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Not big but quite a fight on the 4 wt he hit the size 6 crawfish Jason with his 18" spot--they never quite fighting This was a male spot caught in one of the many tree tops on Ryan Creek The Rhododendron's are in full bloom all over the lake One of three Bull Bluegills I landed using the size 6 crawfish--really surprised the bluegill's hit this pattern--but these big boys must have been hungry---I am now 53 away from my goal!! Spot went after the size 10 Betts Popper--this was the only fish on top all morning There are a lot of big homes on Smith Lake, if I was offered any home on Smith this would have to be my favorite. This house was moved from the country side in New York. All the rafters, floor joist, exposed beams inside the house and parts of the interior walls were removed from a barn in the area. The sun room in this house is setting out over the water; steel beams which is anchored in the rocks support the sun room itself. The garage is off to the right. The house is actually called the barn. Another view of this outstanding home on Smith
Right on. The economic 'recovery' coming out of the 2001 recession was built on an mountain of debt. So what happens next? This bubble sustained the economy through the 2001 recession and provided the basis for the recovery. The housing sector directly employs more than 6 million people in construction, mortgage issuance and real estate. The indirect effect of the bubble was even larger, as people took advantage of the rapidly growing value of their homes to borrow huge amounts of money. This borrowing binge supported rapid consumption growth in a period of weak wage and job growth. It also pushed the U.S. savings rate into negative territory for the first time since the beginning of the great depression. So what effect will the housing bubble have on the genereal economy. So is a recession is coming? But, it was inevitable that the bubble would eventually collapse. The record run-up in housing prices led to record rates of housing construction. With population growth slowing, the country was building homes far more rapidly than the market could absorb them. At some point, excess supply will put downward pressure on prices. The weakening of the housing market was further assisted by an entirely predictable rise in mortgage interest rates. The Federal Reserve Board deliberately pursued a low interest policy to help the economy recover from the stock crash, pushing interest rates to their lowest level in 50 years. With inflation picking up steam due to the oil price spike, higher import prices, weaker productivity growth, and a stronger labor market, interest rates are rising back to more normal levels. The decline in housing prices will sharply limit the extent to which people can borrow against their home to support their consumption. This will cause savings to rebound from their current negative rates to more normal levels—at 6 to 8 percent of disposable income—but will be associated with a sharp falloff in consumption. Together these effects virtually guarantee a recession, and probably a rather severe recession. Even worse, there is no easy route to recovery from a recession that results from a collapse of a housing bubble, just as there was no easy route to recover from the stock crash induced recession of 2001. Greenspan used the housing bubble to recover from that crash, because he saw no other mechanism. Unless Bernanke can find some other bubble to inflate, the recovery may be a long slow process. It took Japan almost 15 years to recover from the crash of its stock and housing bubbles. The crash and post-crash world will not be pretty. Millions of people will lose their jobs and their homes. Unfortunately, the economists who led us down this path are not likely to be among the ones who suffer severe consequences. There is growing chorus of economists and armchair pundits predicting a coming recession. A significant recession is coming in the next 12 months.
Posted on: February 19, 2013 by @MelissaHemmens Thursday night I attended the Eric Church Blood Swear and Beers concert at Budweiser Gardens as the #BGreviewer. Thank you for the opportunity. This is my review of the evening. I would just like to start off by saying that I have never seen more plaid in one place before. The energy in the arena was incredible even before opening act; Colt Ford came onto the stage. Colt Ford gave a great performance, from his country boy accent to every last dance move he did. He got the crowd excited to see “Country Music Jesus” Eric Church, and performed some great songs. His last song of the night got everybody up and out of their seats! Everyone who loves country music knows that Dirt Road Anthem is one of the best country songs out there. The audience had their phones up in the air and it looked phenomenal. Colt even came out in a London Knights jersey with his last name and the number 16, I’m pretty sure he had a blast with us! Eric Church’s entrance to the stage was interesting. A cloud of smoke from one of the 20 smoke machines he had that night went off at the end of the stage and in that cloud of smoke, there he was singing Country Music Jesus. The roar of the audience was incredible, it was so loud in there and we were singing every word to every song he sang. His energy was top notch; he had a cup of Jack Daniels and Coke that went very well with his song, Jack Daniels. He disappeared after the song Livin’ Part of Life and all of a sudden the smoke machines went off and two green lasers made their way from the stage to the back of the RBC center. Eric came out and sang one of his newest singles, Creepin’. It was a great performance! He later slowed down the mood and sang songs like Love Your Love The Most, I’m positive he loves London the most. He got everyone up and out of their seats with the song Drink In My Hand; it was definitely a crowd favourite. He ended his set with the song Homeboy and he left the stage. For the brief time he was gone, the arena went crazy. They were cheering and clapping and soon Eric Church came back and sang Smoke A Little Smoke, These Boots and everybody’s favourite, Springsteen. It was simply one of the best concerts I have been to. I love the energy that country music brings out in people. People left the arena with big smiles on their faces, so I am positive I speak for everyone who was at the Eric Church concert on Thursday February 14th, 2013 that a melody definitely does sound like a memory. I will never forget this concert! Thank you Colt Ford, Eric Church and Budweiser Gardens.
BUFFALO, NY – Incoming UB freshman Dani Reinert (Cincinnati, OH/Ursuline Academy) has been named the 2009 Andi Collins Award Winner, given to the nation's top high school senior setter. Reinert, who was named a second-team Under Armour All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, will join Buffalo for the upcoming 2010 season. In 2008 and again last fall, Reinert was recognized as area Player of the Year by the Cincinnati Enquirer. Her Ursuline Academy Lions went undefeated in the brutal Girls Greater Cincinnati League and compiled a 57-1 record during that span, culminating in an Ohio Division I title in 2009. Reinert also was named as the GGCL Player of the Year and District 16 Player of the Year. She averaged 10.8 assists per game with 160 digs on the season, serving at a 90.4 percent mark. As a junior, Reinert was also named District 16 Player of the Year as she picked up first-team All-State and All-GGCL honors. The award is named after Andi Collins who passed away in 2003 from breast cancer at the age of 16. Collins wanted to be the nation's best setter and the Andi Collins Award is presented in her honor and memory each year. "This is a tremendous recognition for Dani," said UB head coach Todd Kress. "One that is both a great honor and well-deserved. To say that Dani is a hard worker and wants to be the best, is a gross understatement. She will represent this award, the Collins' family and most importantly Andi Collins to her absolute best." Reinert was also one of 24 players across the nation to be named to the 2009-10 Under Armour High School All-America Second Team. Reinert is one of four players who have signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Bulls in the fall. Also coming in are Kelly Svoboda (Cleveland, OH/Trinity), Christine Fritsche (Parma, OH/Padua) and Carissa McKenna (West Bloomfield, MI/Walled Lake Northern).
This blog has supported the Hartford office of Habitat for Humanity in the past. So when a colleague of mine brought to my attention a neat social media/public awareness/fund raising project that Nissan and Habitat for Humanity have introduced, I checked it out. It appears Nissan, a long time supporter and major partner of Habitat for Humanity has develop and deployed a new Facebook app that is meant to spread awareness of green building, have a little fun in this virtual world and help Habitat raise some money. The game invites participants to let go a little bit in a virtual Habitat build: type in a command, and the volunteers will do as you say. The slapstick starts when you command an otherwise mild-mannered volunteer to smash windows, or, in one case, throw things (items are returned, mysteriously, by a giant penguin). The brand put together a simulation video showing what happens when you type in a silly command: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Qf2oAHOlM This is all a lot of fun, but the purpose is serious: to support the building of green homes for families that desperately need decent housing. Participants in the Facebook app are directed to Habitat for Humanity, where they can donate, volunteer for a (much more sensible) build, or take action in their communities. (To view the full app, click here: http://www.facebook.com/Nissan?sk=app_361541373889965). In addition, the top 100 scorers get a personalized video from Nissan at the build site featuring volunteers pounding a nail into the structure in the name of each winner, as well as a Nissan t-shirt. In this way, anyone can virtually participate with Nissan employees in building sustainable homes for low-income families. Nissan has partnered with Habitat for Humanity since 2006, taking part in the rebuilding of the Gulf states after Hurricane Katrina. Nissan employees are very passionate about the cause, as are many Nissan owners, who’ve volunteered more than 56,000 hours for Habitat. Nissan-sponsored Habitat homes are equipped with many “green living” features, including low-flowing plumbing fixtures, programmable thermostats, energy-efficient fluorescent lighting, high-performance windows and ENERGY STAR® appliances. So far, Nissan has donated $7.5 million in grant money and donations to the organization, built 50 homes, donated 104 Nissan vehicles to help building efforts, and over 5,000 Nissan employees have volunteered. Now, though, the company is taking the Habitat program to a whole new green and social level with this game. It’s using the power of social media to stem the tide of indifference and get a new generation involved in green, affordable building.
Enraf Will Market Liquip Safety Systems Jul 26, 2001 12:00 PM, Modern Bulk Transporter staffEnraf, a Delft Instruments company, has signed an agreement with Liquip Australia to market the Liquip line of safety assurance systems, designed for use in petroleum loading terminals. These systems provide grounding verification and overfill protection of terminals that load or unload flammable liquids. In line with global directives enforcing implementation of bottom loading, vapor recovery, and safer work practices, petroleum terminals are installing safety assurance systems at the loading point. These systems connect to tank trucks, providing protection against spillage from overfills and possible explosions from static electricity build-up. Liquip offers standardized systems for this application.
OBAMA SENDS GUARD TO BORDER: CAN’T ENFORCE IMMIGRATION We talked about the politics behind Obama’s decision to send 1,200 temporary troops to the border just two days ago. All predictions have come true. Last week President Calderón, in a meeting before Congress, demanded that the US not interfere with Mexican illegals crossing our border. Consistent with that request Obama is sending the National Guard to the border without the ability to enforce immigration laws. State Department spokesman Crowley: “It’s not about immigration … fully consistent with our efforts to do our part to stem, you know, violence, to interdict the flow of dangerous people and dangerous goods, drugs, guns, people.” Arizona’s never ending frontpage immigration story forced Obama to take some type of action in order to keep his immigration bill alive. AP: “The National Guard troops will work on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support, analysis and training, and support efforts to block drug trafficking. They will temporarily supplement Border Patrol agents until Customs and Border Protection can recruit and train additional officers and agents to serve on the border, according to a letter Tuesday from top administration security officials to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin.” Meanwhile back at the ranch Holder ponders a suit against Arizona claiming their law (based on federal statute) is unconstitutional. He claims it violates federal authority over immigration. Check the nationality of the illegals, they are not just Mexicans. Nobody is focusing on how many are coming in from terrorist countries such as Iran. The goal is federal action, ultimately government control. Mexican illegals are targeted to fill a much needed progressive voting sector. Even so, taxpayers are burdened to make this happen, these people must have ObamaCare, education, unemployment… Even worse, terrorists are entering America as well.
Tag Archive for ‘Twitter’ The division between what’s permissible and what’s merely outrageous online grows fuzzier day by day, with legislators, regulators, police officers and businesses scrambling to harness the wild wild west of social media law. “The Internet,” says a New York district attorney, “is our 21st century crime scene.” James Hyatt reports. In a new book, Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey envisions a world where “one day, virtually every business will operate with a sense of higher purpose, integrate the interests of all stakeholders, elevate conscious leaders, and build a culture of trust, accountability and caring.” Responding to a congressional query, nine data companies provided answers to a detailed set of questions about what kinds of information they collect about individual Americans, and where they get that data. Their responses show that some companies record – and then resell – your screen names, web site addresses, interests, hometown and professional history, and how many friends or followers you have. An advisor on information and communications issues argues that the The Global Reporting Initiative seems to completely ignore two of the most significant human rights issues of our time—freedom of expression and privacy—and hasn’t kept pace with the explosion of the information and communications technology industry. With Facebook now claiming more than 840 million active users around the globe – and other social networks surging as well – it’s increasingly clear that boards of major companies need to factor the social media phenomenon into the governance equation. Digital “dashboards” are one way of staying abreast of what’s going on. Another is for the board to recruit a “digital director” – but they’re in short supply. The National Labor Relations Board continues to probe the pitfalls of social media in the workplace. The agency’s new year-end survey of 14 recent unfair labor practice cases cited several instances where employers adopted “overly broad” policies in attempting to police use of social media at work or online, even though, in some cases the discipline or discharge of an employee was legal. The road map keeping track of social media charges and complaints at the U.S. National Labor Relations Board is getting more interesting and complicated. New data suggests that the agency has examined more than 129 cases, with the most common issues being overbroad policies restricting employee use of platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and the unlawful firing or disciplining of employees for the contents of their posts. Advertising executive Simon Mainwaring suggests in a new book that combining corporate social responsibility and social media could create a powerful new consumer force. Among his suggestions: “contributory capitalism,” in which every single consumer transaction for products and services globally “would include a contribution toward building a better world.” Over the weekend, the popular rapper 50 Cent urged his 3.8 million Twitter followers to buy the stock of a microscopic company in Florida. The penny stock jumped 290 percent on Monday. As a result, 50 Cent had a paper profit that was briefly worth almost $5.2 million on paper. You say your company hasn’t had an OMG moment over Facebook ethics? Well, it could be just a matter of time. In the first part of a two-part series, James Hyatt examines how the social media explosion – from email and Facebook to blogs and Twitter – is making a hash of once-resolved issues and creating all kinds of new dilemmas.
TrendingXbox One \| Apple \| Gold \| Housing market \| Keystone \| Telus-Mobilicity \| REITs \| CMHC \| BlackBerry \| Earnings \| Loblaw's Joe Fresh \| BCE-Astral hearings \| Poll: Do you like the new $5 and $10 bills? \| Air Canada \| RBC \| Samsung Galaxy S4 \| Target Canada \| ‘Can’t make it to your wedding, I’ll catch your next one’ Mr. Armitage’s defection means that McCarthy’s life sciences group has lost four partners of late. The Financial Post reported earlier, Joseph Garcia, former leader of the firm’s life sciences group, left the Vancouver office in January to join Blake, Cassels & Graydon. Subsequently, Vanessa Grant and Anita Nador of Toronto joined Gowlings’ life sciences group. Mr. Armitage’s experience embraces procurement, technology licensing, outsourcing, commercial contracts, privacy law, cloud computing and e-commerce. His clients span a range of industry sectors, including information technology, financial services, telecommunications, life sciences and health, as well as construction, mining and infrastructure.
TrendingXbox One \| Apple \| Gold \| Housing market \| Keystone \| Telus-Mobilicity \| REITs \| CMHC \| BlackBerry \| Earnings \| Loblaw's Joe Fresh \| BCE-Astral hearings \| Poll: Do you like the new $5 and $10 bills? \| Air Canada \| RBC \| Samsung Galaxy S4 \| Target Canada \| ‘Can’t make it to your wedding, I’ll catch your next one’ As nimble online upstarts, ING Direct and Ally Financial attracted customers by mocking the country’s monolithic megabanks in cheeky marketing campaigns. With their high-interest savings accounts and no-frills approach to deposit-taking — remember the “egg-management fee” — ING and Ally became increasingly popular with Canadians looking for a friendlier, low-cost alternative to the fee-happy big banks. Inevitably, both are now part of the oligopoly they ridiculed, having been acquired by Bank of Nova Scotia and Royal Bank of Canada respectively within the past year. These days, ING still plugs away but Ally ceased to exist as of Feb. 19. Within minutes of Royal’s decision to shut down the consumer accounts of Ally Financial, slash the interest rates of existing accounts and integrate its operations into the behemoth that is the country’s largest financial institution, the taunt emerged. “Looking for a new ally? ING DIRECT is a great way forward for your hard earned Savings,” tweeted the sassy folks at the orange bank. Needling aside, the tale of two high-interest savings accounts and their new big bank parents has more to do with opening up new lines of business than it does with closing down pesky competitors. Barely two weeks after Royal’s $4.1-billion acquisition of the Canadian arm of U.S.-based Ally Financial Inc. was approved by the federal Competition Bureau on Feb. 8, the bank announced customers will no longer be able to open up new accounts with Ally and more importantly, existing high-interest savings accounts would be wiped out by April 30. At the same time, Royal lowered the interest rates of existing Ally accounts to 1.2% from 1.8%, the percentage Royal customers currently earn on similar high-interest savings accounts. Over at Scotia, there are no such plans to erase ING’s online banking brand or its high-interest accounts, for which it paid $3.1-billion. “The franchises are very different,” explains Peter Routledge, a bank analyst at National Bank. Ally is more asset shop, specializing in auto financings and loans, than a deposit taker, he says, while ING is the opposite, principally into deposit taking and less into loans. Scotia needs more deposits on its books now that international rules, known as Basel III, place greater importance and value on good old-fashioned retail deposits. The new international rules, designed to increase capital standards and set new requirements on bank liquidity and leverage, are expected to roll out in 2015. For its part, Scotiabank is a little light on retail deposits because that’s how it has traditionally operated in Canada and carved out a niche abroad. With a greater reliance on its wholesale funding (the source of funds beyond a bank’s deposit base) in capital markets outside Canada than any of the so-called Big Five chartered banks, Scotia is more vulnerable to gyrating international market swings. Enter ING and its $30-billion deposit base. Not only is the deal designed to help offset that reliance by replacing wholesale funding with retail account deposits generated through ING, Scotia should vastly improve the appearance of its compliance to the new liquidity rules. Thus, preserving the value proposition of the ING brand is a no-brainer for Scotiabank, who chased after the upstart so aggressively. Not only does the bank need to retain ING customers, it needs to attract even more. Over at Royal, the motivation to acquire Ally is about gaining presence in commercial auto leasing — not acquiring a new deposit base. Ally offers commercial loans to more than 580 auto dealerships in Canada while its consumer business provides retail financing through 1,600 dealerships. By acquiring Ally’s book of business in auto leasing, Royal has nearly doubled the size of its commercial auto lending, making it the largest bank lender in this market segment in Canada. It’s a canny move as Canadians strain to rein in their personal debt, the commercial auto lending affords Royal a stronghold in a line of business that lends at wider margins than traditional mortgages. Furthermore, the Ally brand is less significant. After all, Royal’s trademark surely goes a lot further in this country than Ally’s marketing image, a slick banker who torments children with arbitrary rules to make a point about the inherent unfairness of the banking industry.
Many continuing education students have full-time work commitments and family obligations, making it hard for them to devote time to a term-long course or full academic program. Because Humber recognizes that the student’s scarcest resource is probably time, we strive for flexibility in how we deliver courses and the level of commitment we require from continuing education students. The choice is yours. You can take one to three courses per semester, and any combination of in-class or online instruction. An online course runs similarly to an in-class course, except your classroom is a website. You have a teacher, classmates, offers a range of online courses on different learning systems. Check out a demo. Humber’s online courses have set start and end dates. Although you have access to course material 24/7, you must complete course requirements as outlined by your instructor on the critical path. Some courses associate a set day and time for the course. This is simply to accommodate our registration system.
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Joint warehouse venture announced Page International in Savannah and the Kearney Companies, based in New Orleans, Tuesday announced a joint venture to establish what they called cutting-edge warehouse services at the Port of Savannah. The agreement calls for the facility to be located at 6030 Commerce Blvd. in Garden City, less than two miles from the Georgia Port Authority’s main container terminal, and it will have direct rail service with CSX. The operation is expected to support add about 20 local jobs once the rail service with CSX is fully operational around April 1. David W. Kearney, president of the newly formed Kearney Page Warehouse Services, LLC, said the joiont venture marks a major expansion of The Kearney Companies’ third-party logistics services. “We are proud to continue to develop cutting edge logistics solutions with Page International and CSX, two companies with which we have enjoyed longstanding partnerships,” Kearney said. “This joint venture builds on our commitment to provide our customers with efficient supply chain options and further integrates us into the nation’s freight transportation infrastructure through CSX’s services.” The new facility primarily will support containerized shipments of export paper, cotton, lumber, metals, food products and consumer goods and will be served five days a week by CSX. Pate International Vice President Patrick Page said his company has continuously searched for ways to expand services to its clients. “We feel that with partnering with The Kearney Companies that we take a giant step in that direction,” Page said. “In working with their New Orleans operations, we have become very familiar with The Kearney Company’s unsurpassed expertise and customer service in the warehousing and transloading area. “We are indeed excited about this joint venture and look forward to elevating it to greater heights in the upcoming months and years ahead.” Tuesday’s announcement said the new facility, by shifting freight to rail from other shipment modes, will improve their customers’ environmental footprint because shipping via rail takes traffic off the highway system and minimizes fuel consumption and transportation costs. Derrick Smith, vice president of emerging markets for CSX, said the railway is pleased to have the chance to serve the new warehouse and to support commerce at the Port of Savannah. “CSX is committed to working closely with customers to identify new opportunities, help locate facilities and provide reliable transportation solutions to better connect them to the global supply chain,” Smith said. About The Kearney Companies The Kearney Companies, Inc. established third-party logistics (3PL) services in the Port of New Orleans in 1996. Their logistics services include commodity warehousing, rail transloading, inland freight management, harbor drayage, import deconsolidation and other warehouse services. For more information, visit, http://www.kearneycompanies.com/. About Page International Page International, Inc. is a Savannah- based worldwide logistics service provider in ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, air freight, NVOCC and domestic transportation. Page, which has been operational since 1994, is represented through affiliated offices at more than 700 ports and global cities. For more information on Page International please visit, http://www.page-int.com/. About CSX Corporation CSX Corp., based in Jacksonville, provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services. The company’s transportation network spans approximately 21,000 miles, with service to 23 eastern states, the District of Columbia and two Canadian provinces. CSX’s network connects more than 240 short line railroads and more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports. More information is available at www.csx.com.
Cariboo Crock Pot Beans with Birch Syrup This dish can be changed by adding sausages or other meats. Dish up with a salad made of greens and enjoy. • 2 pounds or 2 (450ml) bags of small white dried beans • 12 cups of water • 1 1/2 tsp. of salt • 3/4 cup of molasses • 1/4 cup Sweet Tree Birch Syrup • 2 tbsp of dry mustard • 1/2 cup brown sugar • 1/2 cup chopped onions • 2 tbsp. of ketchup • 1/4 cup thick sliced bacon, chopped into small pieces • Olive oil Soak beans in water for 8 hours or overnight. You can use the crock pot stoneware. After the soaking put pan in slow cooker base, cover and cook for 3 hours on Low heat. Drain the liquid, saving 1 cup to put back with the beans in the pot (with the pot turned off). In a large frying pan add olive oil and cook bacon on medium heat until the fat on the bacon is rendered down. Drain fat. Add the remaining ingredients into the crock pot and mix. Put stoneware on stove and cook 10 minutes on medium heat to mix well. Put in crock pot base and cook on Low for 10-12 hours or on High for 6-8 hours.
A sunny image to go with my mood today - thanks so much to Angela Nickeas http://hiccupstudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk for passing on the Liebster Blog Award. I'm in such great company with other designers I don't actually know personally but definately know and respect their work. Eeeh I'm touched (said in a Geordie accent).Keeping things Geordie - yesterday we did a sneak peak of our new Blaydon Races 150 anniversary mug. Blaydon races is a race event which took place 9th June 1862 - theres a very famous song which you will all know if you hear it "ooohhh me lads you should've seen us gannin". Anyway twitter went mad - we were inundated with requests for this mug so had to quickly put it on our website and take pre-orders!! It was like being a celeb...... then I get the Liebster award from Angela..... think I'd best get me roots done just incase Jonathan Ross calls! Friday, 30 March 2012 Wednesday, 21 March 2012 Saturday, 3 March 2012 We've are going to print 80,000 cards this year so it does show how much we've grown. Not bad for two lasses from Newcastle and a business thats a year old! Who knows Rodney this time next year.....
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Definitely inspired by the Cupcake Wars winner Chloe who made everything with vegan ingredients. Goodbye good ol’ pescetarianism; you’ve lasted me four years. Now lets make this vegan thing forever. God is good. He never fails; He is always quick to provide what we need. Blessed. Asian Stars and The USA: A History Hikaru Utada: I am a celebrated singer-songwriter in Japan who is beloved by the entire country. I grew up in New York and speak perfect, unaccented English. I'm going to record an interesting, unique CD for the U.S., entirely in English, and try to make it in Hollywood. BoA: Hello! I am an incredibly strong vocalist with a range people dream of and dance skills America hasn't seen in a pop star since Usher. Not only am I a legend in my home country of South Korea, I managed to become a best selling artist in Japan, paving the way for future Korean artists to find Asian-wide success. Now, I'm going to debut in the states with a dance CD written by proven hit makers. Wonder Girls: We're a fun, colorful five member girl group reminiscent of the Spice Girls. We sing the sort of sugar-cute pop that's popular in Asia but not as accepted in the U.S. We are bravely going to give up our massive popularity in South Korea to promote our sugar-cute style to teenagers in America, slowly building up hype, never losing our flare. We will spend years and years working on our English and our debut, hooking up with established stars like Akon in the process. We even made a movie with Teen Nick. Jin Akanishi: I'm a former member of an incredibly popular Japanese boy band. I left them for good to explore a career in the USA, studying English and working to achieve my dream, to sing and dance as an Asian star in America. Girls' Generation: We're flirting with this market, performing on national, network television twice with our English song The Boys, written by one of Michael Jackson's old song writers. We are nine slim, attractive girls, two of whom are from the states and speak perfect English. Psy: lol omg guys watch me dance like a horsey. USA: YES! EXCELLENT! Psy: Wait what? But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity...– Mark Twain (via jeou) sarahbcha: Need to choose a path to take. Not sure which I should take because I will definitely lose something. Pray, pray, pray. Whichever path you end up taking, it will be because God willed it so, and therefore you will not lose anything that is important for you to have in His using you. Earthly things have no importance, while it is wrong to be a false teacher and go for the wrong... Okay exercise regime needed ahora por favor. & exercise partners, can’t forget that. Haven’t actually written a post in awhile; life seems to be on hold. Stupid school. 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When Apple made its second round of product announcements last month, people were focused on the big reveal: the iPad Mini. But as the newness of the device wears off (especially since it was released worldwide on Nov. 2), Apple fans are noticing some of the overlooked products from that day, and one of the things people are excited about is the new iMac. Sure, Phil Schiller gave it some love during the announcement ("look how thin that is!" he cried to the audience), but it takes some time to absorb just how remarkable that super-thin monitor is. This begs the question, though: how does Apple manage to get it just that thin? Wired's Christina Bonnington was curious too, and has found out how the tech giant managed to back an entire 27-inch iMac into just five millimetres of thickness — without turning to OLED technology. Optical bonding: "Apple is using optical bonding (lamination) of the [LCD] panel to a sheet of strengthened cover glass," NPD DisplaySearch analyst Paul Semeza told Wired. "This eliminates the air gap between the panel and the glass, which reduces overall thickness, and the optical bonding eliminates the reflections between the inside of the cover glass and the outside of the panel, which improves image quality." The iPhone 5 uses a similar-sounding process in order to get its thinness, but the process for the iMac is actually simpler. Because the iMac doesn't have a touchscreen to work around, Apple could instead focus on getting the glass as thin as possible without compromising resolution or touch sensitivity. The optical bonding method also eliminates the two-millimetre air gap that normally exists between the cover glass and the actual display. [ More Right Click: Oprah picks the Microsoft Surface as one of her 'Favourite Things' ] Friction stir welding (FSW): Once they managed to get the cover glass that thin, the next step was to make the casing for it just as slim. Apple opted to license the patented FSW technology, which instead of melting the metal to weld it, uses a tool with a small protrusion that rotates at high speed between two overlapping metal plates, causing friction which heats and softens the surfaces. The two metal plates are then pressed together at high pressure, creating a firm bond with no weld marks. This same technology is used to create airplane wings and parts of the Space Shuttle. No optical drive: Keen observers have probably noticed something else missing in the newest iteration of the iMac: an optical drive. With so much of Apple's focus being on iCloud and media available in the iTunes or Mac App stores, they've taken out the ability to put in a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. If you're not prepared to go all-digital, however, Apple does offer an optical drive that plugs in via USB. The catch is, it'll cost you $80 for the privilege of holding onto your old media. Need to know what's hot in tech? Follow @yrightclick on Twitter!
From the Wires Circuit Of The Americas Experiences Offers VIP Treatment To Fans, Groups For V8 Supercars' American Debut By: PR Newswire Dec. 5, 2012 03:00 PM Travel Experience Program Brings Fans 'Inside' May 17-19 Event at Austin Facility AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With its spectacular, new Austin (TX) facility fully on-line to host the popular V8 Supercars Series in May, Circuit of The Americas™ is making 3-Day VIP access and group seating available to the general public in a wide range of affordable packages suitable for auto racing fans of all persuasions through Circuit of The Americas Experiences (www.COTAExperiences.com). The Official program is marketed and fulfilled by QuintEvents, the Exclusive Official Ticket, Hospitality and Travel Package Provider for Circuit of The Americas. Because of its state-of-the-art facilities and design, the Circuit caters to both large and small groups, individuals and corporate clients. Circuit of The Americas Experiences offers various packages with great ticket locations, on-site hospitality, VIP access, celebrity interaction and other amenities typically available only to major sponsors and TV partners. The May 17-19 event at the Austin Circuit marks the North American Debut for V8 Supercars Championship racing, the Australia-based, international series known for tightly contested competition with an excitement level that rivals any in motorsports. It is Australia's most prominent racing attraction, contested over three days featuring touring cars that reach speeds of up to 190 MPH. Official Ticket Package prices start at just $764. In addition to tickets with premium seating, all packages include pit lane access (at specific times), exclusive in-circuit track shuttle access, Fast Access to the facility, gift bag, souvenir lanyard and ticket sleeve, access to the exclusive on-site party venue with celebrity appearances and optional accommodations at some of Austin's finest hotels. All hotel packages include ground transportation to and from the track. Stand-out packages through the Circuit of The Americas Experiences Official program that were a fan favorite for the F1™ race this past November inspired similar offerings in the V8 packages, including the coveted Multi-Turn and Premium Platinum packages. Multi-Turn Packages offer racing fans three different views of the Circuit over the race weekend with seating in the Main Grandstand, and the most coveted Turns: Turn 1 and Turn 15. The premium Platinum Package features unparalleled access and VIP treatment including club-level seating in the Main Grandstand with spectacular views of the pit area and live racing, on-site parties in the Velocity Lounge and the Circuit of The Americas Experiences exclusive hospitality party venue featuring celebrity appearances, open bar and food and closed-circuit big screen coverage of the racing action plus private security entrances. All packages are customizable and are detailed at www.COTAExperiences.com. The Official Ticket package options are designed to bring racing fans closer to the action in a turn-key program that includes amenities available only from Circuit of The Americas Experiences. As the host facility's official travel/experience program, Circuit of The Americas Experiences has offices on site at the track and guarantees the experience, providing an official and secure alternative to agents and online ticket brokers. Circuit of The Americas Experiences Official Ticket Package offerings are also available for Formula 1™, MotoGP™ and will soon extend to Le Mans and GRAND-AM in the coming weeks. QuintEvents provides similar services to the Formula One Paddock Club™ for the International Racing Series, the National Football League for the Super Bowl, International Series and NFL Draft, Churchill Downs® for The Kentucky Derby® and Kentucky Oaks® and to the The National Basketball Association for its annual All-Star Game and Draft hospitality packaging. QuintEvents' innovative programs enable those properties to expand fan experience and corporate client entertainment opportunities in a way that reflects the quality and prestige of those brands. Circuit of The Americas™ opened its auto racing schedule successfully November 16-18 with the hosting of the FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX™. An exuberant crowd of 117,429 packed the stands of the new 330-acre facility to watch Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton claim his fourth Grand Prix of the season on the 3.4-mile, 20-turn Circuit. Circuit Chairman Bobby Epstein said, "The racing was spectacular. The crowd was enthusiastic and appreciative, and we showed the world that Formula 1 has a new U.S. home in Austin, Texas." Latest AJAXWorld RIA Stories Subscribe to the World's Most Powerful Newsletters Subscribe to Our Rss Feeds & Get Your SYS-CON News Live! SYS-CON Featured Whitepapers Most Read This Week
n. pl. chres·tom·a·thies 1. A selection of literary passages, usually by one 2. An anthology used in studying a language. 3. another damn stupid liberal blog He would say a pompous thing like that! (jk) How can someone who dresses so weird have such a good insight? That offends me. Hi Kev-Huh. Well despite his attire he makes a bit of sense. I like how you pull these 'goodies' from wherer-ever. :-)Love GailpeaceP.S. Wonderin' - what happened to the girl you were involved with? She's still around. I keep her out of this blog because she chooses to be very private in her personal life and would freak out if I made direct mention of her. As a matter of fact, if I don't go up to DC for interview between now and a month from now, she's coming down here to meet the folks. Then we will drive down to the beach and have a nice romantic weekend. We both are looking forward to it considerably. Will quietly celebrate your ongoing relationship elsewhere.Eh, what does that guy know anyway? I don't have any friends, only relations. And they have no faults. Just ask them. Post a Comment
Sketching in Revit is quite different with drafting in AutoCAD. It can be very tricky. In this article, we will explore some tricks we can use for sketching. There are many tools that require you to create sketch: railing path, floor boundary, ceiling, detailing and drafting, creating families, etc. You need to sketch! In this tutorial, we are going to use roof as example. For other tools, it might be slightly different. But the concept should be the same. In this post, we are focusing on creating closed polygon. You might need to sketch many closed polygons even for basic objects, such as profiles, roofs, and floors. The Draw Tools Some tools allow us to pick other object -such as walls- and create line(s) from our picks. In this draw panel, you can see the default active tool is pick walls. You can change the draw mode to line, rectangle, or other mode as necessary. We can draw manually to create sketch. We can draw lines, rectangles, circles, arc, etc. The techniques is the same with placing walls. We click the start point, then define the end point. We also need to pay attention to option bar. Defines slope is available for roof footprint, but not for other sketch. Chain works for lines only. With chain option active, the next segment will use the previous segments end point as starting point. If you do not activate it, then when creating each segment you will have to define two points: start point and end point. If you fill the offset value other than 0.0 then your line will be created offset from your pick points. In creating roofs or floors, we can pick walls to create lines. The idea of this tool is you can pick walls instead of snapping and picking points. The options are not too different. However, offset in line option bar, now become overhang when you pick walls. The other option is ‘extend to wall core’. Let’s refresh a bit. When we draw using line mode, we can snap to wall layers, even we can’t see it. But we can’t do it with pick walls mode. The ‘extend to wall core’ option allow us to pick the wall core (only the wall core). To refresh your memory, you can see the wall layers definition in wall properties. Selecting a Chain of Walls Instead of picking a wall at a time, we can select a chain of walls. Move your pointer over a wall until you see the wall highlighted. Press [tab] once. Revit will try to find touching walls and highlight them. Click your mouse to select it. Editing and Modifying Lines Sometimes it’s easier to just draw lines and modify them later. When we use pick walls mode, most likely we will create a non-closed polygon. We need to modify our sketch to close it. If we insist to finish the sketch (in this case: roof) Revit will show a warning dialog. You can also see the problem highlighted in your drawing. If you can’t see it, try to click show button in the dialog. Revit will open related view if necessary and zoom in to the problem. The easiest way to close the polygon is by using trim tool. Activate the trim tool, and pick the lines at positions pointed by the arrows. You can use trim to cut or extend lines to intersect. The last trick you may need to know is using snap overrides. Revit by default will show you snap points you can use. However, when our design become complicated, Revit is not showing us the desired snap mode. We can override the snap mode using these shortcuts: You can see or modify these options by accessing Revit ribbon>Manage Tab>Settings>Snap.
