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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To help detect or rule out a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in pleural fluid in order to assist in the diagnosis of tuberculosis; rarely to detect the infection in other body fluids such as peritoneal fluid or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
When to Get Tested?
When a doctor suspects that someone with chest pain, coughing, and/or difficulty breathing has tuberculosis that has spread to their pleurae (lining around the lungs)
Sample Required?
A volume of pleural fluid is collected by a doctor using a procedure called thoracentesis; other body fluids are collected using other procedures
Test Preparation Needed?
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is a protein that is produced by cells throughout the body and is associated with the activation of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that plays a role in the immune response to infections. Conditions that trigger the immune system, such as an infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), may cause increased amounts of ADA to be produced in the areas where the bacteria are present. This test measures the amount of adenosine deaminase present in pleural fluid in order to help diagnose a tuberculosis infection of the pleurae.
Pleurae are membranes that cover the chest cavity and the outside of each lung. Small amounts of pleural fluid are continuously produced to lubricate the movement of the lungs against these membranes and the membranes against each other during inhalation and exhalation. A variety of conditions and diseases, including infection, can cause inflammation of the pleurae (pleurisy or pleuritis) and can lead to excessive pleural fluid accumulation (pleural effusion).
Tuberculosis can spread into the lungs and pleurae, causing symptoms such as chest pain, chronic cough, and shortness of breath. Since these symptoms may also be seen with a variety of other conditions, it is important to determine the cause as rapidly as possible in order to properly treat the affected person. Detecting mycobacteria in pleural fluid can be difficult because there may be a large volume of fluid and very low numbers of bacteria present. Though the ADA test is not specific and does not replace the culture for diagnosing TB, it may be positive even when numbers of bacteria are very low and can be used as an adjunct test to help determine whether tuberculosis is the likely source of a person's symptoms.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A sample of pleural fluid is collected by a doctor with a syringe and needle using a procedure called thoracentesis. Rarely, other body fluid samples, such as peritoneal or CSF, are collected using procedures specific to the fluid type.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
No test preparation is needed.
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"The pelican is fearsome. Take a raven, for example: it's omnivorous. It eats bugs, and seeds, and fruit, and carrion. Compared to the well-rounded citizen that is the raven, the pelican is the serial killer of birds." - Barry Petchesky, Deadspin
Not sure if Miami is doing a really good job trapping the ball or if it's GV putting himself into bad positions.
They just left Battier wide open for a 3rd time. This team does not make adjustments on the run defensively.
Hornets 90 Heat 106 Final
4th qtr score: NOH 18 MIA 20
2nd qtr played the role of the 3rd qtr tonight
And again AD. 15-20 points EG 15-20 points we win. Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda.
Monty still has the guys playing hard which is nice so i can't complain too much. Losses like these last two just make me wonder what could be if we had all hands on deck consistently.
Its funny how when vasquez has 24, 9 and 6 he is the answer. But after two games in limited minutes he hasnt played as well (still with good assist rates) he is suddenly the devil. And how Henry was useless and "shouldnt have been on an nba roster" 2 games ago, he is now looked upon very favourably on this forum.
Well the troll part of the schedule is over. Healthy roster and normal sched should mean more Ws than Ls from now on.
It's like the team doesn't learn from their mistakes. I mean I know the team is young but that's just weird
I clearly said that I was have been a big x hater and he has prove me wrong.
Anyone still think Monty lost the team?
"Aime la vérité, mais pardonne à l'erreur." - François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
Has anyone seen our wintercourt jerseys?
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Here's the original ad that had the other 3 for us
Well that was great, an entire telecast (Miami's; watched it on LP) with no idea of the scores except when commentators mentioned it. And no, I couldn't have had TV companion open, as i was watching it taped. Weeew
Shame. I knew I'd miss this one. Had to perform at Xavier.
We are gonna stink this year, but at least we have a bunch of players who want to be here unlike (Emeka and West). Gonna be exciting when CP comes back next year.
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Service Oriented Architecture Solution Helps State Quickly Expand Food Stamp Program
Inflation, increasing unemployment rates, and the "worst financial crisis since the Great Depression" mean some citizens now more than ever are in need of public assistance. Without the safety net of Food Stamps, some citizens could face serious malnutrition. Due to several barriers, however, many citizens do not take advantage of the Food Stamp Program. The United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service recently estimated that only about two-thirds of eligible citizens in the nation participate in Food Stamps.
One of the barriers is a lack of eligibility knowledge. Another is a lack of access.
As part of his economic security agenda, the governor of a large northeastern state initiated efforts to expand the Food Stamp Program for low-income working families. The objective of the effort was to "remove barriers that make it difficult for [the state's citizens] to access help." The goal was to extend food stamp benefits to as many as 100,000 additional households within the state.
In response to the governor's call for improvements, the state's human services agency solicited the vendor community to help them quickly implement a browser-based channel for food stamps self-screening and electronic application. After evaluating several solutions and working with the state CIO, the agency selected Deloitte Consulting LLP to help them build and implement a new system.
The state's objective for the project was to implement an application that allowed the citizens of the state to prescreen themselves for social services and electronically apply for Food Stamps. This application would provide additional opportunity for applications, which may translate to additional households receiving Food Stamps benefits. Prior to the new system, citizens would mainly go to social services offices to apply for Food Stamps. However, that meant the citizen was constrained by the social service offices' hours of operation. If the citizen was working full-time, he/she may not have been able to make it into the office. The new system would provide citizens the opportunity to apply for Food Stamps at a community-based organization (which may be open after hours or on weekends).
The first phase of the project was successfully launched in a record time of four months, allowing constituents to pre-screen for Food Stamps, Tax Credits and School and Summer Meals.
The second phase included new features and additional integration with the legacy system and client Internet access to get application status. The system is believed to be one of the fastest implementations of a system within the state.
The solution, which includes the transfer of an application used successfully in another state, also re-uses the integration hub (developed by Deloitte Consulting on a previous engagement) to integrate to the legacy welfare management system based on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
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Firstly, to enable JNDI for a web application, you need to configure the WebAppContext to parse the web.xml file and perform the
java:comp/env linkages. The class that does this is
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org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext for it. The following example enables naming services for the
Then, you may configure container-wide naming resources that can be referenced in a web.xml file and accessed from within the
java:comp/env naming environment of the webapp during execution. Specifically, you may configure support for the following web.xml elements:
Configuring resource-refs and resource-env-refs discusses how to configure support resources such as
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env-entry settings in a web.xml file. See Configuring global env-entrys.
