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By Matt Degen - Updated Date: 8/23/2013
The Tundra is Toyota's entry in the full-size truck market, a segment long dominated by GM, Ram and America's best-selling vehicle, the Ford F-150. For now, the revamped 2014 Tundra remains competitive, especially when fitted with a 5.7-liter V8. But in today's world, power isn't all that makes a model king. Even among full-size trucks, fuel efficiency is becoming just as important as firepower. And this is where the Tundra's luster fades. For its 2014 update, Toyota did little to address the Tundra's aging and thirsty engines. While competitors introduce potent V6 powerplants and 8-speed transmissions, the Tundra soldiers on with the same powertrains. The truck remains a workhorse with stellar resale value, but faces an uphill battle, especially with an all-new F-150 around the corner.You'll Like This Car If...
If you haven't already pledged allegiance to a truck brand, the Tundra has allure with Toyota's reputation for quality in general and this model's excellent resale value in particular. Some buyers may also like to know that the Tundra is made in America at Toyota's San Antonio, Texas, factory.You May Not Like This Car If...
Aside from blind-spot monitoring, the 2014 Tundra offers little that others don't. More power, better fuel economy, higher tow ratings and a wider variety of trims can all be found among this truck's rivals.What's New for 2014
The Tundra has been significantly updated for 2014 with a more ergonomic interior and a freshened exterior that includes a higher hood and replaceable bumper panels. The Western-themed 1794 Edition joins the top-line Platinum model. Its name is derived from the founding date of the Texas ranch where the truck's factory now resides.Driving It Driving Impressions
On road and off, Toyota's full-size truck is still formidable when equipped with a V8 engine. The 310-horsepower, 4.6-liter V8 is totally adequate for lighter duties, while the 381-horsepower, 5.7-liter V8 is up for almost any task (yes, it even pulled the Space Shuttle over a bridge). The 270-horsepower V6 has acceptable performance in regular-cab models, but its capability declines with the added weight of double-cab setups. On the highway, the Tundra scores points with its quiet cabin. This half-ton truck isn't exactly nimble, but it drives smaller than its dimensions otherwise suggest. The Tundra's 6-speed automatic transmission on V8 models is smooth, though not as buttery at Ram's new 8-speed. The Tundra does not offer a locking rear differential, but the big truck had no traction problems in our tests in which we drove a 4-wheel-drive TRD edition up muddy embankments, crawled down steep hills and waded through several feet of water.Favorite Features
Treat a truck like a truck and it's almost bound to happen: bruising a bumper. The 2014 Toyota Tundra features a 3-piece design for its front and rear bumpers that makes them easier and less-costly to replace should/when they get banged up.
Driving a big truck means dealing with a wider zone in which you can miss spotting other vehicles to the rear left and rear right. Sedans have been offering electronic monitoring of these areas for years, but Toyota claims the title of being first to bring the technology to a full-size truck.
The most notable differences in the new Tundra come on the inside. The truck's big knobs remain (easier to use with gloved hands), but the controls and layout are sleeker. They're also within easier reach of the driver. To be exact, controls for audio and climate functions have been moved 2.6 inches closer. Regular-cab models seat three passengers across, while the 2-row double cab and even larger CrewMax 4-door models seat five or six passengers, depending on whether the front is configured for a bench or two bucket seats. A helpful feature from the past model that did not find its way into this one is a driver's-side grab handle.Exterior
The 2014 Tundra is available in three cab configurations and three bed lengths. Regular-cab and double-cab models can be had with a standard bed (78.7 inches) or long bed (97.6 inches). The CrewMax has the biggest cab of the bunch and is only available with a short bed (66.7 inches). The new Tundra's hood has been raised slightly and is better integrated into the grille. As with other full-size trucks, the Toyota's gaping grille appears to just get bigger and bigger. At the other end, the lockable tailgate automatically lowers slowly to prevent the dreaded tailgate slam.Notable Standard Equipment
Like most of its competitors, the Tundra spans from basic work truck to leather-laden luxo hauler. Spend the least on an SR model and you'll get power windows, cruise control, and Toyota's Entune 6.1-inch touch-screen audio system, a USB port, Bluetooth and a backup camera. The more popular SR5 brings a manual sliding rear window and a high-resolution 7-inch touch-screen display with HD Radio and Traffic. Limited models add navigation, dual-zone climate control and leather with power-operated and heated front bucket seats. Premium and 1794 Edition trims use plusher leather like that found in the Lexus LS, heated and ventilated front seats, a moonroof and JBL premium audio.Notable Optional Equipment
Most extras for the 2014 Tundra are bundled into trims. Those that are available as options include a segment-exclusive blind-spot monitoring system with rear cross-traffic alert, power-operated tow mirrors, running boards and a deck rail system with tie-down cleats. The TRD Off-Road Package brings Bilstein shock absorbers and skidplates to further protect the engine and fuel tank.Under the Hood
Three engines are available in the 2014 Tundra. The base 4.0-liter V6 is standard in SR rear-wheel-drive regular cab and double-cab configurations. It is connected to a 5-speed automatic transmission. A 4.6-liter V8 is standard in both rear-wheel-drive and 4-wheel-drive SR5 models. The most powerful engine in the Tundra's stable is the 5.7-liter V8 that is standard in the Limited trim and up, and available all the way down to base regular cab models for those who want to take advantage of the truck's 10,400-pound tow rating. Both V8s are connected to a 6-speed automatic. All Tundra engines run on regular gasoline, and the thirsty 5.7-liter is E85-capable.
