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True Historical Stories for Catholic Children – Saint Leo the Great
But little is known of this great pontiff, whom God raised up to guide his Church through many dangers and much adversity. We first learn of Leo, a Roman arch-deacon, going on an important mission to Gaul. During his absence, on what was then a long and tedious journey, Pope Saint Sixtus III died, and Leo was unanimously chosen to succeed him. A deputation was sent to notify the new pope of his elevation to the throne of Saint Peter, and when Leo appeared in Rome, he was received with extravagant demonstrations of joy, a fact which proves how much beloved he was by his flock.
The great pontiff had, indeed, been chosen to rule the Church in trying times. The Faith was beset by enemies from without and from within, enemies temporal (perhaps the less dangerous of the two) and enemies spiritual. The Arian heresy which stirred up so much dangerous speculation concerning the nature of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, had been followed by various other heresies, every one of which had many adherents. The Nestorians in the East and the Pelagians in the North, were working havoc among the Christians. Saint Leo's first act after his elevation to the pontificate was to write to the bishops of Northern Italy, solemnly warning them against admitting to the communion of the Church any one from the Pelagian ranks who had not previously made a full abjuration of his error.
The temporal enemies who threatened Rome, were the vast hoards of northern barbarians, Vandals, Huns and Goths, some of whom had already carried their depredations into Italy.
Saint Leo despatched two holy missionaries, Saint Germanus and Saint Severus to combat Pelagianism in Britain. Their preaching and miracles overcame the heresy, and they had the satisfaction of converted large numbers of the native Britons, before their departure from the island. The invasion of Britain by the pagan Saxons, which occurred about a century later, all but extinguished the light of faith, which the two missionaries had labored so zealously to kindle. It remained for the great Saint Augustine to convert the Anglo-Saxons of Britain in the seventh century.
In the year 448, Eutyches, superior of a monastery near Constantinople, originated the Eutychian heresy. He insisted that there was but one nature in Jesus Christ – the divine nature – stubbornly refusing to abandon his error, even when commanded by ecclesiastical authority to do so. The true reason for his course of action, was disappointed ambition, for Eutyches had aspired to the bishopric of Constantinople, and when he failed to attain the coveted honor, became a heresiarch. When Eutyches wrote to Saint Peter, Bishop of Ravenna, to win him over to his cause, he received the following reply: "When Jesus Christ uttered his first infant wail in the manger, the heavenly host was chanting ' Glory be to God in the highest/ and now, when, at the name of Jesus, every knee is bent in heaven, on earth and in hell, a question is raised concerning His origin. We exhort you above all things, to submit to what has been written by the Holy Roman Pontiff, for Saint Peter lives and presides in his See, and gives the truth of faith to all who sincerely ask it."
Eutyches was afterwards excommunicated and deposed from the priesthood, and from the government of his monastery.
While Saint Leo was directing matters of such grave importance to the Church, the whole civilized world was menaced with destruction. The Huns, a wild tribe from the remote forests of Tartary, had begun to migrate from their original home, moving westward in immense numbers. Their terrible leader, Attila was called the "mower of men," and the "scourge of God," so great was the fear he inspired. lie was short of stature, with a broad chest, and an immense head, a thin heard and swarthy features. His capital was a camp situated in a field near the Danube, and the kings he had conquered kept guard at the door of his tent. His soldiers played games with the gold and silver vases of which they had despoiled their captives, while Attila himself ate the coarsest food from wooden platters.
The Roman emperors, Valentinian and Theodosius, thinking it would be an easy matter to turn the barbarian from his avowed intention of marching against Rome, sent ambassadors to the camp of Attila, to treat with him. The "scourge," seated on a low stool in his tent, received the polished Romans, whose credulity he took advantage of, in the most practised manner. Referring to himself, he said: "The star falls, the earth trembles. I am the hammer of the universe, the grass never grows again, where Attila's horse has once trod."
The Roman emperors foolishly thought to stop the barbarian at their gates, by bestowing upon him the title, General of the Empire," and by paying him a tribute, which they pretended to regard as his pay. But the Hun refused the proffered honor with disdain, and said that, "to be an emperor's general, is to be a servant. Attila's servants are emperors."
Not long after this fruitless interview, Attila sent an emissary to Rome, who said to the emperor: "Attila, my master and yours, orders you to prepare him a palace." The Romans, in an agony of fear, understood that this meant that the long-dreaded invasion was at hand. Attila started, with a train of tributary princes and five hundred thousand soldiers, on his expedition of rapine and pillage. The vast army crossed the Rhine, and marched through the province of Gaul. City after city suffered the horrors of the barbarian invasion. Metz was provoked to resistance, and was laid in ashes, while the streets ran red with the blood of its murdered inhabitants. The few survivors, among them the bishop of Metz, were led away captives.
Troyes was threatened with a fate similar to that of Metz. The bishop, Lupus, after fasting and praying to avert the threatened calamity, went forth, in his pontifical robes, to meet and speak with the barbarian leader. "Who art thou?" he asked, "who overcomest so many nations and subduest the world?" Attila answered, "I am King of the Huns, the scourge of God." "If thou art the scourge of God," returned the holy bishop, "remember to do only what is allowed thee by the hand that moves and governs thee." Attila was astonished at the boldness, and awed by the dignity of the good bishop, to whom he made a promise to spare the city, through which he marched his men, without doing it the least harm.
When Attila approached the city of Paris, the inhabitants prepared to fly to a place of safety. Saint Genevieve, a humble shepherdess, was the means of saving the city. She exhorted the panic-stricken people to remain and give themselves up to prayer and fasting, promising them, in the name of God, that the dreaded Hun would not enter Paris. Precisely as the saint had foretold, Attila suddenly changed the direction of his march, away from Paris, advancing on the city of Orleans.
Orleans was governed by the holy bishop, Saint Aignan, and he had been warned of the approach of the Huns in time to seek the aid of the Roman general, Aetius. Just as Attila's army reached the gates of Orleans, the soldiers of Aetius appeared. Attila, beside himself with rage, withdrew from the city to the neighboring plain of Chalons, where he prepared to meet his opponents. The two armies numbered about a million, and one of the bloodiest battles recorded in history, was fought. Three hundred thousand slain w T ere left upon the field, and a small neighboring stream was swelled into a fair-sized river, by the torrents of blood that flowed into it from the battle-field. Attila was utterly defeated, and fled across the Rhine with the remnant of his army.
