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FAIRFIELD, CT (August 19, 2013) - The Sacred Heart University community is mourning the loss of Patrick Sibley, a former member of the men's volleyball team, after he died tragically on Sunday morning in a Metro train-related accident.
Sibley was a member of the Pioneers in 2011 before transferring to George Mason University where he was entering his senior season. The Sacred Heart and George Mason Athletics families extend their deepest condolences to the family, friends and teammates of Patrick.
"I am so deeply saddened by Pat's passing and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family in this very difficult time," stated head women's volleyball coach Rob Machan, who coach Pat and the men's team in 2011. "We are all going to miss his love and respect for the game and how he touched all of us that knew him with his love of life."
Sibley played for the Pioneers for one season and helped lead SHU to a 13-9 mark and a 5-3 record in the EIVA. He was fourth on the team with a 124 kills and posted a .339 hitting percentage. He was second on the team with 41 blocks. Sibley joined George Mason in 2012 and after sitting out his first season, he earned All-Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) first team honors in 2013. Sibley led the team with 77 total blocks and was second in service aces (21). He played in 21 matches, all but two in a starting role. This past season saw Sibley and his older brother, Shaun, play as teammates. He was an integrative studies major with a concentration in advertising.
"Our hearts are heavy with this tragic loss and our prayers are with the Sibley family," commented SHU men's volleyball coach Kalani Efstathiou. "Pat had a profound and lasting impact on his community both at Sacred Heart and George Mason. I knew Pat as a fierce and gifted competitor on the court. His friends here at Sacred Heart will continue to cherish the love he shared generously with the lives he touched."
On Tuesday, August 20th, Sacred Heart will hold a Memorial Mass at 8 pm in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit for Patrick.


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Back when I started working at RIM, I spent the better part of the first few days reading the documentation and testing all the features on my shiny new BlackBerry® 950 smartphone. As a big user of keyboard shortcuts on the PC, I was struck by how many useful and time saving keyboard shortcuts are built into the software. The trackwheel is an excellent navigation device, but for someone who has hit "Ctrl + S" three or four times already while typing this post, the keyboard shortcuts were a welcome feature.
However, my experience since has shown that shortcuts are often unknown to many users. I've lost count of the number of times I'd be demonstrating something to a customer at a tradeshow, only to be asked "How did you do that?" as I whisked my way through the message list and emails.
Now, many people will find that the keyboard shortcuts on a full QWERTY smartphone, like the BlackBerry® Bold™, to be fairly intuitive. "N" for the next message, "P" for the previous message, "R" to reply, and so forth. But when confronted with a SureType® keyboard, like those found on the BlackBerry® Pearl™ series , many customers assume there simply aren't shortcuts on the SureType devices. The truth is though, they've just moved around a little. Not all of the shortcuts made it over from the full QWERTY keyboard, but the important ones that let you navigate your message list like a pro are still there.
The "key" (ha ha) to navigational shortcuts on SureType is to think of the number keys like a directional pad. Numbers on the top row are generally for moving up, and numbers on the bottom row are for moving down; functions are paired top to bottom and left to right as well. Here's how it works:
1 – Move to the top of the open message, or the top of the message list (newest message)
7 – Move to the bottom of the open message, or bottom of the message list (oldest message)
3 – Move one screen up in the open message / message list
9 – Move one screen down in the open message / message list
4 – Open the previous message, or go to the previous day in the message list
6 – Open the next message, or go to the next day in the message list
Now, for the actual message functions, you're just going to have to employ a bit of memorization.
! – Reply to the current message
? – Reply to all to the current message
. – Forward the current message
, – Compose a new message
It might not seem like a big deal, but keyboard shortcuts make managing your messages easier, whether you're running through an airport clutching your carry-on, or killing time waiting for your friends at the coffee shop. To get a full list of the shortcuts for your smartphone, you can either check your user guide or surf over to the website and look at the online documentation.
EDIT: to include the full 4 / 6 shortcut list. Thanks James!

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Officer William Castaldi reported a larceny of wheels and tires from vehicles at the Bald Hill Kia dealership on Bald Hill Road on Nov. 26. The service manager at the dealership told Castaldi he came to work that day and found a 2012 Kia Sorento up on blocks and all of its wheels missing. He said the rims were aluminum and cost $393.80 each. He said the tires cost $180 and the total cost of the missing wheels was $2,296. He said the vehicle was intact the last time he saw it, around 5 p.m. two days before. The manager told Castaldi they checked the rest of the inventory and the Sorento was the only one with missing wheels. No suspects or witnesses.
A Bank Street resident called police around 3:40 a.m. on Nov. 25 to report that he had just come out of his house prepared to drive to Logan Airport in Boston to pick up his daughter just minutes before and found the back windshield and two passenger side door windows of his 2010 Jeep Wrangler smashed in. He told Officer Jeffrey Taranto he did hear a loud noise around 10 p.m. but did not look outside because they thought the noise was from a neighbor. The owner estimated it would cost about $600 to replace the glass. No suspects or witnesses.
Officer Quentin Tavares spoke with a Cranston woman on Nov. 26 who told him she was going through the drive-through lane of the McDonald's in Walmart Plaza between 9:30 and 10 p.m. on Nov. 24. She said her mother was in the car with her and they heard a loud bang but didn't think much of it at that time, but she did notice a small hole in the passenger door that day and suspected it came from a BB shot. She told Tavares she wanted to press charges against anyone who was found to have hit her car with a BB gun while there were people in it. Pictures were taken of the damage and the case was forwarded to detectives.
A West Warwick woman was arrested at the Kohl's store at Rhode Island Mall on Nov. 29 after loss prevention there told police she selected about 36 items of children's clothing from their displays and took them into a fitting room and concealed the clothes in five reusable bags she brought to the store and put them at the bottom of a shopping cart. They said she paid for some items at checkout but not for the goods in the five bags. She was stopped outside and taken back into the store, where they said they recovered $611.19 worth of clothing. Shara J. Mello, 28, of 12 Turner Dr., West Warwick, was later released from headquarters with a summons for District Court.
Officer Jason Cooke arrested two Massachusetts women at Macy's on Nov. 25 after loss prevention at the store told him they saw the pair take five North Face jackets and "stage" them next to the southwest exit of the store before they put them in a large Macy's bag and exited the store. He said they were escorted back into the store, where five jackets worth $907 were recovered. Darlene Canales, 46, of 3 Snow Terrrace, and Maria Pires, 43, of 3 Walter Terrace in Somerville, Mass., were charged with shoplifting and held for the bail commissioner and later released on $1,000 each surety bail.
