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I expect more from The Economist than "Mormons are really nice, give em a break." True enough, I'm sure, but rather than indulging in cute platitudes, why not discuss the LDS church as an organization and do a bit of journalism, instead? Many people are concerned that for such a powerful organization—active globally, with assets estimated in the billions (including significant stock holdings in various US companies)—it is insufficiently transparent about it's wealth, business interests, and political involvements/intentions. This is less a concern about Mormonism's adherents than it is about LDS church leadership and the extent of its influence on candidates who identify themselves as Mormon. I don't mean to suggest anything nefarious here; like most, I know very little about this subject. I was just hoping The Economist could help shed some light.
MY COLLEAGUE'S post below got me thinking about Mormons. There's a significant possibility that 2012 will be the year that America confronts the question of whether a Mormon can be president. It seems like a question with an obvious answer ("I don't know. Can he?"). But surveys in recent years have consistently found that a large minority of voters are set against the idea, and the prejudice may be even more deeply rooted among a Republican primary electorate that is, as my colleague puts it, "struggling to decide which it hates most—being a Mormon or being sensible."
I'd like to step back from the question of whether a Mormon can be president to take up a more fundamental query: why don't people like Mormons? No other faith, save perhaps Islam, catches so much flak in the United States. Even among Americans who aren't hostile to Mormonism, the default position seems to be scepticism or ridicule rather than anodyne appreciation for the varieties of religious experience. That's weird. Every other major religion can count on being defended by members of other faiths. Here's Mitt Romney, for example, in his 2007 speech on faith:
I believe that every faith I have encountered draws its adherents closer to God. And in every faith I have come to know, there are features I wish were in my own: I love the profound ceremony of the Catholic Mass, the approachability of God in the prayers of the Evangelicals, the tenderness of spirit among the Pentecostals, the confident independence of the Lutherans, the ancient traditions of the Jews, unchanged through the ages, and the commitment to frequent prayer of the Muslims. As I travel across the country and see our towns and cities, I am always moved by the many houses of worship with their steeples, all pointing to heaven, reminding us of the source of life's blessings.
Yet Mr Romney doesn't call out any special aspect of Mormonism; he only says the word once in the speech, and the editorial comment offered is that his faith is "the faith of [his] fathers." (That's actually quite similar to Jon Huntsman's tendency to refer to his "Mormon heritage".) I like Mormons, as it happens, and here are some of the reasons why:
• Mormonism is the only major world religion that originated in the United States, and the religion reflects some of America's flagship virtues as well as some of the country's notorious flaws. Mormonism has an entrepreneurial ethos, a willingness to break with tradition, a restless tendency to travel and a focus on the world outside of America's borders, a healthy dose of hucksterism and audacity, and an anti-authoritarian stance to government that is sometimes obscured by its paternalism at the family level. I'll leave it to the commenters to sort out which are the virtues and which are the flaws.
• Most Mormons are unusually upstanding citizens and, correspondingly, you rarely catch a Mormon doing something horrible. Except for Ted Bundy, a convert, the worst person on this list of "infamous Mormons" is Butch Cassidy.
• They are, as a group, really nice.
There are aspects of Mormonism that are objectionable, but not more so than we see in other religions. For example, they do a lot of missionary work, which some people find offensive, but that's not unique to the Latter-Day Saints. And some Mormon fundamentalists display grotesque personal behaviour, but that's true of some fundamentalist anybodies. The biggest difference between Mormonism and other widespread world religions is that Mormonism is relatively new; that may contribute to the scepticism about it, which contributes to the faith's insularity, which contributes to additional scepticism, and so on. I would hope that if Mr Huntsman is moved to make a speech addressing his Mormonism (or if Mr Romney does so again) that they talk in a bit more detail about their faith in particular. That could yield some insights. As a young man, for example, Mr Huntsman spent two years as a missionary in Taiwan. That experience seems to have spurred his lifelong interest in China, and led him to learn Mandarin, which helped him become the ambassador to that crucial country, giving him the base of expertise my colleague describes below. That's a valuable skill set in a top-level politician, and it was his religion that led him there.


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Oct 23, 2011"A Series of Unfortunate Events" is a decent kid-block buster with a average story line with a monotonous tone. But as always, its Jim Carrey (the veteran actor) the saves the screen.
Oct 17, 2010It was a little better than Ok but it isn't the first kids film I think of when I'm feeling nostaligic. The children are quite weak and I'd prefer to read the books. The whole thing did the job but it wasn't anything to rant and rave about.
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Oct 18, 2010its not the exact kind of Harry Potter you're looking for, but this movie relies on Jim Carrey's hilarious peformance as the villian and it will please moviegoers of all ages.
