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These lines and geoglyphs, that mostly include drawings of animals and geometric shapes, are the largest man-made creations. The drawings can be found in a 520 square kilometres area, the origin and the purpose of these drawings are still unknown, and researchers still can't find satisfactory explanations for them. The mystery is not the drawings themselves, but their amazingly accurate execution.
By removing the top layer of the desert and the rocks underneath the slightly lighter rock is revealed. Loose rocks from nearby were placed along the lines. Each figure (although the lines of different figures sometimes come into contact with other symbols) is made of one single line which never crosses over itself.
The origin of these lines is linked to the Nazca Indians and Incas. Motifs (for example hummingbirds) of Nazca culture, that flourished from 100 to 800 CE, makes it likely that the people of this group made those drawings. According to others only the animal figures were made by them and the geometrical symbols were made by the Incas. Whatever it was, the execution of the lines was done with an engineering precision (sometimes 8-9 m long straight lines were drawn with only 2 or 3 m deviation) that still amazes researchers.
The diagrams are virtually invisible from ground level (only small sections of the drawings are visible) the entire figures can only be seen from the air. Due to the fact that they can only be seen from the air (and considering the perfectly long, straight lines) more people, for example German astronomer and mathematician Maria Reiche, believe that whoever made these drawings had to know the science of flight. In support of this conclusion, Reiche reveals that there have been several ceramic materials found in the Nazca graves that had symbols of hot-air balloons or painted pictures reminding one of a flying dragon. At the end of some lines round shaped holes were discovered, that may have been the take off sites for hot-air balloons.
According to the local healers this plateau has a very strong and positive energy. Thus, these lines can be considered as the esoteric power-lines of the earth, but this would still not explain the perfect execution of the drawings. Apart from the abovementioned explanations, there is another belief that these drawings were made by mysterious non-humans, that is aliens rather than humans.
Although none of the abovementioned explanations can be fully proved scientifically, there have been many other explanations and interpretations since 1920 when these lines were discovered. Some of the interpretations are the following: Zoltan Zelko thinks that these lines were used as animal drinking troughs, while others think that they were pilgrimage paths, but the most accepted explanation by Zoltan Zelkó is that these lines are the lines of a map, which would prove the advanced astronomical knowledge of the Nazcas and the Incas, and these lines of a map could probably assist them in agriculture.
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A state Supreme Court judge Tuesday upheld a Suffolk Board of Elections ruling throwing Democratic State Senate primary challenger Gregory Fischer off the ballot because his petitions were not postmarked by the deadline.
Justice Jerry Garguilo ruled that Fischer's arguments "were not persuasive" noting that the law is clear that mail in petitions must be postmarked by the deadline date. Fischer's were postmarked a day late.
Fischer said the decision was expected, and that he plans to appeal. He said he has a host of witnesses who'd have testified that he had mailed before midnight, but who weren't allowed to appear. "I'm going to try to make the law better," he said.
In two other cases, Republican and Democratic election commissioners split on whether Assemb. Mark Alessi (D-Shoreham) and Assemb. Fred Thiele (I-Sag Habor) qualified for the Independence Party ballot line. Democratic Commissioner Anita Katz said the lawmakers qualified for the line; GOP commissioner Cathy Richter Geiger, voted to disqualify them.
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Many large corporations have recently announced that they are freezing their defined benefit plans, which generally means that no new accruals are permitted. We examine whether the announcement of such pension freezes contribute to company value creation. Results show that freezes do enhance underlying firm value, but market valuation lags in responding to this increase. In this regard, our results corroborate recent work of other researchers who find various market inefficiencies related to defined benefit pensions.
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They come to our country, in which religious freedom is a constitutional law, and start building the underlying structure for the progression of there religion and are within the laws of our land in doing so.
