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Girls don't play video games
If girls play video games they generally aren't really good.
Girls don't play fighting games
Girls are generally good at First Person Shooters
In a rpg or mmorpg girls typically play the healer characters
Girls don't play mmorpgs
If a girl challenges me in a game I assume I am gonna win
Guys are better at games then girls
I don't mind if a leader character in a game is a girl as long as she is sexy
I know alot of girl gamers
I am surprised when I see a girl gamer
They should advertise games in girl magazines
There are plenty of strong female characters in games
Male characters are the prefered healer characters
I assume that a female player will need more help than a male player
I can't stand to see a female play certain games
In an mmorpg I assume a female character is a guy
Do you feel stereotypes for women in or out of games doesn't apply anymore?
I am female an experienced some form of stereotypical response when playing
I don't care either way whether is it a girl or guy playing a game
I took it too ^^ Good luck! and I'm curious too...what is this for?
i took it too i might not be one of the girls, but i figgered what the heck and besides, you never said guys couldnt take it. although... the pink background @.@ my eyes x.x
is this your third or forth quiz about ladies playing fighting games, btw? i considered taking the last one, just to bounce the thread, but this one grabs ya attention alot better XD
I took the survey already!
I don't know what you're working towards, but you did not ask about preferences about visual appeal or anything of the sort. Hehe.
took it too! hope it helps
Thanks a lot guys I appreciate the advice and yes this is for a class project.
Its for my last major project for grad school we have 1 year to finish it..now 5 months >.<;;;;
Well, I'm not a girl but I decided to help you out. Good luck with the project
Took the survey, and good luck on your project. Am rather curious about juggles/infinites. ^^
Thanks a lot ^_^
i took the survey......hope it helps you out
Well the first time I ever lost to a girl in a video game was recently. i had my ass handed to me in Guitar Hero 3 by my friend. she beat me badly. I know some girls who play video games. ive met quite a few skilled Halo 3 players on XBOX live that were females. Hey look at Morgan Web on G4. Supposebly she is a great gamer.
well yeah i toke your survey. Good luck!
Thanks for taking my survey and your feedback, I will check her out XD!
chose the last one:3
Well, I actually think that the girls that play video-games (the ones that PLAY because they like them, not because they have a brother or a boyfriend that makes them play), like hardcore video-games.
I play video games. Arguably, I'll admit I first got into it because of my brother, but I play regardless of him now. I see it as no different than a kid who got into a certain sport because their parents signed them up and ended up liking it.
And I picked the last option. The gender of the person playing(just like it their ethnicity, religious beliefs etc.) shouldn't matter when playing; it's all about having fun right?


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Three separate criminal indictments and a criminal complaint charging 30 men and women with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute synthetic drugs and related charges have been unsealed in U.S. District Court, announced Anne M. Tompkins,
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The indictments and criminal complaint are the result of joint local, state and federal investigations into head shops operating in Mecklenburg, Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania and Mitchell Counties. According to filed court documents and court proceedings, the head shops sold synthetic drugs, such as synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as "K2" or "Spice" and/or synthetic cathinones, commonly referred to as "Bath Salts." The federal indictments and the criminal complaint remained sealed until the named defendants were arrested by law enforcement over a two-day period. Pandora's Dreams Smoke Shop in Mitchell county led to a criminal indictment that charged seven defendants with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of synthetic drugs and related charges. The release said Bath Salts were sold at Pandora's Dreams head shop in Spruce Pine, under brand names such as "White Water Rapids", "Snowman", "Super Glass Cleaner", "Anti Monkey Butt Powder", "Dragon", and "Bushman's Repellant." The named defendants are:
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Albert Tomes, age 41, of Bakersville, N.C.
Tina Tomes, age 43, of Bakersville.
Kevin Vickers, age 22, of Bakersville.
Lori Watts, age 46, of Spruce Pine.
Matt Davis, age 32, of Charlotte.
Newberry, Watts, Albert Tomes and Tina Tomes are also charged with selling or offering to sell drug paraphernalia, such as glass pipes, intended for use in inhaling a controlled substance. Matt Davis and Tina Tomes are also charged with money laundering. The indictment includes a notice of forfeiture, which gives notice that the defendants must forfeit to the United States all of the property, currency and monetary instruments involved in the offenses charged in the indictment, and all property, currency and monetary instruments which are proceeds of such offenses, including over $45,000 in cash, a vehicle, and a firearm seized during the course of the investigation. Mitchell County Sheriff Donald Street said, "Our local head shop was creating a real nightmare for our county and was destroying many people's lives along the way."