Christendom then enjoyed a respite of one year, at the end of which, the dreaded Huns appeared, stronger than ever. This time, they entered northern Italy, whose cities were wasted by fire and sword. Padua, Verona, Milan, were pillaged and destroyed. The Huns pushed on through the ruins of the cities they had burned, until they reached Aquileia, whose terrified inhabitants fled to some marshy islands in the Adriatic Sea, where they laid the foundation of the city of Venice.
Hear Mantua, the barbarians halted, and Saint Leo went forth to meet the "scourge of God," as the bishop of Orleans had done before him. But how much more difficult was the task of the great pontiff! Orleans was but an insignificant village, compared with the great and rich city of Rome, which lay, almost within the ruthless grasp of the barbarians. Leo's mission was, indeed, a desperate one, but he never faltered. Arrayed in full pontifical attire, but quite alone, for he would not expose any of his flock to the danger he himself ran, the brave pontiff went out to beg the cruel conqueror for mercy.
It was a meeting of Spirituality with Materialism, of Compassion with Cruelty. What passed between the saint and the cruel warrior during their curious interview, is not known. It would appear that Attila was awed by the ascetic appearance and majestic bearing of the holy pontiff. He lent a favorable ear to his petition, and, turning his army back from Rome, withdrew to the plains of the Danube.
Some of Attila's soldiers, astounded to see him abandon the rich prize of Rome, at the mere word of an old man, asked him the reason for his extraordinary conduct. Attila answered, that he saw, during the interview, two venerable personages, supposed to be Saint Peter and Saint Paul, standing behind Leo, and that the vision impelled him to spare Rome, even against his inclination.
Upon Leo's return to Rome, he was received with triumphant rejoicing by the grateful people, who hailed him as their deliverer, and bestowed upon him the title of "Great."
Rome enjoyed two years of comparative peace, after the death of Attila, a period which Leo spent in adjusting the affairs of the Church. The Roman calendar was arranged, and the time regulated for the celebration of Easter. Up to the time of Leo, the sins of persons subjected to canonical penance, were published in the churches. This custom he abolished, making private confes- sion to an approved priest and the performance of the prescribed penance, the only conditions to be fulfilled by the penitent.
After this brief interval of calm, the storm burst once more over Rome. Yalentinian, the weak and wicked emperor, had become very jealous of the popularity of the great general Aetius, who had won imperishable glory on the field of Chalons, where he defeated the Huns under Attila.
During an interview at the palace, between the emperor and the general, a quarrel occurred, and Valentinian killed Aetius. One of his courtiers had the courage to rebuke the murderer; saying "you have cut off your right hand with your left." A few days later, Yalentinian himself fell by the hand of a hired assassin of the senator Maximus, who wished to become emperor. Being a man of great influence in public affairs, he gained his end, was not only proclaimed emperor, but forced Yalentinian's widow Eudoxia, to marry him. Eudoxia, crazed with hatred and a desire for revenge, resolved to sacrifice her country's welfare, to satisfy her resentment. She wrote to Genseric, king of the barbarian Yandals, to come to Rome, promising her aid in the capture of the city.
The Vandals were fierce warriors something like the Huns. They had no knowledge nor appreciation of art or literature, and the word, vandalism, which means the wanton destruction of any precious thing, still reminds us of the ruthless destruction of the many priceless treasures of Roman art by these barbarians.
Genseric had led his army into Africa, and was established near Carthage, when Eudoxia's message reached him. He seized at once upon a prospect so alluring, and sailed for Home with a large force. When the tidings of Genseric's approach were brought to Rome, the cowardly Maximus prepared for flight. One of his own courtiers, in disgust, killed him, before he could carry his plan into execution, and threw the bodv into the Tiber.
Amid the general excitement and alarm, caused by the approach of the Vandals, the Romans looked for help to the only man who could be of use in the crisis. Leo the Great had saved Rome from the fury of the Huns, and again he saved the city from destruction at the hands of the Vandals. He met Genseric outside the walls of Rome, and exacted from him a promise, to respect the lives of the Romans, and to spare the public monuments. More than these concessions could not have been obtained, because the Vandal soldiers, during the long voyage from Africa, had promised themselves the sacking of Rome, as their reward.
It took fourteen days to accomplish the work of pillage. The richest treasures which the Vandals carried away with them, were the sacred vessels brought from Jerusalem by the Roman general, Titus. The invaders took several thousand prisoners, among them the Empress Eudoxia and her daughters, whom they forced to accompany them, on their return to Africa. The bishop of Carthage did everything in his power to render more bearable, the lot of the wretched Roman captives, in Africa. Two of the churches were converted into hospitals, where the good prelate spent his entire time, ministering, with his own hands, to the poor exiled prisoners. Some of them he ransomed with money obtained from the sale of the gold and silver furnishings of the altar. After the death of this saintly bishop, Genseric closed all the churches of Carthage, and exiled the priests, thus depriving his Christian captives of their only source of consolation.
It would appear, that Genseric prided himself upon his cruelty, for, as he was sailing out of Carthage, upon one of his frequent voyages of rapine and bloodshed, his pilot asked, to what country should he steer the ship. Generic answered: "To that country on which God's anger rests."
The Roman empire was in the throes of its death-struggle. Only the Church stood unchanged and unchangeable, amid the havoc wrought by the barbarians – the comfort and support of her children in their trials, not the least of which was the loss of the good pontiff. Saint Leo's long and useful pontificate came to an end, April 11, 461, death relieving him of the cares and labors that had filled his life. One hundred and seventy-three letters, and sixty-nine discourses of Saint Leo, on the mysteries of the Catholic Faith, are still extant – a lasting memorial of the great pontiff's piety, learning and eloquence. He rendered valuable and permanent service to the Church, as well as to the city of Rome – and is justly regarded as one of the greatest popes that ever occupied the chair of Saint Peter. Saint Leo's feast is celebrated on the anniversary of his death, April 11.


