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The Routledge Handbook of Evolution and Philosophy
Series: Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
To Be Published January 15th 2016 by Routledge
Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within
2nd Edition
Winner of the 1988 Clark Vincent Award for an "outstanding contribution to the profession through a literary work" and translated into four languages, the original edition of Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within was considered a groundbreaking addition to the field of child and...
Published June 26th 2014 by Routledge
Religious Responses to HIV and AIDS
Drawing on a wide range of methodologies, this book documents a diverse portfolio of religious responses to HIV and AIDS at the local and global levels in sites from sub-Saharan Africa to New York City. The volume goes beyond the psychology of religion, which is often based on how religion is used...
Published June 26th 2014 by Routledge
Competing Sovereignties
Competing Sovereignties provides a critique of the concept of sovereignty in modernity in light of claims to determine the content of law at the international, national and local levels. In an argument that is illustrated through an analysis of debates over the control of intellectual property law...
Published March 14th 2014 by Routledge
Events: The Force of International Law
Events: The Force of International Law presents an analysis of international law, centred upon those historical and recent events in which international law has exerted, or acquired, its force. From Spanish colonization and the Peace of Westphalia, through the release of Nelson Mandela and the...
Published June 6th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish


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During the late 1960s, Lana started working with several other mothers with young children on fair housing and redlining issues in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland. It was a justice issue for Lana. As a logical next step, she joined the staff of the Heights Community Congress, a nonprofit dedicated to changing unfair housing practices, and was named executive director of HCC in 1977, a job she held for 12 years. A milestone was a nine-year long litigation to end the practice of racial steering and to hold real estate brokers accountable for the civil rights violations of their agents. It was a landmark, precedent-setting case that continues to be taught in law schools throughout the nation as an example of community involvement in fair housing law. The Heights Community Congress and the City of Cleveland joined to bring the suit.
Among her accomplishments, Lana says she is most proud of working with a national coalition to pass federal legislation such as the Community Reinvestment Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. The effect was to make it possible for low-income persons to apply for mortgages with reasonable interest rates regardless of their race. The legislation also prohibited redlining and required financial institutions to invest much more widely in their communities than previously. HCC developed the 9-Point Comprehensive Housing Program, which became a model for inner-ring suburbs throughout the country.
Charles Bromley, a colleague of Lana, reports that the leaders of several small nonprofit agencies involved in social justice causes got together during the 1980s to explore new sources of funding for their organizations. "As a result of endless volunteer hours and collaboration, Greater Cleveland Community Shares became a reality in 1985 and we both served on the board," says Mr. Bromley. Four years later, Lana became executive director. The organizations supported by Community Shares are not those in the United Way, so it was a challenge to convince employers to allow another workplace drive. Furthermore, Community Shares' innovative approach allowed donors to choose the recipient organization and the amount to be given to each. "Lana Cowell is recognized as a national expert in the alternative fund and social justice funding movements," according to David C. Hammack, president of the Community Shares Board.
There are now some 40 member organizations participating in Community Shares, which raised nearly one million dollars in its most recent campaign and seven million dollars overall. Members include Habitat for Humanity, the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, the ACLU of Ohio Foundation and Environmental Health Watch, among others. Lana has made traditional philanthropy accessible to everyone, encouraging people of all kinds and incomes to learn about their community's problems and invest in the solutions to them. In workplace drives, employee donors are able to make choices among member organizations.
Greater Cleveland Community Shares is now the second largest social action fund in the nation, thanks in great measure to Lana's persistent leadership, vision and passion to help create a more just and equitable world.
Lana retired as executive director in 2006 but she continues to serve on the board of the National Alliance for Choice in Giving and as a volunteer for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. In addition, she serves as a volunteer consultant with Community Shares USA. Currently, she is working with a group of organizations in the Ukraine to develop a philanthropy program similar to GCCS.
These days, Lana has a bit more time to enjoy her family, particularly her three grandchildren. She sings in a chorale group and relaxes at the family cottage on Lake Erie. She even makes time for golf though she is just as passionate about social justice as she was during her working life.
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"A most stimulating book . . . . Praying for Justice is very successful in describing a people's aversion to discord by means of cultural analysis based on sensitive use of ethnographic and archival materials. . . . There is also the pure interest in figuring out a cultural system that is not of law, but that impacts on law, one that is based on justification rather than command, on participation rather than obedience, a system of handling conflict not requiring the application of human authority. . . . This book is superlative."—Law and Society Review
"A welcome study analyzing the ideology of Southern Baptists in a suburban community in Georgia. Greenhouse's concern is how religious beliefs provide a basis for people's ideas about justice in their social order and how conflicts or potential conflicts are overcome or avoided entirely by invoking religious doctrine. . . . Her sophisticated analysis of the data is impressive and demonstrates an understanding of Southern beliefs that few scholars have achieved."—American Anthropologist
"The strength of this work is in its imaginative explanation of the structural means of conflict resolution. Greenhouse goes to painstaking length to explain the Baptist response to conflict. . . . She absorbs herself in her data and maintains that delicate balance of scholar and confidant to her subjects."—Contemporary Sociology


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THINK LIKE A MAN TOO Music From & Inspired by the Film Available 6/17
Epic Records announces the release of the official soundtrack album to theThink Like a Man sequel and one of the year's most anticipated comedies,Think Like a Man Too (Music From & Inspired by the Film), on June 17 in stores and across all digital retail providers. The pre-order goes live on iTunes and Amazon on June 3 rd and fans will receive an instant download ofthe single "Suitcase" as well as "Moments of Love" and "A Night To Remember."
