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(CNN) – The anguish and anger that many Newtown residents feel is being channeled into action.
A few days after the killings, a grass roots movement was born in a meeting room at the local library. Friends and neighbors formed Newtown United.
[4:56] "How do we prevent this from happening? How do we let other people know that we need to do something about this and this probably won't be the last time this happens. But how can we can try to minimize this from every happening again or the probabilities," said Lee Shull, one of the founders of the group, "Really, waking people up; wondering when is the country going to wake up."
Newtown United residents in D.C. to talk gun control
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[1:45] "I can only sit back for so long and stop asking the questions why is this happening," said Mary Sireci, a local teacher. "I feel that I need to be part of a movement that can elicit change. When Columbine happened I thought it would never happen again because it was so horrific. We've got to be more proactive and really step it up and make change happen."
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Limit magazine capacity to either 15 or 10 and institute a license program. Forget the call-in NICS check per gun. Get a more robust background check done for the license. Require the license to buy either a gun, multiple guns, or so much as one round of ammunition. No license, no bullets or guns. Renew the license every 3 or 5 years so we get periodic review on the person. Committed a felony or domestic violence, no renewal. DUI or drug use, no renewal. Psychiatric issue, no license. At the same time, if I have my license, and I transport the gun safely, don't make me a felon for crossing the border from Vermont to upstate New York to go target shooting with my buddy.
Ban the violent video games too. Some people are easily influence by games and movies.
yup right along with the psychotropic drugs that make people focus on one thing at a time, and for some pre brainwashed people, its killing others! but cnn wont tell you that because big pharma is a sponsor of their lies and distractions and parade of what feels vs what is!
pacman i too? give me a break ..whitch game did he take his guns from...ummm his non video game mother who had these guns available to the murderer...get a brain
Ban semi automatic weapon. There is no reason for civilians to own such weapons.
" the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
Dude even the nra has a brain. What happened to yours?
Well that's not enough. any gun can kill kids and innocents. two hand guns and they are good to go kill a bunch of our kids. Think about it you do like kids?
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." ― Albert Einstein
Daniel Webster: "A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
Press on NewTown. You may be our only hope to stop the insanity.
Another problem may be the quality of medicines... one article mentioned this perpetrator was on Fanapt (Iloperidone) .. I do not know if that is true or not.
However so many of the antidepressants and anti-psychotics, have side effects like, 'thoughts of suicide,' and 'mania.'
It seems extremely important, not to give medicine to someone depressed or psychotic, that would cause that.
The other problem is, when they make weapons, or bigger magazines illegal it seems the criminals have ways to get them.
It seems many people die every day, every week and so on of gun deaths. A woman was put in jail for 20 years in Florida for firing a gun into a wall, after he husband threatened her. While people who shoot multiple people (such as the Indianapolis Black Expo shooting, which had no fatalities,) he got a plea for 8 years.
One person shot an inanimate object, a wall, and got 20 yrs. The other person shot about 10 people including children and got 8 years.
For people who just want to go hunting or target practice, it would be nice if they could put a computer chip in the weapon. It would be nice if zones such as schools, air ports, safe places, etc., could have a software system that could identify those chips and that those weapons would simply not work in 'safe zones.'
People who get weapons for home protection, could have weapons that only fire it has been programmed for that person's usage. This might give gun owners more control of weapons. However, you have news stories where parents leave kids home, and during robberies those kids are able to use the homes weapons / guns to defend against robbers.
So it's just going to be a complicated debate I suppose. It seems there are several people who want to go into social work / nursing, etc... who graduate and are looking for jobs. However lots of towns / cities / states, seem not to put emphasis on that sort of work. Because the problem is 'invisible,' not tangible. So some states save a lot of money by withholding those funds. The answer, I believe, is to make services and quality medicine (that has perhaps not been developed yet) available, in a cost effective way. One problem is the towns / cities / states, basically say it would cost a lot to provide care.
It seems they could figure out a way to provide excellent care and make it cost effective.
In this instance those, in Connecticut, if the mother was worried about leaving her son alone, it would have been great if she could have programed the actual weapons to only be used by her... and if she needed to give her son meds, or have him treated, I wish there was the option to use something that would not have side effects like 'mania,' if that was the case.
Let's put this in context: 9/11 Airplanes killed 3000.....did the Government ban Airplanes? It takes a special kind of stupid to think that stiffer gun laws will keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
and it takes another special kind of stupid to refuse to acknowledge that no sane, law-abiding civilian needs to possess high-capacity magazines for a gun that can fire as fast as one can pull the trigger. The fact is that this country is full of people who are not capable of adequately managing such weapons, whether because they're too unbalanced themselves (like the shooter) or too irresponsible (like his mother.) I generally come down in favor of individual liberties, bot not when such liberties could potentially result in the slaughter of children. Your right to have whatever killing tool you can afford is not worth that. If you want to defend yourself, there's something seriously wrong if you can't do it without firing 30 rounds before reloading.
That analogy is ludicrous. Apply it in reverse. Nobody has been killed by nuclear weapons in over 50 years, so let's make private ownership and use legal. Or more to the point, airline safety has improved dramatically (fatalities per passenger mile) in the last fifty years in large part due to government regulation.
