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I've titled this as about the Resurrection, which is just one part of a complex of beliefs… but let's return and end there… What similarities or differences do you see in Paul's Resurrection statements and beliefs and those of the early Jerusalem Jesus-followers?read more
Wisdom is often mistaken as knowledge, prudence or pragmatism; whereas foolishness is equally regarded sometimes to be the kind of fool-hearted thing Jesus would have characteristically espoused with many of his confounding ideas about God, God's ways and how we ought to treat one another. Truth be told, there are plenty of people who consider themselves much too smart to take seriously some of the darn fool things Jesus actually said and meant. But Jesus was no ordinary fool. A Words and Ways Commentary by John Bennison.read more
Mark's Gospel has often been described as a "enigma' and this can apply both to the whole of Mark's text, as well as to nearly all of its mysterious contents. There is not just one story-line, one discourse or one dimension to its depicted characters but Mark presents many and various aspects within his Gospel. This enigma involving multiple dimensions, levels and stages are in evidence in the following five important and multiple aspects of Mark's Gospel.read more
New Testament scholars continue to probe into its origins and significance, but–with the exceptions of John Anthony McGuckin's 1986 patristic study and the late Arthur Michael Ramsey's 1949 theological-liturgical treatment–there have been few books on its place in the long tradition of Christian spirituality or interpretation, Eastern or Western.read more
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Saving Jesus Redux Home Edition is a 12-episode video exploration of a credible Jesus for the 21st Century. Join 25 experts for a conversation around the relevance of Jesus for today. Already utilized by hundreds of progressive Christian communities, Saving Jesus is now available in a Home Edition licensed for private home viewing. Two DVD discs with twelve 30-minute episodes.read more
Living the Questions 2.0 Home Edition brings together over thirty highly acclaimed scholars, theologians and other experts in a video exploration of an open, inclusive, broad-minded Christianity. Already utilized by thousands of progressive Christian communities, LtQ2 Home Edition is licensed for private home viewing and includes three DVD discs with twenty-one 20-minute episodes.read more
Jesus taught us to allow love for neighbor and concern for human beings to trump other concerns – even if it leads to healing on the Sabbath or eating sacred bread. Even if it means to breaking other laws, laws which according to the Bible were laid down by God himself.read more
Surveys of biblical theology as presented by historians of Christianity soon reveal many and varied types of previous theologies (but no thealogies!), which have been explored and expressed by many thinkers in various schools of thought and practice during the past 2,000 years. In this brief article, my glimpse into the past can only include (1) Revealed Trinitarian Theology, (2) Natural Theology and (3) Deistic Theology.read more
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Just got back from a "family day." Went to the Red Barn flea market with my brother, my mom, and my grandpa. All we got was sno-cones and a temper tantrum from my brother because my mom wouldn't buy him this huge dagger three bladed thing. Oh no, the horror. We dropped him off at home and went to Chilis because he had some sort of employee appreciation day at his work and they fed him there. Supposedly. Then we went to Winn-Dixie with my grandpa and bought stuff. The usual, but my mom had been yearning for one of those Arbor Mist wine cooler things and so she bought one today, finally. If she begged one more time I think I would have tried to buy one for her. But of course I wouldn't be allowed to, even if I am big breasted I don't look 21.
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No tutorial for this look because I decided that it wasn't good enough to make the cut. See, only quality material for Skin Deco readers! I've finished recording my third Valentine's Day tutorial, which I'm very excited to post up next week.
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As I've mentioned in a previous post, this year the V-day looks will based on a new set of love songs:
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A report on the first year of Project LIFT and a demonstration by opponents of controversial new state exams are expected at Tuesday's meeting of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board.
Project LIFT, for Leadership and Investment for Transformation, is a public-private partnership to boost academic achievement at West Charlotte High and its eight feeder schools. Local foundations and businesses have pledged $55 million over five years; the 2012-13 was the first year of the project.
One of the goals is raising West Charlotte's graduation rate to 90 percent or higher by 2017. The school, which had a 56 percent on-time graduation rate in 2012, saw the rate rise to 71 percent in 2013.
Other measures of academic progress are tied to state testing. Results for 2012-13 aren't in yet. The state introduced new tests that officials say will bring much lower scores than the old exams. The state Board of Education, which had planned to release 2013 results next month, recently voted to postpone that release until November.
Meanwhile, the local advocacy group Mecklenburg ACTS plans to demonstrate outside the Government Center before the meeting, then present the board with a petition asking it to resist the expansion of controversial new state exams known as " measures of student learning," contending the exams introduced last year were poorly designed and wasted classroom time and taxpayers' money. As of Monday morning the online petition had 188 signatures.
Neither the LIFT report nor the petition requires board action. The meeting includes a public comment period for people to speak briefly on any topic; speakers can sign up on-site or call 980-343-5139 by noon Tuesday to get on the list.
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I've got my hosting with Carl and CS Newmedia now. Brilliant support when needed and very polite. Top marks.
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Hi I am trying to get together a Joomla site. I ont really deal in web stuff so I am doing this from scratch largely.
I renewed our domain and web hosting package recently from a reseller who were fronting for Tollon who are the actual hosts. I wish I had more time to research the options but at the time I was happy to keep the site ticking over as it was.