I dug out some "precious" hand-dyed sock yarn that had been marinating in the stash for quite some time. What an unusual and beautiful combination of colors! At least that's what I think... Paul thought they were kind of weird. Then again, he's red-green colorblind. The pattern's very easy to follow, and I especially loved knitting the garter stitch bodice. Only a few minor modifications: - moving the buttonholes closer to the edge – just K1, then k2tog, yo, etc. - instead of decreasing 1 stitch where specified (after the bodice), increasing 3 stitches evenly, then using the extra stitches to do a 2-stitch garter border on the front edges. I think a 3-stitch border would be even better. - skipping the picot bindoff and did 4 rows of garter stitch and a regular BO knitwise instead. adapted from Jeanne Lemlin's Main Course Vegetarian Pleasures perfect for pizza! 1/2 lb. roasted red peppers, either roasted yourself (yum!) or from a jar (easy!), patted dry 2 garlic cloves, pressed 1.5 T. olive oil 1.5 tsp basil, chopped (or .5 tsp dried) dash of cayenne Combine all ingredients in a food processor and puree, scraping down as needed. - shredded pepperjack - cubed fresh mozzarella - thinly sliced zucchini or yellowsquash - sliced tomatoes
Bloody hell check out the Worship Street OFFICES – from Helix 3D (client). They designed, fabricated and installed a Church, a tree house, a cinema, a derelict building, a bunker, a military dormitory and much more besides! See more of the Faceparty interior here. Pretty awesome looking rainbow make up from Lovely Liar… My lovely friends The Flippers also designed some rainbow make up for a friends music video. Their first (and last) venture into makeup design [so they claim]. The makeup grew as the music built. from this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flippers/2602729536/ to this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flippers/2602007967/ I have BIG things planned for Eat Your Heart Out mischief making this year (such as The Edible Autopsy) so thought it would be best to ease you into the year gently… I’ve been working with London Dungeon (and as always our much valued EYHO team member Nathan Pask took the photographs). Never let it be said I am not a romantic at heart! In typical subversive style, London’s top scare attraction, The London Dungeon, is doling out cupcakes with a difference this Valentine’s Day (14th February 2011). Forget sugar candied heart shapes and pretty flowers, and think oozing, gruesome human hearts. The attraction is teaming up with the notorious Miss Cakehead, famed for the incomparable ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ cake shop, and inviting those who prefer their romance with a bit more bite to eat their hearts out. Couples visiting the dungeons on February 14th will be given a heart ventricle cupcake to eat amongst the horror of the attraction’s Blood & Guts exhibition; a recreation of a filthy makeshift operating theatre where a blundering butcher surgeon performs horrific blood soaked surgery in graphic detail (on even the most unwilling of patients)! So the big question is do you have the stomach to literally eat your loved one’s heart out? I know I can stomach it (I’d do anything for love as Meatloaf says) but can you?.. Miss Cakehead have been gorrifying cakes for some time now and now, thanks to her, The London Dungeon can offer a hearty meal for those couples who shun the sentimentality of Valentine’s Day and are looking for something with a little more bite. Belgium fashion designer, Sancho Hemelsoen, has done an incredible collection which shows us that even bodily fluids can become fashionable. I could not agree more and – and have been saying this for ages too I would like to add Whatever you think of this collection you’ll remember it, and it will evoke a reaction in you, which of course is what it is all about surely? Expect to see it on Lady Gaga any day now (via Street Anatomy). As awesome as these are I have to say they do remind me of Piers Atkinson and his ‘Sex On The Brain Collection’ who as you know I ADORE – especially after he lent my one of the cum veils for EYHO (Jane Doe latex top) as shown below! Granted I look like a witch but that’s the look I was going for OK… I first discovered these images last week during the ‘big snow’ in London and had a total humor crisis about it after being snowed in and left to the evil’s of This Morning. These images were taking in the Russian city of Norilsk – whose claim to fame is that is plays home to the world’s most extreme public transportation service. TFL / Prison Service take note of the below! “We have seen snowings in June, our parents are going to the job in the column of the buses leaded and followed by special snow clearing machines, our city was built by prisoners, when we hear that the weather is going to be warmer it means it would be -10, and we don’t have any homeless – just none would survive at -54″. An extreme form of body modification where two holes (piercings) are drilled into the skull under a general anesthetic. A gold or silver ring is then passed through these holes and secured. It is said that when these rings massage the brain they induce a strong sense of euphoria – euphoria on demand in a few easy steps. I’ll pass on this.
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I am an Attorney, licensed to practice law in the State of California (SBN: 284509) I passed the July 2012 CA Bar Exam on my 11th attempt. I clicked on the "Check Pass List" button on November 16, 2012 at about 6:15 pm. When I saw that my 11th attempt had been successful, it was like being doused with a bucket of cold water. Chills ran down my spine as a wave of crisp cold relief washed over me. For the first time in almost five years I wasn't facing two or three months of frantic studying, followed by three days of high stress, then months of ignoring the 8,000 pound gorilla in the corner of the room as I waited for results to be released. This is my second career. I spent 23+ years in Information Technology. My interim career of studying for and taking the bar exam has come to a much anticipated, and long overdue, end. Jason Tolerico's OneTimers Personal Bar Review Course From the website: "One-Timers provides tutoring services to prepare students for the California BAR exam, utilizing one-on-one attention and personal guidance at the hand of Jason Tolerico, combined with feedback and realistic grading on sample essays and MBE questions." Jason Tolerico is the reason I passed the CA bar exam. He's my hero. I've posted about my experience in Jason's program here and here. I also talked about his program in comments between these two posts. I was a "Two-Timer" in the One-Timer program because it took me most of one year to overcome four years of ingrained bad habits. Better that, however, than being a 12-timer (or more) in the CA Bar Exam. It may be that I owe my legal career to Jason. I don't know that I would have ever passed the bar exam, despite my determination to do so, without his help. What I do know, however, is that I owe my passing score (2000 points, of course) to what I learned from Jason.
State labor officials routinely fail to properly investigate whistleblower complaints of retaliation in the workplace, according to a federal review. A harsh evaluation by the U.S. Department of Labor found that state investigators lack basic training and often fail to perform standard required tasks such as interviewing witnesses. The review [PDF] examined the work of the state Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which investigates complaints from workers who say they were punished for reporting labor or safety violations. In more than half of the cases reviewed in the audit, investigators did not interview the person who submitted the whistleblower complaint. Investigators frequently didn't interview other witnesses either and sometimes simply accepted a company's defense. "The investigators' failure to conduct these interviews left many key questions unanswered and resulted in inadequate investigations and analysis," the report states. Help us do more. The California Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, has asked for additional time to respond to the federal evaluation, and until it does, “we’re not going to have any statement,” said spokeswoman Erika Monterroza. “Until that time, it’s under review.” The federal monitoring report examined 10 percent of the 210 whistleblower retaliation cases closed in the 2010-11 fiscal year. The review, released Aug. 24, faulted investigators for failing to record interviews, analyze evidence, organize case files and close cases in time. None of the state's five investigators had attended the federal government's Basic Whistleblower Investigations course, it said. In several cases in which state officials dismissed a worker's complaint, "the determinations reached in these cases were not based on relevant evidence available and sound legal reasoning," according to the report. In other cases, "the investigator dismissed the case based on sparse or incomplete evidence." Worker advocates said the report confirms that the system is broken. "I was surprised at the multitude of ways in which the investigators are not doing their job," said Gail Bateson, executive director of Worksafe, an Oakland-based advocacy organization. Bateson said problems with the state's investigations mean that workers aren't protected when they speak up about unsafe workplace conditions. "Unless you feel protected from retaliation, you’re not going to exercise any of your other health and safety rights," she said. "You’re not going to complain about problems." But Auburn attorney Stephen Holden, who defends employers in labor cases, said workers with legitimate complaints have plenty of help from lawyers looking to sue companies. The complaints that go to the state often don't hold up, he said. "If there is even a window of merit to a case, attorneys get excited about those kinds of cases and would pursue them aggressively," he said. "There's plenty of incentive in the system, so if the government weren't investigating any of them, so what?" Worker advocates were delighted last year when Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Julie Su, a workers' rights attorney, to be labor commissioner, overseeing the division that investigates whistleblower complaints. Su began her job midway through the period covered by the federal audit. Su has made improvements but has a long way to go, said Lilia Garcia-Brower, executive director of the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund, which investigates labor violations in the janitorial industry. "I like what I've seen in the changes that she’s taken, but I’m not saying that it’s perfect, and there’s definitely challenges," Garcia-Brower said.
The gap between the knowledge gained through the traditional classroom learning and the skills needed to function effectively in the modern workplace has been known about for many years. While the body of classroom learning focuses on preparing for standardized tests or doing simulated case studies, the dynamic and complex workplace requires applied skills that are impossible to distill simply from textbook knowledge. In years gone by the gap was less of a concern. Although it existed, employers were willing to hire, mentor and develop fresh graduates. As the global economy has become ever more competitive fewer organizations are willing to make such investments. That shift leaves graduates entering the workforce for the first time with an up hill struggle. How do secure that first all-important job when you lack the practical skills needed? Youth unemployment is approximately double the national average here in Canada and similar patterns are found across the developed world. Add in the number of graduates who have had to put their new degree to one side as they accept jobs as baristas and you have a picture of the tough reality fresh graduates find themselves facing. Given this new reality I see a growing realization among both students and academia that something needs to change. What are the new skills schools need to help their graduates develop? How can we better prepare under-graduate students for the competitive job-market they need to enter? Given the speed with which the global economy is transforming, such questions are pressing issues that need the urgent attention of educators at all levels of the educational ladder. To me, one of the solutions to the problem is to transition more classes from the traditional textbook centered “sage-on-the-stage” format to the “Project Based Learning” (PBL) approach. Project Based Learning (PBL) is a learning strategy in which participants plan and execute real life projects in order to develop their skills. The PBL approach relegates the textbook to a background role and instead focuses on having students experience real world projects that they have to plan and more importantly execute! While students are used to working on projects (many traditional course do include a degree of project work), rarely do those projects involve both planning and execution. The trouble with that traditional approach is that real lessons are only learned when you do need to execute upon your plans. As I often tell my students a plan without execution is simply a bunch of ideas floating around in a vacuum. The PBL approach goes beyond those traditional student projects by forcing students to put their plans into action to see how well they fly. I have been utilizing the PBL method for my under-graduate “Applied Project Management” course at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for a couple of years now. The course places students into teams who start by selecting a real world project they want to accomplish. As a team they then plan the project out, execute their plan and then reflect on the outcome they attained. Challenging students to face the difficulties of making things happen in the real world students need to raise their own funding, identify and engage stakeholders, work as a team, overcome obstacles and manage risks. Is it sometimes frustrating? Yes. Does it always go according to plan? No! Do the students learn real world skills? Absolutely! The students do still get instruction in how to plan and manage a project and as such the course is still a course that teaches the Project Management tools and techniques. Using a flexible online “Project Based Learning” kit that gives mini-lectures (in written form supported by illustrations and diagrams), samples and templates, students have access to a repository of knowledge they can draw upon as needed. The goal of the course however is put that teaching into context. The guidance I give them and the material in the Project Based Learning kit is aimed at providing solutions to the here-and-now needs of their projects or to problems the students are facing as their projects move forward. As such the learning is in context and student lead rather than a one-way street of information flowing into an out of context world that is void of need. The results from the course are fascinating to see. There is often an awakening of how hard it is to sell ideas, engage people, making things happen on time and communicate clearly. There are high points when the team is motivated and low points where enthusiasm has dropped. All teams do eventually finish their projects, although not every project fulfills its original objectives. At the end of the day teams get the exhilaration of having accomplished something and realization of that today’s toolkit of professional skills is going to take some time to master.
Hanoi is a multiplayer map that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is a medium sized map, with a prison inside and a barricaded street along the outside. Taking place at night, the map is quite dark. The location of the map is a North Vietnamese Army prison, based on the real-life Hanoi Hilton. Standing in front of the movie projector on this map will not block the screen, and the numbers are still seen on the screen. In the interrogation room, there are bloody tools, blood on the ceiling, and bloody hooks. The movie projector shows the countdown of "3, 2, 1" and then a white background. The clock on the wall next to the projector screen displays real world current time. Below the gallows, there is blood dripping and forming a pool on the floor. In the room with the pool of blood, if the player listens closely, it is possible to hear strange noises and occasionally chairs being moved. The door into the room with the projector has the words "re-education" on it. This is a reference to the NVA tactic of forcibly brainwashing capitalist enemies with Communist propaganda, effectively converting them into fifth columnists, using repetitive film and audio to break down the minds of their captives. Near the SOG spawn, there is a balcony with a ladder leading up to it. If one tries to shoot in between the wooden banister on the balcony, an invisible barrier stops the shots. Also, Semtex will stick to it, and appear as if it is floating. In Theater mode, if one goes up to the tower with the light projecting out of it, one can see that there is no lightbulb or other any other source of light. Near some of the cell blocks, there are some rat tunnels and holes in the doors, implying that some prisoners have broken out.
Search The Archives CALIFORNIA PENSION PRIVATIZERS DAVID CRANE, RICHARD RIORDAN ADMIT THEIR EFFORT "HAS GONE FLAT" ON RIGHT WING WEBSITE For the first time, the state's leading proponents of slashing retirement security In an article published in the conservative online magazine Human Events (which also features articles from right-wingers Grover Norquist, Chuck Norris, and Pat Buchanan this week), former Schwarzenegger economic advisor David Crane, former Los Angeles Mayor Republican Mayor Richard Riordan, and failed congressional candidate and ex-Assermblyman Joe Nation all agree that state and local "reform" efforts are failing for a variety of political and legal reasons. "Today pension reform gets little notice in California," notes the article. It cites "stiff court challenges" that are scaring off municipal efforts and that "At the state level there's nothing going on," admits Crane. He also downplays the estimated $60 billion cuts in benefits to California budget employees that were the result of the pension reduction law passed by the Legislature last year and now in effect, saying the state will need to "look elsewhere" for savings. Riordan notes that he was "naive" with his effort, adding that he will be on the sidelines in any new pension reform efforts. "Right now I'm a little bit Dave Low, Chairman of Californians for Retirement Security, a coalition representing more than 1.1 million teachers, police officers, firefighters, school employees and other public workers, says he is not surprised by the comments on the right-wing site. "Californians know that public employees' pension benefits will be cut by billions of dollars because of the new state law. In addition, public employees have taken furloughs, pay cuts and have made significant sacrifices in their retirement at the bargaining tables in more than 280 jurisdictions around the state," says Low. "There will never be enough cuts to satisfy those who want to privatize retirement security, but it's pretty clear that even they know their efforts have run out of steam in California." The full article can be found at this link: http://www.humanevents.com/2013/01/07/what-happened-to-pension-reform-in-california/ Still, California's middle class workers shouldn't feel too secure. Billionaires like former Enron Executive John Arnold are funnellingl money into pension gutting efforts. The Wall Street Journal last month unmasked Arnold as a six-figure donor to a secretive advocacy group seeking to overhaul pensions in Rhode Island. Despite calls for transparency, the group has refused to publicly disclose its donors. The Arnolds already have helped bankroll pension reduction efforts in California, including ballots measures in San Diego and San JoseIn 2011, Arnold gave six-figures to the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, a group trying to gut pensions with changes including forcing public employees into risky 401k-style retirement accounts. Browse in : [ Reports ] There are no comments attached to this item. The Majority Vote The Echo Chamber
Ad Association and soft drinks companies reject doctors' obesity proposals The soft drinks trade body and Advertising Association (AA) have vigorously rejected calls from doctors to tax fizzy drinks and a ban on advertising junk food before 9pm, describing the impact of the latter as "marginal". The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AOMRC), which represents UK doctors, has produced a report that claims current measures to crackdown on obesity are failing and has now proposed radical new measures. - A ban on advertising of foods high in saturated fats, sugar and salts before 9pm, and an agreement from commercial broadcasters that they will not allow these foods to be advertised on internet 'on-demand' services - A tax on sugary soft drinks, which will increase the price by at least 20% for one year - A reduction on fast-food outlets near schools and leisure centres - Food labels to include calories information for children - No selling of foods high in saturated fats, sugar and sales in vending machines in hospitals The AOMRC argues that obesity is having disastrous consequences for the health of the nation. More than a quarter of men and women in the UK are classed as obese, and almost a third of nine-year-olds are overweight or obese, the report says. The report states: "Our recommendations are borne from a strong conviction that we cannot continue as we have before. That we need to implement and evaluate the recommendations. That absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. "That we need to be bolder in our policy proposals, while testing their impact rigorously and in a timely manner. If they work, then we should identify the good practice, extend and share it." But the AA has rejected the calls for the advertising ban. Ian Barber, AA director of communications, said: "We welcome the AOMRC's focus on what its members and other health professionals can do to help tackle obesity, but where it takes a wider view, the evidence has been ignored. "OFCOM's recent review found no justification for a 9pm watershed. The impact of advertising on obesity is marginal and the placement and content of food ads is already strictly regulated." The British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA) responded by rejecting the proposal of a tax on soft drinks, saying the issue was broader than this and was "about overall diet and levels of activity." ISBA has also criticised the report. Ian Twinn, ISBA director of public affairs, said "The medical colleges assert that there is evidence that ad restrictions are effective against rising obesity. The trouble is that the evidence does not exist." This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk - Do we need a ban on junk food ads? - Ofcom takes action as consumers plagued by growing nuisance calls - Advertising Association calls for adspend increase in Budget - Brands would be 'foolish' to expect economic recovery, warns Coca-Cola boss - Advertising Association boss hits out at 'reckless' attacks from health lobby - Soft drinks industry to fight obesity accusations with marketing campaign - Coca-Cola reviews £30m UK media business - Ad bosses call for Govt investment - Digital Account Director - Creative Agency - London Sphere Digital 50-70k +bonus +benefits, London, South East - Managing Director - Equity potential DU Group £120,000 - £150,000, South Oxfordshire - Sales Support Exec (Online Hospitality) Digital Gurus £20000 - £25000 per annum, City of London - Ad Ops Specialists (Online/ Digital) Digital Gurus £20000 - £35000 per annum, City of London - Head of Content David Thatcher Recruitment £80-100 + benefits, London or Reading The console is dead: The Socialisation of Gaming The games console as we know it is dead. When Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One earlier this week, it was clear that this was more than a device that would enable you to play Call of Duty or FIFA – this was, in Microsoft’s own words, “an all-in-one home entertainment system”.
Osmania University (informally OU, or Osmania) is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and Indian regional language as medium of instruction. It has been accredited with an “A+” grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The OU is one of the largest university systems in the subcontinent with over 300,000 students on its various campuses and affiliated colleges. It is particularly well known for its Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Engineering and Technology departments. Its faculty of management is considered as one of the best management institutions under the university system. Osmania Medical College was once part of the same university system. It is now transferred under the supervision of NTR University of Health Sciences. Osmania University (OU) has published M.Pharmacy (Master of Pharmacy) Examination Results 2011.
I see Chuck still thinks he a "dr.".... How come we don't have a response from the insipid William Thorsell?An interchange between the two of them has the potential for comedy gold. Seeing as that was written back in March, it seems the effect has been precisely NIL (roughly the equivalent of "Dr." McVety's knowledge about Darwin and evolution, it seems). Yeah, Thorsell was and is a big Mulroney fan and booster. There's insipid for ya'. CharlesDarwin.ca eh? Kinda like when the Klan took over MartinLutherKing.net....Fucking idiot. That sweetness-light blog gives new meaning to unin-fucking-formed. It's a bit scary to think that people so ill informed are out there. Post a Comment
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Caps Host Islanders November 11 vs. New York Islanders at Verizon Center 820AM, 1500AM and XM Capitals Report/Pre-Cap at 2 p.m. and Two-Man Advantage at 5:45 on washingtoncaps.com New York Islanders (6-6-5) Washington Capitals (10-3-4) Wednesday night marks the third meeting between the Capitals and the Islanders in the season’s first 18 games. The two old Patrick Division foes go head-to-head again at Verizon Center, facing off for the third time in 19 days. Washington has just three regulation losses in its first 17 games, the fewest of any team in the NHL. The Caps’ 24 points is tied for the most in the Eastern Conference and two points shy of Colorado and San Jose for the top spot in the league. Both the Avalanche and the Sharks have played one more game than Washington. The Caps have picked up at least a point in 11 of their last 12 games (8-1-3), but they’ve also let a few points slip away in the third period of games this season. Washington has won two of three and two straight since superstar left wing Alex Ovechkin was sidelined with an upper body strain 10 days ago. The Caps played poorly in the third period of their lone loss without Ovechkin, taking a string of offensive zone penalties and surrendering two power-play goals in the third period of last Wednesday's 3-2 loss at New Jersey. With a home-and-home Southeast Division set against the Florida Panthers looming, Caps coach Bruce Boudreau skated his charges hard on Thursday in Florida. That strategy paid off as the Caps cruised to consecutive wins over the Cats, 4-1 on Friday in Florida and 7-4 at Verizon Center on Saturday. “It goes to show,” says Boudreau. “I worked them pretty hard on Thursday. When you want to work, fatigue never is a factor. It’s only used as an excuse. We worked hard in the third period and in the whole game I thought [on Friday], and we had maybe our toughest skate of the year on Thursday. It’s all about the will, I believe.” “Bruce sent a message before the Florida game on Thursday,” says Caps left wing Quintin Laing. “We had a good, hard 40-minute skate. It was just about getting back to working hard. And that’s what it came down to in the third period in that first game in Florida. That five-minute major, we just got back to doing whatever it takes and just working hard and getting the job done. I think guys felt like that was a big turning point with that week.” Washington came up with statement third period efforts in both games. Holding a 3-1 lead with eight minutes to go, the Caps killed off a five-minute major to defenseman Shaone Morrisonn in Friday night’s game. Not only did Florida not score, it never had a sniff. The Caps did not allow a shot on goal during the major penalty. “It was a lot of fun,” exclaims Laing. “Guys were out there for 20-25 seconds, 30 seconds tops and we were changing. Everybody was involved in that kill. “That led into the next game, too, where he had over 30 hits again and guys were believing and just getting back to work. To come back in the third, it was exciting to see [Mathieu Perreault ] score his first goal. And then we just kept hitting them and wearing them down and that led to a few goals I think when their [defense] were expecting hits and maybe we didn’t hit them. But we got the puck back from them and it led to five goals.” The five goals Laing refers to came in the third period of Saturday’s game in the District. The Caps trailed 3-2 going into the final 20 minutes, and had not mustered much in the way of offense against Florida’s Scott Clemmensen and a Panthers defense that has allowed the most shots on goal per game of any team in the NHL. At the start of the third, Boudreau flipped the right wings on the top two lines, putting Mike Knuble with Tomas Fleischmann and Nicklas Backstrom . Washington’s comeback got rolling when Mathieu Perreault and Laing scored 40 seconds apart to give the Caps the lead. But Knuble scored his second of the game and Fleischmann had a pair in the third to give the Caps some rare breathing room. Eleven of the Caps’ 17 games this season have been decided by a single goal. “During the course of a game you can tell if the chemistry is right in that particular game or if it’s not,” says Boudreau. “I didn’t think the Fleischmann-Backstrom-[Alexander] Semin line was doing very well. I was going to change it halfway through the second. But I said ‘I’ll let them get through the [second].’ And then maybe it was something Florida wouldn’t pick up, that we changed lines. “We just switched Mike Knuble and Alex. Mike was going and Sasha was struggling a bit, so it worked out good.” The win was Washington’s 10th of the season, and it put the Caps a point ahead of last year’s pace when the team set a franchise record with 108 points. “I think it all started on Thursday,” says Laing, “with that skate and it snowballed with guys just getting back to basics and working hard, taking it upon themselves to step up and get that weekend [series].” Ovechkin is feeling better and is likely within a week or so of returning to the lineup. Defenseman Mike Green , who missed Saturday's game with an upper body ailment, is set to return on Wednesday. Blueliner Jeff Schultz (lower body) and center Boyd Gordon (back) are still out. Although the Islanders occupy the basement of the Atlantic Division, they are playing what passes for .500 hockey in the modern (where you can lose and still pick up a point) NHL. The Isles have collected at least a point in 11 of their 17 games and they are just seven points behind front-running Pittsburgh in the league’s tightest division. New York took a 2-0 lead early in the third period of an Oct. 24 game between the Caps and Islanders, the first meeting between the two teams this season. But Washington stormed back to tie the game and then won it in overtime on Brooks Laich Six days later, the Isles returned the favor in Washington. The Caps took a lead but were unable to hold it, and New York’s Mark Streit sent the visitors home with two points when he scored in overtime. Coming off a 6-3 Saturday night win over Atlanta on home ice, the Isles are opening a stretch of seven straight games on the road – their longest tour of the season – in Washington on Wednesday. The Islanders have won four of their last six and have allowed three or fewer goals in each of their last nine games. Although they’ve been idle since Saturday, the Fishermen are a bit nicked up. Veteran winger Trent Hunter (torn pectoral muscle) is nearly ready to return and could suit up against the Caps. But New York will be without defenseman Radek Martinek (torn ACL) and is also likely to be without forwards Doug Weight (upper body) and Kyle Okposo (swine flu). Martinek is lost for the season. As the Isles’ second-leading ice time getter (22:47 a night), he’ll be hard to replace. New York has operated with a split in goal, using veteran free-agent pick-ups Dwayne Roloson and Martin Biron almost equally thus far. The two netminders have very similar peripheral stats, but Roloson’s record (5-1-3) is far superior to that of Biron (1-5-2), mainly because Roloson has had far better offensive support from his teammates. Roloson has started both of the Isles’ games against Washington this season. New York is just 2-for-18 (11.1%) with the extra man in its last half dozen games.
Building a proper Cobra tribute car is not an easy or a cheap thing to do, but people still and forever will try. Some would argue that the SRT ) Viper is the only real proper Cobra tribute to have ever been made. The car was designed with help from Carroll Shelby and it quite clearly was made to embody the same philosophy that went into building the Cobra. But with the exception of a couple of stylized cues, the Viper doesn't really look like the Cobra. So what about cars that are more clearly tributes to the original? The most significant tribute to the original Cobra is unfortunately one which never actually made it to production. This was the 2004 Ford Shelby Cobra Concept, a working prototype designed with the help of Carroll Shelby and potentially a threat to the Viper. The concept debuted just a year after the introduction of the new GT, and one year before the retro fifth-generation Mustang. Ford was on a roll with their reimagining of Sixties cars, and the Cobra made a certain amount of sense. It was the first car to result from Ford and Shelby renewing their relationship, nonexistent since 1970. The concept borrowed heavily from the new GT, and even used a version of the same chassis, modified for a front-engine car. But one big difference was found under the hood. Ford made a one-off all-aluminum 6.4-liter V10 to power the concept. And power it did, to the tune of 645 horses. At the time, this was one of the most powerful road car engines ever produced by Ford, and most of the more powerful engines to have come since then have also had Shelby in the name of the vehicles they were installed in. At just 3200lbs, the car was light, and the excellent power-to-weight ratio was favorable for fast driving. The car never got past the prototype phase, even though Ford continued working on it, ironing out the expected prototype bugs, for at least a year after its debut. We might not have gotten a new Cobra out of this deal, but Shelby back working with Ford meant that it wasn't long before the new Shelby Mustangs would arrive, and that's hard to complain about. For a more traditional-looking, but still massively impressive Cobra tribute that you can actually buy directly from the shop that built it, might we suggest the Iconic AC Roadster. This is a deceptively replica-looking car, although there are still some unique styling cues to let a trained eye know that they are not looking at just another 351-powered fiberglass repro that someone knocked together in their garage. For anyone who hadn't caught these exterior hints, a quick glance at the interior would reveal the AC Roadster to be something special. There is a genuinely obsessive level of attention to detail, and this is continued under the hood. Power is provided by a 7.0-liter Ford V8 which comes to the builders via NASCAR engine builder Ernie Elliot, and is further modified with custom-fabricated parts by Iconic. The result is a scarcely believable 825 horsepower being sent to the rear wheels. Not only is this far more power than what was found in the 2004 Ford concept, but Iconic's take on the car weighs only 2,400lbs, 800 less than Ford's car. Under the skin is more impossibly flawless machine work. This is no parts-bin mash-up, Iconic put in the engineering and manufacturing time and effort to get every detail right. Even the suspension has been completely rethought, using inboard pushrod-actuated Penske shocks, the sort of setup you might find on an F1 car. Helping to reign in all of that power is a list of electronic driver's aides as long as the patches of rubber the car itself is capable of laying down. Not only this, but the electronic architecture of the car is an Iconic-designed Ethernet system which is unique in the automotive world. Unsurprisingly, the car costs $475,000. You could get an original Cobra for that price, but even so, Iconic's profit margin is razor thin. The car is basically an excuse to showcase the car's electronics, presumably in hopes of landing a contract to design a similar system for a major automaker. Other Cobra tributes have existed, but few have really brought anything new to the table in the way the two above cars did. It is a difficult line to walk, especially for a smaller company without a big budget. Infusing enough of the new while keeping enough of the old is the kind of thing which nearly every Cobra fan will have a slightly different opinion about, and it's impossible to please all of them. Nonetheless, we hope people continue to try. The Cobra is the icon that it is for a reason, and it sets a high enough bar that few who attempt to hurtle it in earnest will produce something which isn't great. It might or might not be a Cobra, but it's still probably an impressive car.
Heather Parrish's Discussions Started this discussion. Last reply by tonymontana Jan 25, 2011. Is anyone going to the team's Annual Leadoff dinner this Friday? My dad and I are going to go, just wondered if I would have a chance to meet any other supporters on this forum?
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Narine stars again as West Indies take series 4-1 Mon, Jul 16, '12 The fifth one-dayer between West Indies and New Zealand had plenty of similarities to Saturday's fourth ODI at Warner Park: West Indies chose to bat, the top order stumbled, one of their Twenty20 stars made the slowest ODI half-century of his career to anchor the innings, and then some pyrotechnics from Andre Russell took the home side towards 250. The echoes of Saturday continued during the chase, so much so that when seven overs were remaining, New Zealand needed exactly the same number of runs and had the same number of wickets in hand - 50 runs and four wickets. And once again, Sunil Narine showed how his temperament is as notable as his variations, spooking the New Zealand batsmen in the closing stages to engineer another West Indies victory. read more at ESPNcricinfo
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The CarISnet Consortium consists of four organisations from the Caribbean dedicated to spreading the strategic use of ICTs for sustainable human development of the Caribbean. These are DevNet(Guyana), Fundación Taigüey (Dominican Republic), Jamaica Sustainable Development Network – JSDN (Jamaica), Association Haïtienne pour le Développement des TICs (Haiti) The original consortium was formed in 2005 to propose a project to strengthen the multistakeholder Caribbean ICT stakeholders community CIVIC – the CarISNet-1 project. The project received support from the International Development Research Centre and the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas, and was implemented between 2005 and January 2007. See the CarISnet 1 menu on the left for details and results of its implementation. In 2007 the consortium formulated a follow up project – named CarISNet-2 and subtitled Integrating and Empowering the Caribbean ICT4D stakeholders; Unleashing the transformation potential for the region - aiming to contribute to the social and economic development of the Caribbean region by strengthening the capacity of local stakeholders for regional collaborative action on critical ICT4D issues/initiatives in the Caribbean that has among its main objectives. The main specific objective of this new phase is to facilitate the participative development of a Two year Strategic Work Plan aimed at consolidating CIVIC as a regional catalyst for ICT4D networking in the region. For this, we plan to organise the CIVIC 2.0 event inviting about 100 stakeholders. Additionally we will organise several capacity building activities during this meeting. CarISNet-2 started in April 2008. See the CarISnet 2 menu on the left for details on its implementation and how to participate. Additionally the CarISnet Consortium members are also partners for the implementation of the Caribbean Telecentre Alliance (ACT!) Start-up project (named ACT!ivate), that is scheduled to start by mid 2008, with the support of telecentre.org.
Khalid Mishal, the head of Hamas’ political wing, announced in an interview with Newsweek on October 14, 2010 that “there is a position and program that all Palestinians share. To accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as the capital. With the right of return. And this state would have real sovereignty on the land and on the borders. And with no settlements.” Mishal added that Hamas would accept any agreement with the Israelis upon which the majority of Palestinians agreed, before going on to say that “the American administration should hear from us directly.” Mishal’s positions are nothing new for Hamas, which has taken fairly pragmatic positions on such issues since winning a majority (74 out of 132 seats) in the Palestinian legislature in January 2006 and forming the tenth Palestinian government. Since this electoral victory, Hamas has sought to show its more politically pragmatic side, particularly its acceptance of a political solution to the Palestinian problem. The solution calls for the formation of a Palestinian state stretching from the 1967 border to the Jordan River. This view was set forth in the Palestinian Reconciliation Document (also called the Prisoners’ Document, an agreement among jailed activists from Hamas and other Palestinian factions, which was amended in June 2006). The movement has also announced on various occasions its willingness to halt armed resistance and establish a ten-year truce in exchange for a Palestinian state on the 1967 territories. Mishal’s statements, which coincided with the stalling of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations as well as the resumption of reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah, sent two important messages, one to a domestic audience and the other to a foreign audience. The message to outsiders was clear enough—Hamas is a viable partner and its inclusion would not mean the end of negotiations—and was directed particularly at Europe, where several countries are increasingly inclined to speak directly with Hamas. The Domestic Message: Hamas’ Pragmatism and Fatah’s Fear Mishal’s statements were also intended to show Palestinians that Hamas is pragmatic and confident, while the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah are on the defensive. The contradictory PA and Fatah responses to his statements reflect Ramallah’s dire straits; negotiations with Israel are at a stalemate and Fatah is as weak as ever. Adnan al-Damiri, the official spokesman for the Palestinian security services, accused Hamas of seeking to “be a stand-in for the Palestinian leadership.” Meanwhile, Osama al-Kawasimi, the media spokesman for Fatah, welcomed Mishal’s statements, saying that they showed “a complete compatibility with the political positions adopted by the Palestinian leadership in 1988” and that they would make “the Palestinian partnership more realistic.” Hamas’ efforts to demonstrate pragmatism and openness towards at least some international parties are a constant source of irritation for the PA. During the last few years, Hamas has shown a higher degree of perseverance and political maneuverability than many expected. Recently, Hamas has begun to break down the political embargo that isolated it internationally. It demonstrated its ability to control the security situation in the Gaza Strip and manage security agreements with the Israeli side, including a truce with Israel reached through Egyptian mediation. For its part, Fatah fears that it will lose its preeminent position should international parties open up to Hamas. The strategy of late President Yasser Arafat and Fatah since the launch of the Oslo negotiations in 1993 has relied on contrasting their own moderation with Hamas’ hardline positions and tendency towards violence. President Mahmoud Abbas has been following the same strategy since 2005, particularly since the intra-Palestinian rift emerged in mid-2007. While Hamas’ control over the Gaza Strip and the failure of negotiations to produce any Israeli concessions have weakened Abbas’s position, Fatah-Hamas reconciliation could bolster his role at home and abroad, while supporting moderate members within Hamas. After all, in the National Accord, Hamas agreed not to oppose the Palestinian president’s conduct of direct negotiations with Israel, and Hamas could reiterate this point in a future agreement. Attitudes of Hamas’ Supporters Hamas’ supporters also have more pragmatic attitudes toward peace than many imagine. Polls conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in the years before and after the 2007 rift show that Hamas followers were not relentlessly pro-violence, contrary to the popular misconception. A majority of Hamas supporters described themselves as being broadly in favor of the peace process (55 percent on average in the polls conducted from March 2006 to December 2008, compared to 86 percent of Fatah supporters). Moreover, in a March 2006 survey conducted in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip 70 percent of Hamas supporters and 84 percent of Fatah supporters also backed full reconciliation between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples if a Palestinian state were established and recognized by Israel. Paradoxically, according to an October 2010 poll , a larger percentage of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip describe themselves as supportive of the peace process (69 percent), compared to only 58 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank. Looking at the various options that Hamas and Fatah partisans could accept as a starting point for a unified Palestinian national project, polls show that majorities in both camps support a political solution based on the formation of a Palestinian state on the territories occupied in June 1967. Seventy-six percent of Hamas supporters and virtually all Fatah supporters (96 percent) concur that the goal of the Palestinian people is to create an independent Palestinian state on all of the territories occupied in 1967 with Jerusalem as its capital. Fatah and Hamas supporters also agree on the right of return for refugees and the release of all prisoners, as guaranteed by the UN according to a June 2006 poll. The same poll showed that a narrow majority of Hamas supporters (56 percent) and the overwhelming majority of Fatah supporters (86 percent) are in favor of building a national consensus based on international and Arab resolutions, as laid out in the Prisoners’ Document. What these data show is that Hamas’ support base has been shifting towards wanting to achieve a peace that secures Palestinians’ most basic rights as stipulated in UN resolutions—at least until the rift of 2007 and the Israeli war on Gaza. Hamas has repeatedly stated that it will respect the attitudes of its supporters and those of the broader Palestinian public in any future settlement. Perhaps Hamas’ supporters are more cynical now, after several years of a rift with Fatah, isolation in Gaza, and repression in the West Bank. But Mishal’s statements show that Hamas leaders are still prepared to show a pragmatic side, providing hope for the evolution of new perspectives within the organization. Mahmoud Jaraba is the author of “Hamas: Tentative March toward Peace” (Ramallah: Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 2010).