Furthermore, it is possible to plug a JTA
javax.transaction.UserTransaction implementation into Jetty so that webapps can lookup
java:comp/UserTransaction to obtain a distributed transaction manager. See Configuring Transactions.
Configuring global env-entrys
Sometimes it is useful to be able to pass configuration information to a webapp at runtime that either cannot be or is not convient to be coded into a web.xml
env-entry. In this case, you can use
org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.EnvEntry in the jetty.xml file and configure them to override an entry of the same name in web.xml.
This example will define an
env-entry called
mySpecialValue with value
4000 that will be put into JNDI at
java:comp/env/mySpecialValue for every webapp. Moreover, the boolean argument indicates that this value should override an
env-entry of the same name in web.xml. If you don't want to override, then omit this argument or set it to
Configuring resource-refs and resource-env-refs
Any type of resource that you want to refer to in a web.xml file as a
resource-ref or
resource-env-ref can be configured in a
jetty.xml file using the
org.mortbay.naming.plus.Resource class. You need to provide the name of the object, relative to
java:comp/env and the instance of the object itself. The J2EE Specification recommends that DataSources are stored in
java:comp/env/jdbc, JMS connection factories under
java:comp/env/jms, JavaMail connection factories under
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Resource Type
Name in jetty.xml
Environment Lookup
Lets look at an example of configuring a javax.sql.DataSource. In our example, we'll use a DataSource from the Atomikos transaction service:
We will be adding more examples of configuring database datasources (eg using XAPool and DBCP) and jms connection factories, so check back regularly. Contributions are also welcome.
Configuring Transactions
If you want to be able to perform distributed transactions with your resources, you will need a transaction manager that supports the JTA interfaces that you can lookup as
java:comp/UserTransaction in your webapp. Jetty does not ship with one, rather you may plug in the one of your preference. You can configure the one of your choice using the
org.mortbay.jetty.plus.naming.Transaction object in jetty.xml. In the following example, we will configure the Atomikos transaction manager:
We will be adding more examples of configuring other transaction managers (such as JOTM), so check back regularly. Contributions are also welcome.
Demo Web Application
There is a demonstration webapp available in
webapps-plus/test-jndi that is configured by
etc/jetty-plus.xml, which sets up examples of all of the JNDI resources we've discussed so far.
In order to run this demonstration, you will need to download Atomikos and download Derby, which is an embeddable Java based relational database that supports XA transactions.
Copy the following Atomikos jars to
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- licenseJTA.jar
- jta.jar
Copy the following Derby jars to
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To run all of the demos, including the JNDI demo:
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Gallery: Daniel Buren's Kaleidoscopic Structures Installed in Grand Pal...
Last years the space welcomed a colossal structure from Anish Kapoor.
Despite creating a giant rainbow of color that maximizes on the grand space, Buren's work remains subtle. It was carefully designed and built using minimal materials, but transforms the Palais into a site of hidden pockets and dimensions. By creating a series of secluded spaces within the work, Buren invites curiosity and exploration from the audience.
Celebrating its fifth year, Monumenta has already hosted a range of acclaimed artists, such as last years colossal structure from Anish Kapoor. The installation will be open through June 21.


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|ACH Recognized as 2006 "Business of the Year"
All Children's Hospital has been selected as the 2006 "Business of the Year" by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. ACH was doubly honored by also receiving the top award in the Health Care Business category.
ACH was cited for its work in pediatric health care, reaching nearly 9,200 patients in 2005, with more than 300,000 outpatient and 33,000 emergency center visits.
A total of 39 businesses, business teams and individual CEO's qualified as finalists in nine award categories for this year's competition. The finalists were selected from more than 130 nominees, the most ever for the awards program. The awards culminated with the overall "Business of the Year" chosen from among the category winners.
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Tuesday, June 3
• All Union County residents are invited to the Santuc Fire Department, Tinker Creek Road, for a free hot dog supper at 6 p.m. sponsored by Frank Hart.
Tuesday, June 3-Thursday, June 5 and Monday, June 9-Thursday 12
• USPTA Pro Brad Tate will host his 20th annual Summer Tennis Camps for ages 6-15. Camps will take place from 9:30-11:30 a.m. each day at the Foster Park tennis courts. Young tennis players are invited to come celebrate with 20th annual t-shirts and other giveaways. Camps will include daily snacks and pizza on Thursdays. The fee is $60 per camp. To sign up or receive more information, call (864) 466-7100.
Thursday, June 5
• The Community Prayer Meeting will be held at noon at the USC Union gazebo. All are invited to participate in a brief time of prayer for our community, state, and nation, and for the Church. You do not have to pray out loud to participate. Just come and join in silently if you like. If you can't be at the gazebo, set aside some time during the day to pray for our community, state, and nation, and for the Church. All are welcome.
• Union County Council holds a budget work session at 5:30 p.m. in the Grand Jury Room of the Union County Courthouse. The public is invited to attend.
Thursday, June 5-Thursday, July 24
• The Summer Early Steps Program will be held at the Carlisle Town Hall from Thursday, June 5-Thursday, July 24. This free program will be held on Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. for children ages 1-4. The program, which is sponsored by the Union County School System, includes parent-child activities, story time, social skills, and crafts. (Adult must stay with child.) For more information please call 427-1505.
Sunday, June 8
• Descendants of C. Lester and Marth V. Greer will have their annual reunion at Sardis United Methodist Church on June 8, 2014 in the social hall at 1 p.m. Each family is asked to bring a well-filled basket. Plates, cups and utensils will be furnished.
Monday, June 9
• The Commissioners of the Housing Authority of Union meets at 5:30 p.m. at 201 Porter St.
Tuesday, June 10
• American Legion Post 87 meets in The Flats at 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 15
• The Union County Historical Society meets at 3 p.m. in the Union County Museum meeting room. As usual, the back door will be open for those wishing to avoid the stairs.