This time around, Grammy Award-winning R&B iconMary J. Bligerecorded an entire collection of music from and inspired by the film. The first single"Suitcase"showcases her signature sound, while her remake of Shalamar's hit "A Night to Remember" is an instant classic, and is inspired by key scenes in both the film and trailer. Influenced by the backdrop to the film, "Vegas Nights" featuring The-Dream will be included as the end credits to the film while "Moments of Love" showcases the songstress' powerful and passionate vocals.
The album follows up the 2012 soundtrack forThink Like a Man, which debuted at #1 onBillboard's Soundtrack Albums Chart and hit #5 on the R&B Albums Chart, as well as yieldingJohn Legend's Grammy Award-nominated, RIAA Gold-certified single"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)"[featuringLudacris]. Meanwhile,Think Like a Man Tooopens in theaters Friday, June 20 from Screen Gems.
This also continues a great partnership betweenEpic Records and the film franchise. The originalThink Like a Mansoundtrack spawned over 1.4 million combined single sales between"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)",Jennifer Hudson&Ne-Yo's"Think Like A Man"[featuringRick Ross] andLuther Vandross'"Never Too Much"in addition to each topping the radio charts.
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By Jolie Miller | Tuesday, March 03, 2015
They're everywhere. You've seen them. Maybe you've even worked for them:
Bad bosses.
From the micromanager to the tyrant to the checked-out guy who's never available, bad managers make the work life miserable for everyone around them.
Too many people are promoted up the corporate ladder without the skills they need to lead.
Management isn't for everyone, and it shouldn't be. If you're in line for a promotion or dream of a taking a leadership position someday, do yourself and your potential future team a favor: Take time to assess whether you're truly ready to be a manager — and a good one at that.
Here are the six things I wish I'd known when I stepped into my first management job years ago.
By Todd Dewett | Thursday, January 15, 2015
You've heard the saying: People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. In other words, it's unwise to criticize others when you, too, are flawed. Many consider this sound advice, but the adage creates a conundrum for people in positions of leadership.
On one hand, holding others accountable is one of the core duties of leadership. It often involves delivering difficult feedback or making difficult decisions such as letting people go. On the other hand, holding people accountable makes everyone want to examine you and your work more critically. The higher you climb the ladder, the more this is true.
To survive life in the glass house—and in fact to be a better manager than you are now—you must develop a few skills that weren't as critical early in your career. I'm going to tell you what they are and how to get them.
By Bob McGannon | Saturday, January 10, 2015
Earlier this week, we offered tips for setting up a workspace at home, and establishing routines as a remote worker. This article focuses on off-site team members from another perspective: Managing remote employees.
Managing people who work at home, in other office locations, or even in other countries is a reality many leaders face these days. It comes with some challenges, certainly—but when location isn't a factor, you also have the opportunity to tap into the greatest mix of available skills to pull off your project objectives.
To help you be an effective manager with a far-flung team, here are five tips critical to your success.
By Todd Dewett | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Sad but true: We all face ethical dilemmas at work, and have to make decisions that will test our values.
Lots of experts have devised ethical decision-making models to help us, but many are complex or too theoretical.
In this week's Management Tips, I'll offer you a simple and practical way to find productive answers the next time you face an ethical dilemma.
By Todd Dewett | Wednesday, December 03, 2014
This week's Management Tips episode addresses a damaging organizational reality: the Peter Principle.
Named after Laurence J. Peter, coauthor of a popular 1969 management book, the idea suggests that people rise to their level of incompetence.
In other words, successful people are often promoted. But the promotion is based on success in their current role—not necessarily their ability to be successful in the new role. Thus, they often fail in their new position.
By Izzy Gesell | Monday, September 29, 2014
Becoming an effective leader is a challenging undertaking. Trying to map a success route from the myriad overlapping or contradictory leadership theories is like being on a journey where your GPS changes its mind every few miles.
But what if I told you that you can improve your leadership skills by practicing the skills used in improv theater?
It's true. And I'm going to show you how.
By Todd Dewett | Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Here's an uncomfortable but inevitable truth: Sooner or later, we all have to work for people we don't like!
Hopefully, this won't happen to you too often—and when it does, let's hope it doesn't last.