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Kayo is in front of Melissa's group and tells them that she does not have the money they asked for, Melissa seeing Kayo's expression, tells her if that murderous look is directed towards her, while Kayo only cares about Takuma who does not have what to see in this matter, but Melissa continues to ignore Kayo's requests and challenges her to put a finger on her if she is really angry, but after seeing that they will not give her the money she calls her friend Gordon and gives him the order to proceed to rape Takuma to pressure Kayo with the payment, in that moment of desperation Kayo tries to use his stick, but fails to be able to transform into Sakura's stick, Melissa mocks her questioned because he is playing with that toy moment before they penetrate Takuma; Kayo not knowing what to do to run to Gordon to push him and try to get Takuma out of this problem and just grab her, the sisters Ray and May give him a hit in the face in conjunction with several kicks while Kayo asks for help in a low voice Gordon gets up and throws Kayo aside to continue the rape, but something strange happens Gordon goes flying by some kind of wave and ends up defeated on the floor, the twin sisters with Melissa also they are hit by that wave and are knocked out in the moment. Sakura Sakaki makes her appearance asking Kayo if she is also a magical girl.
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On a mundane morning in 1943, Samuel and Jennie Bernstein were relaxing at the New York City apartment rented by their son. It was a rare moment of calm for their 25-year-old child, a human whirlwind who often shook off life's banalities — sleeping, eating, hygiene — in favor of some quixotic musical pursuit. His parents, Ukrainian Jewish immigrants who sold hairdressing supplies in Lawrence, Massachusetts, feared for his health. This visit was an intervention, an attempt to convince him to relax.
And then a message arrived from Carnegie Hall. Bruno Walter had the flu. The titanic maestro who was scheduled to guest conduct the New York Philharmonic that evening couldn't even stand up. Could young Leonard Bernstein, recently appointed as Artur Rodzinski's assistant with the Philharmonic, step in without a single rehearsal and pull off the Houdini act of leading the ensemble in works by Wagner, Schumann, and Strauss?
The answer was yes, of course, because Leonard Bernstein almost always said yes. He strode onto the podium that night with the confidence of a maestro twice his age, because Leonard Bernstein never lacked for confidence when the stakes were high and the cameras were rolling. And at the end of the night, the Carnegie crowd bathed their new champion with bravos.
From that night forward, the musical universe knew Leonard Bernstein the conductor. But it wasn't until the following year that they learned about Leonard Bernstein the composer. Another 25-year-old ascending star, choreographer Jerome Robbins, tracked down Bernstein and described his desire for a new ballet, one that would capture the flavor of contemporary New York City. Then he asked Bernstein to write the score. And, of course, Bernstein said yes.
The result of the flying sparks between these often-tempestuous collaborators was a ballet unlike anything that the New York City crowds had witnessed before. Titled Fancy Free and set on the streets of the Big Apple, the interactions between three sailors turned loose in the city and the women whom they pursue were injected not just with classical ballet, but with dance steps that younger audiences recognized as their own. The soft-shoe, the lindy, the boogie-woogie, the beloved swing moves all were there, vibrantly presented on the Metropolitan Opera stage.
"Good artists borrow," Pablo Picasso allegedly joked at a Parisian party. "Great artists steal." From this vantage point, one can find yet another reason to laud Leonard Bernstein as a truly great artist. In Fancy Free, Bernstein quoted liberally from some of the most prolific ballet composers of the twentieth century: Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland. George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue received plenty of orchestral nods, too.
But through these references to the past, Bernstein created something that was unmistakably a product of the present. Those syncopated rhythms, those jarringly well-placed dissonances, those sultry blues chords, those strutting jazz numbers — all of it echoed the pulse of a gritty yet beautiful city exploding out of old norms into new devil-may-care modernity. Critics took notice, effusively praising both the composer and the choreographer for adroitly encapsulating this time and this place.
So they did it all again. Before the year was over, Bernstein and Robbins agreed to expand the plot of Fancy Free and turn it into a musical: the still-beloved On The Town. Three years after that, Robbins approached Bernstein about a new concept: a contemporary adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. A decade later, after many twists and turns, the realization of that idea — West Side Story — opened on Broadway.