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Pakistani students paid Rs720m for Cambridge exams last session
Karachi, June 11: The crumbling state of education in Pakistan benefits the United Kingdom immensely. A poor country like ours contributed £4.8 million to the kingdom's seventh largest export education in one session alone.
In the recent May/June session of this year's O- and A-level exams, rough estimates suggest that Pakistani students paid at least Rs720 million in exam fees to the University of Cambridge International Examinations.
Every year, the British Council organises two sessions of O- and A-level examinations: one starts in May and ends in June while the second runs through November.
About 16,000 students took the O- and A-level exams across Pakistan in the recent session, according to a British Council spokesperson. Around 180,000 entries for subjects were made all over the country.
No break-up of O- and A-level candidates is available with the British Council currently. "We are too busy with the re-exams scheduled [for two subjects] right now," said the spokesperson.
The recent decision of the Cambridge International Examinations to make Pakistani students re-sit the papers of Pakistan Studies and Islamiyat due to a "security breach" has sparked furious reactions from students and their parents alike. While the authority has decided not to charge the students for the re-examination, people are unhappy as a lot of effort goes in studying for the papers.Astronomical costs
The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi which administers the Intermediate exams equivalent to A-level charges Rs1,100 each year for the six papers students sit for in their first and second years.Rising popularity
"I want my children to become future leaders in the society. Foreign education helps create leaders and not just cogs in the wheel or labourers who work in factories," says Seema Kamran, who sent both her children to the UK for their university degrees. This type of education is not just reserved for the elite or the upper middle class. Middle class families, who care about quality education for their children, are also turning toward the foreign system.
Shehnaz Kazi, a single mother and a school teacher, claims that education of her only daughter is her biggest monthly expense, which exceeds fuel costs and ration. "Education is an investment. If you give your child quality education, he can survive in the competitive world waiting for him out there."
Education is the UK's seventh largest export industry, which was worth over £14 billion in 2008-09, and is growing at a rate of 4 percent a year, according to a September 2012 publication in a leading journal, Education Investor.Why in Pakistan?
Professor Jaffar Ahmed, the chairman of Pakistan Study Centre at Karachi University, claimed that there wouldn't be any question of going to the Cambridge schools had their been any good schools which helped children compete in the job market.
"In such a scenario, the middle class, comprising professional doctors, teachers, engineers, journalists, thinks investing in education of children is better than investing in a bigger car," he said.
Sadia Mahmood, a social scientist and an assistant professor at Karachi University, says: "The failure of our education system has encouraged foreign education boards."
Abbas Hussain, the president of Teachers' Development Centre, says the perception of the local education system is so poor due to corruption at many levels that parents feel they have no other choice but to avail the O- and A-Level option.
He discards the notion that state education system cannot be made better. "It can be done. Provided we spend the money we give to the UK government in our own country."Your Comments
Private schools defy government orders
Rawalpindi: Most private schools, defying government orders regarding summer vacation starting from June 1, are still open and forcing students to attend their classes in the unbearable high temperature.
Parents urged the concerned authorities to direct all private schools to announce summer vocation, as it's really very difficult for children to attend school due to extremely hot weather.
Parents said that most private schools are still open and their management are forcing students to attend classes just because they could collect maximum fee.
They said that they had requested the school authorities to announce summer vacation but they were not ready to do in the garb of covering the remaining course.
Ali Jawad said that his two sons are studying in a private school and the school is not ready to announce summer vocation. He said that the weather is extremely hot and amidst electricity loadshedding it has become very difficult for children to sit in classrooms.
Chaudhry Rab, another father, said that children are getting ill because it's very difficult for them to bear the heat of June but private schools are not ready to give them summer vacation.
According to him, he had requested the school authorities to announce summer vacation but they were saying that they had not received any government order in this regard.
PU board approves 26 synopses
Lahore: A meeting of Punjab University Advanced Studies and Research Board on Monday approved 26 synopses, 17 evaluation reports, 13 panels of examiners, 14 cases of extension and five miscellaneous cases. According to a press release here, the meeting was chaired by PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran. Prof Dr Muhammad Ehsan Malik, Prof Dr M Zakria Zakar, Prof Dr Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt, Prof Dr Hafiz Mehmood Akhtar, Controller Examinations Prof Dr Liaquat Ali, Prof Dr Kanwal Amin, acting Registrar Prof Dr Aurangzeb Alamgir attended the meeting.
results: PU has announced the results of M Com (3 1/2 years programme) part-I (first year) second annual examination 2012 and M Com (3 1/2 years programme) part-II (second year) second annual examination 2012.
Petrol cans underneath seats 93 school vans impounded
Rawalpindi: On the directions of Secretary Transport (Punjab), District Regional Transport Authority (DRTA), Rawalpindi, has impounded 93 school vans having petrol cans under their seats.
The concerned department under a special drive launched after Gujrat tragedy impounded 1,273 public service vehicles (PSV) so far including wagons, buses, Suzuki and taxicabs for having more than two CNG cylinders, loose fitting cylinders and having petrol cans under their seats.
On the other hand, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) authorised 13 CNG stations in Rawalpindi and Islamabad to issue No Objection Certificate (NoC) to the vehicles for six months. The vehicle owners would get NoC after complete checking. Ogra has fixed Rs1,000 checking fee for getting NoC. The news
KU exams fee schedule
Karachi: Karachi University has announced the fee submission schedule for MA, double MA and improvement of division external examination and MBA banking programme semester examination for fifth batch (morning) 2013.
The forms for MA, double MA and improvement of division external examination can be submitted up to June 14 along with a late fee of Rs300, while the semester examination fee for MBA banking program (morning) can be deposited till June 20, says a KU release. ppi
31 new universities in rural areas
Islamabad: Since its inception in 2002, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has set up a total 55 new universities and 31 of them are in rural areas.
This was stated by Dr Javaid R. Laghari, the HEC chairperson, while talking to the vice-chancellors of public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Swat on Monday.