The issue at this point isn't whether people should be allowed to own guns, at least not for most of us. The issue is whether better regulation – banning large magazine weapons, background checks, and a few other actions – could reduce the problem,
I would point out that there are far fewer gun killings in developed countries with tighter gun regulations than ours. We are uniquely gun loose and our gun murder rate shows it.
What a stupid analogy. Airplane is a must for global commerce and travel. How does leisure guns aid in global economy ? And the terrorists in 911 did use gun to take control of the plane, if I am not mistaken.
You're mistaken.
If the rights guaranteed by the 2nd Amend. were as abused as the 1st, half this country would be dead.
What a stupid idea, banning semi-automatic weapons from civilians. Sorry liberals if you want it that way move to Canada. George Washington said it best.
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from ANY who might attempt to abuse them, which would INCLUDE their own government." - George Washington
Or a special kind of GOV to do the right thing. the more guns there are the more nuts will get them and kill our kids. Easy solution get rid of all these guns!!!!! like 1 plus one is 2
I think we need to talk about what is realistic ...Govt is never going to ban the gun due to political pressure..and there are people who are proponent of keeping the gun due to whatever reason say it safety from Animals or what so ever. IBut there is something which can be done ..I think govt should pass a law that you need a license to keep the gun and which would cost $ 10000 and there is annual fee of $ 1000 each year...Whoever is in possession of gun should return it immediately or pay the fees to get a license...I am sure people would flock like they do around thanks giving to return the guns...I am sure this way we can atleast keep the guns from out of those people who buy it for a hobby or passion because its very cheap and easy to buy ...People who are in real need of it better pay for it and if you can not afford then return / discard it right away.
After what the poor people in Newtown have been through, now we learn the Westboro Church of hate, has decided to go to Newtown, and do a rally for Satan. They claim to be on the side of God, but all they spread is hatred for everyone, and everything. Fred Phelps and the inbred members of his church, are the true meaning of psychopaths. How can anybody be locked up for having mental problems, when this bunch is allowed to run free?
How many of the gun related murders are drug related? How many murders has drug prohibition resulted in? Seems to me the killings in Chicago daily are majority gang related. Ya, ya – dont think too much. Take away our gang culture and prohibitionist policies and you will see a much larger drop in gun violence than you would banning guns. But that would take thinking – check Brazil, check Mexico – much tougher gun laws, but higher rates of crime for very similar reasons. Also many of the nations you mentioned have wealth distributed much more equitably but again, I dont know to make your brain start smoking while you attempt to take this all in.
tim Ross is speaking NRA talking points. Of course guns kill, they don't pull their own triggers. It is not a violation of the 2nd Amendment to ban assault weapons. They didnt' even exist when the 2nd Amendment was written. And if they had, be assured that the wise Founding Fathers would never have enshrined them as a right for all citizens. The full text of the 2nd Amendment reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The Founding Fathers wanted a Militia that could bear arms in case the Mother country, England, attacked again. This is a far cry from how it is being used by rabid gun rights types.
You do not read much. The first 10 rights are individual freedoms and that cannot be disputed. They just fought the government that was attempting to disarm them and you think their first thought was to disarm us from our government? Guns were required to live back then – there werent grocery stores so you think they were saying that only government sanctioned military should be allowed to own guns? You really do not deserve to have an opinion on the subject at this point – you should just go read then come back to us when you are done. You can start by viewing the revision history of the 2nd ammendment before it was ratified if you need a better understanding of what they were trying to communicate.
A comma is what the Supreme court used, to distinguish between personal gun ownership and a state sanctioned and trained personnel. The 2nd amendment is a very ambiguos statement which is left for Justice's to intepret.
very Moot piont you have. Al it takes is some nut to take one reg pistol w a couple mags and kill our kids. period End Done DEAD! Get that?
And if you take a self defense course you will learn that within 10ft a knife is more fatal than a gun.
WHAT?? Not the weapons that are available today. And really, probably not since the days of the single load firearm. And the only person that would tell you something lame like that is the guy trying to get you in his lame class.
By saying the cause of this horrible event is the firearm is a gross misunderstanding of the facts. The instrument used could have been a car filled with fertilyzer and fuel. The same day of this event another very similar event took place in China, only with a knife. I believe if someone wants to own a firearm then they should do so responsibly. This means making access very restricted, and not allowing mentally ill people handle them or have knowledge as to how they can access them. Timothy McVay created a mass killing machine with a truck. He did not require a firearm. Although firearms are labeled the firearm is a tool that requires security mearsures inorder to own one. I have been involved in law enforcemenmt for almost 30 yearws and unless the owner takes measures to secure a firearm, it will not be in many occassions. I also to not believe that civilians should own full auto rifles and supressors.Yes we hunt with these rifles but not with full auto. Supressors are mandatory in some countries for sound preservation, not in this country. If some of our laws were followed we may find that there will be better control of firearms. The justice system is not doing favors to innocent citizens when they allow killers or firearms to be un secured. Guns are why this country is a formidal force to invade. The people are why we cannot control our killing rate.