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Two days after the release of a federal audit into housing violations at the Maine State Housing Authority, new attention is being focused on more than $7 million the agency paid to computer service contractors. Federal investigators say the failure of the authority's former executive director to seek competitive bids for those contracts runs afoul of state and federal procurement policies. And members of the Housing Authority's board of directors are hiring an independent auditor to review the contracts, which were in effect over a six-year period.
The federal audit released this week by the Housing and Urban Development Inspector General focused largely on deficiencies in Section 8 housing administered by the Maine State Housing Authority.
Members of the Agency's board are now focused on a related finding, that former Executive Director Dale McCormick authorized an $850,000 contract to one vendor without seeking competitive bids. "It's bigger than us -- that's why we want to hire some third-party professional and have them take a look at it," says MSHA Board Chair Peter Anastos.
Anastos says he's found that McCormick signed off on deals valued at more than $7 million over a six-year period, and says he'll commission an independent review. "What we do know is that an awful lot of money was spent without much -- that we can see -- result and was done in a way that goes against the rules and regulations of both HUD and the state."
Meeting with reporters at the State House, several MSHA board members say they attempted, without success, to obtain details about the contracts from McCormick, who ran the authority for the last seven years. McCormick resigned in March after repeated clashes with the board on an array of issues.
The majority of the members on the MSHA board have been appointed over the last two years by Gov. Paul LePage, who was also a McCormick critic. Board Vice Chair Lincoln Merrill says the two firms that were awarded more than $7 million in contracts over the last six years are Joseph Associates of Hallowell and Lynn Kinney, of Pownal. And he says that Cormick had also contracted with both firms when she had served as Maine's state treasurer.
"It's not Maine State Housing Authority's business to call up their buddy down the street and say, 'I'd like to give you an oil contract for the year at Maine State Housing,'" Merrill says. "It is not acceptable, it is not the same thing. Is it illegal? Maybe not. Is it a sweetheart deal? Perhaps. Is it something that would happen in private business? Probably. But should it happen at the Maine State Housing Authority? Absolutely not, they should do everything they possible can to be above the fray, to be honest, open with RFPs, with documentation, so that nobody can question: 'Why did you get that contract?'"
The computer servives provided, says Merrill, involved analysis of data for the LIHEAP fuel assistance and home weatherization programs. Board chairman Peter Anastos says that throughout his discussions with McCormick, he was repeatedly stonewalled when trying to find out why MaineHousing had awarded the two contracts to the the two vendors.
"We asked many times about this computer program at board meetings," he says. "I mean, you can go back over tapes or whatever, it's all there. We tried to find out, but it was a moving target on the numbers -- and they kept going up."
Maine State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin, who is also a member of the MaineHousing board, says HUD's investigation into the agency's contract awards is ongoing and that McCormick's past actions could require the state to return more than $100,000 to the feds.
"That's why they're coming back to us right now and wanting us to justify $112,000 of this computer software development work," Poliquin says.
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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Two dogs viciously attack another canine in Midtown then move on to that canine's owner. Next, they turn on a man rushing to help, leaving the animal lover and Good Samaritan no choice than to take deadly action.
Kevin Perkins heard his neighbor's screams Monday morning.
"I ran across the street," the Tucsonan said. "I saw two dogs attacking her and her dog."
Pima County Animal Care said the attack happened near Glenn Street and First Avenue and at least one dog was a pit bull mix. The other kind of dog is unknown because it wasn't captured. Perkins said both were pit bulls.
"The black one had a hold of the neighbor's leg at the time and then grabbed the dog's neck," he said. "The brown pit bull had a hold of the dog's rear end. They were both shaking the dog violently."
"All the while, was your neighbor screaming?" 9 On Your Side reporter Kevin Keen asked. Perkins replied: "She was screaming all the time. She was not only was hurt, but I think she was more afraid that her dog was being killed right in front of her face."
With blood all over, Perkins said he kicked the brown pit twice, but it kept charging back--leaving him no choice.
"A neighbor started running over. That dog ran away. The black pit bull came charging at me at that point," Perkins said, emotionally. "At that point, I had to draw my gun and fire one shot into the head of the advancing pit bull. It immediately died."