We are proud to announce the speakers will be Dr. Dan O'Shields and Robert Grady, local historians, writers, and researchers. Dr. O'shields is a licensed professional counselor and Mr. Grady is retired from the Union School system after 34 years of service. Their presentation will be regarding the Buffalo-Union-Carolina Railroad; the topic of a new book they are currently researching.
Consequently, Dan and Robert are trying to find and include photos of the BUC and would really be interested in never published family photos. A big aspect of their book will be including the memories and stories of the few folks still alive who witnessed the BUC on the tracks. If you have pictures or stories you would care to share for their work, please contact either via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com.
Saturday, June 21
• Come join Betsy & Company along with Over the Hill Gang Relay for Life Team on a 1 day trip to Harrah's Cherokee Casino. Departing Jonesville Municipal Building at 1:30 p.m. Departing Old Walmart Parking Lot at 2 p.m. If interested contact Betsy at 864-674-6799.
Monday, June 23-Friday, June 27
• The Union County High School Drama department will hold its annual DRAMA CAMP from 9 a.m. until noon each day. Open to ages 6 through 12, students will participate in theatre games, creative dramatics activities, and present a short play for parents and guests on Friday, June 27, on the stage at Union County High School. The camp is taught by UCHS drama teacher, Ralph Lawson. Assistants are Bess Lawson and Jessie Cantrell. Parents can register their children at the main office at Union County High School; the registration deadline is Thursday, June 19. A fee is charged per child. For more information call 427-1709.
Friday, Sept. 5-Saturday, Sept. 6
• The Sims High School Reunion and Village Children sponsors a trip to New Orleans. The trip will be two nights and a day with two guests per room. Participants will stay in a five star hotel and ride in a first class tour bus. For reservations call 803-924-9069.
Ongoing events
• The Union Lions Club is collecting used/unwanted eyeglasses, hearing aids and cell phones. There is a collection box outside of the Lions Club building, located at 134 E. Main Street, Union. Donated items are refurbished and donated to those in need or sold for money that directly benefits those in need of hearing and vision services. Questions? Contact Lion Kelli Johnston at email@example.com.
Items for Community Calendar can be submitted to The Union Daily Times by email to email@example.com, by fax to 864-427-1237, by mail to Community Calendar, PO Drawer 749, Union, S.C. 29379 or in person at our office, 100 Times Boulevard in Union. Items will run on a space available basis.


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Campbell Takes Tire Rack SCCA Match Tour Pro Shootout Win
WILMINGTON, Ohio (April 16, 2014) – Laura Campbell, of Madison, Ala., took home last weekend's opening round of the newly-formatted Tire Rack SCCA Match Tour Pro Shootout competition held at the Wilmington Airport. Randall Prince, of Auburn, Ga., won the Super Shootout, while Cindy Duncan, of Louisville, Ky., took home the Ladies Bracket title.
Weather conditions were ideal for the 215 racers in attendance. Temperatures were in the upper 70s with no threat of rain either day, which is the best one could hope for during spring in the Midwest.
For 2014, the Match Tour program has undergone some changes aimed at maximizing track time for the competitors. Sunday's Pro Shootout was seeded based on the four fastest indexed times of each run group from Saturday's class-based competition.
Driving her Thanks Lee! Mini Cooper, Campbell was a reluctant to pit her skills against the other top-32 qualifiers even though she was the clear winner in the Street Touring FWD Ladies class during Saturday's competition. Heading into the competition, Campbell was hoping to compete in the Ladies Challenge. However, those feelings melted away the deeper Campbell progressed in the bracket-style competition.
After a bye in the opening round, Campbell took out Chris Harvey (C Street, Tire Rack Mazda MX-5) in the round of 16. Campbell then dispatched with David Wampler (Street Modified, IAG Performance/OS Giken/Evolution Subaru STI) in the quarter-finals.
In the semi-finals, Campbell kept her winning ways as she beat Jed Peterson (A Street, Honda S2000). That victory put her in the Pro Shootout finals matched against Darrin DiSimo (Street Touring Sport, Pronto Timing System Mazda Miata).
DiSimo's road to the Pro Shootout finals started with an opening-round win against Perry Ellwood (Street Touring Xtreme, Mazda RX-8). Sean Murphy (Kart Modified, IC Engineering Energy Honda) was the next driver to fall to DiSimo, during the round of 16. He then took out Chris Fenter (C Street, My Beautiful Wife and Girls Mazda MX-5) and Eric Peterson (E Street, Solo Pro/Atomic Empire Toyota Spyder) in the quarter- and semi-finals, respectively.
In the Pro Shootout final, Campbell proved too much for DiSimo as she took the win. It was an impressive run for someone that had their sights set on another bracket.
The Super Shootout was made of 16 drivers that fell outside of the top four indexed times in each run group from Saturday, following additional Sunday morning qualifying. In this bracket, Prince took a quarter-final win over Jason Proksch (F Street, Jackie Treehorn Racing BMW M3), then moved onto beat Matt Colley (A Street, Pontiac Solstice) in the semis.
All that resulted in a matchup between Prince and Alan Sheidler (Kart Modified, Competitive Vehicle Services Birel Honda) in the Super Shootout final. Once the dust cleared, Prince was the last driver standing.
The competitors in the Ladies Challenge consisted of the remaining ladies who qualified for neither the Pro Shootout nor the Super Shootout. Duncan's (D Street R Ladies, Ford Mustang) run to the Ladies Bracket title started with a first-round win over Shelby Turbevil (F Street Prepared Ladies, Mazda 323).
She then took down Crissy Weaver (Super Street R Ladies, Fatt Boyz of Dayton/Muffler Pros Chevrolet Corvette) in the semi-finals, and capped the day off with a final-round win over Jennifer Bedell (E Street Ladies, Atomic Empire/Solo Pro Toyota MR2 Spyder).
Additional information, including full results, of The Tire Rack SCCA Wilmington Solo Match Tour can be found at http://www.scca.com/events/index.cfm?eid=6723. More information on the entire Tire Rack SCCA Solo program is available at www.scca.com/Solo.
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MARK KEOHANE writes Jaco Taute wants to specialise as a fullback and Elton Jantjies must be the Stormers first-choice flyhalf.
If Taute doesn't start at 15 and Jantjies is not given the responsibility at 10, then what was the point of luring them to the Cape for this season's Super Rugby challenge?