Michael J. Lambert, 37, of 38 Keith Ave., Cranston, was arrested and charged with shoplifting at the Walmart store on Post Road on Nov. 26. Loss prevention told police he took a cell phone and two Lego sets and altered the price tags to reflect a lower price and checking out without paying for an iPhone case he took out of a package and used for his own phone. He was charged with stealing $189.96 from the store and later released with a summons.
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All Kristen wanted to do was make a deposit into her checking account at a Chase bank in Washington State, but she says a pushy concierge pulled her out of line and gave her the third degree about why she used ING rather than Chase as her primary bank.
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I was taking to the employees desk, where the transaction began. After having the check deposited, I was then asked if I would like a receipt. I said no, since I didn't need the paper and thought I would be able to leave. Unfortunately for me I was then asked a series of questions about my account activity, how often do I use my accounts at Chase (not that often), what my typical balance was there etc.
After it being made clear that they were not my primary bank, they then asked me about my bank (ING). Questions ranged from the normal, "Why do you use ING over us?" to the more personal, "How much do you have in that bank and what does a typical statement look like." Getting annoyed now that I am being forced to answer all of these questions when all I did was put money into the bank, I become rather curt with my answers (never rude). Finally the employee pulls out a list of Chase account options which she deems better for me, with me opting out. Now the big guns come out, regarding the hotly debated overdraft protection. I decline. Apparently to fully decline I need to wait for a form to print, initial and then sign. After all of that, I was then allowed to leave.
How annoying. I suppose I write this as a cautionary tale to those, on our lunch breaks, who want to simply make a deposit, to not get side swiped by another attendant. The only real reason I bank with Chase is so I can make deposits that fall outside of my direct deposits to ING, since mailing in my check doesn't seem like the safest option (and there isn't a brick and mortar branch in Washington State).
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Seniors Sydney Weatherford and Stacy Burr led the Coker Cobras softball team to a two-game sweep of the Crusaders of Belmont Abbey on Friday (Feb. 28) afternoon. The Cobras won game one 16-1 in five innings and then won game two 6-5. With the wins Coker improves to 7-6 overall.
Weatherford was the offensive leader in game one as she belted a three-run homer and drove in two runs on a double for five RBIs. Then in game two Burr was the hero of the game as she crushed a walk-off home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the seventh to give the Cobras the 6-5 victory.
Lauren Phillips (3-4) earned the win in game one. She went three innings, allowing no runs and no hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Tabitha Allen (2-2) picked up the win in game two. She threw 3.2 innings, allowing just three hits and no runs with four strikeouts.
In the first game of the day the Cobras poured on the runs by scoring five runs in the first, seven in the third and another four in the fourth. Weatherford was the leading hitter going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, five RBIs and two runs scored. Burr, Tayler Barcomb and Ashlee Allen drove in two runs each, while Carley Bailey drove in three runs. Katelyn Szupello and Megan Strickland each went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and Szupello also added an RBI.
The second game of the day looked as if it might be a victory for Belmont Abbey as the Crusaders took a 5-0 lead in the top of the fourth. Coker answered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning to make it a 5-2 game. The score remained unchanged until the bottom of the sixth when Szupello laced a two out, two-run triple into left field and then scored on an error to tie the game at five. Then in the bottom of the seventh with two outs, Burr sent a towering home run deep into left field to give the Cobras a 6-5 walk-off victory.
Burr, Weatherford and Szupello each finished game two 2-for-3. Burr and Weatherford each drove in and scored a run, while Szupello drove in two runs and scored a run.
The Cobras will be back in action on Saturday (Mar. 8) in a non-conference double-header at Barton College. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Prague & Budapest" We leave Western Europe behind as we venture to the exotic cities of Prague and Budapest. In Prague, we marvel at the startlingly beautiful old town and tour the labyrinthine castle that haunted writer Franz Kafka. Bohemian glass dazzles us as we browse the flourishing shops in this former Communist country, and we witness the scene of the "Velvet Revolution". D
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In The Americas with David Yetman "Hawaii's Big Island: The Volcanos' Gifts" The Hawaiian Islands owe their existence to a volcanic hotspot, whose spewings over millions of years have created the archipelago. Yetman climbs over old and new lava flows to observe new lands emerging from the ocean, and observes manta rays flocking at night to the newly created seafloor of the Kona coast.G
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Ciao Italia "Pizza on the Grill/Pizza Alla Griglia" It's summertime at last, and Mary Ann fires up the grill -- not for burgers -- but for pizza, starting with a Roasted Vegetable Pizza topped with zucchini, eggplant, squash and red Onions. And for dessert? Even more pizza, this time a sweet, Mini-dessert Pizza topped with honey, fresh mint and sliced apricots. D
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Cooking Odyssey "Chania" Eva visits a monastery with a special link to the Greek revolution, and a historical village that was restored after the discovery of an old olive press. D
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Pati's Mexican Table "Avocado" Pati shows viewers how to pick and prime the perfect avocado, then walks them through three great recipes: Avocado and Hearts of Palm Chop Chop Salad; Pepitos: Steak and Avocado Sandwich on Crusty Bread; Coconut and Avocado Ice Cream. D
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At MR PORTER we are more than just pioneers, we are a group of individuals with a shared goal of excellence, innovation and integrity underpinning everything we do. Thanks to an enviable pool of talented people, we are realising our goal to become the number one global style destination for men. To continue this growth and expansion, we are seeking talented people to join our diverse team. Whether your skills lie in fashion, the creative arts, technology or logistics, we can offer you a broad range of challenging roles in a truly unique environment.
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IGN and GAME unite for Gears of War launch event
Fans will be able to play the new Gears of War game at a special pre-launch event next month, courtesy of IGN and GAME.
The 'First Look' promotion is the first in a series of events following a partnership between the media and retail giant.
40 fans will be able to invite two friends to play the new Xbox title ahead of the game's midnight launch, with ten stores around the country running the special event.
We need to be a lot more pragmatic in terms of how each part of the industry can work together to help facilitate people's experience of games," said GAME boss Martyn Gibbs.
In terms of that, it is really key for me that we have struck our first major partnership with IGN. Culturally our businesses our similar, in terms of what we want to achieve for the longer-term benefit for the games industry.
We started doing lock-ins last year with Assassin's Creed III, which was allowing gamers to get access to the game a while before it came out.
Basically, with that we are trying to act as a cinema in terms of creating theatre."
IGN International director Ian Chambers added: GAME is the No.1 specialist retailer and IGN is the No.1 in games media, so we've always thought there would be a great fit there."


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OMAHA, Neb.—Iowa will take no legal action against the No. 2 officer in charge of U.S. nuclear war-fighting forces who is accused of using counterfeit gambling chips at a casino in the state, officials said Tuesday.