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Nov 20, 2011Cramming 3 books into 1 short film isnt a good idea, Especially when Lemony Snicket books are filled with countless details that the film left out. The cast was good and Jim Carrey is at his best in this film. I was a huge fan of the books and I was excited for this film but it was just a major disapointment.
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Nov 13, 2013A Series of Unfortunate Events is how it sounds.
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- n. The peculiar distorted and dwarfed condition of cotton, tobacco, corn, and other plants, due either to some fungus or to disturbed nutrition: often used synonymously for the mosaic disease. See mosaic, disease.
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For, if on the one hand the crop be too long delayed by drought, a fine cure is out of the question; while on the other hand, if there is rain enough, there is apt to be excess of it; and then begin all the diseases to which the plant is heir -- such as frenching, and firing, and spotting, and rusting, and shedding of the leaves.
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Like if I can somehow manage to stomach a little bit of "frenching" with him my incipient crows feet will melt away.
"frenching" a pork loin, cleaning the fat around the bones for better presentation.
Id open my mouth to reply but I was afraid i'd swallow my tongue, essentially frenching myself to death.
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He smelled like he'd been frenching elephants in his spare time!
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Remote Sens. 2014, 6(5), 4409-4429; doi:10.3390/rs6054409
Estimation of the Image Interpretability of ZY-3 Sensor Corrected Panchromatic Nadir Data
Received: 14 March 2014 / Revised: 21 April 2014 / Accepted: 6 May 2014 / Published: 14 May 2014
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Abstract: Image quality is important for taking full advantage of satellite data. As a common indicator, the National Imagery Interpretability Scale (NIIRS) is widely used for image quality assessment and provides a comprehensive representation of image quality from the perspective of interpretability. The ZY-3 (Ziyuan-3) satellite is the first civil high resolution mapping satellite in China, which was established in 2012. So far, there has been no reports on adopting NIIRS as the common indicator for the quality assessment of that satellite image data. This lack of a common quality indicator results in a gap between satellite data users around the world and those in China regarding the understanding of the quality and usability of ZY-3 data. To overcome the gap, using the general image-quality equation (GIQE), this study evaluates the ZY-3 sensor-corrected (SC) panchromatic nadir (NAD) data in terms of the NIIRS. In order to solve the uncertainty resulting from the exceeding of the ground sample distance (GSD) of ZY-3 data (2.1 m) in GIQE (less than 2.03 m), eight images are used to establish the relationship between the manually obtained NIIRS and the GIQE predicted NIIRS. An adjusted GIQE is based on the relationship and verified by another five images. Our study demonstrates that the method of using adjusted GIQE for calculating NIIRS can be used for the quality assessment of ZY-3 satellite images and reveals that the NIIRS value of ZY-3 SC NAD data is about 2.79.
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Remer Y. Brinson III, President and CEO of the Company stated, "This quarterly dividend is our fourth cash dividend since the formation of Georgia-Carolina Bancshares in 1997. The payment of these dividends, our recent fourth quarter earnings release and the construction of our new branch office in Evans, GA are indicative of the stability of our Company and the Augusta market."
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The oil and gas industry has said fracking chemicals are disclosed at tens of thousands of wells, but environmental and health groups and government regulators say a loophole that allows companies to hide chemical "trade secrets" has been a major problem.
A statement on the Baker Hughes website said the company believes it's possible to disclose 100 percent "of the chemical ingredients we use in hydraulic fracturing fluids without compromising our formulations," to increase public trust.
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Still, Goldstein said the Baker Hughes language sets a new standard for transparency and "clearly distinguishes them from Halliburton," another major industry supplier.
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Baker Hughes spokeswoman Melanie Kania wrote in an email that it will take "several months" for the new policy to take effect. She said the end result will be a "single list" that provides "all the chemical constituents" for frack fluids, with no trade secrets.
Amy Mall, a policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the Baker Hughes move is a positive step, and that "if one company can do it, it's very clear all companies can do it." Mall said NRDC doesn't believe companies should use the trade secret argument to hide drilling chemicals.
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Menomonee Falls — A lawsuit spanning almost two years has drawn to a close. The result will be a new bus route — No. 279 — that brings Milwaukee residents to jobs in the Menomonee Falls industrial park.
The route, which will begin operation in August, is the first of several Milwaukee County bus routes that Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Mark Gottleib said should facilitate more efficient transportation for those living in the central city to jobs in the suburbs.
"The settlement includes transit services that will alleviate traffic congestion during construction," Gottleib said in a news release. "The routes will support the department's Traffic Management Plan for the project, facilitating our commitment to minimize the impacts of construction on travelers, residents and businesses." A request for additional information was denied, but final signatures are pending on a settlement of a lawsuit related to the reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange in Milwaukee County.