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EPA city/highway fuel economy: 15/19 mpg (rear-wheel drive), 14/18 mpg (4-wheel drive)
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EPA city/highway fuel economy: 13/18 mpg (rear-wheel drive), 13/17 mpg (4-wheel drive)
As with other full-size trucks, the 2014 Toyota Tundra's price roughly doubles from a base model to a loaded top-line version. At the low end, a regular-cab, V6-powered Tundra has a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) starting just under $27,000. At the other end, a 4-wheel-drive Premium or 1794 CrewMax Tundra climbs to about $50,000 when loaded. Compared with its competitors, the Toyota starts a couple of thousand more than the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and Ram 1500. An entry-level Tundra is about $3,000 below a base Nissan Titan, which is only available with a king-cab or crew-cab configuration. Before buying, check KBB.com's Fair Purchase Price to see what others in your area are paying for their new Toyota pickup. Though the Tundra's price starts higher than most rivals, it is also expected to lead the pack with the best resale value.
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The Year 2000 was a good one to be a garage rock band in Detroit. The White Stripes were beginning their assault on the mainstream and there were a bunch of like-minded groups kicking out the rock. It seemed like everyone was starting bands and putting out records. Ko & the Knockouts formed when Ko Shih, who was bartending at Detroit hot spot the Magic Stick and had been the bass player for the Come Ons, was approached by Long Gone John of Sympathy for the Recording Industry to put a song on his upcoming compilation of Detroit bands. Ko, who sings as well as playing bass, rounded up Steve Nawara, who was a member of Rocket 455 and the Go, to play guitar and Jeff Klein to play the drums. The track "Black and Blue" was featured on Sympathy's Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit in 2001.The group began playing shows sporadically and after replacing Steve Nawara with Eddie Baranek, guitarist and singer for Detroit teen mods The Sights, in early 2002 released their debut self-titled album on Sympathy. The record was a uptempo garage gem that instead of slavishly imitating the sounds of the garage bands of the 60's, takes elements of that sound like the snotty lyrics, ringing guitars and pounding tempos and updates them with a touch of power pop melody and an indie rock lo-fi sensibility. Much like the White Stripes do with the blues. Guests on the record include members of Detroit rock royalty like the Von Bondies, the Detoit Cobras and the Dirt Bombs. After the release of the record, Ko & the Knockouts toured Europe and the States. They may never reach the heights of their pals the White Stripes, but they are real good rock & roll band regardless. ~ Tim SendraPortions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation.
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Ben Golub, Economics Ph.D candidate at Stanford [GSB]
This is an attempt at a summary of some of the main criticisms that have been offered by philosophers about Rand's moral and political arguments; I'll focus on nonideological criticisms — ones that take issue with Rand's reasoning and not with her politics. [See endnote for my sources, philosophers Robert Nozick and Chandran Kukathas.]
Rand argued in The Virtue of Selfishness, her nonfiction work on moral philosophy, that (i) one's own life is logically the ultimate value because it makes all other values possible; that (ii) it is therefore irrational for a valuing being not to defend and further this life above all other values; and that (iii) this entails strong conclusions about the rightness — actually, the moral necessity — of living selfishly. More broadly, a central theme in her work is the proposition that a particular conception of the good life is itself a moral value, and that that from this value, certain libertarian moral and political conclusions follow.
Influential philosophical analyses of Rand's thinking hold that the argument above is not a sound derivation of the moral rightness of selfishness. In particular, Nozick (who was sympathetic to Rand's libertarian position) pointed out that the move from step (i) to step (ii) is a mistake. It confuses (a) the fact that is physically necessary for a person to remain alive in order for him to continue to have values with (b) themoral priority of his own life over the other things he (or others) might value. In other words, if John sacrifices himself now for something he now values (such as the end of a war), then after death he might not continue valuing the peace he sacrificed himself to achieve. However, that does not mean that he is negating the value of peace (to his current self) by achieving it. He is merely destroying the possibility that a future John could be valuing and enjoying peace. And that is quite different.
To get around this objection and make Rand's argument work — to show that John is irrational — one needs to assume that the only things John is rationally allowed to value are those things that involve him continuing to live and value them in the future. But that already assumes that self-sacrifice is irrational, and that was what the argument was supposed to prove, not assume. More broadly, many of Rand's moral arguments have this flavor: they purport to deduce that a rational being must behave in a certain way to have a good life, but all the conclusions about morality are smuggled in through a morally loaded definition of rationality, or of human nature.