But now we want to revamp the site with Joomla. I would rather leave the old site up and running while we tinker with the new one. I believe that the old site uses MySQL
So to avoid breaking the old site do I need to create a new database that is separate from the old one? That way I dont overwrite whats in it, or can the two websites share the existing database. I would have thought a new instance would have been better
Also the reseller is asking £60 per year for a 50mb database and £90 for a 100mb How does this sound to you? sounds a lot for a few mouse clicks and an email. Also doesn't sound like a lot of space for a database. I am getting really frustrated that any tech help comes from the reseller who have aguy there that seems to less than me and is just relaying my queries to Tollon which through Chinese whispers often ends up not answering my query when it gets back to me. I dont want to be throwing good money after bad i possible whats you thoughts?
Any help appreciated.
I've got my hosting with Carl and CS Newmedia now. Brilliant support when needed and very polite. Top marks.
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That sounds stupidly expensive. My friends company does unlimited webspace, unlimited traffic, unlimited emails, unlimited databases etc etc for £40 per year.
Does not matter the size of the database or anything, he will host it and have 100% uptime. I have had my site with him since May, its never been down, he has been there to help me out alot and I cant fault his service.
his website is www.lutonwebs.co.uk might not look much on the home page but the service is fantastic.
The link for unlimited everything is LutonWebs the Hosting specialists: Lutonians Unlimited package IF you go for it say that Carl sent you.
This is nothing against your mates company nephilim its just a major bug bear of mine the way hosting companies advertise unlimited webspace/bandwidth etc, plenty of them do it but its just plain not true I mean how can you have unlimited webspace surely there is only a certain amount of storage on the planet at some piont you will hit a limit?
Maybe its just me?
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Try 1&1, 123-reg, UK2. All 3 companys are well established, will allow correct invoicing for businesses/schools and all have dedicated data centers. They arnt going anywhere anytime soon.
Not to mention, they arnt that expensive!
Thats fair enough, its just putting it out there! Some schools can and do use paypal as they get items from Ebay. Otherwise yes, do go with 1and1 or 123-reg. They offer good packages.
So lutonwebs.co.uk isnt just a reseller then for heartinternet.co.uk?
I believe he is a reseller, but I never said he wasnt. I do not wish to turn this thread into a bitch about lutonwebs, I merely suggested it as some schools can use paypal. As soon as it was pointed out that not all schools do, I recommended 1and1 and 123-reg.
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So...first week down ad a 6lb loss
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Not finding it really hard at the moment however on any other diets i normally do well for the first 3 weeks and then fall so week 3 will be 'crunch time' for me.
Im finding MFP an absolute life saver! Won't be long until i start to run out of inspiration so if anyone would like to buddy up and share foody / meal tips id be really grateful. My user name is pudders27.
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Gail Marksjarvis: Steps can help regain some control
Run a comparison. You might think you have a lousy mutual fund in a 401(k) or 529 and should consequently make a change. But that might not be true.
Virtually every fund lost money last year as the stock market sank. So compare your fund to the average. If your fund is acting like the average, it probably is a keeper.
To compare your fund, use the Lipper Inc. list posted at chicagotribune.com/money. In the column marked "YTD," you will see how the average fund of each type did last year. So if you are investing in a fund that invests in large stocks, look at "large cap core." The average decline was more than 39 percent. Your fund may be roughly that too – not fun, but in line. If you have a fund in your 401(k) that is investing for your retirement date of 2020, look up "mixed asset 2020."
Consider making a shift in funds if yours consistently trail the average. And consider a change if your fund charges high fees. Look for an "expense ratio" (or fees) of less than 1 percent.
Try tweaking. Know how someone your age is expected to invest. If you have a 401(k) with target-date funds in it, look for your retirement date. For example, if you plan to retire in 2025, you may see a fund with 2025 in its name that divides money in a way considered reasonable for your age.
But if you've been feeling too unsettled with losses, you can be more conservative by choosing a fund for people closer to retirement – maybe 2015, for example.
Find help. I like young people to invest on their own because many good financial planners don't bother with people who have less than $250,000 to invest. But if you are paralyzed, yanking money from your accounts one day and debating whether to try again the next, you need help. Find a certified financial planner who charges for only an hour or two of advice and doesn't sell products. Go to garrettplanning.com.
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There's an image floating around on Facebook of what appears to be an African man holding his emaciated son in his arms. The caption says something about God and prayers being unanswered, and how this is proof there is no god. It's not the only image like it floating around, so I'm sure you get the gist. God answers the prayers of indulgent, greedy Americans yet ignores the pleading of starving children everywhere else in the world (well, and even right in the United States). Of course, a flame-war ensued… and I had to put in a few of my own dollars and cents. I'm sure it was all squandered, and I have to say it never ceases to amaze me how much Christians are able to rationalize away the negligence of their all-powerful, benevolent god.
Here we have a child who is literally skin and bones, limp in the arms of his parent… possibly lifeless. Do we hear utterances of sympathy? Do parents express empathy for the helpless father holding the malnourished body of his child? You'd think that at least one theist in the group would express pity for the suffering of this little creature… especially since they're usually so damned crazed about stopping abortions and saving all the unborn babies. Nope. What, do you expect God to rain food down from heaven for everyone? He never promised every single prayer would be answered!! And it's evil human-kind's fault this single child has gone without food for so long he cannot stand. An omnipotent god couldn't possibly be to blame here! He gave us free-will, after all!