But when you're in the middle of it, you need to know how to effectively navigate the situation.
By Todd Dewett | Wednesday, April 23, 2014
There's some irony in the life of an organization. One the one hand, success leads to necessary growth in the organizational hierarchy and the overall amount of bureaucracy. On the other hand, that fact often erodes managers' ability to feel empowered to make decisions.
Reclaiming your decision-making ability when needed is in many ways about fighting bureaucracy. The first tip this week addresses this challenge. Let's be clear, no wildly successful person achieves success without locking horns with a few bureaucrats over policies. Not all tape is red, nor do all bureaucrats create roadblocks–but successful leaders see the difference and effectively manage tricky bureaucratic situations.
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The Vest of Everything
Ah yes, the humble vest or as it is also known the waistcoat or weskit. An item beloved of snooker players, wearers of dodgy suits, those crazy steampunk types, Germans and apparently Take That too. We've covered a broad spectrum there for sure.
It seems the vest as it was originally named is one of those items whose provenance can be dated very precisely, which is rare in clothing terms. Brace yourselves for a brief but nonetheless interesting history lesson. During the Restoration when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under the rule of Charles II in 1660 the good king introduced them as part of what he saw as the correct dress code for gentlemen. The vest as it was known was later called the waistcoat when it was cut shorter to waist level when formal coats (or suit jackets) began to be cut shorter. There is another theory that they were cut from the waste material left over from when a two piece suit had been made and were known as waste-coats but it seems some historians have lately cast doubt on that particular theory. Continue ReadingRead More


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This spectacular 2 bedroom 2 bathroom single-story contemporary condominium in this very popular gated country club community offers a luxurious resort lifestyle complete with a beautiful 27 hole golf course and 6 lighted tennis courts.
Completely redone in late 2011, this bright, spacious and open plan home is immediately adjacent to a very quiet pool and spa (it's almost like having your own private pool!). No detail has been spared in this highly upgraded and stylish restoration - new marble bathrooms, gourmet kitchen with new stainless steel appliances and wine fridge, designer furnishings, flat screen TVs and blue-ray DVD players in bedrooms and living room, designer lighting, custom drapes, new luxurious beds, linens and top-of-the-line equipment throughout.
The master bedroom features a luxurious pillow-top king size bed, cathedral ceiling, en-suite bathroom with double sinks, tub and shower, 40' flat-screen TV with DVD player and oversized closets.
The second bedroom features two twin-size beds which can be converted to a king-size upon request, an en-suite bathroom with marble shower, a large walk-in closet, and a 40' flat screen TV and DVD player.
Other features include high speed WI-FI network, cable with HBO, an oversized 2 car garage with new laundry and 2 private patios with gas barbeque.
Steps from the clubhouse restaurant and bar, guests enjoy the same preferred green fees as owners.
Keywords: Casita, renovated, luxurious, designer, golf club, tennis, resort, pool, spa, WiFi, handicap accessible, close to downtown Palm Springs
Every thing was GREAT!
The condo was spacious and bright. Kitchen was well stocked, beds were very comfortable, including luxurious linens. Big screen TV's in both bedrooms was a plus. The best part was the patio overlooking the pool and spa where we had our morning coffee, then a short walk to the golf course.
This condo was excellent, with the perfect layout for two couples on a golf trip. Centrally, located in the Palm Springs area in a gated community, with good restaurants nearby. Peter welcomed us upon arrival and made sure everything was clean and readied at the condo for us. We would not hesitate for a moment to stay here again when we return to the Palm Springs area. Thanks, Peter.
My wife and I just returned home and didn't want to leave. The accommodations are exactly as they appear in the pictures and then some. Spacious, comfortable, and immaculate, with all the amenities of home. The beds/linens were extremely comfortable. High-end appliances with beautiful pots/pants, etc. As first time visitors to Palm Springs, we're hooked and will most definitely return and only hope this condo will be available. Centrally located, the condo is only a short drive to all the most popular places. The golf course in the country club is only a short walk away and was very reasonable. The pool and hot tub were well maintained, only steps outside the back door and we practically had both to ourselves. Peter was extremely helpful and responsive to our needs. As first time renters, we'll never go back to hotels again. A wonderful experience.
My family and I have just returned from an amazing stay at this property, we did not want to leave. This condo is bright, beautiful, comfortable, tastefully decorated, and as nice as the pictures are the real thing is even better. We found the unit to be clean, large, and very well equipped. The grounds were well maintained, and the pools clean and usually empty. There are plenty of free oranges and grapefruit from the surrounding fruit trees and humming birds visited us every morning on the patio. The owner Peter was friendly and helpful. We would defiantly stay here again.
The condo is as nice as it appears in the pictures. It is clean, spacious, and lots of bright light with plenty of windows and lighting fixtures. The kitchen is better supplied than other rentals we've had. The golf course is within walking distance and the gated community itself is rather central to all the surrounding communities. The pool is immediately behind the patio and it was rarely used by others so it was like we had a private pool! The grounds, including the pool, were well maintained. A beautiful and comfortable place to spend a vacation.