Ironically, the premises of Rand's philosophical argument are sometimes in tension with the romantic vision articulated in her novels, in which heroes are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of integrity in a hopeless world.
Of Rand's political theory, Kukathas says that "[i]ts unremitting hostility towards the state and taxation sits inconsistently with a rejection of anarchism, and her attempts to resolve the difficulty are ill-thought out and unsystematic", rendering her work on this matter "of little interest" to political philosophers.
It is certainly hard to say whether Rand was abstractly "wrong" in her belief that it is very immoral to require certain people to sacrifice valuable things for the benefit of others, as happens in income redistribution. People of different political positions disagree about this, but many hold that this is a dispute about fundamental values. If the mainstream philosophical consensus is to be believed, Rand was wrong to claim that this dispute can be resolved objectively by an appeal to reasoned argument from uncontroversial axioms.
A note on sources: this answer draws heavily on two excellent published articles on this question — one short, one long. The short one is by Chandran Kukathas, who gives a remarkably sensitive and nuanced — though ultimately critical — view of Rand in his article on her in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://www.rep.routledge.com/art…, subscription required).
The long one is the article "On the Randian Argument" by the renowned libertarian philosopher Robert Nozick, which can be found in his book Socratic Puzzles.
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I would like you to show where/when Rand ever asserted this – "that (i) one's own life is logically the ultimate value because it makes all other values possible; that (ii) it is therefore irrational for a valuing being not to defend and further this life above all other values;
Rand NEVER argued that physical life came before all values. In fact, her heroes have fought and died willingly to further FREEDOM – choosing the ultimate values that make life worth living on earth. They were indeed ready to die for these values.
You premise is totally flawed and does not connect to Objectivism. Purchase Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology for a proper presentation of Rand's philosophical views and as a PHD candidate, you might want to rely on your own reading/understanding of things for a few short paragraphs. Relying on 3rd party opinions which you have regurgitated that were incorrect to begin with does not demonstrate much effort. Go to the source and quote it.
Incidentally, Rand was also not "anti-state" or "anti-taxation". She believed in voluntary taxation to fund the PROPER functions of the State – protection of your life, liberty and property through police/courts/military, etc.
You have not done your homework.
"If the mainstream philosophical consensus is to be believed…"
But what if it isn't? Ayn Rand's philosophy cogently, systematically challenges "the consensus" on every level, from metaphysics and epistemology on up to ethics and politics. So Mr. Golub is just begging the question.
Even worse. Golub relies on clueless crowd-sourcing like Quora for his trial balloon. Ouch.
You'd think a doctoral candidate would instead seek out a scholarly source like the Ayn Rand Society–a long-standing group within the American Philosophical Association–for rigorous, nuanced input about Rand's _Virtue of Selfishness_. Yes, Objectivism has even begun subverting and changing the "consensus."
Nozick and Kukathas just offer straw arguments. Rand actually held:
1. The concept of value is only applicable to living entities, since only they are confronted with the pervasive alternative of life vs. death
2. Man's distinctive mode of existence is the use of rationality
2.1 If one chooses to live for one's own sake, rationality identifies the specific principles of action necessitated, i.e. a morality of rational selfishness.
(Incidentally, no one has ever proven why one should live for the sake of others instead–nor can it be proven)
2.2 Rationality simply means that one's chosen purposes and goals must be consistent with one other, and over the span of one's existence. This is done by identifying one's hierarchy of values—including potentially indispensable values such as one's spouse, or political freedom
3. Individual rights are the means of safeguarding one's life in a social context
3.1 Therefore, from the standpoint of rational selfishness, the only legitimate purpose of government is to protect individual rights (the mechanics of funding this are a minor detail)
3.2 The entitlement state—redistribution and so forth—is inconsistent with individual rights
After having studied Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism for a long time, I happen to think that it's right about everything.
After a lifetime of teaching Rand's philosophy inside and outside the universities, I can say (and prove) that she wins the debate with Nozick.
Nozick's criticisms of her proof of life as the standard of value reflect a total misreading of what she says. (I spoke to Nozick about this many years ago, and sent him a 6 page single-spaced letter on the subject. He said he hoped to read it eventually, but had too big a pile on his desk to get to it "soon." I guess he never did get to it.)
Here's the error in Nozick and this site's post: Rand's argument is NOT that you have to be alive in order to act. Everyone knows that trivial point. Her argument is that life–and only life–is what brings the phenomenon of values into existence.
Apart from the alternative of staying alive or going out of existence, there are only facts, not values, not good and evil, not helpful or harmful. A living organism's need to act in order to survive is gives rise to the whole phenomenon of "good for" and "bad for," "beneficial" and "harmful," "valuable," and "disvaluable" etc.