Yes, but the children did not die in China. Because it was a knife. There was only one Timothy Mcvay. But there were many Lanzas just within this year (Oregon mall shooting and etc). Look around the world. See Europe or Asia and see how many gun shootings they have. Gun control is necessary.
There are many stories of fatal mass knife attacks, you just do not want to focus on them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara_massacre
So 7 deaths? This is it for Japan, right? As long as I know, in Asia, not many of these killings occur. In America, 7 school shootings in 2012 alone! This does not count mall shootings either!
Ban knives – you can cut down on a quarter of killings in the US. Ban guns and you will drop the other 3/4 down to 50% because criminals still still have them and you will raise knife killings by about another 25%. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/nyregion/28knives.html?_r=0
yah yah. Cars kill more people than guns. Knives are used to kill people too, blah blah blah. The only purpose for a gun is to kill, maime or destroy. The reason that we don't ban cars and knives as all of you gun genius' say is that you can use a knife for cutting bread, to eat with, etc etc. You drive to work in your car, to school, to baseball practice etc etc. You don't drive a gun to work do you? Does someone really need to point that out to you?
and Tim McVeigh seems like he got his interests started from fire arms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh#Childhood
What is more important to you, innocent children or your lust for arms?
Ya -ya change the subject – use false analogies. There are around 9000 gun homicides a year in the USA – thats not including accidental deaths, suicides – you name it. The equals around 24 per day and has remained the same in the past few years. This is light years above the per capita murder rate of any other respectable, modern, civilized country. Depending you your definition I mean places like the UK, Japan, Canada, Norway, Sweden, France, Italy and many more. I tried to mention a few cause I knew your come back will be 'what about Iraq, and South Africa'. Thats ok if we want to but ourselves in their league but I thought this was a 'great' nation.
Hey Tim... Take your NRA talking points somewhere else... May be to Yemen or Afghanistan... They may appreciate your love of guns...


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Consider the inclusion $k\subset A$ of the field $k$ in the domain $A$ and the fraction field $K=Frac(A)$ of $A$.
Obviously if a family $(a_i)_{i\in I}$ of elements $a_i \in A$ is algebraically independent over $k$ it will remain algebraically independent in $K$.
Consider however a family $(\alpha _i) _{i \in I}$ of elements $\alpha _i \in K$ algebraically independent over $k$.
To my puzzlement, I can't construct from it an algebraically independent family $(a_i)_{i\in I}$ of elements $a_i \in A$. Although my real question is whether it is possible to actually construct such a family in a natural way, I'll ask something more precise:
Precise question Given the $k$- algebraically independent set $(\alpha _i) _{i \in I}$ in $K$, does there exist in $A$ some $k$- algebraically independent set $(a_i)_{i\in I}$ (with the same index set $I$) ?
The answer is "yes" if $A$ is finitely generated over $k$., thanks to E. Noether's normalization theorem. Interestingly, the proof of that theorem is not purely field-theoretic, since it makes use of Krull dimension.
NB I'm not sure (despite the title of the question!) that I know what the transcendence degree of $A$ is: the "correct" definition might follow from the answers to this question!
Edit a-fortiori has proved in his comment that the answer to the "Precise question" is yes, and that as a consequence the only reasonable definition of transcendence degree of $A$ is that it equals the transcendence degree of $K$.
I now think that it is impossible to naturally associate to the $k$- algebraically independent family $(\alpha _i) _{i \in I}$ in $K$ a $k$- algebraically independent family $(a_i)_{i\in I}$ in $A$, even though we now know thanks to a-fortiori that such a family exists. For example, if $X, Y$ are algebraically independent over $k$, and we take the family of just one element $\alpha=\frac {X}{Y}\in k(X,Y)$, which transcendental element in $k[X,Y]$ should we choose?! It would be great if someone could come up with a rigorous statement of the impossibility of a natural choice.


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Many of our former graduates have risen to the top of their fields and include many famous figures; for example:
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Travelling without moving! It all happens in your mind and in an undefined deep area of your belly. Have a look at the cosmic trips into music.
Being fascinated with electronical music since childhood, Lounasan never ceased to make music. He was available in techno-format, recently in a very experimental version, but last years finally it seems to go into a very emotional direction, like pieces of a puzzle coming together. Although the last piece isn't placed yet... .
Check the artist's homepage: http://www.lounasan.com.


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The 38-year-old, who has been a mainstay for South Africa since making his Test debut in 1995, will continue to play club cricket despite calling it a day in all forms of the international game.
Kallis had already stepped down from the Test side last December but has now confirmed he will no longer be available for the Proteas' one day or Twenty20 teams.
Having announced his Test retirement last year, with 13,289 runs and 292 wickets to his name, Kallis declared his intention to finish his South Africa career with a successful 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
But now the former Middlesex and Glamorgan man has decided the recent 2-1 ODI series win in Sri Lanka will be his last outing for his country.
"I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far," he said.
"I just knew on that tour that I was done. The squad that was in Sri Lanka is an amazing one and I believe they have a good chance of bringing the trophy home in March.
"I would like to thank Cricket South Africa, the team, the team sponsors, my sponsors, the fans and all the people who have been involved in my career. It has been an amazing journey.