"How did I know," quipped Samuel Bernstein, by now resigned to the fact that his child would always abandon sleep and basic healthcare in pursuits of musical horizons, "that my son was going to grow up to be Leonard Bernstein?" Yet somehow, Jerome Robbins knew, taking an emerging conductor and handing over the keys for that man to become a compositional mastermind. For that foresight, the musical world still owes the choreographer a debt.
Variations on a Rococo Theme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
"The Christ of music."
— Tchaikovsky, describing Mozart
It had been a terrible month. To be fair, happiness was never an emotion commonly linked with Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, a man who agonized over his compositions, his reputation, his sexuality, and every other aspect of his life. Indeed, while the official record states that Tchaikovsky's death at the age of fifty-three was due to cholera, plenty of historians speculate that the composer actually died by suicide.
But December 1876 had been particularly disheartening, even by Tchaikovsky's standards. His opera Vakula the Smith had experienced what Tchaikovsky described as "a brilliant failure" in its premiere in Saint Petersburg. In Paris, the reviews of his orchestral fantasy on the story of Romeo and Juliet were dismal. In Vienna, criticisms of the same composition were even worse.
All of these calamities occurred during a two-week stretch at the beginning of the month, leaving Tchaikovsky mentally despondent and physically ill. Yet the composer still had work to do. He had accepted a teaching post at the Moscow Conservatory, a job that he disliked but a necessary source of steady income. Introverted and introspective, he was ill-suited for the classroom and contemplated quitting — until he crossed paths with another conservatory professor who shared the same traits.
Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Fitzenhagen, a transplant from Germany, was a talented cellist, becoming first chair of his section in the Orchestra of the Imperial Russian Music Society when he was only twenty-two years old. Bookish and reserved in personality, he nonetheless sought opportunities to showcase the soloistic capacities of his instrument. In Tchaikovsky, he saw a potential source for a new cello concerto. Eventually, one shy man approached the other at the conservatory, and the commission for the composition was born.
It was this new work that consumed Tchaikovsky's attention in December 1876 after the month's calamitous start. In the aftermath of such anguish, he retreated into the musical escapism that he often enjoyed, pretending that he was not composing in the late-nineteenth century at all, but rather was writing in the era of Mozart, whom Tchaikovsky venerated as the finest of all composers. The structure and order of the Classical Era, the grace and charm coupled with drama that emerges in Mozart's creations, represented a life that Tchaikovsky yearned to live.
With this Mozart-focused mindset, the composition for cello and orchestra took shape. To hearken back to this earlier era, Tchaikovsky reduced the size of the orchestra to eighteenth-century dimensions, seeking a more transparent sound. For the solo cello, he wrote the types of ever-unfolding lyrical melodies that Tchaikovsky associated with the arias in Mozart's operas. And to complete the nostalgic picture, he imbued the work with plenty of winsome flourishes and bravura devices that would have felt right at home in a Viennese palace.
These characteristics underscore the composition's title, with the word "rococo" referring to the exceptionally ornamental architectural style popular in the Classical Era. Rococo designers embellished walls and ceilings with interlacing curves and shapes that resembled seashells and flowers. Tchaikovsky infused his commission for Fitzenhagen with similar adornments, looking back to an era where, in the words of Tchaikovsky biographer Edward Garden, "the frustrations and terrors of the present existence could be forgotten for a time in contemplation of the past."
But another frustration of the present existence awaited. When Fitzenhagen received his new music from Tchaikovsky, the cellist immediately began revising it, changing the order of the variations, omitting one section entirely, and amending the solo cello part considerably. He then sent these revisions to Tchaikovsky's publisher, who wrote to Tchaikovsky in a rage: "Horrible Fitzenhagen insists on changing your cello piece. He wants to 'cello' it up and claims you gave him permission. Good God!"
Yet Tchaikovsky — perhaps too tired from the events of the wretched month, perhaps too insecure in his own talents — did not object. Thus, the music that was published could be accurately billed as "by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Fitzenhagen." Since then, musicologists have spilled plenty of ink evaluating what Fitzenhagen did to Tchaikovsky's work. In the final analysis, though, perhaps this piece is best seen as exactly what the composer intended it to be: a wistful look to a time Tchaikovsky never knew, a rosy picture of a life that might have been.