Nonetheless Navy Vice Adm. Tim Giardina could still face federal charges.
Giardina was suspended Sept. 3 while Naval Criminal Investigative Service examines the allegation that he used $1,500 in counterfeit chips at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa in June.
Matt Wilbur, the top prosecutor in Iowa's Pottawattamie County, said Giardina's lack of a criminal record coupled with his distinguished service to the country makes it very likely he would avoid serious punishment in a state court. But the Defense Department can take action against him under the military code of conduct.
"They assured us they would have the ability to deal with him," Wilbur said.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service spokesman Ed Buice said a federal investigation is underway but that the agency won't comment on ongoing investigations.
Giardina officially remains deputy commander at U.S. Strategic Command, which is based at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, but is prohibited from performing duties involving nuclear weapons or requiring a security clearance.
Strategic Command oversees the military's nuclear fighter units, including the Navy's nuclear-armed submarines and the Air Force's nuclear bombers and nuclear land-based missiles.
The head of Strategic Command, Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler, has recommended that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reassign Giardina.
Before Giardina started his assignment at Strategic Command in December 2011, he was deputy commander and chief of staff at U.S. Pacific Fleet. He is a career submarine officer.
The allegations against Giardina follow two other troubling incidents involving the military's nuclear establishment.
The nuclear missile unit at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., pulled 17 launch control officers off duty last spring after a problematic inspection and later relieved of duty the officer in charge of training and proficiency.
At Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., a nuclear missile unit failed a nuclear safety and security inspection in August. Then an officer in charge of that unit's security forces was relieved of duty nine days later.


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I need an app built using Google Hangouts API.
The App shall have 3 purposes: 1) video group calls, 2) play with active head movement, 3) a menu with external links, to show scores from other games. I will provide the weblink or URLs from the other games. I just need to have the menu or <a href=""
Here is an example using Google Hangouts API: [login to view URL] .. This example uses the Google Hangouts API to allow up to 10 Video Callers, to share in a ping-pong game. The paddles are moved by the movement of a Video Caller's head. Each participant can use a Google API generated link ( [login to view URL]) to join the Video Call/Game.
Once the limit for Hangouts has been reached, obviously I'll need to programmatically generate another link. (using PHP or javascript preferably).
The background for the game shall be a football field and the actors ("paddles") shall be football players. I guess a football will go on the field somewhere. I will provide all of the necessary graphics, png or jpegs.
There are many sample source code provided by Google Hangouts API here.. https://developers.google.com/+/hangouts/sample-apps
Take a look at the Google Face Movement App - demonstrates face movement callbacks.
Good luck!
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Baseball Season Comes to an End in With 9-8 Loss to Troy in NCAA Regional
The 2013 Alabama baseball season came to an end on Sunday afternoon with a heartbreaking 9-8 loss to the 26th-ranked and third seeded Troy Trojans in an elimination game of the Tallahassee Regional from Mike Martin Field. Despite outhitting Troy 15-8 on the day, the Tide was unable to close out the game as the Trojans scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk off with the win.
"It was a tough one and a tough way to lose. I thought our guys competed really hard," head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "This has been a season that we've been on the edge like that late in games, but we've been able to finish most of them off and today we weren't. We allowed Troy too many opportunities and they did a good job to get some big hits there in the ninth inning. It doesn't take away that our guys competed extremely hard and I think our young guys learned a lot from the tournament. We've just got to regroup and get better for next year."
With the Tide leading 8-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth, Alabama (35-28) turned the ball over to closer Ray Castillo. Castillo (2-3) blew his third save of the season, allowing four runs on three walks, two hit batters and two hits in a third of an inning. The game-winning run came when Castillo walked Brandon Brown with bases loaded to push across Josh McDorman to end the game.
With the win, Troy will take on Florida State tonight at 5 p.m. ET. Jeremy McGowan threw the final 1.1 innings for the Trojans (42-19) to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Alabama collected 15 hits as eight of the nine starters had at least one hit in the game. Chance Vincent had a career-high three hits, going 3-for-4 with a run scored. Hitting leadoff for the first time in his career, Mikey White was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Seven seniors played their final games for the Tide, as Brett Booth and Andrew Miller finished their career with two hits in the game. Booth was 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored and Miller was 2-for-4 and scored twice. Kyle Overstreet was 2-for-5 and Austen Smith was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored.
Although the Trojans had eight hits in the game, they had 12 more base runners thanks to eight walks, three hits batters and an error by the Tide. McDorman was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI and Logan Pierce was 2-for4 with two runs scored for Troy. Kyle Brown doubled in his only at-bat, as he drove in two in the four-run ninth inning. Matthew Howard and Brandon Brown also had two RBI in the game.
Alabama got on the scoreboard in the third inning when Georgie Salem's sacrifice fly allowed Vincent to score. Vincent and White singled with one out to put runners on second and third for Salem.
The Trojans answered in the fourth inning, when a McDorman two-out single up the middle allowed Pierce to score from second. Pierce singled to open the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Danny Collins.
The Tide answered in the next half inning when Miller scored on a groundout by White. White hit a two hopper to first, and after Trae Santos stepped on the bag, Miller beat the throw home to give the Tide a 2-1 lead. Miller singled with one out in the inning and moved up the third when Vincent singled for the second time in the game.
Bama extended its lead to 4-1 in the sixth, getting a pair of RBI singles by Overstreet and Ben Moore. Troy answered in the bottom of the sixth with three runs to tie the game at 4-4.Taylor Vaughn reached on an error and Pierce singled to start the inning. After Collins struck out, Santos walked to load the bases for McDorman, who doubled to deep center field to drive in two. Santos scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Howard to tie the game at four.
UA answered in the top of the seventh with three runs, getting two on a double by Booth and another on a double by Smith. White started the inning with a single and moved to second on a sac bunt by Salem. After Kenny Roberts was intentionally walked, Booth ripped a double to the left field corner. Smith then traded places with Booth when he doubled to the wall in left center, giving the Tide a 7-4 lead.
After the Smith double, Troy went to the bullpen again, bringing in Nate Hill to face Overstreet. Overstreet singled to left field and Smith was cut down at the plate trying to score from second.
Troy loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the eighth. Reliever Jay Shaw struck out Jakob Nixon for the second out, but Brown singled through the left side to drive in pinch runner Cass Abercrombie to make the score 8-5. Shaw then struck out Justin Hancock to end the inning.
Alabama went down in order in the top of the ninth inning, before the Trojans scored four times in the ninth inning to end the Bama season.


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The Bucs captured three individual titles and one relay title in the event. On the mens side, senior Jason Farr won the high jump by clearing the bar at 605.05". Andrew Whitson continued his dominance of the decathlon by winning the event yesterday.