Ugh… I really fail to grasp how they can justify that their god willfully ignores this innocent baby's cries of hunger. Yes, humanity is somewhat to blame for this, it's true. The problem, or the contradiction, here is that these people are shoving their "good" god down all of our throats, while simultaneously shirking their own self-proclaimed duty to feed and clothe the poor. It's humankind's fault! Just not mine. I work hard for my money; why should I pay for their healthcare?! I'll point your sins out to you day and night, and deny you civil rights and access to clean water, food, healthcare… but dare you point out the plank in my eye whilst I point out the splinter in yours! How can they inhabit such contradictions?
I know, I know… this has all be said before. But really? REALLY?!! No flutter of doubt stirs in your soul when you see such pain; pain that an all-powerful being could snuff out instantly? God gave us free-will, and apparently that explains everything… except for the fact that it was obviously a mistake if this is the outcome! What were you thinking, God? You thought it'd be best for us to willingly choose to follow you even though the consequence would be pandemic misery? Fuck. You.
Well… I guess there's no reason to direct my anger at a nonexistent god. So, Christians, you act so damn pious, and try to shove your archaic, barbaric nonsense down all of our throats. I am SO sick of you claiming rights to morality when you justify and take-part-in bullying, murder, rape, pedophilia, and thievery. You worship a god guilty of genocide. He may not be real, but you support that sort of thing as long as it's done in His Name. As long as it's homosexuals we're putting behind barbed wire fences and not you, it's okay. The Holocaust would be fine-and-dandy if it were "sinners" being gassed.
And, fuck, I wish I was exaggerating! I wish I was merely slandering you by saying you'd rather let a woman die than allow her abort her fetus to save her life! If only it was just an unsubstantiated rumor that you said rape was a blessing if a life was created in that trauma! If only you didn't despise everyone different than you with a murderous, blind passion! If only there was a boundary on how far you'd go to defend the goodness and justice of your imaginary friend. Maybe, when God asks you to sacrifice your own child on an alter, you'll tell him (or that voice in your head) that he's simply asking too much. Maybe you won't trust a god, or a thought in your head, that would even expect something like that from you. Maybe a being who expects that kind of devotion simply isn't good.
And we're utterly disturbed by your "harmless" beliefs because people who will kill on command for their particular deity sometimes get into positions of power, and then they kill… or worse. We don't trust you. Why should we? You'd like to at least believe, should the moment arise, that you would have the courage to die for Jesus' glory… and take your family down with you. And you're worried about Muslims?? Don't you realize your fear is making you exactly like them?! Don't you recognize your shaming tactics mirror theirs? Are you jealous that you don't have your own theocracy to put all of us heathens (i.e. infidels) in our place?
You do not represent goodness, mercy, justice, or peace. You do not feed and clothe the poor. You do not want freedom to reign. You're deluded and beyond hypocritical. You're violent and hateful. And we've taken enough of your shit. We do not need a god who ignores starving children, nor the guidance of people who can rationalize evil away. We're simply not falling for it anymore.
What Good Are You to Me? If "God" cannot or will not answer my prayers; if I have to take action myself, then I have no use for him... and neither does that starving child.
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Black xtians are the dumbest mofo'er I've ever encountered. White xtains are bad but at least they run the world, so it's not too far fetched to believe that "god" was created in their image. But Blacks??? Damn..
Christians are all about one thing, and one thing only: eternal life. They have a God who promises that, as long as they slavishly obey his every whim, we will someday ascend to Heaven and get to sit beside the Lord forever and ever. If it is God's whim that poor, African children die of malnutrition, so be it; it's God's will; but don't think for a minute that any Christian gives a damn whether that black child will share space with them in THEIR God's eternal abode. Essentially, Christians are selfish, fearful people who delude themselves into believing in the nonsense that some magic man in the sky will choose THEM to save - not some poor, black child in a faraway land. And if you question their irrational belief system, you will also learn that they are not the religion of love they profess, but of HATE! And nothing exposes this hatred like any attempt to question their childish delusion that their bodies will some day be reconstituted in youthful health in some undefined cosmic reality.
In another post on this site, you will see the true face of Christianity: Reverend Hagee.
Arch what has we are descended from Africa to do with religion and black folks embrace of the same? if you get a chance read the link I posted.. I don't like black caricatures, they tend to be racia and cultural demeaningl in nature..
BTW I went to see Snowwhite and the Huntsman...there was nothing of value in the entire movie that was black..the lone black who worked for the evil queen was eventually shot , the black forest, the black crows, and on and on.. don't need imagery Arch...
Black xtians are the dumbest mofo'er I've ever encountered. White xtains are bad but at least they run the world, so it's not too far fetched to believe that "god" was created in their image. But Blacks??? Damn..
HA! Dude, I feel ya... but about female Christians. It's the same shit on some level. I don't get why women are okay being told they're made to serve men? It boggles the mind.
Shabaka - because your post implied that skin color was a factor, and it isn't, culture is.
RE Snow White and the Huntsman, what would you expect from a European fairy tale? Remember Kevin Costner's Robin Hood? Another waste of money (again, based on a European folk tale) - they stuck a black guy in there, just as a politically correct token.
Black has always symbolized evil in every story I've ever read, frankly, I suspect, having nothing to do with race, the color personifies the darkness of night that we've (Mankind) feared for as long as there have been humans. In daylight, there was enough that we could see that we feared - at night, those creatures that could see in the dark came out to feed, and we couldn't see them back. Further, in the darkness, our imaginations took over and imagined horrors more terrifying than anything that actually existed.