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johannes Brahms
"I'm really afraid [the Fourth Symphony] tastes like the climate here. The cherries don't ripen in these parts; you wouldn't eat them!"
— Johannes Brahms
In the summers of 1884 and 1885, the eternally restless Johannes Brahms decamped for Mürzzuschlag, a charming village in northeastern Austria. He rented rooms overlooking the town square, moved in with a piano of decent quality, and — when not devouring bountiful meals at local taverns or hiking the trails around the community — immersed himself in his work. This was the fifth decade of his life, and music aficionados considered him a celebrity. Even in his attempt to escape the attention that received in Vienna, fame followed him into the countryside.
One day, Brahms was returning from a hike when he noticed two people standing in front of the house where he had rented his lodgings. The windows were open, and the sounds of somebody playing the piano from inside the building drifted into the air. As the composer drew closer, he was amused to overhear a breathless conversation between the two gawkers. "Do you hear?" one of them said, gesturing to the open window. "Brahms is playing!" Chuckling quietly, Brahms walked past the two onlookers, who completely ignored the composer, and went inside.
Yet while it certainly wasn't Brahms whom this duo heard playing on that day, the composer did plenty of playing and writing during his Mürzzuschlag seasons. Although he would live for more than a decade longer, Brahms was already concerned about his own demise, even sending instructions to his publisher about what to do with his music "if the most human thing should happen to me." With this peculiar emotional juxtaposition of fearing the darkness of death and reveling in the natural beauty of his surroundings, he set out to write a symphony.
He had never planned on doing such a thing. "You can't have any idea what it is like to have such a giant marching behind you," he declared in 1872. The giant was Ludwig van Beethoven, innovator of nine symphonies that revolutionized the art form and left Brahms — and others — wondering if there was anything else left to be said symphonically. Four years after this pronouncement, however, Brahms published his first symphony. His second symphony reached the public shortly thereafter in 1877, and his third not long after that in 1882-83.
Each of these three works, however, contained echoes of Beethoven, providing the same indomitable will, the same ultimate sense of humanity's triumph. In his fourth offering, Brahms found himself striking a notably different character. This was a work of twilight, not sunrise, an elegy from an older man in a rapidly changing world. Prolonged moments of agitation appeared and never reached neat resolutions, leaving an unsettled bleakness over the whole affair.
Much like Tchaikovsky in the Variations on a Rococo Theme, Brahms ended his journey by looking backward. Yet while Tchaikovsky found sunny elegance in the Classical Era's formality, Brahms wrapped melancholy and resignation into one of Western music's oldest structures. Brass and woodwind instruments announce a melody at the outset of the final movement, a theme that then resurfaces — through a common Baroque form known as a passacaglia — in thirty-two variations, each one representing a distinctly heartfelt character.
By the middle of the movement, a heart-wrenching flute solo followed by a shift into serene orchestral passages offers the listeners at least a few rays of hope. But this hope is dashed by an abrupt swing into some of the most violent music that Brahms ever composed, escalating to a devastating minor key finale. "The conclusion of this movement, burning with shattering tragedy, is a true orgy of destruction," declared conductor Felix Weingartner in 1909. "It is a terrible counterpart to the transports of joy at the end of the last symphony of Beethoven."
Initially, it was too much for even Brahms's closest friends to absorb. After Brahms and a friend played a piano reduction of the symphony at a gathering of his confidants, the critic Eduard Hanslick broke the ensuing silence by declaring "I feel I've just been beaten up by two terribly intelligent people." The next day, the writer Max Kalbeck showed up at Brahms's apartment, urging the composer to conduct major surgery on the composition.
Only Clara Schumann, the woman whom the lifelong bachelor Brahms loved — a problem given that he was also close friends with her husband, Robert — seemed to comprehend what Brahms had done. "It is as though one lay in springtime among the blossoming flowers," she said in response to hearing the new symphony, "and joy and sorrow filled one's soul in turn."