"I am not retiring from all cricket as I have a two-year contract with the Sydney Thunder and, if possible, to help the Kolkata Knight Riders defend the IPL (Indian Premier League) title we won earlier this year."
Tributes to the career of Kallis began to filter through after his announcement, with former international team-mates Alviro Petersen and JP Duminy both tweeting their praise.
"A sad day for SA Cricket, as #theking @jacqueskallis75 retire from international cricket. A legend!!," Petersen wrote.
Duminy was equally as gushing, tweeting: "Been a privilege and an honour to have played alongside this living legend @jacqueskallis75 congrats..."
Haroon Lorgat, chief executive of Cricket South Africa, hailed the impact Kallis had on the sport.
''South Africa has been blessed with one of the world's greatest cricketing talents in Jacques Kallis,'' he said.
''He is undeniably one of the greatest players ever to have graced our wonderful game and he has certainly been the Proteas standard-bearer of excellence for nearly two decades.
''He has played a huge part in making cricket a truly national sport of winners and, in doing so, contributed so much to the important process of nation building.
''To say that we will miss him on the playing field is stating the obvious. Each one of us from this day on will treasure the many fond memories of his awesome career.
''On behalf of CSA and all our stakeholders, I would like to sincerely thank Jacques for his huge contribution to the game of cricket and wish him only the best as he moves on from the international playing arena.''
Some of Kallis' opponents down the years also sang his praises, with former England captains Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen in agreement as to his abilities.
"Jacque Kallis is the Greatest ever Allrounder IMO... The international game will miss him..." wrote Vaughan.
South-African born Pietersen put Kallis in the top bracket as he tweeted: "Arguably the greatest ever cricketer retires...cricket will miss you."


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Monday's Democratic National Convention schedule
Monday, Aug. 25: ONE NATION
Session begins at 3 p.m. Mountain Time, which is 2 p.m. Pacific and 5 p.m. Eastern.
3 p.m - 7 p.m.
Call to OrderThe Honorable Howard DeanChair, Democratic National CommitteeFormer Governor of Vermont
InvocationThe Honorable Polly Baca Greeley, ColoradoFormer Colorado State Senator President & CEO Latin American Research & Service Agency
Presentation of ColorsNavajo Code Talkers AssociationKeith Little, Frank Willeto, Bill Toledo, Jimmy Begay
Pledge of AllegianceAngela Morgan Alexandria, VirginiaServed 9 years in the Marines and now runs a leadership development small business
National AnthemColorado Children's ChoraleGroup over 30-years old Tad Koriath (piano)Local children (7-14) performing throughout US & the world (China, Asia, Europe, etc.)
WelcomeReverend Leah D. DaughtryConvention CEO & Chief of Staff, Democratic National Committee
Video - "Welcome to the West"
Introduction of and Report by the Credentials CommitteeThe Honorable Howard DeanChair, Democratic National CommitteeEliseo Roques-ArroyoCo-Chair Credentials CommitteeFormer Executive Director, Democratic Party of Puerto RicoJames Roosevelt, Jr.Co-Chair Credentials CommitteePres. & CEO Tuffs Health Plan (HMO) and grandson of FDRThe Honorable Alexis HermanCo Chair Credentials CommitteeFormer US Secretary of Labor
Introduction of and Report by the Rules CommitteeThe Honorable Howard DeanChair, Democratic National CommitteeSunita LeedsCo-Chair Rules CommitteeChair of the DNC Indo-American Leadership CouncilThe Honorable Mary Rose OakarCo-Chair Rules CommitteeFormer Member of the US Congress, Ohio, President of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination CommitteeThe Honorable David WaltersCo-Chair Rules CommitteeFormer Governor of OklahomaPresident of Walters Power International
Video - Changing the Course of Our Nation Featuring Ashley Baia -Native of Pennsylvania and an Obama field organizer mentioned in Obama's Philadelphia speech. Know as the "sandwich girl" who, at age 9, convinced her mother she liked mustard & relish sandwiches to save money while her mother was fighting cancer. She is now twenty-three.
Introduction of Convention Co-ChairsThe Honorable Howard DeanChair, Democratic National CommitteeThe Honorable Shirley FranklinMayor of Atlanta, GeorgiaThe Honorable Leticia Van de PutteState Senator, Texas District 26The Honorable Kathleen SebeliusGovernor of KansasThe Honorable Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the US House of RepresentativesMember of the US House of Representatives, CaliforniaPermanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Turning Over the GavelThe Honorable Howard Dean, temporary Chair of the Convention turns over the gavel toThe Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Permanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic Convention.