Cara - for some reason, you post above is blank, but I received it in my email, so I'll re-post it here.
"'Black xtians are the dumbest mofo'er I've ever encountered. White xtains are bad but at least they run the world, so it's not too far fetched to believe that "god" was created in their image. But Blacks??? Damn..'
"HA! Dude, I feel ya... but about female Christians. It's the same shit on some level. I don't get why women are okay being told they're made to serve men? It boggles the mind."
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RE: "I don't get why women are okay being told they're made to serve men?"
I assume that statement was intended sarcastically, because we're still 7 years away from the 100th anniversary of women finally being granted (by men) the right to vote. You can't hold any social group down, be it women, blacks, or whatever, for 20-30 millennia, and not expect some serious self-esteem issues that less than a century simply isn't enough time to cure.
lol that's because your "mankind" feared Nature. In come cultures the night brought diamonds to the heavens and they made stories about those gems..It was a welcomed time, a communal time and a time for study..I still don't appreciate caricatures..
BTW where did I mention anything about skin color? Black can be cultural with some black folk..Not all of us embrace European cultural thought and behavior..and the only way black can mean just "color" is if we embrace the Europeans concept of "race" as legit.


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Lately, I've been tempted toward complicated prose that urges rethinking of legal-information fundamentals. Why? Because the idea of public access to law in a global digital society makes some fundamental rethinking necessary. It would be swell to explore those notions in some longwinded way, but I'm both lazy and out of time. So instead I am going to offer two really simple propositions:
1) Simple fairness demands that the public have free access to legal-information systems that embed the same functionality and quality as the most advanced systems commonly available within the public body that creates or issues that legal information.
2) Authority in legal text ought to be judged simply (and exclusively) on the basis of accuracy, currency, and other objective quality measures. The barter in "official status" is unnecessary.
Please discuss in the comments. The fun, of course, lies in cataloging all the ways in which our current situation does not match those ideals, and why. Assuming, of course, that you think they are ideals.
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Hm. Reasonable? yes. Doable? Not until the argument for general public utility is better (? or more universally shared?). Consumers and some would-be rabble-rousers are still experiencing long-term effects of drinking the Kool-aid, which is high in "this is too hard for the public". I recently gave a class of LIS students an assignment to write pro/con on opening PACER data... 1/3 said no need, this is only useful for lawyers, who can pay for expensive and better systems, and by the way PACER searching sucks. Until we (lawyers, librarians) improve our argument about why that's bunk, there'll be no grassroots push to develop standards (standards, instead of the Standards, LexisNexis and Westlaw).
Authority lies between authenticity on the high end and official status on the low end. We can, and do, designate unreliable sources official (or "big O official" as some in the FDLP would know it). Thus your point that barter in official status is unnecessary should in fact be stronger - barter in official status is a red herring or worse, puts a thumb on the scales of judging true authority.
The best way to just authenticity is some imprimatur from the issuing authority. For now, digital signatures are one way of doing this and there's no reason that multiple sources can't provide such "authentic" material. I can imagine those who would place greater trust in an authenticity claim backed by the Secretary of the Senate and the LII than a similar claim by the Secretary and GPO or the Secretary and West.
On 1), can we add something in addition to "simple fairness"? I agree, but that argument leaves open the sophomoric "life's not fair" retort. I'd suggest "functioning democracy and fundamental fairness" as a friendly amendment.
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It is sad for the nice artwork found by Tom to ignite the discussion, but I would suggest adding a third proposition: public bodies producing legal information must provide a vendor/medium neutral citation and when appropriate the paragraphs must numbered. The relevance is that publicly available documents must have a ditation.
Document accuracy and currency is what is required by everybody and this is simple enough to achieve. That is what professional users of the legal information are looking for and this is what the general citizenry need as well. These days facta presented to the Supreme Court of Canada include excerpts from commercial databases and departments websites. I guess that if this sort of so-un-authentic material is good enough for the SCC it must be good enough for a lot of us.
Tom, Thanks for these very compelling ideas. I agree with (2), for the reasons that Scott states. In passing, I note that many U.S. state court citation rules seem to reflect a desire for convenient access rather than the guarantee of authenticity that "official" status provides; see, e.g., Pa. App. R. 2119 (b), http://bit.ly/oivn6 , requiring citation to National Reporter System for cases from all U.S. jurisdictions, with parallel citation to official state reports only for Pa. App.
Respecting (1), I'm not certain. To my knowledge, U.S. governmental legal departments usually have access to Wexis, so "same functionality and quality" means Wexis metadata, search algorithms, and display, which include abstracts, alert services, intelligent search functions, automated cross-database searching (even of databases you don't want to search), displays that integrate sources from multiple databases, customizeable tabbed user interface, saved (and searchable) search histories, 24 hour free-of-charge expert telephone search advice, etc.