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|FFNM > SEC Filings for FFNM > Form 8-K on 16-May-2014
|All Recent SEC Filings
Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submi
On May 14, 2014, First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") announced that director Keith D. Wallace retired pursuant to a provision of the Company's bylaws which prohibits board members from continuing to serve on the board after the annual meeting of shareholders immediately following the director reaching the age of 72.
On May 14, 2014, the Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the Annual Meeting, stockholders considered and voted on the following matters, with a breakdown of the votes cast set forth below.
1. The election of directors For Withheld Broker Non-Vote Martin A. Thomson 1,034,748 516,813 777,074 James E. Kraenzlein 1,356,836 194,725 777,074
2. The ratification of the appointment of Plante & Moran, PLLC as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2014.
2,325,197 747 2,691 -
3. To consider and act upon a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
1,236,713 262,140 52,708 777,074
On May 14, 2014, the Company made a presentation at its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A copy of the presentation as presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed "filed" for any purpose.
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ANSI Z87.1-2010 (Z87+) Protect yourself. Choose safety glasses that comply with the ANSI standards.
ANSI Z87.1-2003 has replaced Z87.1-1989 (R-1998) and is truly performance driven. The most noticeable difference deals with eye protector impact levels. Two levels of impact resistance, "Basic" and "High" are now defined for safety glasses. Marking requirements changed to reflect these levels of impact performance. Devices that meet the "High" impact criteria must be marked "Z87+". Frames should meet the "High" impact level. If the eye protector only meets the "Basic" impact criteria, a warning label must be attached to the protector. The 2010 standard focuses on hazards and is organized by the nature of each hazard—impact, optical radiation, droplet and splash, dust and fine dust and mist. This focus encourages users to evaluate the specific hazards they are exposed to and select appropriate protection based on that evaluation. Because of this, required product markings have changed. Users will have to match the hazard they need protection from with the marking on the device.
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Anti-fog coating for safety glassesprovides excellent fog prevention in high humidity environments where sudden shifts in temperature occur.
Scratch-resistant coating for safety glasses extends lens life in abrasive environments where scratches are possible.
Anti-static coating for safety glassesreduces dust and particulate attraction to all lenses.
Hard coating for safety glasses is permanently bonded to lens to extend lens life.
Anti-UV coating for safety glasses absorbs more than 99.9% of harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Safety Glasses Lens Color Guide
This handy guide will help you understand the functionality of task-specific lenses and determine what type of safety glasses are best for your application and environment. A good rule of thumb is to choose a lens based on color opposites. For example, blue is opposite of yellow and red is opposite of green. So, red lenses absorb green light and yellow lenses absorb blue/ultraviolet light and vice versa.
Clear safety glasses For general indoor applications where impact protection is required.
Gray safety glasses For outdoor applications where light and glare can cause eye strain and fatigue. Provides good color recognition.
Indoor/outdoor safety glasses A clear lens with a slight mirror coating serves the same purpose as the gray lens, yet allows more visible light through the lens for indoor/outdoor use. Reduces glare from artificial light.
Gold, blue & silver mirror safety glasses Use outdoor where sunlight and glare cause eye strain and fatigue. "Mirror" coating reflects light, reducing the amount of light that passes through the lens.
Dark green safety glasses General-purpose protection from glare and UV radiation.
Brown/espresso safety glasses For outdoor applications where sunlight and glare cause eye strain and fatigue. Meets color traffic signal recognition requirements.
Vermilion safety glasses Enhances contrast while reducing all color equally for optimum color recognition. Ideal for indoor inspection.
Amber safety glasses Blocks the blue portion of the visible light spectrum, creating maximum contrast enhancement, particularly in low light.
SCT safety glasses Uvex's spectrum control technology lens is designed to absorb select wavelengths of radiant energy (light) into the polycarbonate lens.
Filter shades safety glasses Protects against ultraviolet and infrared radiation generated when working with molten metal, and in welding, cutting, soldering and brazing operations.
Shades 1.5-3 Torch soldering.
Shades 3-4 Torch brazing.
Shades 3-6 Cutting.
Shades 4-8 Gas welding.
Shades 10-14 Electric arc welding.
