My thinking may be a leap of logic. So be it. However, no one has yet convinced me that the prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation and its officers is “pure Virtue.” The entire project of naming a resistance movement as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization (granted Hamas has not resisted “whenever possible non-violently”) when it operates solely in one arena of conflict where its people are repressed, threatened, and oppressed, is an “exchange [of] Tyrants and Tyrannies.” Spying on American citizens for over seven years hoping to catch them in some illegal activity supporting the “terrorist” organization, and manufacturing evidence from the thousands of hours of conversations recorded from the spying can hardly be deemed “pure Virtue.” Presenting the evidence as “documentation” of support of resistance cum “terrorism,” and at the same time name naming as “co-conspirators” nearly every other group in this country associated in any way with the people who resist oppression is, as far as my limited mental capacity can determine, Tyranny.
Something has been lost from our belief in “the mythic quality of the American revolutionary victory.” We have slipped into a kind of relativism that allows the “strong” to tyrannize the “weak.” This has happened at our own peril. If the American revolutionary victory has any mythic quality left (that is, the power to inspire through memory), it may be the idea that freedom is not subjective, but that it is an objective reality, some kind of “pure Virtue” that does not change as one group of the “strong” gives way to another.
We all know who the “strong” and the “weakened” are today. But as a remarkable community of those whom the strong have tried to weaken wait solemnly to hear a decision that will affect the rest of their lives, but do not wait hopelessly or faithlessly, they understand that “strong” is “not all America has to be.”
Even George W. Bush’s speech writers understand something about the uses of “strength,” whether or not he does:
Today, the United States of America is the world's foremost champion of liberty, moving forward with confidence and strength, and an example to the world of what free people can achieve.
The White House; Jefferson Day Proclamation, April 11, 2007
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Dec. 29: A damaged lifeboat, hangs crooked from the side of the Norwegian cruise ship MS Fram, after the cruiser's motor stalled hitting a glacier.
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A Norwegian cruise ship carrying some 300 people lost engine power during an electrical outage and struck an Antarctic glacier, smashing a lifeboat but causing no injuries, officials said Saturday.
The MS Fram hit the ice late Friday near Browns Bluff in the Antarctic, said Ragnar Norum, a spokesman for the Hurtigruten cruise line company in Norway. The engine started again and the liner continued to King George Island for an inspection.
"We hit a glacier. We have damage to a starboard lifeboat and a little bit forward," ship Capt. Steinar Hansen told The Associated Press by telephone. He said the ship apparently suffered no serious damage.
Hansen said the power outage lasted 40 to 50 minutes and sent the vessel adrift against the glacier, where it spent "a few minutes" bumping up against the wall of ice before power was restored.
The Fram anchored before midday near Chile's Eduardo Frei base in an ice-free area west of King George Island.
"Everything is fine on board and we still have all the passengers on board," Hansen said. He added that the ship was "waiting for orders" on whether to continue its voyage.
Robert O'Connor, a 26-year-old American from South Bend, Ind., said he was in his cabin late Friday when the ship's crew told the passengers to head above deck.
"The electricity on the ship went out and we started drifting backward," he told the AP. "I actually saw the wall of ice coming up the starboard side. It came up fairly quickly, the ship drifted into it."
He reported a jarring impact that bent the railing and buckled the lifeboat. The captain and crew checked the ship and calmed nervous passengers, and after that "there were free drinks on the house," he said.
O'Connor said the ship left Dec. 25 from Ushuaia at the southern tip of Argentina, a frequent jumping-off point for Antarctica cruises.
Hurtigruten said on its Web site that it offers voyages in the southern hemisphere summer to take in glaciers, icebergs, penguins, killer whales and seals.
On Nov. 24 another cruise vessel, the MS Explorer hit an iceberg and sank hours later. All 154 passengers and crew took to lifeboats in the icy waters and were rescued.
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In spite of his optimistic statements, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan did not accomplish much during his weekend meetings in Syria. It’s a little hard to negotiate with someone who refuses to admit who it is that he is fighting. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insists that the people who are fighting his regime are “outside terrorist groups” and not Syrians who are responding to the attacks that al-Assad’s security forces launched against the unarmed, peaceful protesters who gathered in the streets last winter.
Speaking with the press as he was leaving Damascus for Qatar, Mr. Annan said that he had presented “concrete proposals” to the President to end the bloodshed, but admitted that a deal was far from achieved. Al-Assad refuses to any discussion of political change in Syria as long as “armed terrorist groups” are in his country, while the opposition does not believe anything will happen to change the situation there, particularly as the security forces are besieging the city of Idlib while Mr. Annan was meeting with al-Assad.
When the protests began a year ago, the goal of the protesters was to get changes to the Constitution that would allow multiple political parties, free elections and better representation of all the citizens of Syria. The current system, which has been in place for over 40 years, allows only the Baath Party of the Alawite minority to hold the real power in the government and military. The Alawis are 11% of the population of Syria, and part of the Shia minority. The majority, 74% of the poulation of Syria, is Sunni Muslim. For all intents and purposes, Bashar al-Assad was not elected President. He wasn’t supposed to be President. His older brother Bassel was supposed to succeed their father Hafez, but died in an auto accident. Bashar was called back from England where he had studied to be an ophthalmologist. The parliament had to amend the constitution to allow the 35-year-old Bashar to succeed his father in 2000, since the age for the Presidency was 40. Also fueling the protests was a severe drought in the south and a lack of response from the government to anything happening outside of Damascus, Aleppo and Latakia. Unemployment among young, educated Syrians was too high and the economy was not improving for those outside the three cities.
While Bashar made a couple of speeches about making reforms, his security forces started shooting protesters, arresting “dissidents” as young as 11 and torturing them to death. It took months, but finally last May a group of soldiers rebelled against the security forces, refused to open fire on unarmed civilians and the armed resistence started. It is not known exactly how many soldiers have defected, but it is believed they number in the hundreds and more, including a couple of generals last week, are joining all the time. These are the “armed terrorist gangs” that Bashar al-Assad says he is protecting his people from.
The facts have been kept from many in Syria, but the internet and social media have brought the truth mostly to the young. A referendum was held last week for amendments to the constitution, and al-Assad has claimed total victory for the referendum. The international community and the opposition do not believe that any of the reforms will ever be carried out.
Against this backdrop, the Arab League has tried to quell the violence by sending in monitors. They withdrew the monitors because the situation on the ground was too dangerous for them. The International Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent have tried to bring aid to the displaced, injured and ill in the devastated city of Homs, only to be held back until the destroyed portions of the city were empty of people and being bulldozed. Now, they are being kept out of Idlib. Thousands have fled into Turkey and Lebanon, others are refugees within Syria. With Russia and China blocking any United Nations action, Iran supplying the regime with God-knows-what and a situation on the ground that precludes any attempts at militarily protecting the civilian population, Kofi Annan is sort of the last resort. He was the choice of both the Arab League and the United Nations as a negotiator for the civilians, to find a way to protect them and get them the aid they need. Annan may be optimistic, but he is pretty much alone in that assessment. The opposition has tallied over 7,500 civilians and rebel fighters dead, while al-Assad talks endlessly about the alleged 2,000 soldiers and security forces killed. Of course, he may be including the ones that have been executed by the regime for refusing orders to kill unarmed citizens.
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Inspectors from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region on May 1 discovered cow carcasses and a “significant amount of cow bones” in several burial sites at the Reeve Road Heifer Ranch, 21070 Reeve Road, which is operated by Henry Tosta, and at Tosta’s dairy farm located nearby at 20662 San Jose Road.
According to the inspection report, an excavation in a crop field revealed “two mature cows were being buried; a very strong odor of decaying flesh was also noted in the area” immediately adjacent to the Main Drain Canal of the Naglee-Burk Irrigation District.
The water board issued a cleanup and abatement order that established several deadlines for which Tosta needed to design and implement a plan for removal of all the carcasses, bones and several feet of manure that was reported in areas on the farms.
Robert Busby, public information officer for the water board, said Thursday, July 5, that Tosta has missed a June 25 deadline to submit plans for manure removal and a Tuesday, July 3, date to submit legal proof, including receipts, that he has removed the animal carcasses.
Busby said that water board inspectors visited the farm July 3 and reported that “some of the work was done.”
He said Tosta’s consultant on the project “verbally promised” to staff that legal proof would be submitted to the water board “sometime next week.”
“We’re going to continue to track the progress and implement our progressive enforcement as needed,” Busby said.
The water board is discussing exercising its legal right to impose fines of up to $5,000 a day, Busby said. He also noted that the water board is communicating with the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office about the case.
“The clock is ticking,” he said.
Tosta allegedly admitted to inspectors that he buried four to six dead cows a week for five or six years if the farm’s rendering company wouldn’t accept them due to smell or bloating, the report states. The agency estimated, based on Tosta’s statements, that 240 to 436 cows were “buried in or directly above groundwater at this location.”
Once in the ground, a carcass can begin to release fluids that can contaminate the groundwater table, which drains into the San Joaquin River Basin, the report states.
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“I believe that it’s only possible to fall in love once, don’t you? To think otherwise makes no logical sense. Why would anyone put themselves in such a position twice?”
The novel The Art of Losing is the tale of an affair. The title implies that there’s a sort of skill involved in ‘moving on’ –in this case, moving on involves the end of the affair and the death of a young woman. The Art of Losing explores how two people, held in a perpetual state of grief, are unable to effectively acknowledge their loss.
The tale begins in the present with a young girl named Louise who moves to Oxford to more or less stalk Nicholas, the man she holds responsible for her mother’s death years earlier. Louise calls herself by her mother’s name, Lydia, and she manages to manipulate her way into Nicholas’s household by striking up a friendship with his son.
Books about affairs aren’t exactly rare, but it’s the structure of this novel that gives the story its searing intensity. The Art of Losing is an excellently-crafted novel which goes back and forth in time switching narration between Louise and Nicholas. Sections of the novel cover three distinct periods of time:
- 2007: the present with Louise worming her way into Nicholas’s life.
- 1983: the beginning of the affair that occurred decades earlier between Nicholas and Lydia
- 1989: when Nicholas and Lydia meet again
I have a fascination for novels in which one of the main characters is NOT there, and I am always impressed when that dead or missing character leaves permanent traces on the lives of those left behind. Lydia is dead when the novel begins, but she’s brought to life through Nicholas’s vivid narration. Lydia doesn’t get to tell her story (or even a version of it), and that’s significant to the novel’s structure. We see her through the eyes of her lover Nicholas and much later through her daughter, Louise. Yet just what Lydia is really thinking and just what motivates her is murky. Lydia remains a cipher and perhaps that explains why two people are still obsessed with her years after her death.
Like all affairs, the affair between Nicholas and Lydia has a trajectory. The year is 1983 and at that time Nicholas is a single teacher. Through his narration, he details seeing Lydia for the first time along with his subsequent disappointment when he learns she’s married to a colleague. He’s smitten (no other word for it), and the fact that she’s married doesn’t deter him. He rather calculating strikes up a friendship with Lydia’s much older, kind and gentle, mild-mannered husband, fellow teacher Martin Knight.
Most affairs eventually burn out or they evolve into something else, and the affair between Nicholas and Lydia is no exception. The relationship begins with several delicate manoeuvres as Nicholas and Lydia ‘test’ each other’s intentions before launching into the risks of an affair. The sections narrated by Nicholas are incredibly good. Nicholas’s voice is strong, clear and pitiless when it comes to his self-analysis. It’s as if within these pages he voices the feelings and the doubts he is unable to discuss with anyone else, and consequently Nicholas’s sections read with naked honesty and gut-wrenching immediacy. His relationship with Lydia burns with intense passion, and there’s more than an edge of obsession. At the same time, the relationship isn’t all positive. There are times when Nicholas resents Lydia, and the submerged emotions and resentments ultimately take a toll.
Years later, Nicholas now married to Naomi and a father, meets Lydia once again. Nicholas’s marriage is going through a rocky period; he is torn between his desire for Lydia and his loyalty to his wife & child. Lydia seems to be an addiction for Nicholas, and his feelings vacillate radically between the two women in his life. This isn’t just the story of an affair; this is also the story of two marriages.
Here’s Nicholas putting more effort into his stale marriage after the birth of his son:
It took me another week or so to work out that it was what I had always thought of as empty gestures that she wanted, rather than actions. I took to buying a weekly bunch of flowers, the odd box of chocolates. I left little notes on the bathroom mirror when I left for work. I sometimes called her from the faculty telephone at lunchtimes to check how she was getting on with Adam. All this went down wonderfully. Before long the adult equivalents of Adam’s contented gurgling and shrieks of joy were coming my way more frequently than I could remember in years.
All of Nicholas’s “efforts” at his marriage, however, serve only to make Nicholas feel increasingly “detached.” He feels “like an actor playing out the part of the perfect husband.” Nicholas’s sections serve as a road map to the finite difficulties and complications of a seemingly typical marriage, and his memories evoke the age-old questions behind infidelity: does one partner have to be ‘unhappy’ to ‘stray’ and is it possible for one person in a marriage to be happy while the other is bitterly unhappy? The marriages here are impenetrable to outsiders (even the participants don’t have the full facts or really understand the relationships), but the affair seems to be a sticky web from which neither Nicholas nor Lydia can escape:
“Well, we can stop it, if you like,” she said, so quietly that I could barely hear her. The words hung in the air between us, and for a moment I thought, yes, this thing has run its course. Leave it now, and maybe you can paper over the cracks and it’ll be as if it was never there. I knew I was fooling myself. In another moment I was at her side, putting my arms around her shaking shoulders.
The sections with Louise as an adult and now stalking Nicholas were not as strong. I found this a bit curious at first but concluded that Louise is the device through which the wonderful story comes to light. It’s through her creation (and appearance in the novel) that events in the past are brought back to the surface. On the other hand, Lydia, who’s only seen through the eyes of the people who love her, remains fascinating and mysterious, and I found myself rereading key passages trying to decipher her cryptic statements to Nicholas.
This is author Rebecca Connell’s first book. So that means there must be more to come….
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Raul O. Garces, AP correspondent, dies in Uruguay
July 23, 2012
In this Nov. 23, 2009 photo, former Associated Press correspondent Raul Garces poses for a portrait in Montevideo, Uruguay. Garces, a veteran Associated Press correspondent who defied military censors and leftist guerrillas as he covered many of the tumultuous events of South America for more than a half-century, died on Saturday, July 22, 2012, from a massive heart attack. He was 73. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Raul O. Garces, a veteran Associated Press correspondent who defied military censors and leftist guerrillas as he covered many of the tumultuous events of South America for more than a half-century, died on Saturday from a massive heart attack. He was 73.
Garces died at the city's Spanish Hospital, where he had gone for a checkup, his son-in-law said.
For nearly 56 years, Garces covered the top stories in Uruguay and Argentina, where he was forced into an unhappy exile after his determination to report the facts clashed with military censors during Uruguay's 1973-1985 dictatorship. He also had faced death threats from the country's leftist Tupamaro guerrillas, and after six arrests, the military told AP managers they would not guarantee his safety.
"When they interrogated me for many hours they tried to get me mixed up in some situation, but I could always demonstrate it wasn't so, because it wasn't so: My only guide was my obligation to inform," Garces said. "I was never an activist of any kind; I didn't belong to any cause. I went to jail because of my news coverage ... for my refusal to agree to censorship."
With AP's help, Garces fled in 1977 to Buenos Aires, where he continued to write for the agency until the Montevideo correspondency reopened and he moved back home in 1991.
Raul Omar Garces Cabrera was born in Montevideo on May 7, 1939, and joined AP as a 17-year-old office boy in 1956, picking up journalism skills along the way. He also kept up side jobs writing for the Uruguayan newspapers El Diario, Sport, Busqueda and La Manana before focusing his work on AP.
Garces reported on countless presidential visits, beginning with France's Charles de Gaulle and Cuba's Fidel Castro, and developed sources throughout Uruguay. When Ernesto "Che" Guevara came to town, rather than wait in a packed stadium for his speech, Garces knew the real news would happen at the airport, where he talked his way onto the tarmac and witnessed police hustling the Argentine revolutionary out of town.
He also covered the fall of Argentine President Arturo Frondizi and in one of many scoops, beat the competition by six hours with his report that Uruguayan President Juan Maria Bordaberry would be toppled by his own military. Later, when Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner blocked telex cables, Garces went out of his way to take dictation in Buenos Aires from his colleagues in Asuncion.
Garces served as correspondent until April of this year when his position was eliminated as part of a restructuring.
"I would like to be remembered as someone who always tried to do the best for the AP," Garces said in 2009 when he was asked about his career. "Despite the passage of so many years, I still keep at it with the same enthusiasm."
His survivors include his mother Carmen Cabrera, wife Maria Teresa Nunez, daughter Maria del Carmen Garces, son-in-law Marcelo Viscarret; and three grandchildren: Tania, Yamila and Imanol Viscarret Garces.
© 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Terms and conditions apply. See AP.org for details.
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This week, Miss almost-5 and The Toddler have been creating many games with their tub of plastic animal figurines. The animals have been on sandpit and garden safaris, have participated in block-built farmyards, have been contestants in a cat & dog show, and, ending up rather dirty, were washed in a tub and then spent three nights sojourning in the bath going on aquatic adventures.
The Toddler, being a Toddler, has enjoyed mostly the feeling of the animals, the ways she can make them move under her fingers, the ways they taste (all the better after being smeared with cookie dough, apparently!) E, being at a very imaginative stage of play, has created elaborate stories around her animals.
One thing that I've found both wonderful and also a little sad is how E's narratives have mirrored the issues she is confronting in her own preschool life at the moment. Her tiger has been in tears at being excluded by a group of mean cliquey cats, but he has found a way to rise above, and has befriended the giraffe family instead.
Her platypus has struggled with not feeling like she gets enough time with her Mummy, but the Mummy platypus sat down and read her Mem Fox's Koala Lu, and then baby platypus understood that the Mummy really loved her dearly; "she always has and she always will, see?" E, in the voice of Mummy Platypus, explained.
Her lion didn't like having to compete and try to keep up with all the older lions in the pride, but soon learned that being the littlest wasn't always a problem, and even had some advantages. (E is having a hard time at the moment with the fact that all the neighbour kids are her sister's age or older. That extra 2 years makes a lot of difference in play styles and interests).
Complex, fiddly, noisy and whizzbangy toys get a few days' excited play here, then are set aside, rarely to be picked up again. A basketful of plastic animals, 10 for $2 from the local junk shop, get taken on adventures time and again.
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Ileostomy After Colon Cancer Treatment
This procedure is needed by a few patients with colon cancer. Making a few lifestyle changes is key to managing after this colon cancer surgery.
When surgery is part of colon cancer treatment, the exact type of surgery and how much of the colon is removed depend on where the cancer is and how far it has progressed. An ileostomy, an alternate means of removing waste from the body, may be done if the colon cancer is at the junction of the small bowel and the large bowel. Most ileostomies done for colon cancer are temporary and will be reversed later on.
During the ileostomy procedure, the entire colon is bypassed and the small bowel is connected to an external opening (a stoma) created in your abdomen, explains Durado Brooks, MD, MPH, director, prostate and colorectal cancer at the American Cancer Society. A colostomy, on the other hand, can be done anywhere along the colon, and the farther down the colon it’s done, the more formed the stool will be.
Colon Cancer Treatment: Living With an Ileostomy
After you have this colon cancer treatment, controlling the frequency or timing of bowel movement isn’t something you can do. The stool, which will be in liquid form as it leaves the small intestine, is eliminated into a bag that is attached to the stoma. You’ll learn how frequently you need to empty your bag for your own comfort. To make the bag less visible under your clothing, it’s recommended that you empty it when it’s about one-third full.
There shouldn’t be any odor from the bag or pouch as you wear it, although it is likely when you empty or change the bag. There are odor-free pouches available, as well as other ostomy supplies. With trial and error, you should be able to find the types of products you prefer to use.
Here are some other ways to adapt after colon cancer treatment:
Work. Once you’ve recovered from your colon cancer surgery, having an ileostomy shouldn’t keep you from working as you did before, with a few exceptions. It’s generally not a good idea for people with ileostomies to do jobs that involve heavy lifting. Other than that, there are few work restrictions because of your ileostomy.
Personal life. As with work, once you’ve recovered from surgery and you’ve been given the go-ahead, there isn’t much you can’t do with an ileostomy. Other than avoiding heavy lifting and checking with your doctor before participating in contact sports like football or rugby, for example, you can participate in just about any activity, including swimming. If you’re self-conscious about your pouch, you may choose to wear a bathing suit that covers it. You may travel and you can dress any way you wish.
Sex. An ileostomy doesn't affect your reproductive organs, so your sex life shouldn’t change physically. However, it may take some time to deal with body image and feeling comfortable enough to initiate sexual activity. This isn’t unusual. If you’re having difficulty, speak with your doctor, ostomy nurse, or a colon cancer support group for tips.
Personal care. Personal care, bathing, and showering may be all done as before.
Food. There isn’t a specific diet necessary after an ileostomy. “A patient may have to avoid a high-fiber diet, which is hard to digest, as well as foods that can cause gas and bloating,” says Dr. Brooks. It may take a bit of trial and error on your part to see which foods create more discomfort than others.
While you’re adjusting to your ileostomy, know that there are a lot of support groups that offer ideas and advice; ask your medical team about those in your area or check the Internet. Support is key, and you are not alone.
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Families for Children (FFC) is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian agency operating homes that care for hundreds of destitute
children and women in India and Bangladesh. FFC was founded in 1971 by Sandra Simpson, of Montreal, Canada, when she
became aware of the plight of children in Vietnam. There, she facilitated many adoptions of mixed race and handicapped kids to the
USA and Canada, and helped raise funds and supplies for homes run by Rosemary Taylor in Saigon. Today, Sandra still
supervises all the organization's activities, and runs the sponsorship program. Her work for children has received official recognition
by the award of the Ontario Medal, and the Order of Canada.
You can contact Sandra by email
FFC India is located in Podanur Junction, near the city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu State, in
south India. The languages spoken are primarily Tamil, and English. We have over 450 children residing in India. The homes
are comprised of 6 houses, which are owned by FFC. FFC has a large Special Care Center for children who are mentally and or
physically handicapped. Excellent locally hired Special Educational teachers are employed to care for these children.
We have two "baby homes" in Dhaka. All the children in these two homes have been completely abandoned and are considered
to have no families. Most were brought in as tiny, high risk babies, and they are mostly girls. FFC has opened a school on the premises
for the Baby home children . This is expensive, but necessary. FFC wants the children to learn English and computers, along
with academic subjects, so their future will be brighter, and the staff benefit as much as the children. Many staff came to FFC as destitute mothers and
had no place to go; most of the rest of the staff are poor or are needy and are supporting large extended families with their
FFC wages. More
Elizabeth Dozois, husband Chris, son Grady and daughter Arden visited FFC in Podanur, South India for a brief 10 days. But even
though it was a short visit, Elizabeth started working the night she arrived and opened our first women's Co-Op, which we named Elizabeths!
12 women are now earning an extra income (in addition to the salary they make at FFC) making crazy quilted small bags out of our own Medleri silk. This is silk made from
damaged cocoons that would otherwise have been discarded, and we now weave metres of it. It can be used for large items,
and is perfect for small sized items. It is spun and woven right on the project in Podanur. More
FFC does not pay for office rental as FFC volunteers work out of their homes. The main office is in Sandra's home in
Montreal. FFC's North American expenses are for telephone and fax, e-mail, and sponsorship program expenses such as postage, office supplies
and the photographs we send to sponsors. The only rents paid are on the actual children's homes in Bangladesh. FFC owns the property and homes in India.
FFC raises money through private donations, special projects, and handicraft sales, fashion shows, private garage sales,
dances, and other individual and group-sponsored events. But the only source of steady income is through the sponsorship
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On Friday evening, with slightly more than 36 hours to go before the 2012 ING New York City Marathon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled the annual event, amid criticisms the runners would be siphoning off valuable resources needed in the city’s recovery from Superstorm Sandy. But the decision hardly discouraged a group of nearly 1,300 runners from boarding the Staten Island Ferry toward the starting line. Far from anticipating a grueling 26.2-mile run, however, these would-be racers ran their own marathon, carrying garbage bags and backpacks full of donated supplies ranging from blankets to Home Depot gift cards that they delivered to the destroyed homes of Staten Island residents.