We photographed Elizabeth & Dan’s wedding a few years ago and were so happy to see them again to photograph their new baby boy. Such a beautiful baby and no wonder after you get a look at his parents. This super cool crate has been hiding away in Pat’s garage for years. It belonged to her grandfather and this year we have definitely given it new life. Is there anything cuter than this little man just sleeping away on that vintage wood? Nope. Hard to believe Elizabeth had a baby any time in the recent past. Some girls have all the luck : ) Eyes just like his Mama. This boy is going to break some hearts. I can not resist a round baby belly.
The collection includes: press cuttings, 1962-1964, of reviews of High latitude, (Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1962) an autobiography by J.K. Davis describing his sailing career as an apprentice on the sailing ship, Celtic Chief, his position as Chief Officer of the Nimrod for Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909, followed by his position of Master of Aurora for Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 and later his role as Commander of the Ross Relief Expedition, 1929-30 4 letters, 1962-1963, of congratulations to Davis about High latitude; 4 letters, 1963-1965, to Bedford Osborne commenting on High latitude (Osborne was the anonymous collaborator in the writing of the book); a list of corrections to be made to text as printed, signed and dated by John K. Davis, 6 September 1963. Author, sailor, navigator, Antarctic explorer. John King Davis was born at Kew, London, in 1884. He took part in seven voyages to the Antarctic, served with the Australian Navy in World War I and became Commonwealth Director of Navigation, 1920-49. His publications include works about sailing, the Antarctic, the voyages and his autobiography.
“We weren’t really stealing them…But we call it stealing to make it more exciting.” Per Petterson is a writer who can stand inside a moment, turn in a circle and look up and down until there is no inch of that moment left unexplored. Mary Gordon calls this “saturating the moment.” Read this: “…and then he fell on his knees like an empty sack and beat his forehead on the ground, and stayed there huddled up for what seemed like an eternity, and for the whole of that eternity I held my breath without stirring. I didn’t understand what had happened, but I felt it was my fault. I just didn’t know why. At last he stood up stiffly….” Or this one: “‘Which farm was that?’ I ask, although there can be only one farm in question. But I was not quite with him in my thoughts, and I wonder whether that is how we get to be after living alone for a long time, that in the middle of a train of thought we start talking out loud, that the difference between talking and not talking is slowly wiped out, that the unending, inner conversation we carry on with ourselves merges with the one we have with the few people we still see, and when you live alone for too long the line which divides the one from the other becomes vague, and you do not notice when you cross that line. Is this how my future looks? “‘The farm at home. In the village, of course.’” In Out Stealing Horses, Trond is an old man. During the course of an evening, something happens to cause him to remember an incident that occurred when he was a boy. As the reader continues, occasionally we come upon a sentence such as,”Or that is the way I remember it.” As we continue further into the story, through the climax, we come upon, “My father could not have told me all this, not with all the details; but that is the way it is printed in my memory…” These kinds of sentences lend credibility to the story. They remind me of The Gathering by Irish writer, Anne Enright. Petterson uses an omniscient narrator who can drop into a character so seamlessly, it’s difficult to even notice. “We heard the rain battering the roof and it rained on the river and on Jon’s boat and on the road to the shop and on Barkald’s meadows, it rained on the forest and …., but inside the cottage it was warm and dry. The stove was crackling, and I ate until my plate….” And yet there are some things this big narrator doesn’t know: “What they talked about I have never been able to imagine.” Petterson needs a certain coincidence to occur. So he takes it and owns it, making it a condition of the novel: “…if this had been something in a novel it would just have been irritating…that kind of coincidence seems far-fetched in fiction, in modern novels anyway, and I find it hard to accept. It may be all very well in Dickens, but when you read Dickens you’re reading a long ballad from a vanished world, where everything has to come together in the end like an equation, where the balance of what was once disturbed must be restored so that the gods can smile again.” Per Petterson is a Norwegian writer. Out Stealing Horses was translated by Anne Born.
Our next tour event after the Glassboro Trip will be held at the beautiful and scenic Woodlands Resort located a mere thirty miles from downtown Houston, Texas from October 8th - 10th (Columbus Day Weekend). For over thirty five years, The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center has been the resort destination of choice in the Houston area for leisure and business travelers and was constructed to blend in with the beautiful natural surroundings. This facility features over 180 miles of hiking and biking trails through the southern reaches of the East Texas Piney Woods, two championship golf courses, 21 tennis courts, and the Forest Oasis Waterscape with hours of endless fun for everyone in your family - so bring the entire family and make this Cathlete road trip a family vacation. Special social pre-event activities are being planned, so you may want to arrive a day early. Registration for Texas will begin May 25, 2010 at noon (EST). Since this is a non-refundable purchase (no exceptions), make absolutely sure you can attend the event before registering. Your balance of $299 will automatically be charged to your account upon purchasing, no refunds will be given. The Texas event is limited to the first 130 people to signup. To sign up for this event just click on the registration button above. Reservations must be made by September 08, 2010, but we would suggest doing this ASAP. You may make reservations by calling The Woodlands Resort at 800-433-2624 or 281-367-1100 and asking to be connected to the Reservations Department. Reference “Cathe Nation Road Tour” or the group code of 60U6CV when making your room reservation. The group room rate is $150 per night and the rate is good for three days before and three days after the event. We’re planning some pre–event activities so you may want to arrive the day before the event or even make this a family vacation. Sign–In will begin at 1pm on Friday, October 8th, 2010 at The Woodlands Resort. Your weekend of fun and fitness will include two Cathe classes on Friday, three Cathe Classes on Saturday and one class on Sunday Morning. Your registration includes 5 yummy meals: Friday Dinner, Saturday Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, and Sunday Breakfast
Or, How to Buy a Music Library at Christmas No matter how fine the music, say Bach's Mass in B minor, a poor performance will leave the listener wondering where the "greatness" went. So the recommendations below represent a merging of both: All of the compositions are among the very best sacred music ever written, but the recorded performances succeed in communicating their extraordinary beauty. WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - I started this list as the 100 Best Pieces of Sacred Music, but I decided instead to recommend specific recordings. Why? No matter how fine the music, say Bach's Mass in B minor, a poor performance will leave the listener wondering where the "greatness" went. So the recommendations below represent a merging of both: All of the compositions are among the very best sacred music ever written, but the recorded performances succeed in communicating their extraordinary beauty. I also dithered over whether or not to make a list of "liturgical" music, or "mass settings," or "requiems." Each of these would make interesting lists, but I chose the broader "sacred music" with the hope that this list might be of interest to a wider spectrum of people. Composers are not limited to any denomination -- some are known to have been non-believers -- although the music belongs to the Christian tradition. I've also decided to limit my choices to recordings that are presently available on CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, or digital downloads. I don't expect those who are curious about a particular title to start hunting down LPs, especially since these vinyl recordings are suddenly in great demand and prices are rising. This list is alphabetized, rather than listed in chronological order. This was necessary, since recordings will often include several pieces composed years apart, perhaps much more. Thus, to reiterate, there has been no attempt to arrange them in order of preference -- all 100 are among "the best" recordings of sacred music currently available. The recording label is indicated in parentheses. What I would call 'Indispensable Sacred Music Recordings' are marked with an *. 1.Allegri, Miserere, cond., Peter Phillips (Gimell).* 2.Bach Mass in B Minor, cond., Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1968 recording;Teldec).* 3.Bach, St. Matthew Passion, cond., Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi).* 4.Bach, Cantatas, cond., Geraint Jones and Wolfgang Gonnenwein (EMI Classics). 5.Barber, Agnus Dei, The Esoterics (Naxos). 6.Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, cond., Otto Klemperer (EMI/Angel). 7.Bernstein, Mass, cond., Leonard Bernstein (Columbia). 8.Berlioz, Requiem, cond. Colin Davis (Phillips). 9.Brahms, Requiem, cond., Otto Klemperer (EMI/Angel).* 10.Briggs, Mass for Notre Dame, cond., Stephen Layton (Hyperion). 11.Britten, War Requiem, cond., Benjamin Britten (Decca). 12.Brubeck, To Hope! A Celebration, cond. Russell Gloyd (Telarc). 13.Bruckner, Motets, Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral (Delphian).* 14.Byrd, Three Masses, cond., Peter Phillips (Gimell). 15.Burgon, Nunc Dimittis, cond., Richard Hickox (EMI Classics). 16.Celtic Christmas from Brittany, Ensemble Choral Du Bout Du Monde (Green Linnet) 17.Chant, Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos (Milan/Jade). 18.Charpentier, Te Deum in D, cond., Philip Ledger (EMI Classics). 19.Christmas, The Holly and the Ivy, cond., John Rutter (Decca). 20.Christmas, Christmas with Robert Shaw, cond., Robert Shaw (Vox). 21.Christmas, Cantate Domino, cond., Torsten Nilsson (Proprius).* 22.Christmas, Follow That Star, The Gents (Channel Classics). 23.Christmas, The Glorious Sound of Christmas, cond., Eugene Ormandy (Sony). 24.Christmas: Moravian Christmas, Czech Philharmonic Choir (ArcoDiva) 25.Desprez, Ave Maris Stella Mass, cond., Andrew Parrott (EMI Reflexe). 26.Dufay, Missa L'homme arme, cond., Paul Hillier (EMI Reflexe). 27.Duruflle, Requiem & Motets, cond. Matthew Best (Hyperion) 28.Dvorak, Requiem, cond. Istvan Kertesz (Decca). 29.Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius, cond. John Barbirolli (EMI Classics).* 30.Elgar, The Apostles, cond. Adrian Boult (EMI Classics). 31.Elgar, The Kingdom, cond., Mark Elder (Halle). 32.Eton Choirbook, The Flower of All Virginity, cond., Harry Christophers (Coro). 33.Faure, Requiem, cond., Robert Shaw (Telarc). 34.Finnish Sacred Songs, Soile Isokoski (Ondine). 35.Finzi, In Terra Pax, cond. Vernon Handley (Lyrita). 36.Gabrieli, The Glory of Gabrieli, E. Power Biggs, organ (Sony). 37.Gesualdo, Sacred Music for Easter, cond., Bo Holten (BBC). 38.Gonoud, St. Cecilia Mass, cond. George Pretre (EMI Classics). 39.Gorecki, Beatus Vir & Totus Tuus, cond. John Nelson (Polygram). 40.Gospel Quartet, Hovie Lister and the Statesman (Chordant) 41.Guerrero, Missa Sancta et immaculata, cond., James O'Donnell (Hyperion) 42.Handel, Messiah, cond., by Nicholas McGegan (Harmonia Mundi)* 43.Haydn, Creation, cond., Neville Marriner (Phillips). 44.Haydn, Mass in Time of War, cond., Neville Marriner (EMI Classics). 45.Hildegard of Bingen, Feather on the Breath of God, Gothic Voices (Hyperion). 46.Howells, Hymnus Paradisi, cond., David Willocks (EMI Classics).* 47.Hymns, Amazing Grace: American Hymns and Spirituals, cond. Robert Shaw ... Rate This Article Leave a Comment More Christmas / Advent News - A Layman's Plea for Tolerance of Catholics - A Question For The Christmas Season: Do You Want To Become A Saint? - Every Leader Supporting Abortion is Herod, Every Child Killed a Holy Innocent - Feast of St. Stephen, Proto-Martyr, Calls us to Reflect on the Gift of Deacons - Fr. 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The Happy Priest: Ash Wednesday Homily - Taking a Good Look at Ourselves Lent is a time of self-examination. We need to look at ourselves very carefully.Our goal is to reach heaven. Not everyone goes to heaven. Is there something or a number of things that may keep you from going to heaven? Is there a sin, an inordinate attachment or an addiction that could prevent you from gaining eternal salvation? We have an annual physical, an annual eye exam and we should go to the dentist to have our teeth cleaned. Preventative health will keep us in great shape and could be the way that serious health issues are detected. Lent is a time of self-examination. We need to look at ourselves very carefully. Our goal is to reach heaven. Not everyone goes to heaven. Is there something or a number of things that may keep you from going to heaven? Is there a sin, an inordinate attachment or an addiction that could prevent you from gaining eternal salvation? Many disasters could have been prevented if the warning signs were not ignored. If a particular bridge was inspected the way it should have been, perhaps it would not have collapsed during rush hour traffic. Maybe many marriages could have been saved if there was proper examination, detection and resolution. Maybe many priestly vocations could have been saved with proper formation and support. Perhaps many of the terrible scandals in the Catholic Church could have been avoided if the signs and the reports were not ignored. There is a pervasive and characteristic weakness within our modern culture - we don't want to examine and resolve problems. Do you remember the television series Hogan's Heroes? We are faced with the Shultz Syndrome. - I see nothing. Usually our sins, tendencies, attitudes and weaknesses will be easy to detect. We know who we are and we know what we need to do. 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A Brief Lexicon of Some Commonly Used Philosophical TermsF.F. CENTORE A PRIORI (prior to in time): That which comes before sense experience; that which does not require sense knowledge to be known as true. Cf. "armchair" mathematicians. E.g., I know a circle is round by definition, even if I had never seen a circle in my life. ABSTRACTION (ab-trahere; to draw out): The mental concentration on one aspect of something while ignoring other aspects; contrasted with the whole, CONCRETE thing, e.g., sweetness - this orange; humanness - Sally. It does not necessarily entail or imply the actual division or separation of the different aspects of the thing as it exists outside of the mind. ABSURD (ab-surdus; senseless): That which is self-contradictory, impossible, e.g., a square circle; hence, meaningless, ridiculous, irrational. In 20th c. phil. the term is often used by Atheistic Existentialists, such as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, to refer to the human condition, i.e., the "absurd man" must learn to survive, without committing suicide, in a meaningless, de trop, world, one which hasn't come from anywhere and which is not going anywhere. The world and humans are "surds," things without any reason for being. ACADEMIC FREEDOM The right to do research and teach in accordance with the standards of the institution you freely chose to join and by whose moral and intellectual principles you freely agreed to abide. Hence, IF both the individual and the leaders of the institution know what they are about in the first place, there-cannot be any-conflict between one's personal, conscience and the school. If such should arise due to a change on the part of the teacher, in good conscience the teacher should voluntarily leave. AD HOMINEM (against the person): In logic, a pseudo-argument directed against some personal characteristic of the opponent rather than against the substance of the position. E.g., Einstein couldn't have been right; just look at the way he combed his hair! AESTHETICS (aisthanesthai; to perceive by the senses): Theories concerning the nature, origins, and appreciation of the beautiful. AGNOSTICISM (a-gnostos; unknown): In Latin, ignorance. Claiming that nothing is known concerning the answers to the ultimate questions of science, phil., theology, and life in general. Such knowledge is lacking now, but we may get it in the future. E.g., Darwin claimed that he didn't have any certain knowledge about the existence of God and human freedom. ALIENATION (alius; other): In general, the withdrawing or removing of one thing from another; to be left out; estranged. In 19th c. phil., the "For-Itself" losing itself to the "In-Itself," which then comes to stand over in opposition against the "For-Itself." In Hegel, The Absolute Spirit (God) becoming other in the form of the Material world which is determined and mechanistic in accordance with the Newtonian laws of nature. In Marx, the workers losing their profits to the capitalists; their labor, which is the source of all wealth, is alienated from themselves. In Ludwig Feuerbach and Sigmund Freud, the projection of human father-figure traits into the heavens so as to produce God; the losing of human nature, which is real, to divine nature, which is unreal but which nevertheless, as an obsessional neurosis, stands in opposition to man. In Sartre, the human condition of the absolute, autonomous, free will (the For-Itself, non-being, nothingness) in opposition to the oppressive, inert world of physical matter (the In-Itself, being); inexplicably the In-Itself produces the For-Itself; being recoils against itself to produce the nothingness of human consciousness; it's me (my consciousness) against the world (including other people). ALTRUISM (alter; the other): Showing an unselfish love for others. ANALOGOUS USAGE In general, the same term has a meaning that's partially the same and partially different in different contexts; very common in ordinary language. E.g., tall man, ta;; tree; good flatworm, good husband; true diamond, true friend, true love; beautiful flower, beautiful building, beautiful person, etc. ANALOGY (ana-logos; to say again): A ratio of one thing to another; a comparison; usually meaning that two things are the same in at least one respect even though there may be differences in other respects. Main types: ATTRIBUTION: The trait belongs to only one of the things being compared but is attributed by the mind to something else, e.g., only a whole organism is really healthy but we can also call vitamin C healthy because of its relationship to health in the body. GENUS, INEQUALITY: Both a man and a dog are animals; "animal" is the genus to which they both belong; we can compare them by pointing out this sameness. However, although they are equally animals they are not equal animals, i.e., man is superior to dog. IMPROPER PROPORTIONALITY: Literary devices and comparisons; "Pretty as a picture;" "The sunset was a great pool of blood lying on the horizon;" "My love is like a red, red rose...;" etc. This sort is very important in rhetoric, poetry, persuasive speech, etc., and can add a great deal of enjoyment to our lives, but is not so useful in science, phil., and theology. PROPER PROPORTIONALITY: The most important in phil. Here there is a strict proportion of proportions; the individual terms of one proportion are not proportionate to the individual terms of the other proportion, but the whole proportion between the terms on one side is proportionate to the whole proportion between the terms on the other side of the relationship. E.g., 3/6 = 5/10; the good for a flatworm is to the nature of a flatworm as the good for a human is to the nature of a human; knowledge in God is to the essence of God as knowledge in an angel is to the essence of an angel as knowledge in a human is to the essence of a human. 3 and 5 are different numbers; goodness and knowledge are different in each of the cases mentioned. Yet, even though the numerators and denominators are not the same, the proportion holds. What the sets have in common is the same relationship within each of the respective proportions. This is very important when it comes to reasoning by analogy in phil., especially in the Phil. of Being. ANALYTIC STATEMENT (see A Priori). ANGST (die Angst - German; mir 1st angst - I am afraid; anxiety, anguish): Term popularized by Heidegger; the human condition when Atheistic Existentialism takes hold and we become fully aware of the meaninglessness of life. Also known as Existential or Objectless Anxiety; state of being forlorn, lost; aimless; bored. ANTHROPOMORPHISM (anthropos-morphos; human-shaped): Having human traits; attributing human traits to non-humans, such as to animals or to the gods. APPEARANCE (ad-parere; to come forward and show yourself): That which shows itself in any way, either to the senses or to the mind. Cf. PHENOMENON (phainein; to show). ARGUMENT (argos; white; arguere; to clarify): Words arranged in such a way so as to persuade somebody of something; a proof; to make clear by "spelling it out;" a reasoning process which goes from the truth of some given statements to the truth of some other statement(s). Either Deductive or Inductive. ASSUMPTION (assumere; to take up): Something taken for granted without proof. ATHEISM (a-theos; godless): A denial of God's existence; usually meaning the denial of the Judaeo-Christian God of the Bible. ATOM (a-tomos; indivisible): The smallest possible unit of material reality. Atomism as a phil. of all reality was first developed by the ancient Greeks. ATTACKING A STRAW MAN In logic, a faulty argument which misses the main point of something and instead of directing its rebuttal against the opponent's true point sets up a false point (a straw man) which it then proceeds to attack as if it were the true point. E.g., the traditional religious position on human nature and freedom is that we are free but that we also have a nature (essence) which sets limits to what we are capable of doing freely (e.g., we are not free to fly by flapping our arms). Someone such as Sartre, though, claims that having a positive essence necessarily determines all of our actions so that we are not free at all. But this is to sidestep the original position which was to be argued against. AUTHENTICITY (authentikos; one who acts boldly, the master): In 20th c. phil., doing what, you want to do without making any excuses or giving any reasons; to be true to yourself by acting in opposition to others. Cf. Jean-Paul Sartre: "Hell is other people." Cf. his Being and Nothingness, III, 3, iii: "The essence of the relations between consciousnesses is not the Mitsein; it is conflict." AUTHORITY (auctor; originator): The right to direct and rule; a moral power, not based on physical force, although force must often be used in practice. Presupposes the freedom of those commanded; only free beings can responsibly respond to an order. E.g., the difference between the government ordering the rain not to fall and ordering citizens to pay taxes. AUTONOMOUS (auto-nomos; self-law): In 20th c. phil., being a law unto yourself; disregarding the needs of others if you want to and not feeling guilty about it; acting without any external guidelines, rules, objective measures of what's good and bad or right and wrong. "Doing your own thing." AXIOM (axios; worthy): Something obvious enough to be taken for granted. "BAD FAITH" In 20th c. phil., acting in a non-authentic and non-autonomous way. BECOMING (becuman - Old English): Any motion or change; any process of passing from potency to act; any condition of being different from what something was before. BEGGING THE QUESTION Assuming the truth of the thing to be proven; circular argument. E.g., you can tell the age of the rock strata from the fossils and we know the fossils are of a certain age because of the rock strata in which they are found; This is an IQ test. Yes but what is IQ? It is what the IQ test tests for. Sometimes it is called a vicious circle (vitium; corrupt, vice) because of its faultiness. BEHAVIORISM In the 20th c., philosophical Reductionism applied to the study of humans. Developed by J.B. Watson and B.F. Skinner; adopted by A.J. Ayer. BEING (esse; to be): That which is in any way whatsoever, whether in or out of the wind, whether actual or possible. A BEING: That which is in existence here and now in any way whatsoever. BEING-FOR-ITSELF Terminology derived from Hegel. In Sartre (être-pour-soi), the nihilation of being within each human being; the basis for consciousness of the world and self-consciousness; that which stands out in opposition to being even though it is itself a creation of being; human nature. BEING-IN-ITSELF Terminology derived from Hegel. In Sartre (être-en-soi), the non-conscious, inert, dead, inexplicable, physical nature world of being; the full world; the world without the admixture of nothingness; the world that simply is; what we will become at death. BEING OF REASON In Latin: ens rationis; plural: entia rationis. Something which cannot exist outside the mind; it can have only mental existence; a logical being; a mental construct, but which nevertheless has a foundation in extramental reality. E.g., negations and privations - talking about something which isn't there; logical devices to deal with things as thought - abstractions, subjects and predicates in propositions, genera and species, etc. It does not refer to simply imaginative entities, e.g., a flying horse, or the numerous Hollywood creations. (see Intention) CATEGORY (kata-agora; by the town square where people congregate): A more definite arrangement of things; a narrowing down of something broad and open; a classification; putting something into a class, group, set, type, sort, etc., as set of f from other groups, classes, etc. CATHOLIC (kata-holos; oin with the whole): That which is universal and all-encompassing. Most usually used in The Roman Catholic Church: A universal religious organization with its HQ in Rome whose obligation it is to convey the message of Christ to all parts of the world until the end of time. CAUSE (causa): That upon which something else is dependent for its existence; that which in any way influences the being or becoming of something; the reason for the exisence of something; the principle from which something flows. Aristotle's four main types of causes: MATERIAL: That out of which something is made; that which is in potency to become something else, e.g., the wood used in making a chair. AGENT or EFFICIENT: The real thing that works on the material to wake the thing, e.g., the carpenter. The agent cause must be a really existing thing; a possible carpenter cannot make anything. FORMAL: The form or nature of the thing made, e.g., it's a chair rather than a table, etc. In this case it is an artifact, and so the form is accidental to the material. In the case of a natural entity, such as a human being or an oak tree, the form would be essential. FINAL: The purpose, end, goal, or reason why the thing is made. In the case of a natural thing, the Formal Cause, once in existence, acts as an Agent Cause to produce the Final product, e.g., an acorn growing into an oak tree. Thus Aristotle can treat the last three causes as one cause in natural operations. Beware of pseudo-causes. Time, for instance, is not a cause of anything; it cannot heal any wounds or bring about the creation of a new species. How did you get from New York to Toronto? It took a long time. HOW did man develop from the apes? It took a long time. CENSORSHIP (censere; to tax or assess costs): In common usage, always bad and incompatible with a free society; the unjustified suppression of public expression. But this should not be confused with the justified regulation of the popular media. E.g., the control of information in time of war; the suppression of hate literature or material degrading or exploiting people, such as pornography; the control of material inciting riots, violence, and sedition; copyright laws preventing one person from stealing the work of another; laws forbidding the telling of lies about people in public, etc. Also, in any decent society self-censorship is necessary. CERTITUDE (certus; cernere; to sift out, to discern): The state of being certain and settled in one's view; a firm assent to an intelligible statement without any fear of error. To be really firm and complete (scientific) it must include a knowledge of the reasons why things are the way they are and could not be otherwise. Main types: METAPHYSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, ABSOLUTE: There is no possibility of error, e.g., 2 plus 2 is 4, a physical whole is always greater than any one of its parts or subdivisions, the diameter of a given circle is always shorter than its circumference, a world of physical things exists independently of the individual's own mind, etc. PHYSICAL: The ordinary and usual laws of nature, e.g., the laws of chemical interaction, motion, thermodynamics, aerodynamics, etc. Barring miracles, we can bet our lives on these certitudes- and do! MORAL, JURIDICAL: Beyond reasonable doubt; the ordinary kind in most societal interactions; all the evidence, from many different independent sources, all points to the same conclusion. E.g., when taking a bus downtown, it would be unreasonable to run up and down the aisle shouting that the bus was being captured by Martians. The denial of Moral Certitude is the most- usual basis for Hollywood spy movies, science fiction plots, adventure series, etc. The suspension of ordinary human expectations (i.e., being neurotic) greatly helps one's career as a novelist and screenwriter. (see Realism) COMMON SENSE In general, knowing those things which are required in order to survive in a given society. This will vary from society to society in different parts of the world. E.g., those living in the Arctic need to know about 14 different kinds of snow; those living in London need to know not to run out into the street from between parked cars, etc. In phil., it refers to those truths known with certainty by all normal human beings, regardless of where they live. E.g., basic mathematics, the existence of the external world, that there's a difference between existential questions (Is it?) and essentialistic questions (What is it?), that water runs down hill, that what goes up (a rock, an arrow, a spear, etc.) comes down, etc. These certitudes can then be used as a basis for further philosophical and scientific reasoning. COMMUNISM A 19th c. utopian political phil. based upon Hegel's doctrine of conflicting contradictories, but reduced to a two-part disjunction in which one side is all bad and the other side all good. In theory, the 19th c. capitalists would concentrate more and more power in themselves while the working class would become larger and larger and poorer and poorer. Finally a flash-point would be reached, revolution would break out, all capitalists would be destroyed, and the society, after a brief bloody and violent transition period, would be transformed into a new classless, stateless, godless Paradise on earth for all future generations. Abhors (in theory) God-Statism (Fascism, Nazism). CONCEPT (concipere; to conceive in the womb): Something born within the mind; an IDEA, a "universal," that about which we invent languages, etc. Every idea we have is a universal in the sense that its content or meaning is something common to many different things in the world. E.g., the word "dog" in English stands for the concept of dogness, which applies to all possible dogs, whether past, present, or future. No concept can be identified with anything of a material or physical nature, such as the word "dog," or some particular picture or graphic image of a particular dog, etc. Since philosophers work with ideas, and since ideas are so special, they have always been of special interest to philosophers. CONCLUSION (com - claudere; to close in): In logic, the end of a reasoning process; the final outcome of an argument. E.g., given that all people are mortal and that Sally is a person we conclude that Sally is mortal. CONSERVATIVE (conservare; to preserve): In general, anyone who wants to maintain the status quo without any fundamental change or alteration. "Today's liberals are tomorrow' s conservatives." CONTINGENT (com - tangere; to touch upon): That which need not be the case; something which could be otherwise; the accidental; something which just happens to be the case. CONTRADICTION (contra - dicere; to speak against): In logic, the relationship between a universal proposition and a particular proposition differing in quality. E.g., All people are mortal - Some people are not mortal; No people are mortal - Some people are mortal. In general, any statement which denies a given statement in an immediate and direct way. COSMOLOGY (kosmos-logos; explaining the cosmos): The General Science of Nature; the attempt to explain the natural universe of changing things in some general and comprehensive way. Common topics: Substance, change, chance, teleology, time. Cf. cosmonauts, cosmetics. Today the word is often used to mean astronomy. CREATION EX NIHILO (creare; to make more): To create from nothing; creation strictly and properly speaking; possible only for a Supreme Being whose very essence is to exist. DASEIN (there-being in German): Term for human nature derived from Hegel and popularized by Heidegger. Humans are the locus, medium, site, etc., wherein Being becomes aware of itself. Only in humans is Being there; otherwise it would be completely unknown and even "non - existent." DEDUCTION (de - ducere; to lead away from): In logic, the process of starting from something more universal and coming down to something more particular; common in a priori reasoning; a desirable and strong form of reasoning because if the premises are true we can be sure that the conclusion will be true. E.g., all circles are round, this thing is a circle, and so this thing is round. DEISM (deus; god): The doctrine that there indeed exists a God who created the universe and who punishes sinners, but in a highly "rationalized" sense; after setting things up God abandoned the world and us to the laws of nature; an absentee landlord; there is no Revelation nor authoritative Scripture and Church. Some famous deists: Many of the leaders of the American and French Revolutions; Voltaire, Rousseau, Hugo, maybe Darwin. DETERMINISM (de - terminare; to set limits to): The doctrine that everything that happens, including apparently free decisions by humans, is really already decided by previous, unconscious, unfree events which cause things to go one way rather than some other way regardless of what we think about it; fatalism; a perfect knowledge of the causes would provide us with perfect predictability (the dream of science). Some famous determjnists: Darwin, Freud, Einstein, Bertrand Russell, B.F. Skinner, A.J. Ayer. DIALECTIC (dia-legesthai; to converse): In Plato, phil. itself; the epitome of reasoning; the process of trying to reach a conclusion by examining all possibilities until the right one is found. In phil. since the early 19th c., a collision of contradictories producing some third thing which synthesizes them and then becomes itself a part of another conflict. In Georg Regel and Karl Marx, the fusion of Something and Nothing to give Becoming; in Fascism, the conflict of capitalists and workers to give the State. DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM The theoretical foundation for the Communism of Marx and Engels; the doctrine that the only reality is the material universe, but that it necessarily progresses in a dialectical way, the results of which are various stages of development, i.e., non-life to life to animals to man to society to various economic systems to socialisms to Communism; a "scientific" dialectic, in contrast to Hegel's mystical spiritualistic process. DISTINCTION (stigma; mark; dis - stinguere; different marks): The non-identity of one thing with another. Main types: SEPARATION: The physical arrangement of parts outside of parts, e.g., your pen is separate from your hand. VERBAL; Different names for one and the same thing, e.g., methanol, methyl alcohol, methyl hydrate, denatured alcohol, wood alcohol. LOGICAL, MENTAL, CONCEPTUAL, RATIONAL: The difference is only in the mind; outside the mind there is in fact no real differentiation, e.g., cat - mammal, dime - coin; in the extramental world every case of cat is also a case of mammal, every dime is a coin; in reality the two are the same; they are identical. REAL: Even though there is no separation of parts, outside the mind one aspect is really not the other; in one and the same unified being there is a non-identity of aspects, features, etc., e.g., your height and weight, the direction and velocity of a body in locomotion, the essence and existence of a being. Distinction should not be identified with separation; although every separation is a distinction it is not the case that every distinction is a separation. This is very important in the Phil. of Being. DUALISM (dualis, duo; two): Most usually in phil. the view that the body and soul (psyche, mind, consciousness, etc.) cannot be reduced one to the other; i.e., both are factors in the explanation of human nature which possess some sort of reality of their own. Main types: MODERATE: In' Aristotle, the body and soul constitute a unity of one being in which the soul is the form of the substance; they can be distinguished but not separated. Variations are possible, e.g., Thomism, in which the body and soul form a unity based upon the existential act of the soul, so that it's possible for the soul to survive the breakdown of its body. EXTREME: In Plato and Descartes, the body and soul are two separate entities which do not form a unity; the soul is the real person; the body is simply a machine. EGALITARIANISM (egalitaire; equality): An absolute equality of everyone in everything; the Prime Minister would have exactly the same rights, privileges, standard of living, etc., as the lowest street cleaner; males and females must be treated in exactly the same way, whether it's fighting in the army or having babies; a doctrine proposed by some modern revolutionaries and feminists; but quite impossible in practice. EMPIRICISM (en - peiran; to try something for yourself): The doctrine that all knowledge must come through the senses; there are no INNATE IDEAS born within us that only require to be remembered. It is often carried to the extreme of saying that our concepts are only sense images or only the words we use to refer to things. ENTITY (ens; being): Anything that exists, usually meaning as a natural unified substance. EPICUREANISM An ancient Greek school of phil. founded by the Athenian Epicurus. Based upon a materialistic atomism, it taught that physical pleasures, adjusted to what can be reasonably expected in a particular time and place, constitute man's greatest good and happiness. One must live unknown, avoid pain and trouble, and calculate the pleasure and pain to be derived from a given activity, including interpersonal relations; produces a very conservative attitude because "rocking the boat" is sure to get you into trouble with the police. "Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow you die" is really a distortion of this phil. The phil. of life actually practiced by most people in the world. Defended by the Roman Lucretius about the time of Christ. EPISTEMOLOGY (episteme-logos; true and certain knowledge explained): The study of human knowledge; its origins, types, and dependability. EQUALITY (aequus; on the same level): Everyone having the same basic worth and dignity before God, the law, and among other people; the same opportunities for success and advancement, though equality of results is not guaranteed. It does not mean that anyone can do anything anyone else can do, e.g., becoming a priest. EQUIVOCATION (aequi - vox; with equal voice): Using the same term with entirely different meanings. E.g., a river bank, a bank for money; Fido and Kierkegaard are both Great Danes. Often the basis for puns and jokes. ESSENCE (essentia; beingness, reality): Answers to the question, What is it? The definition of something. The NATURE as known. E.g., Fido and Rex are Great Danes; Sally and Sam are human beings. ETHICS (ethos; habits): The ultimate practical knowledge; how to lead the good life in the good society; the norms of proper behavior for humans as humans, not as doing some particular Job, e.g., Street cleaning, computer programming, being the president of GM, being the Pope, etc. Ethics presupposes freedom on the part of the beings capable of acting ethically, e.g., humans. Things such as animals, plants, and