The universities have been established in Malakand, Swat, Shangla, Kohat, Haripur, Bannu, Mansehra and other rural areas.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he said, 116 development projects for the universities, amounting to more than Rs21 billion, had been approved by the HEC.
Dr Laghari said over the request of the HEC, the federal government paid special attention to promotion of education in KP and Balochistan, and funded indigenous and foreign scholarships for the youth of these provinces.
In addition to award of more than 1960 indigenous and 1200 foreign scholarships under faculty development programs, 682 PhD scholarships have been allocated for the faculty members of various higher education institutions of KP, he added.
He said that Pakistans first ever Earthquake Engineering Centre and Archaeological Conservation and Research Laboratory had been established at University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar and Hazara University Mansehra respectively. Dawn

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American Psychiatric Association urges members to stop calling Trump mentally ill
The group warned that although this election is unique, members should refrain from analyzing the businessman and calling him "mentally ill".
READ MORE: Trump: Why can't US use its nukes?
"This year, the election seems like anything but a normal contest, that has at times devolved into outright vitriol," APA president Maria A Oquendo said. "The unique atmosphere of this year's election cycle may lead some to want to psychoanalyze the candidates, but to do so would not only be unethical, it would be irresponsible."
The announcement comes as a petition by Congresswoman Karen Bass urging the Republican party to diagnose Trump gained over 25,000 signatures in four days.
Only in America Petition · #DiagnoseTrump · https://t.co/3SCA3HXEZihttps://t.co/qoRPEUGO07— Ilona Ambagtsheer (@IThAmbagtsheer) August 7, 2016
Bass claimed there is a "patriotic duty to raise the question of [Trump's] mental stability to be the commander in chief and leader of the free world."
"Mr Trump appears to exhibit all the symptoms of the mental disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)," it reads. "Mental health professionals need to come forward and urge the Republican party to insist that their nominee has an evaluation to determine his mental fitness for the job."
The APA's 'Goldwater Rule' prohibits psychiatrists from giving opinions on public figures' potential mental illnesses. It was born from Republican Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign in 1964.
Goldwater's slogan was "In your heart, you know he's right" and his critics came up with the alternative, "In your guts, you know he's nuts," which led to speculation about the candidate's mental state.
Breaking the Goldwater Rule is irresponsible, stigmatizing, unethical. https://t.co/lKQ8pFtXZe#psychiatry#electionpic.twitter.com/I6OB34ChYZ— American Psychiatric (@APAPsychiatric) August 3, 2016
Fact magazine surveyed 2,417 psychiatrists on their opinions of Goldwater's mental state and 1,189 said he was unfit to be president.
"I can understand the desire to get inside the mind of a presidential candidate," Oquendo continued, before warning of the dangers of professionals diagnosing without examining someone in person.
Trump kicks baby out of rally moments after telling mother he liked its crying (VIDEO) https://t.co/nNKl7NG6Sf— RT (@RT_com) August 2, 2016
"A patient who sees that might lose confidence in their doctor, and would likely feel stigmatized by language painting a candidate with a mental disorder (real or perceived) as "unfit" or "unworthy" to assume the Presidency," she added.
The #DiagnoseTrump hashtag has been shared on social media, with some using it to call for a diagnosis, and others criticizing the hashtag for stigmatizing mental health, and excusing Trump's actions.
@HillaryClinton Trump is suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder please look it up,it explains his abnormal behavior #DiagnoseTrump— Cynthia Esperanza (@cesperanzaQuest) August 7, 2016
A sign of actual disorder is when a person has zero insight & can't change even when it's in their best interest #DiagnoseTrump— Randi Kreger (@RandiKreger) August 7, 2016
Why is #DiagnoseTrump popular? Easier to attribute his behavior to mental health than deal with him personifying worst parts of our culture.— Ultimate Oddball (@ultimateoddball) August 4, 2016
#DiagnoseTrump is a thing? why? Can't a white supremacist white guy just be a white supremacist white guy without it being an illness?— Sad Moonflower (@CyborgFemmeBoi) August 4, 2016


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You're probably very familiar with applications to read and work with PDF files as is the case of Adobe Reader. Then, if you can get hold of the standard to read this kind of format, why should you resort to others of the like of Soda PDF 3D Reader?
A solid alternative to the most popular PDF readers.
Basically, because this app allows you to open any document in this format and, apart from reading or checking its contents, it also offers you the possibility to use the 3D visualization mode with which any document can become a real-life book.
Main features and functions
In this PDF reader you'll find all the following features and functions:
- View and document in 3D without needing to modify the format.
- Open, read, save and print catalogs, magazines, books, and any other document in PDF format.
- Text search functions to view search results and bookmarks.
- Simple, continuous, facing and facing continuous.
Reading in 3 dimensions is a function to make reading much more comfortable, especially if you've got a large monitor that allows you to display the document as if it were a book. It's isn't very common in other readers and neither on platforms other than Windows, like Android or Mac. In fact, we have to resort to eReaders to find something similar.


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How are the colours in your home or work place effecting you? Paint colour psychology plays an important role in the moods you have throughout the day. Have you ever felt enraged by a shocking image or maybe you were moved by a love song on the radio this morning? Both very relatable situations but, another not so known power can also possess our emotions. Colours! Now you can find that total relaxation feeling from the comfort of your own home with our peaceful decorating, paint colour psychology guide and a range from the Dulux colour pallet.
Blue is known to be the most soothing colour with its power to reduce stress and tension in the body. It is often used in bedrooms with the intention to help you sleep due to it's calming attributes. The most effective blue paints tend to be soft neutral colours, creating a restful atmosphere for your time to unwind.
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The right shade of pink can bring soothing energy and and an essence of peace to just about any room, Feng Shui believers actually use the colour pink to generate a balanced and calming energy. Although pink can often be bright and shocking, the dusky and neutral tones can whisk you away to that peaceful place whist still having a warm tone to the room.
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That feeling when you're reading a book on a park bench in the sun or the soothing moments out in the country. Why not bring that depth into your home with natures favorite colour, green? Green symbolizes cleanliness and often leaves us feeling refreshed making it a great colour to wake up to or to have around the house within your interior design.