“I’ve run the marathon three times, and there was an odd familiarity getting on the Staten Island Ferry this morning with a group of runners for a completely different reason,” says runner and New Yorker Jon Bennion. “It was fascinating, the anxiety and jitters were replaced by an overwhelming sense of community.”
The group, organized over Facebook by Dr. Jordan Metzl, a sports-medicine physician at New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery, met early Sunday morning and divided into groups to run the supplies to the most severely damaged neighborhoods on the island. Metzl, who carried a backpack filled with batteries, says he had expected about 300 runners, but was surprised by the overwhelming number of volunteers who showed up.
“It is one of the most compelling things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Metzl says. “Part of the myth of this whole thing was that runners were callous to the suffering and just wanted to run their marathon. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
On a bright, sunny day with cool temperatures perfect for racing, the runners disembarked from the ferry with a kickoff cheer, but it didn’t take long before the route transformed into a somber reminder of why city councilmen and New Yorkers suffering power outages and flood damage vehemently argued the marathon should not continue.
“All of a sudden, we turned a corner and everyone was cleaning out their basements. Sidewalks were gone, replaced by sinkholes,” says Emily Snyder, an avid runner who discovered the New York Runners in Support of Staten Island group online. “People were cleaning out all their stuff by the handful. The gas lines are astronomically long. It’s shocking.”
Metzl and a group of runners completed a 15-mile route, distributing supplies along the way and then stopped to clear out the home of Alexandre Bersenev and his wife near Midland Beach. “We walked into his house, and there was a disgusting, rotting smell from all their furniture and books. It looks like someone exploded a bomb inside the house,” says Metzl. “We have a runner from England and a runner from Scotland who came to New York to run their first marathon and found out about this over Twitter. They’ve never even heard of Staten Island, and for them to come out here and spend the day cleaning this man’s home is one of the most moving things I’ve ever seen in my life.”
This year’s race would have marked Metzl’s 30th marathon, but he says the cancellation was unsurprising given the wreckage. “It wasn’t even a question to come here,” he says. “This is the right thing to do. It’s more gratifying than any run I have ever done.”
Homeowner Alexandre Bersenev, who moved to Staten Island from Russia in 1992, says Staten Island residents were aware of the controversy surrounding the marathon, and he’s thankful for the aid. “It’s awful, my home is an absolute disaster. The runners removed so much debris, and they did it smiling. I am really touched.”
For those who didn’t join the impromptu relief run, thousands who had planned to complete the marathon for their respective charities lapped Central Park for an equally spontaneous way to creatively complete the 26.2 miles they would have run through the city’s five boroughs.
The finish line arch was still standing, and although gates and security guards prohibited runners from crossing under the signage, thousands veered around the blockades, leaning as close to the arch as the barriers would allow to take celebratory photos under the “Finish” sign.
“It would’ve been nice if they had opened the finish up for us,” says New Zealand runner Neil Anderson, who raised $200,000 for Catwalk, a charity supporting spinal-chord-injury research with 28 other runners. “I think the organizers were in a very difficult situation; it’s very understandable, but it’s hard on such a nice day like this.”
“Someone forgot to tell all these runners the marathon was cancelled,” says Toni Rooney as her daughter Jessica ran by on the first lap of her customized version of the marathon. Jessica’s parents traveled from Orlando to watch Jessica run her first marathon.
“She trained all year and was hysterical it was cancelled, but this is a really happy and special day,” says Jessica’s father, Tim Rooney. “Bloomberg should be here.”
Thor Gudjonsson, who finished four 6-mile laps around the park followed by an additional 2.2-mile loop with five other teammates from Iceland, says they wished the race was canceled earlier, before they made the trip. “However, we completely understand why it was cancelled,” says Gudjonsson. “We didn’t realize how severe the damage was until we got here.”
There won’t be any official winner of the 2012 New York City Marathon, and no official times recorded for the thousands who trained for the event as a personal challenge. But thousands of runners proved you don’t need official timekeepers to make a marathon worth running.
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An unusually hardy and highly reliable evergreen shrub with rich lavender purple hose-in-hose flower on a vigorous upright plant. Foliage becomes burgundy in fall.
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch.
Karen is without a doubt among the most coveted azaleas for front foundation bed planting. It's cherished for position near the front door to call attention in the spring with its exquisite mass of color. Outstanding shrub for all beds and borders and will integrate with nearly every plant sharing the same requirements. Azaleas naturally thrive in the acidic soils beneath natural woodlands or ornamental groves of evergreen and hardwood trees. This is an essential of the Japanese tea garden as a symbol of spring, and is found in gardens throughout Asia.
Karen is perfect with other elegant foundation shrubs that bloom in other seasons such as Penny Mac Hydrangea, (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Penny Mac'), Petite Orchid Crape Myrtle, (Lagerstroemia indica 'Monhid'), Black Beauty Elder, (Sambucus nigra 'Gerda') and Mountain Fire Pieris, (Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire').
Karen is a hybrid developed from the species, R. kaempheri, native to volcanic slopes of northern Japan. The species was introduced to the United States via Arnold Arboretum in the 1890s and various American breeders took up breeding domestic cultivars. This is among the Gable Hybrids, produced by Joe Gable who crossed R. kaempheri with R. poukhanense, then added evergreen R. maxwellii as well as a number of early hybrids into his breeding program. Gable introduced dozens of excellent varieties over a period of fifty years from 1920 to 1980, all developed at his nursery in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania.
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LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger’s “Shooting Stars” is not just another athlete memoir. James, who appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated when he was just seventeen (tagline: “The Chosen One”), had his high-school games nationally televised on ESPN, and was drafted number one out of high school in 2003 by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Bissinger is a Pulitzer Prize winner whose book “Friday Night Lights” has sold almost two million copies, and has since been made into a film and a TV series.
In “Shooting Stars,” James and Bissinger tell the story of James’s youth basketball team, a group of underprivileged Akron, Ohio, boys who started playing together in the Amateur Athletic Union’s eleven-and-under division, riding in minivans to faraway tournaments, and wound up national high-school champions, playing to packed arenas and wearing sponsor-provided sneakers. James and four of his teammates were recruited to play at St. Vincent-St. Mary, a mostly-white, Catholic private school, where they eventually became known as the “Fab Five.”
Bissinger recently talked to the Book Bench about James and working on “Shooting Stars.”
How was the “Shooting Stars” project born?
It was LeBron’s idea, not mine. We happened to have the same literary agent. LeBron approached them with the idea, and an agent there said, look LeBron, if you want to do a coming-of-age book about growing up in high school, we have the perfect guy, his name is Buzz Bissinger and he’s written a book called “Friday Night Lights.” LeBron had heard of it, and they put the two of us together.
I had to make the long walk to Akron to pass muster. We had dinner together and played video games together, where of course he played himself and kicked my ass.
How did you and James work together?
During the season he was busy, but when I could get the time I would see LeBron. And then during the summer we did a big block of interviews. We did a lot of driving through Akron, because it is just better to interview people on the move. He could show me the places he lived and where he had been.
How did the other members of the Fab Five feel about the project?
They were excited. Of course, they’d been written about before, but everything had been LeBron-centric. Part of the reason he wanted to do this book was to pay homage to the people who made him who he was, and these kids were an integral part of it. So they were excited to get their due. They weren’t braggarts—there was a humility to them—but they also wanted to say, “hey, we were pretty good ourselves.”
James started playing national tournaments with his A.A.U. team at a very young age. Has he ever played a “normal” game of basketball?
Early in his career, he played pickup. He knew nothing about the game of basketball, but it was clear to anyone that the kid had incredible skill (and it was also true in football.) So he never had to work his way up through the ranks. He was always at a pretty high level.
But I think it was not until ninth grade, when he got under the spell of Keith Dambrot, his coach at St. Vincent-St. Mary, that LeBron knew he was good. How good he knew he was, I don’t know. Dambrot knew he could be great. Dambrot said, “I’ve coached three players who have gone into the NBA and this kid could be better than any of them.”
The book has two voices: one where James describes his life, and the lives of his friends, in the past tense, and another where James describes the games they played, but in the present tense. Can you talk about that division, and the task of creating the sensation of being in James’s mind while he’s doing what he does best, playing basketball?
The games were put in the present tense for a reason, to give the reader a greater sense of being there. And I just like the syncopated style of almost doing it line-by-line. There are only so many ways you can describe going to the hoop or making a jump shot.
Lebron said, “Look, I don’t want this to be about my acrobatics or my incredible dunks. The whole point of this book is that I had this supporting cast that only had an impact on the basketball court but on my life.”
James came into high school below grade level, and never went to college. Where do you think his narrative voice comes from?
There was an innate maturity to him. It exhibited itself, according to LeBron, very early in his life. He moved constantly. Many kids would hate that, and would protest. You also have a kid who didn’t have a father. But his attitude was: this is life and you roll with the punches. I think he had a very mature perspective very early in his life and career, and that gives him the ability to put things into a narrative perspective.
Race and class are very present in the book. Many superstars try to stay out of those discussions. How important was working through these issues for James?
That was of crucial interest. He did not hold back. After I wrote the book I went to his house, and we met in the kitchen. There were four of us there: Lebron; his manager, Maverick Carter; and coach Dru Joyce. They had all read it, and together we spent probably five or six hours going through it, page by page, and Lebron took nothing out. Like any writer, you say, “Oh god, what’s he going to take out?” Is it going to be the marijuana stuff (which is pretty minor, but you know)? Is it going to be the race stuff? But there was none of that. On the contrary, between the three of them, there were more details given. And I found that amazing, and gratifying. He wanted it to be a real book. The stuff about race is in there, and it is volatile. It was volatile in the community.
Actually, he wanted one thing added, and I was surprised, because he was very close to St. V. But he was very upset that they didn’t initially and immediately support him in the whole jersey incident. [James was briefly suspended from high school in 2003, when news broke that he’d accepted a gift of two expensive jerseys from a sports-store owner.] And he wanted that in, he felt that was very important. And he said, “Jeez, I’ve done a lot for this school. The least they can do is support me immediately in a time of tremendous trauma and need.”
The book describes how the Akron community felt betrayed when James and his friends chose to go to a mostly white, Catholic private school. The story has a particular resonance now, with James approaching free agency, and perhaps soon leaving Cleveland for a larger-market team (possibly the Knicks). Did that experience fortify James for this one coming up?
I’ll preface this by saying this is completely my opinion. I’ve asked him what he’s going to do, and he smiles at me and tells me to go screw myself in a very kind way, because I don’t think he knows.
Loyalty among pro athletes is non-existent. Having said that, I think LeBron, more than any player that I know, has been extremely loyal to his community. Part of it was luck, he was drafted by the Cavaliers, which forced him to stay in the local area. He has done a lot for Akron. He loves Cleveland. But you know what? LeBron is an ambitious man. LeBron wants to be a billion-dollar athlete.
If you want to be a billion-dollar athlete there is only one place to go, and that is New York. The Knicks are the biggest challenge of all in the NBA, because they need to get better for that league to have any impact domestically. So I think he will go, with the caveat that he needs a supporting cast. And I can understand Cleveland, kind of like Buchtell, saying “You owe it to us.” I don’t think that’s correct, I think he has given them everything he can.
At a young age, he saw the backlash that can occur when you make certain decisions, even when you’re making them in good faith. LeBron has often said he handles pressure well. He says pressure is growing up without a dad. Pressure is moving eight to ten times between the ages of five and nine. Pressure is waking up when you’re very young and not knowing if your mom is coming home. That’s what pressure is. New York, no offense to Cleveland, is slightly bigger, and will embrace him with the kind of excitement that certainly the Knicks haven’t had since Willis Reed. I can’t think of a similar moment.
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Tuesday, a group of Anderson District 4 parents will ask the School Board to consider changing the grading scale to a 10-point scale instead of the current seven-point scale.
It will be the group’s first step toward attempting to change the grading system across the state.
The parents will speak during the public comments period of the School Board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Board of Education offices.
Debra Meredith of Pendleton, spokeswoman for the group, said the parents feel the change will help not only students, but the state school system ranking as well.
“In doing this, our children’s confidence level will come up,” she said. “Right now, if a child has a test with 10 questions on it and they miss one question on it, that’s a B. It’s either perfect or a B. We believe that if you build up their confidence, ... their grade levels will come up and our school levels will come up as well. “
Linda Wooten, the group’s organizer, said she has spoken to state Rep. Don Bowen, R-Anderson, about the issue and will be working to change the grading system across the state.
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The Department of Engineering at Hofstra University offers three programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET1: a Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Science, a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. In addition, it offers smaller interdisciplinary degree programs, not seeking ABET accreditation, leading to a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Science.
Since all degrees are offered under the aegis of a single department, the organizational structure fosters collegiality among faculty of different programs and ensures that all students are exposed to a variety of engineering disciplinary perspectives. The knowledge base encompassed by engineering is constantly expanding, but the fundamental skills and aptitudes which a four year undergraduate program can hope to impart to graduates remain the same, regardless of time or of specific degree. They include a solid grounding in mathematics as a language to express scientific laws, in applied physics as represented primarily in the engineering sciences, in engineering design integrated throughout the curriculum but especially demonstrated through participation in capstone team projects, and in a well-chosen variety of social sciences and humanities.
Technological advances generated by the engineering profession have foreseen and unforeseen effects on human culture and civilization. The broadly educated Hofstra engineering graduate will mirror the multi-faceted engineer/builder envisioned in classical times by Vitruvius, and will therefore be best situated to assess the consequences of the societal changes constantly being wrought by the profession. The department benefits from an active relationship with professionals through its Industry Advisory Board which assists in maintaining the vision of its program.
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Consumers shun Black Friday and Cyber Monday as retail gimmicks
Retailers planning to exploit Black Friday or Cyber Monday next year should tread carefully, writes Mark Ursell, CEO, Tpoll.
The final tally is now in: Brits spent a staggering £19m per hour on Cyber Monday this year - that’s a total of £456m.
The figures are up 14% on last year, and come at a time when forecasters are predicting that high street retail takings will fall £1.2bn year on year to £55.66bn over the festive season.
Yet while Santa has clearly been surfing in the run up to Christmas, findings from Tpoll’s latest online panel survey show that consumers are giving the concept of Cyber Monday, and its counterpart Black Friday, something of a thumbs down.
The survey suggests that while recognition of Black Friday is good at 69%, awareness of Cyber Monday is negligible.
Our online survey asked which terms respondents recalled, with the results detailed below.
- Black Friday 69%
- Cyber Monday 1%
- Both of them 13%
- Neither of them 18%
Tpoll ran a two-part survey on the topic, first to canvass prompted awareness of the terms themselves, followed up by a second push to ask what people think of the promotions that were available on the day and also to gauge general feeling towards the formal establishment of these uber-shopping days.
For those who aren’t aware, Black Friday is an import from America, when stores slash prices on the Friday after Thanksgiving. UK stores have also started to use this day to promote their own sales.
The Cyber Monday phenomenon was first identified in November 2005, after the New York Times reported that online spending figures increased after what they called "a Thanksgiving weekend of window shopping" in America.
The lack of cut-through in the public’s awareness of Cyber Monday is perhaps the more interesting figure, given the amount that was spent on the day.
There’s no question that part of this could be down to the fact that so far, the term is marketing shorthand for a specific opportunity.
But supporting comments from the second part of the survey suggest there could be the rumbles of a backlash building in the UK against such initiatives, which can be attributed to three main reasons.
Least notable is respondents voicing more than the traditional British reserve for the American origins of Black Friday, with some resentment shown to the UK becoming a ‘mini-me’ nation to the US.
The two other main objections were perhaps more serious since they expressed service frustrations as well as a certain ennui and distrust of retailers, both high street and online.
One commentator on the Tpoll forum said of his Cyber Monday experience: "I was unaware of these events until I logged on to Amazon.co.uk on Monday this week... I quickly wished I hadn't bothered.
"The site was a nightmare - crashing, going very slowly, and every time I went to checkout, everything in my basket had disappeared. Life is just too short to spend time in this way."
And the other worrying bone of contention is a backlash against retailers and what is perceived as their general abuse of the ‘sale’ concept.
One respondent’s comment sums up the general feeling: "The word ‘sale’ doesn’t mean anything anymore - retailers are always in sale mode, and whether you call it Black Friday, Cyber Monday or anything else, it’s just retailers trying to squeeze more out of customers’ purses."
Despite this however, online sales figures are expected to keep rising and then reach an overall peak on 26 December, or 'Cyber Boxing Day’, with early Boxing Day sales starting a few days before Christmas.
The online retail membership body IMRG has predicted UK consumers will spend £7.75bn online in the five-week period before Christmas, of which almost half, or £3.72bn, will have been spent in the first two weeks. This would be a 14% increase on last year’s online sales.
We may shop till we drop in the run up to Christmas, and shortly after that, but the key learning for retailers planning to exploit Black Friday/Cyber Monday next year in a bid to drive sales must surely be to do so with care: attempting to ride off the back of these two events without adding value and relevance for consumers could well backfire.
The Tpoll panel is made up of approximately 60,000 people, 15,000 of which have been active in the past four weeks.
Mark Ursell, CEO, Tpoll
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How did John Glenn get “the right stuff?” Before he was an astronaut, John Glenn earned six Distinguished Flying Crosses as a USMC aviator in World War II and the Korean conflict and as a naval test pilot. Come and listen to his conversation with Museum Director General Jack Dailey as they recall Glenn’s career defining moments.
The speaker will not be signing autographs at the lecture.
The lecture will take place in the IMAX Theater and will be simulcast to overflow seating in the museum. The Director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and John Glenn and will visit each overflow area prior to the lecture for a brief welcome to the overflow guests.
Requests for tickets will be taken by web request from 10:00 AM Monday, March 26 – Friday, May 4, 2012. Up to 4 tickets can be requested. All requests received during this time will be entered into a random drawing for seats.* All requesters are eligible for theater seating, overflow seating or standby and will be notified via email of their placement by Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
Requesters receiving standby status will be updated via email a few days before the lecture on whether the Museum expects overflow seating to be available due to cancelations.
Duplicate requests will not be honored. Tickets will not be distributed through the Museum Box Office for this event.
Beginning Monday, March 26 at 10:00 a.m., please go to our ticket reservation form to make your request.
Attention members of National Air and Space Society! Increase your chances of getting tickets for the Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture. There will be a special drawing of tickets for members in addition to the public drawing, so you can enter both. You can join or renew online to qualify for the special drawing. The drawing for Society members will follow the same procedures as the public drawing.
* Due to high demand for the Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture tickets, the Museum is using a drawing to provide more people the chance of attending.
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A provocative discussion started at Facebook by my friend Abhishek, worth mentioning here. There are many people commented in the thread – I am just pasting the conversation(with minor editing) between me and Abhishek.
Abhishek started the thread:
We say the education in early days was in-depth and substancial…..was it because all teachers were ‘Guru’ s (masculin gender)?? [This is an open question...nothing personal...so no offense please...]
May be you shoud start by defining “we”. “Early days” needs clarification too.
its very difficult to define we for you …. because that is different from your environment and don’t worry about the ‘early days’ that is black-and-white syndrome that many of us suffer many a times…..
Aren’t we talking about something universal? In that case, why the subjective reality should be different for me and you?
Beyond the sexist and misogynistic hint of the theorem you proposed, I think the problem is much deeply rooted. It’s the habit of mass generalization, which comes with sentiments like ‘Bengali’s are academically smarter and cultural’, ‘Scottish people are alcoholic’, ‘Men are incapable of multitasking’ etc. When narrowly defined, there hypothetical generalizations takes fundamental shape – e.g. Muslims = Terrorists.
The saddest part of the whole thing is, that we are the only species who can do these generalization and pattern matching. That’s our evolutionary advantage over others. But this nature also nurture a slippery slope. We try to find a pattern even where there is none. We prefer even a bad theory over ‘no theory’.
Coming back to the very topic you raised – let’s rewind a bit. When we started our journey, as caveman (and woman), we were hunter-gatherer. Men used to hunt and women used to gather and collect 80% of the daily necessities. The economic power of the women was equal or more than men. Then we discovered agriculture and men moved ahead in economic value chain ahead of women – by just sheer brute force. Fast forward couple of thousand years, beyond industrial revolution, at the era of knowledge economy, when brute force is becoming irrelevant – women are again reclaiming their position.
Talking about ‘Guru’ era, i.e. ‘Brahmacharya-ashram’ at gurukul, yes only men used to teach, but only teach men. That too, only an elite class of men (Bramhin and Kshatriya). There was no education for women and the circle perpetuated. Will you call that era as ‘golden’ or model?
Actually I was trying to get people’s opinion over a few things. First, we know the world is not going in the right path considering the destruction of nature, the disappearing of human values, the failure of proper wealth distribution, etc. and I was trying to get to the roots of cause…..education.
Since we know most human being first get exposed to any data from his/her mother. Of coarse the other factors starts influencing the person as time progress. But the influence of mother is immense. Then comes the schooling where a huge influence comes from the teachers, majority of them are women.
So in this context of soul degradation period what role is expected from the feminine gender? Do they again (according to you) feel satisfied that they are now in competition with men (sometimes going ahead also)? Do they feel proud that they are teaching that stuff which only a small percentage of human population wants us to learn (and learn by heart so that we cannot even question other way)…or Do they ‘still’ surrendering to the so-called ‘System’ as they they have done always?
The matter of fact is a major chunk of education in whatever form comes from this feminine gender and thus a huge responsibility lies in their hand…..Responsibility of each individual….Responsibility of a society…Responsibility of a country….Responsibility of a planet ….Responsibility of humanity….
So to all my lady students and friends who is reading this please give it a deep thought and act accordingly…..
After 10 years living outside India – still I miss the ‘Adda’ and ‘useless’ debates. You can take an argumentative Indian out of India, but can’t take the Indian out of him!
Again, allow me to disagree.
“…world is not going in the right path” – since when? Isn’t it almost since the beginning of civilization? Why crucify the current era only for that? Let’s do some further deconstructions.
“…destruction of nature” – Human beings are tinkering and disrupting the balance of nature since they learned agriculture. We just realizing the devastating causality of that recently. Why blame only the modern generation now?
“…disappearing of human values” – This is completely opposite of the truth. Look back. When the ‘values’ were in the epitome of human mind? 20th century? With two world wars, nuclear bomb proliferation, mass genocides and more? 16/17/18th Century? With imperialism, colonial subjugations and slavery? Beyond that history gets vague and only talks about King and Queens – not common man. But again, moral standards of that era remains questionable. In sixteenth-century Paris, a popular form of entertainment was cat-burning, in which a cat was hoisted in a sling on a stage and slowly lowered into a fire. According to historian Norman Davies, “[T]he spectators, including kings and queens, shrieked with laughter as the animals, howling with pain, were singed, roasted, and finally carbonized.” Today, such sadism would be unthinkable in most of the world. This change in sensibilities is just one example of perhaps the most important and most under-appreciated trend in the human saga: Violence has been in decline over long stretches of history, and today we are probably living in the most peaceful moment of our species’ time on earth.
In the decade of Darfur and Iraq, the claim that violence has been diminishing may seem somewhere between hallucinatory and obscene. Yet statistical evidence that seek to quantify the historical ebb and flow of violence point to exactly that conclusion.
In short – I have more faith on this generation, that I had in ours!
“…proper wealth distribution” – again, when on earth this was NOT the case? Just being conscious about a problem is the first step to solve it, and we just began to realize these. But, in no way you can drop the onus on this generation only.
Now, let’s come to the original issue – education! I will wholesomely agree with you on that. But why the responsibility is imposed only on women? Who stopped more men to become teacher?
The baton of responsibility is for all of us to bear. It’s not gender specific. Saying that, and seeing all the mess created by men for last few centuries, I’d rather take my chance with women on lead and give the fairer sex a chance to steward us out of this mess.
Did you notice, in every religion, people refer to omnipotent god as ‘He’ / ‘Him’ (masculine gender)? You might argue different reasons for that, but I strongly believe (being an atheist) – the god must be a man indeed. This massive screwup is not possible by a woman!
UPDATE 10:01 PM May 6, 2010
I absolutely agree on the points that this nature of human that is disturbing us is not that we have manufactured recently and i do also have a massive faith on the present and coming generations (and thats why i am surviving as teacher)…..