In Atlas Shrugged (no less) she states "It is only the concept of 'Life' that makes the concept of 'Value' possible." To support this, she gives in The Virtue of Selfishness the killer example of an immortal, indestructible robot which is impervious to all affects of its actions. Such a robot could move and "act" but could have no goals or values. Nothing could be good for it or bad for it. Facing no alternative in its own condition, it could have no "stake" in the outcome of its actions. This illustrates how "value" depends upon the agent facing an alternative in its condition–the fundamental such alternative being its continued existence as an acting agent (life) or ceasing to exist as such (death).
Nozick further misunderstands her proof's methodology. The key steps of it are not deductive but inductive. In fact, the Objectivist epistemology holds that all new knowledge is inductive–deduction is essentially for the application of existing knowledge to new concretes. That view in itself is a radical departure from the (ironically) Platonic *methodology" of contemporary philosophers, who are mostly Empiricist in regard to the content of their ideas.
Rand's thought is much more profound than that of her critics, who are playing games around the periphery without even grasping the fundamentals.
I concur w/ hbinswanger and on an incidental note I would point out that Golub's use of the term sacrifice is incorrect and does not agree w/ Rand's use. In his John example he has John sacrificing his life during wartime to achieve his value of peace. However if he were consistent in his example that is to say, maintain the context, we wouldn't say John is making a sacrifice, i.e., giving up a value, in assuming the risk of death while fighting in a war. If he values peace so strongly as to risk his life and fight to maintain it, assuming a voluntary military, he wouldn't want to live in any other society were he to become a slave, serf, or prisoner. That is the alternative either fight for peace (and freedom) w/ the risk of death or live as some sub-human prisoner. Which would you choose? Would death really be the sacrifice?
Which brings me to another point and that is Golub seems to be twisting Rand's demonstration that life is the ultimate value thereby making life some duty bound imperative divorced from values altogether. Rand never stated that, " it is therefore irrational for a valuing being not to defend and further this life above all other values," because she also knew that in addition to life being necessary for values, values are necessary for life. As I explained in the John example values wouldn't be possible in a sub-human state and so the question of living and trying to value in that condition would be moot.
You're a clever guy Ben. You have tried to set a premise that would cause a problem with Ayn Rand's Philosophy. Libertarian-ism is nothing like Objectivism. Ayn Rand rejected Libertarian-ism in her lifetime. You speak well of Socrates. He was Plato's Mentor. The only philosopher Ayn Rand credited in the development of Objectivism was Aristotle. She once described Objectivism as Aristotle with the Plato removed. Selflessness means a lack of self. A self void of self. Even in philanthropic pursuits a person wants to feel good about it. Selflessness does not permit that.
PS. Thank you Forbes for acknowledging Objectivism as a word.
How in the world does a person, like Rand, gain so much attention and debate, when after watching a TV interview with her, and she refers to people with mental or physical disabilities as being sub human.
How do people support her and her ideas?
Rand did not referred people with disabilities were subhumans, but subnormal–in very specific cases. And this is true no matter from where you come from. It is evident that having disabilities is not normal, but not subhuman. Rand specifically defended the rights of people with disabilities precisely because they ARE humans.
I fail to see why facing the alternative of life and death would be the source of value. The example given above of an "immortal, indestructible robot which is impervious to all affects of its actions" make some sense–but not because it is immortal or indestructible. Rather, it is only because (or if) it is "impervious to ALL affects of its actions," and in the sense that it is incapable of experiencing anything at all, that it makes sense. But one could imagine a being like a human in every other way except that ultimately it could not die nor be destroyed. This being could nonetheless experience pain, experience love and companionship, experience anger, or shame, or creativity, i.e. it could experience the whole panoply of experiences that we as humans endure. This immortal being would still be capable of valuing, wouldn't he? He could, for example, value his freedom, value his relationships, value an existence free from pain, value his accomplishments and the struggle to accomplish, value the accomplishments and interests of others, etc. And, he could do so without facing the "pervasive alternative of life vs. death." If so—if such a being could value—then it seems more plausible to say that it is consciousness and the capacity for experience that would be the source of the capacity to value and not the confrontation with the "alternative of life vs. death." Her claim that "It is only the concept of 'Life' that makes the concept of 'Value' possible" seems, by this view, simply wrong. After all, if our indestructible robot could become self-aware and feel pain and emotions (etc.) then he too would experience value even if not alive and incapable of being destroyed.
But, even if one were to accept the claim "It is only the concept of 'Life' that makes the concept of 'Value' possible" this still seems rather limited in its implications. While it might explain what sort of thing is capable of valuing, it is a bit of a leap to say that it also somehow shows "the ultimate value," the apex of our hierarchy of values, "is an organisms life." The capacity for valuing does not logically (at least as far as I can tell) imply that the thing doing the valuing is also a thing 'of value" or "to be valued." This is a different claim than the first, and as such needs further argument or justification. I cannot see how the answer to the question "what should I value?" could be answered by the claim "I am capable of valuing" and it is in this that the problem lies. This is what I have always taken to be the critique of Rand on this point—if we cannot connect the two (a "because I value, therefore I am the highest value" sort of move) then I fail to see how ethical egoism would follow.