Ultimately, the public agreed with Clara. Reviews were excellent after Brahms conducted the symphony's premiere on October 25, 1885, and public perceptions of the work have remained positive ever since. In a sense, the composer had finally achieved what he once deemed impossible. Even Beethoven, in all of his compositional audacity, had not dared to write a symphony that reached such an overwhelmingly crushing conclusion. The giant marching behind Brahms had been shed at last, only to be replaced by the shadows that he saw looming ahead.


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The victory of ISIS in Ramadi has forced the United States and the Iraqi government to take a long, hard look at their assumptions and the ability to defeat what has become a new caliphate in the Middle East.
When the new Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, observed that the national army far outnumbered the ISIS militants in the battle, he essentially called the Iraqi troops cowardly and ineffective. While his statement was designed to take the heat off the United States, deflecting blame for the defeat will not change the dynamics of the battle.
What the ISIS militants lack in numbers, they make up for in intensity, and by exploding multiple Oklahoma-City-strength bombs, they forced the Iraqi army to retreat.
In any neutral analysis of the defeat, two errors in our strategy stand out. One: without any spotter calling in U.S. air attacks, our bombers are returning without dropping their load. We need more actionable real-time intelligence to make our air campaign more effective. Two: without embedding U.S. forces among the Iraqi troops, there is no one experienced enough to tell the average soldier what to do.
Neither of these strategic changes would require much more troops; it is just a matter of re-purposing the troops that are already there. One hopes the White House will be clever enough to make these changes instead of blindly following their current strategy due to a George W. Bush-like inability to admit errors.


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MANISTEE — For the second straight month, the Manistee Intermediate School District Board of Education met in a virtual setting for its May meeting.
Superintendent Dave Cox stressed that one of the goals of the ISD under his tenure is to have a more visible presence in the district, but since the COVID-19 pandemic hit officials have been forced to take a different approach to the situation.
"This goal has changed as without face-to-face interaction it is more challenging to build and maintain relationships but we are doing the best we can, considering the circumstances," said Cox. "I have heard from a couple of districts that they really appreciate our staff for supporting them virtually."
Cox said they are making the most of a difficult situation.
"We will be moving forward as normal as possible with the remainder of this year and planning for 2020-21," he said. "The only changes to the Continuity of Learning Plans is related to Great Start Readiness Programs with some new guidance and language."
Board members were also warned that state funding cuts are looming on the horizon.
"Unfortunately, we are now hearing that districts should plan for cuts to not only next year, but possibly this year," said Cox.
Special education director Brooke McIsaac said the target continues to move for her department due to the constant changes coming from Lansing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We continue to work very closely with the MDE OSE (Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education), several attorneys, collaborating with our locals as well as other ISDs from around the state to get the most recent and up to date information," said McIsaac. "We have recently changed direction with our collaboration to summer and potential scenarios for the 2020-2021 school year. We are still awaiting much guidance as it relates to days and hours and how we need to figure that into what we are prepping and planning for the future of our students."
McIsaac praised the efforts of those on her staff during these difficult times to make sure students get the very best service.
"Our staff worked very hard with our local school districts and with each other to complete the contingency plans for all of the students who receive special education services in our county," she said. "This was a huge job and I would like to recognize each and every one of them on their hard work and many long hours."
Manistee County School Business Cooperative director of finance Kris Mauntler said her staff and department have been very busy in a variety of areas.
One of the biggest challenges amid the economic crisis and expected cuts in school funding is the school budgets she works on with Bear Lake, Kaleva Norman Dickson, Onekama and CASMAN school districts.
"The final and opening budgets continue to be our primary focus at this point," said Mauntler. We will be working closely with the superintendents over the next couple of weeks so we are prepared for the June board meetings. We are also working on the new tax levy calculations for the tax hearings in June."
Mauntler's department also assists the local districts in the negotiations process.