But basically i was trying to emphasize on the point that puts the women ahead of men anyway….as i talked about their greater responsibility (with great power comes the greater responsibility)…..I always felt that it is the women who can play the most important role in re-structuring the world around us…only thing i was worried and wanted to discuss was the about the structure of it….i expected more women (or girl) to participate in this debate…!!
…And still so long lets all thank to this ‘man’-made ‘man’- GOD of ours to allow us discuss so ‘valuable’ points and present us a hopeful generations….
The conversation continues…
But as Facebook threads are not open to all, I thought of posting it here and hope to get some more perspectives.
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Humphrey No. 296 (?) (295): (‘295. a War Club made of wood from the Marquesas.’) ‘296. Another, knotted, and almost in its natural Shape, from ditto.’
Only one of the two clubs with mushroom-shaped heads described below could, in theory, be attributable to the Cook collection with any degree of certainty. Today, it is not otherwise possible to say which of the two this is. For this reason, they are taken together in the following.
Humphrey’s aforementioned entry from his catalogue must be considered to justify the somewhat peculiar circumstances which led to the two clubs being included in this catalogue at all, and thus their attribution to the Cook collection. Humphrey repeatedly listed objects as being from the Marquesas when they were certainly not from there, but possibly from the New Hebrides or New Caledonia (such as the New Hebridean arrows Oz 1263, Oz 1264, and Oz 1517). It therefore seems reasonable to assume the same for the entries 295 and 296 in Humphrey’s catalogue as well. On this assumption, these two entries may be considered correct for the clubs Oz 1095, Oz 1096 or Oz 1097, to be described separately below. None of these clubs still feature a Humphrey label, leaving the whole argument very much open to question. This means that considerable uncertainty remains, even if the assumptions above are not regarded as being sufficiently conclusive, with the only remaining alternative therefore being to consider the two objects with the Humphrey Nos. 295 and 296 as lost. At the same time, no statement could then be made regarding the origin of the clubs Oz 1095, Oz 1096 and Oz 1097, because these three clubs have apparently always been listed in the existing documentation of the Göttingen Collection as being part of the Cook Collection.
Humphrey’s description ‘knotted, and almost in its natural Shape’ is most accurate for the club Oz 1096. This consists of a relatively light wood, which in the meantime has developed long narrow crevice-like cracks along the grain, one at the rhizome end, one on the middle part of the shaft, and two at the handle end. Adjacent to the 3 to 4 mm thicker handle end is a rectangular notch, c. 2.5 x 1.0 cm. The remaining mushroom-shaped head as well as the shaft are relatively knotted and have been only roughly worked over. The surface of the club, however, has a dull, varnish-like sheen. With respect to the method for the final polishing of the carved clubs of New Caledonians, Sarasin (1919: 185) noted that, at the time of his field work (1910-12), fragments of broken glass were being used instead of the former shells and quartz fragments. Thereafter, the clubs were given their smooth polish with wet sand at a stream, and finally with a plant rich in silicic acid. The club Oz 1095 is similar in form and patina, but appears to be somewhat more carefully formed, and is also less knotted. The two clubs correspond in form exactly to those described by Sarasin (1929: 184-91, Pl. 52, Fig. 2, 3, 4, 5) as being from New Caledonia. It can therefore be assumed with relative certainty that their regional origin is, in fact, New Caledonia, while their attribution to the collection from Cook’s second voyage must remain hypothetical, as explained in the sections above.
A club similar to those described here may be found in Exeter with the inventory number E 1218 (see Kaeppler 1978a: 245, Fig. 528.). Volker Harms
Kaeppler, Adrienne L, ‘Artificial Curiosities’ Being An Exposition of Native Manufactures Collected on the Three Pacific Voyages of Captain James Cook RN [Exhibition catalogue], Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, 1978a.
Sarasin, Fritz, Ethnologie der Neu-Caledonier und Loyalty-Insulaner, Munich, 1929.
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Hattie Harrison (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Hattie Harrison, the longest-serving delegate in the Maryland House and the first African-American woman to chair a legislative committee in the General Assembly, has died. The Baltimore Democrat was 84.
House Speaker Michael Busch announced Harrison's death late Monday night.
Harrison, who was first elected to the state's House of Delegates in 1973, represented District 45 in the eastside of Baltimore. For 33 years she chaired the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, which considers proposals on the rules, organization and procedures of the House and the General Assembly.
"Delegate Harrison was a great influence on everyone she touched," Busch, D-Anne Arundel, said in a statement. "She took enormous pride in public service and while someone will ultimately take her seat, no one will ever be able to take her place in the House."
An advocate for civil rights and workers' rights, Harrison was a teacher f or much of her life. She was born in Lancaster, S.C., but attended public schools in the city of Baltimore and graduated from Antioch College.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake recalled the personality of a trailblazing lawmaker that endeared Harrison to constituents for decades.
"Her calm but stern demeanor and her matriarchal standing in the community foiled even her most ardent political opponents, who, in the end, came to respect her greatness," Rawlings-Blake, a Democrat, said in a statement.
Baltimore City Council President Bernard "Jack" Young remembered Harrison as a larger-than-life figure who nurtured and educated generations of children in Baltimore.
"As a mother figure at Dunbar High School, Del. Harrison stressed the importance of education and a strong work ethic to countless children who passed through the school's halls," Young said in a statement Monday night.
Alexandra Hughes, a spokeswoman for the speaker, said one of Ha rrison's sons, Robert "Skip" Harrison, informed Busch of his mother's death Monday evening. Harrison is also survived by her son Philip Harrison, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press
Copyright © 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Editor's note: There is a great Jewish tradition to dedicate the 29 days in the month of Elul to study and prepare for the coming high holy days. The time is supposed to challenge us to use each day as an opportunity for growth and discovery. On each of the 29 days of Elul, performer Craig Taubman posts a "jewel," or story, from some of today's most celebrated visionaries. Past contributors include President Barack Obama, Desmond Tutu, Mary J Blige, Eli Wiesel, The Dali Lama, Rabbi Ruth Messinger Lady Gaga, among many others. Today's reflection comes from Craig Taubman.
I love the theme of this year’s Jewels because I try to live my life as art, not science -- and also, because I’m aging. As much as I try to be positive about aging, it can be hard to watch my body change. And while we may tell our children “not to worry,” we all know that in the end -- we all end. But if we have lived well, our lives can be like pieces of art that are not thrown away but passed down as gifts to future generations.
As the 29 writers, artists, politicians, thinkers and dreamers in this collection show, aging can bring many upsides, enlightenments, hidden beauties and joys. I hope that by sharing these reflections we might inspire each other to see the beauty in aging and harness its power for the betterment of all.
This volume is extra special to me as it contains a Jewel written by my 24-year-old son together with my 86-year-old father-in-law. Finally, I’d like to thank my parents for the gift of life they gave me 54 years ago.
L’chaim, To Life!
Craig Taubman seeks to impact the world one event, song, inspiration or Jewel at a time.
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Report of meeting of Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH): 14 January 2009
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Held on 14 January 2009
- Guidance documents on Regulation (EC) 852/2004 (SANCO/1731/2008 Rev 5) and (EC) 853/2004 (SANCO/1732/2008 Rev 5)
Will be discussed again at the Working Group on 23rd January when legal opinion will be available. Drafting to be further amended and opinion sought at February SCoFCAH
- Availability of pepsin for trichinella testing
Item will be discussed in depth at Working Group on 23rd January.
- French notification concerning milk and dairy products from scrapie infected flocks
An information point at present, as France has only introduced controls at the national level. They are looking for harmonised controls to be introduced at the community level. Subject will be discussed at a future Working Group. Not reported further.
- Dioxin update from Ireland
Figures presented on progress with culling and disposal of pigs and cattle. Commission confirmed they are content with current situation. Not reported further.
- Control and testing of Salmonella in breeding hens and turkeys (SANCO /1932/2008)
Minor drafting changes made at this meeting were accepted unanimously. Not reported further.
- Measures for disinfection of air in the transit of animals through third countries meat from equidae and fresh meat (SANCO/3794/2008 Rev 1)
Accepted unanimously. Not reported further.
- BSE testing
A letter will shortly be sent to CVOs explaining how the recent changes to testing requirements should be uniformly implemented using the birth place of the animal to assign the testing age. Not reported further.
- Steam Pasteurisation
The document developed for steam pasteurisation will be expanded to include hot water treatments and discussed at the February SCoFCAH. Not reported further.
- Date of next meeting:
Not yet fixed.
- Guidance documents attached at the foot of the page.
Guidance document on the implementation of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) 852/2004 (SANCO/1731/2008 Rev 5) and (EC) 853/2004 (SANCO/1732/2008 Rev 5)
These documents seek to provide further clarification to aid implementation of the legislation. Since the documents received a consensus at the December ‘08 Working Group, they have been sent to other EU departments and services for consultation, some of which have asked for an extension for comments. This item will be re-tabled for an opinion at February SCoFCAH.
Availability of pepsin for the purposes of trichinella testing
The Commission wants to gather information as some MS had reported problems with supply. The item will be discussed in greater detail at the Working Group on 23rd January.
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I'm about to start creating my first Android app. I've downloaded all the necessary programs to be able to program in eclipse.
I want to develop a ringtone app. I want the user to be able to select a certain sound from the app and set it as there ring or msg tone.
Can someone lead me in the right direction as to where I can learn how to do this please.
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NASHVILLE — The top Democrat in the state Senate is calling on Republicans to make the upper chamber of the General Assembly subject to open government laws, saying he wants to see more transparency in government.
Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis said he’s just trying to create more transparency in government, and “level the playing field for ideas, where they can be judged on merit, not politics.”
“That’s what the Open Meetings law does,” he said. “By amending the rules, their deliberations will be subject to public scrutiny, as should be the standard in state government.”
The Legislature does not fall under the open government laws that apply to other government agencies in the state, and it can’t bind future General Assemblies to its rules. But Kyle said the chamber could adopt the open meetings laws for the two-year session that began Tuesday.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville agreed to take up the issue at a rules committee meeting Wednesday. There was some debate before a decision was made to take up the matter at a later date.
Norris told reporters after the meeting that he believes current rules address Kyle’s concerns, but said he’s open to an amendment for clarification.
Meanwhile, Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Bo Watson, R-Chattanooga, questioned Kyle’s motives, calling it political.
“Kyle has been on the rules committee several years,” Watson said. “He certainly was in the majority party for several years. I find his timing to be interesting. This has nothing to do with transparency, this is pure politics.”
Kyle noted that under former Democratic Senate Speaker John Wilder, the majority caucus meetings were open to the public, but said that has not been the case under Republican control.
Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.
Also Wednesday, members of the Democratic Senate Caucus met and voiced objection to Democrats not being included in a decision to enhance security at the state Capitol and Legislative Plaza.
The new system includes technology that scans a person’s face to determine if they’re wanted by law enforcement.
“I just think that many members in our caucus would have liked to have known these decisions were going to be made so we can weigh in on them,” said Kyle, adding that he doesn’t recall the security system being part of the budget to renovate the Capitol.
“And I’m concerned that we may be sending an inappropriate message about coming to the Capitol.”
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Students can always be found working side by side with faculty in PCOM's research laboratories. Research at PCOM continues to grow, exposing more and more students to basic science investigations as well as clinical research.
Recent studies by PCOM faculty funded by the National Institutes of Health include research on stem cells and an investigation studying the effects of aging on immunity at the cellular level. The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation is sponsoring research on the quality of life in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Other research focuses on the processes of inflammation, osteoporosis management, the effectiveness of osteopathic manipulative techniques on headache pain, and post-operative pain. Groundbreaking research linking the bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae to Alzheimer's disease continues to receive attention.
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If you fly around the entire world you get profoundly impressed. Nature, culture or just people themselves can inspire you greatly. Unfortunately you also see the negative sides of life. And that’s why a lot of ‘flying’ KLM staff are committed to contributing something to local development at their destinations. They do this through Wings of Support, which helps children to find shelter and education. The volunteers at Luchtvaart Zonder Grenzen (Aviation Without Borders) arrange freight transport or accompany sick children who have to undergo a life-saving operation that cannot be performed in their own country.
Personally, I’m desk-bound and so I’m not able to contribute directly. But fortunately there is always KLM AirCares. This charity programme has been in existence for more than 10 years now. And the reason for its existence is that we think big companies should take responsibility.
KLM AirCares supports charities that are undertaking sustainable projects. We choose them on the basis of the local needs in the destinations that we fly to. The support is intended to kick-start initiatives that make a structural contribution to improving the lives of children.
Over the years, we have lent our support to some great projects but it’s primarily the people behind the projects who inspire me. They are unbelievably motivated and know how to make a real difference with few resources and a load of creativity. I keep an exact record of how many Miles and how much money our passengers donate – and I get a real kick when records are broken. But perhaps I get the best feeling when we can involve our colleagues as well as our passengers through this charity work. This may be by bringing big problems to their attention or making them aware how these same big problems also affect them personally.
For example, when we supported Malaria No More, we ran a campaign for protecting our ‘flying’ colleagues effectively against malaria. But employees of Malaria No More also told us how poor people in remote areas are particularly badly affected. They can’t afford a mosquito net and also have no access to medical facilities.
Mentioning this fact, we sold impregnated mosquito nets through KLM Health Services and then donated part of the profits to Malaria No More. I think that sort of campaign is great.
There are countless other examples of amazing initiatives. At the moment we are giving a boost to Doctor2Doctor. This project, which is run by the VU Medical Centre in Amsterdam, is helping to increase the know-how of doctors and nurses in Eldoret, Kenya.
And if you want to read more about this, you can at klm.com.
KLM CSR office
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On his website, Meyer states: "The New Nordic Diet is not a 'diet' in the conventional sense, but rather a meal system centered around a combination of good taste, sustainability and local ingredients."
So is this diet yet another fad? Sort of, says Marjorie Nolan, RD, national spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, but "it's not an unhealthy fad," she adds. In fact, Nolan likes the Nordic Diet because it recommends a balance of protein, starches and fat, which helps give a feeling of fullness and keeps the blood sugar stable for longer periods of time.
Nolan says the diet also emphasizes "being more intimately involved with your meals" which she feels has a great psychological effect. "We tend to respect food more when we take time to choose it, make it and then eat it," Nolan explains. "By enhancing the experience we have with food, by default, we wind up enjoying the food more, so therefore we eat less."
The "fad" part, Nolan feels, is more in more how it's "packaged" as a lifestyle trend -- and therein may be the rub with the Nordic Diet. While overall the recommendations are spot-on, to follow Meyer's manifesto strictly, says Nolan, would require an amount of time and dedication that the average working American adult probably doesn't have.
So what's a busy gal with a yen for a lean Nordic way of life to do? Nolan has five great tips for incorporating the important elements of the diet into your everyday routine:
1. Incorporate more preparation time into your meals overall, but don't try to overhaul your cooking style all at once. Incorporating just one or two new ingredients a week will keep you from feeling overwhelmed, but by the end of a few months or a year, you will have significantly changed your pattern of eating, Nolan says.
2. Combine types of food. A meal that includes a lean protein (poultry, fish or lean beef), a whole grain starch or starchy vegetable like potatoes and some fat will satiate you longer, Nolan says.
3. Pay attention to seasoning. "Seasoning can contribute so much to the enjoyment of your meal," says Nolan, "which will leave you more psychologically satisfied, and so you will eat less."
4. Snacks are important! Great news for us grazers. Nolan says snacks "help us not get so hungry that we overeat at the next meal, and they keep our blood sugar stable." The key to a good snack is to make sure it includes protein. "Add a piece of low-fat cheese to that apple," advises Nolan.
5. Plan ahead. They key to regulating your eating times, says Nolan, is to evaluate your day-to-day schedule and plan your meals and snacks. "You may not know exactly what you are going to eat," she advises, "but know when."
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BRIGHTON — School District 27J will implement weekly early release days as part of its 2012-2013 school calendar.
All 27J schools will release students 75 minutes early each Wednesday. The early release days will take the place of planned staff development days.
The previous schedule included intermittent staff development days throughout the year. The district said the release days will provide teachers with continuous professional development days. It will also provide adequate time for collaboration with fellow teachers and effective lesson planning.
“This early release time is essential to improve student learning,” said 27J Chief Academic Officer Kelly Corbett. “With regular and ongoing professional development, collaboration, and planning, our educators will be better equipped to meet specific school goals and student learning targets.”
The addition of early release days does not affect dates already finalized in the 2012-2013 calendar including the first and last day of school as well as Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks. Under the new schedule, 27J students will attend three more days of school than in the 2011-2012 school year. Total instructional minutes will continue to exceed minimum state requirements.
“Our commitment in 27J is, first and foremost, to providing a quality education for our students,” said incoming 27J Superintendent Chris Fiedler. “We believe the implementation of weekly, early-release days will have a dramatic impact on staff development. The end result will be improved instruction in the classroom.”
As part of the schedule change, 27J modified its transportation schedule to pick up and deliver students from school to home. The district will also expand after-school care opportunities for families of elementary school children.
“While we believe the creation of early release days is a beneficial change for students and teachers, we realize the impact it will have on a family’s weekly schedule,” Fiedler said. “It’s our hope that, by letting parents know about this change now, we can work together to address any potential impacts.”
The district will continue to provide additional information regarding the schedule change as it becomes available. An improved, user-friendly version of the calendar is available at www.sd27j.org
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Families Face Battle With GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Over Dangerous Diabetes Drug
1/30/2013 8:15:33 AM
Thousands of families in the UK could be deprived of compensation for the death or harm of a relative caused by the diabetes drug Avandia, even though the British maker has agreed to pay billions of dollars to settle similar claims in the US. The licence for Avandia was revoked in Europe, in September 2010, because of evidence that it could cause heart failure and heart attacks. The drug can still be prescribed in the US, but not to patients at risk of heart problems. A scientist with the Food and Drug Administration estimated that Avandia could have been responsible for 100,000 heart attacks in the US. The manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, has admitted concealing data about the damaging side-effects of the drug, and there is evidence of the drug's harmful effects. But, despite this, GSK is not prepared to settle claims in the UK without a court fight. The history of drug litigation in the UK suggests that families might not easily get compensation. Daniel Slade, with the Express company of solicitors in Manchester, has 19 cases on his books and has begun proceedings against GSK in four of them. The pharmaceutical firm has told the solicitors that it will contest the cases. In just one of the cases it has indicated a willingness to spend £600,000 on its defence, which, the solicitor says, would be a fraction of what the claim is worth. "It is very disappointing," said Slade. "We anticipate that these claims do have a good prospect of success, but they still have to prove their case in the UK with suitable evidence. They are tasked with having to produce that evidence, including medical expert opinion. It is a burden one would have thought they might not have to go through." He expected that, if GSK fought in the courts rather than settled outside, as it had done in the US, it would take years for bereaved relatives, or those who have been harmed, to get any sort of payment.
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My son’s car contains a fair amount of “Made by Monkeys” logic. One good example (or not so good, in my case) of this logic has to do with the transmission. It’s a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am, with more than 100,000 miles on it.
He came home from college last week and said that the car wasn’t running right, so I hopped in and took it for a spin. Sure enough, when you stepped on the accelerator, the transmission would spin far too freely.
Being a weekend mechanic, my first reference source is usually the Internet, preferably a source with a video. Unfortunately, there was no video available to help solve our problem, but there was a lot of advice in the user forums.
The first thing the forums had me check was the transmission fluid level. That seemed simple enough, so I went out to the car to look for the dipstick. It’s always at the back of the engine, near the firewall, right? And yes, I know the car has to be running, warm, and on flat ground (my dad taught me that way back when I got my first car). After more than a few minutes of searching for that dipstick, I came back to the Internet to find out where that bugger was hidden.
It turns out that this model (and most cars these days) has no dipstick due to the transmission being pressurized. The only way to check the level is to get under the car, find and remove some tiny screw, and see if any fluid spills out. While doing this, all I could think of is, “there has to be a better way.”
We did that, and sure enough, nothing came out, so we knew more fluid was needed. After searching for the filler cap for a while, I finally discovered it buried down in the engine compartment. When I reached in to remove it, I burned my hand. It’s nearly impossible to remove the cover -- and even harder to put it back on -- without removing a significant amount of skin from your hand.
But we did it, and the car now runs a lot better than it did before. I assume the skin on my hand will grow back in no time.
Tell us your experiences with Monkey-designed products. Send stories to Jennifer Campbell for Made by Monkeys.
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Loblaws in Canada removed a copy of the National Enquirer from some of its stores after a local schoolteacher's rant about its "Best and Worst Beach Bodies" cover story created a stir on Facebook.
In an "open letter" to Loblaws that had been shared more than 14,000 times on Facebook (with 66 'likes'), Brandon Field, a teacher based in eastern Newfoundland, noted in early December that the Dec. 3rd National Enquirer issue displayed on its cover numerous photos of female celebrities with captions such as "Beauty, blubber and cellulite," "Belly disaster" and "Larger than life."
"More and more, we are seeing the detrimental effects of bullying in our school system," wrote Mr. Field in the letter. "These magazines, which are displayed prominently at every checkout, are a very real form of bullying. What's more, they further perpetuate the idea that women should have flawless bodies, thereby exacerbating the problem of negative body image, particularly among female youths, but also among all sexes and age groups."
He added, "As a schoolteacher, how am I to demonstrate to my students the importance of treating others with respect when everywhere they look society is sending a message to the contrary?"
According to Global News, Mark Boudreau, Loblaws' director of corporate affairs for the Atlantic Region, responded to Mr. Field's letter by removing the publication from the company's stores in the Newfoundland region. He also said that while sales performance and popularity are factors in deciding which magazines to sell, the company is sensitive to offending customers.
"We are mindful of the type and quality of magazines that appear on our racks, and we do take proactive measures," Mr. Boudreau wrote. "For example, we have advised certain publishers to bag their magazines to reduce the likelihood of potentially offensive material and we work [with] our wholesale distributor to provide an advanced warning whenever an authorized magazine is about to be released that is in controversial taste. We then review the cover and make an appropriate decision."
The Huffington Post noted that a 2010 study published by Girl Scouts and the Dove Self-Esteem Fund found that nine out of ten teenage girls feel the fashion industry and/or the media puts intense pressure on them to be thin. Nearly half of the women surveyed (47 percent) felt that only the most attractive women are portrayed in popular culture.
The Huffington Post also noted that publications like Vogue and Seventeen have pledged to showcase healthier depictions of women's bodies.
Should Loblaws have kept, covered or pulled the 'offensive' tabloid issue from its checkout lanes?
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Special to the Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE —
Sponsored by the Indiana State Library, the Indiana Genealogy and Local History Fair will be from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in downtown Indianapolis. The fair includes programs, library and society information booths, and offerings by commercial vendors. Throughout the day there will be three free presentations offered:
Digging for Data in Back Rooms and Basements. “This program will discuss funeral home and cemetery records, including how to approach these companies and organizations to see what records are available and the reliability of those records.” Presented by Bruce Oakley, researcher and funeral director.
Your Grandma Wasn’t a Cherokee Princess. “Specific problems encountered with researching Native American ancestry.” Presented by Dark Rain Thom, author and family historian.
Genealogy is like a Potato. “How to make your ancestry come alive!” Presented by James Alexander Thom, author and researcher.
The Indiana State Library is at 315 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis, with several parking lots nearby. The Library was established in 1825 and contains a large genealogy collection in a special wing. The Library’s award-winning website affirms that “The Genealogy Collection has developed over time to become one of the largest collections of family history information in the Midwest. The collection includes 40,000 printed items (family histories, indexes to records, how-to books, cemetery transcriptions, family history magazines, and more) as well as microfilmed federal census records, Indiana county records, passenger lists, and military pension information. The collection includes hundreds of CDs with family history information. The emphasis of the collection is on Indiana and bordering states, as well as eastern and southern states.”
This website won Family Tree Magazine’s Best State Websites award in 2011. Visit it at www.library.in.gov. Click on “databases,” and explore all of the on-line information that the Library has to offer.
• My grandfather and great grandfather, both named Harvey S. Ludington, were born in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Both were surveyors for the government. I understand that the elder Harvey did the surveying for the original sites of Danville and also did the auctioning for the parcels of land at the land sale. Would like proof of this. Also searching for information such as death, marriage, and general information regarding this family. Harvey S. Ludington Sr. married Catherine Williams. Thank you, Fred Jones, phone (360) 307-0065, address 3060 McWilliams Road NE, Bremerton, WA 98311.