Lighter versions of purple, such as lavender and lilac, bring the same restful quality to bedrooms as blue does, but without the risk of feeling chilly. The darker shades such as eggplant or indigo are usually associated with luxury and creativity. These colours are great for your next bedroom decorating project as they bring a sophisticated relaxed essence as well as depth.
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Impressive state of the art modern luxury villa for sale in Sotogrande Alto with incredible sea and golf valley views on a large 4,450 m2 plot
This state of the art private villa with a built area of 880m2 and a sizable plot area of 4,450m2 has incredible sea views over the golf valley over the Almenara Golf course and with views stretching over onto the South-Eastern coast.
The villa has been built to the highest specifications and building materials with the modern & contemporary designs and features.
Each of the 7 bedrooms are en-suite and have feature double height wooden beam ceilings and are of very generous proportions, making this property a superb family and entertaining home.
Sotogrande is an area of outstanding natural beauty and has remained unspoilt due to the low density development of the estate. It is home to some of the most exclusive and luxurious villas on the Costa del Sol and offers spectacular mountain and sea views along with one of the most iconic views to be found in Europe with the Gibraltar and the North African coastlines frequently on display along the horizon.
It is also home to 5 of the most exclusive golf courses on the Costa del Sol including the Valderrama Golf Club, home to the European Tour's Volvo Masters, and the Real Club del Golf which is the oldest and one of the most impressive golf clubs in Sotogrande (and Spain).
Furthermore, Sotogrande boasts 6 world famous polo fields and hosts regular polo tournaments throughout the year attracting players and supporters from around the world, particularly from Argentina which has a large influence on the local cuisine!
Along with 2 tennis and padel clubs, a rugby club, a sailing club, stables, Sotogrande International School, and very popular marina with magnificent beaches all of which is only a 25 minute journey from Gibraltar International Airport & 60 minutes from Malaga Airport, Sotogrande is truly one of the most exclusive destinations in Europe.


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Plank is the best exercise for strengthening your core. Remember that the core is like a corset and it pulls in from the front and the back of your body. A strong core will aid in all other exercises. It will slim your waistline and make many day to day activities easier.
Place your elbows under your shoulders. Start on your knees and bring hips off the floor to form a straight line from shoulders to knees. If this is too easy pop up onto toes and hold.
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The term "Left Bank" conjures up images of painters and philosophers, literary cafés, and lovers kissing to accordion music. The reality is a bit different these days: The arrondissements along the southern bank of the Seine are mostly upmarket, and lovers are outnumbered by commuters catching buses along avenues that are filled with cars.
Head inland, and the ambiance is even more remote from the Left Bank of vintage Hollywood movies, although many of the neighborhoods are certainly pleasant to live in.
Still, the Left Bank has its advantages as a place to stay: Many tourist sites and sights are on the Rive Gauche, Métro and RER lines will take you just about anywhere in the city and its suburbs, and most smaller streets close to the river still contain a whiff of the magic that made Paris a magnet for artists, writers, and bohemian tourists a century ago.
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China (NEO) – As history shows, significant improvement of a country's economic situation inevitably boosts its military ambitions. The world has been holding its breath for the last 30 years witnessing the rapid economic growth in China, waiting for the new developments. And China did not fail the expectations of the global community. Whereas before the mid-2000s the Chinese leadership was rejecting the very idea of expansion of its military presence abroad, now the situation has changed dramatically.
The global economic crisis of 2008 that shattered the faith in the sustainability of the US dollar and weakened the positions of the US opened up new opportunities for the Chinese yuan. Shortly thereafter, global mass media started talking about new Chinese military doctrine. Its new objectives included not only the reform of domestically stationed troops, but also the formation of an international contingent and establishment of Chinese military bases abroad.
A worrisome situation in the South China Sea, which has been deteriorating since 2009, revealed China's indisputable dominance over its nearest neighbors in the region. It also became evident that the US could no longer order the now powerful China around and dictate how to deal with the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. At the beginning of 2016, the number of Chinese artificial islands with a 12-mile patrolled area exceeded the number of American destroyers present in the South China Sea. In addition, as recently as in February 2016, China installed air defense missile systems on Woody Island, one of the Paracel Islands contested by China, Taiwan and Vietnam. In May, Chinese military intercepted an American ship in the patrolled 12-mile area near one of the reefs of the Spratly Islands, which Beijing considers part of its territory.
This is when the world expressed its concerns realizing that China will go at any lengths to strengthen its position on the international scene by setting up foreign military bases.
Information about the first prospective Chinese outpost in Africa, the region most dependent on the yuan, was confirmed at the end of 2015. Then, at the beginning of February 2016, the construction of the first Chinese military base was commenced in the small port town of Obock in Djibouti. This tiny African country with a population of a little less than 1 million people is located at the "gate" to the Red Sea, in the Horn of Africa on the Gulf of Aden—a vital waterway for shipping and the best way to get to the Middle East. The US Navy held its drills in this region in 2002 before the invasion of Iraq. In 2014, the term of lease of the US permanent military base Camp Lemonnier with a contingent of 4 thousand American soldiers was extended until 2024.
That means that the construction of a Chinese military base in Djibouti where Beijing is planning to deploy 6 thousand soldiers will undermine geopolitical interests and hurt the national pride of the US (this issue is so important that it was submitted for review by the US Congress).
According to China, it is looking to establish a military base in Djibouti mostly to assure safety of the New Silk Road and protect it from the Somalian pirates attacking ships on the shores of Africa. The ground route of the New Silk Road will run from the town of Quanzhou pass the towns of Guangzhou, Beihai and Haikou, across the strait of Malacca, to Kuala Lumpur, across the Indian Ocean, pass the towns of Calcutta (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), making a transit stop on the Maldives, and ending in Nairobi (Kenya). In the Red Sea region it will run through Djibouti, across the Suez Canal. Then the path will reach Athens (Greece) and Venice (Italy) where the New Maritime Silk Road will meet the New Silk Road stretching from China across Central Asia and Caucasus.