"We are continuing to work on negotiations for the locals in the business cooperative," she said.
Manistee ISD technology director Roy Anciso said his department has been active with a variety of projects including upgrading technology at Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools.
"As part of the KND zero mill bond project, KND has approved the technology refresh of its Chromebook and iPad fleet along with new touch screen displays to replace projectors," said Anciso "This project has begun with orders being placed. We expect to receive shipment of these components in the next few weeks."
Anciso also informed the board that the ISD picked up some technology of its own from the Wexford-Missaukee ISD.
"For the past five years the Manistee ISD has been providing PowerSchool hosting services to WMISD," said Anciso. "Wexford Missaukee ISD have decided to bring their Power School servers back in-house and have generously decided to have the MISD keep the server hardware components, which includes two servers and a storage area network server. I am very grateful and we will put these components to good use."


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Considering the tiny percentage of our population with degrees from one of these two institutions, who can blame parents and students for concluding that the single most statistically significant step you can take on the road to power is an Ivy League education. In a competitive society like ours, the importance of a high class education has not been lost on parents who want their children to succeed, and on children who want to succeed. No one wants to be left out, and no one wants their children to be left out.
Academic success starts young, and getting children into first rate childcare, pre-Kindergarten, and elementary schools has become a contact sport. Entrance into top notch prep schools or magnet high schools is equally competitive. Whole industries have developed around getting kids into the best colleges. Three articles I came across recently have heightened by awareness of this concern.
This article appeared on the front page of the New York Times a week ago Sunday, about students taking prescription drugs to improve school performance as well as test scores. Taking these drugs for purposes not intended is illegal, and also comes with health risks. Stimulants taken by students include Aderall, Ritalin, and Vyvanse. A New York psychologist who treats adolescents says of private schools in the area, "It's not as if there is one school where this is the culture. This is the culture." According to a Drug Enforcement Agency agent, "We're seeing it all across the United States."
And why not? The pay off is high. Not getting into a top school leads to a less than satisfying life with potential unfilled. Getting into a top school is the path to a rich, fulfilling and satisfying life. For the same reason incentive is high for a AAA baseball player to take something to push him into a major league caliber player, so it is for children looking to get into top schools.
I read a review of this book on the purpose of a college education. The author is troubled that a college education has become utilitarian, another consumer product which will help the student achieve economic success, getting a good job, making good money. The author makes the point that college used to be about making citizens who contribute to society. The children taking Aderall and their parents seem to be more concerned about preparing students for personal achievement rather than contributing to society.
Finally, this book seems to me to be a variation on the theme. Although the topic of this book is not higher education, it fits the theme of parents spending family resources of time and money to enhance the likelihood of their children's individual achievements.
These things have me in a reflective mood. Why do I want my children to do well in school? Why do I want them to be in challenging classes? Why do I want them to go to a good college? Do well on ISTEPs? SATs? Why is it so important that they learn how to pitch a baseball, how to act, play the piano well? Is it for me? For them? For society? What is the point of a college education? What is the point of raising children at all? What does it mean that some children have access to a good education and some do not? Should I be answering these questions differently as a Christian?
These questions don't have simple answers, but they are important question with which we should be wrestling. How do some of you answer them?
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- Stuart Showalter said...
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- June 19, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Stuart Showalter said...
Thank you, Phil. Insightful. Excellent commentary. I'm thankful for an excellent education received at a Mennonite college and, for graduate school, at two public universities. None of which are Ivy League or located in the Northeast. Education is important, but in my judgment, parents have gone overboard in the pursuit of what they perceive to be the very best.
- June 19, 2012 at 2:07 PM
- Dan Koop Liechty said...
Jill and I have spent a great deal of time grappling with these issues and would love to be involved in an ongoing conversation related to the role of privileged Christians in helping bring up the quality of education for all students. This is, in part, why Jill spends her time volunteering in a school that our children do not attend.
- June 19, 2012 at 5:10 PM
- Phil Waite said...