• Looking for information on William Matison/Madison Phillips, born November 6, 1861, in Clay County, Indiana. At some point he went to Morgan County, Indiana, and married on Dec. 24, 1882, to Martilla or Mertilda Parker, born July 25, 1858, and died Oct. 10, 1945. They had several children. My line being through Clona Velna Phillips, born Feb. 27, 1898. Hoping to find who his parents were. Please contact Anne Poindexter at email bear4dex@
• Researching the Keltz family in Parke, Vermillion, Vigo, and Clay Counties, Indiana. Would appreciate any genealogy information. Please contact Tony Keltz, Sr., at email [email protected]. Thank you.
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Midland has a total population of 41,685 and a student population of 3,801. Of these students, 3,801 are enrolled in schools that offer healthcare administration programs.
The largest healthcare administration school in Midland, by student population, is Northwood University. In 2010, Northwood University graduated approximately 11 students from its healthcare administration program.
In 2010, 11 students graduated with a healthcare administration degree in Midland. In 2009 tuition at healthcare administration schools in Midland was $18,408 per year, on average.
In addition to tuition costs, you should plan on spending an average of $1,581 for books and supplies each year, while enrolled in a healthcare administration program in Midland. And if you live on campus at one of the Midland-based healthcare administration schools, you will have an added expense of $7,923 per year, on average, for room and board. Students who live at home can cut this cost down to approximately $0.
After graduating with your credentials in healthcare administration, if you decide to work as a healthcare administrator in Midland, your job prospects are good. In 2010, there were 9,560 healthcare administrators in Michigan. Of these healthcare administrators, 900 were working in the greater Midland area. The number of healthcare administrators in Midland is expected to increase by 13% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is slower than the projected nationwide trend for healthcare administrators.
The average salary you can expect to earn as a healthcare administrator in Midland is $76,480 per year, which is lower than the average for healthcare administrators state-wide.
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NEW DELHI -- Whether he was killed or committed suicide, the jailhouse death Monday of a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a New Delhi bus has triggered shock at the enormous security failure at one of India's best-known prisons.
Authorities said Ram Singh, who was accused of driving the bus during the December attack, was in a cell with three other inmates at Tihar Jail in New Delhi when he hanged himself either with his own clothes or a bedsheet about 5:30 a.m.
''This is suicide," Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.
His family and lawyer alleged foul play.
"There were no circumstances which could have led to Ram Singh committing suicide. There was no mental stress. He was very happy (about the trial's course)," his lawyer V.K. Anand said.
Singh, 33, had been among five defendants facing the death penalty if convicted of the rape attack, which horrified Indians and set off national protests. A sixth accused is being tried and jailed separately because he is a juvenile.
Singh's death in custody raised further questions about a criminal justice system already under attack for failing to protect the nation's women.
''It's a grave incident," said Shinde, the nation's top law enforcement official. ''It's a major lapse."
The government had ordered a magistrate's inquiry and would take action after it received the report, he said.
Kiran Bedi, the former director of
''You are duty bound to protect the lives of the prisoners," she said.
Mamta Sharma, chair of India's National Commission for Women, said jail authorities had to explain Singh's death ''despite so much protection, so much precaution, so much security."
''This means that even though he was accused of such a heinous crime, the jail administration did not keep a watchful eye on him," she said.
In 2011, 68 inmates in India killed themselves and another eight were killed by fellow inmates, according to India's National Crime Records Bureau. Tihar Jail is badly overcrowded and its 12,000 prisoners are nearly twice as many as it was designed to hold. Bedi said that despite that, the treatment of inmates has improved over the past two decades as the jail became more transparent, with volunteers constantly coming in and prisoners better educated about their rights.
Lawyers for the defendants had previously accused police of beating confessions out of the men.
Ram Singh's father, Mangelal Singh, said his son had been raped in prison by other inmates and had been repeatedly threatened by inmates and guards. Nevertheless, he said he visited his son four days ago and the man appeared fine and gave no hint of any despair that could drive him to take his own life.
Ram Singh also had a badly injured hand and would have been unable to hang himself, his father said, speaking from outside his small home in a New Delhi slum.
"Somebody has killed him," he said, saying he would push for a top-level investigation from India's Central Bureau of Investigation into the death.
Mangelal Singh said he feared for the safety of another son who is also on trial in the rape case.
Vivek Sharma, a lawyer representing another defendant, said he planned to ask the court to provide greater protection for his client.
"In a high-security jail, an occurrence of this kind is highly condemnable. It raises the serious issue of security of the accused persons in the jail," he said.
"My clients don't feel safe in Tihar Jail," said another defense lawyer, A.P. Singh.
Vimla Mehra, the director general of the jail, declined to say how Ram Singh could have managed to kill himself without alerting the other inmates in his small cell or the guards.
"The inquiry is being conducted and it would be premature to make any statement about the details of the incident," she said. Previous reports that Singh was under suicide watch were incorrect a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details to the media.
The rape victim and a male friend were attacked after boarding the bus Dec. 16 as they tried to return home after watching a movie, police say. The six men, the only occupants of the private bus, beat the man with a metal bar, raped the woman and used the bar to inflict massive internal injuries to her, police say. The victims were dumped naked on the roadside, and the woman died from her injuries two weeks later in a Singapore hospital.
The attack set off nationwide protests about India's treatment of women and spurred the government to hurry through a package of laws to protect them.
The rape victim's family said that with such a strong case for the prosecution, they had expected Singh to be convicted and executed anyway.
"He knew he was going to get the death penalty, and so he took his life," the victim's brother told the Times Now TV.
Singh's death comes as the trial was deep underway. The four surviving defendants were briefly produced in court Monday.
K.T.S. Tulsi, a former top lawyer in the office of the solicitor general of India, said the suicide should have no impact on the trial, which is being held in a closed courtroom under a gag order that prevents news organizations from publishing details of the proceedings.
He said the death highlighted how important it is for society not to demonize people who have been accused but not convicted of crimes.
"It is so unfortunate that the media goes on to presume that they are guilty and goes on to condemn them and demonize them to an extent that it makes the life of these people not worth living," he said.
Associated Press reporters Manish Swarup and Ashok Sharma contributed to this report.
Follow Ravi Nessman on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ravinessman
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When a Man Loves a Woman is the title of a classic song from 1966 by Percy Sledge. It’s also the title of an enhanced ebook by Alina Adams. What’s an enhanced ebook? An enhanced ebook has added content from other media. In the case of this particular book, the added content happens to be music videos. Appropriately, one of the music videos is Percy Sledge singing the title track.
But what about the story? The story is also a classic. James Elliot met Deb Brody in med school and fell instantly in love with her. There was just one problem. Deb Brody was already married, to a really nice guy named Max. So for the next 20 years, James Elliot was the perfect best friend. Always there, always helpful, always supportive, and never letting Deb suspect for one single second that he felt anything other than friendship for her.
Fast-forward 20 years. Deb and Elliot are both successful doctors. So successful that Deb is Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Elliot is the Chief of the Pediatric Trauma Center at Los Angeles Valley Hospital. There have always been nasty rumors about their close friendship, but Max always knew that the rumors had no validity. Because Deb never let herself see that Elliot played the field vigorously because all the women he dated had one fatal flaw that Max pointed out to her exactly once, all those other women were not Deb.
But Max died of a heart-attack at the age of 44, and the situation was suddenly very, very different.
Deb’s friendship with Elliot is the most important relationship in her life. She loved her husband, but he is gone and she is alone. The first night after all of Max’ relatives leave, after the funeral is over, she asks Elliot to stay. He’s stayed before, the guest bedroom is practically his. It shouldn’t mean anything different.
But it does. She and Elliot never touch. They’ve always maintained a professional distance. In the middle of the night, when she can’t sleep and starts trying to clean out Max’ closet, Elliot tries to stop her, to help her. To let her cry. And instead, they make love. He thinks she finally sees his heart. Instead she thinks that sex may have ruined their friendship.
Deb and Elliot spend a lot of time trying to find a way back to each other, misunderstanding each other and trying to interpret each other’s feelings. They’ve known each other so long, and yet they haven’t known the fundamental truths about each other. In the process, they nearly lose everything.
Escape Rating B: This was a good friends-into-lovers romance. The story that Deb doesn’t want to see that Elliot is in love with her reminded me of the story line in the TV show Bones (we just finished watching season 5). Deb needs Elliot’s friendship too much to upset the applecart by seeing something she doesn’t want to see.
When Max dies, the blinders come off. I was reminded of a quote from science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, “There is only one way to console a widow. But remember the risk.” Elliot stayed knowing what was probably going to happen, hoping for it. It’s the results that cause so much trouble for the rest of the story.
I felt like they tortured each other a bit too much. The budget fiasco and how the characters treated each other over it, was one tragedy, or at least melodrama, too far for me. I was ready for the happy ending by then. I’m glad they got there. They both suffered enough grief.
About the enhanced part of the ebook…This is an interesting idea, and I can see, or rather hear, how this might work in the future. The neat thing about having an iPad is that I can just touch a link and off I go to the video of the song. And some of the songs were very evocative of the mood of the chapter. I can’t get If I Could Turn Back Time out of my head. There is an issue with mobile rights. I read the book on my iPad. A significant number of the videos did not have mobile rights available, although they work fine on my PC. This is an issue that should be tested before publication as most readers will be using either a reader or a tablet. But it’s a neat concept. The additions to my playlist were great ones.
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DoYou Need A Social Media Detox?
Most experts agree that social media has revolutionized the way people interact with one another. Yet, for all it's benefits, it has a dark side: creeping addictiveness. It often starts at a young age, with nothing more than a harmless, occassional status update. Upon adulthood, however, it explodes into a full-blown debilitating condition: Obessive "places" check-ins, "likes," and improper acronym use abound. Think you've experienced any of the above? Below are the signs and symptoms that you might be need of a social media detox.
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Photographer Chris Jordan
describes the photos in his series “Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption” as his “first foray into being an engaged artist.”
Cell phones #2, Atlanta, 2005
"The idea [behind this series] was to capture the scale of [our] mass consumption. It was the first time I stood in front of piles of the detritus of our mass consumption." "Cell phones #2, Atlanta, 2005"
Cell phone chargers, Atlanta, 2004
"Initially, I thought I was seeing the scale [but] in the end, I realized this was the tiny tip of the iceberg." "Cell phone chargers, Atlanta, 2004"
e-Bank, Tacoma, 2004
"It was interesting to see the limitations of this series and the photos. [Mass consumption is an] invisible phenomenon-- there's no one place I can go to capture it all." "e-Bank, Tacoma, 2004"
Crushed cars #2, Tacoma, 2004
"There's a hierarchy of activism.... What my work is about to feel these issues myself.... A large part of change is acknowledging feelings we have and connecting with these issues." "Crushed cars #2, Tacoma, 2004"
Oil Filters, Seattle, 2003
"[All this waste] is something that's sort of kept hidden." "Oil Filters, Seattle, 2003"
Spent bullet casings, 2005
"I almost felt like a spy. I felt like this was something people needed to see." "Spent bullet casings, 2005"
Circuit boards #2, New Orleans, 2005
"80% [of the photos in this series] were 'straight' photos. As I ran up against these limitations of photography...I started arranging the subject." "Circuit boards #2, New Orleans, 2005"
Circuit boards, Atlanta, 2004
"I also felt like I aged about five years during this series. Virtually all the photos...required that I trespass. I'd go ask [for permission to photograph these piles of waste] but I'd get all these vague excuses: Homeland Security, insurance regulations.... I think it was really a weird fear about photography and exposure [even though] I offered veto [power], showed them my previous work, and explained I didn't name individuals or companies. This was about [documenting] a nationwide, cultural phenomenon." Circuit boards, Atlanta, 2004"
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Thousands of Czechs joined Vaclav Havel's widow, relatives and friends in a somber procession through the capital Wednesday, paying their respects to the late Czech president. Thousands of others clapped as his casket rolled by.
The casket containing Havel's body was being transported from the Prague Crossroads, a former church Havel turned into a cultural center, to Prague Castle, the seat of the presidency, where the body will be on display until Friday's state funeral.
Many of those who lined the streets greeted the black car carrying the coffin with applause.
"He's a moral authority for me, an icon," said Jakub Sevcik, 35. "It's my last opportunity to say goodbye."
The presidents of France and Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy and Christian Wulff, as well as many other world leaders are expected to attend the funeral at the country's biggest and most famous church, St. Vitus Cathedral.
Thousands waited patiently for hours when the coffin with Havel's body went on display Monday to pay tribute to the former leader who died Sunday at age 75. Three days of national mourning began Wednesday.
Havel's flag-draped casket was placed on a historic caisson for the final part of the journey Wednesday and was escorted by an honor guard to the place where he spent more than 12 years as president. The caisson, drawn by six black horses, is the same that bore the coffin of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president after it was founded in 1918, during his funeral in 1937.
Havel's successor and political archrival Vaclav Klaus, Prime Minister Petr Necas and other Czech leaders joined Havel's family, while thousands packed the square in front of the castle in the cold rain and applauded.
During an official memorial on Tuesday, Klaus called Havel "a brave man" who "was not afraid of making personal sacrifices for his views."
Havel was a dissident playwright who spent years in communist prisons before he led the 1989 peaceful revolution that ended more 40 years of communist rule.
"Our Velvet Revolution will be always connected with his name," Klaus said. "He contributed to the international prestige and authority of the Czech Republic in the world as no one else."
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Exploding the Myths About MARIJUANA (Apr, 1949)
Entertaining scare piece about all of the horrible and dangerous effects of smoking pot. Hence forth I will refer to all potheads as “tea slaves” and I will call smoking pot “muggling”. (I had no idea that muggle was another word for pot).
Exploding the Myths About MARIJUANA
You’ll get a kick if you try a reefer—but not the kind you expect, a “tea” slave warns in exposing startling secrets of dope-den life.
I’M scared—plenty scared. Not so much for myself but for the kids of school age. Ever since the Robert Mitchum scandal in Hollywood set the country talking, the myths about marijuana have been mushrooming—dangerous myths. I’m scared for the young boys and girls who want to try a reefer or two “just for the kick.” I’m scared because some people are saying marijuana is a harmless drug, marijuana is not habit-forming, marijuana damages neither mind nor body.
Marijuana is bad, insidiously bad. It grabs you tight, then slowly turns you into a slave. It pounces on your mental or physical weak points and drags you relentlessly down into disgrace.
I know—I smoke marijuana. I’ve been a slave to reefers ever since I was 16. Twenty-one years of marijuana “muggling” has taken a heavy toll on my health and shattered my nerves. I find release from my mental anguish only when I lose myself in a reefer trance.
I fell victim to marijuana while I was going to school in a tough New York neighborhood. One day when a group of us kids was hanging around near the candy store a smooth-talking stranger urged us to try one of his special “muggles.”
“What can you lose?” we argued. “Sure, mister, we’ll try it.”
That dope salesman kept after us. Soon he had us as regular customers—and marijuana had another batch of young slaves.
Now my companions are no longer young in health or heart but we must keep seeking solace in dope dens until we’re finally trapped—and thrown into jail or the madhouse.
To show you the life I’ve had to lead as a reefer addict, I’m going to take you behind the scenes into one of the marijuana dens I frequent. …
Five of us marijuana smokers are sitting in easy chairs in a small room. There are heavy draperies on the walls and the windows are tightly closed. The odor of Chinese incense is strong—to heighten the exotic effect. The only light is a dim one in the corner. Glare disturbs us when we’re high.
This is a “tea pad,” a private apartment where we smokers meet several times a week to “get loaded.”
I light up.
My lips hold the cigaret loosely, leaving space to draw in as much air as possible with the smoke. You get higher quicker when smoke and air mix in your lungs.
This first puff is always bitter, like stale tobacco. There is a pungent odor, as of strong tea—hence the nickname. I want to retch, but I keep the smoke in my lungs as long as possible. Then I exhale slowly. It takes 20 minutes to finish the first stick.
I start to feel it. A soft languor envelops me. I’m beginning to float. My troubles are left behind as I rise from my easy chair beyond their clutch.
I smoke a second reefer. Now I get a feeling of supreme strength- I can do anything. But, strangely, I’m content just to float above my chair. Now I feel good. My joy is delirious.
I start giggling. I laugh loudly when a companion merely asks me for a match. It’s silly—but I can’t help it. The world is swirling with lights and fun.
Now a third smoke … a fourth. This time my hands feel huge, my feet miles away. I’m afraid to step out of the chair. A small downward step is like a deep plunge into a dark abyss.
That’s the danger point. I wish I could stop smoking, but I can’t. Suddenly I feel I’m soaring around the room. I spot a small vase and plunge into it. I swim around. Then I’m choking and frantically fight my way up for air. Finally I crawl out, gasping.
A portrait on the wall comes to life, the girl in the picture stretches out her hands, grasps my throat. I scream. …
At this point a smoker who has a minor neurosis—and who hasn’t—can be shocked into insanity by a terrifying hallucination. So far, I’ve escaped, but I live in fear of weird, mind-shattering delusions.
The morning after, my throat is parched. A dull ache throbs in my head, just behind the eyes. I am ravenously hungry. The headache and dry lips persist until nightfall. I feel I must crawl back to a dope den to escape the grim agony in my mind.
Some young people try marijuana as a love-making stimulant. They have been told that one moment of romantic passion seems to linger for hours under the influence of marijuana. This type of time distortion, I have learned, rarely happens. Most addicts find reefers a sexual depressant rather than a stimulant.
A word about the cigarets themselves. Marijuana is the Indian name for common hemp, an annual plant which grows from six to 15 feet high, in almost any kind of soil. Its legitimate use is in the manufacture of rope. Frequently, it grows wild in empty lots, along railroad sidings, in back yards. It’s even been cultivated in window boxes.
Four years ago a group of scientists, appointed by the late Mayor Fiorello La-Guardia, explored the marijuana problem in New York City and published their findings. They gave the stuff in measured doses to 70 prisoners in one of the local jails and watched their reactions. Here’s what they decided:
“Marijuana is not habit-forming. … It has very little to do with the commission of major crimes. … It does not lead to juvenile delinquency. . . ”
The report pointed out that the 70 prisoners appeared lazy throughout their bout with the drug. They showed no desire for action and never got into fights with one another.
The report added that no cases of mental weakness resulted from the use of marijuana. Bosh! The men simply didn’t smoke enough to reach a crisis. Some of the deadliest myths about this evil drug may be traced back to this extremely limited and inconclusive prison study.
Listen to what the powerful American Medical Association has to say about that report:
“. . . The report draws sweepingly inadequate conclusions which minimize the harmfulness of marijuana.”
The A. M. A. cites a report by six noted physicians who made a similar study and found a direct link between crime and marijuana. These doctors point to the case of a 16-year-old boy who began smoking after he read the LaGuardia Commission report. In a short time the lad’s mind began failing him.
Dr. Walter Bromberg, physician in charge of the psychiatric clinic in the New York City General Sessions Court, also helps explode that myth about marijuana having no effect on the mind:
“Thirty-two cases of mental disease are traceable directly to marijuana.”
Every law-enforcement official in the country, including district attorneys and Federal narcotics agents, right down to local police officers, has insisted that there is a definite link to crime. They say reefer peddlers operate where school children gather. They make countless arrests each year, for crimes’ ranging from pickpocketing to murder, and the police record always states that the criminals were under the influence of marijuana.
The Federal Narcotics Bureau warns:
“There can be no compromise with those who are enslaving our youngsters to a habit which results in swift deterioration of mind and morals and that has been exacting daily toll in murders, thefts and excesses of all kinds”
Take it from one who fell for a myth about marijuana. Try smoking a reefer for the kick. You’ll really get that kick—right into the gutter!
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Journalists in Tunisia have gone on strike for the first time since the country won its independence. They accuse the government of restricting freedom of speech. Is press freedom in danger after the revolution?
Several hundred journalists rallied outside their union's headquarters in Tunis earlier this week, chanting "Freedom for Tunisia's press." Union members from abroad as well as Tunisian opposition politicians also turned out to support the activists.
The nationwide strike dominates the talk on radio and television, and the banner of the national journalist union, SNJT, can be clearly seen on numerous websites.
Fear of returning to former practices
More than 90 percent of Tunisian journalists have joined the strike, according to the journalists' union.
The journalists accuse the government of trying to bring the media under its control.
"Press freedom is the most important achievement of the January 14 revolution and now it's at risk," said SNJT member Zied El Heni, who fears a return to the practices of the Ben Ali government.
Following the revolution that took place on January 14, 2011, the former propaganda media of the Ben Ali regime were supposed to become independent newspapers and broadcasters. But the government, under the leadership of the conservative Islamic Ennahda party voted into power a year ago, has replaced the heads of the broadcasters and former state-run press organizations in recent months.
The new directors, journalists argue, are friendly to the Ennahda party or to the former regime and intervene directly in programs and press coverage. Such intervention is illegal under Tunisia's new press laws, which were drafted shortly after the revolution.
New media laws
Heni accuses the government coalition of trying to control the media through the new directors. "They want to return to the days when there was only one way to report and only one way to think," he said.
In addition to replacing the new directors and applying the new laws, the journalists' union demands a clear separation between editorial staff and management.
At the Dar Assabah newspaper company, which publishes two of Tunisia's biggest papers, some of the journalists have been on strike for more than 50 days.
Journalists accuse Lotfi Touati, who was appointed by the government as the publisher's new director, of censoring their work. They point out that Touati worked in the notorious Ministry of the Interior in the Ben Ali regime and view him as the instigator of a coup against the leadership of the journalist union.
Earlier this month, seven journalists went on a hunger strike.
"We began the strike after we exhausted all other peaceful ways of protest," said Nizar Dridi, one of the activists. "We demand the resignation of the new director who meddles in editorial operations. We want to be able to work independently."
In their first round of negotiations, the Tunisian UGTT trade union federation and the government failed to reach an agreement.
130 attacks on journalists' freedom
Even if working conditions for journalists in Tunisia have improved since the revolution, the press continues to be confronted daily with various obstacles. Since the beginning of the year, the non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders has registered 130 attacks on journalists' freedom, including censorship by their own directors and attacks by police.
That's why it's important for journalists to keep drawing attention to their situation, argues Belhassen Handous from Tunisia's Bureau of Organization. "The strike comes at the right time," he said.
Handous calls for the new media laws, which have been in limbo for nearly year, to be applied. "Even though the laws may need to be revised in some points, we need a legal framework because only that can guarantee freedom of opinion," he said.
The Tunisian government has meanwhile responded to the strike, saying in a statement that the hard-fought press laws should be applied immediately. The laws call for, among other things, the establishment of an independent regulator for audiovisual media.
In addition, journalists are no longer subject to the penal code. In the past, they were frequently convicted of violating public policy.
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Help Vanderbilt win EPA Game Day Recycling Challenge at Homecoming Oct. 23
Posted in NEWS on Thursday, October 14th, 2010
At the Homecoming Game on Saturday, Oct. 23, Vanderbilt won’t just be taking on South Carolina. While the Commodore Nation is gearing up to cheer for Vandy on the field, we can also be helping Vanderbilt score off the field in the Environmental Protection Agency Game Day Challenge.
Vanderbilt will compete with other universities around the country, and as part of the Southeastern Conference against other conferences, in the EPA’s Recycling Challenge.
The goal: be the university and/or division with the least amount of waste generated per person at the game.
As a way to reduce the overall waste produced at this game, the VU Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) will be recruiting extra volunteers to supplement the recycling system that is already in place for home football games.
We are also asking fans to be aware of the waste they are producing and to try out some of our waste reduction tips, such as:
- Bring reusable food containers, plates, and cups for your tailgate
- Buy plastic cups and plates with recycle symbols #1or #2 for your tailgate
- Buy items that have as little packaging as possible
- Bring only what food and beverages you need for your tailgate, and take home the leftovers
- RECYCLE all plastics # 1 and 2 and aluminum cans in recycling bins located on the concourse, at the gates and near every tailgate area
After the game, the total waste and recycling generated will be calculated and submitted to the Game Day Challenge organizers. The schools that generate the least amount of waste per person in attendance at the game will be announced as the winners at the beginning of November.
If you would like to volunteer to help with this effort, please contact SEMO at [email protected] or call 3.7881. More information about Vanderbilt’s recycling and sustainability programs can be found at the SustainVU website.