Remarks The Honorable Doris Matsui, ParliamentarianMember of the US House of Representatives, California
Andrew Tobias, TreasurerDemocratic Party Treasurer
Remarks by the Secretary and the Electronic Roll Call of AttendanceAlice Travis Germond - West VirginiaSecretary, Democratic PartyMember of the Democratic National Committee
Remarks Presentation of PlatformThe Honorable Patricia MadridCo-Chair Platform CommitteeAttorney General of New Mexico
Judith McHaleCo-Chair Platform CommitteeBusiness Executive (former President, Discovery Communications; Board of DigitalGlobal)
RemarksThe Honorable John HickenlooperMayor of Denver, Colorado
Congressional Hispanic CaucusThe Honorable Joe BacaMember of the US House of Representatives, California
The Honorable Grace NapolitanoMember of the US House of Representatives, California
The Honorable Silvestre ReyesMember of the US House of Representatives, Texas
RemarksNancy KeenanPresident, NARAL - Pro-Choice America
The Honorable Emil Jones, Jr.State Senator, IllinoisAmanda KubikYoung Delegate North Dakota
Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson, Pres. Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord lifetime Republican
Reg WeaverPresident, National Education Association
The Honorable Manuel Diaz Mayor of Miami, Florida
Video - Changing the Course of Our NationFeaturing Gabrielle Grossman
New Hampshire Obama Supporter "U2 mamma for Obama"
RemarksThe Honorable Lisa MadiganAttorney General, Illinois
The Honorable Dan HynesComptroller, Illinois
The Honorable Alexi GiannoulisState Treasurer, Illinois
Randi WeingartenAmerican Federation of Teachers
The Honorable Amy KlobucharUS Senator, Minnesota
Musical Performance John Legend (vocals & piano) and accompanied by:Agape Choir - International Spiritual Center, Culver City, CATrans-denominational Spiritual Community founded by Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith
Video/RemarksThe Honorable Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the US House of RepresentativesPermanent Chair, Democratic National Convention
Video - First Time Delegates: Renewing America's Promise
America's Town Hall EconomyModerator: Senator Sherrod Brown - Ohio, Panelists: Ned Helms, Lisa Olivares, Dr. Laura Tyson, Jon Schnur
Remarks Margie PerezNew Orleans jazz singer & song writer from Musicians Village
President Jimmy Carter SegmentJimmy Carter/New Orleans VideoAcknowledgment of President Carter
RemarksMaya Soetoro-NgHalf-sister of Barack ObamaHigh School teacher - Hawaii
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
RemarksThe Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr.Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois
Mike Fisher & Cheryl Fisher Beech Grove, IndianaMike Amtrak tech & Cheryl hospital tech (hosted Obama for lunch)
Tom BalanoffPresident, SEIU Local 1 ( Chicago)
Senator Edward M. Kennedy Tribute
Caroline Kennedy SchlossbergDaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy
Video - Edward M. Kennedy Video
RemarksThe Honorable Miguel Del ValleCity Clerk of Chicago, Illinois
Candi SchmiederDelegate Chair, Iowa County Convention
Jerry KellmanHired & supervised Obama at Developing Communities Project - Chicago, Illinois
Introduction of Jim Leach byThe Honorable Tom HarkinUS Senator, Iowa
The Honorable Jim LeachFormer Republican Member of the US House of Representatives, 1st District, Iowa
Introduction of Claire McCaskill by
Austin EspositoSon of Senator McCaskill
The Honorable Claire McCaskillUS Senator, Missouri
Video - Michelle Obama Package
Introduction to the Michelle Obama PackageCraig RobinsonOlder brother of Michelle Obama
RemarksMichelle ObamaWife of Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
BenedictionDon Miller -Portland, OregonBest-selling author & public speaker focusing on Christian spirituality
RecessThe Honorable Kathleen SebeliusGovernor of Kansas


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The previous post showing Gibside Chapel designed by James Paine gave me the idea to feature some of his interiors.
Paine seems to have been born in Andover, Hampshire, in 1717 as the youngest child of a carpenter.
He appears to have studied at the St Martin's Lane Academy in London and then to have come into contact with the circle of the 3rd Earl of Burlington, the promotor of Palladian architecture.
Paine built up a succesful architectural practice, both in Yorkshire and the north-east as well as in southern England.
Although he worked within the context of Palladianism, he emphasized the need to make classical architecture fit contemporary needs. Top-lit staircase halls were one of his specialities.
In his earlier interiors Paine mixed Palladian with Rococo, but later he also adopted the newly fashionable neoclassical style.
Elegant chimnneypieces were another signature element of Paine's, for which he ran a dedicated workshop.
For this post I consulted the guidebooks for Felbrigg Hall, Kedleston Hall, Nostell Priory, Uppark and Wallington as well as the entry on Paine by Peter Leach in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.


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In the book of Revelation the apostle John combines the images of the lamb and the lion as no other writer does. He combines these images to express the full meaning of Jesus as the Messiah.
At the beginning of chapter four John is raptured up into Heaven in what I believe is a symbolic form of the Rapture of the Church before the Tribulation begins. Then, in chapters 4 and 5, John describes a glorious Heavenly scene of God's marvelous throne where God is surrounded by a heavenly chorus and by 24 elders. In front of the throne there are guards — four strange creatures which are representative of all of God's creation. At first, John is just dazzled by all of this and he's left speechless. He just focuses on the never-ending worship that goes on before the throne of God. But, at chapter five, John's attention in suddenly diverted. His attention is diverted to a little scroll in the right hand of God. John seems to immediately sense the significance of this scroll because it's revealed in chapter ten that this scroll is the title deed of the earth. Oh, John wants someone to open that scroll — someone to claim it — somebody to claim the dominion over this earth that Satan stole in the Garden of Eden and claim it back for mankind.