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Safety Glasses & Eyewear Definitions
Face shield—A supplementary protective device worn to shield the wearer's face from certain hazards. Face shields are secondary protectors only and must be worn with safety glasses or goggles, as stated in ANSI Z87.1. Goggle—A protective device that fits the face, surrounding the eyes in order to shield them from impact, splash and vapor hazards. Available non-vented or with direct or indirect vents. Impact Resistance—The ability of safety eyewear to withstand impact when tested according to ANSI requirements. Infrared radiation—Electromagnetic energy with wavelengths from 780 to 2000 nanometers (nm). LASER—An acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation. Lens impact resistance—A lens capable of withstanding the appropriate impact tests of ANSI Z87.1. Luminous transmittance—The fraction of light (380 to 780nm) passing through a medium. Nanometer (nm)—One billionth of a meter, 10-9 meter. Optical radiation—The part of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths between 200 and 2000nm. Sideshield—A part of safety glasses, commonly attached to spectacles, that provides protection to the side of the eye. Spectacle—A protective device to shield the wearer's eyes from a variety of hazards, depending on the spectacle type. Ultraviolet radiation—Electromagnetic energy with wavelengths from 200 to 380nm, per ANSI Z87.1. Welding helmet—A protective device intended to shield the eyes and face from optical radiation and impact. Welding helmets are secondary protectors and shall be used only in conjunction with primary protectors. Sources 29 CFR 1910.132, General Requirements. 29 CFR 1910.133, Eye and Face Protection.
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KDE News Archives
KDE 4.11.4 Packs In 65+ Bug-Fixes
The latest KDE monthly stable release update is now available and corrects more than five dozen bugs in the open-source desktop software.
3 December 2013 - KDE 4.11.4 - 1 Comment
It's Now Even Easier Trying Out KDE Frameworks 5
Since the advent of Project Neon it's been made very easy to try out KDE Frameworks 5 and Plasma 2 for Kubuntu Linux users, however, it's now even easier.
3 December 2013 - Project Neon ISOs - 4 Comments
KDE's Painting/Image Program Now Uses OpenGL 3.0
Krita is KDE's painting and image editing program that soon will see its v2.8 release. With this next Krita release there is new usage of OpenGL 3.x within the open-source program. Under the high quality filtering mode, OpenGL 3.0 is now used for delivering a superior painting/imaging experience.
29 November 2013 - KDE Krita 2.8 - 12 Comments
KWrite Ported To KDE Frameworks 5
For those early adopters of the Plasma 2 interface and KDE Frameworks 5, KWrite is the latest KDE application to be ported over to the next-generation KDE stack.
28 November 2013 - KWrite KF5
Using KWin To Power Other Non-KDE Linux Desktops
For those interested in ditching Compiz or other window managers in favor of KDE's KWin, it is actually possible to do so and use KWin on your favorite non-KDE desktop.
27 November 2013 - KWin Window Manager - 15 Comments
OpenGL Changes In KDE's KWin 5 Window Manager
Martin Gräßlin, KDE's Kwin maintainer, has shared some new OpenGL implications due to changes made in the KWin 5 window manager due to relying on Qt5 with Qt Quick 2.
26 November 2013 - KWin5 GL - 7 Comments
Improv: An Open ARM Development Board Running Mer
After dabbling with a KDE Plasma Active Tablet, Aaron Siego has announced today Make Play Live's first product as the Improv. The Improv is an open-source ARM development board that runs Mer OS and is compatible with Wayland.
25 November 2013 - Aaron Siego's Project - 8 Comments
KDE Applications Get Further Fixes In 4.12 Beta 3
The third beta of KDE 4.12 was released this week, but for those that missed the news only really are the 4.12 apps being improved in this next KDE desktop release.
24 November 2013 - KDE 4.12 Beta 3
KDE's Kdenlive Video Editor Has Gone Dark
While there's many Kdenlive fans out there for the KDE-focused open-source video editor, it seems new development efforts around the project have ceased.
24 November 2013 - Kdenlive - 46 Comments
KDE Plasma Media Center 1.2 Beta Has New Features
Plasma Media Center, the KDE project to slowly take on the likes of XBMC and provide a nice user-interface for multimedia tasks atop the KDE experience, is up to version 1.2 beta. The 1.2 beta release of Plasma Media Center is packing a number of new features.
21 November 2013 - KDE Plasma Media Center - 9 Comments
KDE Puts Out 4.12 Beta 2 Applications, Platform
In readying KDE 4.12 for release next month, the second beta of the KDE 4.12 applications and platform packages are now available for early adopters and those testing this leading desktop environment.
14 November 2013 - KDE 4.12 Beta 2 - 4 Comments
KDE Frameworks 5 Experience Will Be Stable Next Summer
Sebastian Kügler has provided an update concerning the state of running the Plasma Desktop running on top of Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks 5. A "tech preview" is still aimed for next month while a stable release for end-users is likely on the table for next summer.
14 November 2013 - KDE Frameworks 5
KWin 5 Is Now "Stable" With Good Functionality
The KDE KWin maintainer, Martin Gräßlin, has announced today that the KWin 5 code is in good shape, he's using it for day-to-day use, and will now begin accepting bug reports on the window manager that supports Qt5.
13 November 2013 - KWin 5 Development - 12 Comments
KDE Ships 4.12 Applications, Platform Beta
The updated applications and platform code for the KDE desktop environment is now in its 4.12 Beta state. However, as we already knew, KDE Plasma Workspaces is still in its 4.11 form until the premiere of Workspaces 2 and KDE Frameworks 5.