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Alumnus Finds Magical Career
In a petite gym tucked inside Petersham Center Elementary School, about 100 students sit rapt, their eyes and ears anxiously awaiting Jason Kallio's '91 next move.
With a flick of the wrist, Kallio sets into motion a circular, lollipop-looking board. When the spinning stops, Kallio asks, "How does my head look?"
Watch video of Kallio's performance
Squeals, squeaks and guffaws, chased with bouts of laughter, fill the room as the students tell Kallio his head looks "tiny."
He quickly sends the magic wheel in the opposite direction, asks the same question, prompts the same frenetic sounds of youngsters laughing, and in an instant, the kids are hooked. The first day of school quickly became a magical one for the students.
For Kallio, owner of Say It With Magic, it was another opportunity to use his engaging personality to teach kids about serious topics—in this case it was bullying. A self-described "edutainer" who uses entertainment to educate, Kallio received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from WPI before working as a technical salesman for five years at The Torrington Company, now Timken U.S. Corp., in Brookfield, Wis. He also was a regional sales manager for six years at Lutco Inc., in Worcester.
"I lived near a magic shop in Wisconsin," Kallio says. "One Saturday I was putzing around and went into the shop. I bought a few items and soon it became a hobby.
"Then I changed jobs and moved, and my hobby continued to grow. Soon my hobby was able to support itself and it was making money."
In 2000 Kallio became an entrepreneur.
The father of two who lives in Sutton, Mass., is among a distinct group of WPI alumni who are using their engineering degrees in non-traditional ways, but who credit their WPI education in their career path.
Innovation, entrepreneurship, and, more importantly, putting theory into practice, are hallmarks of the university's curriculum, and tools that Kallio says have helped him build his business. He credits his IQP on a solar-powered battery charger with giving him essential entrepreneurship skills.
Of the relationship between magic and engineering, Kallio says the two are linked by thought processes.
"What I loved about my education at WPI is the idea that 'We are going to give you core concepts that you will now apply,'" he says. "The same thought process holds true for the creation of any speaking engagement or even magic ... it's a function of being able to communicate to people."
Kallio's WPI connection is much stronger than even he knew.
Although Say It With Magic does not teach science or math, it does expose kids to a wide range of experiences to help them stretch their imaginations. In a similar vein, WPI's K-12 programs are designed to offer a primary and secondary school students a wide range of pre-engineering and research experiences. The program places special emphasis on introducing girls and youths from underrepresented minority communities to the creative possibilities in science and engineering.
Kallio says it is not a stretch to see other ways that his engineering degree has helped in his magic career.
With a big dose of help from his father, an engineer with various patents, the two have designed magic tricks using computer-aided design (CAD) and have had those products manufactured.
"I even use my engineering skills when I create balloon animals!" Kallio jokes.
But this alum was serious when it came to talking about the value of his WPI education.
"When you get to tell someone you graduated from WPI, you have instant credibility," Kallio says. "I chose WPI because I knew that it was respected, and I love math and science. I knew that I could fulfill my needs there."
In addition to his work in schools, Kallio uses his educational entertainment to help companies grow their businesses. He applies his skills as an on-the-floor trade show lead generator.
"My technical, sales and marketing background allows me to talk-the-talk and walk-the-walk no matter what company I represent on the trade show floor," Kallio says.
For Kallio, WPI represented an opportunity to indulge his love of math and science and to cultivate his entrepreneurial spirit.
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Knights Templar win heresy reprieve after 700 yrs.
Posted 13 October 2007 - 11:02 PM
By Philip Pullella Fri Oct 12, 4:10 AM ET
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Knights Templar, the medieval Christian military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Vatican publishes trial documents it had closely guarded for 700 years.
A reproduction of the minutes of trials against the Templars, "'Processus Contra Templarios -- Papal Inquiry into the Trial of the Templars"' is a massive work and much more than a book -- with a 5,900 euros ($8,333) price tag.
"This is a milestone because it is the first time that these documents are being released by the Vatican, which gives a stamp of authority to the entire project," said Professor Barbara Frale, a medievalist at the Vatican's Secret Archives.
"Nothing before this offered scholars original documents of the trials of the Templars," she told Reuters in a telephone interview ahead of the official presentation of the work on October 25.
The epic comes in a soft leather case that includes a large-format book including scholarly commentary, reproductions of original parchments in Latin, and -- to tantalize Templar buffs -- replicas of the wax seals used by 14th-century inquisitors.
Reuters was given an advance preview of the work, of which only 799 numbered copies have been made.
One parchment measuring about half a meter wide by some two meters long is so detailed that it includes reproductions of stains and imperfections seen on the originals.
Pope Benedict will be given the first set of the work, published by the Vatican Secret Archives in collaboration with Italy's Scrinium cultural foundation, which acted as curator and will have exclusive world distribution rights.
The Templars, whose full name was "Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon," were founded in 1119 by knights sworn to protecting Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem in 1099.
They amassed enormous wealth and helped finance wars of some European monarchs. Legends of their hidden treasures, secret rituals and power have figured over the years in films and bestsellers such as "The Da Vinci Code."
The Knights have also been portrayed as guardians of the legendary Holy Grail, the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper before his crucifixion.
The Vatican expects most copies of the work to be bought up by specialized libraries at top universities and by leading medieval scholars.
BURNED AT THE STAKE
The Templars went into decline after Muslims re-conquered the Holy Land at the end of the 13th century and were accused of heresy by King Philip IV of France, their foremost persecutor. Their alleged offences included denying Christ and secretly worshipping idols.
The most titillating part of the documents is the so-called Chinon Parchment, which contains phrases in which Pope Clement V absolves the Templars of charges of heresy, which had been the backbone of King Philip's attempts to eliminate them.
Templars were burned at the stake for heresy by King Philip's agents after they made confessions that most historians believe were given under duress.
The parchment, also known as the Chinon Chart, was "misplaced" in the Vatican archives until 2001, when Frale stumbled across it.
"The parchment was catalogued incorrectly at some point in history. At first I couldn't believe my eyes. I was incredulous," she said.
"This was the document that a lot of historians were looking for," the 37-year-old scholar said.
Philip was heavily indebted to the Templars, who had helped him finance his wars, and getting rid of them was a convenient way of cancelling his debts, some historians say.
Frale said Pope Clement was convinced that while the Templars had committed some grave sins, they were not heretics.
SPITTING ON THE CROSS
Their initiation ceremony is believed to have included spitting on the cross, but Frale said they justified this as a ritual of obedience in preparation for possible capture by Muslims. They were also said to have practiced sodomy.
"Simply put, the pope recognized that they were not heretics but guilty of many other minor crimes -- such as abuses, violence and sinful acts within the order," she said. "But that is not the same as heresy."
Despite his conviction that the Templars were not guilty of heresy, in 1312 Pope Clement ordered the Templars disbanded for what Frale called "the good of the Church" following his repeated clashes with the French king.
Frale depicted the trials against the Templars between 1307 and 1312 as a battle of political wills between Clement and Philip, and said the document means Clement's position has to be reappraised by historians.
"This will allow anyone to see what is actually in documents like these and deflate legends that are in vogue these days," she said.
Rosi Fontana, who has helped the Vatican coordinate the project, said: "The most incredible thing is that 700 years have passed and people are still fascinated by all of this."
"The precise reproduction of the parchments will allow scholars to study them, touch them, admire them as if they were dealing with the real thing," Fontana said.
"But even better, it means the originals will not deteriorate as fast as they would if they were constantly being viewed," she said.
Posted 15 October 2007 - 09:56 AM
Unless their spirits still remember the persecution, come back and say "Told you so!".
The whole thing is a very interesting story, though. Thanks!
Posted 15 October 2007 - 11:46 AM
Posted 04 April 2008 - 04:27 AM
Thanks for the article Shawn.
Posted 04 April 2008 - 12:19 PM
There are some really interesting mysteries involving treasures, cults, conspiracies, and murders, when it comes to the Knights Templar.
Edited by Shawn333, 04 April 2008 - 12:21 PM.
Posted 04 April 2008 - 12:39 PM
Posted 04 April 2008 - 06:10 PM
wow! Great line and I agree wholeheartedly.
Posted 06 November 2008 - 05:59 AM
By Fiona Govan, Madrid Correspondent
The Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ, whose members claim to be descended from the legendary crusaders, have filed a lawsuit against Benedict XVI calling for him to recognise the seizure of assets worth 100 billion euros (£79 billion).
They claim that when the order was dissolved by his predecessor Pope Clement V in 1307, more than 9,000 properties as well as countless pastures, mills and other commercial ventures belonging to the knights were appropriated by the church.
But their motive is not to reclaim damages only to restore the "good name" of the Knights Templar.
"We are not trying to cause the economic collapse of the Roman Catholic Church, but to illustrate to the court the magnitude of the plot against our Order," said a statement issued by the self-proclaimed modern day knights.
The Templars was a powerful secretive group of warrior monks founded by French knight Hugues de Payens after the First Crusade of 1099 to protect pilgrims en route to Jerusalem.
They amassed enormous wealth and helped to finance wars waged by European monarchs, but spectacularly fell from grace after the Muslims reconquered the Holy Land in 1244 and rumours surfaced of their heretic practices.
The Knights were accused of denying Jesus, worshipping icons of the devil in secret initiation ceremonies, and practising sodomy.
Many Templars confessed to their crimes under torture and some, including the Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were burned at the stake.
The legal move by the Spanish group comes follows the unprecedented step by the Vatican towards the rehabilitation of the group when last October it released copies of parchments recording the trials of the Knights between 1307 and 1312.
The papers lay hidden for more than three centuries having been "misfiled" within papal archives until they were discovered by an academic in 2001.
The Chinon parchment revealed that, contrary to historic belief, Clement V had declared the Templars were not heretics but disbanded the order anyway to maintain peace with their accuser, King Philip IV of France.
Over the centuries, various groups have claimed to be descended from the Templars and legend abounds over hidden treasures, secret rituals, and their rumoured guardianship of the Holy Grail.
Most recently the knights have fascinated the modern generation after being featured in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.
LINK TO ARTICLE
Posted 11 December 2008 - 10:43 AM
Edited by Abelskeeper, 11 December 2008 - 10:44 AM.
Posted 20 May 2012 - 12:18 PM
said that he was in this ¨group¨ knight Templar..
it was terrible he killed many kids.. and my friend
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I've been thinking lately about the interaction of ideas spreading and the labeling of those ideas. Every so often, a new technology trend spreads around, creating a buzz. But I'm getting to the point where the buzzwords no longer create much excitement for me, no longer represent to me a new way of thinking or approaching a problem. I suspect my changing attitude has two sources. First, I'm in touch with the field enough that I see the small bits of progress in ideas that precede the label and the hype. (Or at least once the trend gets a name I can identify signs of its development in hindsight!) Second, as I see more and more of these trends play out, I'm becoming more skeptical about the revolution each one promises. Often a single idea is represented as single-handedly altering the information landscape, but instead I for the most part see many factors converging to affect a change.
Rarely is the idea truly new and revolutionary once it gets a label. Consider "Web 2.0." One recent much-cited explanation from Tim O'Reilly appeared recently. It gets a label because it's emerging as a trend across many different implementers. In turn, the label inspires more implementers. But the O'Reilly article shows the label is intended to provide a convenient way of referring to an emerging paradigm, rather than as a means of causing a shift. But as this article indicates, labels can quickly descend in common usage to mean the catalyst rather than an assessment of an existing trend. True interactivity, meaningful end-user participation, and personalization aren't the result of "Web 2.0." Rather, "Web 2.0" gives us an easy way to refer to these and other similar trends that together represent an emerging shift in the norm of the Web.
I don't mean to say Web 2.0 is a "meaningless marketing buzzword," as the O'Reilly article warns against. I do, however, think we need to remember that the label is not the buzz. The work of countless people over a period of time finding ways to make their ideas a reality, which happen to coalesce around a theme, is what's really important.
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Included in SMART’s 2006 environmental impact report were ridership projections for the proposed 14-station, 70-mile rail line between Cloverdale and Larkspur. Here are the highlights of that 5 1/2-year old study. No tables were provided for earlier vs. later years.
- Average weekday ridership = 5,041
- Average AM (or PM) peak ridership = 2,451
- Southbound AM peak ridership = 1,531
- Northbound AM peak ridership = 922
- Number of Sonoma residents riding trains in the AM peak = 2,041
- Number of Sonoma residents taking trains within Sonoma in the AM peak = 1,809
- Number of Sonoma residents taking trains to Marin destinations in the AM = 230
- Number of riders taking train to the ferry in the AM peak = 119
In February 2011, the SMART board accepted an updated ridership study prepared by Dowling Associates. The study included a ridership forecast for the Santa Rosa-San Rafael operating segment that included ridership to and Cotati Road stations in Petaluma as these had not been deferred (aka eliminated) at that point. Tables were provided for 2015 and 2035.
Readers should realize at the time the projections were prepared, SMART had not announced a delay in the start-up. It's unknown why 2035 was chosen rather than 2029, the final year of the 20-year, quarter-cent sales tax authorized by Measure Q. Growth in ridership between 2015 and 2035 is based on the assumption that most of the population and job growth projected by the Association of Bay Area Governments for Marin and Sonoma counties locates within about 1 mile of the proposed rail stations, an assumption that is subject to signfiicant pushback from local jurisdications as it implies far greater densities and far more development than currently exist in these areas.
Dowling’s projections were very different than those in the EIR, and eventually they were rejected as unreasonable by anyone who scrutinized them. The best statement was made by SMART’s Vice-Chair Judy Arnold of the Transportation Authority of Marin board, memorialized in the TAM minutes.
“Commissioner Arnold noted that although the updated ridership projections don’t seem to match original projections, a joint review of the Dowling report between SMART, MTC and Dowling resulted in agreement that the numbers were incorrect.”
I’ll use the projections for 2015 to illustrate why SMART's vice chair made such a statement.
- Average weekday ridership = 2,860
- Average AM (or PM) peak ridership = 1,399
- Southbound AM peak ridership = 691
- Northbound AM peak ridership = 707
- Within Sonoma County during AM (or PM) peak = 34
- Sonoma to Marin in AM peak = 425
- Marin to Sonoma in AM peak = 498
A close look at the figures for the updated ridership reveals multiple anomalies. For example, Dowling projected more commuters getting on trains in San Rafael going northbound than arriving in San Rafael. But the biggest whopper is the number 34 for the number of rail riders boarding and getting off trains within Sonoma in the morning. Even a SMART critic like me expects more than 34 riders within Sonoma County in the morning peak hours.
What does this mean?
- Three years after voters approved Measure Q, there exists no valid ridership study for the rail segment that the SMART board intends to construct.
- Without a valid projection of ridership, there can’t be a valid projection of fare revenues. Without a valid projection of fare revenues there can’t be a valid financial plan.
- The SMART board intends to issue about $175 million in bonds early next year. It hasn’t yet produced a updated financial plan incorporating a ridership forecast that it thinks is reasonable.
Think about it.
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Almost a fifth of first-time buyer sales would not have happened last year without help from the "bank of mum and dad", a report has suggested.
Transactions worth £5.3 billion in 2011 were "likely to have been impossible" without families stepping in to help plug the funding gap, according to estimates from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) for HSBC.
The report estimated that around 104,000 first-time buyers have been helped by relatives to make purchases worth more than £23 billion between 2008 and 2011. This makes up around 13% of a total of 778,000 first-time buyer transactions in the UK during this period.
The findings came in the same week that the Liberal Democrats suggested parents and grandparents should be able to use their pension pots as a guarantee to mortgage lenders to help the younger generation get access to a deal.
Many first-time buyers have been forced to turn to their families for extra help as lenders have toughened their borrowing criteria amid the uncertainty of the economy and the availability of loans requiring smaller deposits has shrunk back.
Between 2008 and 2011, the total value of first-time buyer transactions in the UK fell from £30.2 billion to £28.5 billion per year, Cebr said.
Nearly two thirds (63%) of 1,000 first-time buyers surveyed said they had asked for financial help from a family member.
Around 85% of them said they had done so because they found turning to a relative cheaper and less stressful.
The typical size of a parental gift or loan varied widely, with first-time buyers aged up to their mid-20s receiving around £19,000 and those aged from their mid-30s upwards receiving more than £42,000 on average. Londoners receiving family financing were handed almost £39,000 each, while people in the North East received less than half this sum, at just over £17,000.
Daniel Solomon, Cebr economist and chief author of the report, said: "To some extent, families have moved in to fill the gap - providing gifts and loans to their first-time buyer relatives. Families' contributions have been invaluable, helping thousands to get on to the housing ladder who would have missed out otherwise."
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Written by Keith Strohm
As I was reflecting on the issue of Global Warming on my blog, I started thinking about the ways in which American politics seem to intertwine with orthodox Catholicism. If one were to take the whole of Catholic doctrine and "map" where it might fall on the American Political Spectrum, it would become quite apparent that it extends well into both Conservative and Liberal camps.
This has ever been the problem for many Catholics who wish to apply Catholic teaching in the current political landscape--for whom should I vote, seeing as no single political party stands for everything that I do? The Truth of Revelation can not simply be fit neatly into either increasingly polarized political view.
Over the course of the last year or so, I have been increasingly impressed with the folks over at Evangelical Catholicism. They consistently undertake a rather rigorous and nuanced application of Catholic Teaching to the issues at hand. And, at the end of the day, that is exactly what we, as lay members of Christ's Church, are called to do: apply the Truths of the faith to the world in which we live.
Regarding the relationship of Catholic Teaching to , Evangelical Catholicism has this penetrating analysis:
In my experience, it seems that in recent times, some Catholics in this country understand orthodoxy as a synonym for conservative ideals. However, these ideals are not necessarily concerned with the traditional moral values that many cultures still refer to. For instance, when I was growing up, my mom would always talk about how I had to uphold the conservative values she taught me: dress modestly, save myself for marriage, respect your elders, etc. These are not the ones I am referring to on this post. In contrast, the conservative ideals I am referring to seem to extend to the political and social spheres that are based on the principles of the Republican party. The problem is that when you go outside of the U.S., you will not find such marked differences between one party and another, so to evaluate orthodoxy in terms of one country’s political ideologies is not universally applicable, other than just being completely erroneous.
Orthodoxy means “right belief” and because as Christians we believe that belief is not isolated from actions, orthodoxy is always coupled with orthopraxis or “right action.” Some Catholics seem to use the term orthodoxy quite loosely even forgetting that one cannot judge someone else’s belief without looking at how their actions correspond to that belief. As a result, just because I prefer Gregorian chant to be sung in the liturgy and I enjoy the Tridentine Mass over the Novus Ordo, does not make me an orthodox Catholic if I ignore the homeless mother waiting outside of the church asking for help.
To be sure, faithful and orthodox Catholics can disagree on the best way to actually apply the Church's Teaching to particular issues--but we must all begin from the same set of Principles. As Katerina over at EC writes:
Catholic teaching is simply true. It is not conservative, nor liberal, nor socialist. Let us not reduce true Christian teaching to mere political ideals. Rather, let us see the problems we face in society in light of Catholic teaching, because if we take our political ideologies as our starting point, we will ignore the fullness of truth contained in the entire corpus of Catholic doctrine.
This is the classic Catholic both/and--a fullness and integrity of Truth with which we have been gifted. As men and women who have received this great gift, it is our responsibility to reflect carefully on how to bring this Teaching in to every area of human endeavor--this is the lay apostolate in action.
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"Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever.... Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain - and we will smile. ...We will answer and say unto them, ‘Did you ever talk to Brother Malcolm? Did you ever really listen to him? ...For if you did you would know him. And if you knew him you would know why we must honor him.'"
Source: Ossie Davis, actor, in his eulogy at Malcolm X’s funeral; http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/about/quotes_about.htm
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Let’s be honest here – benchmarks for the most part, are not something we care all that much about in 2012. Back in 2010 when we were overclocking everything that walked and phones still ran single-core processors, it was a big deal. Now, not so much. With the amount of power in phones today, a benchmark doesn’t tell the full story. With different cameras, screen sizes and techs, and build materials becoming increasingly more important, benchmarks are really just a piece of the puzzle and mostly for bragging rights now. And in the case of the HTC One X with the world’s first quad-core mobile processor inside (aka Tegra 3), bragging is exactly what we aim to do here.
We unfairly compared it to the Galaxy Nexus with its OMAP4460 dual-core chipset since it is the hottest Android device on the block, just to give you an idea as to how the T3 compares to last year’s dual-core chips. So what the G-Nex has to fight with is a “4-PLUS-1″ quad-core processor powering a 12-core GPU. “Oh joy!”
HTC One X (left) vs. Galaxy Nexus (right)
While the benchmark numbers should be no surprise, I will say that while performing them and watching the graphical elements, the GPU performance truly is remarkable on the HTC One X. Environments that were jittery or slow on the Nexus were buttery smooth on the One X and never really under 50 fps. As we see more and more games developed specifically for chipsets like the Tegra 3, gaming on mobile devices is going to completely change things, if it hasn’t already. It’s scary to think that you have as much power in your pocket as the computer on your desk.
On a related note, Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon S4 (MSM8960) that is in the U.S. LTE version of the One X, is by all means as good if not better in some areas than NVIDIA’s quad-core offering. That phone is not out yet so we couldn’t do comparisons, but Googling it will certainly get you some results. We are about to embark on a mobile journey that will blow minds on performance, gaming and power consumption levels like never before. The Tegra 3 and the first dual-core Snapdragon S4 are just beginning.
More from the HTC One X is on the way. In the mean time, be sure to watch our unboxing and first impressions post.
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November 1, 2011
Welcome to the Dallas County DWI Task Force website. This task force has been in existence for 27 years. The main focus of the task force has been to bring people together from different organizations in order to address the critical issues and tragic results of DWI and DUI in our county. We also make recommendations to the Texas Legislature in an effort to create laws and programs that will help reduce and prevent the occurrence of DWI/DUI accidents.
With the holiday season upon us, there will be an increase in accidents, injuries and deaths as a direct result of people that are driving while intoxicated or impaired. Our desire is to help make an impact on people that drink, to be responsible and not get behind the wheel of a car. There are many ways to prevent these types of accidents such as having a designated driver or taking a cab and leaving your car parked. If you are at a party and someone is leaving after drinking too much, be a friend and stop them.
I want to thank all of the members of our task force for helping to get this message out to the public. The task force is made of individuals and companies that deal with the problems associated with DWI/DUIs daily. Our membership includes law enforcement – police officers, sheriff officers, constables; Mothers Against Drunk Driver (MADD); Dallas Area Drug Prevention Partnership (DADPP); Smart Start; Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC); North Texas Crime Commission (NTCC); Parkland; Recovery Health Care; Injury Prevention Center, Greater Dallas Center on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (GDCADA); North Texas Tollway Association (NTTA); North Texas Council of Government (NTCOG); Dallas County Institute of Forensic Sciences; Dallas ISD; and Sigels Liquor.
I also want to give a special thank you to the students that have participated in our “It’s not cool to Drink and Drive” program. These students are not only helping to get the message to other teens that is it illegal for anyone under 21 to drink, but they are helping them see the negative results of underage drinking and the tragic consequences of underage drinking and driving.
It is our hope that you will use this site to learn about the ongoing costs and effects of DWI/DUI on the residents of Dallas County. We welcome and invite your input about how we can do more to educate people of all ages of the dangers of drinking or doing drugs while driving. If you or your family has been affected by DWI/DUI, or if you have a story to tell of your own experience of driving while intoxicated or impaired, we invite you to share your story. Please email us or join the conversation on our blog and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
I want to thank you for visiting our website and learning more about this national problem. I hope that the information and the tools you find here inspire you to join us in our fight against DWI/DUI, and help you to deal with the personal effects it may have on your daily life.
Together, we will make a difference.
Dr. Elba Garcia
Dallas County Commissioner
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Each of us changes when placed next to each other.
We place ourselves, or are placed or paired creating stories,
a new idea, sometimes love.
—Every Atom, a poem in Full Blood by John Siddique
Maybe we were actually dancing back then; but we just didn’t realize it. We were too immersed in our silent conversation as we looked up to the sky, admiring the moonlight, discussing about time: how it flows, stops, jumps, elongates, stretches, switches… and how it flutters. Just like the words we uttered that day, the alphabets we managed to decipher (they shone above our heads like a thousand of fireflies), the meanings behind each gesture we struggled to understand. Nonetheless, we hovered around each other like a-pair-of-lovers-wannabe, dancing under the moonlight.