The lawsuit was filed in 2012 by the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope, who claimed the $1.7 billion Zoo Interchange reconstruction project inadequately provided for the needs of Milwaukee's transit-dependent residents.
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Though Milwaukee County Supervisor John Weishan said the four-year agreement is "better than nothing," he said he wished it would have spanned a much longer timeframe.
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Officials made the remarks Wednesday afternoon at the CAW Local 222 hall in Oshawa at a press conference called to respond to a decision from General Motors to move production of the Camaro to Lansing, Michigan. The decision affects the next generation of Camaros and union officials expect it to take effect in late 2015 or early 2016.
CAW reps said they were shocked by the news and there was no hint of it during their last round of negotiations with GM, which concluded in September.
"Had General Motors come clean with us ... we would have rolled up our sleeves and said 'hey, what do we need to do to save those jobs'," said CAW Local 222 president Chris Buckley.
He added that for every plant job at General Motors, there are nine spin-off jobs in the community. Mr. Buckley said he's still working on identifying the parts manufacturers that would be affected by the news, but he cited Johnson Controls Whitby, the sole manufacturer of Camaro seats, as one example of a local company that could be affected.
The Camaro represents 25 to 30 per cent of production at the Oshawa plant with roughly 100,000 cars built annually. Union officials said they made concessions to bring the Camaro to Oshawa and in subsequent contract talks.
General Motors officials would not estimate how many jobs the decision would impact.
"At this stage, there's no immediate impact on employment. In the longer term, we really can't speculate at this time," GM Canada spokesperson Faye Roberts said in a conference call with reporters.
Meanwhile, CAW national president Ken Lewenza called the decision "a betrayal" of not only Canadian auto workers but of taxpayers who funded the auto bailout.
"Frustrated is an understatement, we are outraged by this decision."
Under the terms of the 2009 bailout funded by the federal and provincial governments, General Motors committed to building 16 per cent of cars for the North American market in Canada until 2016.
Mr. Lewenza said GM officials told the union they were consolidating rear-wheel drive productions in Michigan, but declined to say what kind of savings or efficiencies would be realized through the move. He dismissed the idea that the announcement was related to Michigan's new "right-to-work" legislation, saying the decision was made before the legislation passed.
The CAW called on the federal, provincial and municipal governments to create an auto plan that would prevent the loss of more jobs and demanded GM either restore Camaro production or replace it with another product.
Beyond speaking with the government, union officials will meet to discuss further actions.
"I think our members are going to demand a more aggressive response because they've been beat up and knocked down," said Mr. Lewenza.
In addition to the Camaro, GM also produces the Buick Regal at its Oshawa flex plant. GM officials announced the new Cadillac XTS and the next-generation Chevrolet Impala will also be produced at the flex plant and a third shift will be added in 2013.
However, GM is winding down operations on its consolidated car line, which will be closed in 2014. Union officials say that will leave GM with about 3,000 employees at its Oshawa plant in 2014.
Oshawa Mayor John Henry said he too was shocked by the news and reiterated the City's positives including an educated work force. He stressed Oshawa is open for business.
With respect to expected job losses, he said it impacts not only Oshawa, but the surrounding community.
"This has a big ripple effect across the economy of Ontario."
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Single-shot temporal coherence measurements of random lasing media
JOSA B, Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 31-36 (2007)
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A new method, to our knowledge, is proposed that enables single-shot measurements of the temporal coherence properties of pulsed laser sources. By modification of a Michelson interferometer, two replicas of the source are formed. Owing to the symmetry of the configuration, the optical path difference and, consequently, the visibility of the resulting interference fringes are varied over one dimension. This effectively replaces the mechanical scanning performed in a typical interferometer and thereby provides a direct measurement of the temporal coherence of a single pulse. Our method is successfully applied to the study of the single-shot temporal coherence of a Rhodamine 6G–
© 2006 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
(100.4550) Image processing : Correlators
(120.2650) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Fringe analysis
(120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology
(140.6630) Lasers and laser optics : Superradiance, superfluorescence
(260.2510) Physical optics : Fluorescence
(300.2530) Spectroscopy : Fluorescence, laser-induced
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Lasers and Laser Optics
Original Manuscript: July 28, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: September 15, 2006
Vassilis M. Papadakis, Andreas Stassinopoulos, Demetrios Anglos, Spiros H. Anastasiadis, Emmanuel P. Giannelis, and Dimitris G. Papazoglou, "Single-shot temporal coherence measurements of random lasing media," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24, 31-36 (2007)
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