I think it's worth noting that Ayn Rand, despite her White Russian affiliation, went to and graduated from University in early Soviet Russia and then went on to graduate study in graduate school which engaged in the Leninist dialectic.
Which might be neither here nor there. Except that she and her family felt particularly aggrieved by the Revolution while not being overly discomfited by the decay of the Russian state as WWI imploded on Russia. So she took a trip to the United States and almost immediately began her series of rants against the economic and political system as it then existed in this country.
So she loved it so much that she immediately hated it. I think it more likely that she sought to do what she could not do in the Soviet Union — or Russia — which was to construct the United States along the idealized lines of what she visualized for the Tsarist Russian state before it collapsed into the morass of war.
Otherwise, her arguments about materialism seem to fit all too neatly into the Leninist dialectic on materialism and in that sense she was little different and no more important that Trotsky and others whose thoughts went not very far, because they were so wedded to their problems with the Soviet Union in its period before the Stalinist state.
It is a bit disturbing to see so many alleged free marketers signing on to the ideas of someone who based her entire philosophy (which is an abuse of that term) on her reactions to a new state built on the shakiest of foundations. To that end, she chose to attack the essential principles of a successful republic built on Democratic foundations. There is no small D in Ayn Rand of the phony name.


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The City of Rockville and the Rockville Sister City Corporation will dedicate a new Peony Garden at the Rockville Civic Center Park to our Friendship with Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2012. You are invited to attend and to greet the delegation from Jiaxing.
The Garden is located below the Glenview Mansion, near the tennis courts about two tiers below the Pinneberg Rose Garden.
We hope you can attend and show support for the new Friendship City relationship. It may help us to achieve a Sister City Relationship similar to that we have enjoyed with Pinneberg, Germany for over half a century.
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Please join us this Saturday, June 26th, for a series of unique opportunities to meet with winery Proprietor Darioush Khaledi and President Dan de Polo. During the day, they will be hosting new release tastings with Dan McCarthy and Jay Schiering, proprietors of two of Seattles most esteemed wine fine shops McCarthy & Schiering. Please come share stories and experience a few of the most celebrated Signature wines from the Darioush estate.
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11:30 am 2:00 pm
McCarthy & Schiering Ravenna
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• POSSESSION: Dustin T. Peace, 24, 23 Evans St., Lockport, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a narcotic drug with intent to sell and vehicle-and-traffic violations at 5:35 p.m. Saturday. Peace reportedly was seen driving recklessly and was pulled over in the 5200 block of Lockport Road. A search of the vehicle by a Niagara County Sheriff's deputy yielded pills and a white rock-like substance that field-tested positive as cocaine. Its value was estimated to be $1,200.
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• DWI: Andrew T. Bush, 24, Dodge Road, Amherst, was charged at 3:53 a.m. Saturday on Delton Street with with DWI, unsafe lane change and improper term. Police said he was pulled over and found with an open bottle of Scotch in his vehicle. His blood alcohol content was 0.21 and he was held for court.


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---- — OTTUMWA – Marie A. Johnson, 88, of 1574 N. Van Buren Ave. passed away July 12, 2013 at the Monroe County Hospital in Albia.
Marie was born September 12, 1924 in Cedar Township to John Francis and Mary Malloy Beary. She graduated from Lovilia High School in 1942. She was united in marriage to Walter F. Johnson on June 29, 1952 at St. Mary's Church in Weller, IA. He preceded her in death on August 17, 2008. They had one son, Barry L. Johnson.
Marie was a resident of Ottumwa most of her life. After World War II she worked at the law firm of Jones and White. She later worked many years with her husband, Walter, at his law firm.
Marie was a long-time parishioner at St. Mary of the Visitation Catholic Church where she was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society. She was an avid gardener and a voracious reader. She also enjoyed sports, both as a participant, and a spectator. She played basketball in high school, and was a bowler and golfer for many years. She was a long-time fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes and of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Surviving is a son, Barry (Melissa) Johnson of Oklahoma City, OK; a granddaughter, Eleanor; a grandson, Clifton, brother-in-law, Vincent (Nadine) Johnson, sisters-in-law, Dorothy Beary, Kate Beary and Lois Beary; and by many wonderful nieces and nephews.
Marie was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, Cyril, Paul, John, Donald and Richard Beary, a sister-in-law, Dot Beary and a niece, Jeanne Church.
Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary of the Visitation with Rev. Bernie Weir presiding. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Reece Funeral Home with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. A Christian Wake Service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to St. Mary of the Visitation.
Marie's family would like to thank the staff at the Monroe County Hospital for their care and compassion.