Your words led my steps; my words followed your lead. Your incomplete sentences spun me around, we moved in circles, our hands were tangled together as I felt myself being swept off my feet. For a moment, there was a distance between us, but then you drew me closer and took me in your arms again as we continued to talk; without a pause; until the break of dawn. You talked about the universe that envelope us, I talked about poetry that set us free. You talked about the future, I talked about the past. But here we were, two souls, fluttering in the present: one, two, three, step, one, two, three, step.
I want my moonlight dance.
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You already know that Extra Virgin Olive Oil is good for you. But what do you choose when it’s time to branch out and try something new? There are a lot of cooking oils out there, and many have misleading health claims on the label. It can be a bit overwhelming when you walk down the oil aisle in the store.
Some oils are very healthful, others not so much — and for different reasons. How do you know what’s really important when choosing a cooking oil? And how do you keep track of them all?
Why, with The Cooking Oil Comparison Chart, of course!
I’ve teamed up with Andy Bellatti, MS, RD, to help answer these questions with this chart. (If you don’t already follow Andy, you’re missing out.) We’ve created a one-page, printable PDF that you can take with you to the grocery story (or stick up on your fridge), that will help guide you through the labyrinth of oils.
We focused on two main factors, healthfulness and temperature-sensitivity, since some oils lose their health benefits when heated. Using a grid that makes it easy to see where each oil falls on the spectrum, you’ll be able to tell at a glance which oils to use for your salad, and which to use for your next stir-fry — and which oils to avoid altogether. We’ve also included some secondary details about each oil, along with some important pitfalls to watch out for.
Andy has written a post on his blog explaining the science behind our oil comparisons, so you’ll know why each oil is where it is on the chart. So click on over to Andy’s post to get the nitty-gritty, and then come back here and get the PDF.
The Cooking Oil Comparison Chart
737kb PDF, Updated Feb 22, 2012
If you’d like to share this chart on your own website or blog, please be respectful (and law-abiding) and share it simply by linking directly to this post. Please do not link directly to the PDF or copy the entire chart to your own site. You may use the image at the top of this post on your own page, if you like. Thanks!
PS – Huge thanks to Andy for jumping on board when I proposed this project to him. I had a ton of fun collaborating with him, and appreciate his enthusiasm and expertise!
You may also like my other printables:
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google redirect virusand how to quickly remove it. But first, let me explain what is this virus!
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Gov. Bill Haslam said Wednesday he is “concerned about it but not overly” that the U.S. debt crisis has jeopardized Tennessee’s top-rated AAA credit rating.
Moody’s Investors Services told Tennessee and four other states this week that they face downgrades because of their dependence on federal revenue.
“Should the U.S. government’s rating be downgraded to Aa1 or lower, these five states’ ratings would likely be downgraded as well,” the bond-rating agency said.
Maryland, New Mexico, South Carolina and Virginia also were placed on the list for possible downgrades in credit ratings. All now enjoy AAA ratings. Borrowing costs would increase if their ratings are lowered. Ten other states have the highest bond ratings.
A week ago, Moody’s put the U.S. government bond rating on review because of the “rising possibility” that the nation’s debt limit will not be raised on a timely basis.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Tuesday he was “furious” about Moody’s warning and called it “a national embarrassment” that the federal government is two weeks away from defaulting on its debts.
Haslam was more guarded in his comments to reporters.
“What they said is if the federal government defaults on their debt, that leaves states exposed and it does,” Haslam said. “Regardless, the state of Tennessee will be in good shape. I think we’re in maybe one of the two or three best financial states of any state out there. But that impact on our debt would cause some increased interest costs or could in some instances. So we’re concerned about it but not overly because of the financial condition we’re in.”
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Concept by international haiku poet Catherine Mair, Katikati.
Sponsored by Creative NZ, Creative Communities, Western Bay of Plenty District Council & Twilight Music Concerts
The unique and peaceful Haiku Pathway which meanders either side of the Uretara Stream was Katikatis Millennium Project, an enduring gift for generations and the largest collection of haiku stones outside Japan.
River boulders are inscribed with haiku poems written by poets from around the world by 2007 there were 30 of these. Also set into the pathway itself are winning poems from the earlier biennial Katikati Haiku Contests organised by Katikati Open-Air.
There are three access points to the pathway from the main road. One (for both vehicles and pedestrians) is immediately south of Mitre 10, another is down steps at the rear of the Katikati Library and Information Centre in the centre of town, while the third is just over the road bridge at the north end of the town. Kayakers can also paddle upstream and come ashore at the landing behind the library.
It is possible to do a loop walk from the carpark, crossing the haiku footbridge and walking upstream, then through the Highfields subdivision and returning along the river bank by way of the third access point (approximately 30 minutes). Visitors may also exit the pathway by the old oak tree, cross the main road at the pedestrian refuge, and walk along the river bank to The Landing reserve where there are three more haiku boulders. It is then possible to walk to the harbour via the Yeoman Walkway, or return to the Haiku Pathway along Katikatis main street.
Guidebooks to the Haiku Pathway, which include a map,are available at the Katikati Information Centre, Katikati Craft Shop and Books A Plenty in Grey St, Tauranga.
Click here for more information.
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"Johann Adolph Hasse Il Sassone (1699 - 1783) was for a number of decades the most prolific and popular composers of opera seria in Italy and German-speaking countries. He was '...a German with the musical passions of an Italian...' A close association with Metastasio and a series of important positions in the musical world meant that his works were presented in an appropriate manner in some of the major theatres of the time from London through Italy and Germany to Vienna.
The Hasse Project plans to make more of his music available through invaluable access to both autograph and copy scores of Hasse's works.
The emphasis will be on his vocal works, initially cantatas and arias, but hopefully we will include some of his major works at a later date. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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PATNA: Bihar police will have a more human face now. Each district and police station will hold "Lok Samvad" for direct interaction with people with an aim to redress their grievances. It will be held every first Saturday of the month, said Bihar DGP D N Gautam.
Speaking at the concluding day workshop on "Modern Policing: Challenges and Strategies" here on Sunday, Gautam said Bihar police need to be geared up fully to take up any challenge. "People's expectations are too high from the police following the recent terror attacks on Mumbai. There must be a comprehensive planning and training for armed forces in the state to cope with any adverse situation effectively," he said.
According to the DGP, the proposed "Lok Samvad", which will function on the pattern of Janata Durbar, will help build a new image of the state police. "Keeping in mind the fact that people's grievances have been numerous, it would be better for policemen to redress them at their level without delay and, if possible, on the spot. It will no doubt help develop better relation between the police and people," he said.
He admitted that in view of Naxal and terrorist attacks, Bihar police will have to adopt a strategy to counter them and check recurrence of such incidents as well. However, it would be of great help if both the police and people work together to contain ambush, landmine and bomb blasts in the state, the DGP said.
Bihar civil defence DGP Manoje Nath said the police force needs to be more alert in view of changing tactics being adopted by terrorists, Naxals and other anti-national forces. "There is a need to follow the new emerging scientific mechanism to make Bihar police stronger and more capable of striking fast at anti-national forces," he said.
Most of the participants at the concluding day function were of the view that Bihar police must adopt community policing to gain people's faith. It will help the police maintain better relations with the public as well as launch joint efforts to do away with petty crimes being committed in cities, they opined.
Later, the DGP distributed medals and certificates of commendations among 48 police officials for their outstanding and meritorious services. Among the recipients were Patna SSP Amit Kumar, Aurangabad SP Ganesh Kumar and others.
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The state sector should consider...
- Education Professionals
Three schools show some of the steps they have taken to make the primary/secondary transition in PE a smooth and positive experience.
A gymnastics specialist based at The Manor School, a secondary school in Mansfield, works in local primary schools. Her aim is to improve continuity between the primaries and the secondary school, benefiting pupils and teachers alike.
At Eastgate Primary School in King's Lynn, a playground leaders? training scheme based at the local specialist sports college is one way in which links are forged between primary and secondary.
Comberton Village College in Cambridgeshire has implemented a package of measures to ease transition.
Part of the series: Get Physical (Secondary)
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A high-speed Internet connection has become nearly a necessity. Yet access to a fast connection is hardly universal in Williston and elsewhere.
This Monday, telecommunication companies will give an overview of Internet options and issues during a meeting at Williston Town Hall. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Representatives from Adelphia, Soundtivity and Verizon will attend the session. An official from the Vermont Department of Information and Innovation will talk about other vendors and technologies, as well as state initiatives.
Rep. Mary Peterson, D-Williston, said Internet access remains an issue for many residents.
“High-speed Internet access in the home is becoming critical, as any number of stories on the ‘digital divide’ will tell,” she wrote in a media release. “Although clearly there is more high-speed coverage in Williston than more rural towns, we face challenges with existing services, and particularly on our longer country roads and south of the interstate, dial-up is still a reality.”
Monday’s meeting will provide information on Internet technology, but Peterson said the session will be geared to those who have little or no technical knowledge.
High-speed access is available in Williston through Verizon and cable television provider Adelphia, which was recently sold to Time Warner and Comcast. Under the sales agreement, Comcast will provide service to all of Adelphia’s Vermont customers.
Neither Verizon nor Adelphia provides service to all of Williston. To use cable Internet, customers must be in Adelphia’s service area. For DSL access through Verizon, customers must be within a certain distance from a central switching office.
Adelphia and Verizon representatives who attend next week’s meeting will provide details on their service areas and explain plans for future expansions.
Other Internet options will also be discussed. A representative from Colchester-based Soundtivity will explain the wireless service it provides, which “broadcasts” Internet access to multi-unit dwellings and in rural areas. The company will explain how a group of homeowners may make their service feasible in Williston.
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Psystar Working on Mac Laptop Clone, Apple Files DMCA Charges
Defendant has manufactured, imported, offered to the public, provided or otherwise trafficked a product, device, component, technology, software, or "code" ("the Circumvention Devices") that are primarily designed or produced for the purpose of either circumventing Apple's technological protection measures that effectively control access to Copyrighted Works, or allowing third parties to access Apple's Copyrighted Works without authorization.The court documents also confirm that Psystar was actively working on a Mac OS X laptop clone this past October:
On information and belief, in fall 2008, Psystar worked to develop a laptop product that runs Mac OS X and in October, 2008, Psystar announced that it is planning to sell in commerce additional computers, servers, laptops, and/or hard drives that are preinstalled with or which will run a modified, unauthorized, version of Mac OS X operating system, including but not limited to a product referred to on Psystar's website as the "mobile Open Computer."Whether Psystar will release such a product will obviously depend on their ability to successfully defend against this lawsuit from Apple. The lawsuit hasn't prevented Psystar from continuing to sell their desktop Mac clone and release new features such as Blu-ray and additional graphics card support.
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Russian air safety officials said Wednesday that the crash of a commercial airline in May that killed 113 people was due to pilot error.
The pilots of the Airbus-320 operated by Armenia's Armavia airline allowed the plane to descend too low as it faced bad weather on its approach to the airport outside the Russian resort town of Sochi, Tatyana Anodina, the head of a civil aviation agency that links Russia with 11 other ex-Soviet republics, said on Russian television.
Anodina added that an automated system warned the two pilots that the plan was flying dangerously low, but that a last-ditch effort to gain altitude failed to head off the crash into the Black Sea, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency.
Everyone on board died in the catastrophe, which came a month before the crash of an S7 Airlines A-310 in Irkutsk, in which 125 people died.
Also Wednesday, Transportation Minister Igor Levitin announced that the families of the 26 Russian citizens who died in the crash outside Sochi would receive payments of about US$3,700 (euro3,000), on top of US$9,300 (euro7,300) from regional authorities.
Anodina's agency, the Interstate Aviation Committee, particularly blamed the plane's commanding officer for causing the crash.
Facing bad visibility and driving rain, the commander took the plane off autopilot as it flew 340 meters (1,115 feet) above the Black Sea, causing the flight crew to lose control of the aircraft, according to IAC conclusions reported by the RIA-Novosti news agency.
The IAC found that the crew's subsequent attempts to raise the plane's altitude were uncoordinated and insufficient, RIA-Novosti said.
The crash outside Sochi and the accident on the runway of the Irkutsk airport last month have focused attention on Russia's air safety record. Airline experts said that though Russia's safety record is not yet up to Western standards, it is far better than during the chaotic post-Soviet period, when the state carrier Aeroflot split into hundreds of private carriers, many of which lacked funds to properly maintain and service their planes.
News stories provided by third parties are not edited by "Site Publication" staff. For suggestions and comments, please click the Contact link at the bottom of this page.
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Weathering the storm: fair-weather versus stormy-weather governance in the euro area
Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir
The euro has been, is and will remain a currency without astate. Ten or even five years ago many in Europe would havequestioned this assertion, because they saw the single cur-rency as a stepping stone towards political union. A fewtreaty revisions and failed referendums later, however, thisperspective has vanished. Even if the Treaty of Lisbon, whichincludes most of the provisions of the aborted constitutionaltreaty, is eventually ratified, the momentum has been lost.For all practical purposes the euro must be regarded as anorphan currency.The governance structure that results from this situation is acomplex one. The choices made at the time of the MaastrichtTreaty – a monetary union without a significant federalbudget, limited coordination of budgetary and structural poli-cies, no integrated financial supervision, no strong politicalcounterpart to the central bank – were regarded by many of its architects as temporary. Over time, it was hoped, a morefederal governance structure would emerge. The main play-ers in the negotiation, Germany and France, did not have thesame views on what this structure would be, but they sharedthe same dream: both expected the euro to accelerateintegration.Reforms of limited ambition are still possible and desirablebut on the whole the euro is bound to live with thisgovernance structure in the years to come. This does notmean that it is doomed to fail. In fact it has thrived in its firstten years of existence. The euro has provided price stabilityto previously inflation-prone countries. It has offered a shel-ter against currency crises. It has by and large been con-ducive to budgetary discipline. It has attracted five newmembers in addition to the eleven initial ones. And manycountries in Europe wish to adopt it .On the world scene, the euro has also been successful. Eventhough research presented in this volume confirms that ithas not rivaled the dollar’s world currency status, it has cer-tainly become a strong regional currency in Europe and theMediterranean region. Some countries in the region have
adopted it, several peg to it, and many have become atleast partially ‘euroised’
.The question we address in this paper is whether thegovernance structure of the euro area is a handicap to fur-ther gains in its international role and influence. Is the in-complete character of European integration bound to beperceived as a lingering weakness? Or is the rest of the worldlikely to accept, and adapt to, the
character of theEuropean currency?This could have remained an abstract and unsolvable ques-tion. In fact, while governance had long been a topic for dis-cussion among European scholars and policymakers, the restof the world understandably paid limited attention to it. How-ever, the advent of the crisis has put European governance toan unexpectedly severe test. While the euro was introduced inthe midst of the ‘great moderation’ period and benefited fromit in the first eight-and-a-half years of its existence, the fol-lowing 12 months were more agitated and the last six monthsof its first decade were especially stormy. What this limitedexperience has shown is that there is a sharp contrast be-tween what can be expected from a governance system infair-weather conditions and in stormy-weather conditions. Atthe time of writing (early 2009), several lessons from this ex-perience can be drawn already. Many more will certainlycome.To address this question, we start in section one by briefly lay-ing out our conceptual framework. Section two is devoted toassessing the euro area’s fair-weather record. Stormy-weathergovernance is reviewed in section three. We draw lessons forgovernance in section four and conclude in section five on theimplications for the international role of the euro.
1.Accounts of the first ten years of the euro can be found in European Commission (2008) and Pisani-Ferry
(2008).2.See especially György Szapary’s contribution to
The Next Global Currency?
(Pisani-Ferry and Posen, 2009).
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In light of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) impending Red Flags Regulations, a recent NACM-sponsored teleconference offered attendees a thorough primer on the new rules from the FTC's own attorney in the division of privacy and identity protection, Tiffany George, Esq. "I know that the rules may seem overwhelming but you'll find that the actual rules themselves are only a few pages," she said. "The rules benefit your customers and your business, which are protected from fraudulent charges that you couldn't collect on."
The aim of the Red Flags Regulations, which go into effect on May 1, 2009, is to prevent identity theft by requiring businesses, financial institutions and other creditors to keep an eye out for red flags that might indicate fraud or other impropriety. Not all businesses are covered, but business creditors of any kind would do well to establish their own red flags policy and adhere to the FTC's rules, for the safety of their business as well as their customers. Luckily, the regulations allow a business to tailor their policy to fit the complexity of their company's structure and the average risk inherent in each transaction. "The rule is designed to be flexible and rules-based," said George. "You tailor your program based on your business and the risks you face. An entity with a complex business structure with a high risk of identity theft may have a complex program."
"You make the call as to whether these other accounts are covered," she added. "You have to make that determination for yourself. The standard is a reasonably foreseeable risk for identity theft, not any risk for identity theft."
Each Red Flags program that falls under the regulation's jurisdiction must provide for four steps: identifying relevant red flags, detecting red flags, preventing and mitigating identity theft and updating the program. Compliant companies must also determine their business' own set of signs or signals that might indicate identity theft or fraud, known as Red Flags, and include them in a written policy that's managed by a member of the company's board of directors or by a senior-level official.
To help companies establish their policy, the FTC has published a list of guidelines, divided into seven steps: incorporate existing policies and procedures, identify relevant red flags, set up procedures to detect red flags, respond appropriately to red flags, update the program, administer your program and consider other legal requirements. "A creditor doesn't have to start from scratch on their program," said George. "You can tailor your program and build upon fraud or security measures you already have."
"Don't panic," she added. "The rules are meant to help you and your customers. It's good business. It helps to protect you and your customers from fraudulent charges."
For more information on the FTC's Red Flags rules, visit www.ftc.gov or past issues of NACM's eNews and Business Credit magazine.
Jacob Barron, NACM staff writer
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Imagine a supportive community of artists sharing the innermost pages of their sketchbooks and offering you tips and techniques for overcoming creative blocks. That's what The Sketchbook Challenge is all about, and the popular blog of the same name has already inspired thousands. Inside this book, you'll find:
· Themes that will motivate you to start your sketchbook—and, more important, keep at it
· Tutorials spotlighting such mixed-media techniques as thread sketching, painted papers for collage, digital printing, and much more
· Strategies to get off the sketchbook page and start creating inspired art—whether you're into painting, collage, fiber art, or beyond.
· In-depth profiles of artists who have taken the Sketchbook Challenge and used it as a launching pad for their own meaningful artwork
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Reporting Meghan McCorkell
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Schools targeted! Thieves swipe tens of thousands of dollars in copper wiring from Anne Arundel County schools. It’s all part of a growing problem in our area.
Meghan McCorkell has more on this latest heist.
WJZ has been investigating copper thefts for months. Schools are the latest victim.
The Friday night lights may not be shining at several Anne Arundel County schools. Thieves shimmied up high in the air to rip the copper wiring out of stadium lights at North County, Old Mill and Broadneck High Schools.
It doesn’t stop there.
Thieves also stole copper from mobile classrooms at Shipley’s Choice and High Point Elementary Schools, leaving the school system in the lurch.
“We’re working hard to replace it so that students can take part in athletic activities,” said Maneka Monk, spokesperson for Anne Arundel County Schools.
Between the five schools, $20,000 was done in damage.
Copper theft has become a huge problem in the state of Maryland with more than 400 people arrested in the past two years.
A WJZ investigation uncovered how brazen thieves can be. Surveillance video shows two men ripping down copper gutters outside a Maryland home. Last month, four employees were charged with stealing more than $80,000 in copper from the Aberdeen Proving Ground and in May, a copper theft suspect had a four-hour standoff with police inside an abandoned hospital building.
The problem is so pervasive Baltimore County has formed a metal theft task force.
“The number of metal thefts have more than tripled since 2009,” said Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson during a May 19 news conference.
As for the school theft, police are reviewing surveillance tapes, hoping to shine a light on these bold bandits.
The school thefts happened between July 7 and July 23. Old Mill High School was hit twice.
The school system has ordered replacement stadium lights. They hope to have them installed before the first games of the school year.
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Gangs have been popular topics of conversation recently, especially since January and the release of Clint Eastwood's flick Gran Torino. In the film, Eastwood plays a man who stands up to the gang members in his community, saving others from joining.
In recent weeks, the metro gang strike force in the Twin Cities has been faltering due to corruption, and Minnesota Public Radio has been tracking its unraveling. The state even shut down the interim strike force, as MPR's Tim Nelson reported on All Things Considered July 17, 2009.
Today's Question, a new interactive feature on MPR NewsQ, our new news website, is, "How much of a problem are gangs in your community?" today, and of course, all this discussion of news and fact got me thinking about the hypothetical. Answer Today's Question, but while you're here, answer this, too. Would you stand up to a gang? What does all this disorganization mean for the safety of our neighborhoods? In times like these, is it our responsibility to keep our neighborhoods safe?
This is an open discussion, so you're welcome to link to your related Gather articles or other online resources. Your comments & articles may be quoted on http://minnesota.publicradio.org/your_voice/ or on mpr.org.
Digital Media Intern
Minnesota Public Radio
American Public Media
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If the tradeoff is between malnutrition and starvation
Hungry people aren't picky
There are no No arguments yet
No links on the Yes side have been added yet
No links on the No side have been added yet
Cristina Dawson Nov 09, 2012
If someone is choosing between real hunger (not the kind us finance folks get 3 hours after our Starbucks Chai Latte and vegan muffin) and unhealthy food, I'd venture to guess that 100% of them will choose the unhealthy food. Of course it's better to provide healthy meals, but keeping people alive is better than allowing them to starve to death. Bloomberg enjoys overstepping his boundaries. I think that 50% of what he does is great, and the other 50% is his ego getting out of wack. He needs to remember that most people in the world don't shop at Whole Foods.
Ana Luisa Nov 20, 2012
If McDonald's was the only food option available, i would eat it. Though eventually the unhealthiness of this food would weaken my body, it would at least prolong death from starvation.
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Understand but why would you ever do that when you can just read the SWR normally?...
It depends on what you want to do. The SWR bargraph on my old TS-450 shows the
SWR independent of output power (as long as you're over 2 watts or so) and will
the reading is steady enough with modulation that I can adjust the tuner while
calling a station if I'm in a hurry to make contact. That's not my usual operating
style, but it could be done for someone who snag a rare station before a pileup
starts. I built a similar circuit so I could tune up at 5 watts and then switch to
100 watts without over driving the meter.
My point was that there are circuits available now (and have been since the TS-450
came out something like 20 years ago) that will read SWR on an SSB signal (as long
as you are modulating, of course.) If the operating in the OP was using such a
meter, then the symptom of the SWR increasing with modulation type would be
due to a different cause than if they were using a manually set meter and just
had a higher peak output power. I'd agree the latter seems like a more likely
cause, but there are other possibilities. Besides, with a 100W rig if the SWR
were originally measured with 100W of CW, the voice modulation shouldn't
drive the meter up as far without being limited by the ALC.
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SEATTLE - Several local leaders attended a remembrance at the Seattle Center. They looked back at how the 9/11 attacks brought Western Washington together.
"There was a sense of unity and common purpose that somehow we had to come together as a community to face these challenges,” said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.
"We gained a new appreciation for the resilience of the American people," said King County Executive Dow Constantine.
Senator Maria Cantwell also spoke at the ceremony. She thanked the hundreds of local emergency workers who volunteered to help with recovery operations at the attack sites
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The Prime Minister has backed the Herald on Sunday's Warm Homes campaign with a warning that if incentives aren't enough to persuade landlords to insulate their cold, damp rental properties, then the Government may force their hand.
John Key grew up in a cold Christchurch state house with no insulation.
His house-proud mother kept the house faultlessly clean. But there was nothing to stop heat evaporating through the walls, ceilings and floors.
Now, Key says he will personally ensure that Housing New Zealand insulates all the properties that it can by the end of next year - and he'll be wielding a carrot or a stick to make sure all private landlords do the same.
The Herald on Sunday has this month been campaigning to get more homes insulated, either by extending government funding schemes or through legislation in problem areas, such as rental accommodation.
Now, Housing Minister Phil Heatley has scheduled a meeting this coming week with Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei to discuss extending the scheme's funding.