8 November 2013 - KDE 4.12 - 5 Comments
KDE 4.11.3 Clears 120+ Bug-Fixes
While we're growing very excited to see the KDE Plasma 2 tech preview release along with KDE Frameworks 5, which will hopefully be ready to try next month, for now there is KDE SC 4.11.3 to play with. KDE 4.11.3 was released on Tuesday and should take care of more than 120 bugs.
6 November 2013 - KDE 4.11.3 - 7 Comments
KDE's Plasma 2 Has Become Somewhat Usable
KDE's Sebastian Kügler has written how the Plasma 2 shell has become "somewhat usable" for early adopters and KDE enthusiasts for the technologies that will really be taking on the Linux desktop in 2014.
2 November 2013 - Plasma 2 - 14 Comments
KDE Developers Continue To Be Frustrated With Canonical
Following Mark Shuttleworth's critical comments about those opposed to Mir and his statements being challenged, multiple KDE developers in particular have been expressing their outrage.
1 November 2013 - KDE Mir - 197 Comments
KDE 4.11 Haswell Desktop Effects Performance
For those using Intel graphics does toggling the "suspend desktop effects for fullscreen windows" KDE Kwin window manager option lead to better OpenGL Linux gaming performance? Here's some new benchmarks to answer that question for Intel Core i7 hardware.
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - The United Nations (UN) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not "tolerate" a resurgence of the M23 rebel group, the top UN official there said on Monday.
In a statement to the Security Council, the UN Special Representative in the DRC cited "credible reports that the military recruitment of the M23 did not cease" after a December peace deal.
"There are also credible reports of emerging M23 activities in Ituri in northeastern Congo," Mr Martin Kobler said.
"We should tolerate no military reemergence of the M23," he said, referring to the latest incarnation of an ethnic Tutsi rebellion.
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Can You Be Pro-Life and Pro-Death Penalty?
July 31, 2013
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Earlier this month, the Texas legislature approved a loudly-debated package of restrictions on abortions in the Lone Star State; among other things, requiring abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning abortions after 20 weeks.
Days later, Texas State Rep. Harold Dutton, Jr., introduced a bill would keep those restrictions from taking effect until the state also outlaws the death penalty.
But Dutton isn't the first to link abortion and the death penalty, to suggest being pro-life includes all lives, not just those of the unborn. (In fact, bills similar to House Bill 45 reportedly have failed in previous sessions of the Texas legislature.)
"What it really comes down to is, is there a respect for the sacredness of life in all cases in all places at all times?" —Danielle Vermeer
To many who have grown up in the Catholic church, like Danielle L. Vermeer, that's part of the church's "consistent ethic of life," going back to the American-Catholic dialogue written in 1983 by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, archbishop of Chicago. That document, upheld several years later by Pope John Paul II's "Evangelium Vitae," mapped for the first time the Church's teachings on social justice issues.
"What it really comes down to is, is there a respect for the sacredness of life in all cases in all places at all times?" Vermeer said.
Vermeer lives in the Chicago suburbs and blogs about the intersections of faith and feminism and, increasingly, social justice issues on her blog, From Two to One. She said to her, the sacredness of life is more clear cut in the case of capital punishment than even abortion, complicated in its layers of health and choice and when life begins.
She doesn't believe a person's innocence or guilt justifies the state intervening to take that person's life. "I don't think as Christians that's what we're called to do." Not when we believe all are guilty of sin. Not when we believe God's grace is sufficient to pardon that sin.
Rev. Sarah Ross, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Hill outside Kansas City, Mo., pointed to Jesus' concern for the poor and oppressed, those statistically most likely to have abortions or be sentenced to death.
The facts back up Ross' concern. Three-fourths of women who have abortions say they cannot afford a child (40 percent are at the federal poverty line), and half do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
When it comes to the death penalty, 310 people convicted of crimes in the U.S. have been exonerated by DNA evidence since 1989, according to The Innocence Project. Of those, 18 had served time on death row, it said.
Those exonerated disproportionately have been black: 193, compared to 93 people who are white or 22 who are Hispanic.
The Texas Moratorium Network puts the number of innocent people who have walked off death row "in the modern era" at 142. Some of the individuals had spent up to 33 years condemned to death. And in Texas, 70.7 percent of all people on death row are non-white.
"The issues of race and class prejudice (as well as possible innocence) are more than enough reason to oppose the death penalty as it exists today in America, whether or not one opposes it on a fundamental level," Ross said.
Still, many other Christians, such as Joy Wegener, a pastor's wife and mother of four in North Dakota, draw both anti-abortion and pro-capital punishment arguments directly from the Old Testament.
There are passages in which God calls for the death penalty, including Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:12-14, Numbers 35:30 and Deuteronomy 17:6, Wegener said. Perhaps most famous is His command in Exodus 21:23-25: "If there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise."