In one of the weekends most exciting races, junior Roseline Addo (:55.19) edged teammate Jennifer Howard by .24 seconds to capture the 400 meters title. Howard and Addo also dueled in the 200 meters, finishing fourth and fifth respectively. The womens 4x400 meter relay squad outran the competition by four seconds and won the race with a time of 3:48.26.
In the Southern Conference Championships the top three athletes in each event earn All-Southern Conference honors. In addition to ETSUs champions, the other Bucs to earn All-SoCon honors were: Lauren Campbell, Josh Artau and Evan Hawkins.
Campbell finished second in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:39.10. She also competed in the 800 meters, finishing fifth with a time of 2:19.45.
Artau dominated the throwing events for the Bucs. He finished second in the shot put (4801.25"), third in the javelin (17205") and eigth in the discus (12900"). Senior Evan Hawkins concluded his dazzling career with two second-place finishes -- in the 200 meters (:21.6) and 400 meters (:47.56). Hawkins placed eighth in the 100 meter dash with a time of :12.07.
Appalachian State captured the mens title while Western Carolina earned the womens championship.


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EDIT: Hmm, so it works fine when I load it from my own machine, but if I load it from the link it doesn't seem to work, even though it seems to be exactly the same code. I'll try to figure this out before the next release.
EDIT EDIT: Alright, if you download the zip file from the link below, unpack it, and open the file in chrome, it works. This is much more complicated than just clicking the link. Many apologies.
Alright everyone. In the site improvements thread from earlier today, someone mentioned that my suggestion of allowing us to block users with negative points might be able to be taken care of via a greasemonkey script.
I hadn't ever tried them before, but it turns out hiding posts by users with negative points is actually pretty simple. Anyway, if you're in Chrome or if you have GreaseMonkey installed on FireFox, clicking this link should allow you to install the script.
DISCLAIMER: I haven't put anything purposely malicious into this, but I also haven't ever written a GreaseMonkey script before, so there's always a possibility that this will cause other sites to go haywire. For instance, I haven't put any checking in to make sure you're actually on MGoBlog, etc. Try at your own risk.
When I've got more time I'm going to try to tweak it so you can adjust point thresholds, etc. All this does is look for the - in front of the point total. Thresholds would require parsing the points, which I wasn't able to do in the half hour I spent putting this together.


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As the new government considers its energy policy agenda, and in light of the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) review of electricity market competition, now is a good time to consider the effects of OFGEM's current regulatory framework on actual market outcomes for consumers. Current regulations undervalue the effect of innovation on the benefits that consumers enjoy. The CMA's provisional findings reflect an understanding of the beneficial potential of innovation.
Free Market Welfare: The Case for a Negative Income Tax
Britain's welfare system is overcomplicated, wasteful and counterproductive. In Free Market Welfare, Michael Story makes the case for merging most working-age benefits into a Negative Income Tax – a single, tapered payment that tops up the wages of the working poor and guarantees that work always pays.
Utility Gains
This paper assesses the various utility sales of telecoms, gas, water and electricity companies during the 1980's and 1990's and looks at how government, shareholders and customers fared since the privatisation process. The paper argues that the following benefits occurred for each stakeholder:
For the government – various general benefits accrued, such as a pronounced surge in investment. It benefited financially, both from one-off sales proceeds and from ongoing sizeable Corporation Tax receipts.
For shareholders, like pension funds, have generally done very well, with many privatizations – particularly the 12 RECs – heavily outperforming the FTSE 100. Privatized water stocks, too, have powered ahead. There are a few notable exceptions to this, such as Railtrack, British Energy and British Telecom.
For utility customers the financial benefits have been less tangible – in a period of massively rising wholesale prices there has been little to pass on. But investment has been much higher and much-needed improvements in customer service have been developed. Telecoms prices have actually fallen materially, while domestic gas, water and electricity prices have all risen sharply in real terms. However, domestic energy prices have risen mainly due to much higher wholesale gas costs – not because of private sector ownership.
The paper finds investment in utilities is now much higher than before privatization, especially in the electricity distribution and water sectors. It also argues that the privatisation of utilities also created an innovation spike, specifically in the telecoms sector.
Time for Time Limits
- The UK's welfare system is in a parlous state, beset by ineffective policies, a culture of dependency, and an ever-increasing price tag. While well-intentioned, recent reforms such as Universal Credit have done little to change this. We must seek more radical reforms to shore up the UK's welfare system and boost employment.
- This in mind, the UK should adopt a 5 year time limit on all out-of-work benefits, with payments withdrawn incrementally to avoid a 'cliff at the end of the period'.
- We can look to President Clinton's reforms of the 1990s for evidence of time limits' effectiveness. Clinton's Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) saw a 6–7% fall in unemployment counts, a decrease in benefits caseloads by 96%, an unprecedented increase in female employment, and a reduction in government spending by an estimated $54.2 billion between 1996 and 2002.
- While they are no panacea, combined with investment in re-training and up-skilling, time limits on welfare would be a significant step towards fixing the UK's distortional welfare system and breaking the cycle of learned victimhood.
Trial & Error & The Idea of Progress
This book is an analysis of progress – its meaning, its constituent elements, the conditions that favour it, and the methods people use to achieve it. Its central theme is that progress implies a closer approach to nominated goals; there must be a target to make progress towards. Alternative attempts to achieve progress are tested against each other, and new attempts are tested against old ones. The ones which prove better than their rivals at achieving progress towards chosen goals are retained, and inferior alternatives are discarded.
You can buy your copy of Trial and Error here
Abolish the Poor
- It isn't greedy employers, but greedy government, that is keeping people in inwork poverty; without tax on low earnings even workers on the 2015 minimum wage would earn a living wage.
- The government should raise the national insurance contributions (NICs) threshold along with the income tax threshold to let workers keep more of what they earn—without tax 37.5h on the minimum wage would give workers just 32p/h (or £670/year) less than the living wage.
- Employer-side NICs fall partly on employment and partly on workers' wages— cutting them should also be a governmental priority.
- Unconditional benefits paid to those in work are not a subsidy to employers, in fact they may induce employers to offer higher wages; those such as tax credits go mostly through to higher wages. Rothstein (2010) estimated that in the United States 73% of the Earning Income Tax Credit went to the worker.
- Even if the minimum wage for the over-25s were increased to £9/hour under the current tax system, take home pay will be only 69p/hour above the untaxed level of the 2015 minimum wage. This difference will become even less significant considering planned increases in the minimum wage in the coming 5 years.