Taute is still contracted to the Lions but because the Lions are not playing in the 2013 Super Rugby competition he is among 14 of last year's Lions playing for another South African franchise this year.
Taute made his Springbok debut at outside centre, but it is fullback that is his best position and what motivated him accepting the offer from the Stormers was to play at fullback in a back three of Gio Aplon and Bryan Habana.
Taute and Lions and Bok team-mate Elton Jantjies are expected to add a dimension to the Stormers attacking game, which has been constantly condemned in the past three seasons as being too one-dimensional. The Stormers won 82% of their matches in last season's league stages but lost at home in the semi-final for the second successive season. In 2011 the Crusaders were comfortable winners against a Stormers team that had also dropped few games and boasted the best defensive record in the competition's history.
Defence has taken the Stormers close in the last two seasons but the lack of an attacking game has meant that close is as good as nothing.
Western Province, in the Currie Cup, employed a far more attacking game and Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has said that elements of the Province style would be incorporated into the Stormers' play this season.
Coetzee remains a realist and is practical that the primary focus remains winning the game and getting four league points. He however acknowledges the impact players like Taute and Jantjies will have on the squad.
Taute's versatility, in that he can play wing, midfield and even at flyhalf, helps any squad but Coetzee also sees his greatest value at fullback.
Jantjies must start at flyhalf for the Stormers with the more seasoned Peter Grant his back-up.
Jantjies has been stuffed around at international level but his form in Super Rugby last season was very good and he needs game time at the Stormers. He is a greater long-term investment than Grant, who plays in Japan during the Currie Cup season.
Grant will be a perfect foil for Jantjies but it is Jantjies who has to get the preferential treatment this season and playing in the more competitive and successful colours of the Stormers will also improve his national aspirations.


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At the court hearing, if the judge granted your name change, he or she may have recommended that you notify certain agencies about your name change and get new identification cards. Listed below are some steps to take to update your personal records with your new name. If you have any questions about getting "certified' copies of the court order changing your name, contact the Court Administrator.
1. Interests in land or real property
Minnesota Statutes § 259.11(a) states that name change applicants must file a certified copy of the order with the County Recorder of each county where they, their spouse/domestic partner, or minor children claim an interest in land.
2. Criminal history
Minnesota Statutes § 259.11(b) requires that name change applicants with a criminal history notify the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension about their name change within 10 days after being granted the name change. A person required to notify the BCA under this statute who fails to do so is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
1. Get new identification cards.
After you change your name, it is important that you get new identification documents and notify some agencies and organizations about your new name. Each organization will have its own process for updating records. The first thing you may want to do is get a driver's license or I.D. and a Social Security card with your new name so you can show them to the organizations along with the court order granting your name change.
2. Notify agencies and organizations.
3. Update important papers.
You should also think about important papers that have your name on them, like titles to motor vehicles, a will, health care directive, power of attorney, etc. You may want to update those documents with your new name to avoid any confusion in the future.
If the information on a Minnesota birth certificate is wrong or missing because a mistake was made when the birth certificate was created, you can try to correct the mistake by contacting your local County Vital Statistics office or the Minnesota Department of Health. Procedures to amend (change) the birth record are available on the MN Dept. of Health website or by calling (651)201-5970.
If there was not a mistake, but you think there are exceptional circumstances for changing the birth certificate now, you may file an Application for a Name Change with the court, but you must specifically ask for the change on your Application that the judge order that the birth certificate be changed. You should get legal advice on what exceptional circumstances justify a change to a Minnesota birth certificate.
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The forced resignation of Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod has gotten a lot of attention.
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod now says she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week.
But what should other federal employees and managers do if they find themselves in similar situations? And what legal recourses do they have?
Bill Bransford is a partner at the law firm, Shaw, Bransford & Roth.
He says she really has no legal recourse against the government because she's a political appointee who serves at the pleasure of the president and the secretary.
"She was asked to resign and she did, and that was really the end of the matter until everyone realized that her comments were taken out of context and she was unfairly attacked. Then, she was supported by some of the people who attacked her and apologized to, and offered this job."
The situation, he adds, is unprecedented, and one of the most remarkable things is that she wasn't offered her old job back -- she was offered a new one. Bransford says he wonders why.
"I say there's probably a story behind the reason why she was not offered her old job back. I know, because I used to work in government, and I talk to high level government people. They [would] sit around and say, 'what should we do about this? We could giver her her old job back,' because she had only been gone about a week. But they decided not to, and there's a reason, and I have no idea what it is."
While political appointees have no real legal recourse, other federal employees do, and Bransford says career senior executives can find themselves involved in cases like this.
"The career manager -- and, usually, it's the career senior executive who has to interface with the political appointee and has to develop a relationship with [him or her] so that government works well, and it does create, I think, an awkwardness in the workplace when somebody gets fired and then rehired and they have this sideshow going on."
Despite these distractions, he says, in his experience with sticky situations like this, most feds are professionals and act accordingly.
One thing to keep in mind is that some political appointees were, at one time, career feds. Bransford says SESers should pay close attention here.
"If they're in the career Senior Executive Service and they move from a career SES job to a political job, when that political job is over, they're entitled to go back into the career Senior Executive Service."
As for Sherrod, Bransford said whether she decides to go back into federal service is obviously up to her. He also commented on her plans to sue the blogger, Andrew Breitbart.
"There's the First Amendment and Supreme Court decisions and defamation laws that require proof of actual malice. And, when in fact she said the words that she said, but there was an editing job which the American media does all the time -- that might be a real uphill battle to prove actual malice on the part of the blogger. He wasn't saying false things about her, just apparently taking them out of context."
There is, however, tort law that involves showing someone in a false light, but Bransford said there is a fine line there and declined to expand further on the matter.