In view of the above, the appearance of Chinese armed forces in Africa looks quite logical, especially since this trade project, which is unprecedented in scale, promises alluring prospects for China, and since the political situation in the countries the Chinese trade route will run through remains unstable.
In 2008, for the first time ever, Chinese war ships were deployed to the Gulf of Aden to protect the country's trade ships from attacks by Somalian pirates. In March-April 2015, China sent a war ship and its special forces to evacuate more than 500 Chinese citizens from Yemen. Earlier, in 2006, two thousand Chinese citizens had to be evacuated from the Solomon Islands because of safety issues. But in 2006, people were brought back home by passenger aircrafts. To cope with the incident in Yemen, China deployed its naval forces for the first time ever.
In March 2016, Beijing hosted high-level talks between representatives of the Chinese, Tajik and Pakistan military. China then continued the talks with the same agenda in Afghanistan. Since the most promising part of the ground route of the New Silk Road will run through these politically unstable states, Beijing is striving to establish its military presence in these regions to assure the safety of the trade flow. These circumstances suggest that in the near future these countries might have Chinese military bases.
Although China holds it as a priority to secure the New Silk Road routes, its military footprint might soon be seen in some countries of the Pacific Rim, specifically in those that have received a number of favors from the "Celestial Empire." Papua New Guinea will be the most likely candidate, as this country owes almost 40% of its GDP to the Export Import Bank of China. Another country that borrowed almost 50% of its GDP from China is Tonga. China contacted the Tonganese government with a request to establish its naval base in the country back in 2014. And, if Tonga consents, this country, conveniently located in a close proximity to the French military bases in New Caledonia and French Polynesia and to Guam—one of the key US military bases, close to the shores of Australia and New Zealand, "overlooking" Japan, will become the first military outpost of the Celestial Empire in the South Pacific Ocean.
In conclusion it should be noted that though China is currently challenging US military leadership, it has no plans to snatch the leadership from the US, as it would be too big of a burden for the Chinese budget. Rather, it is on the contrary: Beijing is trying hard to reduce its military expenditures, employing diplomacy to persuade the US to partially "foot the bill," hinting that the money will be spent on a good cause — the protection of trade, the main driving force of global progress.
Sophia Pale, PhD, Research Fellow of the Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook."


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People Who Post Racist Tweets Are Suddenly Seeing Them on Billboards Near Their Homes
Brazilian campaign takes shaming to new heights
Here's a pretty intense outdoor campaign running in Brazil, where a civil rights group called Criola is finding racist tweets online, using geotagging data to determine the location of the offenders, and printing the tweets (with faces blurred) on billboards near their homes.
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"Those people [who post abuse online] think they can sit in the comfort of their homes and do whatever they want on the Internet. We don't let that happen. They can't hide from us, we will find them," Criola founder Jurema Werneck tells the BBC.
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"If she bathed properly, she wouldn't get that grimy."
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Agency: W3haus
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Creative Director: Moacyr Netto, Mathias Almeida
Head of Art: Carlos Pimenta
Art director: Vinicius Prego, Murilo Santos
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Producers: Lucas Costa, Carolina Paraiba, Bruna Marchi
Media: Patrícia Angeletti, Tais Trevisol
Agency account team: Verusca Carosio, Carolina Sanchez
Client approval: Jurema Werneck, Lucia Xavier
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|1969 Cuyahoga River fire
Whether you are a nature enthusiast, book lover, young conservationist, student, teacher, or Refuge friend, you are invited to participate in America's WildRead community discussion. This blog is provided to you by the Friends of the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Library. All are welcome!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Why Care about Burning Rivers? by Moderator John Hartig
|What Do You Think?
63 comments:
John, I'm really looking forward to reading your book and to checking in on this latest edition of "America's Wild Read."
My grandfather was president of a small steel company near Buffalo. He had to quit school at age 12 and go to work in 1904 after his father died. He started by sweeping the floors of the Buffalo Steel Company. By the time he retired in 1959, he was president of the company.
So I have have some experience with the industrial heritage of western New York, and how far we've progressed from the old days.
I'd like to know more about the recovery of the Rust Belt -- whether conservation was a conscious and altruistic decision by corporations and local goverments, or whether it was basically a fortuitous opportunity as America's industrial capacity withered and left for China.
I'd also like to know how many "burning river" situations the export of American industry and its pollution to China the world may be facing in the future. Have we simply traded America's Rouge or Cuyahoga for other rivers with Chinese names?
- February 12, 2012 at 2:17:00 PM EST
I love you stories and i hope you'll be able to keep them coming. Honestly it really is hard to locate an fascinating blog nowadays.
- February 13, 2012 at 3:11:00 AM EST
David, In my opinion the revival of burning rivers can clearly be linked to the public outcry over pollution led by local champions. In the case of the Buffalo River a jeweler named Stanley Spisiak spoke out load and often to educate people and force change. He went on to become Mr. "Buffalo River," and even brought in President Johnson to see first hand local pollution and ban open water disposal of contaminated dredge material.
- February 13, 2012 at 10:15:00 PM EST
I have been reading this blog for sometime now, but it has taken me a while to say hello. I wanna say thanks i truly appreciate your posts
- February 13, 2012 at 11:38:00 PM EST
This topic is significantly well-timed and I'm enjoying reading about it. Having grown up in the Detroit area, I remember hearing about the burning rivers. Most people's reaction was not only shock but disbelief. My memory of those times was that things went from bad to worse and quite frankly seemed hopeless to the point of being a lost cause. I moved away from that area many years ago and felt sad to hear so many stories of environmental degradation from there. However, recently, much to my amazement, I've been hearing stories that sound like an environmental renaissance of sorts is happening in the Detroit area. In terms of the ability of the human spirit to reconnect with nature and renew and reenergize itself in doing so, this is one of the most encouraging stories I can imagine.
- February 14, 2012 at 1:51:00 PM EST
- Jason said...