A strong angel suddenly appears and the angel says, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" In other words, who is worthy to reclaim dominion over the earth, taking it back from Satan? John looks around and no one appears to be worthy. John begins to weep, and as he is weeping one of the 24 elders steps up and he says to him, "Stop weeping, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and the root of David has overcome so as to open the scroll and its seven seals."
When John turns to look at the lion he doesn't see a lion, instead he sees instead a little lamb standing as if it were slain. He looks for the lion and he only sees a bloody lamb. The Lamb goes up and the Lamb takes the scroll the Lamb opens the scroll and all of the Heavenly hosts breaks forth in song, "Worthy are you the Lamb to take the scroll and to break its seals for you were slain and did purchase for God with your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation." Wow, what a glorious scene that must have been!
In chapter 10, we are presented with a flash forward to the end of the Tribulation that shows Jesus as a mighty angel at the Second Coming. He comes back and He puts one foot in the ocean and one foot on the land to symbolize that He has come to reclaim dominion over all the world for you and for me. He has in His left hand that little scroll that is open. We're told there in Revelation 10 that He will cry out with a loud voice as when a lion roars. That's what will happen when the Lord Jesus Christ returns.
Well, strangely, throughout the rest of the book of Revelation John uses lamb imagery instead of lion imagery. He uses the lamb imagery over and over and over as he talks about the Messiah pouring out the wrath of God during the Tribulation. It is the Lamb who is pictured as pouring out the wrath of God. Look at Revelation 6, "The Lamb broke one of the seven seals launching the Tribulation and the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders said to the mountains and the rocks, fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!" Isn't that interesting how He begins to revert to the use of the Lamb as the one pouring out the wrath of God?
In Revelation 17 John says, "These will wage war against the Lamb and the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of Lord and King of Kings and those who are with him, they are the called and they are chosen and the faithful ones." It is the Lamb who is waging the war in our behalf.
I believe that John emphasized the Messiah as our lamb because that symbol shows the great price that Jesus paid for the sins of mankind as He hung upon the cross as the suffering lamb. It also reminds us of the Lamb's vindication as He returns to take earth's dominion away from Satan. And, it emphasizes Jesus is going to receive the honor and the glory that He so richly deserves — the honor and glory that He was denied when He came the first time as the suffering lamb.
As we wait for the fulfillment of Revelation's prophecies, let us do two things. Let us exalt the Lamb and let us yearn earnestly from the depths of our heart for the Lion. And, as we do so, let us cry out from the depths of our hearts, "Maranatha! Maranatha! Maranatha! Come quickly Lord Jesus! Amen."


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Fast-growing business began with bibs.
Critics of some social welfare benefits often cite the unintended consequences: Working for Families for the asset-rich, for instance.
But sometimes, those unintended consequences can be a benefit to businesses, particularly entrepreneurs. Take paid parental leave, a topic that is generating plenty of heat in Parliament and the media.
New Zealand once boasted more generous provisions than Australia (a low bar, admittedly) but the Lucky Country upped the ante and now offers 18 weeks' paid leave at a higher rate than here, plus a A$3000 ($3790) "baby bonus". About 300,000 children are born each year in Australia.
An unintended consequences of this generosity has been a boom in small businesses run by women across the ditch, reports Jo Bond, co-founder of Mum 2 Mum, a Waikato-based producer of baby products.
Bond and co-founder Jo Keall initially avoided exporting to Australia, a natural market for their wares, because of the stiff competition from what they call "mumpreneurs" - businesses run by mothers for mothers.
They believed, correctly, that Britain, the United States and Asian markets would be easier nuts to crack than Australia as these markets were not as well served by baby product manufacturers.
"It's not that we didn't want to go there; we had other opportunities knocking," explains Bond. "[But the Australian payment] is quite an amount and up pops a whole bunch of mumpreneur businesses and there's a lot of competition. It's not the easiest market to get into."
Supporting entrepreneurs has exercised the minds of successive governments. So it's ironic that policy as simple as providing support to parents has done the trick in this case, when decades of different business-support schemes have produced mixed results.
Mum 2 Mum is now in Australia (and Britain, the US, Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Singapore and South Africa) and has a contract with David Jones, engaged a distributor and shifted 20,000 units over the Tasman in the past two months.
There may be stiff competition but Keall and Bond believe they produce a superior product. It's certainly impressive that the Mum 2 Mum "Wonder Bib" can absorb a quarter of a cup of water in one go.
Of course, it's not water that parents worry about: "A baby doesn't dribble a quarter of a cup but if they're going to do a power chuck, [the bib] is going to catch all that vomit that comes out," Bond promises. Any parent will surely applaud such efficacy. "All of our products are about making life easier for other parents," she adds.
Big things are expected of the Australian market but Keall and Bond are more excited about Asia and new territories, such as South Africa.
The women met when they were each pregnant with their first child (they now have two apiece) and the initial products were devised for their children and those of the near community. Synthetic bibs don't cut the mustard for parents with kids suffering reflux and eczema. They also don't catch a fistful of vomit.
"We realised early on that a lot of people wanted our bibs - and it was more than just friends and family," says Keall, a chartered accountant. The pair's skills were complementary; Bond's background was in marketing and event management. In 2004, a business was born.