And the Prime Minister reveals in today's paper that the Government will consider incentives or regulations to ensure private landlords insulate rental properties.
"Once our house is in order, we can have a conversation about considering regulations and/or incentives so private rental accommodation that does not have insulation is upgraded," he says.
Of the 230,000 houses insulated with a Warm Up New Zealand subsidy, just 25,000 have been rentals. That's only 5 per cent of the country's rental stock - leaving an estimated 1,000,000 rental properties uninsulated.
The Warm Up scheme has been operating since 2009 and provides a 33 per cent subsidy, or up to $1300, for the cost of retrofitting insulation into houses built before 2000. For Community Services Cardholders, or their landlords, a 60 per cent subsidy is available.
So why aren't landlords insulating? Property investors' reactions have been mixed. While almost all agree that insulation is a good thing, some say they need more than a 33 per cent subsidy to make it worth their while. Others retort that the benefits to tenants' health and the value of properties makes insulating a no-brainer.
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Auckland landlord Peter Lewis was surprised how hard it was to do the right thing.
From advertising he had seen, he thought getting his Manurewa rental property insulated would be a straightforward process - just make a couple of calls, and have someone turn up to do the job. "But it's certainly been a battle."
He went to the EECA website, entered his information and was told no installers could be recommended. "I sent an email to EECA and two weeks later and got a reply 'golly gosh you are right. It doesn't work'."
He eventually found three companies who would do it in Manurewa. One did not return his phone calls. One would only do underfloor insulation while the other would only offer a 33 per cent subsidy, even though his tenant has a Community Services Card.
When he asked why the 60 per cent subsidy for residents with the card was not used, the installer said they preferred to target homes with the 33 per cent subsidy.
"We think that landlords will use the tenant to get a 60 per cent subsidy, and after the work has been done throw the tenant out and go and live in the house themselves," the contractor explained. "So we won't let that happen."
The outcome? He has insulated one of his Manurewa rental properties, but not the one next door. It's too expensive - so one of his tenants still lives in a cold home.
Lewis says the Warm Up NZ scheme was a step in the right direction: "But to make life intentionally difficult is not the way to go."
Auckland Property Investors Association president David Whitburn says all landlords should be able to access that 60 per cent subsidy, if the Government wants all rental properties insulated. He said some were sceptical about price-gouging by suppliers putting up their prices in response to the subsidy.
And in Auckland, he says, houses do not need to be insulated to attract tenants. Demand is running so hot that people looking for a rental, especially in the city fringe suburbs have little choice.
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That may be the case for Auckland landlords, but Jude Morgan says it's not true of other parts of the country. She owns 15 rental properties in Wellington and says there, insulation is a big attraction.
Morgan can't understand why anyone wouldn't take advantage of the subsidy while it's available.
"Rental properties are like any other investment - what you put in is what you get out."
Housing Minister Phil Heatley, who is overseeing the retrofit of state houses, knows first-hand what it's like to live in a cold, damp house from his student days in Palmerston North.
"As Palmerston North is no tropical haven I pretty much watched TV with a rug and slept with the electric blanket on."
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei is to meet with Heatley this week. Her party has a bill in the ballot that would require minimum energy efficiency standards for rentals.
She wants the Government to extend the Warm Up NZ's $360 million funding to the end of 2014 and beyond.
MANY SEEK TO BANISH DAMP
Entries came from across the country, from quake-hit homes in Christchurch to beachside properties in the Far North. Some wrote poetry, some wrote from the heart.
But what the hundreds of entries for the warm-up competition had in common was that they were from people living in homes that were cold, damp, and mouldy.
Herald on Sunday editor Bryce Johns said the competition was potentially life-changing for the winners. "It's clear too many Kiwis are living in cold conditions that are affecting the health of children, in particular. We urge the Government to continue to make insulation a priority on its agenda, and encourage landlords to do the right thing."
Right House chief executive Hamish Sissons says the winners' houses will be healthier and more comfortable. "The worthiness of the entries has been humbling," he adds.
The Herald on Sunday would also like to thank EECA, Mitsubishi Electric, Autex Industries and GreenStuf, Knauf Insulation and EarthWool.
POLLY WALKER AND JOE LONIE
ARCH HILL: They say great art is created in adversity, but former Supergroove band member Joe Lonie reckons he and his family live in the coldest house in Auckland.
He and his partner Polly Walker have been in the 100-year-old Arch Hill, Auckland, villa for 12 years. Their 10-year-old son Nathan has grown up there. Walker says they are sick for at least three months of every year. She suffers bronchitis on an annual basis and is often sick for up to a month.
The house is tucked into the side of the hill, and for much of the year the sun doesn't reach it. "It's right in the shadow of the Ambler clothing factory," Lonie says.
"The house actually used to belong to the factory. In winter, the sun doesn't get high enough to peek over the top of it.
"It always seems like there's eight months of winter and then four months of some kind of summer."
Since leaving Supergroove, Lonie has worked making music videos, advertisements and trying to get into the film industry as a director.
"I'm a musician and filmmaker and it's pretty hard to make money doing either of those things these days. It's been a struggle the past few years, for sure."
Walker is a photographer and graphic designer and both are self-employed. Lonie says work is irregular for both of them, making it difficult to afford to insulate and heat their home.
Having heat pumps and insulation will make a major difference, he says. "This is amazing news."
NGARUAWAHIA: Kohi Nathan's answer is the same she has been giving for 60 years: "I'm well, thank you," she says.
Then, on the phone at home in Ngaruawahia, she hesitates. "Well, as well as I can be."
She is dying of lung cancer and entered the competition for insulation and a heat pump for her home because she wants her daughter and three grandchildren - to whom she is leaving the property - to be warm when she is no longer around.
There is little insulation in the 30-year-old home.
The dining room and kitchen get a lot of sun but the bedrooms are on the shady side of the house and are constantly cold.
Told of her win, Nathan bursts into tears and passes the phone to her caregiver, Faith, who has been looking after her bedbound patient for years.
"She hasn't had anything to eat since last year," she says.
"At first they thought there was something wrong with her stomach. It's only in the past couple of months she has found out it was in her lungs."
The health of her family after she's gone is Nathan's top priority. She is determined that they should have a more comfortable environment than she has lived in over the years.
Although, before hanging up the phone, she does say gleefully, "I won't die now because I'll be warm!"
ABBY AND ERIC ELI
HILLCREST: Abby Eli has a sick, screaming toddler on her knee when the Herald on Sunday calls to tell her she's been selected to win the insulation and heat pump package.
Eli, 27, and her husband Eric, 33, have lived in their first home in Hillcrest for about three months. It's among the coldest, dampest houses they've ever lived in, and both of the couple's children are under the care of paediatric ear, nose and throat specialists at North Shore Hospital.
Willow, 4, has chronic asthma and has been in Starship a number of times. She is booked in for ongoing assessments. Noah, 2, is about to get his second lot of grommets in his ears and have his adenoids removed.
The home is an old weatherboard house with no insulation. Eli says heat disappears around the windows. "They have wooden framing, you can feel the breeze coming through."
But in the current Auckland property market, there's competition for almost all entry-level homes, warm or otherwise.
She is certain that the cold contributes to the children's illnesses. "Because there's no warmth, it makes it worse because they are constantly inhaling freezing air."
There are econoheaters in the kids' rooms but Eli says she and her husband have to really think about turning them on because they don't make much of a difference "and the power bill keeps going up and up". Last month, the bill was $300.
She is blown away at the news that the family has won home insulation and a heat pump. "That's so fantastic," she exclaims.
HOWICK: Ed Wi has lived in the same house most of his life. It's the 1960s bungalow in Howick where he grew up. After his parents died, he and his sister inherited the house.
He took ownership, moved back from a stint in Wellington with his wife, Melanie, and first child in tow, and moved into his childhood home.
The couple now have four children: Hinemoa, 15, Hare, 12, Wiremu, 10, and Maia, 6.
"My kids have to endure the same cold nights as I did growing up," Wi says.
There is mould growing inside and outside the house and the kids suffer from asthma.
"It's the doctor's every other week during winter," says Wi. "The littlest are affected quite badly."
The house has no insulation and the fire does nothing to heat it.
"We could have that going all afternoon and evening and it wouldn't make a difference," Wi says. "The house has those old wooden windows and the heat just escapes."
But years of surviving on one income while Melanie stayed at home with the kids have meant money is too tight to pay for insulation. Now, they will finally have a chance to live in a warm, dry home.
MICHAELA AND SAM THRUSH
PAPAKURA: Twenty-three-year-old Michaela Thrush is used to spending long periods on her own. Her husband, Sam, works on oil rigs in Taranaki, on two weeks on, two weeks off rotations.
Their first baby, to be named Elijah, is due tomorrow and everything is ready for him, except the house.
The couple's first house is a three-bedroom brick home on a shady back section in Papakura. What little insulation there was has eroded over the years and it's extremely cold. "We're pretty much always getting sick," Michaela says.
She's worried that if they don't do something about it, little Elijah will be the same.
Choked with tears, she says the insulation and heat pump will allow them to provide a healthy, warm environment to bring their baby home to.
Now all she's waiting for is the imminent arrival.By Susan Edmunds Email Susan
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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – Google Street View users have discovered what appears to be an alien next to a mysterious beam of light!
The image was taken by one of Google Street View’s Camera Cars in Diamond Hill Road, in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. The object on the left has an undeniable resemblance to that of famous movie alien E.T.
Malcolm Robinson, head of the Strange Phenomena Investigations, said the image was “the first of its kind”.
“On close inspection the similarities with E.T. are obvious but it’s hard to say with any certainty what exactly it is. Of added interest is the strange beam of light to the right, which I cannot explain either.”
“Without further details to go on I’m really stumped. We’d all love it to be alien, but that’s a big assumption.”
Alternate theories are being presented, such as the “beam of light” being merely a glitch in the software, where two images were stitched together improperly.
However alien enthusiasts are enouraged by the fact that only three months ago, police in nearby Morris County were called about a series of unidentified flying objects that appeared. Dozens of citizens watched saw five flickering red lights in the night sky above.
Local resident and pilot Paul Hurley said: “I’ve been in the aviation industry about 20 years, so I knew they weren’t airplanes”.
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The Fresco Route is a journey with a difference that takes you around the religious heritage of Portel, Vidigueira, Alvito, Cuba, Viana do Alentejo, Vila Viçosa, Borba and Alandroal. Along the way you’ll discover one of the country’s best-kept secrets - the mural painting in the churches of the south of Portugal.
Gilt woodwork and azulejos are the most common features of church decoration in Portugal, especially in the north. Church decoration in the south tends to be simpler and more sober, with the same whitewashed walls that characterise the towns and villages of the Alentejo. The Fresco Route therefore comes as a surprise because beneath the whitewash, visitors can make out mural paintings that have been hidden for centuries, bringing a new perspective to these religious monuments.
The colours of the mural paintings reflect the colours of the Alentejo landscape, due to their use of natural pigments - cobalt blue, magenta and yellow ochre.
The paintings were intended to send the people an easily understandable message and were commissioned over the years by brotherhoods, friaries and small provincial parishes. Indeed, they were the most common form of decoration between the 15th and 19th centuries.
The Fresco Route’s monuments reveal paintings of great quality, but visitors can also see curious popular interpretations. If you look carefully, you will be surprised to see hands with six fingers, horses with human expressions and swords cut off in order to fit into the painting.
During the tour you can also taste Alentejo cuisine, giving you a different way to enjoy the local customs and traditions.
Take the Fresco Route and discover one of the best kept secrets in the history of Portuguese art.
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Reach out: Show priests support, pray for vocations
As we deal with the news of clergy sexual abuse, my heart goes out to the victims of such abuse. But my heart also reaches out to the vast majority of Catholic priests who are living out the promises made at their ordination.
For these committed priests, this has been a gut-wrenching time. Almost every day, they hear about other priests who have broken their vows.
Feeling the pain. As critics blast the institutional church and some of its leaders for handling these cases poorly (and don't get me wrong, I do agree serious mistakes were made), good priests feel the pain and brunt of these charges falling on them, too.
They grieve for their fellow priests whose sins have hurt children, families, and communities. But they also grieve for the priesthood itself, being challenged on so many fronts.
Some priests notice people staring at them when they're at a store or restaurant. Their Roman collar used to be a universal sign of respect; now some priests are reluctant to wear their collar in public.
How we can help. How sad that these devoted priests should feel so vulnerable. How can we help?
First of all, Catholics should let their priests know how much they're loved and appreciated. Don't take it for granted that priests realize how you feel. Tell them, write a note, give them a call.
Secondly, tell your relatives, friends, and neighbors about the many wonderful priests we have. I've had an opportunity to do this with people who have asked me about the scandals. I admit that serious wrongs have been done, but I also stress that we have so many caring, selfless priests.
Thirdly, pray for all our priests and other men and women who minister in our church in ordained and consecrated life. They need our spiritual support as they persevere in their vocations.
Pray, too, for an increase in church vocations. This Sunday, April 21, is celebrated as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. It coincides with the conclusion of the Third Continental Congress on Vocations in Montreal with the theme, "Vocation: Gift from God, Given for God's People."
Signs of hope. There are signs of hope. New statistics released by CARA (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate) show that enrollment in U.S. Catholic theological seminaries rose by 101 students this year, from 3,483 to 3,584 in 2001-2002. It marked the fifth straight year of increases. U.S. deacon formation programs grew by 39.
God is calling men and women to serve the church. If you know someone who would make a good priest, deacon, or sister, encourage them to contact the Madison Diocesan Vocation Office (see ad on page 5 [print edition only] for details).
Mary C. Uhler, editor
Israel is 'distorting' situation
To the editor:
We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Limit letters to 200 words or less. All letters must be signed.
Send letters to:
The Catholic Herald
P.O. Box 44985
Madison, WI 53744-4985
A very alarming situation is developing at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Press reports in Israeli newspapers, and information being given out by the Israeli Army to other reporters, are distorting the situation and speaking of the monks and nuns in the church as though they are being held hostage by the Palestinians.
For example, Reuters (news agency) was told by the Israeli Army that four "priests" managed to "slip out" of the church "with the army's help." The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz opened a story by saying, "Four of the sixty priests [sic] that had been held by those fortified in the church were released."
The Israeli Army seems to be trying to build up a story that the Catholic clerics are being held hostage by the Palestinians. To what end such a story? Presumably as an excuse to storm the church and "free" the "hostages."
An Associated Press story exposes the Israeli lies. The four priests were actually being kept in the church by the Israelis, not the Palestinians. After negotiations with the Israelis, the Army allowed them to leave. Two left for health reasons, and a third had to travel to Italy.
Rev. Gianfranco Pinto Ostune of the Franciscan press office in Rome said the clergy inside the church want to stay put to safeguard one of Christianity's holiest shrines. They're not being held hostage, they're not being threatened in any way by the Palestinians. What they would like is to have food and other necessary provisions delivered to them.
If Israel thinks it is going to fool the world that this is a hostage situation, and that it has to storm the church to "free" the "hostages," it is fooling only itself.
The situation must be settled peacefully. Starving those in the church, or any use of violence that might injure monks or nuns or the building itself, will deliver a severe blow to Jewish-Christian relations.
There's far more at stake here than Israel's security.
Al Geiersbach, Milwaukee
Thanks for coverage of birthday
To the editor:
Please accept both my thanks and congratulations on your coverage of my ninth anniversary of appointment as Bishop of Madison and my 75th birthday. The collage and coverage was excellent. I offer you my congratulations on a job well done by both you and your staff.
Many people commented on the balance, color, and quotations. It helped me feel very appreciated and brought joy to my Irish heart.
Bishop William H. Bullock, publisher
Real issue is church's response
To the editor:
Re your editorial: Confusing the Issue (April 4 issue).
It seems to me you're confusing the issue. The issue isn't pedophilia. Human weakness -sin - we will always have with us. The issue is the institutional response thereto.
That's what so many "Catholic factions" are seeking ways to "reform."
Lois H. Lenz, Beloit
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Want to learn more? West Sound riding stables and riding clubs can put you in the saddle. See D2
'Eventing"" is one of the toughest, most grueling and potentially dangerous of the English riding disciplines, but it's Kristen Bond's favorite.
It involves three days of difficult, competitive riding in which both horse and rider must be mentally sharp and in excellent physical shape.
Bond says eventing is similar to triathlons for humans. Concentration, constant practice and conditioning are keys to success.
""Your horse must be as willing and competitive as you are, plus you must work as a team so you have to be compatible as well,"" she says as she runs her big thoroughbred Diablo through a series of dressage gaits.
Dressage, which determines how well the horse and rider communicate and respond, comes on the first day.
The second day tests speed and endurance. The competition is divided into a steeplechase, where horses jump brush fences at a break-neck pace, followed by a gallop over a rugged cross-country course strewn with obstacles.
The third day involves stadium jumping to demonstrate how much control and stamina remain.
The 22-year-old horsewoman became interested in riding at age 8, and her parents bought her first horse when she was 10.
""Like a lot of girls that age, I was horse crazy, but my interest continued on after many of their's waned,"" says Bond.
Eventing, she says, can be the most exhilarating and the most humbling of equestrian pursuits. Injury to both horse and rider can strike at any moment.
""Christopher Reeve received his injury while eventing. It occurred three levels below mine,"" she says.
Bond credits much of her early event training to her Gig Harbor coach, Jean Moyer. When her parents, Liz and Ray Bond, saw that she was serious about riding, they bought a home in Port Or-chard with acreage, eventually turning it into Highpoint Stables.
At 18, she was selected to go to New York to work with the prestigious North American Young Riders. She worked from dawn 'til dusk in a variety of jobs around the barns.
""I've never worked so hard in my life, but I learned a lot and it paid off when I got first place and a gold medal in eventing in the North American Young Riders competition that year,"" Bond says.
Her parents felt higher education should come next so she entered the University of Washington, graduating last month with a bachelor of arts degree in creative writing. Eventually, she wants to go into the horse business in some way.
This summer she is teaching eventing at Highpoint, but plans to take the entire year off to devote to event training.
""My major goal right now is to make the U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team,"" she says as she turns Diablo to tackle some jumps.
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If I pay $100 for a 50 channel cable package, then choosing the 25 channels I really watch should cost me $25. Yes?
I suspect Senator John McCain agrees. But it might not work out that way if his legislative unbundling proposal is passed by Congress.
Currently, consumers buy cable packages that provide access to groups of programs. A typical bundle, this Comcast offer includes “over 160 channels…40 commercial free music channels …17,000 on demand choices” for “as low as” $49.99 for 6 months. In 2005, the average household watched only 15 of the 96 channels in its subscription and paid close to $600 annually.
So, would à la carte be better?
According to academic studies, no one is sure if unbundling will save us money. One Temple University researcher unbundled cable packages into “7 mini-tiers by channel genre” and concluded that we would save 35 cents per household per month. On the other hand, one of 2 FCC studies concluded that unbundling would be beneficial but the other did not.
Trying to assess the impact on the consumer, economists have created alternative package scenarios. They have cited consumer surplus, transaction costs, “option value” and monopoly power. They list the other bundles we buy like season tickets and newspapers (a bundle of articles). They cite huge cable price increases and lack of choice.
On the supply side, analysts refer to the high fixed costs that relate to the expense of wiring and establishing a network and then to the low marginal cost of expanding and implementing it. They remind us of programming costs and licensing fees. Unbundling could upset the revenue stream that facilitates the current industry structure. It could mean the demise of less popular channels. Or, it could encourage more productivity and new industry approaches.
So, with all of these demand and supply variables and more, how to decide whether unbundling makes sense? Maybe we don’t have to decide. One journalist suggests waiting for internet competition to upset the current market model.
Sources and Resources: While this WSJ article summarized the unbundling issues and alternatives most clearly, this academic paper has 51 pages of everything you ever wanted to know about cable TV and bundling. In addition, for lots more reading and the source of more of my facts, I suggest this New Yorker column, this Slate article, this Atlantic discussion and here is the McCain proposal. After reading it all, I can only say that the countless variables are all in flux because of technological innovation.
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Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) February 03, 2012
Jones, founder and CEO of Check Into Cash and a native of Cleveland, Tennessee, has become legendary at Barrett-Jackson over the last decade for his trademark Tennessee Vols cap and propensity for engaging in high-dollar bidding wars that benefit charity.
The businessman traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona for the auction this year in order to raise funds and attention for the Fisher House Foundation, whose goal is to support military families during times of need.
Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and frequently travel long distances for healthcare, the foundation donates special “comfort homes” built near major military and veteran’s administration medical centers.
“Check Into Cash has a long history of supporting charities and organizations who need help,” said Jones. “There is no bigger stage than Barrett-Jackson to draw attention to a worthy organization like the Fisher House Foundation that helps family members be near their loves ones in the military during hospitalization for unexpected disease, injury or illness.”
Jones’ focus at the auction was a 2007 New Holland Boomer tractor owned by Tonight Show comedian Jay Leno. The blue tractor – named “Lil Tug” - was signed by former President George W. Bush.
Jones eventually pushed up the bidding on the tractor to $535,000 before declining to move forward. His efforts resulted in a significant financial windfall to the Fisher House Foundation.
“Every dollar raised goes to the foundation and the people who need help,” said Jones. “The bidding war made great television but the results will make a big difference to our troops and their loved ones.”
The Barrett-Jackson auction has raised more than $11.5 million of collectible automobiles for charity in the last five years.
Prior to his charity bid to aid the military in 2012, Jones drew attention at a Barrett-Jackson auction in 2005 that has become legendary among classic car collectors and fans of the auction.
At the event, Jones bid on a rare Olds F-88 – a Chevrolet Corvette with Oldsmobile-style bodywork. Wearing his trademark Vols hat, Jones engaged in a dramatic bidding war for the concept car with collector Alan Lewenthal, curator for the Gateway Auto Museum who has also been called “Ferrari Hat Guy.”
Jones felt he had the car secured for $550,000 but eventually pushed the bidding to $2.7 million until he decided to no longer pursue the F-88 he estimated was worth about $600,000. The car was eventually sold for $3.24 million.
The duel was described by AutoWeek magazine as “perhaps the most emotional 10 minutes of automotive television in recent history.”
Jones’ history of philanthropy runs deep. He was the sole financial contributor to the Jones Wrestling Center at Cleveland High School, home of the 2011 state champion Blue Raiders. Jones was also the sole contributor to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville’s state-of-the-art Allan Jones Aquatic Center. The businessman made national headlines in 2011 with a donation to the non-profit Tennessee Achieves program that ensured every graduating high school senior in Bradley County had a chance to attend Cleveland State Community College.
Check Into Cash pioneered cash advance, proving quick and easy short-term loans to thousands of customers. But Check Into Cash has now grown into a full-service financial center offering the a multitude of financial products including cash advances, prepaid credit cards, bill payment services, title loans, money orders, and check cashing
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BUSAN, South Korea
A film based on the memoir of a democracy activist who was tortured in the 1980s by South Korea's military rulers is provoking discussion about the country's not-so-distant authoritarian past and the influence it will have on this year's presidential election.
"National Security," which premieres Saturday at the Busan International Film Festival, tells the story of Kim Geun-tae, who endured 22 days of torture in a notorious Seoul interrogation room because of alleged links to North Korea and a plot to overthrow South Korea's military regime.
It is due for nationwide release in November, just a month before the country votes in a presidential race being contested by Park Geun-hye, the daughter of military dictator Park Chung-hee, who ruled the country for 18 years until his assassination.
Park, the conservative ruling party candidate, was considered the clear front-runner until last month, when she made comments seen as supportive of her father's 1961 coup and failed to condemn a 1975 court ruling that led to the executions of eight people who more than two decades later were posthumously cleared of subversion charges.
Park later apologized for her comments, but suspicions about her views on South Korea's dictatorial history linger.
Director Chung Ji-young dared Park to watch his film, which has the Korean title "Namyeongdong 1985," saying it would help prove the genuineness of her apology and whether she was sincere in her promise to help heal the pain of those who suffered under military rule.
Spokespeople for Park and her party did not answer repeated calls for comment.
About 90 percent of the nearly two-hour movie is set in an interrogation room in Namyeongdong, a Seoul neighborhood that when mentioned can still strike fear in former opposition figures because of the abuses that took place there.