minerals, which are not free in the sense of having the potential for free -choice, are not held responsible for their actions in any moral sense. Main subdivisions, following the six main institutions of all human soèieties: Phil. of Religion and Government (Political Phil.), Family, Education, Work, Recreation. ETIOLOGY (aitia; cause): The study of the causes and origins of things. EUDAEMONISM (eu-daimon; good demon or spirit): Living well; being attended by good fortune. In Aristotle, happiness as the ultimate result of a good life. EVIDENCE (e-videre; clearly seen): The reasons for holding a certain view; the indicators of truth. EVIL (yfel - Old English): The privation of something that a being should have or is due to it; the deviation from an ideal. E.g., with respect to humans, not having wings is not an evil. PHYSICAL EVIL: Starvation, blindness, being crippled; MORAL EVIL: Sin, turning away from God; SOCIAL EVIL: Being deprived of just treatment, not being able to receive a liberal education. Any talk of evil presupposes the existence of objective standards or ideals. EVOLUTION (e-volvere; to unroll): Originally, the unrolling or unfolding of Divine Providence, which is why Charles Darwin avoided using the term. DARWINIAN EVOLUTION: The creation of new species by common descent with modification via natural selection. He could not reconcile evil and Providence and so sought to explain species without their being specially created by God. Starting from one very simple living thing each new individual would vary somewhat from all others. Those better able to survive in their given environments would go on to reproduce in larger numbers than the others (differential reproduction). In time, different looking, more complicated things would be seen, while many others died out. He was a firm believer in the overall progress and advancement of the biosphere. This has led to the widespread present-day attitude that anything novel is automatically better and superior to anything old; the common saying, "You're history," indicates that you are no longer of any importance or significance. Today, in common speech, evolution usually means simply a slow change, as opposed to a fast change (revolution). EXISTENTIALISM (ex - sistere; to stand outside of its cause or source): In 20th c. phil., mainly the view of Sartre, emphasizing the Death of God, the For-Itself vs. the In-Itself, the autonomous will, anti-scientific determinism, anti-essences, and the need to avoid "bad faith;" usually identified with Atheistic Existentialism after 1946. EXTRAMENTAL That which is outside of the mind. FAITH (f ides, fidere; to trust, believe): To accept something as true based upon the testimony of another; to believe based upon the word of someone who is honest and knowledgeable. It does not mean based upon no evidence at all. For normal, rational humans, so called "blind faith" is not even possible. Most of our life is based upon faith in others, something emphasized by the Pragmatist William James. So is the academic discipline of history, our legal system, etc. FALLACY (fallere; to deceive): In logic, a faulty reasoning process; an invalid argument. E.g., fish live in water, whales live in water, and so whales are fish; "More people buy brand x than any other brand" - if you complete the comparison you'll see that the statement, although true, is trivial. FALSIFICATION PRINCIPLE In early 20th c. phil., the test for whether or not one was dealing with a scientific statement; if a statement could possibly be falsified by some sort of empirical evidence it was scientific, e.g., "There is water on the moon" can be falsified by actually searching the whole surface of the moon and finding no water. In later 20th c. phil., an attempted substitute for the VERIFICATION PRINCIPLE of the LOGICAL POSITIVISTS. Having failed to eliminate the meaningfulness of all non-scientific propositions by use of the Verification Principle they tried to extend the earlier use of the Falsification Principle to do the job. This also failed. E.g., "Al]. hydrogen is combustible" cannot be empirically verified but can be falsified; however, "All prayers to God are answered" can also be falsified, e.g., by praying for something and not getting it, and is thus a meaningful statement even though it is not taken from one of the physical sciences. FASCISM (fascis; bundle of rods with an axe in the middle): A 20th c. political phil. based upon Hegel's conflicting contradictories in which both the capitalists and the workers are subsumed into a higher category, the State, which takes over the ownership, control, and direction of all the major institutions and all the major economic means of production in the society. Individuals are submerged in the collective, which it is their destiny to serve. The State becomes God. Abhors "atheistic" Communism. Fascism should not be confused with Nazism, or with old-fashioned dictatorships such as Caesar in Italy or Franco in Spain. FORM That which specifies something as being this sort of thing rather than that; what is special to one thing as opposed to another; what identities something. For Plato the form of each type of thing possesses a separate and independent existence in a separate World of Ideas. For other philosophers the form is only one aspect of a thing existing here and now. FORMAL That which makes something more specific; the angle from which something Is viewed or investigated. E.g., investigating the universe as changeable, in order to say what it means to change in a general way, is the formal object of the Phil. of Nature, as differentiated from a particular science such as physics which only looks at certain types of change. Also, being rational for human beings is formal relative to being an animal, i.e., our rationality makes us specifically to be what we are relative to animals. FREE CHOICE The more proper name for freedom in human beings. An act of the will, based upon a knowledge of the attainable options, selecting one of two or more means leading to a known goal. E.g., assuming I judge that going out for lunch is good for me here and now, I can direct myself to actually realize one of several different possibilities. FREEDOM (fri - Old High German): The absence of forced action. In much of 20th c. phil., the right to do whatever I feel like doing and/or can get away with. More usually, the feeling that you could have done otherwise if you wanted to. Some varieties: Freedom to refers to the potencies inherent in something, what It can do, e.g., water is free to run if it gets over the dam. Freedom from refers to the lack of social, political, and physical restraints, e.g., if there is no law against it I am free to go to church. Freedom for refers to the active process of seeking out some goal to be achieved and then going for it, e.g., trying to understand phil. better. FREE WILL Generally a misnomer. In humans the will is the "rational appetite" - the inner movement of the human mind to acquire the good and avoid the evil. Broadly speaking it would include acts of des-ire, intention, consent, choice, love, hope, joy, hate, etc. Depending upon the nature of the thing (its form) its possible ways of behaving are fixed within certain limits. For humans our "soul hunger" or "spiritual appetite" is fixed on happiness. What constitutes fulfillment will differ from one type of thing to another. Fulfillment for a flatworm is not the same as for a horse, etc. Creatures are not free in this regard. Hence, to the extent that we are bound to strive, within bounds, for a fixed ultimate goal our will is not free. Only someone who does not understand human freedom would want to be as free as a bird. Yet we still have FREE CHOICE. Thus freedom does not mean a complete lack of determination, but SELF-DETERMINATION. GENUS (genes; born; plural-genera): That which is common to two or more species; that which is common to species after the specific differences have been removed. E.g., within the class "animal" humans are distinguished from dogs by rationality; within the class "plane closed figure" triangles are distinguished from rectangles by having only three sides; "animal" and "plane closed figure" are the genera. What is true of the genus is true of the species but not vice versa. GOD (Gott - German): The Supreme Being, the First Cause, the Initial Principle of everything, the Prime Mover, the Creator, the Author of Nature, the Perfect Being, the Last End, the Necessary Being. Many and various interpretations, including monotheism, polytheism, deism, pantheism, etc. In Judaeo-Christianity the proper name of God is YAHWEH, HE WHO IS, the one being whose very essence is to exist. GOOD (guot - Old High German): That which is befitting and suitable to a particular type of thing or to a particular individual thing; that which something strives for; the object desired; the natural needs (not wants) of something; the fulfillment of a natural tendency inherent within something. E.g., having clean water to drink is good for humans. The existence of thirst points to the existence of water. Likewise, some philosophers argue that the existence of a desire for happiness points to the existence of God. Some varieties: The COMNON GOOD: That which is suitable to many simultaneously; the benefits can be shared equally by everyone. E.g., in political phil., laws protecting the right-to-life of everyone from natural conception to natural death guard each individual in society against abuse by anyone else. The INDIVIDUAL GOOD: That which benefits only one individual; that which cannot be shared by everyone equally. As with most key terms in phil., good" is usually used analogously; e.g., good cake, good book, good wife, etc. HEDONISM (hedone; sense pleasure): A theory of morality which claims that the pleasures of the senses are sufficient for our complete happiness; in ancient Greece, defended by the Epicureans and vigorously criticized by Plato. HERMENEUTICS (hermeneutikos, hermeneuein; to interpret, to let the meaning show itself): Derives from Kant's IDEALISM which claims that we can never know the Ding an sich (the thing as it really is in itself). In 20th c. phil., as fostered byWilhelm Dilthey and Martin Heidegger, the view that there is no Truth (compare the SOPHISTS), but that all views of reality are only interpretations provided by the individual and/or society. In its more extreme form it becomes DECONSTRUCTIONISM, the doctrine reminiscent of some of the ancient Greek SOPHISTS, who claimed that there is no reality at all to know (e.g., Gorgias). The text, the thing, the event, etc., to be interpreted completely disappears, to be replaced with a never-ending series of private perspectives. (see NOMINALISM) HYPOTHESIS (hypo-tithenai; to place underneath): A statement, usually contained within some broader THEORY concerning some view of reality, to be confirmed or refuted by whatever methodology is proper to that field of study. E.g., the notion that the weight of the air is what makes barometers go up and down can be tested by taking the barometer to places where the air is more or less heavy. IDEALISM (idein-to see; idea-ism): In ordinary usage, having high standards. In modern phil., the emphasis on one's own subjective mind as the center of everything in the universe; the view that first and foremost I know my own ideas best, rather than the things of the real outside world (see Realism). Both meanings come from Plato who placed True Reality in a separate World of Pure Ideas high above the earth. Two main variations: EPISTEMOLOGICAL IDEALISM: The doctrine that the way I conceive of something in my mind is the way it really is outside of my mind; "the rational is the real;" the movement from inside the mind to things outside the mind. E.g., by defining material things to be nothing but 3D parts outside of parts, extension, equivalent to space, and then claiming that that's the way the universe really exists, we would have moved from the mind to the world; we would have defined the essence of the world into existence in a certain way. This is what Rene Descartes did, and he was followed in this method by later thinkers such as Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Sartre, and many others. ONTOLOGICAL IDEALISM: The denial of any material world at all; everything is only in the mind; the material universe is an unnecessary hypothesis; defended by Bishop George Berkeley, who also took his lead from Descartes. IDEOLOGY The attempt to put a theoretical, speculative, ideal system into actual practice in a real social and political context. E.g., Communism, Fascism, Nazism, Libertarianism, etc. INDUCTION (in - ducere; to lead in): In logic, the process of going from something less universal to something more universal; the opposite of deduction; from observing how many different examples of something behave, we come to form a definition of that thing which expresses the nature of the type of thing that it is. E.g., by observing the way our own minds work we conclude that there must be something immaterial about them; by observing that others are capable of the same sorts of activity we conclude that their minds are also immaterial; hence, all humans have immaterial minds. Sometimes induction is taken to mean a mere ENUMERATIVE INDUCTION; e.g., this student in this class is wearing shoes; so is that one, and that one, etc.; hence all the students in this class are wearing shoes. This sort of induction is useless in science and phil. because in the vast majority of significant cases we cannot get a complete enumeration (e.g., all hydrogen is combustible). There is no way, based simply upon an accumulation of sense experiences, that we can go from talking about some cases to talking about all cases. This gives rise to the modern PROBLEM OF INDUCTION, recognized by but not solved by David Hume, which can never be resolved on a purely sensate basis. IN PRINCIPLE To speak abstractly; as divorced from particular cases, but not from anything of a certain sort or kind of thing. E.g., Communist leaders getting together to decide in principle that socialism doesn't work and that it requires radical renovations, but not being able to agree on exactly what to do and how to go about it. POSSIBLE IN PRINCIPLE: There is no internal contradiction within something or no contradiction between different things or states of affairs, e.g., law and freedom are not mutually exclusive. It is not necessary that a particular case actually exist, e.g., someone might claim that it is possible in principle to construct a square with exactly the same area as a given circle even though it has not yet actually been done. INTELLIGENCE (intus-legere; to gather or read within): The ability to penetrate to the essence, the "what," or the definition of something; to know a means as a means to an end; to understand something in the sense of getting inside and underneath it; the power to transcend the superficial sense experiences of something. Do not confuse with mere mimicking, trial and error, training, etc. - - INTENTION (intendere; to move towards something): In common usage, to do something or want to do something on purpose. In phil., the IDEA of something. FIRST, DIRECT INTENTION Paying mental attention to the thing as it exists outside of the mind, either as a particular thing or as an example of a type of thing, e.g., that cat I see here and now, or that thing as an example of the species "cat." SECOND, REFLEX, LOGICAL INTENTION Paying mental attention to the known object as it exists in the mind; looking at the concept itself as it functions in our process of understanding, e.g., in the proposition "All cats are mammals," "cats" is the subject and "mammals" is the predicate. Subjects and predicates exist only in the mind. If we intend to study outside things as thought about in the mind we are dealing with second intentions, or ideas about ideas. INTRAMENTAL That which is within the mind. IRRATIONAL Thinking which violates the basic rules of rational thought, ultimately leading to contradictions. Should not be confused with non-rational. Only rational beings, such as humans, can act irrationally; flatworms don't have such an option. The height of irrationality is to try affirming contradictory statements simultaneously, which presupposes the ability to have concepts and frame propositions. E.g., in Hegel, claiming that Being and Non-Being, Something and Nothing, are the same; in Sartre, claiming that Nothingness is the positive core of human nature. People who engage in such irrationality usually claim that they are driven to such an extreme in their effort to explain the facts of experience, such as change and freedom, within an atheistic context. However, when one runs into such a situation the first thing to suspect is that the thinker who is making outlandish claims has somehow or other gotten of f on the wrong foot. The proper thing to do in such a case is to go back to square one and start over again, this time being sure to check and challenge your own first principles. JUDGMENT (judicare; to judge): An act of the mind in which a subject and a predicate are combined or separated, e.g., "All men are equal;" "All men are not equal." Or an act of the mind asserting or denying the existence of something, e.g., "Angels are;" Angels are not." JURISPRUDENCE (juris - prudens; law-skilled): The study of how and why various legal decisions are made; the phil. of law; a branch of the Phil. of Government, which is a subdivision of Ethics; a discussion of how the legal system can be changed for the better. This means that the legal system is always based upon something more fundamental, namely, Political Phil. and the Phil. of Human Nature. This would apply even to subjects like ECOLOGY, ANIMAL RIGHTS, POLLUTION CONTROL, etc. JUSTICE (jus; right): Rendering to each thing what is objectively due to that thing; providing to each thing what is needed to fulfill the nature of that thing. E.g., what is inferior can be used by what is superior; hence it. is just for plants to be killed and eaten by animals and for animals to be killed and eaten by humans. DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Making sure that the common good is served; arranging things in such a way __ that opportunities and things are fairly distributed according to basic needs. RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: Making sure that crimes do not go unpunished; making the punishment fit the crime, e.g., it is unjust to cut of f somebody's hand for stealing a loaf of bread or confiscating someone's car for having a tiny amount of "hash" in the glove compartment. SOCIAL JUSTICE: The same as Distributive Justice but usually applied on an international scale. KNOWLEDGE (knowen, kennen - German): Cognition; the internal mental process whereby we possess intentionally (see Intention) something outside of us; any union of the knower and the known via sensation, apprehension, reasoning, etc. It's one of those things you either know about through your own direct experiences or you can't know about at all. E.g., try giving someone born blind a knowledge of the color red. Two important varieties: SPECULATIVE, THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE: (specere, theorem; to look at): Knowledge for its own sake; knowing as a good for the mind; the perfection of the mind; in here goes most of science, phil., and theology. PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE (practicus, praktikos; to do or to do over again; cf. techne, technikos; art or of art): Knowledge for the sake of something else; directed towards doing and action; the making or production of something, even if it is only some mental structure within the mind, e.g., setting up a syllogism, written work, mathematical formulas. Cf. "how to do it" books: Executive training, business practices, accounting, engineering, medicine. Do not confuse the practical with the useful; theoretical knowledge is just as useful, and maybe even more so, e.g., CORRECT and TRUE knowledge of nature is needed in order to have a technology that works. KULTURKAMPF (kultur-kampf; culture - war): In Prussia (Germany), a late 19th c. conflict between the government of Prince Otto von Bismarck and religious leaders over who should control the schools and appointments to religious teaching positions and administrative posts. This situation is bound to recur whenever the state tries to establish a state religion, either directly, as under Communism in Russia, or indirectly, as with Secular Humanism in many other nations today. LANGUAGE (lingua; tongue): An arbitrarily invented system of physical signs and symbols, vocal or written, used by one person to let another person know what he wants him to know or how he wants him to act. This would also apply to deceptions, lies, and propaganda. BODY LANGUAGE: A not-so-arbitrary system of gestures, often done unconsciously, expressing one's thoughts and feelings, e.g., crying. smiling, various arrangements of head, arms, legs, etc. LAW (log- Old Norse): A command of reason designed to promote the common good made by the leader(s) of the community and effectively promulgated to all. GOD'S ETERNAL LAW: The overall plan and purpose of all of creation. DIVINE LAW: That part of the Eternal Law revealed to us by God; includes direct revelation in Scripture, as well as the following: NATURAL PHYSICAL LAW: The laws of operation built into nature by God (i.e., Newton's law of universal gravitation is really God's law). NATURAL MORAL LAW: The rules of right behavior built into human nature by God; the natural norm of morality founded upon human reason. POSITIVE, CIVIL LAW: The laws passed by civil governments in order to actually implement Divine Law. It would include what is known of natural physical and moral law. "In a liberal democracy the state cannot dictate morality." This does not mean that the state lacks authoEity in moral matters (e.g., anti-discrimination laws), but that morality is superior to the state. To say otherwise would be some form of collectivism in which there could be no such thing as inalienable rights, i.e., rights that no earthly authority can take away. We would then have no way of judging whether a law is good or not. Fortunately for freedom, Law is above men. LIBERAL (liber; free): In general, anyone who wants to change the status quo in some fundamental way. In political phil., "liberalism" has undergone many changes over the centuries. In the 18th c., it was the liberal position to side with the common people against the absolute power of the king; in the 19th c., especially as fostered by John Stuart Mill, it was the individual against the power of majority rule government and public opinion; in the 20th c., it means using Big Government to control Big Business and selfish individualism, usually via high taxes and socialistic programs. "Today's liberals are tomorrow's conservatives." LIBERAL ARTS For the Greeks, the encircling or all-encompassing studies (enkyklios-paideia; circle of basic learning; pais - child). What everyone needs in order to learn anything else; necessary tools for advanced studies; what must be mastered by the masters; the basic education for free citizens. Main branches: The methods of rational thinking (logic); clear and effective communication (language arts); accurate figuring (math); the two last are often called the "3R's." LIBERAL EDUCATION: A thorough grounding in the Liberal Arts, and in science, phil., and theology. Obviously, it is both unnecessary and dangerous to educate slaves. LIBERAL DEMOCRACY (deinos-kratia; people-rule): An 18th c. political phil., developed by John Locke (following Thomas Aquinas and others), based upon a system of eligible voters electing representatives who then pass laws for the common good based upon Divine Law, including the Natural Moral Law; presupposes certain inalienable rights granted to humans by God, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (Locke said the pursuit of property). The separation of state and church means that there should be no established or state church (as there was in England), not the separation of state and religion. Traditional religious values are absolutely essential to the continued existence of a Liberal Democracy. LIBERTARIANISM Hyper-individualism; licentiousness. Based upon the erroneous 17th c. doctrine of a non-social human nature (Thomas Hobbes - "Everyone is at war with everyone else;" Cf. Sartre - "Hell is other people"). The ethical doctrine that there are no objective guidelines, divine or otherwise, for personal human behavior; you can do whatever you want and/or can get away with. Typical sayings: I did it way. I have an absolute right to my privacy. I can do anything with anybody I can get to agree to it. And even if they don't agree there's no reason for not doing it anyways if I can get away with it. The only sin is not getting what I want. The only crime is getting caught. This attitude is very widespread today, so much so that many people simply refuse to hear anything else. It is fostered by NOMINALISM, REDUCTIONISM, and certain schools of sociology and psychology which like to talk about the "uniqueness" of each individual human as if each person belonged to a separate species. The result, however, is always the same, individual and social destruction via the 3Ds: Drugs, Dementia, Depopulation. If we don't see these results it's because its advocates are not really practicing what they preach, but are instead engaging in some watered down version of it involving ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST and/or UTILITARIAN principles which, in effect, means denying their own basic doctrine. LOGIC (logos; an account of why it's so): The Science of Second Intentions; the study of the way things are thought; the various structures of rational order; what's good and bad reasoning; the rules for making sense. If you have trouble writing well and clearly it's very likely because you have trouble thinking straight and properly, in which case you need a course in INTENTIONAL LOGIC. There is also MATHEMATICAL, SYMBOLIC, MACHINE LOGIC: A modern logic which treats thoughts as if they were things outside the mind; works by juxtaposing one thing next to another thing, e.g., Toronto is north of New York. "(Blank) is north of (blank)" constitutes a way of arranging things relative to each other as if thoughts were concrete things outside the mind. Useful in math, which deals with the order among quantifiable parts, but practically useless in ordinary, humanistic affairs. Important today because of our dependency upon computers, which cannot understand meanings but can only deal with quantitative arrangements such as on-off, open-closed, etc. LOGICAL POSITIVISM or EMPIRICISM In 20th c. phil., the doctrine, fostered in the English speaking world by A.J. Ayer, that only statements based upon a combination of sense knowledge and logical and/or mathematical reasoning are to be taken seriously as suitable to reasonable and rational discourse. Nothing of an immaterial or spiritual nature can be rationally discussed; only the measurable is meaningful; if you can't count it, it doesn't count; seeing is believing, etc. Meaningfulness is decided by the VERIFICATION or VERIFIABILITY PRINCIPLE, i.e., if a statement cannot be verified via empirical measurements, at least in part, it is not worthy of any further rational consideration. This was meant to make phil. into a handmaiden of the physical sciences, and to eliminate anything of a religious nature from rational discourse. After flourishing in the 1940's it died out in the 1950's, and has now been abandoned even by Ayer himself, primarily because of its inability to account for the necessary and universal nature of scientific statements, e.g., the principle of inertia, all hydrogen is combustible, every interaction between an acid and a base produces water and a salt, etc. I.e., there's much more to science than gathering up sense data and computers. LOVE (lubere; to please): To will goodness to something or someone; to appreciate and rejoice in goodness. Do not confuse with sex, mere emotion, sentimentality, etc. True love makes irrevocable promises and thrives on absolute faithfulness. It means using both the mind and the heart; a great love, however passionate, is blind without knowledge; a great knowledge, however exact, is cold and dead without a burning charity. Without a true and objective measure to guide it, a consuming passion usually turns ugly and deadly. A real personal integrity requires a harmony of both intellect and will. Loving yourself means appreciating what is good in yourself and wanting to see it amplified. Loving another means wanting what. is best for the person, even if it means that you must suffer; the greater the love the greater the willingness to suffer and even die for the other. Loving God means appreciating God as the Highest Good and doing God's will freely and joyously. The four main types of human loving: Familiarity or family love ("There's no place like home."); eros -or the attraction between complementary male and female sexes; friendship or a meeting of the minds, sharing the same interests and outlook on things, intellectual love ("anima in amicis una" - there is one mind among friends; "amicus est tamquam alter idem" - a friend is like another self); and agape (agathos; the good) or religious love. The last incorporates the best features of the previous three, and is required for human perfection. MATTER (mater; mother): In ordinary usage, that which has 3D extension, sensible qualities, and can be acted upon by physical forces; the passive principle which can be formed in different ways. In Aristotle, the material cause; that which is in potency to receive some further determination. In this philosophical sense matter does not have any sensible, physical traits. The most fundamental matter is called "prime matter" by Aristotle. MATTER-OF-FACT In 18th c. phil. as fostered by Hume, a statement based upon sense knowledge; an empirical claim which can be verified or falsified only through sense experience. E.g., The sun is shining today here and now. METAPHYSICS (meta-phusis; beyond the natural world): Aristotle's theology. That subject which deals with those things that exist beyond the sphere of the moon, in the heavens, which are inhabited by the heavenly orbs and the gods. The gods exist without a material component. Here is where Real Being is found, and thus it is the science of being being in the sense of the Separated Substances which exist beyond the realm of changing and corruptible things down here on earth. The highest god is the Prime Mover or the Self-Thinking Essence of Thought. METEMPSYCHOSIS (meta - en - psyche; beyond the besouled): The transmigration of a living soul from one body to another; common in Hinduism, Buddhism, the Pythagoreans, Plato, and many modern New Age, neo-pagan sects. METHODICAL DOUBT In 17th c. phil. as fostered by Rene Descartes, the method or practice of doubting the existence and truth of anything which was not so absolutely certain that doubting it was impossible. He arrived at only one such truth, namely, "I think therefore I am" (cogito ergo sum). From this intramental position he would then move out to redesign the universe (see Idealism). MONISM (mon; one): The doctrine that there is one and only one Reality which incorporates into itself everything in the universe, whether known or unknown to us. The impersonal form of Pantheism. NATURAL THEOLOGY Reasoning to the existence and attributes of God without the aid of Scripture or Revelation. NATURE (natus, nasci; born, to be born): That which is born, grows, and dies; hence, the changeable, the mutable, that which undergoes generation and corruption. Also the inner source and cause of these changes. The form or essence of the thing viewed from the perspective of its role as the intrinsic principle of change. In more ordinary usage, the usual course and events of the physical world. NAZISM (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche A.rbeiterpartei; NSDAP; National Socialistic German Workers' Party): A 20th c. political phil. based upon Hegel's doctrine of the State as an expression of God (see Pantheism) developing Itself in worldly affairs. The state (Hegel predicted that in the near future it would be the Prussian state) is God marching through the world. Within the state there is a superior race - the Aryans (arya; noble), which all other races must serve or die. The yolk or People, whose Will is personified in one great leader (Hitler), is more real than the individual, so much so that the individual has no rights or even reality relative to The Race. Ultimately the Race is trans-national and will dominate the whole world, using the techniques of selective killing and breeding (taking Nietzsche's advice) so as to produce a race of Supermen who will use all others as we now use a herd of cattle. Abhors "atheistic" Communism. Should not be confused with non-racist, but no less repugnant, Fascism. NIHILISM (nihil; nothing): In 19th and 20th c. phil., as fostered by various Russian revolutionaries and Nietzsche, the view that the religions, thought patterns, and the traditional justifications for human moral behavior used in the past are now dead and gone forever. This is epitomized in the DEATH-OF-GOD slogan. However, the state of emptiness and nothingness is not meant as a final, enduring state, but only as a transitional period to something else, hopefully better, in the future. In Nietzsche, the one who is aware of this and acts accordingly is the Overman, Higher Man, or Superman (there are no Super women). What we actually got was Communism, Fascism, Nazism, and Libertarianism. NOMINALISM (nomen; name): In epistemology, the doctrine that the only thing the members of a class have in common is the class name. E.g., there is no human nature, only the name used to cover a collection of unique individuals. This doctrine destroys all science and human rights. Although often theoretically advocated by materialistically and atheistically inclined people, it cannot be acted upon in practice. ONTOLOGY (on-logos; study of the real): The study of what is really real. PANTHEISM (pan - theos; all god): The doctrine that everything is God or the identification of God with some aspect of the world, usually personified somehow. Nature is God; God is the World - Soul, etc. The World is the one and only source of all creativity and novelty. Some pantheists: The Stoics, Spinoza, Hegel, Goethe, Emerson, Nietzsche, Whitehead, Hans Kung, Matthew Fox, and many more 20th c. thinkers. In Judaeo-Christianity and Islam pantheism is atheism. PANTHEISTIC ETHICS If Nature is God then everything is natural. You have as much right to survival, work, and happiness as the flowers and birds, i.e., you have none_at all! Thus there can be no immorality. Even environmental polluters are ultimately guiltless because all they are really doing is "programming" Nature so as to bring about certain internal changes which will, in the long run, produce new and wonderful things. This is the natural progressive course of evolution, regardless of how unpleasant things may momentarily appear to us within our very limited range of vision. In modern evolutionary Pantheism, quickly or slowly "God" is always developing and advancing. PARADIGM (para - deiknynai; up against - to show): The archetype or ideal example of something, usually of a theory or pattern of explanation; a clear case illustrating something according to its inner rationality and meaning. PARADOX (para - doxa; against common opinion): Something which sounds strange when judged against commonly held views, e.g., learning to use your leisure time well is hard work, heavy cream is lighter than light cream. In logic, a proposition which appears to be both true and false simultaneously, e.g., "Every rule has an exception" (including this one?); "Everything is relative" (absolutely!); "No proposition is negative;" "You doubt that you are reading what you are now reading." Most paradoxes depend upon arbitrarily assuming some statement to be true to begin with when there is really no need to do so. PER ACCIDENS Existing through another; dependent existence. PER SE Existing through itself; independent existence. PERSON (per - sona; speak through; actor's mask): An analogous term used to refer to humans, angels, and the Three Persons of the Trinity in Christian theology. With respect to humans, an individual spiritual being acting in the world through his or her own body. As free spiritual beings persons can be bearers of rights and duties. PHILOSOPHER-KING In Plato, a man, who may be part of a group of such men, who combines in himself a knowledge of the IDEAS with the political power to enforce the rule of the Divine Ideas on the Greek city-state. As described in his Dialogue THE REPUBLIC, with such men in power Athens would be perfected and preserved forever. The Philosopher-King is strongly opposed to the Sophist. PHILOSOPHY (philein - sophos; friendship - wisdom): Term probably coined by Plato. The love of wisdom; or more properly, being on friendly terms with wisdom. Friendship is of the mind, and wisdom is an understanding of the whole, how all the parts fit together, what is true and good. Main branches: Phil. of Being, Phil. of Nature in General, Phil. of Living Things, Ethics. In each area its aim is to find the ultimate reasons or causes of things as far as possible by natural reason. In contrast, the social and physical sciences seek the more proximate reasons for things. PLAYBOY PHILOSOPHY A modern, fantasized version of EPICUREANISM, made possible by modern medicine and technology. The purpose of life is to have a good time, physically speaking. This excludes anything ugly, painful, debilitating, deformed, diseased, etc. Only beautiful things are allowed - beautiful mansions, with beautiful swimming pools, and rose gardens always in bloom, with no thorns; beautiful cars, yachts, airplanes, food, and lots of safe sex; also beautiful, perfect bodies, fully exposed to the-pagan sun god. Enjoying beautiful art and music is OK too. Anything requiring real responsibility, self-sacrifice, and suffering, e.g., a faithful marriage, caring for children, dying in battle to protect one's country, getting up early every morning to go to work (a dirty 4-letter word), etc., is out. An infinite amount of fun, and zero amount of responsibility (the real meaning of safe sex), is in. The ultimate illusion that it's possible to live on bread, or in this case, expensive tarts, alone. POSITIVISM A term coined by Auguste Comte to stand for the final, mature stage of human intellectual development. The stages: Religious (mythological), metaphysical (philosophical), positivistic (scientific). In the'last we must only ask how and never why; science is reduced to a body of accumulated, organized data. This, however, is not how actual scientists really operate. PRAGMATISM A l9th-2Oth c. epistemology based on evolutionary theory, developed by James. Truth is not fixed in advance but changes and develops over time. A "truth" or true theory (not to be confused with a present "fact") is determined by whether or not it has good and useful results. There are no fixed principles of right and wrong, good and bad, even in science. Something doesn't work because it's true but vice versa - it's true if it works out in practice. However, since it fails to define the good in an objective way, it has itself proven not to be very useful. It does, though, have some value in defending the importance of faith in daily life and "self fulfilling promises." PREMISES (prae-mittere; that which comes before in a sequence): In logic, the propositions upon which the conclusion of a reasoning process is based. PRINCIPLE (principium; beginning): That from which something comes or proceeds; the source; that which generates something. E.g., a point is the principle of a line. FIRST PRINCIPLE That which is first in some process of production, e.g., God is the absolutely first cause of everything which has come into existence. PROCESS PHILOSOPHY (THEOLOGY) In 20th c. phil., the view, fostered by Alfred North Whitehead, that God is not perfect but is instead constantly changing, developing, and becoming more and more perfect along with the world. Unable to reconcile the existence of God and the existence of evil in the world, the Process Philosopher thinks it necessary to deny God's perfect power and/or perfect knowledge. Thus everything is in process, everything is progressing, everything is becoming perfect, including God. This view is opposed to traditional religious (Judaeo-Christian, Islamic) doctrine, practices, and prayer. Sometimes called Panentheism (all in God) or Semi-Pantheism. PROVIDENCE (pro - videre; forward-see): Superintendence; the arranging of things and interactions so as to achieve a pre-determined goal. Usually means Divine Providence - God's overall plan or purpose for the world; God's constant attention to the order and sequence of events in the world. It does not demand that every event be pre-determined by God, i.e., there can still be ample room for many chance variations, accidents, and contingencies; the good can suffer by chance as much as the bad, etc. PSYCHOLOGY (psychein; to breathe; psyche-logos; the study of besouled or living things): Today, as one of the social sciences, which feels