The other canine ran away.
"What's the status of the other dog?" Keen asked Jeffrey Carver, enforcement supervisor with Pima County Animal Care. "At large," Carver said. "Officers patrolled the area, were unable to locate it." The owner couldn't find it either, Carver added.
Perkins said, from what he could tell, these dogs were kept behind a four foot-high fence made of chicken wire, which he describes as inadequate. He warns if dogs aren't controlled and contained, the result could be traumatic.
"It's something that I would never want to do again," he said. "It was just as (emotional) to kill an animal as to kill a person. I'm an animal lover. It took all I could to pull the trigger."
Perkins added: "I feel sorry for the gentleman that owns the pit bulls. He lost, probably, a very good dog that he loved. That's not a good feeling to take that from somebody."
The woman who was attacked left the hospital Monday afternoon after receiving stitches and a rabies shot, Perkins said. Her dog is still with a veterinarian. Perkins said she thanked him for saving her life.
Law enforcement issued the pit bull mix owner multiple citations because his dogs were on the loose and because they bit another dog and a human. If the one dog that's still on the loose is found, animal control said it will need to be quarantined and tested for rabies.
Update: Perkins' description of the dog attacked was removed from this story because, he later told Nine On Your Side, he found out it was not a terrier.
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We have a tutorial on accessing these partitions under linux.
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I have a potentially serious problem: I have my 40gb Hard Drive dual booted with Win XP Pro and Fedora Core 3. Everything has worked fine for months until yesterday when I went to boot Windows and it went directly to a black DOS-looking screen that said EXCEPTION in bold letters at the top and then listed a bunch of codes. THis happened IMMEDIATLY after I selected "Other" in the Grub Boot Loader, so I'm hoping its just a simple problem with the boot loader that can be remedied.
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If you think you have an answer, please try to go easy on me as I am still not much of a linux expert.
Thanks for your help in advance.
We have a tutorial on accessing these partitions under linux.
Check it out here.
If you can post the error codes, we might be able to help you with that too.
Here is the "code" of the error:
OK, that's about it, the spaces and layout may have appeared a bit different, but that is essentially all of the text.Code:Trap 00000006 ===================EXCEPTION========== tr=0028 Cr0=0000011 Cr2=00000000 Cr3=00030000 gdt limit=03FF base =001700 idt limit=07ff base = 0017400 CS :cip=0008 :00423C01 ss :esp0010 :0061FEC errcode=0000 flags = 001006 NoCy NoZr IntDis Down TrapDis 0000 eax=000110C ebx=00401280 ecx = 00001618 edx = 534D0040 ds = 0010 es=0010 edi = 00461643 esi = 00051D68 ebp = 00061FF0 cr0=00000011 fs = 0030 gs = 0000
Also, I was able to mount windows from Linux, but once I started copying files from the Windows partition, I ran out of room on my linux partition. I don't have that much on this partition, yet I've seemed to have used up more than 6 gigs. Are there built-in linux files I can do away with to save some room? RPM packages hidden somewhere I can delete?
hi john,
sounds like a nasty problem - i would remove as much desktop stuff as i i could, e.g. gnome and kde games, if you have kde and gnome installed get rid of one or the other...
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This past July, I posted a blog about kitten care. That effort came about as a result of our family's recent adoption of two rescue kittens. As promised then, this is an update about their and our family's progress together.
The two kittens, Graham and Lionel are a little over six months old now, which means that their individual looks and personalities are beginning to shine through. And at this point in time, they don't look or act like there is much common parental heritage. While it is true that kittens born to the same litter are more likely to share only their mother's genes since they have different fathers, in this case even a remote resemblance to maternal ancestry seems to be hidden.
Both Graham and Lionel are supposedly of mixed breed, but that has not prevented them from being quite handsome. Graham in particular appears to have more than a smidgen of some pure bred feline in him. He has very soft, long fur and an especially elongated, bushy and willowy tail. He seems to know of the attractiveness of his back extremity, and will take every opportunity to show it off by swaying it back and forth in an exaggerated manner whenever a human is in the vicinity; somewhat reminiscent of a feather boa in the beckoning hands of an old timey cabaret dancer. In addition to drawing attention to himself, Graham also has found a more utilitarian use for its length by completely covering his nose and ears with it when he wishes to sleep undisturbed.