I happen to write a birding blog for our Refuge and my most recent post mentioned Mr. Hartig's book (which I'm currently reading) and this topic...especially the topic of "while you continue to always look forward, don't forget lest you repeat." We recently celebrated Bald Eagle day and it was amazing to see over 150 eagles on the Refuge and to think, in less years ago than I am old, this would not have been possible. To understand progress we must always know a our path from beginning to current, even if it is embarassing, difficult, harsh or even shameful. Hope and renewal can spring from even the most devistated of landscapes...even thickly clogged and polluted rivers which are now being reinvigorated with life. I look forward to more discussion on this topic and especially more on the idea of urban wildlife/refuges/parks...etc.
- February 14, 2012 at 4:26:00 PM EST
Nancy, The environmental improvement in these rivers has laid the foundation for the ecological revival. It also provides a unique opportunity to reconnect people to rivers and the natural world that will help us develop the next generation of conservationists.
- February 15, 2012 at 3:14:00 PM EST
Jason, I totally agree that we must understand our path we have followed and always remember to not repeat our mistakes. Continuous and vigorous oversight is required to avoid becoming complacent.
- February 15, 2012 at 3:44:00 PM EST
As a Canadian living on the south side of the Detroit River I appreciate the excellent work John Hartig has put forth in "Burning Rivers". His historical contribution makes us realize we share a beautiful river and what affects one affects all. The resulting cleanup of the burning rivers serves as a wonderful example to all North Americans, not just those of us living along the Great Lakes corridor. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement means progress and cooperation between our two countries not only for the betterment of the water we share but for our everyday lives.
Unfortunately Canadians at times point fingers at the United States about sewage treatment. Our smugness in not justified. The Detroit side has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into wastewater treatment over the last ten years. Cleaner water and improved fish and wildlife habitat make the success of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge a clear example of environmental victory. Hopefully we Canadians can contribute lands to the refuge in years to come.
Tom Henderson, chair, Public Advisory Council, Detroit River Canadian Cleanup, Windsor Ontario
- February 16, 2012 at 5:19:00 PM EST
- Unknown said...
I can't wait to read it, I'm glad I found this blog!
- February 17, 2012 at 11:26:00 AM EST
I've had the opportunity to paddle on the Buffalo River, and learn through the BNRK group how much has been done and how much remains to do for this river. I look forward to reading this book.
One minor thing, the link to the Buffalo River above takes me to a river in Arkansas. It looks like a nice river, but it's not the one in the Great Lakes. Here is a good link for the Buffalo River.
- February 17, 2012 at 11:39:00 AM EST
Tom in Windsor, Thanks for sharing the importance of building North America's only international wildlife refuge with our Canadian neighbors. It is truly amazing to think that the very Rouge River that caught on fire in 1969 is now part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. We indeed have much to do and much to celebrate together.
- February 17, 2012 at 3:12:00 PM EST
- Loreen Niewenhuis said...
It amazes me that a century before the Cuyahoga and Rouge were burning, the Chicago River was burning in Chicago. The ecological damage has been long-term and devastating.
In 2009 I walked all the way around Lake Michigan. My book about my adventure, A 1000-MILE WALK ON THE BEACH, includes a lot of history and research into the area. I was amazed at the number of Superfund clean-up sites along the lake and the history of neglect and abuse. I was also saddened to learn that the Clean Water Act -- while doing much good -- does not do enough.
I have a background as a scientist and a writer, and I love the Great Lakes. This year, I will undertake another 1000-mile hike that will touch all five Great Lakes.
I look forward to reading this blog and Burning Rivers.
-Loreen Niewenhuis
- February 19, 2012 at 12:32:00 PM EST
Loreen, That is terrific that you will be undertaking another 1,000-mile hike that will touch all of the Great Lakes to help raise awareness and encourage first-hand experiences with nature. As we all know, during the past 30 years, more and more children have been losing their connection to nature. Educators in childhood development now recognize that children require nature. There is a growing body of scientific evidence that suggests if children are given early and ongoing positive exposure to nature, they thrive in intellectual, psychological, spiritual, and physical ways that their "shut-in" peers do not. Richard Louv has argued compellingly in "Last Child in the Woods" that society needs a major effort to reconnect children with nature. Thanks for your most significant contribution!
- February 20, 2012 at 8:11:00 PM EST
- Kai said...
I agree that it is important for us to talk about the burning rivers, especially in conjunction with where these rivers are now. I was lucky enough to teach middle schoolers about the Cuyahoga's long history, both good and bad, in the early days of this century. When taught in the right context, children don't just see that the rivers (and other environmental problems) are hopeless but are able to view the changes made and get a glimmer of the difference they could make.
- February 25, 2012 at 7:51:00 PM EST
Kai, I think that is a very important point that people can make a difference. In the case of the Buffalo River is was a jeweller who made a huge difference. In the case of the Cuyahoga River is was an automobile dealer and in the Rouge River it was a County Drain Commission. As far back as 1880, a Citizen's Association had a huge impact on protecting their water supply. Citizens can and have played very important roles in protecting watersheds and conserving natural resources. See recent post titled "Provocatuers, Incrementalists, and Sustainability Entreprenuers."
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To farm grapes you need to know what to do to maximize quality. And to make great wine, you need to know what not to do.
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What that means is that whatever procedure a winemaker chooses to employ on a wine should be only to improve it. So when a winemaker chooses to filter a wine, the task should be chosen because it makes the wine better.
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This is particularly noticeable in white wines that are typically chilled. What the crystals are, simply, are tartrates that naturally occur in wines, and which (because the wine was chilled) fell out of solution.
Almost all wines contain tartaric acid. This acid is in solution and isn't seen in most wine.
Many wineries are fearful that excessive chilling of a white or pink wine could cause some of the crystals to appear, making it look like there's glass at the bottom of the bottle. So they take the precaution of chilling the wine at the winery in a large tank.
This is called "cold stabilization" and it removes some of the tartrate crystals. The crystals are found at the bottom of the tank and can be turned into cream of tartar, which is used in baking.
When little or no cold stabilization is done, the wine will "throw" more tartrates (that's how winemaker say it), and this can be part of the sediment we find in older red wines.
These crystals and its related sediment are not harmful, just not very nice looking and they can be bitter.
Earlier this week I met with Fred Holloway, wine maker for Justin Vineyards in Paso Robles, Calif., to try his red wines from the 2006 vintage. Even though the wines were very young, just released in fact, most of them had some sediment in the bottom of the bottles.