it must imitate the physical sciences in order to be respectable as a science, it usually means the empirical study of human behavior, treating humans as if they were simply lumps of matter to be studied like any other lump of matter; often the mind is equated with the brain, etc. PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY: What does it mean to be alive? What are the main types of living things and their traits? PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: An examination of human beings as one type of living thing; the main theories of human nature; What does it mean to be a human being? The main reason school psychology interests anybody today is because of its philosophical and religious aspects, i.e., because of what it tries to say about my personal happiness and my place in the universe. PSYCHOSOMATIC (psyche - soma; mind-body): In medicine, the effects of mental changes upon the body and vice versa. In phil., the view of humans as one unified being of body and soul; human wholeness and integrity requires that both aspects be taken into account when any human problem is encountered, e.g., in politics, in sexual matters, etc. QUIDDITY (quid; what): (see Essence and Nature). RACISM A social system in which some subsection of the human species is regarded as inferior to other subsections, caused either by some intrinsic condition, e.g., having a certain skin color, being born into a certain caste, being as yet unborn, being mentally or physically handicapped, being chronically and/or terminally ill, becoming deformed and/or ugly, etc., or by some extrinsic condition, e.g., being conquered in war, etc. Once declared to be inferior, such creatures become "fair game" for the superior ones who can then use (there can be no abuse) them, and even kill them, as they freely choose. Cf. "pro-choicers" on abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, etc. RADICAL (radix; root): In general, anything or anybody that goes to the "root" of something, e.g., a free radical in chemistry, a radical root in math, a radical operation in medicine, etc. In political phil., someone who wants to bring about fundamental and rapid change in a society or organization. Phil., insofar as it searches for the basic reasons for things, is radical. Also, the more basic the level of inquiry the more radical the science, e.g., in the Speculative Sciences, astronomy is less radical than physics, but physics is less radical than the General Phil. of Nature; in the Practical Sciences, political science is less radical than political phil., while the latter is less radical than ethics. RATIONAL (ratio; accounting for, explaining why): In general, being able to grasp the true causes or reasons for something. In logic, following the rules of good reasoning. In epistemology, beginning with sense knowledge and going on to transcend the senses in order to understand the essence or nature of something or some process. Humans are rational animals in that we must use our senses (bodily powers) as well as our minds (conceptual powers) in order to know. In contrast, purely intuitive beings, such as angels, can know without recourse to the senses. Lesson: For humans, being rational is hard work! RATIONAL DECISION-MAKING The process of adjusting our power of free choice to objective standards of right and wrong, good and bad, etc. E.g., deciding when to launch a space ship based upon scientific facts and calculations rather than upon certain private whimsor fancies. In ethics, acting morally means freely doing what you are supposed to do. REALISM In epistemology, the ordinary, common sense view of things: The public world as I experience it is really there; if I were to die right now the world would still be here, etc. The extramental world is existentially independent with respect to mind. REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM Reduction to the absurd. In logic, showing that an initial statement is false by showing that it leads to a contradiction. E.g., X says that all Xs are always lying. If true then X must be lying about Xs always lying, which means that X regards the statement as false. Hence the contradiction: All Xs both are and are not always lying. It must be that the statement is false to begin with. REDUCTIONISM (re - ducere; to lead back): In math and science, the process of identifying A with B, B with C, etc., so that we end with A = N (a transitive relationship). In phil., the doctrine that everything is on a par; there's only one essence to all of reality; there's nothing but mathematical space, 3D extension, parts outside of parts. ALL observed differences are due to different arrangements of parts. ALL qualitative differences are really only quantitative. All of the humanities are reduced to the social sciences, which are reduced to biology, which is reduced to chemistry, which is reduced to physics. All physics is reduced to geometry, all math translated into numbers, and all numbers made into on-off switches (anaLytic geometry; digital computers, clocks, records, cameras, everything!). In effect, there is no longer any physical world at all; everything real is dissolved in a vat of mental formulas and numbers - and this in a doctrine which says that there is no immaterial mind! Love, emotions, spirit, freedom, and value judgments become meaningless sounds. Theoretically speaking this view is very common among modern scientists and philosophers. In practice, however, it's totally impossible to live by. Hence, since the time of Descartes, the quantitative production of millions of words on how science can be reconciled with human values. RELIGION (religio; reverence): Broad Definition: Any comprehensive world-view explaining why the universe is the way it is, why we are here, outlining rites and practices to be followed, offering consolation for troubles and problems, and holding out the hope for some sort of salvation. This would include Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and even Secular Humanism (we came from the ocean "soup" via evolution, etc.). Narrow Definition: Same as above but derived from some direct Revelation from God. The religion is based upon a Scripture, or Holy Writ, given directly by God to humans. This would keep Judaeo-Christianity and Islam, but would exclude the others mentioned above. As well, if we are dealing with a religion with a separately existing personal God, then religion can also be considered under JUSTICE, i.e., giving to God the worship, obedience, etc., that is due to God. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM "Freedom of Conscience." Someone convinced against her will remaineth unconvinced still. If by religious freedom we mean actually doing whatever you feel like doing because it's "your religion," then there can never be such a thing as religious freedom. On the other hand, though, a forced belief is neither in keeping with spiritual human dignity nor meritorious in the sight of God; you must do freely what you are supposed to do. In general, the right to publicly practice the rites of your own freely chosen world-view, to be publicly educated therein, etc. (Although not allowed morally speaking, in private you can legally believe anything you wish.) However, no society can allow complete freedom, i.e., it is proper to outlaw multiple spouses, satanic cults, human sacrifices, abortions, other forms of racism, pollution, etc. Conscience cannot be used as an excuse for doing, in plain English, anything you damn well please. Where possible and feasible (usually because of the homogeneity of the population), the full Divine Law, or at least the Natural Moral Law, should also be the Civil Law. If not practicable, then, within limits, each religious group should be free to act as described above. WITHIN LIMITS means that at least the most basic parts of the Natural Moral Law must be observed. If they are not, the society is doomed to self-destruction. E.g., what good is equality for women if women are not having children, thus leading to the elimination of the very society in which they are supposed to be equal? Compare being the first female (Black, Polish, Jewish, etc.) president of a bankrupt corporation. SCIENCE (scire; to know; sciens; having knowledge): The knowledge of the causes or reasons for things, usually, today, for things of a material or physical nature. Factual knowledge or mere information should not be confused with scientific or causal knowledge. E.g., seeing the stars twinkle (even animals can see) is not the same as knowing why they twinkle. Science must be in conformity with the facts and its explanations stated in terms different from what is to be explained. SECULAR HUMANISM (saeculum; a generation, or one segment of a cycle): An exclusively this-worldly anthropology. The simultaneous denial of the existence of God and the affirmation of the high worth and dignity of humans; fostered by Marx, John Dewey, Sartre, and many others today. Do not confuse with other forms of HUMANISM which maintain both the existence of God (in one form or another) and the high value of human beings, e.g., PLATONIC, STOIC, CHRISTIAN, ISLAMIC HUMANISM, etc. SET (sittan; to sit - Old English): In mathematics, a collection of elements, distinguishable from non-members, and from each other. E.g., the set of all even numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. Simultaneously, all the elements are the same (even numbers) and also different from each other (2 is not 4, etc.). In terms of possible progressive counting, this universal set is infinite, i.e., it contains an infinite number of members. Although mathematicians often speak as if all the members of such a set actually exist simultaneously here and now, in fact they do not; i.e., the rules allow for an indefinite extension of the series; the set is potentially infinite, not actually so. A SUBSET is one in which every element of the Subset is also an element of the Set. Phil. is required in order to explain how Sets and Subsets are possible. Also, when dealing with things mentally there can be no NULL or EMPTY SET, since everything thought of possesses at least intramental existence. (see Genus, Species) SEX EDUCATION Today, treating the process of reproduction in humans as if humans were merely unfree lumps of matter lacking the ability to say "no" to immoral sexual relations; assumes an amoral position (usually under the euphemism of "non-judgmental") towards sexual behavior; claims to leave ethics out of education; claims to be strictly factual. This, however, cannot be done. Every free decision made by humans implies some ethical direction; making evaluations is part of our free, intellectual nature. As normal humans we must transcend the mere facts and make judgments about how they fit into some broader scheme of things. Thus, aU. sex education programs are religious/philosophical to one extent or another. The only serious question is: Which religion and/or phil. is being taught? E.g., far from being neutral, today in psychology, we are usually subjected to propaganda favoring the view that we are a naked consciousness (cf. Sartre), divorced from reality, seeking pleasurable feelings and experiences. This is in direct opposition to the teachings of biology, and the more well-balanced religious groups such as the R. C. Church. And as it turns out, sex is not the lowest common denominator for us; the desire to know and love and have meaning in our lives is much more fundamental, which is why it's possible to get rid of a specific program in sex education but it's not possible to ever get rid of phil. SKEPTICISM (skepsis; to doubt): The doctrine, carefully reasoned out, that nothing of any great significance in science, phil., or theology can be known with certainty. This is a philosophical doctrine and should not be confused with the scientific attitude, which is cautious and circumspective; professional skepticism would mean the end of science. SOCIALISM In modern times mainly a series of 19th c. political philosophies teaching the virtues of a collectivism approach to social life; a central authority takes over and controls all the major means of production and distribution of goods and services in society. Phil. may not bake any buns but it does decide who owns the bakery! SOCIETY (socius; companion): A group of living things living together in order to achieve a common goal or purpose. Depending upon the natures of the beings involved (plant, animal, human), the possible sizes and aims of the groups and subgroups involved will vary quite a bit. E.g., an ant, bee, baboon, etc., society is geared for survival alone, while a human society aims for much more, even in the most primitive conditions. In addition to reproduction and survival in a given environment, humans are interested in all sorts of "useless" things like the opera and phil. In general, human society is permeated with the presence of the spiritual dimension of personhood, something lacking among birds, deer, lions, etc. In political phil., the primary aim of a state or nation is not freedom but JUSTICE. A just society must necessarily curtail the freedom of both individuals and groups, e.g., my right to swing my arm ends at the tip of your nose. A state does not create Justice but presupposes it. LAW and FREEDOM are not incompatible; in fact, law is necessary to maximize the human ability for free choice. The task of government is to apply at least the Natural Moral Law, and if possible the Divine Law as found in Scripture, to particular, concrete circumstances. Main types of human society: Natural (family, tribe, nation); Conventional or Arbitrary (e.g., trade unions, chess clubs, Y.M.C.A., etc.); Supernatural (the Church). SOCIETAL BREAKDOWN: Usually caused by a lack of common beliefs, goals, and objectives. A "society" which is not intellectually and morally unified is really not one society at all, but at best a collection of different 8ocieties inhabiting the same geographical area. The result of this is usually civil war to one degree or another, e.g., India-Pakistan, South Africa, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, etc., until one side is defeated or two new nations are formed. Cf. also, pro-slavers vs. abolitionists, pro-segregationists vs. civil rightists, pro-abortionists vs. pro-lifers, etc. SOCRATIC METHOD Named after Socrates in ancient Greece. It was his habit to ask leading questions designed to draw out or educe (EDUCATION), from the person he was talking to, the information and conclusions be wanted to teach to the person. He was like a midwife helping in the birth of ideas. For Plato, who used Socrates as his mouthpiece, the IDEAS are already in you (innate) and the task of the teacher is to get you to teach yourself, to wake up to what is already in you just waiting to get out and become explicit. But what if we want to be ignorant and not know the truth? This is what finally got Socrates arrested and executed, by drinking the poison hemlock while in prison (he committed suicide in effect). By playing the gadfly he so upset so many of the influential people (lawyers, writers, politicians) in Athens that they felt they had to get rid of him. He was condemned by a jury of 500 of his fellow Athenians, which led Plato to reject the value of "democracy" in matters of basic importance. Still true today, e.g., one scientist (Galileo) being right while everyone else is wrong. SOPHIST (sophos; wisdom): Now a derogatory term; someone who wants to win an argument and is willing to use any means, even deliberately false and faulty reasoning (Cf. lawyers, advertising executives, politicians, etc.). Referred originally to a group of Greek teachers in the 5th c. B.C. who earned their money by teaching the sons of the rich how to be successful in Greek political life. This meant training them to speak persuasively in public forums. Because they were more interested in winning than in the truth they were attacked by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Some famous Sophists: Protagoras, Gorgias, Thrasymachus, Hippias of Elis. In general the Sophists justified their actions by claiming that truth was either non-existent or could not be found; intellectual and moral relativism. SOUL (seula - Old High German): The intrinsic principle of life; the psyche. More technically, the first act of a properly disposed physical body with a potency for being alive. In Aristotle, the substantial form of a living body; if an axe were alive, axeness would be its soul; if an eye were a complete living thing, seeing would be its soul. In fact, without its soul, there would be no organized body at all; compare the state of the corpse. There is no need to assume that the body and soul are two separate things as they actually exist in a living substance. Because the soul is so much regarded as the inner self, we get expressions such as soul-searching, soul food, soulful, soul mate, soul music, etc. SPECIES (image, appearance): That which is predicated essentially of two or more things that differ individually. E.g., Sally and Sam are human beings. "Human being" is the species to which they belong. Species in turn fit into genera. Species and genera cannot exist outside the mind as species and genera, i.e., we can find Sam sitting in class but not human beingness. Species are predicated of concrete individuals, but concrete individuals cannot be predicated of each other, e.g., it makes no sense to say that "Sally is Sam." This is because the class to which something belongs always tells us what is common to the items under consideration, and no concrete individual is ever common to anything. In general, in the process of classification, what is true of the broader category can be applied to the more narrow category but not vice versa, e.g., animal traits belong to both humans and dogs but human traits belong only to humans and not to dogs, i.e., humans and dogs are equally animals but not equal animals. The whole area of sets, classification, species, etc., is basically a philosophical issue rather than a mathematical or biological one. STOICISM (stoa; porch or portico where the founder taught in ancient Athens): A pantheistic ethical doctrine emphasizing fatalism, indifference, and impassiveness. SUBSTANCE (sub - stare; to stand under): That which has a natural unity and can exist on its own, e.g., this individual man, dog, pine tree, etc. Usually contrasted with an ACCIDENT or that which cannot exist on its own but must exist in, or "go along with," a substance, e.g., colors, sounds, etc. SUPERMAN In 19th c. phil. as fostered by F.W. Nietzsche, the Overman or superior human type of creature who has the right to use inferior humans, THE HERD, for his own ends; the bold, brave, strong, daring, willful, and therefore lonely, one who is willing to take seriously the amoralism following upon the Death-Of-God; the outsider; used as a model by Hitler. SYLLOGISM (syn-logizesthai; to put together reasons, to calculate): The basic form of deductive reasoning using three terms and three propositions, e.g., all humans are liable to death, Sally is a human, and so Sally is liable to death. SYNTHETIC STATEMENT (syn - tithenai; to place together) (see A Posteriori). TABULA RASA (writing surface - empty): In 18th c. phil. as fostered by John Locke, the view of the mind as a blank tablet needing to be filled in with sense experiences; opposed to Descartes's INNATE IDEAS. TELEOLOGY (telos; end, goal): The study of the purposes of things; looks at things from the perspective of where they are going rather than where they've come from, although the two are certainly related. E.g., it's a fact that the earth is warm. But, is the earth warmed because the sun happens to exist, or does the sun exist in order to warm the earth? The latter may be taken to mean that the sun was deliberately created by an intelligent Supreme Being for that purpose, which is why teleology is often rejected by those philosophers who want to be atheists. Also, are sexual relations simply one aspect of an aimless series of sensual stimulations and explorations, or are they a means to an end, namely, reproduction? Much of our modern media, claiming to be neutral and non-judgmental on the subject (which they really are not) push the former, while those more attuned to the complete human condition, such as biologists and the R. C. Church, while not denying a place for sense pleasure and mutual comfort, affirm the latter. THEOLOGY (theos - logos; study of God): The application of one's rational powers to Scripture and Revelation; presupposes faith in the revelation to be studied; proper to argue from authority (Scripture, the Articles of Faith, Teachings of the Church, etc.). Theology is to faith as phil. is to reason, i.e., the denominators represent the areas in which each is at home. Theology is to Scripture as phil. is to ordinary human experience, i.e., the denominators represent the respective starting points of each. It should not be supposed that the results of science, phil., and theology must contradict one another. THOMISM Phil. and theology based upon the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. TOLERATION (tolerare; to endure): Not using violence to suppress someone with whom you have a fundamental disagreement; agreeing to peacefully disagree. Do not confuse with indifference. Only dogmatic people can be tolerant; both firm conviction and love of neighbor are required for toleration. TRANSCENDENT (trans-scandere; to climb over): That which goes beyond something. It does not necessarily mean to be completely or even partially out of contact with the near-at-hand. E.g., in one and the same human being intellectual knowledge transcends sense knowledge; in Judaeo-Christianity, without pantheism, God is both transcendent and IMMANENT TRANSCENDENTALS In the Phil. of Being, that which is common to everything which exists; something not restricted to any one class or category of things. E.g., every being, in its own way, is one, true, good, and beautiful. In the 18th c. phil. of Immanuel Kant, the mental categories, common to all humans, which exist beyond sense experience and which we use to "inform" the material world in an orderly and scientific way. For Kant, the physical world is unknown and unknowable in itself (see Idealism). TRUTH (treove - Old English; faithful): In general, the conformity of the mind with some situation or thing outside the mind. LOGICAL TRUTH, VALIDITY: Reasoning in conformity with the proper logical rules. E.g., if it's true that all students love phil. then it must be true that some students do. ONTOLOGICAL TRUTH: The conformity of something to an objective, external measure. E.g., the painting truly expresses the creative intention of the artist; this is a true diamond, meaning that it conforms to the objective chemical composition and structure of what a diamond should be. MORAL TRUTH: Telling the truth; the conformity of one's speech with what is really in one's mind. TRUTH-OF-REASON In 18th c. phil. as fostered by Hume, an a priori or analytic type statement which can be known as true without any appeal to sense knowledge; the sort of thing found in logic and math; opposed to matter-of-fact statements. ULTIMAT E (ulter; beyond; ultimus; farthest away): In general, anything which is last in a series. In phil., within a given domain, the most fundamental reason(s) for things; the most basic level of inquiry. (see Radical) UNIVERSAL (unus - vertere; one turn): Covering the whole; taking into account the entire situation, etc. In logic, a UNIVERSAL PROPOSITION is one which states something about the nature of the subject, e.g., the statement "All men are mortal" tells us that it is of the nature of humans to be liable to death; to be a human is to be liable to death. This means that the predicate, in this case "mortal," must apply to each and every possible case considered under the subject term, "men." Thus the use of "all" is justified. UNIVERSALITY - ULTIMACY-ANALOGOUS USAGE Although all ideas are universal, some are more universal than others, e.g., "flag" is more universal than "French flag." This is important because it allows for a HIERARCHY of values and disciplines. E.g., a principle, law, statement, science, etc., can be ultimate and universal within its own domain, but its own domain may be restricted relative to a wider domain in the same order of reality or subject area. Within the area of Practical Knowledge, for instance, Ethics is the ultimate science, with its own basic principles and procedures. (Thus there is no problem with the so-called is - ought transition as "discovered" by Hume.) Yet, simultaneously, e.g., the science of being a business executive can be ultimate and universal within that lesser domain of human action. Likewise on the Speculative side. The ultimate science for some area of lesser extent in the physical world may be biology, chemistry, or physics. However, relative to these areas, Philosophical Psychology and the Phil. of Nature would be more ultimate. In other words, "ultimate" and "universal" must be understood analogously. The only absolutely ultimate and universal human rational science is the PHILOSOPHY OF BEING. Scientists and mathematicians have a hard time understanding this because they keep wanting to speak univocally. UNIVOCAL USAGE (uni-vox; one voice): A term is used each time with exactly the same meaning; important in logic, math, and science. E.g., a+b = b+a; All exceptional people are in mental hospitals, all philosophy students are exceptional people,... (see Analogous Usage, Equivocation) UNNATURAL Two main meanings: ARTIFICIAL: Not found in nature without human interference, e.g., eyeglasses; not necessarily evil. OPPOSED TO NATURE: Something which violates our highest power, our reason; an abuse of our natural powers as directed by our reason (not as found in cruel and mean uninterfered-with nature); a violation of the Natural Moral Law. This type is always evil. E.g., gluttony, lying, stealing, homosexuality, child abuse, polluting, etc. UTILITARIANISM A 19th c. ethical theory which argued that because everyone desires one's own happiness one must necessarily desire the happiness of everyone taken collectively. The aim of all law, as developed by J.S. Mill, should be the greatest happiness (good) of the greatest number of people in society, and ultimately of the whole world. However, by failing to define human happiness in an objective way based upon the ultimate good of human nature, the doctrine is not very useful practically speaking. We still don't know what to aim for. Mill did not understand the difference between NATURE as the usual run of natural events, including all of its mean and cruel aspects, and as the internal standard of morality, i.e., human nature dominated by God-given reason. UTOPIA (ou.-topos; no-place): An imaginary country of perfect harmony and happiness for everyone, popularized by Thomas More in the 16th C. VIRTUE (virtus; strength): A stable disposition to always operate and act for the good; a "second nature" in human beings to do good. INTELLECTUAL VIRTUE: The habit of always seeking the truth, which is the good of the intellect. MORAL VIRTUE: The habit of always willing the good and seeking to do what is right. The chief CARDINAL or MORALvirtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance. The Judaeo-Christian THEOLOGICAL virtues: Faith, Hope, Charity (Love). WELTANSCHAUUNG (world - view in German): A universal and all-encompassing insight into the nature of reality. WILL TO POWER In Nietzsche, the same as the will to life. All living things automatically strive, not to just survive, but to expand and conquer. Self-conscious humans, however, can counteract this drive and opt for security and comfort instead (the HERD MENTALITY). The SUPERMAN, though, is rare and different. Using the Herd as a stepping stone, he is willing to undergo the struggle and suffering needed to conquer himself and others on his way to the creation of his own brave new world. WISDOM (wis - Old English; sophos, sophia): An intellectual virtue; the highest form of knowledge; a knowledge of the First Principle(s) of all things; found only in phil. and theology; cannot be found in math or in the social and physical sciences. WORLD OF IDEAS In Plato's phil., the world of Greek Being, of the Really Real, the realm of True Being; a completely stable and unchanging collection of Ideal Forms, which act as the ARCHETYPES or models after which the things of the changing, earthly world are fashioned. It can only be known by the mind through a process of pure intellection; the senses are of no use, and even act to hold back the process of obtaining true knowledge and salvation for the human soul or psyche, which alone is the true human person. Hence the phrase PLATONIC LOVE, meaning a body-less meeting of the minds; "kindred spirits." F. F Centore is professor and chairman of the department of philosophy at St. Jerome's College, U. of Waterloo, Ontario. Reprinted with permission of the author Not all articles published on CERC are the objects of official Church teaching, but these are supplied to provide supplementary information.
What better rule-of-thumb would you have than your own experience? As for piety I am impressed by the piety expressed by certain people who adhere to this error, but I am also impressed with the quality of action by some members of the Masonic Lodges and also the piety expressed by many protestants. This is a pointless statement. We're not discussing piety or quality of action. I thought that I explained the use of the term "Luciferian" and thus justified it. The one creature who has an undying hatred for mankind is Lucifer. We are the cause of his fall. He would lead us into a false Church if he can. You've made the claim. Now you are obligated to prove that the SSPV, which practices the Catholic faith exactly as it was practiced in 1955, has made no claims of separation, and has not elected their own pope, has set up a "false church." I truly did not mean to slander anyone. It's the concept of sedevacantism and the practice which I am addressing. And isn't there a "one and only sedvacantist thread" where one can slander sedevacantists with absurd epithets such as "luciferian" to their hearts content? Isn't this thread meant to discuss the SSPV and the SSPX? This is not unprecedented. The Courts of Inquisition had to deal with false priests and nuns in the 13th century. They were the Fraticelli and the False-Apostles. They were very pious, wore the habit of St. Francis, had an order of Nuns but would not recognize the reigning Pope and elected their own who was infact an anti-Pope. It was very confusing to the Catholics at the time thus the matter was brought before the Courts. The primary problem which the Inquisition was set up to deal with was Judaizers--Marranos and Cryptojews who had infiltrated the church and were seeking to destroy the Catholic religion from within. You would attempt to spin the Inquisition into support of your personal crusade against sedevacantists and your theory that they are "luciferian," when the USCCB has stated that Rabbinic Judaism is from God? I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised that you avoid confronting my point. Who are the real "luciferians" who have set up a "false church"? Is it the traditional Catholic society which practices the Catholic faith as it had been practiced for centuries? Or is it the New Order, half composed of homosexuals who tell us that Rabbinic Judaism, the religion of the Pharisees who killed our Lord and His Apostles, is "of God."? Who's nature do you believe is reflected in this New Order statement? God's, or Lucifer's? Rabbinic Judaism, which developed after the destruction of the Temple, must also be "of God" (Reflections on Covenant and Mission, §13, USCCB, Aug. 12, 2002) I'd be interested to hear your response to this point. In general both genders need to be attracted to a spiritual source to maintain balance. Could you cite a single Catholic source which supports this strange belief? It sounds rather Eastern to me. If "woman's intuition" is a valid indicator in spiritual matters, then I'm going to quit this Catholic stuff and go join a Kabbala group or some yoga-meditation-new age ashram, because that's where the intuition of most women is leading them. It certainly isn't leading the majority of women into traditional Catholic chapels. Can you see how absurd this reasoning is, and why the Catholic Catechisms state nothing about "woman's intuition"? I honestly can't believe that I've wasted this much effort on this absurd argument.
Mark and I did go away for Mother's Day last weekend. We went to the Brasstown Valley Resort in Young Harris, GA for brunch and then stayed there on Sunday night. What a nice place, all nestled in the mountains. We also went to the top of Brasstown Bald, which, (depending on who you talk to) is the highest mountain in Georgia. Then a little visit to the Crane Creek Vineyard was in order. All in all, a pleasant little trip. The funny thing is that I only have one project going now. Time for a new start or two, right? It's the end of the school year and many parents are contemplating what to get for their kids' teachers. Sheila used her powers of craftiness to create these beautiful necklaces. So that's it for now. Coming up in future blog posts, and staying with the Nancy Drew theme: The Craft Room Caper and The Case Of The Sneaky Stitch Starter. OK, those probably won't be the titles of my posts, but they give you the idea of what's to come here at CraftyCat.
Part 5 – Strange Path to the 10% Sweet Spot After 12 weeks with Weight Watchers® online, I’ve lost a tad over 10% of my starting weight, or roughly 19 lbs. They say this is supposed to yield an untold wealth of health benefits. It does feel good. But I still don’t feel slim and nobody’s saying, “There’s something different about you. Have you done something to your hair?” A 2.1-lb. drop last week, the most I’ve lost since the earliest stages, resulted from some weird eating. First, my salty/crunchy craving made me demolish 3 bags of pork rinds at 16 points each (remember, I get 26 points/day). Why pork rinds? Because I vaguely remembered they were a good thing on the Atkins Diet. I also snacked on turkey pepperoni instead of yucky raw carrots or celery because 16 slices (of pepperoni) are only 2 points. And I cut back on fruit. Basically, I pushed back on the WW vegetarian agenda and increased fat and protein à la Ottavia Bourdain. (Maybe my next craving will be to beat up somebody!) This morning I tried on my bathing suit and decided I wouldn’t die if I were seen in it, although I wouldn’t be proud, either. I still have Mr. Peanut’s torso — if he had enormous boobs. The other day I treated myself to a dressy little top on sale in size large that fits like a sausage casing now, but I hope to wear at the holidays. I’m walking or pedaling 10,000 steps or more every single day. I don’t miss potatoes or sweets. Starch-wise, I’m having nothing but whole-grain bread and pasta, except for a Thomas’ thin bagel 3x a week with lox and light cream cheese. But I miss do beef and pork a LOT. I’ve considered quitting WW’s annoying site and continuing alone, but online tracking is keeping me honest, and I do appreciate the weekly canned encouragement, since the cats couldn’t care less what I look like. My next weight-loss goal is another 5%. At my next doctor’s visit, I want to see the nurse’s face when, for the first time in ages, she realizes she doesn’t have to fling that 150-lb. weight on the scale to get my number.
Just wondering if there is something like ReadyBoost for Linux. As I understand it, there are 2 parts to ReadyBoost. The first part is using the solid state memory as swap. That is easily doable in Linux (just move swap to flash drive), and I don't think it helps, given sufficient amount of real RAM. People have also pointed out that it's just marketting hype. The second part is much more interesting. Windows can use flash drives as some kind of persistent disk cache. This allows fast random access to small files. Solid state memory can service these requests much faster than harddrives, thanks to their almost 0 latency. Harddrives have average latencies of at least 10ms. For this kind of access, the higher throughput of harddrives don't really help. If we do the math, assuming latency is 10ms, and throughput is 70MB/s for harddrive, and 0ms, 20MB/s for flash drives, Access time for harddrive = 0.01 + s/70 Access time for flash drive = s/20 The 2 lines intersect at about s = 280KB. That means, for file accesses less than 280KB, flash memory can do it faster. I believe most file accesses fall under this category (writing to log files, loading icons, getting directory contents, browser caches, emails, booting, etc). Many people have reported that Windows boot times are significantly reduced on a SSD (even ones that have close to or lower throughput than HDs), which supports this hypothesis. This may be an extreme case, however. On the Linux side, the disk caching system already does this, somewhat. There are a few shortcomings as I see it (compared to using flash memory for caching) - 1.) Disk caches are cleared by reboots, and many people need to reboot their machines frequently (eg, laptops, to save power). 2.) Accessing large files causes the whole disk cache to be flushed. Subsequent accesses to small files need to go through the disk. The disk caching system, as far as I can tell, doesn't distinguish between big and small files. 3.) Harddrives need to be spun up for fsync(), and also for committing to journals. A smart implementation of flash memory caching can solve all 3 problems. It shouldn't replace the DRAM cache, of course. I think it should sit between the DRAM cache and the disk. Assuming an implementation doesn't already exist, where should this be implemented? As a FUSE driver? as a kernel module? What do you think?
Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Native American (Shoshone) women and children. The women wear dresses, one decorated with elk teeth, and beaded necklaces. One child is in a beaded cradleboard. Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Infants--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890. Stereographic studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Shoshone) man. The man sits on a fringed chair. He holds a bandolier bag. He wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket over his lap, a fringed shirt, beaded necklaces, and beads in his braids. Indians of North America--1860-1900.; Shoshoni Indians--1860-1900.; Clothing & dress--1860-1900. A group of unidentified Native Americans is stopped on horses in front of a small wood structure on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Most of the men wear hats and patterned shirts and vests. Several people have patterned, wool... Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Horses--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910. [between 1905 and 1907?] Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail Thumbnail with title Grid with smaller thumbnails and more detail Select the collections to add or remove from your search
Pike county, Indiana--History; Dubois county, Indiana--History; Pike county, Indiana--Biography History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present; with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc.; together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of... Legislative journals--Indiana--Periodicals; Indiana--Politics and government--Periodicals; Indiana General Assembly The Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington received an LSTA Grant to scan, markup, and make available the Brevier Legislative Reports. The Reports are a transcription of the proceedings of the Indiana General Assembly from the... Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Carter Family; Deckard Family; McCormick Family; Thrasher Family; Trisler Family; Women's Christian Temperance Union Huntington county (Ind.)--Biography; Huntington county (Ind.)--History History of Huntington county, Indiana; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests. v. 1 defective: p. 162-163, 166-167, 170-171, 174-175 not printed.
Chivington John Milton Reasons for going to Sand Creek,, 1864. Hall, - History of Colorado v.1 P-351 Incorporator, trustee, Denver university,, 1864. Smiley,-Hist.'of Colorado v.1 p.700 Equips volunteers for Indian service , Pueblo, 1864 Vickers,- history arkansas valley Starts for Cheyenne village, on Big Sandy,, 1864. Vickers.- jUsj. Ark. Valley p.839 Administration left in his hands, 1864, Stone.- Hist. Zf Colorado v.1 p.92 Sand Creek massacre, 1864. Hallp- Hist. of Colorado v.1 P-340- 356 * Click tabs to swap between content that is broken into logical sections.
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Sunday, May 26, 2013 (Sundays @ 5) "Come to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God's temple... And now God is building in you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple." ~ 1 Peter 2: 4-6 Cornerstone is a ministry for middle-high students. This is a time for youth fellowship, games, scripture discussion and encounters with God through prayer. Middle school is a wild and crazy time in your life. Cornerstone is a place that allows you to let go, relax and just be YOU—even if only for a little bit!