- Instead of imposing a mandatory National Living Wage, the Chancellor would have done better to remove taxes from the lowest paid, giving workers a similar level of post-tax income while forgoing the 60,000 higher unemployment and £1.5 billion lower GDP that the Office for Budget Responsibility predicts will accompany his plans.
No Stress: The flaws in the Bank of England's stress testing programme
In 2014, the Bank of England commenced a stress testing programme in an effort to test the capital adequacy of major UK-based banks. It concluded that its results demonstrated the resilience of the banking system. No Stress, a report from the Adam Smith Institute, suggests that we should be extremely sceptical of the Bank's conclusions.
The report sees Kevin Dowd, Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, professor of finance and economics at Durham University, and author of three books, ten book chapters, and dozens of journal articles on risk modelling, present a powerful and rigorous indictment of the Bank's stress testing programme.
Dowd makes the case that the stress tests are significantly methodologically flawed and worse than useless, giving policymakers unreliable information about the strength of the UK banking system, providing false risk comfort, and creating systemic instability by forcing banks to converge towards the Bank of England's models.
For these reasons and more, he concludes that we should end regulatory risk modelling and re-establish strong bank governance systems that make decision-makers personally liable for the risks they take.
The No Breakfast Fallacy
The depletion of mineral reserves poses no serious threat to society, this new report from the Adam Smith Institute concludes.
The No Breakfast Fallacy: Why the Club of Rome was wrong about us running out of resources argues that outcries over resource availability from environmentalist groups are based on a misinterpretation of numbers and a misunderstanding of what mineral resources actually are.
The monograph, written by Senior Fellow and rare earths expert Tim Worstall, says that groups that have warned about the world running out of rare mineral resources, such as The Club of Rome, have been using the wrong sets of data, mistaking the exhaustion of mineral reserves for the exhaustion of mineralresources.
Mineral reserves, the monograph explains, are simply the minerals that have been prepared for use for the next few decades; they are minerals that can be mined with current technology at current prices. Some reserves are going to run out in the near future, but this is a normal process. Every generation runs out of mineral reserves.
Mineral resources, however, refer to a concentration of minerals of a certain quality and quantity that have shown reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction. These are much larger than mineral reserves.
Organic farming, for example, may be a useful idea, the monograph asserts, but the idea that it is a necessity because we're about to run out of inorganic fertilisers is based on a falsehood. The reserves for minerals used in fertilizers may exhaust in the next few hundred years, but the exhaustion of resources is not estimated to occur for 1,400 years for phosphate and 7,300 years for potassium.
The report concludes that efforts to conserve and/or recycle mineral resources are wasteful and often end up being net harms to society, by diverting economic activity from more productive uses.
Non-Sense: Examining the arguments and rhetoric around non-dom tax provisions
- Being a UK resident with non-domiciled status simply means that one does not intend to remain indefinitely. The tax system requires residents to be taxed on their foreign income. Non-doms resident in the UK elect to be taxed on either the arising basis (their worldwide income is taxed automatically) or the remittance basis (they are only taxed on worldwide income if they bring it to the UK). 2008 reforms mean that after 7 years of UK residence, non-doms who choose to be taxed in the latter way must pay a yearly fee of £30,000 (rising to £50,000 after more years of residence).
- Ed Miliband has claimed that there are 116,000 non-doms but this ignores those of the UK's 400,000 international students and 6 million foreign-born workers who did not have to file a self-assessment form and those who did file it but did not tick the non-dom box. It is estimated that something like 1 million are not permanent residents, so are by definition non-doms.
- The rules introduced by Labour (and supported by the Tories) in 2008 ended up only hurting less wealthy non-doms and did nothing to really wealthy ones: electing to be taxed on a remittance basis benefits only those with very high foreign incomes.
- The UK is far from the only country with an arrangement for taxing foreign incomes. In fact, of the 221 jurisdictions which have some form of personal income tax, a mere 35 tax only local income.
- There is a substantial literature showing that tax systems are very important in deciding where top talent goes. It tells us that punitive changes to the UK tax system could discourage the most valuable potential immigrants from footballers to inventors.
- Changing how we determine someone's domicile is likely to have unintended consequences. First, making it easier to acquire a new domicile might reduce inheritance tax receipts, as UK domiciled residents of foreign countries currently pay UK death duties on their worldwide estates. Second, changes to the concept of domicile would have repercussions in other areas of law, such as matrimonial matters and determining the validity of wills.
- The ethical justifications for Ed Miliband's view that it is immoral that non-doms do not pay tax on their foreign income are deeply contentious. There is no principled moral case for taxing more than local income.
The Ties that Bind
- Social cohesion is the strength of interactions between members of society. These interactions are characterised by a number of norms that include trust, a sense of belonging, and a willingness to participate.
- Measures of social cohesion include generalised trust, interpersonal trust, civic participation and volunteering.
- Evidence from the US suggests a strong relationship between rising diversity and lower levels of generalised trust. There is much less evidence for a relationship between diversity and other measures of social cohesion in the US.
- There are some cultural reasons to suspect that American evidence might not fully apply to Europe and the UK.
- European evidence at a national level does not suggest a negative relationship between diversity and trust or other social cohesion indicators.
- Evidence from the UK is mixed. There is some evidence to suggest an association between higher diversity and lower generalised trust – yet there is also conflicting evidence which finds no such association.
- There is little evidence to suggest a negative relationship between diversity and other measures of social cohesion such as: civic participation, trust in authority, or voluntary work in the UK.


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This is a fun blog post this week! It is based on Katie O's post You Might Be a Genealogist If ... on the You Are Where You Came from blog.
"You might be a genealogist if . . . you know exactly what you want to get with your tax refund, and it's your great-great-great-grandmother's death certificate."
Here are the directions:
1) Make up your own "You Might be a Genealogist if..." sayings. One or more. Lots. The more the merrier. You can use Katie's tax theme, or any other theme - you're completely free to make up anything you want!
2) Tell us about them in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, in a Twitter feed, or in a Facebook status line or comment.
Here are mine:
1. You might be a genealogist if ... you send SASE and blank Family Group sheets to your family with your Christmas cards.
2. You might be a genealogist if ... the first thing you ask someone new you meet is where their ancestors come from and then offer to look it up for them if they don't know.
3. You might be a genealogist if ... a bill collector calls about a late payment and she ends up telling you how her family was on the ship that rescued the survivors of the Titanic. Of course you encourage the conversation because it buys you some extra time to pay that late payment!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - You Might be a Genealogist if ...
4 comments :
- twomeow said...
You can't pass a cemetery without secretly wishing you could stop and check it out
- April 10, 2011 at 1:17 AM
- twomeow said...
You write FAG in a note or letter and are annoyed when someone tells you it is a "slur"
- April 10, 2011 at 1:18 AM
- twomeow said...