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First Known Use: 1538
noun bul·ly \ˈbu̇-lē, ˈbə-\
plural bullies
Definition of BULLY
archaica : sweetheartb : a fine chap
a : a blustering browbeating person; especially : one habitually cruel to others who are weakerb : pimp
: a hired ruffian
Origin of BULLY
probably from Middle Dutch boele lover; akin to Middle Low German bōle lover, Middle High German buole
—used in phrases like bully for you to express approval or praise especially when the approval or praise is not sincere
Full Definition of BULLY
: excellent —often used in interjectional expressions <bully for you>
: resembling or characteristic of a bully
Examples of BULLY
- <that's a bully idea for reviving the town's retail center>
First Known Use of BULLY
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- Synonyms
- A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], boss [slang], brag, brave, excellent, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool [slang], corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope [slang], down [slang], dynamite, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous [slang], fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters (also gangbuster), gilt-edged (or gilt-edge), gone [slang], grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype [slang], immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight [slang], par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat [slang], prime, primo [slang], prize, prizewinning, quality, radical [slang], righteous [slang], sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-flight, top-notch, top-of-the-line, topping [chiefly British], top-shelf, unsurpassed, wizard [chiefly British], wonderful
: to frighten, hurt, or threaten (a smaller or weaker person) : to act like a bully toward (someone)
: to cause (someone) to do something by making threats or insults or by using force
Full Definition of BULLY
transitive verb
: to treat abusively
: to affect by means of force or coercion
intransitive verb
: to use browbeating language or behavior : bluster
Examples of BULLY
- He bullied his younger brothers.
- <children who had been bullied by their father since infancy>
First Known Use of BULLY
Definition of BULLY
: pickled or canned usually corned beef
Origin of BULLY
probably modification of French (bœuf) boulli boiled beef
First Known Use: 1753
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A bill moving through the state legislature would make it first-degree murder if a child is born alive but later dies as a result of injuries inflicted prior to birth.
It has its origins in a 2010 Alamance County murder trial and was introduced by Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance.
"Lily's Law" is named for Lillian Grace Broom of Mebane, who died as a result of complications from premature birth after her mother was shot. The law would codify a precedent-setting Alamance County Superior Court judge's decision that Lillian's father, Robert Broom, could be tried for her first-degree murder.
In October 2008, Broom shot his then-pregnant wife, Danna Fitzgerald, in the abdomen. Though the bullet didn't directly injure Lillian, the child had to be delivered by emergency cesarean section surgery. Lillian lived 31 days but died of a medical condition that sometimes occurs in babies born prematurely, doctors from Duke University Medical Center testified during Broom's murder trial.
Broom was found guilty of Lillian's first-degree murder — the first trial in state history charging someone with murdering a child who is born prematurely and lives for a time but later dies as a result of the violence against the mother. In addition to the first-degree murder conviction, Broom was found guilty of shooting, kidnapping and attempting to kill Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald approached Gunn about sponsoring the law earlier this year, Gunn said.
"She wanted to try to do something to remember Lily's legacy and to help other women who've been attacked like this," Gunn said "She's such a brave woman and has such courage."
Lily's Law, S.B. 117, was unanimously approved by a vote of 50-0 in the N.C. Senate. Fitzgerald was present when it passed the Senate and received a standing ovation by its members, Gunn said.
He and Fitzgerald hope that Lily's Law will be a tool for future prosecution for mothers who are attacked. Trying Broom for Lillian's murder was a legal battle in Alamance County.
In the case, attorneys for the state — Gene Morris and Lori Wickline of the Alamance County District Attorney's Office — argued extensively that state law allowed Broom to be prosecuted for first-degree murder. Without Broom's actions, Lillian would have been born healthy and lived, they argued.
The defense argued Lillian's death couldn't be proven to be caused by the shooting and that the girl wasn't born when her mother was shot — but by cesarean surgery. They also said the state didn't have evidence of premeditation or planning on Broom's part.
Superior Court Judge J.B. Allen Jr. ruled for the state and allowed Broom to be tried for first-degree murder in a case of first impression.
The N.C. Court of Appeals upheld Allen's decision in a January ruling, denying Broom a new trial.
He is serving a life sentence without parole for the first-degree murder conviction and 157 to 198 months for the attempted first-degree murder conviction for shooting Fitzgerald.
Gunn said the appellate court's ruling helped in submitting the bill, finding that Broom's prosecution was proper under the law.
Lily's Law's other primary sponsors are senators Warren Daniel, R-Burke, and Shirley B. Randleman, R-Stokes.
It's currently being reviewed by the N.C. House Judiciary subcommittee. It would have to be passed by the House and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory before it becomes law.


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Former Bear has Pfeiffer Lady Falcons Flying High; Kellie Rhoney Featured in Hometown Newspaper
January 18, 2013
CATAWBA, N.C. - Former Bunker Hill standout basketball player Kellie Rhoney saved her best for last. Pfeiffer Universitys persistent point guard has the Lady Falcons soaring higher than ever this season. The 5-foot-6 senior credits a newfound team chemistry to most of her teams success this season.
In the past, we never really meshed together and clicked as a team, she said. We had a lot of individual players and as everyone knows, it takes five people on the court working together to win games. This year is the closest we have ever been. We really work off of each other and play together, which has had a overall positive result. Whether we win or not, we always find something good to take away from each game.
Rhoneys play can also be a contributing factor to Pfeiffers success on the court.
Through Wednesday, Rhoney ranks fifth in NCAA Div. II in assists at 6.3 per game. Getting her teammates involved on the court is nothing new to Rhoney.
Throughout high school, Ive always put more of a focus into distributing the ball to my teammates to better their scoring position, she said. It has become one of my biggest strengths as a point guard. I would rather get an assist over points any day.
Pfeiffer defeated Erskine College 79-66 on Jan. 9, and in the process, set a new school team record for assists in a game.
The Lady Falcons tallied 26 assists in that contest 11 of them off of the hands of Rhoney.
Pfeiffer womens basketball coach Jill Thomas said Rhoneys court vision is uncanny.
Kellies ability to see the basketball floor and her teammates is like none other, Thomas said. She is truly a very special point guard. She is the backbone to our team and a very big reason for our early success.
Not only does Rhoney pride herself in helping out her teammates, but also in taking care of the basketball.
Through Wednesday, she is No. 1 in Div. II in assist to turnover ratio at 3.14.
Since I first picked up a basketball, I have always put more emphasis on ball handling more than shooting and defense, Rhoney said. I try to focus on not making mistakes and usually set goals before every game that I hold myself accountable for. Distributing the ball and not committing turnovers is a main responsibility for a point guard, and I try to be the best in both of those aspects.