Dan, This is an important question. I think this is a conversation wealth worth our time at CMC. Perhaps a Sunday School elective? Anyone else interested?
- June 20, 2012 at 12:07 PM
I'm interested.
- June 22, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- Phil Waite said...
Thanks Jim.
- June 22, 2012 at 2:42 PM


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Fellows with Friedman
David Davenport
Rugged individualism and American character are inextricably intertwined, the one essentially defining the other. Perhaps no expression better describes the uniqueness of America and its people than rugged individualism, a key component of America's DNA and a vital ingredient in what makes America "exceptional." Underlying all the freedoms that the pioneers and founders sought to establish in the new country was individual liberty. It would be the individual, not the monarchy or the social class, who would be the essential unit of analysis and action in the New World. Herbert Hoover, who coined the phrase "rugged individualism" in 1928, contrasted it with the soft despotism, "paternalism," and totalitarianism of Europe.
As we travel the road of rugged individualism from the founding to today, we note persistent efforts to detour from that path, or even to destroy it. Nonetheless, we look with some optimism toward new frontiers of the twenty-first century that may nourish this American virtue. The famous philosopher Yogi Berra said, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." To predict the fate of rugged individualism in America, it should help to recount briefly what it is and is not.
Read "Rugged Individualism" by David Davenport here.
Richard A. Epstein
In principle, libertarian paternalism consciously hopes to preserve freedom of contract by eschewing mandatory rules and relying instead on a framework of default rules. In practice, however, its approach is deeply flawed for both conceptual and practical reasons. Its initial conceptual mistake is to interpret paternalism far too broadly. In some cases, paternalism is absolutely necessary. Consider parenting. Parents, of course, nudge children to say "thank you" when they receive a present. But such nudges are only a small part of any legitimate system of parental control. Parents also defend their children against outsiders and impose highly coercive sanctions against children who misbehave. The logic in favor of this paternalism is that there is no superior alternative. Children cannot fend for themselves, and, for good biological reasons, parents are more invested in the well-being of their children than any stranger. Accordingly, in a free society, the state intervenes in parent-child relationships only in cases of abuse or neglect—when it is clear that the parents' interests are no longer aligned with those of the child. That same level of state intervention may also make sense in extreme cases of suicidal and self-destructive behavior. But as libertarians of all stripes recognize, it is a dangerous premise for the decisions of everyday life—like where to work, how to save money, whom to marry, whether to have children, and how to raise them.
Read "The False Allure of Libertarian Paternalism" here.
Herbert Hoover
The American pioneer is the epic expression of that individualism, and the pioneer spirit is the response to the challenge of opportunity, to the challenge of nature, to the challenge of life, to the call of the frontier. That spirit need never die for lack of something for it to achieve. There will always be a frontier to conquer or to hold as long as men think, plan, and dare. Our American individualism has received much of its character from our contacts with the forces of nature on a new continent. It evolved government without official emissaries to show the way; it plowed and sowed two score of great states; it built roads, bridges, railways, cities; it carried forward every attribute of high civilization over a continent. The days of the pioneer are not over. There are continents of human welfare of which we have penetrated only the coastal plain. The great continent of science is as yet explored only on its borders, and it is only the pioneer who will penetrate the frontier in the quest for new worlds to conquer. The very genius of our institutions has been given to them by the pioneer spirit. Our individualism is rooted in our very nature. It is based on conviction born of experience. Equal opportunity, the demand for a fair chance, became the formula of American individualism because it is the method of American achievement.
Read "The Future of American Individualism" by Herbert Hoover here.


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The Glock function test is an operation where we subject the legendary Glock to unusual circumstances and observe how the Glock performs. Sometimes we test products or lubricants. Other times we test the Glock without important parts or with unnecessary parts added! Wrong ammunition? Parts from other glocks or guns? We even attempt to bust myths! Stopping short of exploding our gun! I primarily use a Glock 17 in my tests. Sometimes a Glock 19, Glock 23, Glock 22 or Glock 20 is featured. The glock 17 has been featured in over 50 test videos in the last two years. Going strong, the only part I have replaced is the recoil spring! However, I believe that the fire control group will be the next replacement. Don't try this at home. This is the World's Most Abused Glock.