You have a picture of your GGrgandmother hanging on the wall by your computer and are always looking for her facial features in the faces of your children/nieces/nephews/cousins and most times find them !
- April 10, 2011 at 1:23 AM
- nuccia said...
These are wonderful! Thanks for sharing them!
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Traditional Level Up Replaced By Unique Board
Berlin, January 24, 2014— Sandbox Interactive today unveils the new Destiny Board feature for their upcoming cross-platform Sandbox MMO, Albion Online. Eschewing traditional level ups, players instead earn small perks and bonuses over a period of time by performing actions based on what their character is learning. Players can view the full Destiny Board and sign up for the upcoming closed beta test at http://albiononline.com/
"The Destiny Board was designed to give players some direction in a world in which there are no levels," said David Salz, Technical Director at Sandbox Interactive, "Though players are not relying on a traditional level-up system, they are still able to plan their own Destiny in the world of Albion, and become their own unique hero."
Via the Destiny Board, players themselves could decide how to focus the development of their character. Depending on which of the three paths players choose (Crafting, PvE, and PvP), there will be various unlockable bonuses to acquire, which will help players design and support their own play style. Missions on the Destiny Board will range from gathering a certain number of materials, taking or dealing damage, getting a certain number of kills, a certain level of fame, and other goals.
The Destiny Board is divided into three major areas:
The first consists of a number of missions and quests which will reward you with various vanity items as well as some small bonus stats. These missions are divided into 3 branches: PvP, PvE and Casual.
In the center of the Destiny Board can be found all of the items in the game. Here you can unlock both the skills to equip and wear these items as well as the ability to craft them.
In the lower part you'll find everything relating to the buildings in Albion Online. Here you can unlock new and more powerful buildings to craft.
When objectives are completed, a reward in the form of an item or building recipe, or a permanent bonus to a character's hit points, carry weight, armor rating, or damage when using a certain weapon is granted. This will ensure players rise swiftly up the ranks in a way which complements their individual play style. The Destiny Board is a way of providing direction to players while avoiding classification and restriction. Creating a mage with ranged weapons, or a tank with healing spells, any combination is possible in a classless system!
In addition to the full Destiny Board, which can be reached straight from the HUD, players are given a prompt for three or more current objectives at the bottom edge of the screen at login; with these reminders, you'll be able to pick up from where you left off last time.
Albion Online is the first true cross-platform MMO, running on different devices including Windows, iOS and Android at the same time and in the same world! Albion Online will go into beta in early 2014 and players can get all the latest updates by following the game on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
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We are Sandbox Interactive, an independent company founded in January 2012 and based in Berlin, Germany. We believe that the creation of your own world and interaction with other players are paramount to entertainment -- and both creating and interacting are best experienced in sandbox games. Tteam hat's why we are extremely passionate about sandbox MMORPGs. Currently, we are a of 12 full time employees and 9 freelancers, all working hard on our project Albion Online. Most of us are coders and artists. We believe that delivering a great product is most important. That's why we focus on our game rather than on marketing or a huge B2B network. And even more important, everyone in our team is still a gamer themselves and loves games. We hope that you will be able to feel this love in our game.
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William D. Eggers is the executive director of the Center for Government Insights at Deloitte and the author or co-author of numerous books on government reform. His latest book, Delivering on Digital: the Innovators and Technologies that Are Transforming Government, was published in June 2016. Other books Eggers has authored or co-authored include The Solution Revolution: How Business, Government and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society's Toughest Problems; If We Can Put a Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government; The Public Innovators' Playbook; Government 2.0; and Governing by Network.
Eggers' writings have won numerous awards including the Louis Brownlow award for best book on public management, the Sir Antony Fisher award for best book promoting an understanding of the free economy, and the Roe Award for leadership and innovation in public-policy research. A former manager of the Texas Performance Review and director of e-Texas, he has advised governments around the world, and his commentaries have appeared in dozens of major media outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune.


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The Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference has named its scholar-athletes for the 2008-09 winter sports season.
Each school in the league was allowed to select two athletes for the recognition.
The scholar-athletes include:
Bolton- Benjamin Gaddy and Amanda Moffitt;
Chazy - Michael Santor and Sagan Trombley;
Elizabethtown-Lewis - Logan Morris and Riley Diemand;
Indian Lake - Murphy Farrell and Matthew Rusch ;
Johnsburg - Joshua Harvey and Martina Svrchek;
Keene - Luke Andrews and Alicia Ashe;
Long Lake - Jordan Wallace and Hannah Lamos;
Minerva - Sam Kelly and Lisseth Mendoza;
Newcomb - Garrett Norris and Emily Bolan;
Schroon Lake - Brennan Bush and Ashley Whitty;
Wells - Stephanie Page;
Westport - Sean Davis and Sarah Gibbs; and
Crown Point did not participate in the scholar-athlete program.


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A giant red ball has traveled the globe for the past 13 years. Aptly called the RedBall Project, it's stopped in cities from Paris to Perth and is currently stationed in Rennes, France at the historic Place de la Mairie. It's there from July 3rd to July 9th as part of the Les Tombées de la Nuit Arts Festival.
The larger-than-life inflatable sphere is currently squeezed into the Opéra de Rennes' narrow archways and begs for the passersby to interact with it; at 250 pounds and 15 feet tall, it's hard to miss. Reminiscent of a child's toy on steroids, it adds a sense of playfulness to the landscape as it's photographed, touched, and even bounced into.
The creator, Kurt Perschke, explains the idea behind his sculpture:
The urban environment is overbuilt and full of possibilities, and the project is about seeing the sculptural spaces of a city. The humor and charisma of the piece allow it access to the city and invites others into its story. I think it's essential for public work to do more than be "outdoors" – it needs to live in the public's imagination. (Via designboom)


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Wigwam Burger is a fast food restaurant chain in Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Grand Theft Auto V.
Unlike Burger Shot, Wigwam Burger restaurants are not interactive to the player. The chain is roughly similar in size to Burger Shot's, with one restaurant in Liberty City, one in Alderney and two in Los Santos. In GTA Chinatown Wars, Wigwam Burger offers scratch cards that may be used to win food items from Wigwam Burger or a $50 cash prize.
Its direct competitors are presumably Burger Shot and Up-n-Atom Burger.
They are one of the official sponsors of the CNT program I'm Rich.
It could very likely be based on Whataburger, considering that both of them share similarities such as the name and the logo. It could also be based on McDonald's, with its similar logo, status as a burger restaurant, and locations in-game.
- In GTA IV, The Triangle branch of Wigwam Burger is located in a replica of Candler Building, which similarly locates a large McDonald's restaurant.