Rhoney ranks as one of the all-time leaders in Bunker Hill girls basketball, tallying 1,104 points, 342 assists, 276 steals, 78 3-pointers and 307 free throws in her career with the Lady Bears.
Four times, Rhoney was named an All-Catawba Valley 2A selection and her teams Most Valuable Player.
Catawba Valley Community College womens basketball coach Tommy Edwards, who coached Rhoney at Bunker Hill for three seasons, knew she was a special player.
Kellie was the dream of every basketball coach, Edwards said. She was a point guard that could use both hands. She was quick. She could push the ball down the floor. She could get you into your offense. She could penetrate. She could score. She could get the ball to the open player. Because of her quickness, she was also an excellent defensive player. She was a true point guard and floor leader. Even though she got picked on by many because of her shorter height, her heart and love for the game were immeasurable.
Thomas saw similar qualities in Rhoney when she recruited her four years ago.
I knew Kellie was going to be a very special player right from the start because of her love for assists, Thomas said. It is very rare that a player wants more assist then points. After every game, Kellie is more concerned with her assist to turnover ratio.
Rhoneys offensive play has also picked up.
She has connected 19 times on 3-pointers this season after making 26 all of last season.
Her 42.2 percentage from 3-point territory ranks second in Conference Carolinas only to Barton Colleges Nyeshea Willie.
I've never really been a scorer, but this year has been different for me, Rhoney said. I've found my shot and feel comfortable enough to take an open shot if I have it, whereas in the past I would never shoot. I would say I'm a threat both inside and outside because I like to keep people on their toes. I know I have the ability to score either way.
Behind Rhoney, the Lady Falcons are 9-2 overall and 4-2 in Conference Carolinas play one of the best starts in Pfeiffer women's basketball history.
Thomas believes Rhoney is a huge part of that success and is proud to coach the Catawba County product.
Kellie has stepped up her game tremendously, Thomas said. I couldnt be more proud of the person and player Kellie has become and cant wait to see how her career here ends. She will leave a very big mark and can never be replaced.


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An A. Gerow Hodges Lecture in Ethics & Leadership by Dr. Jacob Needleman, directed to Samford undergraduates (Homewood, AL).
A forum with Bill Johnston, retired president of the New York Stock Exchange, including a panel discussion with faculty from the Brock School of Business (Homewood, AL). See video.
A retreat for U.S. college and university presidents, chaired by Samford President Andrew Westmoreland and directed by Mann Center Director John C. Knapp (Oxford University, UK). See photos.
An A. Gerow Hodges Lecture in Ethics & Leadership by Eleanor Clift, contributing editor of Newsweek (Birmingham, AL). See photos and video.
An A. Gerow Hodges Lecture in Ethics & Leadership by David Ratcliffe, Chairman and CEO of Southern Company, one of America's largest producers of electricity (Birmingham, AL). See video.
A professional development seminar by Dr. John Knapp on Leadership and Public Trust (Birmingham, AL).
A panel presentation by Dr. John Knapp on Emotional Intelligence and Leadership (Birmingham, AL).
A panel presentation by Dr. John Knapp (Atlanta, GA).
A panel presentation on Ethics & Nonprofit Governance for the Continuing Legal Education conference (Birmingham, AL).
The Scholars Retreat on the Social Teachings of the Abrahamic Religious Traditions, an international gathering of scholars exploring the relevance of Christian, Jewish and Islamic teachings for the global economy. Co-sponsored by the Mann Center (Caux, Switzerland). See photos.
A forum on civility featuring Jim Leach, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; co-sponsored by the Mann Center, Alabama Humanities Foundation, and the Birmingham Area Consortium on Higher Education (Homewood, AL). See photos and video.
A graduation speech for the class of 2010 (Birmingham, AL).
A presentation to the AEHA annual conference (Hoover, AL).
A presentation to the monthly luncheon (Vestavia Hills, AL).
A presentation by Carolyn Cartwright, Senior Vice President, SunTrust Banks (Homewood, AL). See photos and video.
A presentation to a gathering of women leaders (Birmingham, AL).
A keynote presentation for Ethics Week (Oxford, MS).
A presentation to the monthly luncheon (Nashville, TN).
A presentation on the moral development of college students (Homewood, AL).
A presentation by Dr. John Knapp on "Ethics Code Design: Emerging Best Practices" (Birmingham, AL). See photos.
Three sessions on topics related to Christian ethics (Birmingham, AL).
A presentation by Wes Cantrell, retired Chairman and CEO of Lanier Worldwide and author of two recent books on ethical business leadership (Birmingham, AL). See photos and video.
A conference co-sponsored with the Cumberland School of Law Center for Biotechnology, Law and Ethics, featuring Susan Greenhalgh, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine; Valerie M. Hudson, Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University; Sunil K. Khanna, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Oregon State University; Feng Wang, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine; and David M. Smolin, Professor of Constitutional Law, Cumberland Law School (Birmingham, AL). See photos and video.
A lecture at the Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character at Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA).
A panel discussion co-sponsored by the Mann Center and Beeson Divinity School, featuring Daniel Carroll, Professor of Old Testament, Denver Seminary and author of Christians on the Border; Isabel Rubio, Executive Director of The Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama; Osvaldo Padilla, Assistant Professor, Beeson Divinity School; and John Knapp, Professor and Director of the Mann Center (Birmingham, AL). See photos.


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Animal control officer was friend to man and beast
Animal control officer Gordon "Rocky" Abbott, who died in May, is remembered by friends and co-workers for his deep concern for people and animals.
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Gordon "Rocky" Abbott, a animal control officer for Snohomish County, handles a rabbit during a small animal-handling class. Abbott died May 25.
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Rocky and Penny Abbott were married 31 years and had two children, Sydney and Asa. Rocky Abbot died in May.
Courtesy Photo Rocky Abbott, a Snohomish County animal control officer, died in May. He grew up along Jordan Road near Arlington.
Courtesy Photo A family photo of Rocky Abbott, a Snohomish County animal control officer for nearly 30 years. He died in May.
If you lived in the county, there was a 50-50 chance that Rocky knew you, or was related to you.
Gordon "Rocky" Abbott grew up along Jordan Road, across the street from the South Fork Stillaguamish River. As a kid, he'd jump off the Jordan Bridge and swim.