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Mongolia: Geopolitics and the Environment
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The program's coursework provides an essential foundation in Mongolian language, history, and culture, from which to springboard into in-depth discussions of Mongolia's most pressing development issues. Key issues of examination include: Mongolia's nomadic and rural society; the country's young market economy; systematizing social support and providing for those in need; and the strengthening of governmental structures and oversight. Coursework is based on SIT's experiential, field-based program model.
The following syllabi are either from a recent session of this program or for an upcoming session. Because courses develop and change over time to take advantage of dynamic learning opportunities, actual course content will vary from term to term.
The syllabi can be useful for students, faculty, and study abroad offices in assessing credit transfer. Read more about credit transfer.
Geopolitics and Development Trends - syllabus (PDF)
(ASIA 3010 / 3 credits / 45 class hours)
This interdisciplinary course focuses on Mongolia's path to political and economic development and the country's current strategies for external relations and internal growth. Government policies for international investment and the shifting political discourses about domestic investment form the background against which Mongolia's development trajectory is analyzed.
Pastoralism and Natural Resource Management - syllabus (PDF)
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This interdisciplinary course focuses on Mongolia's nomadic population and the impact of political, social, and economic transformations and national resource management policies on Mongolia's social, cultural, and physical environments.
Intensive Language Study: Beginning Mongolian - syllabus (PDF)
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Intensive Language Study: Advanced Mongolian - syllabus (PDF)
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Emphasis on speaking and comprehension in Mongolian, plus reading and writing skills, through classroom and field instruction. Classes are conducted by trained Mongolian language instructors. Students are placed in intensive beginning, intermediate, or advanced classes based on in-country evaluation, including oral proficiency testing. Language training starts immediately after students arrive in Mongolia and continues during field excursions.
Research Methods and Ethics - syllabus (PDF)
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Through a carefully designed sequence of field projects, workshops, and related lectures, this course will prepare students for independent research. Knowledge will culminate in each student's successful completion of an individually designed and executed Independent Study Project (ISP) at the end of the semester.
Independent Study Project - syllabus (PDF)
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Conducted in an approved location in Mongolia appropriate to the project. Sample topic areas: nomadic organization in transition; cashmere trade and cultural interaction with China and Siberia; Buddhist debate and monastic education; Buddhist painting, sculpture, and architecture; symbols of collectivism and pastoralism in daily life; education policy since Soviet disintegration; the shagai tradition; cultural perceptions of Mongolian medicinal plants; commodity production and regional politics; analysis of the environmental impacts of mining; maternal healthcare, motherhood, and birth in Ulaanbaatar; the Mongolians of Kazakh descent and their place in modern Islam.
Duration: 15 weeks
Program Base: Ulaanbaatar
Language Study: Mongolian
Prerequisites: None
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Gary Cameron was charged April 18 with second-degree burglary, deputies said. He was accused of forcibly entering a Norwich town home and stealing a television.
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Bathing Beach Condo #10 in Petoskey
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2½
- sleeps 6
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vacation rental description
This condo is located in beautiful Petoskey on highway M-119
to the Petoskey State Park. It is walking distance,(5 to 7 minutes)
to the beach, with no roads to cross for beach access. In front of
the condo is asphalt covered bike path that goes from Harbor Springs
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A fully equipted kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave, coffee pot
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bedrooms. A gas grill, outdoor table and chairs are located on the
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Central air conditioning was installed June 2003.
restrictions - no pets, and no smoking.
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takes place until the end of March.
Summer:Swimming, boating, walking, bicycling. Festivals and art
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15 minute drive.
Fall:Color change in beautiful Northern Michigan the first 2 weeks
October. Golfing.
Winter:Downhill and cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.
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May, June and September, October, Novenber.
color tour in Upper Michigan, the first 2 weeks of October is $800.
July and August are $950. a week. Last 2 weeks of June and First 2
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last 2 weeks of October $700. if multiple weeks ask.
Because we fill up during the summer there is only weekly rentals.
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weekend for the many festivals in this area. If you request a
Saturday to Saturday that is possible, depends of the calendar.
Karen Beck 231-838-4503
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Top things to do in Petoskey
- shopping at gas-light district
- visit marina district (& picnic)
- swimming at state park
- visit bay harbor shoppping
- concerts in the park
Top things to do on a budget
- boat trip to beaver island
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MIAMI -- June 1, 2007 – Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc., the nation's leading wine and spirits distributor with a tradition of delivering the highest levels of service excellence since 1968, today announced that the Company's National Accounts Group has received recognition for its "Outstanding Performance" in 2006 as a supplier to Darden Restaurants, Inc., the world's largest casual dining restaurant company, which is based in Orlando, Florida, according to Brad Vassar, Executive Vice President, General Manager of Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc.
According to Darden's internal evaluation process, only the top five percent [5%] of the company's suppliers are recognized in this annual recognition program, and Mr. Vassar said on behalf of the Company's National Accounts Team how honored it is be distinguished for its excellent service by the world's largest casual dining restaurant company, which operates nearly 1,400 locations in North America.