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Publicis Groupe's first-half financial surge, buoyed by strong digital assets and notably improved numbers in most operating sectors, has CEO Maurice Levy proclaiming that the firm would outperform the market in 2010.
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In terms of organic growth, which factors out currency fluctuations and the impact of acquisitions, revenue improved 5.3 percent in the first six months of 2010.
For the second quarter, organic growth was slightly more than 7 percent, with revenue tallying $1.8 billion.
The company's upbeat performance is in-line with that of key competitors Omnicom, which beat analysts' expectations with its most recent numbers, and Interpublic, which today reported much improved revenue and income.
In a statement, Levy noted a key growth driver: "We were quick to take the digital route, gaining a decisive lead over our competitors."
Digital unit VivaKi, along with ad networks Publicis Worldwide and Leo Burnett, have made significant gains in 2010. (David Kenny, former CEO of VivaKi and chief architect of the holding company's broader digital strategy, yesterday confirmed joining U.S. tech firm Akamai as president.)
Levy added: "Without lapsing into the euphoria that these half-year results for our group might warrant, I remain firmly convinced that Publicis Groupe will succeed in outperforming the market in terms of both growth and margin."
The firm's Zenith Optimedia media unit recently forecast a 3.5 percent full-year rise in global ad spending to $448 billion.
Look for Levy to stay aggressive, especially in China, where he has identified "a significant number of targets" as possible acquisitions.
By region, the company's Latin American ops enjoyed a 10.8 percent revenue boost in the first half, with North America and Asia-Pacific close behind, both topping 6 percent. Europe grew more than 3 percent. The lone laggard, Africa and the Middle East, dipped 3.3 percent.
Publicis said it added $2.1 billion in net new business during the first half across its operations from clients such as Aflac, Cadillac, Chrysler and Sears.


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Khloe Kardashian is having a hard time forgiving Jordyn Woods for kissing her former boyfriend, Tristan Thompson.
According to Hollywood Life, Khloe Kardashian is telling those close to her that she simply can't forgive Jordyn Woods after she appeared on Jada Pinkett Smith's Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk, and dished details of her relationship with the Kardashian and Jenner family, as well as her kiss with Tristan Thompson.
Sources tell the outlet that Kardashian is upset about the way Woods handled the situation and the fact that she appeared on a talk show for the entire world to see really sent her over the edge, especially since Jordyn reportedly didn't call Khloe to apologize to her.
"Khloe is still in pain from what Jordyn and Tristan did to her. She's really handling the Tristan side very well. She realizes she's so much better off without him and has basically considered herself a single mother for a while now," an insider dished.
"However, she's really having trouble with the whole Jordyn side of things. Khloe still cannot believe Jordyn is telling people she reached out to her. Khloe doesn't understand why Jordyn went on Jada's show. It's not the fact that she hooked up with Tristan. Khloe wishes Jordyn just called her," the source added.
The insider went on to reveal that Khloe Kardashian had been very suspicious of Tristan Thompson for a while. After all, it wasn't the first time that the NBA player was busted cheating on her.
Fans will remember that Tristan was caught being unfaithful to Khloe last April after photos and video of him kissing another woman surfaced. Kardashian was nine months pregnant with the couple's daughter True at the time but stayed together for the sake of their family.
Meanwhile, Khloe is said to be more upset with Jordyn than she is with Tristan. Thompson's cheating did not come as a surprise to Kardashian, who had been through it all before, but the betrayal about how Woods handled the situation reportedly has the reality star baffled.
Khloe allegedly wants to see Jordyn takes some responsibility for her part in the messy situation, although she knows that Tristan was the one who instigated the kiss.
Fans can see more of Khloe Kardashian's dramatic personal life and her break up with Tristan Thompson when Keeping Up With the Kardashians returns for a brand new season on the E! network later this month.


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