They concentrated on bibs but then brought in a wider range of accessories, such as hooded towels and super absorbent change mats.
Orders from Farmers and the Baby Factory followed, so they moved production to China, which halved costs, and started exporting their wares, initially to Britain.
By last year the company had won the supreme award in the Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards and took the Deloitte Fast 50 category prize for the fastest growing manufacturer in the central North Island, with year-on-year growth of 50 per cent.
The pair won't divulge revenue figures but "we do say we're in high growth and we've had a 50 per cent increase in turnover year-on-year for five years now".
Independent distributors handle each territory - "they essentially buy and own the product and the only say we have is how they brand and market it," Bond says. The transaction is conducted in the host country's currency, so distributors don't carry any currency risk, which falls on Mum 2 Mum.
The company's biggest territories are Japan, Britain and New Zealand. Also in their sights is a move into the aged and special needs market.


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7 Ways to Turn a Seasonal Job Into a Permanent One
With Black Friday quickly approaching, retailers are starting to prepare for the onslaught of holiday shoppers, a new study finds.
Research from CareerBuilder revealed that retailers will be stocking up on additional staff this holiday season, with nearly 40% planning to hire seasonal workers this winter.
It's not just retail outlets that will bring on more employees. Employers in information technology, leisure and hospitality, and financial services also plan to hire seasonal staff this year.
Brent Rasmussen, president of CareerBuilder North America, said seasonal employment is expected to be somewhat better than last year and can lead to more than just extra income for workers. He said that nearly half of U.S. employers who are hiring seasonal workers plan to transition some into full-time, permanent staff.
"This is up 10 percentage points over last year and indicative of a growing trend where employers are test-driving candidates before committing to a long-term hire," Rasmussen said. "Seasonal work is a good way for job seekers to network, showcase their abilities and secure a permanent position in a variety of industries."
CareerBuilder offers job seekers several do's and don'ts for turning a holiday gig into a permanent one, including:
Do apply early: While some employers will hire seasonal employees in November and December, the majority stop accepting applications by the end of October.
Do provide good customer service: Nearly 60% of employers said taking charge in offering help to customers, instead of waiting to be asked for it, is an excellent way to differentiate yourself.
Do go above and beyond: Seasonal workers that want an employer to consider them for a permanent job should ask for more projects and offer up new ideas, both of which are recommended by close to 45% of hiring managers.
Do let the employer know your intentions: More than half of employers said holiday workers should let the hiring manager know up front that they are interested in a permanent role with the company. It will set them apart from other candidates.
Don't come in unprepared: One-third of employers tend to dismiss candidates who know nothing about their company or products. Make sure to check out the company's website and recent news announcements.
Don't focus on the discount: Nearly 40% of employers are turned off by candidates who seem more interested in the discount than the job opportunity. Wait for the employer to bring up the discount if one is available.
Don't show up in a competing brand: One of the biggest pet peeves for 18% of hiring managers is a candidate who comes to the interview wearing clothes or other merchandise from a competitor's store.
The study was based on surveys of more than 2,000 hiring managers and human resource professionals across a variety of industries and company sizes.
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More Zzzs Earn A's for Behavior at School
October 15, 2012
By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: October 15, 2012Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Giving children an average of just 27 more minutes of sleep than they usually got on school nights improved their emotional stability and cut down on restless and impulsive behavior at school.Note that taking away about an hour of sleep from a similar group of healthy 7- to 11-year-olds was associated with worsening of alertness and emotional regulation.A little extra sleep can make a big difference in kids' behavior at school, an experimental study showed.
Giving children an average of just 27 more minutes of sleep than they usually got on school nights improved their emotional stability and cut down on restless and impulsive behavior at school, Reut Gruber, PhD, of McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues found.
Taking away about an hour of sleep from a similar group of healthy 7- to 11-year-0lds had the opposite effect in the experiments reported in the November issue of Pediatrics."Healthy sleep is essential for supporting alertness and other key functional domains required for academic success," the group wrote. "Sleep must be prioritized, and sleep problems must be eliminated."
Previous, mostly observational studies have linked more sleep to better grades among teens and less sleep to development of psychiatric problems in children.