The Hidden Shamrock is a nice surprise; not necessarily a pot-of-gold-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow surprise, but a real serious good-time, down-home Irish bar surprise. Really, it's pub-like with a twist of Chicago class: dark wood, Irish bartenders and cider. There's no huge Irish signs, no tacky Irish artifacts. More subtle touches abound, giving an Irish-linen-and-lace feel to the place (as opposed to a leprechaun greeting you at the door). Cozy tables fill out the place and give it a nice neighborhood bar feel that makes it a good weekend or week night stopping spot. It's in the getting-to-be-Lincoln-Park area of Diversey, so there's other bars nearby to hop to if you're not feeling international, but really, it's a nice place to go and talk, meet some groups of people and not have to deal with the usual cheeziness that Irish bars entail. (That must be the secret they're referring to in the title.) As Lincoln Park's "oldest Irish pub," the Shamrock enjoyed pre-'87 lives as Chasen's and Pat O'Brien's. Sundays feature a Celtic Jam Session from 3-6 p.m.; test your smarts with Tuesday's Brainstormer Pub Quiz at 8 p.m.; show off your pipes at Wednesday's open mic; and roll in on the weekends for DJs. If you want to party with your 30 best friends, check out the Shamrock's party packages. If you're just heading out with a handful of chums, belly up to a menu of typical pub eats, with Irish specialties like traditional lamb stew and all-day Irish breakfast thrown in. Average cost: <$10 Centerstage Reviewer: Erin Brereton
Any dessert connoisseur worth their salt knows that Chicago is the proud home of Eli's Cheesecake. This rich, world-renowned delight has made appearances in numerous grocer's freezers, restaurants and arena concession stands, and continues to please palates and expand waistlines throughout the Windy City. What they might have missed, however, is the fact that Chicago also plays host to Eli's corporate headquarters. This wouldn't be all that significant, aside from the fact that the office space includes a must-visit dessert cafe/discount cheesecake emporium. Discreetly located in an industrial park on the Northwest Side, Eli's Cheesecake World is the perfect destination for tourists and dairy lovers alike. This airy, inviting cafe uses murals to pay tribute to Eli's accomplishments, detailing names and faces of noteworthy fans such as Jay Leno and Bill Clinton. It also offers insight into how these treats are made, with group or individual bakery tours and a regular schedule of hands-on workshops. Several tour packages are available with reservations, and children's party events can also be scheduled. But what if you just want to eat? No problem there, the only dilemma is whether to take out or dine in. You can choose from more than 30 kinds of cheesecake offered in the regular freezer case, or take home a Sweet Imperfection at a deep discount. Enjoy a fresh espresso in-house along with your favorite treat, whether you fancy traditional creamy treats, brownies or even a fresh sandwich. You could even eat for free if you don't call much attention to yourself; bakery attendants are constantly putting out fresh samples, and there's also a water cooler with complimentary paper cups. Chances are you'll want a full dessert, though; it's hard to enjoy gourmet cheesecake without stuffing yourself silly. Average cost: <$10 Centerstage Reviewer: Jenny Seay
45 U.S.C. 231k and 231f. 59 FR 3992, Jan. 28, 1994, unless otherwise noted. (a) Explanation of representative payment. This part explains the principles and procedures that the Board follows in determining whether to make representative payment and in selecting a representative payee. It also explains the responsibilities that a representative payee has concerning the use of the funds which he or she receives on behalf of an annuitant. A representative payee may be either a person or an organization selected by the Board to receive benefits on behalf of an annuitant. A representative payee will be selected if the Board believes that the interest of an annuitant will be served by representative payment rather than direct payment of benefits. Generally, the Board will appoint a representative payee if it determines that the annuitant is not able to manage or direct the management of benefit payments in his or her interest. (b) Statutory authority. Section 12 of the Railroad Retirement Act provides that every annuitant and claimant shall be conclusively presumed to have been competent until the date on which the Board receives a notice in writing that a legal guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or estate of an incompetent or a minor has been appointed: Provided, however, That despite receiving such notice, the Board may, if it finds the interests of such annuitant or claimant to be served thereby, recognize actions by, conduct transactions with, and make payments to such annuitant or claimant. (c) Policy used to determine whether to make representative payment. (1) In accordance with section 12 of the Railroad Retirement Act, the Board's policy is that every annuitant has the right to manage his or her own benefits. However, some annuitants due to mental or physical condition or due to their youth may be unable to do so. If the Board determines that the interests of an annuitant would be better served if benefit payments were certified to another person as representative payee, the Board will appoint a representative payee in accordance with the procedures set forth in this part. The Board may appoint a representative payee even if the annuitant is a legally competent individual. If the annuitant is a legally incompetent individual, the Board may appoint the legal guardian or some other person as a representative payee. (2) If payment is being made directly to an annuitant and a question arises concerning his or her ability to manage or direct the management of benefit payments, the Board may, if the annuitant is 18 years old or older and has not been adjudged legally incompetent, continue to pay the annuitant until the Board makes a determination about his or her ability to manage or direct the management of benefit payments and the selection of a representative payee. § 266.2 Recognition by the Board of a person to act in behalf of another. (a) Regardless of the receipt of written notice of the appointment of a guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or estate of an incompetent or a minor who is receiving or claiming benefits or to whom any right or privilege is extended under the law, the Board may, in its discretion, validly recognize actions by and conduct transactions with others acting on behalf of the individual found by the Board to be a minor or to be unable to manage his or her affairs, if the Board finds such actions or transactions to be in the best interest of such individual. (b) In the absence of a written notice of the appointment of a guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or estate of an incompetent or minor, the Board shall, except where special circumstances appear, recognize a person to act on behalf of an individual under the following circumstances: (1) When the individual has been adjudged mentally incompetent by a court having jurisdiction to do so; (2) When the individual has been committed to a mental institution by a court having jurisdiction to do so; (3) When the individual is an inmate of a mental institution; (4) When the individual is less than 16 years of age; or (5) When the individual is between 16 and 18 years of age and is in the care of another person and does not have the capacity to act on his or her own behalf. § 266.3 Information considered in determining whether to make representative payments. In determining whether to make representative payment, the Board may consider the following information: (a) Evidence of legal guardianship. Evidence of the appointment of a legal guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or estate of an incompetent or a minor shall be a certified copy of the court's determination. (b) Medical evidence. The Board may use medical evidence, when such is available, to help determine whether an annuitant is capable of managing or directing the management of benefit payments. For example, a statement by a physician or other medical professional based upon his or her recent examination of the annuitant and his or her knowledge of the annuitant's present condition will be used in the Board's determination, if it includes information concerning the nature of the annuitant's illness, the annuitant's chances for recovery and the opinion of the physician or other medical professional as to whether the annuitant is able to manage or direct the management of benefit payments. (c) Other evidence. The Board may also consider statements of relatives, friends, and other people in a position to know and observe the annuitant, which contain information helpful to the Board in deciding whether the annuitant is able to manage or direct the management of benefit payments. § 266.4 Information considered in selecting a representative payee. In selecting a representative payee, the Board tries to select the person, agency, organization or institution that will best serve the interest of the annuitant. In making this selection, the Board may consider such factors as the following: (a) The relationship of the person to the annuitant, including the type of relationship, e.g., family or legal guardianship; degree of relationship, if the person is a family member; and the length of association, if a non-family member; (b) The amount of interest that the person shows in the annuitant, including the contributions the person makes to the welfare of the annuitant and the contacts and frequency of such contacts with the annuitant; (c) Any legal authority the person, agency, organization or institution has to act on behalf of the annuitant; (d) Whether the potential payee has custody of the annuitant; (e) Whether the potential payee is in a position to know of and look after the needs of the annuitant; (f) Verification of the social security account number, name, address, telephone number, place of employment, and main source of income if applicable, accepted as part of any person's application for designation as a representative payee, unless such person's identification has already been established to the satisfaction of the Board; (g) Whether an applicant for designation as a representative payee has ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor under the statutes administered by the Board or the Social Security Act, or convicted of a felony under any other Federal or State law; and (h) Whether the services of such person as representative payee have previously been terminated, suspended, or declined by the Board or the Social Security Administration for: (1) Misuse of the benefits of the annuitant for whom they were intended; (2) Failure to comply with any provision of or regulation under the Railroad Retirement Act or the Social Security Act; or (3) Failure to meet the requirements of this part. (i) Whether the potential payee is a creditor of the annuitant. A creditor who provides goods and services to the annuitant ordinarily may not serve as a representative payee unless such appointment poses no substantial conflict of interest and unless the creditor is: (1) A relative who resides with the annuitant; (2) A legal guardian or legal representative of the annuitant; or (3) A licensed or certified care facility (or owner, administrator or employee thereof) where there annuitant resides. § 266.5 Order of preference in selecting a representative payee. As a guide in selecting a representative payee, categories of preferred payees have been established. These preferences are flexible. The primary concern of the Board is to select the payee who will best serve the annuitant's interest. The preferences are: (a) For annuitants 18 years old or older, the preference is: (1) A legal guardian, spouse, or other relative who has custody of the annuitant or who demonstrates strong concern for the personal welfare of the annuitant; (2) A friend who has custody of the annuitant or demonstrates strong concern for the personal welfare of the annuitant; (3) A public or nonprofit agency or institution having custody of the annuitant; (4) A private institution operated for profit and licensed under State law, which has custody of the annuitant; and (5) Persons other than those listed above who are qualified to carry out the responsibilities of a representative payee and who are able and willing to serve as a payee for an annuitant; e.g., members of community groups or organizations who volunteer to serve as representative payee for an annuitant. (b) For annuitants under age 18, the preference is: (1) A natural or adoptive parent who has custody of the annuitant, or a legal guardian; (2) A natural or adoptive parent who does not have custody of the annuitant, but is contributing toward the annuitant's support and is demonstrating strong concern for the annuitant's well-being; (3) A relative or stepparent who has custody of the annuitant; (4) A natural or adoptive parent who does not have custody of the annuitant and is not contributing toward his or her support but is demonstrating strong concern for the annuitant's well-being; (5) A relative who does not have custody of the annuitant but is contributing toward the annuitant's support and is demonstrating concern for the annuitant's well-being; (6) A relative or close friend who does not have custody of the annuitant but is demonstrating concern for the annuitant's well-being; and (7) An authorized social agency or custodial institution. § 266.6 Information to be submitted by a representative payee-applicant; face-to-face interview. Before the Board selects a representative payee, the Board may request the payee-applicant to provide information concerning the factors listed in §266.4 of this part. An employee of the Board may also conduct a face-to-face interview with the payee-applicant. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 3220–0052) § 266.7 Accountability of a representative payee. (a) A representative payee is accountable for the use of benefits. The Board will require periodic written reports from representative payees. The Board may also, at the Board's option, verify how a representative payee used benefit payments. A representative payee must keep records of what was done with all benefit payments in order to make accounting reports. The Board may ask the following questions: (1) The amount of benefit payments on hand at the beginning of the accounting period; (2) How the benefit payments were used; (3) How much of the benefit payments were saved and how the savings were invested; (4) Where the annuitant lived during the accounting period; (5) The amount of the annuitant's income from other sources during the accounting period. The Board may ask for information about other funds to enable the Board to evaluate the use of benefit payments; and (6) Whether the representative payee has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor offense under the statutes administered by the Board or by the Social Security Administration within the past 15 years or whether any such charges are pending. (b) An individual to whom payments are certified as representative payee on behalf of an annuitant shall submit a written report in such form and at such times as the Board may require, accounting for the payments certified to him or her on behalf of the annuitant. If, however, such payee is a court-appointed fiduciary and, as such, is required to make an annual accounting to the court, a true copy of each such account filed with the court may be submitted in lieu of the accounting form prescribed by the Board. If any representative payee fails to submit the required accounting within a reasonable period of time after it is requested, no further payments shall be made to him or her on behalf of the annuitant unless for good cause shown, the default of the representative payee is excused by the Board, and the required accounting is thereafter submitted. (c) At any time after the Board has selected a representative payee, the Board may ask such payee to submit information showing a continuing relationship to the annuitant and a continuing responsibility for the care of the annuitant. If the representative payee does not give the Board the requested information within a reasonable period of time, the Board may stop paying such payee unless the Board determines that the payee had a good reason for not complying with the Board's request, and the Board receives the information requested. (d) Where, pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, the Board suspends payments, such suspension shall not exceed a period of 30 days; thereafter, the payments will be made to the annuitant except where the annuitant is an unemancipated minor under age 18 or where in the Board's judgment the interests of the annuitant would not be served by releasing payment to the annuitant. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 3220–0052 and 3220–0151) § 266.8 Advance notice of the determination to make representative payment. (a) As a general rule, whenever the Board intends to make representative payment and to name a representative payee, the Board will notify the annuitant or, in the case of an unemancipated minor under age 18, or an individual who is legally incompetent, the individual acting on his or her behalf of the Board's proposed actions. Such notice will tell the person that the Board plans to name a representative payee and who that payee will be. The notice will also ask the person to contact the Board within 15 days of the date of the notice if he or she objects to either proposed action. If he or she objects to either proposed action, the objecting party may— (1) Review the evidence upon which the proposed actions will be based; and (2) Submit any additional evidence regarding the proposed actions. (b) If the objecting party objects to the proposed actions, the Board will review its proposed determinations and consider any additional information provided. The Board will then issue a decision on whether to appoint a representative payee and who that payee will be. If the objecting party is dissatisfied with either determination, he or she may request a reconsideration under part 260 of this chapter. (c) If the objecting party does not file a timely objection to the proposed actions, the Board will issue a decision on whether to appoint a representative payee and who that payee will be. If the objecting party is dissatisfied with either determination, he or she may request a reconsideration under part 260 of this chapter. (d) A request for reconsideration or an appeal from a determination under this section under part 260 of this chapter shall not prevent the Board from making payments to a representative payee during the pendency of such reconsideration or appeal. (e) The Board's failure or refusal to select an individual as representative payee or the Board's termination of representative payee status with respect to an individual is not subject to a request for reconsideration or an appeal under part 260 of this chapter by such individual. § 266.9 Responsibilities of a representative payee. (a) A representative payee shall, subject to review by the Board and to such requirements as it may from time-to-time prescribe, apply the payments made to him or her on behalf of the annuitant only for the use and benefit of such annuitant, and in a manner and for purposes which are in the annuitant's best interests. (b) A representative payee shall notify the Board of any event that will affect the amount of benefits the annuitant receives or the right of the annuitant to receive benefits. (c) A representative payee shall notify the Board of any change in his or her circumstances that would affect performance of the payee responsibilities. § 266.10 Use of benefit payments. (a) Current maintenance. Payments made to an individual as representative payee on behalf of an annuitant shall be considered as having been applied for the use and benefit of the annuitant when they are used for the annuitant's current maintenance. Current maintenance includes costs incurred in obtaining food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and personal comfort items. An aged annuitant is entitled to a monthly railroad retirement benefit of $800. His son, who is his representative payee, disburses his benefits in the following manner: The above expenditures would represent proper disbursements on behalf of the annuitant. \|Rent and utilities\|\|$500\| (b) Institutional care. If an annuitant is receiving care in a Federal, state, or private institution because of mental or physical incapacity, current maintenance includes the customary charges made by the institution in providing care and maintenance, as well as expenditures for those items which will aid in the annuitant's recovery or release from the institution or expenses for personal needs which will improve the annuitant's conditions while in the institution. (c) Support of legal dependents. If the current maintenance needs of the annuitant are met, the representative payee may use part of the payments for the support of the annuitant's legally dependent spouse, child, and/or parent. (d) Claims of creditors. Where a debt arose prior to the first month for which benefits are certified to a representative payee, the representative payee may satisfy such debt out of present benefit payments only if the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the annuitant are met. A retroactive railroad retirement annuity check in the amount of $2,100, representing benefits due for November 1989 through January 1990, was issued on behalf of the annuitant to the annuitant's daughter, who is the representative payee. The check was certified in February 1990. The nursing home, where the annuitant resides, is owed money for maintenance expenses the annuitant incurred prior to February 1990. If the accrual is not required for the annuitant's current maintenance and the annuitant had no foreseeable needs which would require large disbursements, the expenditure of the accrual or part thereof for the past due maintenance charges would be consistent with the Board's guidelines. § 266.11 Conservation and investment of benefit payments. (a) General. If benefit payments made to a representative payee are not needed for the annuitant's current maintenance or reasonably foreseeable needs or the support of legal dependents or to pay creditors in accordance with §266.10, they shall be conserved or invested on behalf of the annuitant. Such funds must be invested in accordance with the rules applicable to investment of trust estates by trustees. Any investment must show clearly that the representative payee holds the property in trust for the annuitant. (b) Preferred investments. Preferred investments for excess funds are deposits in an interest or dividend paying account in a bank, trust company, credit union, or savings and loan association which is insured under either Federal or State law, direct obligations of the United States Government or obligations for which both principal and interest are guaranteed unconditionally by the United States Government. The account must be in a form which shows clearly that the representative payee has only a fiduciary, and not a personal, interest in the funds. If the payee is the legally appointed guardian or fiduciary of the annuitant, the account may be established to indicate this relationship. If the payee is not the legally appointed guardian or fiduciary, the accounts may be established as follows: (1) For U.S. Savings Bonds— (Name of annuitant) ____________________ (Social Security Number), for whom ____________________ (Name of payee) is representative payee for Railroad Retirement benefits; (2) For interest or dividend paying accounts— (Name of annuitant) by ____________________ (Name of payee), representative payee. (c) Interest and dividend payments. The interest and dividends which result from an investment are the property of the annuitant and may not be considered to be the property of the representative payee. (d) Prohibition against commingling. The representative payee shall not commingle his or her personal funds with the representative payments. A representative payee may consolidate and maintain an annuitant's funds in an account with other annuitants if he or she maintains a separate, accurate and complete accounting of each annuitant's funds under his or her control. § 266.12 Effect of matters or actions submitted or taken by legal guardian, etc. All matters and actions in connection with an annuity submitted or taken by the guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or estate of an incompetent or a minor shall be considered by the Board in the same manner and with the same effect as though such matters or actions had been submitted or taken by the ward, if the ward had capacity to act in his or her own behalf; Provided, however, That the Board may, if it deems it necessary, require the guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or estate of an incompetent or a minor to submit a certified copy of an order from the court of appointment authorizing some particular action which the guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or estate desires to take in connection with the application. § 266.13 When a new representative payee will be selected. When the Board learns that the interests of the annuitant are not served by continuing payment to the present representative payee or that the present representative payee is no longer able to carry out the payee responsibilities, the Board will undertake to find a new representative payee. The Board will select a new representative payee if the Board finds a preferred payee or if the present payee— (a) Has not used the benefit payments on the annuitant's behalf in accordance with the guidelines in this part; (b) Has not carried out the other responsibilities described in this part; (d) No longer wishes to be representative payee; (e) Is unable to manage the benefit payments; or (f) Fails to cooperate, within a reasonable time, in providing evidence, accounting, or other information which the Board requests. § 266.14 When representative payment will be stopped. If an annuitant receiving representative payment shows the Board that he or she is mentally and physically able to manage or direct the management of benefit payments, the Board will make direct payment to the annuitant. Information which the annuitant may give to the Board to support his or her request for direct payment include the following: (a) A physician's statement regarding the annuitant's condition, or a statement by a medical officer of the institution where the annuitant is or was confined, showing that the annuitant is able to manage or direct the management of his or her funds; (b) A certified copy of a court order restoring the annuitant's rights in a case where an annuitant was adjudged legally incompetent; or (c) Other evidence which establishes the annuitant's ability to manage or direct the management of benefits. § 266.15 Transfer of accumulated benefit payments. A representative payee who has conserved or invested funds from railroad retirement payments made to him or her on behalf of an annuitant shall, upon direction of the Board, transfer any such funds (including interest or dividends earned from investment of such funds) to a successor representative payee appointed by the Board, or, at the option of the Board, shall transfer such funds, including interest, to the Board for payment to a successor payee or to the annuitant.
Title 42: Public Health CHAPTER IV: CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED) SUBCHAPTER B: MEDICARE PROGRAM PART 421: MEDICARE CONTRACTING Subpart C: Carriers 421.200 - Carrier functions. A contract between CMS and a carrier specifies the functions to be performed by the carrier. The contract may include any or all of the following functions: (a) Any or all of the program integrity functions described in ? 421.304 provided the following conditions are met: (1) The carrier is continuing those functions under a contract entered into under section 1842 of the Act that was in effect on August 21, 1996. (2) The functions do not duplicate work being performed under a Medicare integrity program contract, except that the function related to developing and maintaining a list of DME may be performed under both a carrier contract and a Medicare integrity program contract. (b) Receiving, disbursing, and accounting for funds in making payments for services furnished to eligible individuals within the jurisdiction of the carrier. (c) Determining the amount of payment for services furnished to an eligible individual. (d) Undertaking to adjust incorrect payments and recover overpayments when it is determined that an overpayment was made. (e) Furnishing to CMS timely information and reports that CMS requests in order to carry out its responsibilities in the administration of the Medicare program. (f) Maintaining records and making available to CMS the records necessary for verification of payments and for other related purposes. (g) Establishing and maintaining procedures under which an individual enrolled under Part B is granted an opportunity for a redetermination. (h) Upon inquiry, assisting individuals with matters pertaining to a carrier contract. (i) Serving as a channel of communication to and from CMS of information, instructions, and other material as necessary for the effective and efficient performance of a carrier contract. (j) Undertaking other functions as mutually agreed to by CMS and the carrier. [72 FR 48886, Aug. 24, 2007]
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(Neb.)-CSC Prepares For Black Box Theater Production (Chadron)-The Chadron State College theatre program is getting ready for its production of “God of Carnage,” the play being billed as “a comedy of manners, without the manners.” Show times for “God of Carnage” are Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 15-17, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. The play, which is recommended for only mature audiences, will be shown in the intimate setting of the Black Box Theatre of Memorial Hall. In the play, two sets of Brooklyn parents meet to resolve a playground altercation between 11-year-old boys. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses and the rum flows, tensions emerge. Eventually the gloves come off leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters. The play features a cast of four students. Erin Neal of Crawford and James Steele of Lincoln portray the Novaks, while Hannah Clark of Littleton, Colo. and Michael Kruger of Gordon play the Raleighs. “God of Carnage” was written by Yasmina Reza, who was raised in France as the daughter of a Russian-Iranian father and Hungarian mother. The play premiered in Zurich in 2006, opened in both Paris and London in 2008, and garnered Tony Awards for best play, best actress and best direction. The 2011 film adaptation, titled “Carnage,” was directed by Roman Polanski. Comments by Roger Mays, the play's director, and members of the cast may be found at the "Behind the Scenes" link of the CSC theatre website. Because of the small venue, advance seating is recommended. Tickets may be obtained by contacting the CSC box office at 308-432-6207 or email@example.com. —Justin Haag, CSC Information Services Back to News Printer Friendly Version Send Story to a friend.
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The second installment of an incredible interview with Dr. Dean Ornish. Dr. Dean Ornish is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalio California. He is also Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Under his direction, clinical research has shown comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse heart disease without drugs or surgery. This form of treatment has recently began to be covered by Medicare. Listen to the Full Podcast [...] Home » Posts tagged 'Dean Ornish' Freeman Michaels and Barnet Bain interview Dr. Dean Ornish, author of: “The Spectrum: A scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, Gain Health.” Dr. Dean Ornish is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito California. Dr. Dean Ornish has directed clinical research for over 32 years. Dr. Ornish’s program to reverse heart disease has recently began to be covered by Medicare. Dr. Dean Ornish is the author of six best selling [...]
When u say "you can sign soap requests on behalf of the user" do you mean you would like the user to be automatically assoicated with a cert / private/public key pair that can be used for digitally signing etc? Or are you just looking for a way to interface with the certificate api in managed code? Any samples coming before Longhorn perchance? In answer to your question no I am not really looking for more cryptographic hooks for signing, encryption etc., What's currently available in the .Net BCL is more than suficcient. What is missing, at least for me, is the key management piece. Obviously this is not something that can be provided by a library alone it also depends very heavily on the underlying platform. What I am talking about is hooks into the coupling of Active Directory and cryptographic mechanisms. A simple example of what I was trying to articulate in my last post is: An application running on machine A signs a message on behalf of user A and then sends the message to an application running on machine B. The application on machine B is able to verify that the message came from user A using the platform's security services, i.e. Active Directory. There are numerous more use cases especially around getting remote processes to use delegation and impersonation, particularly with regards to web services and remoting (IIS mechanisms are not always suitable). I do have the managed SSPI example that is available on msdn and this has temporarily filled my gaps in the past. But I look forward to having more managed access into the Window's security infrastructure. A positive side benefit is that my C++ got a workout trying to solve some of these problems
I've come to value perspective and empathy: I don't have it, but over the years, I've become aware that I don't have these qualities. One of the problems when we talk about topics like diversity, privilege, racism, feminism, misogyny, etc. is that some participants think they see the entire picture. And despite the best intentions, we have shortcomings. For example, in 2012, some prominent bloggers tackle "World SF" in their own way. There was one person who talked about African Science Fiction but only chose to include Mike Resnick in his title. Or another who wanted more Chinese Science Fiction, but was asking to see more space-oriented fiction akin to the "Golden Age" of Western science fiction with China's space program. That's not to shame them, and they had the best of intentions, but it's also ignorant and they're probably unaware of what they did wrong (and I'm guilty of this too). But what I want to talk about is how sometimes, in supporting a particular cause, we can end up neglecting others. Just look at the difference between third-wave feminism and second-wave feminism: the former addresses a lot of concerns for people who don't conform to the gender binary, while the latter does not. In practical terms, I might produce an anthology highlighting People of Color (POC) for example, but leave out women, or vice versa. One not-so-recent Twitter conversation I saw for example was a publisher asking for gender stats from a magazine and the managing editor smartly replied that they couldn't just give out stats divided into male/female--at least not based on name alone (which, in itself, isn't exactly the most accurate way). Some contributors identify themselves with different gender identities so the binary statistics model doesn't fit. It didn't occur to me back then, but they made great sense. And again, it's a shortcoming of my existing paradigm. That's not to say that we should give up on our causes since they're going to be flawed, but rather we need to keep an open mind and progress the conversation. While not all change is necessarily good, if we are to evolve to be better people in general, our ideas and beliefs also need to grow and develop.
Chart a Course for Children 2013 Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center hosted their annual fundraising dinner and auction at Fleet Landing Restaurant on Thursday, February 7. Despite torrential rains and extensive flooding, a large crowd turned out to Fleet Landing Restaurant for the annual Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center annual dinner and auction, Chart a Course for Children. Those who attended shook off their raincoats before entering the warm and cozy space, where a large crowd of Charleston philanthropists and young professionals milled about chatting and enjoying a cocktail. Plastic wine glasses with LED lights added a bit of flare, and partygoers circulated through the space and out to the extensive silent auction, where they had the opportunity to bid on everything from spa packages to mirrors. The windows showcased hand-written facts regarding the number and demographics of the children helped by the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center, and the somewhat sobering facts were a good reminder of the importance of the evening’s live and silent actions. The silent auction drew to a close, and partygoers were invited to take their seats for the delicious three course meal and live auction as a volunteer made her way through the room holding the star of the evening’s auction, a chocolate labrador named Harry. Everyone oohed and ahhed over the eight week old puppy, and one partygoer could be overheard heckling his neighbor, “I hear you’re trying to take home our future dog tonight!” Chart a Course for Children is the annual fundraiser for the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center, which strives to keep children safe from abuse and when abuse occurs, to work with the community to bring healing to children and their families.
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by Emma Earnst Today’s Rip Payne comes from an unknown date in July 1967, and depicts Old Fashion Day at what was a relatively new Barracks Road Shopping Center. Bunny trail time: Something tells me our friend Rip wasn’t a fan of the July heat. To date, the distribution of pictures per month falls heavily on spring (March to May) and fall (September to November). Admittedly, the cool breezes and beautiful colors of those seasons seem far more attractive than the scorched earth and overheated public of summer—especially to someone whose life work is to capture beauty. Nonetheless, I’m happy to report that summer is doing far better than winter. In terms of number of Rip Payne photographs. Because, as you know, that’s what really matters. Anyways, one of the (few) reasons Rip ventured out in the heat in July 1967 (so far I only have one other photo series from this month and year) was to shoot a group of individuals who dressed up in old-fashioned garb and shopped. Well, rather, they dressed up so that others would shop. That’s right—for at least two years in a row, a group of Barracks Road employees put on the longest dresses and warmest wool suits they find and paraded around in the dreaded heat, all in the name of sales. Needless to say, this event didn’t last through to the present. Hmm, I wonder why? P.S. Can you guess which character is my favorite? Answer: Duh, its the woman with awesome specs smoking a pipe.
I have previously mentioned that I am somewhat plagued by osteoarthritis (mostly) in the knees - and the main problem is pain; and the main problem with this pain is that due to side effects (and side effects of the drugs used to combat these side effects) I cannot take any of the effective analgesics (NSAIDs or Aspirin). The only effective and tolerable analgesic that I have so far discovered is to wear 'tubigrip' - tubular elasticated bandages - around the knee joints... (and extending down to the ankle, to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis if I was to have only knee bandages constricting blood supply above the calf). These tubigrip bandages offer substantial analgesic benefits (i.e. they significantly reduce pain both at rest and when walking), and do so instantly (as soon as the bandages are applied) - which implies that, to be so rapid, the analgesic effect must be via nerves and not (for example) by reducing-swelling or providing support to the joint. The likely mechanism by which tubigrip bandages work is by counter-irritation, or the Gate Theory - in other words the tubular bandages stimulate superficial touch receptors in the skin (which have rapid-conducting, myelinated nerve fibres); and these skin sensations then block (or gate) the more slowly-conducting (unmyelinated fibres) pain stimuli from within the knee joint. The principle is the same as rubbing a limb - quickly and lightly - which you have just bumped and which you know will start to hurt in a couple of seconds time. But if you can start rubbing the skin over the injury immediately, then the touch sensation will travel faster to the central nervous system than the pain sensation (because the myelinated touch fibres beat the unmyelinated pain fibres); and therefore the pain is, to some extent, blocked and reduced. I have in fact been using tubular bandages on sore joints, including elbows, wrists and ankles, for many years - but used to suppose that they worked by giving support and reducing swelling. If bandages worked by increasing joint-support and reducing swelling, this would predict that stronger and more compressive bandages would be more effective that lighter and less compressive bandages. However, I have found the lighter and less-compressive bandages to be more effective (as well as more comfortable). Thus my assumption that the counter-irritation Gate Theory is most likely. If I am correct about the analgesic mechanism of tubigrip bandages, then the principle could be applied to devise other methods of touch receptor stimulation as an analgesic manoeuvre to treat joint pain; from topical agents (creams) that produce some kind of 'irritation'/ stimulation, perhaps temperature change, perhaps transcutaneous electric stimulation?
Hurricane Tests Lessons Learned in Chatham's 2011 Storms Chatham Township officials get ready for the second hurricane in 18 months. Twelve months ago, almost to the day, an early season nor’easter dropped three feet of snow onto the Chathams, where the leaves were still on the trees. Chatham Township lost power completely; all but a few blocks of Chatham Borough were without power. School, sports and even Halloween trick-or-treating were all canceled as a result. Now with Hurricane Sandy protected to hit the area as early as Sunday, officials in Chatham Township see an opportunity to demonstrate the improvements they’ve made in communications and responding to community needs after the two 2011 storms. Damage from Hurricane Irene in Chatham Township alone was estimated at $400,000. Some residents went without power for three to five days, and were unable to receive reverse 911 calls or other communications. Mayor Nicole Hagner said, “The town did everything we needed to do in those storms. I think everybody can appreciate there was a lot of effort to do that,” Hagner said. “Obviously there are areas we can improve on, especially in communication and making people aware of ways they can get information.” Hagner recommended residents sign up for Nixle alerts to get messages from police in the storm. “There are things we can now implement, since town residents would utilize [them],” she said, “and we’re getting prepared to implement them.” This includes possibly opening the Chatham Emergency Squad building as a center for residents to charge their electronics. The township also has the community policing initiative in place now, with certain officers assigned to particular districts. Hagner and John Paton, chief of the Chatham Township Police Department, hope this initiative will enable residents with special needs to get the help they need to weather the storm. “We can get to people with special needs whom we might not have known about before, and we found out about through those storms,” Hagner said. Paton said if weather predictions are correct, Sandy could bring in 5 in. of rain and 70 mile-an-hour winds, possibly over three days. "So what we're looking at is power losses," Paton said. Paton, who also serves as the township’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) coordinator, said, "The most important thing people can do is have three days worth of water and food for each person in the house, batteries for flashlights, cell phones, things like that. Be prepared to be without power." John Pacelli, the head of the Chatham Township Department of Public Works, said DPW equipment has all been tested. “I have a very early delivery of [diesel] fuel coming in in the morning," Pacelli said, which will replenish fuel stores and possibly power generators in municipal buildings. "Our equipment is ready," and staff will spend Friday looking at drainage areas and cleaning storm basins. "We'd rather be prepared and look foolish than the opposite," Paton said. Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) will be out to help residents during and after the storm.
Completely restored to its original splendor in 2004, Chebeague Island Inn evokes a true quintessential Maine experience. In 2010, the Inn was purchased by the Prentice Family, current owners and operators. In 2011, Condé Nast Traveler voted Chebeague island Inn the "11th Best Small Hotel in the U.S." and a "Top 500 in the World." Executive Chef Justin Rowe has been called "one of the most promising Chef's in Portland" and has received touts from Saveur Magazine, among others. The ground floor of the Inn consists of the Great Room - centered around a large stone fireplace and outfitted with oversized furniture, a reading library and classic board games; the Lobby - with a morning coffee bar and afternoon tea service, along with the front desk; the restaurant & bar; and the sweeping ocean front porch - complete with comfortable wicker furniture and breathtaking views; and the sweeping lawn full of all your favorite lawn games.
Roger Goodell can piss off. The Pro Bowl is going to be cancelled? Bummer. Here is everything at the shareholder’s meeting that I could cram into a 10 minute youtube video. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gave this lucky woman a “Draft Day Hug” at the Packers shareholder’s meeting. Packers Mark Murphy poses a simple question to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: Brats or Burgers? NFL commisioner Roger Goodell gives his thoughts on a rookie pay-scale at the Packers shareholders meeting.
This festival, a great creation by the late and very respected Chef Paulo Martins, designed to show case the amazing cuisine of the State of Para on the Amazon River. The ingredients, the techniques of cookery, the local produce and amazing fruits. This is its 10th year, and a huge list of chefs has been invited to perform presentations, dinners and lectures. I am one of the chefs. I will be cooking a dinner with chefs Akex Atala, Thiago Castanho, Andre Saburo and more, we will also work a dinner called “Jantar das Boieiras” where a native indigenous chef cooks a dish and the guest chefs create a newer dish utilizing the ingredients as an inspiration. I am in rout and will be there soon.
A couple of weeks ago, In the Pipeline had a thread about the most "realistic depiction of a research chemist in some sort of popular entertainment". Sili chipped in with Lorenzo's Oil, which has both Augusto Odone's rather impassioned explanation of fatty acid synthesis and best of all, the depiction of a chemist, in the twilight of his career, purifying erucic acid (the titular oil of the movie.) Don Suddaby was the chemist that did that remarkable work and he was asked to play himself in the movie. Mr. Suddaby worked for Croda International in the UK. According to an article by Steve Herman in Global Cosmetic Industry: Suddaby was a chemist with extensive experience in fatty acid chemistry. Within four months, working around the clock, Suddaby (who plays himself in the movie) prepared a liter of oil. The oil stabilized Lorenzo's condition, and more oil was needed both for Lorenzo and for other boys suffering from ALD. The synthesis process was deemed too difficult for production of the needed quantities, and Croda tried a simpler composition, which proved even better than the previous oil... The details of the extraction and purification of Lorenzo's Oil can be found in the patent issued to Suddaby and Coupland, which is remarkably readable for a legal document.The movie portrayal of Suddaby (YouTube, part 10, 4:21) is rather lovely (I love the closeup of a seemingly working distillation later in the film) and a nice write-up of his character is in a recent article by Xconomy's Stewart Lyman contrasting the current movie portrayal of the pharmaceutical industry with that in Lorenzo's Oil. Mr. Suddaby appears to have passed on in 1993; I'm pleased that (thanks to Hollywood), we have some acknowledgement of his contribution to human health and also a very nice portrayal of a chemist on film. Now, if only we could get some more... Cosmetics & Compassion. By: Herman, Steve, Global Cosmetic Industry, 15239470, Jan2001, Vol. 168, Issue 1
I have to admit to being a huge food lover so when I saw that there was a food festival just down the road from us I had to go. Finding information about it proved a little difficult but we headed along to the walled garden at Bedgebury Pinetum anyway. It cost £25 for myself and three of the children to get in. While it was very lovely there are only so many times you can walk around a food festival with three children in tow so we were only there for a maximum of two and a half hours so I feel a little miffed at the cost. To be honest I feel the high cost is totally unjustified and excludes most families from being able to attend an event like this. I am sure the stall holders had been charged a lot of rent to be there for the two day festival and I didn’t think it was very well advertised or information about it easily found, and it was fairly quiet. On what was a beautiful glorious summer’s day I felt sad for the exhibitors, some who had probably traveled quite far to get there. However, we had fun looking around whilst we were there and the biggest dilemmas were choosing what to eat, which pig to scratch and which cider to buy. I found it really hard to choose what to have for lunch but eventually caved in to the Jerk chicken burger which was delicious! 15 year old E had piles of tender lamb with chilli chutney and salad ( gluten free of course), 13 year old C had spicy Portuguese chicken and 5 year old M had a BBQ burger but we were torn between salt beef, crab, hog roast and more. I even considered sneaking there today on my own just to try something else! We were really pleased to discover that Taywell ice creams were gluten free and they had gluten free cones so E for the first time in 5 years could have an ice cream bought at an event! Anyhow, despite my little gripe about the cost we had a great time, there was even entertainment from the magician Richard Bellars which the children enjoyed especially as they had seen his magic at my brother and sister in law’s wedding exactly two years ago. ( Happy Anniversary to you both by the way x )
It looks really weird to me, this last Veteran’s Day weekend … not even a week after the election results came in. A couple of days after General Petraeus put in his resignation as head of the CIA – conveniently for the American news cycle – on a Friday before a three-day weekend. So, kind of astonished over that – a mere several days before he was to testify about whatever was going on with regard to our quasi-official establishment in Benghazi on the 11th of September last. Of course, the second most astonishing aspect to me is that the head of the CIA can’t keep an affair secret, and the third most astonishing is that someone so politically wily as to be able to pin on four stars would still be stupidly reckless enough to engage on such a very public affair. What, were they doing the horizontal mambo in the middle of the parade ground at reveille at whatever base they were at in Afghanistan? Ok, never undervalue the comfort of situational friendships between persons of the opposite sex in a far country, double if in a war zone. Been there and … err, backed off from doing that, in the physical sense. But the friendship was enormously satisfactory; a way of getting through a hard tour in a distant and unforgivingly difficult place, and a lot of people there with us and who noted that we were a quasi-official couple also probably assumed that our relationship included an ongoing sexual aspect. Which it did not; part of the friendship involved an understanding between us that carrying it that far would inflict unacceptable damage on each other, emotionally and professionally. I thought the world of him, and he loved his family, back in the World; that’s the way that responsible and caring adults manage that kind of situation. It’s in the field, and it ends in the field. But the way that the Petraeus mess is expanding is enough to cause me to raise an eyebrow – and now it turns out that the second woman involved – is she the South Beach Mata Hari or what? – also had a good friend of the multi-star adorned command-rank level, as well as the somewhat dogged interest of the investigating FBI agent, who sent her a pic of him shirtless … dear god, people – this is not high school. Or at least, I assumed it was not. As it is, I could swear I watched a story line like this on General Hospital in the late 1970s, only with doctors, nurses and consultants, instead of commanders, reporters and socialites. It is curious though – the sudden retirements, resignations, and reassignments of high-ranking and notable officers lately. It’s almost like there is something going on: earlier there was that kerfuffle about General Carter Ham being relieved of duty, with dark hints that it was because of events in Benghazi. On the bright side, though – since General Petraeus was deeply involved in the events of 9/11/2012 in Benghazi, it just might be that there might be a little more interest in what happened there than has been displayed so far by our mighty mainstream press. Or not. Discuss. (Cross-posted at www.ncobrief.com)
BaSatai: Outside In by Suzan Battah I was looking forward to hosting Suzan Battah again through CLP Blog Tours. I was really interested in this second novel as it is a complete 180 from the romance novel Mad About the Boy. BaSatai: Outside In is a YA/paranormal/sci-fi book, the first in a series. The story follows seventeen year old Armani Radnelaq, a BaSatai that does not want to accept the fact that her blood is cursed. Armani hides on Earth with her adopted father Elijah, and continues to ignore the fact that she is different. But when her Guardian Karhl and an elite BasSatai Warrior Rafael arrive to help protect her and train her with her BaSatai powers, Armani must realize that a different fate has been set for her. I have been reading a lot of these paranormal books lately, and even more YA/paranormal on top of that. I find it fascinating what an author’s mind can create with these mystical worlds and powers and rules, and BaSatai was no exception. The details and execution of H-Trae and the BaSatai were fabulous. I enjoyed the love story as well between Armani and Rafael, and never quite knew what was going to happen next. I will say that I made it through half of the book very quickly, and then everything seemed to slow down. I thought that was a bit backwards, since the beginning is filling in readers on this land and the second half was the action and fighting, but that’s the way it read for me. I would be curious to see where the second novel goes. If you have a fan of sci-fi, I would recommend this for you.
Meet…our new baby Yorkie…Cairo: It didn’t even take 24 hours for the deal to be sealed. I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep…okay, okay…I could always eat. But the point is, I couldn’t get this little, cuddly, furry, ploofy bundle of energy out of my mind. The very next day, I was back in Tiendesitas, withdrawing moolah that I should be saving instead, and bringing home the latest member of our ever-growing family. So now the dogs are a little ahead, 4 dogs to 3 cats. Surprisingly, our Chihuahua Nairobi was pretty cool with her new baby brother. She’s usually neurotic and possessive, but she was pretty fascinated by Cairo. She didn’t give him a hard time, but she did try to hump him a couple of times (I swear, I really think she’s on the lesbionic side of the fence…). But all in all, they pretty much got along well quick. I’ve always wanted a Yorkshire Terrier, but I always read that they’re yappy and hyper little dogs. But then I never thought I’d ever get a Chihuahua either, so I guess it’s a challenge. On day one, I already see potential headaches. I don’t think this dog has ever been groomed. He hated the idea of being brushed. For an extremely hairy dog like a Yorkie, not liking grooming is out of the question. It’s like finding a drag queen who didn’t like lip gloss. Besides, he was getting hurt whenever I tried to comb out his matted hair. But it was a battle of wills I was determined to win. With a lot of patience and constancy, I wore him down a little and every now and then he’d give it up and stay still long enough for me to brush him. I swear, there’s nothing like a cute puppy to keep me grinning silly-ly (silly-ly?!?) the whooole day. Such a cuddly little ball of fluff. Some say he looks like an Ewok while others say he looks like Chewbacca. He could look like a matted ball of pubes for all I care, I just love carrying that little rascal around. His fur could either end up blue or black as an adult. I hope it ends up jet black like it is now. I’m sorry if I’m rambling like a proud new parent with a newborn baby. I’m resisting posting hundreds of pics of Cairo because he’s such a handsome fella. I truly pray that we have a looong life together, living and loving, a man and his best friend….