- In GTA V, the Del Perro branch is a replica of a Coffee Bean Tea Leaf store located on Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles.
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto V
- Wigwam Burger has a Native American theme, with several characteristics reinforcing this claim. The "wigwam" name itself appears to be derived from the name of a traditional form of Native American dwelling occasionally confused as a teepee (a confusion which could also arise from the design of Wigwam Burger's "W" logo, which appears more like a teepee). The motto for Wigwam Burger, "No need for reservations", as noted at the end of "I'm Rich", may also refer to Native American reservations.
- "No need for reservations" could also refer to its lack of customers, indicating that the restaurant is uncrowded.
- The celebrity Kerry McIntosh apparently crashed her red Huntley Sport into the side of a Wigwam Burger while she was intoxicated.


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Family group wants AT&T chief gone from Scouting
'He is using his corporate influence to bully the BSA into gay assimilation'
Just hours after the Boy Scouts of America revealed the organization would not go the way of most of corporate America and open their doors to open homosexuals, a prominent family group with millions of constituents said a resolution to the issue isn't complicated:
Simply remove those members of the Scout board who want to "bully" the organization into accepting homosexuality.
The campaign for the Scouts to accept homosexual adult leaders and scouts has been ongoing since before 2000, when the U.S. Supreme Court determined that as a private organization the Scouts could set standards for participation and did not have to accept homosexuals.
However, the pressure has grown intense in recent months and weeks, especially after the Scouts announced last summer they were reaffirming the ban following a two-year review of the issue.
Then last week the organization said it was considering that very move, and it was widely expected that at the board's meeting in Irving, Texas, today they would formalize the change.
Instead, they postponed the decision until May.
The group said, "After careful consideration and extensive dialogue within the Scouting family, along with comments from those outside the organization, the volunteer officers of the Boy Scouts of America's National Executive Board concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy."
Reports said a task force was being assembled to once again review the issue.
Officials with the American Family Association immediately said a social media campaign is what is needed to have AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson removed from the Scouting board.
"He doesn't espouse their values; he should move on," said the announcement from the organization that suggested constituents utilize Facebook, Twitter and an online petition to coalesce opposition to Stephenson.
The plan:
- "Facebook users: Copy and post this message on the AT&T Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ATT. ATT CEO Randall Stephenson should resign from the executive board of the Boy Scouts of America. He doesn't espouse their values, he should move on. http://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/SignPetition.asp?id=2000.
- Twitter users: Copy and paste this message to your Twitter account: @boyscouts @att ATT CEO Stephenson should resign from the BSA Board. He doesn't espouse BSA values. https://bitly.com/Ws7GKK+ #boyscouts #att
- Not a social media user? Sign our petition to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. We'll deliver the message for you!
That shares goals with an existing WND petition campaign to the Boy Scouts to hold to its century-old moral standards.
AFA noted, "One of those leading the charge to change the policy to allow homosexuals as leaders is AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. … It seems Stephenson's mission is to destroy the Boy Scouts of America from within. As an executive board member, he is using his corporate influence to bully the BSA into gay assimilation."
AFA said, "It is time for Stephenson to resign from the BSA board."
"AT&T has already cut funding to the BSA, a direct personal conflict of interest for Stephenson," the group said. "It's reasonable to expect members of the BSA board to lead in a way that exemplifies the very basic values that made the BSA successful. Stephenson has shown he doesn't. It is time for Stephenson to resign from the BSA board.
"The BSA doesn't need his leadership. The BSA doesn't need his company's money … especially with the strings he has attached to it," AFA said.
Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of Pennsylvania, said the expressions of opposition already reaching the Scouts have been noticed.
"The Scouts have heard the concerns voiced by America and have postponed a vote on this controversial change in policy, but that does not solve the problem. They will be under continual pressure from within the executive board itself until they remove those who do not agree with the Boy Scouts' mission. AT&T's Randall Stephenson and Ernst & Young's Jim Turley and anyone else within the board who may be working behind the scenes need to either willing resign or be forced to do so," she said.
"Corporations and heads of corporations need to decide if it is more important to make less than five percent of the U.S. population happy by bowing to the bullying of organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign or to listen to the voices of the majority of Americans. What is happening to the Boy Scouts is a perfect example of how dangerous it is to add 'sexual orientation' to policies and ordinances. These corporations are being bullied because they added that terminology. The Scouts need to act now to eject Turley and Stephenson and any others who will not adhere to the Scouts' mission from their executive board. Americans who understand the danger of a change in policy have spoken and it's time for the Scouts to do some housecleaning."
According to the Family Research Council, the board had been "poised to revoke their longstanding policy against having openly homosexual leaders and Scouts" when Americans stepped up.
"This is far from over. FRC will continue in our efforts to help the BSA stand strong against the corporate executives and activists who care more about conformity than character. We will do so by working directly with scouting parents, leaders of the faith-based organizations that charter over two-thirds of the packs, and the troops," the organization explained.
On AT&T's website, Stephenson's advocacy for homosexuality is not highlighted. There, the company talks about his career beginnings in Oklahoma and his rise through the ranks.
It also lauds him for his philanthropy with AT&T money – through the company's Aspire program for students. It explains he also invested in the "It Can Wait" campaign to encourage people not to text while driving.
The "social news" organization BuzzFeed specifically identified several individuals, in addition, to Stephenson and Turley, who are advocating for homosexuality around the campfires.
Listed are James Dale, the original protester who was dismissed from his scouting duties, sued the Scouts, and then lost in the Supreme Court. Another is Jennifer Tyrrell, who was removed as a Scout leader for her lesbian lifestyle. A third is Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, and fourth is homosexual actor George Takei.
Also listed are Burke Stansbury, who protested the Scouts' policy by returning his badges; Eric Jones, who lost a job with the Scouts for his open homosexuality; Tim Griffin, who was removed from his Scout job for his open homosexuality; Greg Bourke, who was fired as a Scoutmaster over the issue; and Ryan Andresen, who was expelled from the organization.
Others are Matthew Kimball, who left his troop; Derek Nancy, who posted a YouTube video about his homosexuality; Will Oliver, who ran a petition on the issue; Barack Obama; and Sens. Sherrod Brown and Jeff Merkley.
Among critics of the idea was Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and wrote a book about the organization. Another, Jonathan Saenz, president of the Austin-based Texas Values, pointed out that 70 percent of Boy Scout groups are affiliated with churches.
"A lot of those faith groups do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle and will pull out," he warned.
It had been just months since the organization formally reaffirmed its traditional position of banning homosexuals from the ranks, a decision that was announced following a two-year review.
And just a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of the Scout organization to exclude homosexuals – because the lifestyle choice violated the core values of the private organization.