I think one can distinguish between metadata and functions that are genuinely necessary to enable discovery, retrieval, and use of relevant law (call this "Basic Service"), and added metadata and advanced functions that save time and suggest additional sources, but are not genuinely necessary for enabling discovery, retrieval and use of relevant law (call this "Premium Service"). For example, I need Key Numbers or some equivalent, and a party name index in order to identify and retrieve relevant caselaw; and I need an annotated statutory code with a serviceable subject index and popular name index to access relevant statutes; I need an administrative code with citations to the authorizing statutes and a serviceable subject index; and I need a serviceable citator and at least keyword access to recently effective cases, statutes, and regulations to ensure that I'm finding the current law. But I don't need abstracts, names of counsel and their firms, advanced intelligent search functions, alert services, cross-database searching, saved search histories, or a fancy display.
The production and maintenance costs of Premium Service are arguably substantially greater than those of Basic Service. (That's an empirical question that we can verify.) I think an argument can be made that government should provide free public access to a Basic Service primary law system, enhanced by access to government-authored secondary sources (legislative history materials and legislative bills), but not a Premium Service system (i.e., not full bells & whistles Wexis). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think a Basic Service is what the EU seeks to provide via Eur-Lex, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm .
Now, as Stephanie notes, because of U.S. tradition of relatively limited government, even Basic Service potentially presents political problems. The reason is that Basic Service requires high quality metadata, particularly subject indexing, that entails substantial production costs (at least for the foreseeable future, until good-quality, affordable automatic subject classification tools are available to government), and to pay for this, new government resources must be found. But I think a case can be made that government should bear those costs, and that the public should pay higher taxes to satisfy those costs. And the public today may well be receptive to those arguments, particularly in light of the new public taste for bigger government, higher taxes, and greater access to government information, coupled with what may be a substantial increase in the public's willingness to engage in law-related matters without legal representation.
Thanks for your thoughtful response. One more comment: I've been re-reading recently all the AALL documents from the 1980s & 1990s respecting the unsuccessful attempt to create a free public CALR service centered on the Law Library of Congress. It might be well for all of us interested in free public access to law to revisit all that material and assess it, to determine whether any of that program can be salvaged in this new environment. Perhaps one feature of this new policy proposal that might differ from the old one is that it could involve multiple sources of material (e.g., the LIIs and university-based open legal digital libraries like Rutgers), not just a single new CALR system based at Law Library of Congress. I think the two key works are "Setting The Legal Information Agenda For The Year 2000 : Based On A Workshop . . ." / edited By Mary Kathleen Price, Margaret Maes Axtmann, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23940295&referer=brief_results ; and "The National Conference On Legal Information Issues : Selected Essays" / edited By Timothy L. Coggins National Conference on Legal Information Issues (1995 : Pittsburgh, Pa.), http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34549094&referer=brief_results . A word of caution: the last attempt was very well organized, took up a huge amount of time and effort, and appears to have accomplished very little.
Hear, hear!
Tom, This discussion underlines the role of automated subject classification software, to lower the cost of the knowledge representation component of any future free public law system. There is research literature about automated subject classification of primary law; see, e.g., Francesconi & Peruginelli, Searching and retrieving legal literature through automated semantic indexing, 11 Proc. ICAIL 131 (2007), http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1276318.1276343 , and the citations at http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1276318.1276343&jmp=references&coll=portal&dl=GUIDE&CFID=35895210&CFTOKEN=99105588#references . But I don't know how feasible an automated classification system for law is for, say, an LII. Wexis appear to be using automated classification, but I don't think the details of their systems are public (please correct me if I'm wrong). Tom, is a serviceable-quality, scalable, affordable automatic subject classification application available to the LIIs, and, if not, how long do you think it will be before such an application is available?
Tom: Thanks very much. To clarify because I'm new to computing, "SVM" means "Support Vector Machines," is that right? Also, on Wexis automated classification, see Mart, Susan Nevelow - REINING IN THE RESULTS: THE USE OF HUMAN INDEXING AND COMPUTER ALGORITHMS IN WEST'S HEADNOTES & KEY NUMBERS AND LEXIS'S HEADNOTES & TOPICS AS TOOLS FOR FINDING RELEVANT CASE LAW, http://www.colorado.edu/law/legalinfo/docs/mart.pdf .
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I was highly honored tohave been invited to participate in the UNESCO (United NationsEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Conferenceon Higher Education held in Paris, France October 5-8, 1998. Themeeting was attended by over 2,700 delegates and guests fromapproximately 175 countries. The official delegates includedMinisters of higher education, members of Parliament, Presidents andChancellors of universities, deans and ambassadors. The invitedguests included academics and researchers from the economic sector,the World Bank, intergovernmental bodies, teacher's associations andstudent unions.
Improvement of highereducation is a major goal of UNESCO as so stated in many of theireducational documents. To illustrate, one document states that "atall appropriate stages of their national planning in general, and oftheir planning for higher education in particular, member statesshould take all necessary measures to ensure that, amongothers:
Higher education isdirected to human development and the progress of society;
Higher educationcontributes to the achievement of the goals of lifelong learning andto the development of other forms and levels of education;and
The funding ofhigher education is treated as a form of public investment andsubject to government priorities.
Stronger links are needed between higher education and the world of work to help face the challenges of increased unemployment in both developed and developing countries.
A series of regionalconferences helped prepare for the world conference. These were heldin Latin America and the Caribbean (Havana, Cuba 1996), Africa(Dakar, Senegal, 1997), Asia and the Pacific (Tokyo, Japan 1997) andArab States (Beirut, Lebanon 1998). Each meeting proposed majorpolicy priorities for that region and the strategies needed toaddress various issues. The documents produced helped prepare theagenda for the World Conference to formulate "A Global Declarationand Action Plan for Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century."Four major themes, evolving from the regional meetings, constitutedthe basis for discussion:
1) Pertinence of HigherEducation. Included topics such as access to higher education,partnerships with the world of work, students and society, women inhigher education, social development and peace.