After doing some research in The Encyclopedia of the Cat by Bruce Fogle, DVM, my husband now firmly believes that he is mostly Norwegian Forest cat, a breed that possesses pronounced tufts on their ears and paws, as does our Graham. Whatever is his lineage, it's clear that he is proud of his good looks. He washes himself much more than his brother, and often purrs with enjoyment while doing so. Actually, Graham purrs most of the time because he is one very happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care kitten!
Lionel on the other hand is a short haired orange and white tabby with attractive markings on his back. He is a bit smaller than his brother, but whatever he lacks in stature and looks, he seems to have made up for by having more than his share of smarts. In both looks and personality, he closely resembles our beloved Cosmo, who died from renal failure last February. Lionel learns quickly, understands commands and is very enthusiastic when it comes to playtime.
Both kittens respect Ollie our other cat, three years their senior. To our surprise, he has taken upon himself the task of surrogate parent, washing each kitten regularly, showing them where the chipmunks come to the sliding glass door, and when are proper nap times, snack times etc. If they don't show respect to him and his direction, he does not hesitate to swat them with his oversized front paws or give them a sharp nip, thereby reminding the miscreant who is boss.
Unfortunately for Patrick, our four pound house bunny, pet politics in our home has turned somewhat for the worse. Whereas Ollie has always left Patrick alone, both Lionel and Graham have developed an unhealthy fondness for the game of "Hunters and Hunted", with you know who being reluctantly yet steadfastly cast as prey. Whenever they get bored and left to their own devices, both kittens begin stalking, chasing and roughhousing with Patrick. We on the other hand try the best we can to get it through to them that this is a big no-no. This is usually accomplished with a few well aimed squirts of water from a spray bottle, accompanied with whoops and hollers of reprimand. While water is of course harmless, it is also disliked by most cats, and this combination has been most effective in dissuading Lionel from engaging in this behavior. However, Graham seems to enjoy all things aquatic, (again my husband blames this on his Norwegian Forest cat ancestry) and is curious and amused as to why anyone would want to spray him with water, how we accomplish this feat and even how the water bottle sprayer works. But however slowly, both kittens are learning that the pursuit of bunnies is not an acceptable diversion, and find other ways to amuse themselves. This is a good sign that they are maturing and that their listening /obeying skills are on the increase; a major positive for both our household and Patrick's nerves.
Every evening I organize a play session with all three felines - Ollie, Graham and Lionel - that lasts for about 45 minutes, so that they can all chase, jump, retrieve and especially interact with one another. This last activity is most important since it builds positive feelings about each other, while decreasing jealousies. No one ever misses playtime; it's clearly the highlight of their hectic day, which includes many naps, eating, drinking, listening to mellow music and getting into whatever mischief they can. And so our three feline family members live a life of comfort and relative harmony.
Hmmm, I wonder how Patrick feels about that "harmony" part?
Most of the time when one thinks about atlases it's in terms of consulting one for reference. That's probably how they are used most of the time; however, as I've said in this space before, I read them for entertainment. The Kalamazoo Public Library has many atlases that diverge from the usual road variety, as was shown in the book about remote islands that I brought forward last month. Here is another special-use atlas that was received just this month -- a book of maps and commentary on biblical places. This volume is very different from other atlases of its type in that it includes the latest archaeological and historical research, new mapping styles, and maps that have never appeared before, all in full color with an accessible text. Last, but not least, this book is in the circulating collection, so this well-done, visually appealing effort can be enjoyed at home.
After making the commitment to adopt two male rescue kittens, I realized that maybe I needed to brush up on some pointers for their care, since it's been quite a while from the time when we last heard the pitter patter of tiny kitten paws on our household's floors. So, I picked up some cat care books at the Eastwood Branch Library. One in particular, Cats For Dummies was especially helpful because it contained clear, no-nonsense information on the topic.
My main concern was Ollie, our 3½ yr old resident feline. He would have to be properly introduced to the "kitten kids" for the adoption to have any chance of succeeding. While friendly with those he knew, Ollie was more than just a little skittish when confronted by strangers, be they human or of another species. This wasn't surprising considering that we found him abandoned at a local community college when he himself was a kitten, and from the looks of him at the time, he seemed to have been abused and on his last legs. So, any changes made to his current comfortable surroundings in our home, was met with fear, suspicion, disapproval and avoidance on his part.