Efficient Talent-Sourcing for Global Growth February 13 2013 by Ann Fastiggi A strategic approach to hiring talent globally starts with answering a few key questions that will create a candidate profile, narrow the search, and get the process underway quickly and efficiently. Once candidates are identified, the interview process and reference checks will require a deeper dive to determine the suitability of finalists not only to the position for which they are being considered but to the culture in which they will be operating. Assessing the market Is your organization going into a market in which your industry is already established? If so, there may be a local talent pool to draw from. However, keep in mind a recent McKinsey & Company report, “Perspectives on Global Organizations,” which cites that companies entering emerging markets tend to face fierce competition for a small pool of local talent with the right skill sets. If that proves to be the case, or if your company is the first in your industry to enter a particular market, you will likely have to bring in talent, looking for suitable candidates both in-house (at headquarters or otherwise ) as well as new hires. The Candidate Profile The first step in identifying a pool of viable talent is to create a candidate profile. This profile will emerge from answers to a range of questions designed to access both hard and soft skills necessary for a particular position. Among the questions to include: These questions, augmented by others specific to the company and position, will shrink the candidate pool and will help determine what it will mean, within your organization, to be a successful global executive. Once your candidate profile is established, the search can begin, whether through networking, partnership or a search firm. In sourcing candidates through networking, determine what relationships you might have in the market. Consult your own Rolodex and with peers for recommendations. Also consider creating partnerships or joint ventures that might result in referrals. Do targeted research to find out whether other industries are operating in the market that might have people with skills that would transfer to your industry. With the field narrowed to a selection of viable candidates, the process of interviewing and reference checks for global talent requires a deeper dive. You will need to determine whether the candidate has not only resume skills and experience but is intellectually and rationally able to succeed for the company in a specific new environment. Among the in-depth questions to ask of potential hires and their references: In addition, ask the candidate for examples of past mistakes and what he or she learned from them. In gauging a candidate’s response to these interview questions, look for character traits and past experiences that indicate adaptability and patience. The successful transition to a new market will require a great deal of both. In Asian markets where expansion is taking place, for instance, expats too often fail because they don’t take the time to study longstanding cultural, political and socioeconomic factors of their host country. Case in Point: Global Firm Seeks Chief Marketing Officer for Restaurant Venture in Japan Several years ago, a well-known global private equity firm was seeking a chief marketing officer in Japan for its restaurant company, and was prepared to hire the best “A+” talent from around the world. The candidate would be charged with establishing best marketing practices for a company that had historically not relied on marketing to grow the business regionally. The search was expanded beyond restaurant industry insiders and crafted a candidate profile that included the following: The private equity team took an all-hands-on-deck approach to the search, deploying partners from Tokyo, London and the U.S. to interview and engage good candidates on three continents. It took only a few weeks to identify several great prospects, but about three months of careful vetting to determine the successful candidate who they found, ironically, in their own backyard – an executive with a global restaurant chain in Tokyo. The Importance of Patience The executive who succeeds in a new market is one who is willing to sit back, listen and learn for the first one hundred or so days. This goes against the nature of the American way of business, where we tend to move fast and “efficiently” to get the job done. In contrast, in other cultures, foreign executives are often mistrusted and scrutinized until they can show that they understand and respect the customs of their host country. The country’s nationals will watch the foreigner to see if he or she understands their culture and social mores, from the proper greeting to whether or not a guest sits first. An equal measure of patience is required on the part of the one hiring. Talent sourcing in new markets is challenging under the best of circumstances, but the organization that takes the time to assess available talent, construct a detailed profile, and carefully vet its candidates for cultural sensitivity as well as job skills, will find itself well on the path to a successful expansion. Ann Fastiggi (www.herbertmines.com) directs the hospitality practice at the executive search firm, Herbert Mines Associates.
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." (Plato) Are you concerned about a child in your care, maybe in your classroom, on your case load, maybe your own child? What is Child Matters? Child Matters is a child-centred agency established to meet the emotional needs of children from three years onwards. Child Matters provides professional child focussed therapeutic services to children and families in the East Midlands. Child Matters also provides support and consultation to parents, carers, other professionals working with children & families etc. What Can Child Matters offer Individual work with children – play therapy, filial (parent/carer and child) therapy Support for parents, teachers, carers, social workers etc Parenting classes – including ante-natal groups, teenage groups etc Consultancy for parents, adopters, carers, social workers, teachers, medical professionals etc Contact Caroline Borrett on 0115 9652356 or email firstname.lastname@example.org for more information. "We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today."
January 12th, 2009 \| China Daily A good first step in China's healthcare reform If it works, it should make everyone feel a little better about healthcare – and make healthcare a little more accessible to more people. Patients will no longer have to shell out the 7 to 15 percent extra fees that State-owned hospitals charge on medicines. The Health Ministry’s announcement last week is a welcome first step in China’s long-delayed healthcare reform. The new policy, to be adopted on trial basis, is intended to stop hospitals from relying too much on income from medicines. It is estimated that income from the sale of medicines makes up 50 percent of a hospital’s revenue on an average. But the catch is that a doctor’s income too is closely tied to the hospital’s earnings from medicine sales. No wonder it is common for doctors to prescribe expensive drugs while cheaper drugs can work just as well or possibly even better. Part of the deficit caused by reduced income from drug sales will be made up by increased charges on patients for the service that doctors provide. But such expenses will be covered by basic medical insurance. That means those who have such insurance will have cheaper medical bills for seeing their doctors. What is supposed to make the difference is the move’s intention to get rid of the unhealthy tendency of doctors prescribing expensive drugs for their own or their hospital’s profits rather than for the rehabilitation of patients. The government’s good intention could be just wishful thinking if no specific measures were taken to break the nexus between representatives of medicine manufacturers and doctors or between hospitals and manufacturers. It is an open secret that some doctors get kickbacks from drug manufacturers for prescribing their drugs. This move will undoubtedly dampen the enthusiasm hospitals have to urge their doctors to prescribe expensive drugs. It is still too early to say how much the new policy will improve the service doctors provide to their patients and reduce the cost of healthcare since it will only be practiced in some hospitals on a trial basis for three years. Cutting down expensive healthcare bills and improving the quality of service require more investigations into the problem areas of the healthcare system. The detailed plan for this reform is expected to be made public soon. Many are looking forward to specific measures dealing with healthcare problems. This comes in the backdrop of mounting complaints from the public about the difficulty in and high cost of seeking healthcare service. Hopefully, this is just a start that will be followed up by more practical moves to make it easier and cheaper for more people to get quality healthcare service.
Treasures or Vinegar? My best bud just gave me two older bottles of wine and was wondering if y'all had any ideas about the vintages, etc. No, I don't know how these have been stored, but probably not the greatest of conditions. However, the bottles seem to be in good shape, so who knows. 1976 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild Pauillac: Appellation Pauillac Controlee "Mis en Boteilles Au Chateau" across the top of the label over the picture of an old chateau with men working and women in perhaps Victorian garb looking on. 1974 J. Pedroncelli Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon So, would you drink them and if so, with what? As Bill suggests, you have no way of knowing. These wines are not "keepers" so open at your earliest convenience and have backups. It's sort of fun and when I've done this I've been rewarded more often than not. You have to have the attitude that you have nothing to lose. Of course that's the beauty of cellaring your own wines, so you know what's happened to them. Let's talk about the wines though, assuming they're sound. Don't have firsthand knowledge of the Cab, but the Lafite is exciting... You don't see the 76 Lafite around much. This is a wine I still particularly look for at auction... but only in large format at this point unless the provenance is known to be impeccable. I picked up 2 magnums at Sotheby's about 10 years ago... have opened one which was amazing. I suspect 750's should still provide a great deal of pleasure. Neal Martin's Notes are consistent with the way I remember it... "A sublime mature Lafite-Rothschild that alongside the 1978 counts as the best of the decade. A mature brick core. The nose is leafy and herbaceous with a touch of cigar box and smoke: unmistakably Pauillac. The medium-bodied palate is mellow, natural, and harmonious with cedar, tobacco and a touch of leather. Though there is just a residue of fruit, this Lafite is still imbued with remarkable precision and focus. Good length. For those seeking traditional claret from the top-drawer. Must be wine of the vintage? Last Tasted November 2006." I try to do similar. I surround myself with people, who can appreciate what "might have been," and will not hate me for opening simiar in their presence. Still, backups are always handy. I, too, have been blown away by some wines, that I thought were long dead, and still had something else to offer. I've had a few poor orphans, that escaped my notice, only to offer so very much more than I ever anticipated. Then, I wish that I still had a full case of these! Drinking, with a reverent mindset, is the only way to know. Just have those backups!!!! Neither is likely to be vinegar. Faded, totally "off," no longer worth drinking, etc., but not likely vinegar. So many variables are introduced by the storage, that one could only guess how either would be drinking now. The Ch. Lafite-Rothschild should be good, but with really poor storage might well not be. I've not had any older Pedroncelli Cabs, but have had many from the late '50s, '60s and '70s, that, when properly stored, were outstanding. This one could still be good. Only way to know is to pop the corks. Have backups handy. With each, there are two choices and no clear winner. They are older reds, and will have thrown sediment. However, they are older, and might be hanging in the balance. Decanting carefully will separate the sediment from the clear wine. However, all but the most careful decanting might put the wine over the edge. I would be tempted to stand for a few days, transport with care to the spot, where they'll be consumed and then pour ever so carefully, not even introducing a decanter. Sample the wine. If either/both are still going strong, then maybe carefully decant the rest. Like I said, have backups handy as both might well be dead, or maderized.
Food truck near UAB/downtown There's a burgery-salad food truck that parks alternately on University or downtown. It wasn't bad, and its the perfect time of year to eat outside. Now if we can only get a little bit of variety. If we could get the Valley taco truck to come this away, I'd be even happier.
I am a regular contributor on the Italy board (I spend 5 weeks a year there with my wife), but have never contributed on this board other than to ask a question; but my experience in Valencia was so tremendous, I need to share. Having been to Spain 4 other times, we were not expecting much from the food other than lots of Pulpo and Jamon. Other than San Sebastian, we have generally found the food in Spain to be lacking on the freshness front. This trip though--one week, just Valencia--was a real eye-opener. We had consistently good meals with lots of fresh ingredients and plenty of fruits and vegetables--not the normal diet of protien plus veggies cooked until gray. With that introduction, however, I need to say that by far the shining star was Joaquin Schmidt. Book a flight, take a train, whatever it takes, add Valencia and Schmidt to your itinerary if you are anywhere on the Iberian Peninsula. Besides the fact that the owner/chef also handles waiter and presumably dishwashing duties (there was nobody helping him); the food and the overall experience if you are a foodie was over the top outstanding, creative, delicious, attractive...did I say delicious. You get only three choices (other than wine)--four courses, five, or six. You do not know what you are eating until AFTER you have eaten each item. It challenges you to really taste the food to try to figure out the puzzle (and each dish is a puzzle of flavors and concepts) you have been provided. We ordered the five course option and half-way through the meal we changed to the six course; not because we needed more food (there were plenty of extra items in addition to the five we ordered); but because we wanted to prolong the pleasure. And three-quarters of the way through the meal we were so swept away by both the food, the experience, and the man that we booked a table for the next night and it was equally sublime (and completely different--not a single repeat) the second time around. I truly hope that those of you who are truly food nuts have the opportunity to go there. Our meals, including two bottles of wine each night (and dessert wine) ran about 110 euros a person--not cheap, but when compared to all of the overpriced meals we have had in Europe and the US over the years, it was really a bargain. P.S. on top of it all there was blessedly not a speck of foam on any dish Thanks for sharing but I'm not sure I agree with your comments... Are we talking about the same country? " Having been to Spain 4 other times, we were not expecting much from the food other than lots of Pulpo and Jamon. " " Other than San Sebastian, we have generally found the food in Spain to be lacking on the freshness front. " "... not the normal diet of protien plus veggies cooked until gray." "Thanks for sharing but I'm not sure I agree with your comments... Are we talking about the same country?" I've been hearing this kind of thing forever from tourists going to Spain. On the other hand I've had to endure similar stories about awful food in the UK from Spaniards visiting England. There is plenty of dreadful food in both countries for those unable or unwilling to hunt out good restaurants (you've see the familiar "paellador" http://www.paellador.es/ proudly shown in hundreds of busy places in Spain so don't pretend ignorance :p ). It's a shame it took the OP 5 visits before they worked it out.
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LORAIN — Seeking to dispel the perception of a bloated Lorain Schools administration as the district seeks support for a levy, interim Superintendent Ed Branham on Tuesday defended the number of layoffs at the Charleston Administration Center and announced two more. Branham was responding to May 24 criticism from teachers union president David Wood that layoffs of 182 employees in cutting $7.4 million of a projected $12 million deficit disproportionately affected teachers. The layoffs included 93 teachers, with nine later recalled because of retirements. The deficit is due to decreased local and state tax money and competition from charter schools and open enrollment. Wood had called on Branham to make more cuts at Charleston and had offered a counter plan of district cuts that also called for recruiting 101 students during the 2012-13 school year, bringing in $575,000 in state money. Another $500,000 would be gained through community fundraising during the year. Wood also suggested that the district, expected to become insolvent and triggering a state takeover, declare fiscal emergency in August, allowing the Ohio Department of Education to advance the district $4.5 million. The district would have two years to pay back the no-interest advance. Branham told school board members at their Tuesday meeting that he cut six administrators at Charleston in October, saving $600,000, as well as five administrators from around the district, saving an additional $360,000. Another $160,000, the equivalent of two full-time administrators, was cut from the federal student reading improvement program known as Success for All. Branham said the cuts resulted in a 22 percent staff reduction at Charleston and an 8 percent overall reduction in building administrators since October. Overall administrative reductions since October amount to $1.1 million. Two more layoffs were approved Tuesday at Charleston, one of them an administrator, and saves an additional $140,000. There are now 63 employees at Charleston, including 22 administrators. Branham vowed to work with Wood to cut costs but said Wood’s plan contained “miscalculations and unrealistic expectations.” According to Branham, if the district, where enrollment dropped from about 8,900 students in 2006-07 to 7,500 students at the start of this school year, were to recruit 100 students, the district would need to hire more teachers. He said Wood’s fundraising plan was “a very lofty idea, and it is not very likely.” Wood said the advance would allow the district to regroup, but Branham said it can’t afford more borrowing. “We need an increase in funding, rather than relying on loans that have to be paid back,” Branham said. In other business Board President Tim Williams said last month that the board would seek a property tax levy rather than an income tax increase so as not to compete with Mayor Chase Ritenauer, whose administration is seeking a 0.5 percentage point income tax hike. However, board member Tony Dimacchia argued Tuesday for a 1 percentage point income tax hike. Dimacchia said that the 4.8-mill levy the board is contemplating would raise nearly $2.9 million annually, leaving the district about $3.3 million in the red. Dimacchia noted that voters haven’t approved a new levy since 1992 and multiple property tax levies have been defeated since 2008. A 1.5 percent earned income tax that only affected workers was defeated in November by a relatively close 53 percent to 47 percent margin. “It just doesn’t make sense,” Dimacchia said. “The income tax is the best option.” Board member Jim Smith clashed with Dimacchia and Williams over Smith’s proposal that the district have Lorain’s Law Department handle its legal matters to save money. In the 2011-12 school year, the board spent $182,287 on legal fees, with Giardini, Cook & Nicol, school board attorney Anthony Giardini’s firm, receiving $111,386. Giardini’s firm has averaged about $110,000 per year in payments from the district since beginning work in 2009. Overall, legal bills are down about 50 percent since Giardini took over. The city department, which has two prosecutors and six other lawyers including Law Director Pat Riley, doesn’t have the staff or expertise to represent the district, according to Riley. But Smith said Ohio law allows school districts to be represented by city legal departments. “It’s going to come out of taxpayers’ pockets one way or the other; it’s just that when it comes out of the city taxpayers’ (pockets), we have more money for our kids,” Smith said. Contact Evan Goodenow at 329-7129 or email@example.com.
Meet Lady Bird. She was surrendered to Friendship with one of her pups because there were too many animals in the home. She’s a super sweet pooch that would make a wonderful family pet. Lady Bird is calm, gentle and just wants someone to love that will love her back. It’s in your best interest to check out Lady Bird, you won’t regret it. LB is a little shy so take it slow. If you have kids and/or another dog in your family and are interested in adopting a Friendship dog please bring them with you for a meet and greet. No appointment is necessary. Stop by anytime during regular business hours. BREED/DESCRIPTION: Australian cattle dog/husky NEUTERED/SPAYED: Yes, spayed; shots current AGE: 11/2years old SIZE/WEIGHT: 35 pounds ADOPTION FEE: $75 ORGANIZATION: Friendship APL of Lorain County, 8303 Murray Ridge Road, Elyria, OH 44035 CONTACT: firstname.lastname@example.org or (440) 322-4321 For more pets seeking homes, check out the Critter Chronicles column every Sunday in The Chronicle-Telegram. If you work or volunteer for a nonprofit pet adoption agency and would like to see your pets included in Critter Chronicles, please email email@example.com.
Search America's historic newspapers pages from - or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more title: 'The Day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, May 08, 1914, Image 13', meta: 'News about Chronicling America - RSS Feed', Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL All ways to connect Inspector General \| External Link Disclaimer \| THE CHAPPY HOUIl" ABOARD; 5MMAK6S;U. S. Fetninlnelesj Taingo on theBattteshipArJcrisas. ,. ..' ; matics m'raudevflltb'itragedy and tite tango..-" '".' " VI' ": V. ' I any of ;te -proTessioriai bo.utk seen ia city -umiKi; iu ueuisiuns sre gxveq,. $ ' The "Happy-Hour" von;boatd,the TL " S. Sr-ArTcansas is setting1. record 'for . contentment of the crewmythe'-At-r lantic fleet now in. th'e'Kardpr. : The happy hour Is reafiy several hours set aftart three nlgfifk a week for the entertainment'- 'at. (fie crew both officers and men, wMIeT the. ship v is at seaV .' The entertainment .- moving pictures, bbxmgboHts; chorus, aHd:5heer.eir-favQrite. - einging of-popular, songs, .'and. dra- b.ut thefmen show plasffahd. good na ture "ai xneenu 01 ine'Douts. -. -Th"e: admiral and other ship officers ' have ringside ,seftts while the cvew consists" of, .perches on turrets, masts and boats' '' Wlfen the 5shljys '.'band-plays rag-
Search America's historic newspapers pages from - or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more title: 'The Bemidji daily pioneer. (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, September 04, 1912, Image 1', meta: 'News about Chronicling America - RSS Feed', Image provided by: Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN All ways to connect Inspector General \| External Link Disclaimer \| Northern Grown Vegetables and Grasses Attract Visitors and Cause Favorable Comment. MANY STOP TO VIEW BOOTH Has Prominent Place in Agricultural Building and is Center of North BULL MOOSE IN EVIDENCE Roosevelt to Be Introduced to the Real Article When He Visits the By United Press Special. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.You ought to see that booththat Beltra mi county booth. It certainly is "-right there with the A more tastily arranged, carefully planned and perfectly executed booth is not to be found in the whole of the northern wing of the Agricultural building, where twelve other neigh boring counties are contending for the prizes that indicate the real value of the land within that county. And in all the entire region there are no more energetic and enthusias tic champions of her products than A. P. Ritchie, F. S. Arnold, C. P. Schroe der and August Jarchow, who came here in charge of the Beltrami exhib '"The more I see of the other exhib its in this building," said Mr. Ritchie to a Pioneer representative today, "the more satisfied I am that our ex hibit has a chance to come within the money. In fact, I confidently expect that we will at least go home with a similar prize to the one we took last "Hold on, hold on there," chimed in Mr. Jarchow. "If you don't look out you'll have this newspaper man be lieving that the next state fair will be held in Beltrami county." "Well, I don't know of any better county in which 0 hold the state fair," retorted Mr. Ritchie, with en "Yes, but they haven't come to that yet," cautioned Mr. Jarchow, "and you mustn't overlook the fact that the Minnesota state fair is held about ten days too early to show up the prod ucts of those Northern counties to the best advantage." "You're right I'll admit that," assented Mr. Ritchie, "but when they get to holding the state fair in Bel trami we will make them put it off to suit our convenience and then our county will always take first prize." It was plain that no damper could be thrown upon Mr. Ritchie's enthu Signs From Potatoes. Passing through the main entrance gate at the southeast corner of the enclosure you follow the winding driveway up a slight incline and the first large building that you come to is the one housing the different coun ty exhibitsthe Agricultural build ing. To the right of the entrance, as you proceed and observe the di verging north wing, the first object your eyes will probably rest upon is the Beltrami county booth. Potatoes Dug From Beltrami Soil. But don't be hasty this booth is worth inspecting minutely. Over the entrance is a design cleverly ex ecuted in red and white spelling the word BELTRAMI. The first letter in spelling of the word is composed en tirely of the white Burbank cariety and the second letter is a Bliss Tri umph, red in color. Then the colors alternate, red and white, to the end of the word. The name of the coun ty is made to stand out in prominent relief on this uniquely designed "signboard," by a delicate background of buckwheat, and then as if by way of enclosing it all there is a wide border of white clover seed. That is your introduction. Be neatn the design stand three or four enthusiastic champions of Beltrami county, who cordially extend a wel coming hand to all who may seem interested in the exhibit. And if you accept their invitation you will cer tainly be repaid for the time spent in their booth. You are now inside, and perhaps it is Mr. Ritchie who is talking to "Where did that come from-" yon r- flv -Tt-- BELTRAM I COUNT EXHIBI AT TH E STATE FAI COMMAND S ATTENTIO N timidly enquire, referring to the huge head of an animal you have never Bull Moose Head. "That came from Beltrami county," is the laconic reply. "There is noth ing' in this booth that did not come from Beltrami county." You have not asked the name of the animal, for you have never been in Beltrami county, and you are not quite certain whether it is an elk or a deer or a counterfeit specimen of some wild animal imported for orna mental purposes from the jungle of You continue to remark upon the symmetrical perfection of his "horns." But your host has already "taken your measure." He has observed that you are a tenderfoot, a city chap, un acquainted with the wilds of the north woods and the untamed inhab itants that roam the forests. But he is a true and conscientious repre sentative of Beltrami county and he is not here to deceive you. "August," he says to one of his as sistants, by way of affirmation of his statementthat the head of the beast ycu are gazing upon came from his home county, "did you ever see one of those brutes in the hoof kick the dirt of the deep woods near Bemid- "Many is the time I've trailed one of those fellows from daylight until dark in the new fallen snowand then home without him," laughling iy responded Mr. Jarchow. But you are now satisfied that to enquire further would be only to dis play your own ignorance and so you are willing to take for granted the word of the men who have been sent to the fair by their county to show Teddy Coming Thursday. Then you learn something else. You are in for a succession of sur prises, and they are beginning to come thick and fast. Mr. August Jar chow, chief supporter of Mr. Ritchie, has informed you that on Thursday of this week a certain incident is to take place on the spot where you are now standing that will mark an epoch in the history of Beltrami county. It will be something worth telling the folks about back home. It will be an event that will stand as a deserving and lasting tribute to the men hav ing this year's exhibit of Beltrami county in charge. On Thursday the famous Bull Moose Candidate, Colonel Tneodore Roosevelt, will come face to face with as fine a specimen of the antlered monarchthe emblem of the Progressive partyas ever thrilled the heart of the eager hunter in the northern forest. The Bull Moose can didate and the Bull Moose of the north woods will meet and admire each in the booth of Beltrami coun ty at the Minnesota State Fair Sep tember 5, 1912. But even this is not all. Your en thusiasm is now aroused, however, and all of the other exhibits within the booth are consequently of more than passing interest. You notice, above the stately head of the "king of the north woods," on the rear wall of the booth, a cleverly executed placard requiring eight let ters of the English alphabet, spelling the familiar word "B-e-1-t-r-a-m-i," as though to brand it in flaming let ters of fire upon the fibres of your brain, that omnipresent and unfor gettable word, this time each letter woven with the delicate- stemmed and fragrant smelling fed clover blos Potatoes Sure Prize Winners. Beneath these emblems of that famous county, the rear wall is flanked, appropriately enough, with a luxuriant growth of blue joint grass and, again, underneath all this, rising from the floor, tier on tier, is a gorgeous display of vege tables, including some of the finest potatoes that were ever produced from any soil this round world over. "Our potato exhibit," staged the enthusaistic Mr. Ritchie, "is without VOLUME 10. NUMBER 110. BEMIDJI MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1912. SCO OP B REPORTER WB-L LOOK A TALK ABOUT YOUR, SHOWS BAD SPUT Legislature Will Name Governor Ow ing to Fact That No Candidate By United Press. Burlington, Vt., Sept. 4.Com- plete returns from the 246 towns and cities of Vermont give the following figures: Allen Fletcher, Republican.. 26,200 Harland P. Howe, Democrat. .20,100 Rev. Hetzger, Progressive.. .15,700 Because no candidate received a majority of the entire vote cast- the election will fall to the state legisla ture and it will elect the Republican nominee, Allen Fletcher, since the Republicans have won 115, the Dem ocrats 34, and the Progressives 17 members with 80 still to come in. The Republican vote yesterday, shows a loss of forty-three per cent over the vote in 1908 for Governor Prouty, and the Democratic vote shows a gain in the same period of twenty-seven per cent The Social ist vote shows a loss of several hun dred over 1908. For many years political students have pointed out that any decision of a Republican majority in Vermont in September below the normal of 25,000 has been followed almost in variably by party defeat in the presi dential fight in November. These majorities which have averaged close to 30,000 in all state elections in Ver mont in presidential years since 1892 were represented today by bare plu rality.. The Republican loss appar ently went in a great degree to the Progressives and to somewhat lesser extent to the Democrats. the shadow of adoubt the finest of any display upon the fair grounds. The limit of points allowed for this product is 200, and I confidently be lieve that when the decision of the judges is passed upon them the speci rnens from our county will come nearer this mark than any other." Mr. Jarchow did not contradict this prediction. On the contrary, he was quite ready to affirm it. C. F. Schroeder, another assistant to Mr. Ritchie, who just at this junc ture came striding into the booth, exclaimed unhesitatingly, as though speaking from a point of no mean knowledge of his subject: "You fellows can put it down as coming from me, that we have 'em all skinned when it comes to grading of forage and stock vegetables." He then took the special writer for the Bemidji Pioneer by the coat sleeve and pointed out to him the in numerable varieties of the products question, which had been arrang ed to form a very comprehensive display against the south wall of the booth. On the opposite side of the booth were twenty-one varieties of native grasses, clover, timothy and alfalfa. In the center of the booth, on a slightly raised platform, was a choice display of small fruits, can ned goods, berries, and other palat able delicacies that made the mouth of the poor reporter water and whet ted his appetite until he had to bid a nasty farewell to his entertaining and obliging hosts and make a bolt for a restaurant nearby. ^THtS Wu- MAKE 300 COPY Foil, OM^ OF TR VICTO ALLE N Wytheville, Va., Sept. 4.The case of Victor Allen, one of -the mountain outlaws charged with complicity in the Hillsville courthouse murders last March, was called for trial today. Victor Allen is the last to be tried of those taken into custody for the mur ders. Floyd and Claude Allen, fath er and son, are under death sentenc es. Friel Allen has been sentenced to eighteen years' imprisonment and Sidna Edwards to fifteen years. Sid na Allen and Wesley Edwards, the alleged ringleaders hr the rald~mr the courthouse which killed six peo ple, are still at large. Ora Styles just returned from Thief River Falls where he went to get a B. C. Benedict returned to South Dakota via Duluth and Minneapolis, after spending three weeks visiting his daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Benson. Gilbert Benson was down to Thief River Falls the latter part of the week with a party from Rapid River in his auto. CALENDAR OF SPORTS. Intercollegiate tennis champion ships began at Merion Cricket club, Close of the season of the Blue Grass Baseball league. Close of the season of the Tri-State Johnny Kilbane vs. Johnny Dun dee, 10 rounds, at New York city. Billy Allen vs. Joe Bayley, 15 rounds, at Calgary, Alta. Annual golf tournament for ama teur championship of White Moun tains opens at Jefferson, N. H. Opening of four days' motor boat regatta at Everett, Wash. Opening of fall race meeting at Opening of the autumn meeting of the Montreal Jockey club. Senior trac kand field champion ships of the Metropolitan A. A. U. at Close of the season of the Appa lachian Baseball league. Close of the season of the New Brunswick-Maine Baseball league. Close of the season of the New England Baseball league. You Certainly Got Your Nerve, Scoop jfe "dfcte? j,. S46l. KICKED OUT OF THE RING STATE FAIR FIGURESPETERSO By United Press. Hamline, Sept. 4.Following are the attendance figures of the state fair to' date: ed at 2 p. m... 60,000 John Wold of Northome, is erect ing a house on his farm near here. Mr. Wold expects to move his fam ily up here in November to make their future home. Miss Benson of Minneapolis, who taught here last year, arrived Satur day night to again take charge of the Turtle River schools. Miss Beth Horton of Crookston, who will also teach here, arrived on Monday. Mrs. Frank Latimer left Monday night for Minneapolis to attend the state fair. She will meet a cousin from Decorah, Iowa, and anticipates a pleasant visit. Art Nolan of Minneapolis, who vis ited his uncle, Matt Nolan, last week, returned Sunday night to his home. Mrs. John Guthrie spent Saturday shopping in Bemidji. School opened on Tuesday morning with a good attendance, that bids fair to exceed that of last year. In the personal laboratory of Sil William Ramsay, at University col lege, London, is a new pair of scales so delicately adjusted that they will weigh a seven-millionth part of an ounce. The room is in semi-darkness, So delicate are these wonderful scales that their balance is disturbed by th alteration of temperature caused by the turning on of an electric light at the other end of the room. The oper ator has to leave them for an hour in darknessafter he has tip-toed from the room so that his footfall should not set up any vibrationand then read them swiftly before any change in the temperature has had time to affect them. The scales, only a few inches long, appears, a mere col web of glass with its frail supports. It is not made of glass, however, ex plains Sir William, but of silica, whiclj expands and contracts under the efc feet of heat far less than glass. Had an Object. "An Irishman was sleeping with a companion. In the middle of the night he was discovered out on the floor. Asked by his bedfellow what he was doing there, he calmly replied: 'I got out to tuck myself in.'""Bulls, An cient and Modern," by J. C. Percy. T&.5Atf~rHAT PRETTf HOWOy-OOO N IS HER E Frank H. Peterson, state senator from Moorhead, will speak in the city hall this evening at 8 p. m. Mr. Pet erson is a candidate for the Republi can nomination from the Ninth dis trict to succeed the present congress man, Halvor Steenerson. HORNET. Mrs. Robert Shaw and daughter, Miss Shaw, visited friends in Black duck and' Tenstrike Thursday and Miss Myrtle Miller has gone to at tend the school in Blackduck. The two schools in this district be gan Monday with Miss Anna Anvid cf Eummit as teacher in the Winan school and Roy Cossentine, teacher in the Murray school. Miss Nellie C. Shaw went to Black duck to begin her school work on Herbert Thorn and George Bogart went to Bemidji on Monday. G. W. Campbell, of Bemidji, in the interests of his campaign, passed through Hornet on Monday. Rev. J. H. Frary of Blackduck preached at the Winan school on Mr. and Mrs. Henning Kirkvold spent Tuesday in Cass Lake. J. Frik was a Bemidji visitor last A carload of cattle was shipped from here Saturday by O. Lee of Bag Mr. and Mrs. F. Klingbeil were Be midji visitors Monday last. Mrs. Parks and daughter, Lottie, of Shevlin, were pleasant callers in Miss Johanna Jamtvold of Aure, left for Bemidji Monday where she will attend school. Miss Elsie Klinger left here on Monday to resume her studies in the high school at Bemidji. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fullerton of Be midji, spent Sunday with relatives Miss Martin of Bemidji spent Sun day at the Steve Nelson home. She returned Monday. Her sister, Al ma, who has "been here the past twp weeks, accompanied her home. Mrs. E. Diseth and son, Oliver, spent Saturday in Bemidji. Mrs. H. Dodge left for Gonvick on Thursday. She will visit her parents a few days. Among those who left for North Dakota last Thursday were Linsay Cyrus, Frank Klingbeil, and Victor IT'S A PRETTY Howoei 3X3O-00 WHEN A FATHER. CANT K\SS HIS OWN TEN CENTS PER WEEK. AT PUBLI SCHOOL S First Figures Indicate That Before End of Month, Enrollment Will Top the 1,000 Mark. ROOMS ARE TO BE SHIFTED Two Grades to Move From High to Central Building to Allow Space for Industrial Work. FOOTBALL AROUSES INTEREST Boys Meet With Mr. Carson to Dis cuss 1912 Rules and Prospects for Rigures compiled from the first class enrollments in the schools yes terday indicate that more pupils will be cared fer this year than last. The opening of the North school addition will relieve to a large extent the congestion which has been felt in the Central and High schools. Professor Dyer said this morning that he expected fully 1,000 pupils before the end of the month. Early registrations are always light owing to the fact that many keep working during the first week or attend the state fair. "For instance," said Mr. Dyer, "the enrollment in the high school yesterady was 123 but we will have between 150 and 160 before the end of the month." When the addition to the North side school is finished, the first and second grades which have been us ing rooms in the High school, will be moved to the Central school while room will be made there by moving pupils to the North side school. This will give two additional rooms in the High school, one of which will be used by Miss Eddy for a sewing room and the other by Miss Donald son as a drawing room. In the North school, separate first and second grade teachers have been provided. Professor Dyer says that the first grade class will be small for some time but that the people in !.hat end of the city will be given the Start Talking Football. The high school boys have started talking football and last night had a conference with Mr. Carson, the new instructor in sciences. Mr. Carson uot only replaces W. Z. Robinson as a teacher of science but will also have charge of high school athletics. Mr. Carson is a graduate of Cornell Col lege at Grinnel, Iowa, and was prom inent in athletics while an under graduate. Last night he discussed the 1912 rules and arranged for the GOPHERS AWAIT TEDDY St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.The Pro gressive party leaders of Minnesota have completed all arrangements for Colonel Roosevelt's visit to the Twin Cities. The third party presidential candidate is scheduled to arrive here from Des Moines shortly after 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and will remain the entire day. The program calls for two speeches, one in the op en air at the Minnesota state fair in the forenoon, and one at a luncheon in Minneapolis immediately after ward. The speech at the fair grounds probably will last an hour, and will be a "keynote" speech for the Roose velt campaign in the Northwest. School in the Wynne school house :n District No. 97, began Tuesday morning with Miss Mae Falls as the John Erickson made a trip to Deer River last week, returning Monday. The new school houses are being treated to a coat of paint by Messrs. Roy Elliot and James Wynne. James H. Wynne returned Tues day after a short visit at Bemidji. Geo. A. Hayes spent the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. August Thorland of Bemidji, from whence he left Wednesday morning on a photo graphing tour through North Dako ta vith A. A. Richardson of that Mr. and Mrs. Syver Pederson spent Sunday with the latter's mother, Mrs. T. T. Weum. Mr. Lee of Bagley and also Mr. Nelson of Clearbrook were through the country buying cattle last week. Mrs. Florence Anderson and chil dren returned from Rush City last week where she has been visiting her mother during the past month.