2) Quality of HigherEducation. Assessing quality in teaching training and research,innovation in higher education curricula and teaching methods, therole of research, accreditation and evaluation systems, distancelearning and the qualitative transformation of highereducation.
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The above topics werediscussed in plenary sessions, which were open to both delegates andinvited guests, and also in smaller closed meetings. The languages atthe plenary sessions were Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russianand Spanish. Simulation translations were provided. Many documentswere distributed in numerous languages, including English. Keydocuments can be found at http://www.education.unesco.org.
As is usual in largeconferences, it is impossible to attend all the sessions, even thoseto which one is admitted. However, a great deal is learned throughdiscussion with people one meets. To summarize some of the discussionand presentation comments, the following were heard mostfrequently:
Universities mustplay a different role and the need to re-examine the educationalsystems of all countries is urgent in order to address therequirements and aspirations of those who have to be educated in arapidly changing world.
How do universitiesprepare for the advent of the New Information and CommunicationsTechnology (NICT) age? Teacher preparation is a central issue. The"new" teacher will have to master this new NICT environment as wellas the new subject content.
What buildings,lecture rooms and auditoriums need to be replaced by digital sites orvirtual seats of learning?
Will teachers havethe ability to redefine their roles or be subjected to changesimposed by globalization?
As universities assume adifferent role and new information technologies help build an openeducational system, the present level of information-communicationtechnologies provides a base to begin creating a global system fordistance education. The Conference promoted three specificideas:
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The conference's GlobalDeclaration and Action Plan for Higher Education in the Twenty-FirstCentury presented the vision. However, the action depends on thefollow-up activities as each country recognizes its responsibilitiesand challenges.
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20 May 2014
Messed Up Chances
My first adventures towards dating was over the Internet, through this amazing website named Tumblr. To give all of you who don't use Tumblr an idea of how it works, it's a website where you can "reblog" any post, be it a picture or a text post, and put it on your own blog. It's a social media website because you can send other users questions, where it's anonymous or not. Although not a dating website, if two people talk to each other, there is always a chance that these two might date.
I met several girls through this website. Well, over the computer of course. Although I was "out" to all of my friends, I still wasn't ready to actually go out on a date. But talking to people online kind of helped with through the process.
I remember chatting to this girl named Leah. She seemed interesting. She liked doing the same things that I liked, and sometimes we talked for hours. After a while, she asked if I wanted to talk over the phone, and I said yes without thinking.
I found that, like me, she was pretty awkward over the phone. She was really quiet, which I liked. We talked about our liking for the show Once Upon a Time, and our love for books like Harry Potter. As a sort of phone date, it was pretty nice.
After a while of silence, she then asked me if I wanted to meet face to face. In my gut, I expected this, but it still seemed random. I replied with a moment of tense silence. She then asked me if I was still there, and I could hear the awkwardness in her voice. I told her that I would consider it.
I then told her goodnight. I was tired, and I wasn't sure about what my answer would be.
The next morning, I called her and left a voice message, saying yes. She replied minutes later, saying that we could meet at the Starbucks down the street.
I spent the next few hours stressing out about the date. There were several scenarios that was going through my mind. I knew what she looked like, and honestly, I wasn't attracted to her. What if she was hurt by my behavior? What if someone from Starbucks recognized me when I'm with her?
I tried calming down, but I couldn't. So I decided to watch a new episode of Doctor Who.
Twenty minutes before 5:30, our appointed time, I made the final decision. I wasn't going to go. There were too many uncertainties. I tried taking a nap, but I kept tossing around.
My phone rang, time and again. I couldn't bring myself to respond. I already knew what she would say, "Where are you? Why did you stand me up?" I hated myself for what I did.
And there was this small nagging doubt in my mind saying that I would never find someone I found attractive. I'm going to be alone for the rest of my life with no one to love me.
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You'll never find someone you think attractive? Most people worry that others won't find them attractive. You should call that young lady and apologize. You don't have to set up another date, but you need to say you're sorry. She's probably very hurt.ReplyDelete
you never know til you take the chance right? its all in the risk...and being willing to face it...what is the worst that can happen you know...well you could meet a nutjob but...smiles..ReplyDelete
I'd give her a chance. It's just a date--doesn't mean you're getting married. And just because you aren't initially attracted through the computer doesn't mean it can't happen once you get to know the person. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work... but you may have given up a chance to meet a terrific person who may have become a friend.ReplyDelete
I did online dating in my late 30s--it's how I met my husband. The great thing about online dating is that you can see what the person looks like before going. Still, it's different when they're live, rather than in a picture! It's a great tool... YOLO, as the kids today say. You Only Live Once. Get out there and meet some people. Coffee is actually a great idea, because you can end it after your cup is empty if it isn't working for you. At the very least, it'll give you some good stories for your blog.ReplyDelete
Have to jump in with both feet some times and see where you landReplyDelete
I hope things work out for you. Best wishes.ReplyDelete
Hello Gina. There are plenty of people who've met online. I couldn't help thinking about that poor girl you stood up. Maybe her self esteem took a real tumble too! You've got to try! Don't be so hard on yourself.ReplyDelete
I think if you find someone, every experience will help you to learn!ReplyDelete
Oh Gina... I can totally relate to you on this one. When I first started dating online (I chose to throw myself into match.com) I was clueless.ReplyDelete
I remember talking to men and making one of my best friends come with me on dates, ha! I didn't trust a lot of them and to give me credit for my inclinations, one of them was even married!! Can you believe it?