In a May 1, 2007 letter from Darden Restaurants addressed to Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Jim Lawrence, Senior Vice President, Supply Management & Purchasing, and Tracey Randall, Manager, Total Beverage & Commodities Purchasing, wrote: "Using [Darden's] Supplier Performance Evaluation scores, the winners were chosen based on the following criteria: Top 5% of Overall Scores; [and] Continuous Improvement for Increased Overall Score in three or more consecutive rating periods. "
In their congratulatory letter to Southern, the two Darden executives go on to state: "Your success in this rating period was based on strong performance in the key areas that Darden rates: Relationship, Service, Quality and Innovation."
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The district's plan was supposed to clearly articulate how the district intends to accommodate all parents whose children attend an underperforming school and want transfers to schools in good standing with the state. The state found the plan to be insufficient and wants the district to draft a more detailed one.
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"Fairfax is now under the Freeze Watch too," said National Weather Service meteorologist Christopher Strong, in an e-mail to Patch. "The general theory of a watch is that there is a 50 percent chance or better than it's going to happen, and then a warning when we are nearly certain."
The earliest freeze (32 F) at Dulles Airport (est. 1962) was Sept. 24, 1983, Strong said. The latest was Nov. 11, 2005, he noted. If there is a freeze, "we would be a little early, but not too far off a typical first freeze date."
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for late Friday night into Saturday morning for areas north and west of Washington, D.C.
National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Witt said Thursday "it looks like the eastern and southern parts of the county are out of it, but Fairfax City and west could see freezing or near freezing temperatures."
Most of the county will probably see lows around 37 to 39 degrees, Witt said. Northern and western parts of the county up toward Vienna, Reston and Great Falls could be the areas that could see a freeze, Witt said.
The Potomac River acts as something of a moderator because of the moisture there keeping freezing temperatures at bay, Witt noted.
The weather service predicts Loudoun County could see temperatures dip into the high 20s and low 30s. Unprotected plants sensitive to freezing temperatures will be at risk, NWS said in a bulletin. Sub-freezing temperatures can kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. Residents can bring plants inside or cover them with a sheet and remove the cover when the sun comes out and temperatures rise.
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Pamphleteers for Pot
There has been a trend lately in book publishing that looks back at its radical political past. I'm talking about pamphleteering and I'm a fan. These are books small in length and modest in format that are written and edited with laser-precision on some vital topic of the day.
I read and loved a 2002 edition by the Prickly Paradigm Press that wasn't didacticism on the part of its authors so much as didacticism implicit in a long interview they conducted with the great Richard Rorty just before he died. Rorty is known best for his philosophy of pragmatism but throughout his life he was a dogged champion of majoritarian politics much to the delight or dismay of his fellow progressives. Called Against Bosses, Against Oligarchies, the interview pleasantly meanders like any good conversation but ends with a resounding clang of truth: People with bosses have more in common than people who don't — a blindingly obvious foundation for any progressive movement.
A new pamphlet that's come across my desk is Dealing Death and Drugs: The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico. It's published by Cinco Puntos Press, an indie outfit in El Paso, Texas. The book, which is not 120 pages in digest format, is a case for the end of marijuana prohibition. In abstract, the argument looks to the failures of alcohol prohibitions in the 1920s, but it concretely brings our attention to a startling paradox: the more governments criminalize pot, the more people die.
Authors Beta O'Rourke and Susie Byrd are representatives of El Paso's City Council (O'Rourke is now running for U.S. Congress). They came of age only miles from the Mexican border, and witnessed what happened to El Paso and its city sister, Juarez, after Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a massive offensive against the drug cartels.
El Paso and Juarez are the epicenter of the North American drug trade, especially marijuana. It's where Mexican supply meets American demand. O'Rourke notes in his introduction that he didn't care about pot until 2008 when 1,623 citizens were killed. But "people weren't just murdered," O'Rourke says. "They were brutalized. Tortured. Maimed. Shot. Knifed. Strangled. Set on fire. Hanged. Dismembered. Beheaded. One at a time."
It grew worse. In 2009, 2,754 were killed. In 2010, it was 3,111. Compare Juarez's homicide rate to that of a similarly sized city like Cincinnati. In 2010, the murder rate there rose by 20 percent to 60.
The authors suggest the reason for the blood bath is a combination of the following: Demand north of the border will never go away. Supply's legal status means suppliers act with impunity. Increased pressure from the feds destabilizes the honor-among-thieves system in place for decades. Add the social phenomenon of murder begetting murder and you have something like modernday Juarez.
Like the authors, I didn't much care about the pot debate and I had scant knowledge of the drug's medical benefits and the social detriments of its continued prohibition (like a trivial act of possession leading to serious felony charges). But the atrocities of Juarez can't help but concentrate the mind and fundamentally undermine the logic of the 40-year War on Drugs. Officials say increased violence in Juarez was a sign that law enforcement was working, but as the bodies kept piling up, it became obvious that law enforcement played a causal role in the carnage.