Search America's historic newspapers pages from - or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more title: 'Crittenden record=press. (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, September 05, 1907, Image 3', meta: 'News about Chronicling America - RSS Feed', Image provided by: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY All ways to connect Inspector General \| External Link Disclaimer \| Drink plenty of wator in the summer time. It is cheaper, anyhow. Thoro's a right Hiimrt iliircrenco betwoon men nnd flics. If you have nu open jug ol molasses the flies will Hock around, and if Its au open jug of licker you will draw a Hock of Nzcmore Hooks, residing on Big 1'istol crook, lias invented a patent monkey wrouoh, which also has an attachment that will crack hickory nuts and pull corks. To tost tho volooity of a summor breeze, take otic pound of fluo gooso feathers, stand in the open, and toss them h it'll into tho air. If they all fall straight to the ground tho breeze I is lighter than the feathors. If thny continue to go straight up it is going There are people who take a great interest in you some of thorn as much a ten por cent. I'uke Kazley regreU that he will 'i forced to more out of the shade next to the postoilles on aeoouul of being bothered so by tho gnats. am Sum tays that Miss Gondola Hrustep's hair i getting to he uo rurly that it makes her head wiiu. liar Harlow hm named his horse Nancy Hanks so that ho can beat the other horses and mules around Mm Flutio Helclior has took to 'i oatiug which it is said will make her lips red. Pon t talk too mueh at thctable. It will interfere with your eating. They had an all-day singing and dinner on the grow ad at Hog Ford last Sunday and soreral are laid up with bad colds, mixed by the table elotlts or the ground being too thin. only and slew huh who kotps on itnproriug will tvtntually get A splendid way to get rid ofjllios is to opon the store door and drire them in. then shut the door allowiog them to bum to death. Moral Always look at the lae yii are about to sit down oh. It is no big jehierement to break the record on a pbouograph. Smiotiuios a person has a big time and doesn't know it till it's all A eat flili hai very little eyes because the water is so muddy It cau t see at all any nay. We d nearly all rather be right than president, but very few of us are evor able to be either. A man who oan wear his ooat on a sweltering summer day U either a gentleman or has a hole in his shirt. Two geese with yokes on walked through bore Thursday going toward Tickville. The depity oonstible at Koundini; Billows has been notified to look out for them. A snake has to aot orooked to got am Sims walked to Kyo Straw and back Tuesday. His feet are so long that tho trip was made in a A man may kill two birds with one stono and thou next time miss the whole flock with a shot gun. The front of the Hog Ford church is about to bo white-washed. The back ond won't be improved as nobody comes in that way but tho "I he New Pure Food And Drug Law,) We nre pleased to annouce that Fo loy's Honey nnd Tnr for coughs, colds nnd lung troubles is not directed by the Nntionnl Pure Food nnd Drug law na it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, nnd wo recommend it as a safe remedy for children nnd adults. J, H. Eczema Is Now Curable ZE.MO, n scientific preparation for external use. stop) itching instantly and destroys the germs that cmitto skin dise&Fcs. lJczunin quickly yields and is permanently cured by this remarkable medicine. AllI)nigKL't. Writ forwun pto. K.AV. KoeoMed. Co.,St. Louis, Mo. I TAXATION AND J REFORM IN OREGON The IcglHlntun of tin jdnto of Oregon has boon working out taxation problomn (luring ItH Inst hohbIoii In line with progressive stntcH, an amendment to the Oregon conwtltn Hon Is proposed. The citizens In tax reform want an nmond mont giving tho leglslatnro the broad power of rliiHHlfyliiK Uie subject of taxation and deciding wlint will bo taxed for ntnto and what for local Oregon Iiuh had a taxation at work for somo tlmo From lta roport, rocuutly Hubmltted, tho con elusion rearht'd there Is thnt tho gen oral property tax is not working well and that It ought to bo abolished In part at least It In HUggosted that it would be well to have HoparntB sources of revenue for Btato nnd for local government, and tho only way to attain this Is by amending the IMPROVING TAX LAWS. Taxation Ih the subject of Investigation mid dlscuBHiou In mnny states nnd throe reports have been made by special commlMlonB which give an interi'Mtlng Indication of the present trend of expert opinion New Yrk'H commission recom inendB the abolition of the tax on property nnd tho Imposition of n progressive tax on inheritance. The California commission la nlso opposed to taxing itortmiinl property, but as BortH that if It Ih to bo taxed tho rov enuo Hhonld go to tho countleH with the revonuo from the tnx on ronlty It Ih furthor rocom mended that nil corporations nnd franchlflo taxes bo reserved to the Too report of the MneenchueettB commlMlon pnioo tho taxation of direct ax well at collateral of billboards nnd of stock transfers, tlio retention of all franchise exactions by the state, and a gradod tax on automobile It is assorted tlmt with Uiusn additional lovliw. the Hay Statu could readily enough abolish tho tax on realty us well as on personal projrerty, oxcopt for municipal purpoww Here in Rhodo Island the B)ctum of taxation is inndwjuale nnd Inequitable, but no effort toward n betterment has Ueen or is llkcl) to Ih made ue long as tho country towns are In the at New York line a mortgage recording tax law which has lncn.isod Uie rorenue from inortageg taxation over the old ayitern by 300 por cent and resulted In a reduction of interest rntos. The principal virtuo of the law is that Its operation does not ndmtt fraud, slncv a mortgage to bo legal must be recorded, nnd to be mconled. must nay the tax Small as ttt5 latt t It In proportion to the S or 2Me per cent formerly levied, It has increased the revcuuu bcauB formerly moro than SO por cent of the mortgagee escaped The Now York Sun, rovlowlng the operation of the moasuro, reports that "tho new law warded off a serloja shortage of mortgage capital in this town during the lntter half of last year. It will no doubt ronct before long on the rntei of interest, bringing them back to the normal level of i per cent and (V? per cent, anl perhaps establish them eventually at so low a rate as SVa to 4 per cent." CARDINAL RULES OF TAXATION. Tho remedy proposed by E M Thnnihar of tho Dayton Chamber of Couimorco for the difficulties In the tax system of Ohio Is similar to the romudy now buiug urgod in many states He says "Tho esvjtico of the dlfllculty seems to lie In the attempt to make the constitution deal with details rnthor than Tho proper remedy. In my Judgment, Is only to bo found in an amendment of tho constitution which shall give to Uie general assembly power to classify nil proper subjects for taxation In such n manner thnt "No Bubject shall escape Its proper share of tho bunion "No stihjoct of tho same class shall be tnvod more than once "The tnx shall in all cnios bo uniform to subjects of the snino cliifes and Just to the subject taxed " State of Washington Has a t'onal Amendment to Permit Classification of Property For In common with other states that are seriously considering tho better ment of tax Inws, Washington coi.ieo to the front with a proposition to umenii lis cwuu cuiibuiuuuii. Tho pertinent paragraph in the pro posed nmondmeut rends: "The power of taxation shall never bo surrendered, suspended or con trncted away. Tnxes shall be uniform upon the same .class of subjects, and Fhall bo levied nnd collected for pun A GOOD PLATFORM. This platform hns been adopted by tho Ohio State Hoard of Commorce as the slogan of Its campaign for tnx re "Our purpoao is to mnko Ohio the beBt state In tho Union in which to rnrn a living, operate a busluess nnd K. M. Dalton to T. L. Phillips lot in Dycusburg, .')0. Liunio Guess to J. F. and K. C. O'Neal llilj acres on Camp creek, T A (Jonway to J. S. McMurry house and lot in Marion, fl450 Dolla M. Stono to Uhas. W. Stone lfi acros near Tolu, 22f. S. M. Ashor to District 4(5 one acre, F and other consideration. Sure Cure For Malaria. Try Yucatan Chill Tonic, superior to nil, acceptable to the most delicate person. One bottle will work wonders. Guaranteed uudor the Pure Food and Drugs Act. 1'iice &0c. Sold by all Things to Forget. Korgot the faults of other pooplc. Forgot a many disagrooable tliinus as you can. Forgot your oneinios and romombcr Forgot all goasip as soon as you hoar it, or boforo. Forgot doubts and fears and hopos and faiths. Forgot your own failuros and remember your suooossos. Forgot tho slights and trivial ofToneos inotdont to all life. Forget to do anyone an injury, but remember to do every ono a A Happy ramily. J. J. Mann, of Fordyce, Ark., writes: Use Carlstcdt's German Liver Power for ten years, cured my wife of female troubles. Haven't had a doctor for six years, formerly paid two or three doctor bills a year. Would not be without it. Worth its weight in gold' Guaranteed undor the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Price 26c. Sold by nil To Glean and Brighten a Carpet. Cut an ounce of yellow soap ioto small squares, and make into a lath-or with a pint of boiling water. Add to this a uart of wator and one ounce of borax. I'laoe the mixture on the range, aud bring it to a boil, thou remove it, and whon quite cold add an ounce oach of alcohol and ammonia and halt an ounce of glycerine. Wipo over quite a small portion of the oarpet at a timo, and rub vigorously with a oloan flauool (which should be repeatedly turned as it gets soilod) dipped in the mixture, until all spots are removed and the Whon you have finished you will be delighted to find how nice your ouco shabby carpet looks. A Remedy Without an Eqwal. Try Yucatan Chill Tonic, ia a sure cure for Colds, La Grippe nnd Rheumatism; will cure you, acceptable to the most delicate person, results are positive and you feel better after taking one dose. Guaranteed under the Puro Food nnd Drugs Act. Price 50c. For sale by nil druggists. Sign ol Early And Long Winter. "Tho report from Cape May that an enormous gathering of swallows had boon observod there, after which tho lot flew Southward, with the consequent nngury for au early and long winter," said a woathor sharp, "is rather discouraging iu these days of high-priced coal and other expenses, but, if it must bo. so be it. The old "ayiug that a single swallow doos uot make n summer may be amended by adding a couferonoo, or mass-mooting, or cotneution, or whatever you may call it, of swallows cannot make a wintor. Just what a Cape May swallows detect in the August woathor conditions to induce them to tly Southward lama loss to imagine. Wo were having a bit of oool weather, to be sure, but not enough to chill even a swallow at least it docs not ntlect tho sparrows, who haven t any more feathers than swallows. Tho caroful observor will probably note in a few days that tho swallows arc coming North again, evidently realizing that they started on a false alarm." Philadelphia Record. DeWitt's Little Early Risers nre good for any one who needs a pill. Sold by J. H. Orme. j . ' Vjr " t1' - nKdCS, - Miss Gladys Vanderbllt Conies Into Absolute Possession ol Estate. Now York, Aug. 3U. Miss Gladys Vandorbilt's twenty-first birthday occurred yesterday, whon, according to tho will of her fathor, the late Cornelius Yandorbilt, hc came into absolute possession of the estate loft in trust for her, which amounts to the noat little sum of $12,500,000. Miss Gladys is the youngest of the direct heirs to the vast fortune amassed by the third head of the house of Yandorbilt. Sho aud her mother have been cruising in the Mediterranean, taking tho wators in tho south of France and hunting through the curio shop of Paris for rare old bronzes, of which they have socurcd quite a number, for the spacious halls of The Broakcrs, their Mrs. Yaudcrbilt has cabled to havo The Hroakers oponod. She and Gladys are coming over for the late soasons and iuoidontally for business roasons, the redistribution of the Yandorbilt millions which, according to that document of fatherly lore and wrath, the Yandorbilt will was to bo fiually adjusted when Gladys oatno ol logal ago. Clerks and accountants have been busy for many moons at the office of tho Yandorbilt ostate at Forty-second street aud Madison avenue, making preparations for this settlement of the fortune. Alfrod, Reginald and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney are all to receive surplus cccumulations from legacios to beneficiaries to date The will statos over and over again that oortain moneys are to go to "my cbildron, Alfrod, Gertrude, Reginald and Gladys,' as if no had ever oxistod. Thus is the ponalty that Cornelius, Jr., paid for marrying Miss Wilson again brought to public notice. For Chills, Fevers And Malaria. Try Yucatan Chill Tonic; it cures to stay cured. Insist on having it. Get the genuine. Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Price 50c. Sold by all druggists. Visited by Mglit Riders. Cadiz, Ivy., Aug. '27. Night riders visited the store and hotel of Johnson Hcndrick, at Rockcastle on the Cumberland noar here, and after firing a few shots in the air called to Mr. Hcndrick to come out. He came to the door and they asked him somothing about shipping some independent tobacco from a landing a few miles below. He assured them that he had not, aud that they had been misinformed. He offered to call his wife and prove it by her, but they assured him that they were willing to take his word. Then they asked him to come aud go with them up on the hill a short distance, as they wanted to talk to him further. He asked them to let him dress, but they informed him that it was not necessary, aud carried him along as he was in his night ciothos. He was gone about twenty minutes and returned. He says they did not touch him in any way, and every indication bore out this statement, aud that they only talked to him about the tobacco that they had hoard he had shipped. The crowd then departed quietly and nothing further was heard from The Man With Dandruff can now be cured. Ho should buy a bottle of ZOIC to-day. ZEMO destroy the germ that causes the disease. Its usestops itching instantly, prevents fall im: hair and leaves the scalp in a clean healthy condition. All Druggists. HAVNKS A: TAYLOR. An Ounce ot Prevention is worth a pound of cure. There are many poor sulFerers, Consumptives who are hopeless of getting well who, if they had taken care of themselvej, would now bo well. A cough is the foundation of Consumption. Rallard's llnHnlinltH.l C a a u 11 AIIMil Mtn I flM1nn 0)1UI Will tUlt lllUb (.UUIl. IllUlUUUUIlll Great Falls, Montana, writes: "I have used Ballard's Horehound Syrup in my family for years my children never suffer with coughs. Sokl by J. 11. Orme. 4tM "r J ?7 LfJl rf 79Lw C 4, Pon't be narrow In thJ Iffe, Walk ttm broad, straight path along AMI bo patient with the throns, Dotv't bo bioud enough to hurt Or to tear your undershirt! Don't b crabbed or morojie Ke-p toeing out! Kill your heart with thoughts of Juoej If you wMstle, let the tune lie a. helpful, hopeful air That will knock the sockH off care Keep toeing opt' Don't be petulant or cross Some folk3 bark tholr own hind feet Interfering on the beat, Keep our footprints far apart And keep gladness in your heart Ue us broad as you can stretch And still be good' Smile at others on your way, He a reirulnr X-ray. Mpr.id the gospel of a laugh; ulvi to care th sharpened gaff And still be good' Brush your foretop from your eyes And strike right out Ivok the whole world In the face. Vow to win or bust a trace, IJe as good a mun on Monday As you were at church on Sunday-Keep Chords and Dischords. When a man falls In love, he breaks Some engagements end happily, but In most cases tho parties get married. Says an exchange, "Wealth has Its penalties. You never heard of a poor man buying dyspepsia tablets." Good by to all youse fellers; I'm rich and never knew- It before. The moth lj a great rag chower Matrimony Is like a river after tho first freezo in the fall. Look out for places where there is thin ice. Whenever I see one of those fussy single curls down a grown woman's neck I mean one of those corkscrew affairs that are trained to dangle about like a clapper on a bell I am always afraid it is going to tickle her under the ear and make her run Many a man has been saved from losing a lot of money by not having it Some matches that seem to havo been made in Heaven, never get back w TM3f Pa im IjuVZ 2jJR' A hand to mouth existence that of the tooth carpenter Time rings many changes, but tho girl cashlor in a restaurant is something of an export at this game herself A bleary old boozer from Gaul Walked home In the rain from a ball "Phlease eMchuse me " he said. ' While I putsh shlss umbrella to bed An' hang myself up tn In Heaven everything will be laid bare except fresh eggs, which will come in shells as usual How good a time a boy has at a party depends upon how long he Is sick with a stomache ache afterward. If every' man were big enough to till the nightdress his wife makes for him. this would be a raco of great men. Indeed. Doing nothing all the time gets more tiresome than listening to a boro tell the same story three times so I Press clubs are being started in tho city suburbs wherever two lovers can And enough green grass to sit upon. In looking for a peck of happiness many people pass right by a bushel of You Will Get Yours. To cure a swelling of the head. Trv rtrt a good, plain-spoken wife. If ttls should fall. Just bide your time And leave the case with Dr Life It was down In llnvenswood, 111., that a teacher who had sent a noto home with a ntinll nsklnB her parents to buv a praninmr for her. received the folIowliiB note: "Missus teeeher, I do uot desire that Jonnle shall in-gage In srammer, as I prefer hur to Ingage In more useful studies, and I can lenrn hur to speek grammer myself. I went through two grammers and I can't bay as they did me no good nohow. I prefer Jennie to In-gage In French, drawing and vocal music on the piany." Hois can a. man stand for his rights? Ills chances nro so slim How can he stand. I say. for rights, When wltte sits on htm? Is the oft repeated expression which tells its own tale of putting off till tomorrow that which should have been dc&ie today. Neglecting to i n s u re causes a loss of many millions of dollars every year to property owners. Don't be one of them, but get your insurance now. I represent one of the strongest insurance offices in the land, and without question the oldest in the world, being established in LET ME INSURE YOUR PROPERTY 1 Jno. A. Moore THE CHILDREN'S FAVORITE TONIC. ' BCWX. Cr IMITATIONS TMC GCNUlNC ONLY BY Bollard-Snow Liniment Co. Sold and recommended by J. H. Orme nowon at Dranahon's Prnctlcainuslness Colleges, Evansvllle and l"aducah. POSITIONS secured or money baefc. 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The City of Plymouth provides sewer and water service to residents and businesses in most areas of the city. The primary exception is an area in the northwest part of Plymouth. People living in this area use private wells and septic systems to meet water and sewer service needs. Water and sewer service in this area will be provided as development occurs. The city maintains over 300 miles of pipe and 8,000 manholes in its sanitary sewer system. The city also maintains more than 350 miles of pipe, 4,400 hydrants and 7,800 valves in its water main system. Newcomers to Plymouth can get help from city staff members to establish a water and sewer account for their property by calling 763-509-5333. The utility billing area of the website also includes information about how to start and stop service as well as information about specific utility accounts. The city maintains an extensive network of storm sewer pipes, catch basins and manholes with 134 miles of pipe and more than 8,000 manholes. The city also manages more than 1,000 ponds and wetlands along with ditches and streams to safely convey storm water. Sanitary Sewer Problems If you experience problems with the sanitary sewer system – the system that conveys waste water from homes and businesses – report them to the Sewer and Water Division at 763-509-5950 during regular business hours, Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. All other times, call 911 to report problems. Before calling, please try to determine if the problem is with the public system. If the problem is only with one fixture, like a sink or toilet, it is likely that the problem is in the private system. In that case, you should contact a plumber. If there is a problem with the entire building, call the Sewer and Water Division at the number listed above or 911. If you own a home or business connected to the city’s sanitary sewer system, you are responsible for maintaining the sewer line from your house or business to the point where it connects with the main sewer line in the street. If sewer cleaning is required in that area, it is your responsibility to contact a plumber or sewer cleaning contractor to clean out the line. It is important to have the pipe televised before cleaning to avoid cutting any intersecting gas, power or cable lines. If the problem requires digging in the right of way or street, the city must do the excavating. The League of Minnesota Sewer Backups brochure discusses issues concerning insurance, liability, clean up and backup prevention. Water Main Breaks If you see water bubbling to the surface along a roadway, it may be a water main break. If you suspect a water main break, please call the Water and Sewer Division at the number listed below. After regular business hours, call the public safety dispatcher at 763-525-6210. The city will investigate the problem and determine if there is a leak in either the public or private service line to the building. If there is a leak in the private service line, the city will notify the property owner to correct the problem. If the leak is in the city’s system, the city will have it repaired. Public Works Maintenance Facility \| 14900 23rd Ave. N. \| Plymouth, MN 55447 P 763.509.5950 \| F 763.509.5955 \| firstname.lastname@example.org
Stephanie Vermillion joins Wordsworth Communications downtown as assistant account executive. Vermillion will be part of account teams that help plan and implement public relations, legacy media and social media relations programs for several key agency clients, including Danis Construction, People Working Cooperatively, University of Cincinnati Foundation and Verizon Wireless. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton, and is a 2012 graduate of Boston University with a master’s degree. During her undergraduate studies, she was active in numerous student organizations and studied abroad in Ireland and Italy. While in graduate school, she worked during her last term with Bell Pottinger Group, a public relations firm in London, England. Posted in: New hires
TML gets to spend the next two days bivouacked in Dayton, writing the First Four for SI.com, and you know, it’s kinda cool. Between now and about midnight Friday, everyone wins. The Madness is a little like the US Open in that regard: Everyone has a Tin Cup chance. I was up there yesterday afternoon, listening to the good dreamers from NC A&T, Liberty and Middle Tennessee. I heard the guys from St. Mary’s, too, but I won’t include them, because the Gaels really shouldnt be in Dayton. The common theme was gratefulness. That’s not an emotion often connected with sports, pro or quasi-am. “Everybody’s been showing us love,’’ said Adrian Powell, the team’s best player. “The cameras, the pictures, just a great experience. I’ve been dreaming this for a long time.’’ What a nice phrase: I’ve been dreaming this for a long time. These schools have more interesting stories to tell than those who will survive to the Final Four. Liberty wants to be known as the BYU or Notre Dame for evangelical Christians. It is fortifying its athletic programs for the effort. The school in rural Virginia, founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell and run now by his son, is pouring money into facilities. “Champions For Christ” is its motto. The religious slant might turn you off. But not so much you couldnt appreciate the sincerity of the gratitude expressed by players and coaches, just to be part of the Madness. Liberty is only the second school ever to make the tournament after starting 0-8. Here’s what coach Dale Layer said about that: “There s going to be a story of March, of somebody,’’ he told his players. “The feelgood story. Just think if it was us. Why couldn’t it be us?’’ The players embraced the concept. At least they didn’t find it completely crazy. As junior center Joel Vander Pol put it, “Greg Gumbel is doing a story on someone special every year that was 0-10 or something like that.’’ The Flames got to 11-20, then won four straight games last week, in the Big South tournament. And here they are, the second 20-loss team ever to make the NCAA field. Mix in the religious metaphor of your choice. Layer said, “God has worked the work in these guys’ lives and in my life. The odds were stacked against us. I don’t think you can marginalize what we did. If anybody (does), I would say, what have you overcome?’’ As an aside, Layer said he was a fan of TML — “I read you every day,” he said to me, in the middle of a press conference – and a big Reds fan. His dad was born in Cincinnati. He has relatives near Louisville. When he’d come to ‘Ville to visit his grandparents, they’d take him to Crosley. “I grew up listening to Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall.” It was amusing to note that both Liberty and St. Mary’s had airplane issues. The Flames were supposed to leave Virginia at 7 Monday morning. They didnt leave until 2:30. The Gaels originally had a flight from Moraga, Cal. Sunday night. They had a plane and everything. Problem was, they didnt have a crew. They left the West Coast at 615 yesterday, and got to Dayton at 430, Eastern. That for going 27-5 and losing only to Gonzaga (3 times) in the last 10 weeks. Anyway, it’s a nice diversion from talking about greed and disloyalty and other, related staples of big-time college athletics. Go Flames. Now, then. . . * THE EDUCATED TEAM RE-SIGNS R. MAUALUGA. Without further comment, an excerpt from J. Reedy’s story in this AM’s TM: “… his play has dropped off the past two years. According to Pro Football Focus, he had a positive rating of 10.9 at SAM (strong OLB). In his past two years in the middle, the overall rating is negative 42.5. Of the 30 games he played, 17 have been graded below average, compared to two above average. Even after he dropped 20 pounds at midseason, seven of the last eight games were graded as poor. Of the 52 inside linebackers who played 25 percent or more of their teams’ snaps, Maualuga was graded as the worst.” “Rey has been a fine young player for us,” said head coach Marvin Lewis. * SHOULD IT ALSO BE NOTED that Maualuga wasnt exactly courted by any other team? Why yes, I believe it should. * WOMAN KILLS WOMAN WITH SPEAR GUN! This wasnt a headline in World Weekly News. It was what happened in The Following last night. That was before another woman was thrown from the window of a 10-floor apartment and landed splat right next to a cop. The show’s like a bad wreck on the highway. Can’t take my eyes off it. I am a sick individual. * I’M BECOMING A CONVERT. TML likes to think that the ability to change one’s mind is a sign of intelligence. Or, you know, something. If that indeed is the case, I am becoming one smart dude on the subject of sabermetrics. I still don’t think #s are the be-all, end-all. But neither does Bill James. But their precise and proper use certainly has a very large spot in the toolbox. As ESPN the Magazine put it: Fight it if you like, but baseball has become too complicated to solve without science. Every rotation of every pitch is measured now. Every inch that a baseball travels is measured now. Teams that used to get mocked for using spreadsheets now rely on databases packed with precise location and movement of every player on every play — and those teams are the norm, not the film-inspiring exceptions. This is exciting and it’s terrifying. The Reds are on this train. I wrote about their research and analysis when I was in AwesomeYear. Proper stat analysis means even more to teams not large in the wallet department. Big-money mistakes can really set back a mid- or small-money team. The ESPN story is about WAR, and it’s fascinating. TML says ck it out. * YAHOO’S PAT FORDE IS GOOD because he’s smart and he can write. Here’s the lead to his story analyzing the Midwest bracket: As Kentucky fans sullenly withdraw into their homes and draw the blinds, giddy Louisville backers descend upon Lexington to see the Cardinals launch their NCAA run in Rupp Arena. Too many “experts” suddenly love Louisville for me to pick them to win it all. SLU is in their bracket. SLU is playing its aspirations off, to honor the memory of its late coach, R. Majerus. Great story. The Madness likes Great Stories. SLU is a sleeper. * BTW AND FWIW, HERE’S my take on Cashmere Wright. Gee, Doc, you actually said something nice about UC. Why yes, I feel I did. * YAHOO OFFERS THIS, OFFICE POOL GUY: • No team that has lost its opening-round conference tournament game has won the national title. • Excluding 2009, at least one No. 2 seed has been eliminated in Round 2 every year since 1997. Last year, Duke and Missouri were victims. • Thirteen 8/9 seeds have upended a No. 1 since 1985. Northern Iowa (2010) and Butler (2011) were the last to do it. • No. 5 seeds have lost 34 percent of their first-round matchups since ’85. • No. 3 and No. 6 seeds beware. Four No. 11 seeds have reached the Sweet Sixteen since 2010. * AND FINALLY RE THE MADNESS. I remain Sheet Of Integrity Man. I might enter multiple brackets in pools. I will do it making the same picks. It might not result in my winning any cash, but I will watch games firmly in one camp or the other. And that’s a huge part of the fun. * THEY’RE BUILDING ANOTHER HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDING DOWNTOWN, for empty-nesters. This, according to a story in today’s TM. Question: Would you live downtown? I would not. My son and his Sig Other are planning a summer move to Brooklyn. He and she like the urban vibe, can’t wait to sell both their cars. Which is interesting, given he spent his entire life in the ‘burbs, either here or in Columbus. To be close to lots of fun stuff, they will gladly spend $1,600 a month to live in an apartment the size of Shaquille O’Neal’s shoe. Not me. Not in a million years. Especially not in Cincinnati. Downtown is getting better. But there still wouldnt be enough there to move me into some high rise. And I’d still need a car. There is no Central Park in Cincinnati, no real urban oasis to flee to, when the downtown claustrophobia began to hem me in. That’s just me. You? * TUNE O’ THE DAY. James Hunter sounds like early Motown. That’s a good thing. Posted in: Updates
The Boone County Fiscal Court meets at 5:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the Boone Count Administration Building, 2950 Washington St., Burlington. Agenda items include a first reading of an ordinance relating to a zoning text amendment regulating fireworks sales in certain commercial and industrial zones. The Boone County Planning Commission recommended approval of [...] All Boone County Public Library locations will be closed Monday Aug. 29 and Tuesday Aug. 30 for a system upgrade. By Stephanie Salmons • email@example.com The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its 17th summer concert series when the Boogie Band performs 55 years of “country kickin’ faves” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at Covington’s Devou Park amphitheater. “Blue Moon of Kentucky” will feature new and classic tunes by a variety of artists including [...] Nightly lane closures can be expected on southbound Interstate 75 between mile markers 170 and 171 Aug. 23-25. Two lanes will be closed from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. the next morning for utility work on the Ky. 14/Ky. 16 railroad overpass. BIG BONE – Voting for Big Bone Lick State Park as your favorite park can help the park snag a grant from Coca-Cola. Visit www.livepositively.com/#/americasparks/vote to cast a vote which can be done on the site, by Facebook Places check-ins or by uploading photos from the park. The park with the most votes will win $100,000. [...] Boone County is offering its citizens Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training which is designed to help them protect themselves, their families and their neighborhoods in emergency situations. Training will be held from 6-10 p.m. Oct. 25, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 27, Nov. 1 and Nov. 3, and 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. Most of [...] By Justin B. Duke • firstname.lastname@example.org FLORENCE – Families were wrapped around the building for a chance to get into school early. Collins Elementary had more than 200 families come through its “Ready Fest” Aug. 15. The event allowed parents and students to meet teachers and learn about services offered in the school and community. [...] North Pointe Elementary is hosting its “Just For the Tech of It” yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the school, 875 North Bend Road in Hebron. Proceeds from the yard sale will go to the school’s technology fund. By Patricia A. Scheyer • Community Recorder Contributor It all started with a Barney birthday party. Emersyn Early, of Hebron, had a costume birthday party when she was 3 years old. Carly Noel, a half year older and a neighbor from down the street, attended the party and remembered how Emersyn was afraid of the oversized [...] On Aug. 6 Alexander and Juliet McGregor from Florence competed in the Hershey’s Track & Field 2011 North American Final Meet in Hershey, Pa. The North American Meet is the final stage in the Hershey’s Track & Field competition. The McGregors first competed in the Boone County Parks Local Meet at the Conner High School [...] About This BlogSenior Editor Nancy Daly and reporters Justin Duke and Stephanie Salmons keep you up to date with what's going on in Boone County. Reset your password We hope you have enjoyed your complimentary access. - Unlimited access to our Web site - iPad-optimized edition - Mobile site & iPhone app You now have full access. Thank you for subscribing. - View articles, videos, galleries and more – 24/7 - Access the tablet-optimized site, mobile site and iPhone app - Share your access with any friend or family member - Subscriber exclusive Top 5 daily email newsletter You will automatically receive the Cincinnati.com Top 5 daily email newsletter. If you don't want to receive this newsletter, you can change your newsletter selections in your account preferences.
51 Main Street , No one has favorited this theater yet Reisterstown’s first theater building opened on October 19, 1934 with “Hide Out” with Robert Montgomery and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was known as the Squire Theatre in its final two years of operating from 1965 to 1967. This distinctive Art Deco style structure still retains most of its most of its original exterior décor although most of the interior has been gutted. The proscenium remains intact inside. Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater
Ethics commission discusses deputy coroner admonishment WILKES-BARRE - The Luzerne County Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Commission met in a closed session Thursday to discuss December's decision to admonish Deputy Coroner Dan Hughes. The commission admonished Hughes for discussing his private funeral business while working as deputy county coroner. Hughes' attorney, Kim Borland, said the complaint against Hughes should be dismissed and was tainted by another funeral director, who encouraged a woman to file the complaint and offered $5,000 for information about deputy coroners who violate ethics policies. The Lehman Family Funeral Services website offered $5,000 for exposing deputy coroners who violate the county ethics code. Patrick Lehman, president of the funeral business, addressed the ethics commission Thursday at the public meeting prior to the closed session and suggested commission members review telephone call records. Lehman helped King's College student Belinda Coulibaly file a complaint against Hughes. She claimed Hughes attempted to solicit funeral business after her father died in August while he was visiting her from the Ivory Coast. The commission voted Dec. 17 to admonish Hughes for discussing "business matters related to the burial of the recently deceased father of the complainant." Hughes "had no such discussion with any child of a decedent while engaged in his role as deputy coroner," Borland wrote in a letter to Commission Chairwoman Margaret M. Hogan. Admonishment could factor into future punishment if Hughes is found in further violation of the code. Other penalties noted in the code are: censure, suspension, expulsion, removal and fines. Borland said the commission failed to conduct an evidentiary hearing or provide a findings report, noting commission proceedings were not consistent with ethics code requirements and due process standards. Prior to the closed session, the commission voted to dismiss two complaints and provided little information about the dismissed complaints. County Manager Robert Lawton abstained from the votes, and Controller Walter L. Griffith Jr. dissented in one of the votes. Two citizens attending the meeting, Ed Chesnovich and Brian Shiner, objected that more information was not provided about the complaints. Hogan said the county ethics code, which was adopted by county council, limits what can be disclosed about complaints. Attorney Joseph P. Giovannini Jr. served on the commission Thursday as a proxy for District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis.
Barack Obama is not president of the US Obama is not a natural born citizen Obama is a usurper and a dictator Obama took the office of the presidency of the United States by lies, deception and tactics resembling those of a dictator. Obama was not vetted by the DNC, any state elections office or the United States Congress. No judge that has been presented with the alarming evidence against Obama and no evidence to support his eligibility has done the job they swore to do. Uphold the US Constitution. Mario Apuzzo filed a lawsuit on February 2, 2009, representing Charles Kerchner and others against Barack Obama, et al. Here are some excerpts from the lawsuit: “Plaintiff, Charles F. Kerchner, Jr., is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Pennsylvania. He served 33 years in the U.S. Naval Reserves as both a Commissioned Officer and an Enlisted person.” “It is plaintiff’s duty to support and defend the United States Constitution pursuant to that oath. Additionally, while currently not statutorily subject to recall, by Executive Order of the President or an act of Congress in an extreme national emergency, the President and/or Congress could order people in plaintiff’s status of service to be recalled. Should plaintiff be recalled to active duty, he would need to know whether the President and Commander in Chief who may be giving him orders is in fact the legitimate President and Commander in Chief and therefore obligate him to follow those orders or risk being prosecuted for disobeying such legitimate orders.” “To date, no state or federal election official, nor any government authority, has investigated or held hearings and verified that Obama ever established and proved conclusively that he is an Article II “natural born Citizen.” The defendants have requested more time and received it. Their latest ploy alleges that the plaintiffs have no standing and that the defendants have immunity. On June 28, 2009, Charles Kurchner and Mario Apuzzo were interviewed on the Chalice radio show. This video includes some clips from the audio and some documents from the legal wrangling. Listen to the entire Apuzzo and Kerchener audio beginning approx at 82:00 minutes: View the court documents at Mario Apuzzo’s website: Listen to the Chalice show here: Clarification of original filing timeline (provided by commenter ramjet767) “To the Editor: Just noticed another important point both in your article and in the accompanying YouTube video description paragraph and in the video itself on a slide. The Kerchner et al vs. Obama & Congress et al lawsuit was filed very early in the morning of 20 Jan 2009, 9+ hours before he was sworn in, not in February. It was later amended twice with the latest amendment, the 2nd Amended Complaint being filed on 9 Feb 2009. See the copy of the 2nd Amended Case filing document headline which clarifies that the original suit was filed on 20 Jan 2009. You can see that in the headline at this link:”
Citywire printed articles sponsored by: View the article online at http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/article/a554644 Phoenix finance head lands Guardian chief exec role by Daniel Grote on Dec 22, 2011 at 08:01 Phoenix Group finance director Jonathan Yates is to leave the life insurance consolidator to head up Guardian Financial Services, the life insurer sold by Aegon to private equity group Cinven earlier this year. Yates, who has been at Phoenix since May 2010, will take up the chief executive position at Guardian at the end of February. He said in a statement: 'I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Phoenix and I wish it every success as I take on this new challenge.' Paul Miles, Phoenix deputy finance director, will become interim finance director following Yates' departure. News sponsored by:

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