Following the suggestion of an online source, I had a neighbor bring over the kittens to our home. This was done so that I would not be associated with the tykes in Ollie's eyes. Prior to their actual arrival, I showered Ollie with lots of TLC and attention. A healthy dose of freshly picked catnip didn't hurt either. Despite all these careful preparations, when the kittens did arrive, Ollie, true to form, refused to come to see what the commotion was all about. When he finally did make it downstairs, I tried the best I could to completely ignore the two super cute kittens and instead paid all my attention to our tenured cat.
Initially, Ollie displayed some hurt feelings in the form of increased hissing and attempted swipes at the youngsters. Four days later however, the hissing subsided and he sat down on his favorite ottoman in the center of the living room to observe their playful interactions with each other, as well as with Patrick, our house rabbit. Several days later on, he began slowly to accept them as family members and even attempted to roughly "play" with them, but only under my close supervision. Yes, there is still some swatting and jealous feelings but considering the circumstances, Ollie is adjusting quite well to little Graham and his bother Lionel.
Stay tuned for future updates as our newly re-formulated family coalesces!
If you are interested in adopting a kitten or cat, check out the SPCA, Pet Rescue Network or Animal Rescue to name just a few area sources. We found our new family members at Animal Rescue where one of their volunteers, Leanne, was a surrogate mother for these wonderful kittens from age of one week (when they were found), to nine weeks. She did a fantastic job teaching the kittens proper litter habits and socializing them so that they are comfortable with human touch, thereby increasing their chances for growing into truly loving companions.
Animal Rescue spays/neuters the kittens before you are able to bring them home. They also have their first booster shots and an ID microchip is placed underneath the skin in the neck area in case they turn out to be quick escape artists or get lost. All these services are provided for a reasonable adoption fee. Also prior to the adoption, a comprehensive questionnaire needs to be filled out by the prospective adoptive parent.
Right now it's the high season for litters of kittens. Most are in desperate need of good indoor homes. Can you help? The following photos are current kittens looking for great homes. If you have what it takes, please contact Leanne at 269-375-5402 or email@example.com. You'll be glad you made this all important commitment to help a feline (or two) in need!
Before Saint Augustine was a Christian Bishop, he was a well-versed Roman philosopher, so this post sort of concludes my last seven posts. In the Confessions, Augustine remembers reading "the platonists," which "taught [him] to search for incorporeal truth," and "the Apostle" (Paul), which taught him to "rejoice with trembling" (he also "trembled exceedingly"). "For where was that charity building upon the 'foundation' of humility...or when should these books teach me it?" "Most eagerly then did I seize that venerable writing of Thy Spirit; and chiefly the Apostle Paul."
Speaking of Paul, Augustine's nice elaboration on his famous Corinthian speech:
"But sight shall displace faith; and hope shall be swallowed up in that perfect bliss to which we shall come: love, on the other hand, shall wax greater when these others fail."
"But sight shall displace faith; and hope shall be swallowed up in that perfect bliss to which we shall come: love, on the other hand, shall wax greater when these others fail."
Why do we love our enemies? "And hence it is that we love even our enemies. For we do not fear them, seeing they cannot take away from us what we love; but we pity them rather, because the more they hate us the more they are separated from Him Whom we love." sounds sorta like Aurelius?
Following the greatest commandments "is true religion" he says. Paul collapsed the greatest commandments into loving others. Augustine collapses it into loving God:
"you ought not to love even yourself for your own sake, but for His in Whom your love finds its most worthy object, no other man has a right to be angry if you love him too for God's sake…Loving his neighbor as himself, a man turns the whole current of his love both for himself and his neighbor into the channel of the love of God, which suffers no stream to be drawn off from itself by whose diversion its own volume would be diminished."
"you ought not to love even yourself for your own sake, but for His in Whom your love finds its most worthy object, no other man has a right to be angry if you love him too for God's sake…Loving his neighbor as himself, a man turns the whole current of his love both for himself and his neighbor into the channel of the love of God, which suffers no stream to be drawn off from itself by whose diversion its own volume would be diminished."