"A core conviction is a core conviction. A core conviction of the Boy Scouts for over 100 years has been defining being 'morally straight' as heterosexual," Richard Land said. "Once you abandon that, you've lost your legal protection. Once you say it's a local option, it's obviously not a core conviction anymore and you open yourself to litigation."
He is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The decision was guaranteed to lose the organization membership and leadership. A fourth-generation Boy Scout leader, recipient of an award for distinguished leadership and a member of the Southern Region committee as well as an ad hoc member of the national committee, said he's one of many Scout leaders who will not continue with the organization.
Steve Elwart of Vicksburg, Miss., a 30-year veteran of Scouting and frequent contributor to WND, explained he would resign rather than work under the new policy, because by remaining, he would be "giving tacit agreement to the policy."
The Boy Scouts of America, a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, was founded in 1910.
"I'm afraid that if the BSA goes down this road, they may preserve some big money, but they will lose not only small contributors but the efforts of thousands of volunteers that do not want to be part of this," Elwart said.
"They'll end up with a lot of money but no program."
As WND reported, the BSA's new policy proposal coincides with a sudden drop in major corporate funding that began last summer after a "gay"-rights blogger for the Huffington Post published a collaborative report that named the donors and chastised them for violating their own policy of not discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
The Scouts count more than 2.7 million members and more than 1 million volunteers. The Scout troops, which are hosted by churches and other organizations, are organized into districts, based on geographic boundaries, which in turn are grouped into councils. The councils form 26 areas nationwide, which are further grouped into four regions. The BSA national council sets policy, offers national awards and organizes national jamborees.
Elwart said, based on his extensive communication in the past week with Scout leaders nationwide, the BSA national council's proposal has created a firestorm
"Overwhelmingly, they do not like the change," Elwart said of his colleagues. "A majority of them are considering retiring."
It was Deron Smith, a Scout spokesman, speaking for the national council, who said that under the change BSA members and parents "would be able to choose a local unit which best meets the needs of their families."
But last July, an 11-member committee of professional scout executives and adult volunteers unanimously concluded after a two-year study that the policy of barring homosexuals should be maintained. The executive committee of the BSA national executive board then announced that while not all board members "may personally agree with this policy, and may choose a different direction for their own organizations, BSA leadership agrees this is the best policy for the organization and supports it for the BSA."
Elwart thinks the proposed policy's stipulation that each local unit can decide for themselves whether or not they want to receive homosexuals is not feasible.
"They're trying to parse their words now," he said.
The policy runs into trouble, Elwart argued, when local units come together for events such as summer camps and jamborees.
"For parents, even if their unit does not want homosexual Scouts in leadership or in the unit, they would have to isolate themselves from the rest of the Scouting program," he said.
One practical issue, he said, would be the fact that Scout rules allow married leaders to share a tent on outings.
"Would we now let homosexual members share a tent?" he asked.
Elwart and his wife are both recipients of the Silver Beaver award, the highest Scouting honor given by councils. In the Southern Region, Elwart once served as area training chairman, which encompasses youth protection.
WND previously reported that major corporations that have donated to the Boy Scouts of America in recent years largely were quiet ahead of the decision.
In 2010, the latest year for which figures are available, the top donors to the Scouts, listed in descending order according to amount, were Intel, Emerson, Verizon, 3M, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Pfizer, Valero, UPS, U.S. Bank, Eli Lilly and Co., GE, Monsanto, Medtronic, PNC, Nationwide, Abbott, General Mills, Alcoa, Caterpillar, Illinois Tool Works, Allstate and Dow Chemical.
But since September, Intel, UPS and Merck are among the corporations that have declared they have stopping funding the BSA.
The homosexual-rights group Scouting for All lists some of the corporations that have refused to fund the BSA's national organization. They include IBM, Levi Strauss and Company, J.P. Morgan, American Airlines, Medtronic, Portland General Gas and Electric, Hewlett Packard, Textron, Fleet Bank, CVS/Pharmacy Stores and Carrier Corp.
At the time of the September report, shipping giant UPS, which gave $167,000 to the Scouts in 2010, insisted the "gay" policy would not impact its donations. But after a petition drive that month by another homosexual-rights group, Scouts for Equality, UPS changed its mind.
Scouts for Equality then listed UPS, Merck and Intel as corporate sponsors. Among the public figures who support the group's aims, along with President Obama, are 2012 Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney and Washington state Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob McKenna.
Scouting for All also has a list of companies that donate to national or local Boy Scout councils and/or having a matching gifts program for employees who donate to the Scouts. But the list is not up-to-date, as it includes UPS. Scouting for All urges supporters to boycott the listed companies.
Ahead of the vote, UPS spokeswoman Kristen A. Petrella, the international public relations manager, told WND UPS had no comment.
And General Mills spokeswoman Kris Patton told WND, also ahead of the decision, her corporation's foundation funds local Boy Scout organizations that sign an "affirmation of nondiscrimination" but does not contribute to the national organization.
"As a longstanding practice, organizations we support must sign an affirmation of nondiscrimination as a standard part of our grant-making process."
Jim Nawrocki, a vice president for communications for the Wells Fargo Foundation, told WND the banking giant was aware of the Wednesday vote but had no comment.
Meanwhile, two prominent board members – including an adviser to the Obama White House – had stated their intent to change the policy, Stephenson, who is next in line to become BSA national chairman, and Turley of Ernst & Young.
Last June, Turley vowed he "will work from within to seek a change" to the BSA policy.
"As I have done in leading Ernst & Young to being a most inclusive organization, I intend to continue to work from within the BSA board to actively encourage dialogue and sustainable progress," Turley said.
Stephenson has been praised for publicly opposing the Boy Scouts' policy and explained he would remain on the board, which he's in line to lead in 2014, because he could have more influence.
Turley was nominated to President Obama's Export Council in 2010, and has been a promoter of Obama's economic policy.
Turley and his wife, Lynne, were guests at a state dinner hosted by Obama for British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House last March.
In a Super Bowl pre-game interview Sunday with CBS's Scott Pelley, Obama affirmed the Boy Scouts should be open to "gays."
"I think that my attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life," he said.
Obama called the Scouts "a great institution" that is "promoting young people and exposing them to opportunities and leadership that will serve people for the rest of their lives, and I think nobody should be barred from that."


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This is a court house in Central Islip New York. A word to the wise though. Be aware of what property your on , and if it's federal you best ask permission first. Almost being arrested for trespassing is not fun! One of the few shots I had taken before I was removed. I should have started with the one I wanted more.
I second that! They also don't like it at the Department of State in DC if you stop to take a picture of the front door! Whoops!