The film shows graphic scenes of torture, including waterboarding and electric shocks administered by one of the regime's infamous "torture artists." In one scene, torturers chat about dating as they keep Kim's head shoved into a tub of water. Another torturer smiles and whistles as he ramps up electric shock on the screaming Kim.
One of the torturers eventually develops a loose bond with Kim and stops him from being shot, only to be beaten up by his superior.
"My film is about how torture destroys both the tortured and the torturers," Chung said.
The movie stars Park Weon-sang as Kim and Lee Kyeong-yeong as the main torturer.
Jeon Chan-il, a film critic and organizer of the film festival, said they decided to screen the movie despite some questioning of its timing as political. He cited its artistic quality and Chung's reputation as a top South Korean director.
"Torturers are typically considered evil, but this movie successfully depicts them as humans just like us," Jeon said. "'National Security' shows how both the torturers and the tortured are destroyed mentally and physically before the tyranny of the military regime."
Kim, the activist portrayed in the film, went on to become a three-term lawmaker before he died last year. He once called the Namyeongdong facility, which is now a human rights museum, a "human slaughterhouse."
In 1987, a college student died under interrogation at Namyeongdong, an event that led to nationwide protests that paved the way for democratic reforms and, finally, direct presidential elections.
Kang Yong-jun, who was imprisoned along with Kim for allegedly being a threat to national security, said "the torturers in Namyeongdong felt no remorse or guilt. They believed they were just going about their job in their service of national security."
Chung said his film is not solely focused on the past, but is also a commentary on South Korea's National Security Law, which was liberally used under military rule to lock away opponents and remains in place today. The law makes it illegal to praise, sympathize or cooperate with North Korea.
"My movie is titled `National Security' in English because wrongdoings have been perpetrated under the slogan of national security and still are," he said.
"I just hope viewers will feel that nothing like this torture should happen again," he said.
Follow Sam Kim on Twitter at http://twitter.com/samkim_ap
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NWRESD Takes Safety Training Online
The Northwest Regional Education Service District, an agency that works with 20 school districts in Oregon, is moving staff safety training online.
NWRESD has contracted with safety training provider PublicSchoolWORKS to use the Staff Training module from PSW's EmployeeSafe Suite in order to "facilitate timely administration of safety training, compliance with various state and federal requirements for things like drills and inspections, and accident management for school personnel...." It will handle tracking, managing, and task documentation and will provide reports to administrators when training needs to take place.
NWRESD will be implementing the module in 12 of its school districts, involving about 5,000 employees.
“The districts we work with were using programs that weren’t saving them time or providing the types of reporting that were effective,” said Scott Cummins, application specialist for NWRESD, in a statement released this week. After reviewing several programs on the market, I found that PSW’s Staff Training module, which is part of their EmployeeSafe Suite, had the ability to provide us with exactly the type of training that we needed while cutting back on the time required by administrators to manage recurring safety training, as well as, effectively manage the training of new staff. We were looking for a viable training option that could replace our previous programs; a single program that would be less expensive yet actually get the tasks done that we needed to take place. I think we have found that solution with PSW.”
NWRESD provides services for more than 170 public schools in 20 school disticts spread across 3,500 square miles of northwest Oregon. It has an annual operating budget of $118.9 million.
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Most of the bisexual men I have encountered have not revealed their same-sex affairs with their wives. In some cases, the fear of societal rejection kept them closeted, while others felt they had good marriages and did not want to risk losing their wives by revealing their sexual encounters.
For most of these men, it's about sex, not about love. The problem is there are consequences when we keep a major part of our lives hidden. It may not result in the loss of marriage but it can result in the loss of self-esteem and personal integrity. In fact, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that rates of depression and anxiety are common in men who conceal their same-sex affairs.
Science and the study of human sexuality will continue to help us better understand why we are the way we are. The bisexual stigma of being confused or too afraid to "come out" will no doubt change with conversation and sexual education.
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Arson fire damages OU-Lancaster covered bridge
The John Bright #2 covered bridge, shown here in 1997, was moved to Ohio University, Lancaster branch, in 1988.
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LANCASTER, Ohio — Authorities say a fire that damaged a 19th century wooden covered bridge this
morning on the Ohio University Lancaster campus is being investigated as arson.
The fire caused an estimated $20,000 to the bridge, university officials said.
The fire was reported by Kermit Welty, who phoned 911 at 5:53 a.m. He said he was taking his morning walk along the bike path behind the campus at 1570 Granville Pike when he discovered a small fire on the bridge decking.
He said he tried to stamp it out before summoning help. City firefighters extinguished the fire.
The covered bridge was built in 1881 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It originally spanned Poplar Creek near Carroll, and was relocated to the campus in 1988 for preservation, university officials said.
The covered bridge has become “a significant aspect of campus and community history,” campus Dean Jim Smith said in a news release.
The fire was started underneath the bridge. The fire damaged support posts and made two large holes in the wooden decking, officials said.
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in reply to
Re: How do you avoid "Code Burnout"?
in thread How do you avoid "Code Burnout"?
I can see the appeal of that idea, but I respectfully disagree. My reasoning is three-fold:
- The most reliable way to get better programmers in general is a program of mentoring and apprenticeship.
- The most effective way to build maintainable, useful software that meets the customer's actual needs requires frequent, small deliveries. The software is always being both maintained and enhanced.
- One of the biggest problems in software quality today is that people won't read code.
If you have repetitive work, automate it. If you want to know if software works, test it from the start. If you don't know exactly what the customer wants, ask him. If you want to train a new programmer, pair him up with experienced programmers.
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I don’t quite agree with Steven Weinberg‘s famous line:
With or without [religion] you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
The implied dichotomy between “good” and “evil” people and things is one problem, but not a big one in the context of a pithy remark intended to make a broad, generally true point.
More interestingly, it’s also not the case that it’s only religion which seriously decouples people’s moral intentions from the real world, and drives “good” people to “evil” acts. Other irrational ways of thinking can be dangerous in the same way. There’s nothing qualitatively different about religion, over and above any other memeplex, which gives it this special and unique power.
But it still stands out in its ability to do this kind of damage. Religion is one of the most powerfully exacerbative examples out there.
Cases like that of a mother who beat her son to death can leave little room for doubt about that.
Whatever can drive someone to beat their own seven-year-old child to death can’t be simple. It’s not enough to blame religion; even most religious extremists don’t go that far, would stop and be tempered by their compassion and love for their offspring before allowing any other passions to overtake them to such a degree.
I can only speculate as to how Sara Ege might have gone beyond even that point. It seems a safe bet that a large part of the psychological situation comes down to fear. Fear of castigation, of punishment, by God, by society, by the rest of your family, by tribal elders or their modern equivalent.
Hate, too, and anger; a natural inclination to lash out at the world with fury and spite, perhaps because that’s how it’s always treated her. Confusion. Frustration.
These are all things anyone can experience, or even be overcome by. Being an atheist isn’t a forcefield against any of it. But there are things that alleviate it, and things that make it worse. It has to actively be made a lot worse for something like this to result. And it’s certain that religion only stirred up this complex, poisonous concoction of negativity and hurt even further.
This particular tragedy wouldn’t have been possible without a particular set of religious beliefs, and the privilege those beliefs are given in discourse, and the lack of humanity – humanism – afforded to people as a result of exalting the importance of these beliefs above everything else in life. Even above principles like “love your children” and “be kind and patient in your dealings with others” and “don’t beat your own fucking kids to death with a fucking stick, for fuck’s sake”.
There are many memes in conflict with such principles, all of which blend together into the familiar complicated mass of humanity. Religion is just one of these among many. But it by no means gets let off the hook.
(h/t The Twenty-First Floor)
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It all begins here. This simple strand of beads began as a tradition in South Africa. Mothers would string these beads together and give them to their teething children to chew on to ease their discomfort. Those old necklaces were the teething rings of tribal Africa. And when the ladies of Beaded Hope told us about this tradition, the vision for a whole new line of Beaded Hope products was born.
The beads are called Tandkraal, which literally means “tooth compound” in Afrikaans. When the native South Africans tried the word out, they couldn’t quite get it and opted for calling the beads Karakatana instead. The beads have been smoothed and finished to enhance their natural beauty and come in colors of grays, creams and browns.
Finding the beads, proved another challenge. We navigated our way through the local market, without running around in too many circles thanks to our guide, Mighty, and eventually found the strands in a shop selling vuvuzelas, scarves and dish towels. Those basic strands already proved to be versatile and beautiful. We had no idea what would happen when the Beaded Hope ladies got their hands and creativity on the Karakatana.
Once they started working on the Karakatana designs, individual quirks and stories spilled out and into the jewelry itself. But it all began here, with one simple strand.
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Even when college football gets it right, they're wrong
Jun 27, 2012
The Bowl Championship Series, or BCS, became the most overused, bad joke in sports starting in 1998. From the time Tennessee defeated Florida State - remember when they were relevant? - all the way through Alabama's rematch victory over LSU in last year's title game, the system has been ridiculed, changed on a whim, debated in congress and threatened with legal action.
It was even called a cartel by the folks at Yahoo! Sports, who put out the incredibly thorough and popular "Death to the BCS" a few years ago which exposed much of the fraud, or at the very least questionable decisions, the men in charge approved. Cartel's are more often associated with drug rings, like Colombia's Medellin Cartel. Only to some, the BCS is worse! While trafficking drugs is a choice, college football is a birthright, and how dare you force us to abide by a system that we pretend to not understand and try to prevent two SEC teams from playing for the title every year.
So, now that we've got what amounts to a playoff, and one that does minimal - if any - damage to the regular season and the bowl system, why can't everyone be happy?
Because we're talking about college football.
College football fans are never happy. They're like Wolfpack fans, or Red Sox fans, or Knicks fans. They're never happy. Well, that's not entirely accurate, Knicks fans are more delusional than impossible to fully satisfy. But, State and Sox fans each relish wallowing in their own misery.
No matter which side you were on, college football did you a solid yesterday and if you fail to realize it, that's a "you" problem.
I've always been a supporter of the BCS theory. The sport of college football survived and thrived for decades using an admittedly imperfect regular season followed by a largely ceremonial holiday bowl system that gave us a mythical national champion. For most of those decades, winning the "national" championship took a back seat to winning your conference championship. Winning the Big Ten, regardless of how many teams were in the league at the time, was the primary goal. If the chips fell in line to be crowned the national champ, great. If they didn't, well, we still beat Michigan.
However, almost since its inception, I've been arguing that the practice of the BCS and the theory of the BCS have never been quite in line. There were always two glaring mistakes that the system could not justify. One, they tried to rectify, even if they went in the wrong direction. The other, they made exactly zero attempt to fix -- until today.
For 14 years, and for the final two of the Bowl Championship Series - yes, you're going to have to wait two more seasons before you can start getting angry at a new set of perceived problems - the system had no provisions for three major conference unbeaten teams. The 2004 season gave us Southern Cal, Oklahoma and Auburn, champions of the Pac 10, Big 12 and SEC, as 12-0 options for a title game. However, no one had ever been able to come up with a formula that would allow three teams to play in one game -- and all we had was the one game. I don't care if it hasn't happened again, once was enough. You can't tell the power conference schools that if you win all your games you'll get to play for the championship, then not have that be the case at the end of the season because of the way the system works. I don't feel bad for 1-loss teams, they lost. I don't feel bad for teams from outside the power conferences, because I'm sorry, I view them differently. Argue with me about that if you like. But, you can't ever have an undefeated champion from one of the power leagues NOT in a the title game because there aren't enough sidelines.
The second problem, the method of selecting the two teams, was a work in progress the likes of which NASCAR found incomprehensible. Not that it was too complicated, it never was, in spite of the fact that coaches liked to play dumb because it helped to play to their base when it was thought (usually by their own fans) that they got the short of end of the system's stick. The coaches didn't have to understand the formula, they only had to play a good schedule and win as many games as possible against it.
How flippin' hard is that to understand, coach?
But, the constant adjustments, removing data from the computer programs - ignoring the fact that in a short season, MORE, not LESS, data was required - taking away the strength of schedule component, and finally giving essentially all the power to the incredibly flawed and biased opinion polls actually made the system worse, not better.
So, while there are myriad issues facing college football's national championship playoff, from when to play the games, to where to play the games, to how to divide the enormous sums of money these games will generate, the only elements that had to be done correctly were who plays and how do we decide who plays. Everything else was frosting.
That brings us back to how the college football fans just can't be totally happy.
If you're in the "we need a playoff" camp, this probably doesn't fully meet your idea of a playoff because four teams isn't a playoff, it's a weekend. Seriously, what's a playoff if everyone involved is, at worst, a semi-finalist? But, you weren't going to get one anyway. Unless you haven't been paying attention, the presidents, commissioners and especially the bowl partners, aren't interested in creating a full-blown tournament. And, four teams is enough, anyway. You can go back and look at the numbers after the fact all you want, but I can't recall a single year when someone honestly felt that a team that was thought to be ranked No. 5 deserved a shot at playing for the title. Heck, in many years the 3rd ranked team is questionable. And, we have to remember that the only point of this new system is to get closer to crowning a champion. It's not about being fair, it's not about spreading the wealth and it isn't about giving the little guy a chance. This is about making sure that the system doesn't screw unbeaten Texas (ha ha ha, I know, funny) out of a chance at a national championship because Notre Dame and Florida State both finished the year undefeated (the jokes just keep coming, huh?) and were somehow ranked higher than the Longhorns. That's all this is supposed to solve.
Oh, and it's supposed to make oodles of money. What's more American than fat cats making huge bucks off cheap labor? That's what college football is all about. Only in this billion-dollar industry, we insource our sweatshop jobs.
If you're like me, a guy who thought that the status quo was fine, with a few minor selection tweaks - okay, a complete overhaul - then rejoice. It only adds one more game to the system, creates two additional games with epic meaning, preserves the bowl system for players (note I didn't say bowl committees and schools, heck with them), and still renders the regular season the most important in all of sports.
On top of that, we get a selection committee, of anywhere from 12 to 15 people, who will be charged with selecting and seeding the four teams. I can't tell you how much better that is than coaches (inherently biased) and media members (generally speaking) telling us which two teams are the best. While I know there will be some who will naturally doubt the veracity of the committee, why don't we wait until that body does its work and answers its questions before we scream about it favoring one conference or another. Plus, the elimination of the opinion polls as two-thirds of the formula will eliminate the idea that teams that start lower in the pecking order have to do more to achieve their goals than those at the top. Talk about unfair. Now, the polls, and the computer rankings, and the geography and the conference affiliation (which changes like my teenage son headed to the mall with his friends, albeit with less cheap cologne) are only "factors" in the entire equation. That's progress, people.
The truth is that the teams that have been playing for the national championship over the last 60 or 70 years aren't likely to dramatically change no matter what system you employ. Teams that have winning as part of their culture are going to continue to win regardless of the rules of the game. The salary cap in football hasn't stopped the Steelers or Patriots from competing for and winning Super Bowls, has it?
Over the decades, college football has always thrived on debate. Best player, best team, best conference, etc., have always driven the sport's popularity. This new system doesn't change that, it gives us the ultimate safety net against exclusion, incorporates the word "playoff" and still allows college football fans to whine and moan about their school getting left out.
With a tip of the hat to one of the best broadcasters and people I know, Carolina Hurricanes television voice John Forslund; That's college football, baby!
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RE: Even when college football gets it right, they're wrongThe issues with having coaches involved in the polls and, therefore, being partially responsible for choosing those teams that play for the national championship are obvious. The media, with their wildly varying criteria (which seem to change from year to year) are also not serious enough about their responsibility. The selection committee process, while certainly open to simply setting up big money games by choosing iffy teams as the #4 seed (#4 clearly being the most important job the committee will have), is the best way to handle things. Put a limited number of people into a room together and allow them to talk things out, agree on criteria, etc. By and large, it should work fine.
RE: Even when college football gets it right, they're wrong
What a clown Adam Gold..... I'm sure you have a tough time getting out of bed every morning knowing you're a guppy in a small market. I see a Taco Bell in your future.- Posted by ptrrrk1
Very Nice... Sad to know that this is the best we can find for sports talk in this area. Have another Twinkie!!!!!
RE: Even when college football gets it right, they're wrongWhat a clown Adam Gold..... I'm sure you have a tough time getting out of bed every morning knowing you're a guppy in a small market. I see a Taco Bell in your future.
RE: Even when college football gets it right, they're wrongWhy are State, UNC, Duke, and Wake Forest fans even care? Because this will never effect you!!!
RE: Even when college football gets it right, they're wrongImagine a Maryland fan calling State fans "some of the worst".
Ever been to a game at College Park and noticed the fan behavior there?
Get real, folks.
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Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country? That is the big question facing Scots in 2014. Some have already made up their mind but the majority of Scots probably don't quite know how they'll cast their vote as yet; they're there to be convinced.
There are many legitimate questions that Scots have. What will our defence situation be? Will an independent Scotland be in the EU? Can our economy continue to grow if we are independent? All legitimate questions that will be answered.
For what it's worth I think that Scotland should be independent; indeed I think we will become independent.
The process between now and then requires some soul searching from Scots. Can we really do it? What will others say? How will they react? How will life be for us after we become independent? Are we up to the job of being our own country? Questions not dissimilar to those I asked myself when deciding to come out.
Naturally you worry. You worry that others might not like it, that your friends will desert you, your family will disown you and that you just can't take the pressure of what might follow.
However for most of us it has turned out alright. Coming out to my friends and family, and accepting myself that I was gay, was one of the most exhilarating moments of my life. Sure getting to that point was difficult, and at times seemed impossible, but would I go back to pretending I was something I wasn't? Not a chance.
Coming out opened a whole load of new doors and opportunities for me. I met new people, went to new places, tried different things and my life is much richer for it.
I believe that it's time for Scotland to come out. It's time we take a look at ourselves in the mirror and accepted that we can be better as a country; better if we were independent. Most people want to be treated equally and that's what I want for Scotland; for us to be treated the same as every other country in the world.
Being independent will open new doors for Scotland. It will take the nation to places it otherwise wouldn't get to and allow us to make a renewed contribution to Europe and the wider world. Being independent brings with it new rights, but it also brings responsibilities and yes, I believe that Scotland is up to the job of being a responsible member of the family of nations.
I remember when I was in my late teens I would occasionally do something that I thought might drop the hint to my family that I was gay. I would get sudden bursts of confidence that lead to me blasting Shania Twain from my bedroom or mentioning in passing that I had gone to a gay bar with a friend in the hope that they might ask me so that I didn't have to bring it up myself. However there comes a point where you work up the courage to accept that you can't continue to suppress what you really are for much longer.
Scotland has done the same. We've had the outbursts of confidence that have lead to a Scottish Parliament. We've accepted for ourselves that we are a nation and now we have to behave like one. Sure there'll be false starts and setbacks along the way, but that's life.
The decision in 2014 is simple: are we to move forward as a responsible nation or do we continue with what might seem like the safe and easy option - knowing the whole time that we could be so much better?
Stewart McDonald is an active member of the Scottish National Party and was a candidate for the party in the local elections in Glasgow. Follow him on twitter: @StewartMcDonald
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) stand in solidarity with their brothers and sisters across the country in the face of FBI repression of progressive causes. SDSers, along with members of the Palestine Solidarity Group, the Twin-Cities Anti-War Committee, the Colombia Action Network, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera had their homes searched and documents and electronic devices seized.
"The government hopes to use a grand jury to frame up activists. The goal of these raids is to harass and try to intimidate the movement against U.S. wars and occupations, and those who oppose U.S. support for repressive regimes," said Colombia solidarity activist Tom Burke, one of those handed a subpoena by the FBI. "They are designed to suppress dissent and free speech, to divide the peace movement, and to pave the way for more U.S. military intervention in the Middle East and Latin America."
Grace Kelley, an SDSer from the University of Minnesota, said “SDS at the U of M condemns the terror tactics used by the FBI to silence activists who organize against wars and for peace here in Minneapolis as well as across the nation. Tracy Molm from SDS at U of M was one of the activists whose house was raided. SDSers across the country need to stand up and condemn these raids and say that we will not be scared into silence, that we will continue to stand up and fight for what’s right”.
Several activists in Minnesota and Chicago have had papers, CDs, and cell phones stolen among other items; as well as being issued subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury. The FBI are apparently looking for evidence linking activists to "material support of terrorism" specifically liberation struggles in Colombia and Palestine. In addition to SDSers being harassed in Minneapolis, two SDSers in Milwaukee were also contacted by the FBI about their anti-war activism.
The activists involved have done nothing wrong and are refusing to be pulled into conversations with the FBI about their political views or organizing against war and occupation. No arrests have been made – make no mistake, this is a fishing expedition by the FBI.
We urge all progressive activists to show solidarity with those individuals targeted by the U.S. Government. Activists have the right not to speak with the FBI and are encouraged to politely refuse - just say “No”.
Show your support! Organize solidarity actions in your city demanding that the FBI halt all searches and seizures against progressive activists who have done nothing wrong. Contact your local media and let them know that we will not tolerate this kind of harassment from the government. And be aware – if the FBI knocks, you do not have to give out any information or answer any questions.
For more information, contact:
Grace Kelley, University of Minnesota SDS: 612.709.3424
Kas Schwerdtfeger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee SDS: 262.893.2806
I don't know. As C.I. points out in the snapshot, the FBI admits to eight raids today and there were zero arrests. That really doesn't appear to indicate wrong doing on the part of the activists. It feels like another time, when another ego maniac roamed the White House. He had two daughters as well, also a frightening looking wife. So is Tricky Barack the new Tricky Dick?
I have no idea but there need to be answers for the raids that took place today.
I'm really bothered by the fact that the wires and local outlets are the only ones covering the story thus far. I even checked The Progressive but there's nothing up there.
"Did He Really Say That?" (Cindy Sheehan, Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox):
Since 9/11, I have been arrested many times for just exercising my civil rights to free speech and freedom of expression, and I am just one of thousands—I don’t think our civil liberties are “stronger” since 9/11. In fact, just today, antiwar and social justice activists had their homes raided in all parts of this country by the FBI. I resent having to, for all intents and purposes, walk nude throughout airport security and I resent the entire police state mentality of airport personnel who, but for the “grace” of 9/11 could just as likely be saying: “would you like that super-sized,” as “I’m going to have to search you.” Even their lives aren’t better being wage slaves for the Police State.
Speaking of that, everyone I know in my wide circle of concern is either unemployed or underemployed. For example, my son, a new father, is working three jobs just to provide for his small family and hasn’t worked in his trade as a land surveyor for a year and a half. Andy’s story is not an unusual or special one. The job market has certainly not been made "stronger." The housing market has not been made "stronger" and OUR economy is as weak as my newborn grandson. It has no muscle tone or control and can only whine and scream because that’s the only way it can express itself now. At least my grandbaby is adorable.As you can see, Cindy Sheehan wasn't staring into the sun day dreaming. She's aware of the news and calling it out. The column is about Barack's comment that the US could "absorb" another terrorist attack like the one that took place on September 11, 2001. It is one of the many tone deaf (at best) statements that he has made. He is truly ignorant. He recently spoke of Mexico's "history" and he didn't know a damn thing he was saying. Now he's making comments that come across so insulting.
But this is the man, remember, who 'joked' about how he could use drones to kill people who displeased him (the Jonas Brothers were the target of that 'joke'). I am appalled by him because I do seriously believe he is as corrupt as George W. Bush but,and this is the really frightening part, he repeatedly gets away with it. Which is how we get -- yeah, I'm about to say it -- an IVAW president disgracing himself by happy talking Barack at this late date. (Monday on WBAI.) Which is how we get that man making a fool of himself and acting as if Barack wins in a match up against John McCain. Not only do we not know how John McCain would have governed, but John McCain is not the monster under the bed that makes Barack go down easier. Heaven help us all if those are choices: Death I and Death II.
The most frightening thing about all of Barack's abuses and murders and crimes is the fact that there's so little effort put into calling him out. You really can count the few who do. C.I. does. Cindy Sheehan does. Tariq Ali's doing it. But far too many people want to make excuses for the man who's responsible for the deaths of Pakistanis, the deaths of Iraqis, Afghanis, the continued illegal imprisonments in Guantanamo and so very much more.
As scary as the Bush Days were, there was always the fact that so many of us objected to him. As much as he tried to destroy our democracy, there was the fact that we did not go silently to the death chamber. Those days appear to be a thing of the past.
"Iraq snapshot" (The Common Ills):
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