An estimated 43% of boys ages 10 to 11 don't get the recommended amount each night, and almost two-thirds of school-age kids don't get to bed by 9 p.m., Gruber and colleagues noted.Moderately increasing children's sleep is both feasible and beneficial, they concluded, arguing for parents, teachers, and students to be educated about "the critical impact of sleep on daytime function."For their study, the researchers randomized 34 healthy children ages 7 to 11 who had no sleep problems or behavioral or academic troubles to receive an extra hour of sleep at home each night for 5 nights or to have 1 hour taken away from their usual nightly sleep time for 5 nights. No napping was allowed.Actinography showed that the children in the sleep extension group actually got only an average of 27 minutes more than their baseline of 9.3 hours, while the sleep-restriction group had 54 minutes cut from their similar baseline sleep time.Those who slept less than usual had a drop in sleep fragmentation (P<0.03) reflecting better quality sleep, but they were still more sleepy during the day than before the experiment, with Modified Epworth Sleepiness Scale score rising to a mean of 6 from 4 at baseline on the 24-point scale.Their behavior in school also worsened as assessed by their teachers, who were unaware of study group assignment, using the Conners' Global Index Scale.Total normalized T-scores rose from an average of 50 at baseline to 54 after sleep restriction, whereas they fell to an average of 47 points from 50 at baseline among the group that got extra sleep all week (P<0.05 for interaction).A score of 60 or above is considered clinically significant, the researchers pointed out.Likewise, the component T-scores for "emotional lability" -- crying, losing one's temper, or becoming easily frustrated -- rose from 48 to 51 after sleep reduction but fell from 50 to 47 after extended sleep.The restless and impulsive behavior subscale T-scores rose from 52 to 55 for those who got less sleep and fell from 50 to 47 for those who got extra sleep.The researchers cautioned about the relatively small size of the study and convenience sample used and thus suggested that the results be considered preliminary in nature.The study was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.The researchers reported having no conflicts of interest to disclose. Primary source: PediatricsSource reference:Gruber R, et al "Impact of sleep extension and restriction on children's emotional lability and impulsivity" Pediatrics 2012; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0564.


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Johnny Depp as a kid wow he does not look
like his self cute tho.!!!
Angelina Jolie as a baby with brother James Haven
Kate Moss as a kid she is so bueatiful!
Brad Pitt as a kid how cute! not cute haircut tho.
Natalie Portman as a kid she was GORGEOUS!
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January 14, 2013
By Stephen Horvat
The 2012 Hot Quarks workshop for young scientists on the physics of ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions took place October 14-20 in Copamarina, Puerto Rico. It was well attended by students and young Ph.D.'s from both the theory community as well as experimentalists from RHIC, the LHC, and Jefferson Lab's CEBAF. The Hot Quarks workshops target researchers who are early in their careers and gives them an opportunity for informal interactions with their peers from around the world. This facilitates the exchange of ideas and promotes the development of the next generation of high energy physicists. For many who attended (present author included), this workshop was their first time presenting their research orally outside of their own collaborations. Participants were encouraged to ask questions, and discussions spanned from the basic, including overview talks, to the technical. Presentations were given on the physics motivations for an electron-ion collider and an invited talk on the discovery of a Higgs-like boson. The Klaus Kinder-Geiger Award for best presentation was awarded to Dragos Velicanu for his talk on the first measurement of a nearside ridge in proton+lead collisions by CMS.
For an even broader education, the workshop also organized a daytrip to Arecibo Observatory, the largest radio telescope in the world, where the director, Robert Kerr, gave a broadly informative and entertaining presentation on both the science and funding of Arecibo. For those of us who attended the workshop, the lessons learned and friendships formed with colleagues, both theoretical and experimental, will carry us into the future of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion physics.
Details on the talks given at Hot Quarks can be found at http://hq2012.bnl.gov/.
Stephen Horvat is a graduate student at Yale University where he is working on the beam energy dependence of jet quenching in the STAR experiment and a participant in the Hot Quarks workshop.
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A just released survey by The Principal Financial Group has found that while the state of the economy will have the most impact on small-business owners' vote in the upcoming presidential election, the top concern among small-business owners today is managing health care costs and understanding how health care reform impacts their businesses.
The Principal notes that the findings of its 2012 Well-Being Index for Business Owners is particularly timely since the term "small business" was used 26 times during the first presidential debate and because 99% of small business owners are registered to vote.
The survey, conducted online between Aug. 7 and Aug. 27 within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of The Principal, polled 604 business owners in companies with 10 to 500 employees.
While the state of the economy was the top financial issue selected by business owners (37%) as having the most impact on their vote in the upcoming presidential election, health care reform and taxes were tied for second, each selected by 15% of business owners.
However, one-fourth (24%) rated their top concern as managing the cost and administrative responsibilities of health care, with an equal number (24%) stating that understanding how health care reform impacts their business being their top concern for the well-being of their business.
The survey also notes that while two out of three business owners (67%) are holding off on making long-term financial commitments because of the state of the economy, business owners are planning on adding staff and expanding their operations in the next year.
Four in ten (42%) business owners plan to add to staff, compared with 15% who plan to reduce staff, the survey found, while almost one-third (31%) are planning to expand business operations in the U.S. One-quarter (28%) of business owners are not planning any changes.
The survey also found that more than half of business owners say health care costs (57%) and economic growth (54%) are affecting business decisions.
Approximately 4 in 10 business owners say uncertainty of taxes (45%) and gas prices (43%), unemployment (37%) and inflation (36%) are impacting decisions, while one-third of business owners say the global economy and the 2012 election are impacting decisions.
When comparing this year to last, almost half of business owners (47%) say their business financials have improved (significantly or somewhat) compared to last year at this time.
Also, approximately 6 in 10 (58%) believe their business financials will improve in the next twelve months, and about half of the business owners (46%) say their sentiment regarding the economic outlook for 2013 is "cautious."
The survey also found that the 79% of business owners who use a financial professional for business "believe they are making good progress toward achieving their long-term financial goals" compared with 62% of business owners who do not use a financial professional for their business.