I realized that I needed to give myself more time before meeting these people. I needed to spend some time alone and rediscover who I was deep down inside and then maybe, I would be ready to share my sacred gifts with another.
Once I learned the ropes a bit better, I met someone who I spent months talking to before I decided to meet him. And even when we met, it wasn't love at first site or anything. In fact, it took another seven months before I decided to actually date him and we've been together for three years now.
I think once we stop thinking so much about it and taking things too seriously, we end up meeting the right person. After navigating around the dating site and after being a lot more comfortable with who I was.. inside and out, then I knew I was ready to casually talk and meet with people. We must love and know who we are first before we can share that with another person. This way, we don't give our love to the wrong people... something I did time and time and time again before I met my current companion.
Good luck, Gina! If you ever want to talk or even share stories, I'm just a blog or email away=)
Dating is just awkward. Period.ReplyDelete
Even if you don't go out with this person, I would call her and apologize for just not showing up. Think about how you would feel if that happened to you.... You can tell her that you became too anxious over the meet and totally freaked and that you are sorry. I am not sure that she would even be willing to meet you again (if you think that is now what you want), but if it is, I would ask her. That is, if she accepts your apology.
Dating is this strange thing of hits and misses. We all need to lighten up and accept that there will be misses. (Sometimes, we don't feel it. Sometimes the other person doesn't feel it. And it is OKAY.) But if we never take a chance, there will never be a hit. And you might make a friend if neither one of you wants to date but you genuinely like each other.
Dating is always a risk, but if we don't risk we never learn or grow. Brave of you to share your experience here. Good luck in the future.ReplyDelete
I understand why you made that decision, but like Robin, I'd call and tell her straight out what your reason was. It's the right thing to do for you and her. That's my HO.ReplyDelete
I would be so nervous meeting and dating someone through the internet, but I haven't crossed it off completely from my list of future options. There will come a time when I very well may give it a go. I hope you consider meeting her. You never know. :)ReplyDelete
I had no idea you could find dates on TUMBLER. I'm married but it's still a mind blowing option. Dating is always tough but the anonymity of dating online leads to a whole new set of challenges.ReplyDelete
My wifes best friend met her husband on the internet. They went to the same university, so it wasn't as hard to meet with a group of friends on a date then go to a one on one.ReplyDelete
You have to risk something. So maybe you just end up being friends. Keep trying.ReplyDelete
I had no idea Tumblr could be used for that. I agree with what other people are saying. You have to take a risk. You never know what might happen. I met my husband on the internet. I wasn't looking for anyone at the time, but we clicked. That was back in the days when meeting someone from online was really creepy!ReplyDelete
Sometimes you just have to take that risk. If it's a disaster, you shake hands and say goodbye.ReplyDelete
I didn't know that about Tumblr. Heh.ReplyDelete
I understand the nervousness about the date and why you didn't go. I went out on a couple dates from people I met on the Internet. The dates were awkward, but generally went okay. One never asked me out again, and the other I went out with a few more times before saying we should just be friends. I haven't wanted to go out on a date since, and that was back in 2007.
That said, there is more to dating than physical attraction. Some of the best relationships are those who are attracted to who the person is on the inside. And it's good to remember a date doesn't equal a lifetime of commitment. :)
My sis-in-law faces similar dating problems. She's not attracted to the guys who ask her out, and the guys she encounter that she is physically attracted to are usually married.ReplyDelete
It's good you went with your gut, but, like the other comments, I think it'd be nice if you called her back and apologized for standing her up.
What everyone else has said. You do owe her a call and an explanation. And an apology would be nice. She was likely as nervous as you.ReplyDelete
I really think things work out the way they are supposed to. Learn from this and carry on. There most certainly is someone out there just for you!ReplyDelete
It's hard to meet someone when one has all this angst. Even though I met the weirdest people which is quite entertaining in retrospect, it gave me a huge uplift. They actually found me attractive and wanted to go out with me. Don't let fear get the better of you and don't have huge expectations-go with the flow. This one didn't work out for one reason or another so now time to move on and enjoy what else may be out there. If you still click with her-great and if not, still good. Enjoy the momentReplyDelete
Oh, Gina, I offer you lots of virtual hugs. We all have insecurities, and they explode in magnitude when it comes to dating. I'm trying not to give advice, but I like Robin's. I've been stood up/rejected. It hurts. I think you'd grow as a person to apologize and just explain that you got scared sh*tless and realized you weren't ready to date (or something like that).ReplyDelete
I do understand, though, about not being attracted. People will tell you that it's what's inside that counts. True, but there needs to be a mutual attraction to ignite a romance. And I've noticed that the people who tell me these things are gorgeous with gorgeous partners, so it's easy for them to say. Smiles. Now that I think about it, I have cancelled dates and lied (e.g., saying I'm sick) because I wasn't attracted and/or had an awkward phone conversation. Then I agreed to the date. Then I chickened out...Hon, I get it.