Abbott made his home in Arlington. He was a county animal control officer for nearly three decades. He died May 25, of natural causes at 52.
Abbott is survived by his wife, Penny Abbott, who works in the county prosecutor's office, and their two grown children, Sydney and Asa.
To his coworkers, Abbott was a mentor, a father figure and the source of many a good-natured prank. He loved animals and people, and he was pretty good at dealing with both.
He was a family man who spent his career enforcing the county's laws regarding animals and their owners. He loved his job, but through it, he also witnessed suffering.
Rocky Abbott worked since he was a boy, cutting timber in the woods and as a farmhand at his uncle's dairy. He loved classic rock, fishing and beer.
He met his wife through friends from Arlington High School. He pursued her. Their first date was a rock concert. They were engaged three months later.
When their first home near Snohomish flooded, they bought a 1906-vintage Victorian country house in Arlington. Together, they remodeled all of it. Rocky Abbott filled the basement with his fishing gear.
Just weeks before he died, the couple celebrated their 31st anniversary on Orcas Island. They'd been around the country and abroad. They'd recently gone to New York, where they ate pizza every night. Penny Abbott's best friend Lori Storle tagged along.
"He would do anything Penny wanted," Storle said. "He was just that kind of person -- always wanted to make you happy."
On quiet nights at home, Rocky Abbott liked to have beers, tequila and cigars on the porch with his best friend, Brad Jessup. They liked to listen to the radio and talk.
At work, Abbott would draw off-the-wall captions onto photographs and give them to his colleagues, animal control officer Paul Delgado said. On Mondays in the summertime, they could count on Abbott bringing in pictures from his latest fishing adventure.
Abbott would tell his wife stories about times the cops were busting drug-houses. The drug dealers would have big, mean dogs. The cops would call Abbott. The dogs would come to him, no problem.
Rocky Abbott saw horrible scenes too: hoarders' houses, abused and neglected animals, dead bodies. He'd rescue abandoned feral cats from cupboards and ovens. He'd round up aggressive dogs that were left behind when the owners moved away.
He didn't tell his wife many of those stories, to protect her.
County sheriff's deputies could count on Abbott's knowledge about animals, especially livestock, said Lt. Jeff Brand, who joined the department in 1989.
"Back then, obviously Snohomish County wasn't quite as urbanized as it is now," Brand said. "We had a lot more issues with large animals, cows, horses, things like that."
In one of his first years as a cop, Brand was called out to Clearview, where a cow was blocking traffic. Somehow, he got the cow off the road and tied it to his patrol car.
Rocky Abbott showed up and roped the cow to a tree instead. If the cow had gotten scared, it would have ripped Brand's bumper off. Brand didn't know that. Abbott did.
"That was the kind of thing that Rocky did all the time," Brand said.
He usually knew the owners of the loose animals, too.
"We'd have horses in the road, and when Rocky hears about it, he'd say, oh it's probably so-and-so who lives right up that street," Brand said. "He was invaluable in a lot of ways. But aside from that, he enjoyed his job."
When animal control was moved from the sheriff's office to the auditor's office, the animal control officers were asked if they wanted anything about their jobs to change, department manager Vicki Lubrin said.
Abbott asked: "Could we please not have polyester pants because they snag on the blackberry bushes."
If the officers worried about getting a rig stuck on some dirt road, he'd tell them, "Trust me, I know about getting stuck."
He was serious about the work, though. He would tell his colleagues that no matter what happened, they should try to make things better before they left.
"I don't think I ever saw him lose his cool," animal control officer Angela Davis said. "He could put people in their place, but in a way they weren't offended."
He'd let people vent, to blow off steam, animal control officer Walter Barber said.
"Rocky could handle just about most situations," he said.
"The dairy farmer came out in him a lot," Delgado added.
Once, there was a nasty dog bite case in Index. The victim didn't want medical attention. Abbott told the man he might die if he didn't take care of the wound. The man told him maybe that was best.
Abbott didn't like that answer. He went up to Index every few weeks for a while after that to make sure the man had a clean bandage, and was taking antibiotics.
If his coworkers messed up, they could count on the "father talk" from Abbott, officer Chad Davis said.
"He loved all of us," Davis said.
At home, Abbott took good care of his wife, who years ago was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He'd pour her a glass of wine from their collection. He'd run a hot bath. He'd cook. He liked to copy recipes from their trips to France, like meatballs in red wine gravy.
"Everybody at my work wished he was their husband," Penny Abbott said.
Rocky Abbott even fit in with her quirky family. Once, they planned a "Survivor"-style camping trip, like on TV. Someone on the men's team cheated by hiding beer and pepperoni in the woods before the trip. Rocky Abbott was a suspect.
Their son, Asa, is pursing a master's degree playing the saxophone at the University of British Columbia. No matter where he was performing, Rocky Abbott loved to go and listen.
After their daughter, Sydney Abbott, grew up, he'd still call her to check in, she said. She's saved many of his voice mails -- including one when he'd called from a concert, to let her know he'd bought her a T-shirt with profanity on it.
He was a good listener, too, Sydney Abbott said. She got a memorial tattoo for him, a profile of a man fishing, the sun behind him. That's how she sees him, even now, she said.
Rocky Abbott's best friend, Brad Jessup, plans to carry some of his ashes in his tackle box. They'd all planned to retire together one day.
"He'll be fishing with me for the rest of my life," Jessup said.
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Watch the Research Symposium on Screening & Counseling for Intimate Partner Violence at the National Institutes of Health
HHS' Coordinating Council on Women's Health recently hosted a historic discussion of the research needed to help healthcare providers serve women who have experienced violence by an intimate partner (IPV). A Department-wide effort, the Intimate Partner Violence Screening & Counseling Research Symposium was co-hosted by the Family Violence Division of the Family and Youth Services Bureau at ACF, the Office on Women's Health, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Now available for viewing online, the Symposium brought together the country's top clinical researchers, medical practitioners, domestic violence experts and policy makers to examine the current state of the science, highlight best practices, and identify research gaps that need to be addressed in order to advance the health sector's response to IPV; over 270 individuals attended in person, with another 100 participating online through the NIH videocast.