There also are those in which he condemns the murder of children, such as Leviticus 18:21 and 20:2-5, and Deuteronomy12:29-31, Wegener said.
"So, because I order my beliefs on the Bible, I am pro-life—I am for protecting the innocent—and I am also for capital punishment," she said.
Vermeer said she "completely understands" the "eye for an eye" argument.
Many Christians draw both anti-abortion and pro-capital punishment arguments directly from the Old Testament.
But she also pointed to the way Jesus responded to that command in Matthew 5:38-40: "Turn the other cheek."
"I don't want to say necessarily that nothing applies, but understanding Christ as a person and His very real experience of dying through capital punishment should give us a little bit more pause and reflection to think, what does it mean in the totality of the Gospel? When Jesus says, 'It is finished,' what is He talking about?" she said.
That's important, she said, "Especially in light of the resurrection, which should change everything—not to say that it's all washed away, but that Jesus fulfilled all these commandments and laws."
Vermeer said she thinks Dutton's bill "probably never will go anywhere," but that's probably not the point.
It's less about implementing policy than it is drawing attention to life and death issues that can be more complicated than bills and bans may suggest, she said. It's about causing people to "understand and think more empathetically and holistically about these issues that are not so cut and dry, and from that perspective, maybe we can have a conversation that does lead to better policies," she said.
"I'm glad there is a framework in place for a conversation to get started."
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I'm pro-protect-the-innocent. I think this is the position most consistent with Jesus's teaching. Yes, he did tell us to turn the other cheek when it is our own cheek being struck. He didn't tell us to look the other way when it is someone else that is under attack. While we are to love all our neighbors, we are also clearly to have a special concern for the poor, the outcast, the downtrodden, and those that are being set upon by violent people (all often one and the same people).
While I try to be forgiving rather than hateful toward murderers, my first concern is to protect any future potential victims from being harmed. The unfortunate truth is that the hardest murder to commit is the first one, and that each subsequent killing becomes easier and easier. We must make sure that a person who has killed innocent people has absolutely no opportunity to do so again. If there is a way to make a truly escape-proof jail and assure that such people, properly found in a competent court of law to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, cannot and will not be let out, then I am fine with that. However, it must be said that for most of human history death was the only truly escape-proof prison that existed, and it is still not completely certain that our prisons have gotten that good.
At the same time, it must be said that a judicial murder of an innocent person is just as bad as a murder of an innocent person by a common criminal. I have zero tolerance for mistakes when someone's life is at stake, and so should everyone else. If we are going to have capital punishment (and as I indicated above, it is by no means clear that we still must), then this is something that we have to get absolutely right with no chance whatsoever of mistakes. This is something for which there is no second chance if we get it wrong. I find the argument of some capital punishment supporters that an occasional wrongful execution is just the price that must be paid in order to execute the guilty to be abhorrent in the extreme.
The problem, of course, is that we humans are not perfect, and our police and judicial systems are all the more so. Too many mistakes have been made, too many innocent people have been wrongly convicted, for me to have any confidence in the system's perfection. This, to me, is the best practical argument against capital punishment. We've got to leave the door open to correcting any mistake, and we can't do that if the mistake leaves a dead body.
As for abortion, we have two people about whom we have to be concerned: the child and the mother. I have trouble seeing the justification for being exclusively concerned about one and not the other. If we Christians are to love all people, then we need to be loving both. That means that we should want to be progressing toward a society - as far as we can help make it so - where pregnant women never want and only rarely truly need (like for an ectopic pregancy, for example) an abortion. At the same time, we should want to come alongside pregnant women to help them with the challenges and difficulties that come with pregnancy and motherhood, so that they do not have to suffer alone and find the temptation to end their pregnancy too attractive to resist. This balanced approach really has nothing to do with laws, and everything to do with changing the hearts and minds both of childbearing-aged women and everyone else - a change that is not really possible without the work of the Holy Spirit in a massive way.
I don't believe that there is a "tension." I believe that to be a false premise.
First, the death penalty is not an institution of the Mosaic Law, it preceded the law and clearly continues on after the Law in Romans.
The Pro-life movement is about protecting INNOCENT children, whose only crime is being conceived by their parents. The Death Penalty is for guilty people. Ever since the beginning of time, "if man sheds blood, by man shall his blood be shed." That is justice.
These are two very different issues, to try to link them together and point out some "inconsistency" within the evangelical movement is a fallacy.
"The Death Penalty is for guilty people." This is the crux of the problem, people not guilty of the crime for which they were convicted have been and continue to be put to death. In fact, in the U.S. possible innocence of the crime isn't reason enough to get a hearing of the new facts. That is solely the discretion of a judge. Review the case of Davis in Georgia who was recently executed with serious doubt about the conviction.
Anyone who wants to argue that the Old Testament provides for the death penalty needs to explain why the conditions set up for it in the Old Testament are not followed, nor even considered.