Don't beat yourself up any more. You only human and nobody has this relationship thing perfected - even though lots of people and couples appear to.
Be good to yourself.
Hi Gina - I suppose it could be dodgy meeting someone you've only met on-line yet plenty of people have and have also formed good relationships. I understand what you mean, though, if you don't fancy someone it's difficult to stop or finish something without hurting them.ReplyDelete
Best to be careful and know that there will be someone out there. Join a society or group with the same interests.
Oh, this was really sad! Don't beat yourself up over it. Meeting someone that you know only virtually can be scary, especially if you guys haven't talked a lot. You read my blog post about meeting one of my writing buddies for the first time - I was nervous too, but fairly comfortable at the same time because she and I had been talking for so long! Maybe next time try texting and emailing for a while longer before moving onto face-to-face. It's better if you know the person as well as you can. Don't lose hope <3ReplyDelete
I'm sending cyber hugs too. It's a rough world out there. I hope given some time you reconsider and let her know what happened, that you were simply too scared to move. At least that way her ego's off the hook and she can regroup. And so can you. Everyone hates rejections. Some of us will do anything to avoid the pain, while others will pretend it doesn't matter. Me, I'd would have done the same thing, then hung out with close friends to mend.ReplyDelete
I agree with everyone that it would be nice to call and apologize. It sounds like you enjoyed talking and emailing with her, so it might lead to a lasting friendship. Good luck, Gina!ReplyDelete
I have similar problem but I understand fear will always keep love away from me if I dont give myself the chance. Yes, it may be a total wreck, but it also can be what I am looking for. One friend told me, you already have the no granted, if you stay here in your cave, its a no, why dont you go for the yes? It's 50-50 chance. Looks like the odds are better if you try.ReplyDelete
But you connected with someone - even if fleetingly! You connected. There's always hope! Stay positive!:-) Take careReplyDelete
I'm sure she understood. It wasn't the right time for you and if you didn't feel it in your gut to meet her, so be it. That's perfectly okay. Maybe one day you'll be able to email or text her again. Thanks for sharing this part of your life with us.ReplyDelete
Love can't be forced. When it's right, you'll feel it. But always remember, just meeting someone commits you to nothing...don't put too much pressure on yourself.ReplyDelete
What Elizabeth said is perfect. Feelings will most definitely get hurt along the way in this dating biz, and that's unavoidable. She was probably hurt by you not showing up, so showing up and nicely explaining that you weren't interested in being more than friends wouldn't have hurt worse. And hey, there might've been someone you were attracted to sitting at the next table. You could've spilled your coffee on her, giggles would ensue & so on and so forth. ;)ReplyDelete
Definitely stay positive. This just wasn't the right time and it's important to follow your gut. Although, Nicki is right, you never know when you'll meet the right person. She's out there. =)ReplyDelete
Other people here have given you better advice than I could. I do hope you call this girl and apologize, and please realize that she was as nervous and frightened as you were. And clearly you're underestimating yourself and your appeal. Please start taking more chance to go out and shine.ReplyDelete
I can understand your fear but you should have at least called her and let her know you weren't going to make it. You would expect the same consideration if the shoe was on the other foot. The young lady took a chance on you. She sounded from your description as afraid as you. At least give her a chance to be a new friend if it's not too lateReplyDelete


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Dale Estey, Blanford ahead in Seattle School Board races
In Seattle School Board races, Suzanne Dale Estey and Sue Peters will advance in the District 4 race, and Stephan Blanford and LaCrese Green are ahead in District 5.
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Primary election races
In this year's closest race for Seattle School Board, Suzanne Dale Estey and Sue Peters were the leaders in Tuesday's returns, setting up what likely will continue to be a hard-fought campaign between the two candidates.
Dale Estey, a government-relations and public-affairs consultant, had nearly 48 percent of the votes counted to date. Peters, a freelance writer and education activist, was second with 41 percent.
About 900 votes separated the two candidates in District 4, which covers Queen Anne, Magnolia and part of Ballard.
Dean McColgan, was third with about 11 percent, and won't advance to the general election.
Dale Estey said she had hoped to be the leader, and credited the hard work of her campaign staff and volunteers, who doorbelled about 4,000 households and called another 2,000.
Peters was thrilled with her strong showing, saying that her involvement in school issues over the past nine years puts her in a good position to win in November.
In District 5, which covers much of central Seattle and Capitol Hill, education consultant Stephan Blanford had a commanding lead with 78 percent of the vote, and will advance to the general. The question is, who will be second. LaCrese Green, a private tutor, was leading Tuesday with 13 percent, and Olu Thomas, an unemployed parent, had about 8 percent.
Incumbent Betty Patu, running unopposed in District 7, advanced to the general election automatically.
In the primary, School Board candidates run only in their districts. The two with the most votes advance to the general election, when voters citywide choose a winner in each race.
Once again, one issue in the campaigns is the performance of the board. Over the past 10 years, voters have swung between support for candidates later judged to be too hands-off, and those who are accused of being too hands-on, straying into micromanagement.
This year, the only incumbent running is Patu. Still, the candidates for the two open seats have been talking about how they would help the board members work more effectively with each other and with district staff.
This year's races also are again attracting a lot of money. In addition to what the candidates are raising, an independent group called Great Seattle Schools has already spent about $35,000 on Dale Estey's behalf.
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