"I don't cold stabilize my reds," said Holloway, a longtime winemaker with excellent credentials. "I don't think it makes them smell and taste better, so I avoid it."
I agreed. I'm not generally in favor of the procedure, but noted that some people might see sediment and assume something is wrong with the wine.
His reply was simple: Justin's wines are among the best in the Paso Robles region, and have a track record of tasting great when young and aging nicely for a decade or more.
And most people who are willing to pay the $45 to $60 for most of the winery's reds deserve to get a wine that was not pushed through a procedure the winemaker believes only detracts from it.
That doesn't mean to say cold stabilization is a bad procedure. Done carefully, it can make a wine look pristine.
But I respect winemakers willing avoid a process aimed mainly at a wine's appearance.
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Has it really been a year already? Apparently so, because another gauntlet of VMworld conferences approach and is bristling with energy and excitement. The Rubrik team and I will once again be embarking on an adventure to tour the Las Vegas and Barcelona events, spreading some serious amounts of knowledge, heavy-hitting swag, and a plethora of other surprises. This year, with thanks to our swelling customer base and buzz around making data protection "not suck," we've set the bar to ludicrous speed with a Platinum presence and all the trimmings that goes along with that. I'm stoked! Earlier, I blogged on Wahl Network with an outline of sessions in which I'm excited to present with the likes of Duncan Epping, Kyle Ruddy, Chris Gurley, and Eric Shanks. If you're interested in learning more about Rubrik CDM, data center automation, PowerShell and PowerCLI scripting, vRealize Automation blueprints, or vRealize Orchestrator workflows – and you'll be at either of the VMworld events – you're in for a treat! Stay tuned for even more epic details as we get closer to the VMware event of the year! 🙂
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Earth Day is Friday, April 22nd. What are you all doing to show respect for the earth? Kat and I try to do various things on a daily basis to show our love for mother earth. We actually do a few tea-related things, which got me thinking that it's time to share our tips with everyone! Here's what you can do to combine staying green with your love for tea:
Composting- You can compost your loose tea or tea bags. Add your leaves or bags right to your compost bin. if you have paper tea bags or tags with staples, you need to remove those staples first. The paper tags are even fine to throw into the mix. You should let the leaves decompose a little bit before you add any of the compost to your garden- tea could change the acidity in your soil. Kat makes sure not to waste a drop of brewed tea, and uses it for her plants. She dilutes leftover tea (doesn't happen very often!) and waters her houseplants. If you have acid-loving plants, you can even sprinkle those leaves right over the base of the plants. You'll want to mix the leaves with a bit of the dirt to get them closer to the roots.
Cleaning with tea- go green with your cleaning supplies. Cleaning with tea is safe and easy! It is all natural and tea is actually quite a good cleanser. You can clean windows, floors, even use as a room deodorizer. Check out my previous post on the subject. I think you'll find it economical and easy.
Planting herbs- A great way to avoid buying herbal tea and wasting lots of packaging is to grown your own herbs and make your own tea! I posted about great herbs for tea awhile back and you can find the post here. It's just so lovely to walk into your own herb garden, pick your herbs and brew up a fresh pot of tea. Kat doesn't have a large backyard, and she grows her herbs in small planters. It still works perfectly! She even has a friend that has a windowsill herb garden. I also recently came across a wonderful idea on pinterest- Dearies, you can make your own tea herb garden seed kit! This would make a lovely gift. You can include seeds for herbs such as chamomile, lavender, lemon balm, mint, and basil. The combinations are really up to you! You can include herb markers, even a little gardening shovel. Put it all in a pretty box, and it's ready for gift giving.
Dear readers, I know you are all very good and staying green. Do you have any tea-themed tips we can use for Earth Day? Please let us know. We can never do enough to help our earth.


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While this used to be a blog about atheism, it's now a blog about what comes after atheism. This is reflected in my new tagline:
Atheism is just the beginning;
now it's time to solve the harder questions.
Alex Rosenberg's The Atheist's Guide to Reality has much the same mission as my blog now does:
There is much more to atheism than its knockdown arguments that there is no God. There is the whole rest of the worldview that comes along with atheism. It's a demanding, rigorous, breathtaking grip on reality, one that has been vindicated beyond reasonable doubt. It's called science.
Interestingly, Rosenberg proposes that atheists embrace the (term of abuse) "scientism" to describe their worldview. Just as homosexuals reappropriated the word "queer" to defuse its use as a term of abuse, Rosenberg suggests:
Let's… call the worldview that all us atheists (and even some agnostics) share "scientism." This is the conviction that the methods of science are the only reliable ways to secure knowledge of anything; that science's description of the world is correct in its fundamentals; and that when "complete," what science tells us will not be surprisingly different from what it tells us today.
I kinda like the proposal, except that I can't say I'm on board with "scientism" so defined. When there's a disagreement between probability theory and science, I'm going with probability theory. Science has been successful because it approximated the normatively correct application of probability theory much better than earlier epistemic methods. But science is wrong in so far as it disagrees with probability theory.
Of course, it depends what you mean by "science." If the Bayesian revolution of the sciences continues such that non-Bayesian science is, two decades from now, simply considered "bad" science, then I'll be more willing to endorse a "scientism" grounded in the kind of science that agrees with probability theory.
But even this wouldn't quite be enough for me to embrace "scientism." Science is a particular human practice that is pretty successful at improving our knowledge, but it just isn't the only way to know things. One can have overwhelming Bayesian evidence for a proposition without the social structures of science having yet considered it.
For now, my preferred term to describe my worldview remains "naturalism."
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One client, Justin Marsh, founder of Phoenix-based Arthur Andrew Medical, said that was the reason he signed with Answer 1. "They'll answer as Arthur Andrew Medical," he said. "Nine times out of 10 you'll never know that you're speaking to an answering service."
And despite the downturn, Jones, who runs the 50-person company with her husband and son, has found massive success.
"We took a business that was billing $24,000 a month and turned it into a $4 million-a-year business," she said. "I love it."
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