I'm still waiting for the answer to the question "Can You Be Pro-Life and Pro-Death Penalty?"
All we got here was mostly-extrabiblical reasons why the death penalty is bad (namely, that too many innocent people get executed). That a is a valid concern, and certainly something worth bringing up when deciding whether or not to have the death penalty. However, that doesn't address the question at hand.
I will say, though my feelings about the death penalty are mixed at best, you absolutely can be pro-life and pro-death penalty (unless we define "pro-life" so literally as to mean never kill anyone, in which case God wouldn't even be pro-life since almost 100% of all people who will ever live will die).
The debate about how Jesus' death affects the new covenant and all that is irrelevant to the question "Can You Be Pro-Life and Pro-Death Penalty?" Even if we say that in light of what Jesus did, and the fact that we aren't Israel so the civil laws that God put in place do not necessarily apply to our secular governments (an assertion which I agree with 100%), that doesn't change the fact that God did at one time command the death penalty. Even if we aren't required to use it now, and even if there are good reasons not to, God did command its use in Israel under the Mosaic Law (and even before that). The same God who knows people in the womb and created them, the same God who saved us through via the cross, that same God also COMMANDED the death penalty in various instances. Whether we are to use it today is a red herring; it is not inherently unjust, because if it were, God would not have allowed (let alone commanded) its use at any point in history.
Whether or not the death penalty should be in use today, you absolutely can be pro-life and pro-death penalty.
With due respect, you have not properly differentiated between "pro-life" and "anti-abortion." The fact that abortion opponents have labeled themselves "pro-life" does not mean that this is a legitimate label, and their frequent support for capital punishment is only one example ... another being the degree to which they support and defend wars in which many innocent people are killed.
And the defense that God commanded the death penalty does not take into account progressive revelation. Jesus' only encounters with the death penalty involved him either stopping it or being the subject of it.
You mention that "'abortion opponents' support and defend wars in which many innocent people are killed..." Care to back that up with some relevant stats? I fear you are relying on anecdotal evidence and personal experience. I know of several pro-life people who did not support the last two conflicts. Perhaps you are right about abortion opponents supporting wars, but there again, you might be wrong. Unless you have the statistics, let's not paint with a brush too broad.
How Jesus approached it is certainly relevant to the question of what we are to do now in today's society.
But progressive revelation doesn't undo what was said and done before. Unless we are to say that the Bible was wrong when it says God had commanded the death penalty for Israel in the Old Testament, or that the Bible was correct but God was wrong to have commanded it, it doesn't change the fact that at some point, in some circumstance, the death penalty was the right thing. And so unless we are to say that nobody who followed God's command under the Mosaic Law was pro-life, then you can't say that the death penalty by definition makes one no longer "pro-life."
That's a different issue from whether we are to support the death penalty today in our modern countries ruled by Godless governments.
f you call yourself "pto life" meaning an ti abortion,even in cases of rape and incest(which in effect punishes the victim). yet support capital punishment,you are pro birth not pro life.
If you are a pro life Christian,then ALL life is sacred,and mere mortals do not have the right to decide who is worthy of life and who is not. THAT IS GODS JOB!
over the course of history,a lot of innocent people were executed.
One of them was crucified about 2,000 years ago.
Nothing irritates me more,than so called Christians who try to do Gods job.
Also,how can you call yourself pro life,if you do not advocate peace,and feeding the hungry,and providing for the sick. All Christian values,put forward by a Jew,by the way.


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Sterling Alex Hitchcock (born April 29, 1971 in Fayetteville, North Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played from 1992 to 2004, mostly with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres.
Sterling never played in college due to the fact he was drafted out of high school in 1989. He attended Armwood High School in Seffner, Florida where his jersey is retired in the trophy case.
Hitchcock is best remembered for his performance in the 1998 playoffs with the Padres, in which he was named the NLCS MVP. He was the winning pitcher in both of his starts with a 0.90 ERA in the NLCS. Overall in the 1998 playoffs he was 3-1, allowing 3 runs in 22 innings (1.23 ERA) with 32 strikeouts.
Three years later, Hitchcock was the winning pitcher for the Yankees in Game 5 of the 2001 World Series.
During the regular season, Hitchcock's career-best win-loss record was 13-9 with Seattle in 1996. His career-best ERA was 3.93 with the Padres in 1998. He was drafted by the Yankees in 1989 and made his Major League debut in 1992, pitching his first full season in 1994. He was traded to the Mariners after the 1995 season in the deal that sent Tino Martinez and Jeff Nelson to the Yankees. The following winter, the Mariners sent him to San Diego for Scott Sanders. His successful years with the Padres were followed by struggles with injuries. The Padres sent him back to the Yankees in mid-2001 for two minor leaguers. Later he pitched briefly with the St. Louis Cardinals before finishing his career with the Padres.
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- Baseball Almanac
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|Preceded by
Liván Hernández
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|Succeeded by
Eddie Pérez
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