IPV is a serious, yet preventable public health problem that affects more than 1 in 3 women in the United States each year, regardless of age, economic status, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.[1] An extensive body of research reveals that victims of IPV often suffer lifelong health consequences, such as emotional trauma, lasting physical impairment, chronic health problems, and even death.[2] Last January, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recognized this impact by recommending that clinicians screen women of childbearing age for IPV and refer those who screen positive to intervention services. This recommendation strongly echoed the Department's guidelines for women's preventive services in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which states that screening and counseling for IPV by a health provider must be covered by insurance without cost-sharing. Given the trust that develops between a patient and her physician, medical providers are in a unique position to assess and offer support for women who experience IPV.
The Symposium built on the vision behind the ACA guidelines to promote the health and wellbeing of all women. Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell kicked off the day with a discussion of what brief counseling providers should offer as part of the screening and assessment process. As a leading researcher and practitioner working on the frontlines with survivors, Dr. Campbell shared her thoughts on what constitutes an adequate and empowering response to a patient who discloses IPV. This and other topics were examined throughout the day, inspiring critical conversations around themes such as trauma-informed screening methods; culturally-competent screening and counseling; the ethics of screening; barriers to research, and more. A lunchtime discussion led by the Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, a grantee of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, featured the unique perspectives of survivors on how to best equip providers to ask the right questions and follow-up with an appropriate, sensitive response.
Complementing the topics discussed at the Symposium, the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HRCDV) has developed an online toolkit that shares training materials, safety cards and health-setting specific resources for advocates and healthcare providers, which can be accessed at www.healthcaresaboutipv.org. In addition to viewing the HRCDV's toolkit, please visit the National Library of Medicine website, which features a newly created collection of women's health resources across federal agencies, including programs of the Family and Youth Services Bureau, and additional background on the Symposium. "As we move ahead in expanding the knowledge base from the Symposium, we are committed to improving our understanding of how healthcare providers and domestic violence programs can partner to respond to survivors' needs," says Dr. Marylouise Kelley, FVPSA Director. "This will also mean continuing to leverage the expertise of the Health Resource Center to inform national efforts to increase awareness and offer training."
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A cult is a religion without political power. (I heard that quote somewhere)
But, if you get enough cult or religious members together and either suggest strongly or force them through leaders or idiology to vote a certain way, they DO have political power.
I read this somewhere:
"The last time religion dictated politics it was called the Dark Ages."——Unknown
That's a disquieting thought. But looking at large parts of the middle-east, we still have dark ages.
That's true, some of those places have never been OUT of the dark ages. Can you imagine living in a place where there were men called "religious minders" everywhere watching everything you so in case you break a rule and need to be punished?...............Wait, I have lived there, it's called Utah. LOL


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Some redundancies built into our modern gadgets are no more than basic throwbacks to simpler times. The underlying logic is if fancy stuff goes on the blink, fall back on a human. Folks seldom short circuit.
For example when electrical connections or hydraulic systems fail to deploy the landing gear, many airplanes allow humans on board to manually crank the wheels up or down. The option isn't used frequently but when needed, not much else will do.
Closer to our beach home, most owners of boats with electrical bilge pumps also carry a hand pump "just in case … ". They don't cost much and generally never get used but in the right emergency, not much else will do.
I've seen a lot of progress. I'm old enough to remember when turn blinkers on cars first came out. Initially they weren't recognized as a legal substitution for standard hand signals.
Even by the time I got my driver's license, proper hand signals for left, right and stop were part of the lesson book and the examiner graded your use of them. We also had the "drive this" hand signal but it wasn't part of the Motor Vehicle Department's official curriculum.
Even buying gas way back in the early 1950s was a unique experience by today's standards. Dad normally bought gasoline at the little store on the corner down from our house in California.
Gassing up was big stuff for me because he let me pump it and I mean exactly that: "pump." The process was accomplished completely without electricity.
The gas pump had a large glass jar on top with gallons calibrated up the sides similar to that on measuring cups we have in our kitchens. My "job" was to pump the handle filling the jar up to the number of gallons Dad wanted to buy.
After I finished, he unsnapped the gas hose from its clamp and lowered it into our tank nozzle. Voila! Isaac Newton took care of the rest. Gravity gassed up our car with only a little elbow grease from this 10 year-old.
What brought this subject to mind was Hurricane Sandy that recently devastated New Yorkand New Jersey. It's obvious a lot of misery could've been alleviated had more gasoline been available.
But we modern folks have painted ourselves into a technological corner by not having "Plan B" non-technology alternatives. Picture a distraught, forlorn man holding an empty gas can standing on top of 20,000 gallons of gas right below his feet.
It's disturbingly ridiculous. Would a hungry group in a lifeboat stare blankly at unopened food containers because the electric can-opener didn't work? Not for a New York minute.
Why don't the energy giants create simple manual pumping equipment to roll out and tap into underground tanks in dire emergencies? I'm old enough to know it works fine.
Of course the EPA would have a hissy, but they could get over it. Sometimes escape routes to simpler times offer the smartest solutions.
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Apple's education event today is a major breakthrough in digital textbooks. Apple addressed just about all of the different problems facing digital textbooks.
But Apple still has one obstacle to overcome:
Universities & publishers are afraid that Apple will be too dominant.
It doesn't help that Apple has a tricky little clause in the iBooks Author EULA that makes publishers promise to be exclusive to Apple.
From the EULA:
If you charge a fee for any book or other work you generate using this software (a "Work"), you may only sell or distribute such Work through Apple (e.g., through the iBookstore) and such distribution will be subject to a separate agreement with Apple.
Apple, in this EULA, is claiming a right not just to its software, but to its software's output. It's akin to Microsoft trying to restrict what people can do with Word documents, or Adobe declaring that if you use Photoshop to export a JPEG, you can't freely sell it to Getty.
One difference: You are publishing iBooks to the iBookstore, not saving it to your hard drive. You enter into an agreement with Apple as a seller of your book, not as a software company like Microsoft or Adobe. So it's more like Getty saying you can't sell the image to Corbis.
Even so, this is scary. And it needs to change. As John Gruber put it, "This is Apple at their worst."
Digital textbooks are long overdue
Let's hope this blows over with time, like DRM, because digital textbooks need to happen now.
Actually, they should have happened years ago.
Apple's the first one to make it happen. Let's hope they do it right.