On this, the authors build their case for the decriminalization of marijuana, a case that to me seems pretty familiar: If we bring all aspects of the drug above ground, where it can be regulated, controlled and taxed like other drugs, we will see a transformation akin to what we saw at the end of the 1920s. During Prohibition, alcohol was more potent and criminals more violent. After Prohibition, the mob was decoupled from black market booze, the homicide rate spiraled downward, and the availability of wine and beer meant people didn't have to get toasted fast before the cops showed up.
It's a demand-side argument, which, to my only slightly informed ears, sounds like an idea at least talking about, because, really, has the supply-side tactic done much since the Nixon administration? I mean, other than destroying lives and making city cops more like army soldiers? Not so much, no.
Because this argument is presented in just the right size – not as small as a blog post but not as big as a full-length case study – I'm all ears. Sure, the writing is sometimes poor, and there are inconsistencies of logic, but I don't care. The pamphlet format allows me to dip my toe into a swimming pool of backstory, and I leave with a simple but not simplistic takeaway on an important issue I didn't know I cared about.
Dealing Death and Drugs: The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico
By Beto O'Rourke and Susie Byrd. Cinco Puntos Press, 119 pages, $12.95.
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Why is everyone saying Obama isn't doing his job and he's not a good president? I'll tell you why, because it took George Bush Jr. and Sr. more than eight years to run our government into the ground, and every time Obama tries to fix one of their mistakes he's voted down by Congress. Every time Obama tries to do something good for the low income families, he's voted down by Congress.
Bush Sr. got us involved in a war when he was in office and because of that 9/11 happened, so we had to go to war again. Obama is trying to bring our soldiers home so that no more families lose their fathers, brothers, mothers, and sisters. This is strictly my opinion, but I think some people are still prejudiced against having a black president and just want a white one back in office!
President and Mrs. Obama are the only ones I have seen that actually interacts with the voters and really seems to care about the people. Kennedy, Clinton, and Obama are the only presidents that so far are for the working class families and they haven't tried to push religion down our throats. Give Obama another term as president, he can't fix everything in only four years, when it took eight plus years to mess everything up.


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is a gorgeous reprint of Nikki McClure's first book, originally self-published in 1996. Illustrated in McClure's signature graphic paper-cut style,
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Nafey's photos — taken of a range of subjects including the , , local , the , and — always elicit appreciative comments from Half Moon Bay Patch readers.
When I learned of the intermediate photo class he teaches through the Recreation Department, I signed up to advance my own photography skills.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- He was "the king of the wild frontier," but what is his preferred first name? "Davy" or "David" Crockett?
He was born "David," signed documents "David" and titled his 1834 autobiography "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee." It's David Crockett State Park near Lawrenceburg, Tenn. A 2005 book by Buddy Levy was "The Real Life Adventures of David Crockett." It's David Crockett High School in Washington County.
But there's Davy Crockett Lake in Greene County and another near Humboldt. In Nashville, it's the Davy Crockett Tower. It's the Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park in Greene County.
The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture, ever diplomatic, titles his entry "Crockett, David "Davy."
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After two years together, Ashley Tisdale and Scott Speer have split, according to a source for Us Weekly.
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Jim Hardeman: Jan. 26, 1945 - Jan. 3, 2013. Funeral services will be Saturday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m. from Clark Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jeremy Lundy and Brother Grant Hardeman officiating. Interment will follow in Paulding Memorial Gardens with full military honors. John Wiklanski, Terry Igoe, Stan Esckilsen, Jim Hiler, Jim Alsop, Dave Nottingham, Vic Bandini, Bernard Smith, Kelly McHugh, Lynn Kazmierowski and Francisco Marcano will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Friday, Jan. 11, at Clark Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m.
Tom P. Ryan: Aug. 4, 1923 - Dec. 25, 2012. A memorial mass will be held Friday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. from St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with Father Adrian Pleus officiating.
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Jerry Wayne Sudberry: Aug. 25, 1943 – Jan. 8, 2013. The funeral service will be held at Riverside Church of God on Saturday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Thomas Blagg and the Rev. Kim Wolfe officiating. Music will be provided by Sherry Blagg. Steve Arrington, Chad Crumley, Daniel Arrington, Willie West, Loyd Coleman and Tommy Skinner will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow at Peaceful Meadows Memorial Park Cemetery.
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West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory
Leah Marie Anderson: Aug. 14, 2005 - Jan. 10, 2013. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marietta, with Father John Walsh officiating. The family will receive friends in the narthex of the church from 9 to 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the National Marrow Donor Program at Be The Match, 3001 Broadway Street NE, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55413-1753; or www.marrow.org.
Jamie Lou Berry: March 17, 1948 - Jan. 7, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, in the chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory, 2480 Macland Road in Marietta, with Sam Clark officiating. Interment will follow at Crest Lawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, Jan. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m.