Loving yourself is implied: "there is no need of a command that every man should love himself and his own body…we love ourselves…through a law of nature which has never been violated."And: "that man might be intelligent in his self-love, there was appointed for him an end to which he might refer all his actions…and so, when one who has this intelligent self-love is commanded to love his neighbor as himself, what else is enjoined than that he shall do all in his power to commend to him the love of God? This is the worship of God, this is true religion, this right piety, this the service due to God only."
The Love Test of interpreting scripture
When people don't like a part of scripture they read it "figurative," and when they like it it's "literal." Augustine's solution is to read it always with love in mind:
"Scripture enjoins nothing except charity [love] and condemns nothing except lust." And: "He who is mature in faith, hope and love, needs Scripture no longer…many live without copies of the Scriptures, even in solitude, on the strength of these three graces."
"Scripture enjoins nothing except charity [love] and condemns nothing except lust." And: "He who is mature in faith, hope and love, needs Scripture no longer…many live without copies of the Scriptures, even in solitude, on the strength of these three graces."
"Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as does not tend to build up this twofold love of God and our neighbor, does not yet understand them as he ought. If, on the other hand, a man draws a meaning from them that may be used for the building up of love…his error is not pernicious, and he is wholly clear from the charge of deception."
"Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as does not tend to build up this twofold love of God and our neighbor, does not yet understand them as he ought. If, on the other hand, a man draws a meaning from them that may be used for the building up of love…his error is not pernicious, and he is wholly clear from the charge of deception."
There are six steps to "wisdom," many which have to do with love. The third, knowledge, comes down to nothing more than the "greatest commandments": "After these two steps of fear and piety, we come to the third step, knowledge…in this every earnest student of the Holy Scriptures exercises himself, to find nothing else in them but that God is to be loved for His own sake, and our neighbor for God's sake." And "through being entangled in the love of this world—i.e., of temporal things—has been drawn far ways from such a love for God and such a love for his neighbor as Scripture enjoins." … "then in the fifth step—that is, in the counsel of compassion—he cleanses his soul…And at this stage he exercises himself diligently in the love of his neighbor; and when he has reached the point of loving his enemy, full of hopes and unbroken in strength, he mounts to the sixth step…"
Augustine wrestles back and forth with how, exactly, to love yourself and other people. He is so convinced that God alone deserves to be loved, that he wonders how we are to love imperfect people and things. "For a great thing truly is man" and "we are commanded to love one another: but it is a question whether man is to be loved by man for his own sake, or for the sake of something else…It seems to me…that he is to be loved for…something else."
As a kid, Augustine's best friend dies and he is devastated, falling into a deep and long depression: "Wretched I was; and wretched is every soul bound by the friendship of perishable things." Like the stoics, he thinks this type of grieving is wrong, and, similar but different to the stoics, his solution is to love people "in God":
"Blessed whoso loveth Thee, and his friend in Thee, and his enemy for Thee. For he alone loses none dear to him, to whom all are dear in Him Who cannot be lost."
"Blessed whoso loveth Thee, and his friend in Thee, and his enemy for Thee. For he alone loses none dear to him, to whom all are dear in Him Who cannot be lost."
His reasoning seems to be this: you can only love what you can depend on, and ultimately you can only depend on God. The same goes for loving things: "If material things please you, praise them in God…If persons please you, let God be loved in them." "..for these go their way and cease to be, and the soul is torn from them with sick longing, for it wants them to continue being so it can rest in what it loves in them."
And: "Further, all men are to be loved equally. But since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those who…are brought into closer connection with you."
The Confessions is Augustine beating his chest before God and his readers. It can be painful and self-deprecating to read. You could summarize the whole memoir as "I'm sorry" and "thank you." It does have many of his thoughts on love, but City of God also does, where he joins the history of utopian writings ("in order to discover the character of any people, we have only to observe what they love").
Related PostsLove Part 1: Platonic LoveLove Part 2: AristotleLove Part 3: Epictetus and stoic love Love Part 4: Marcus AureliusLove Part 5: Plotinus Love Part 6: the BuddhaLove Part 7: Christian Love
As those who have read my columns know, I love looking at maps and atlases. I have a good collection of them at home, but it doesn't compare with the riches available here at KPL. And now ... for something completely different. This volume came to my attention only a couple of weeks ago. Maps I wouldn't have thought to exist are presented here. I think my favorite is the one on page 100, which is of Carpatho-Ukraine, a country that was independent in 1939 for only one day! There are also maps of proposed boundaries that never came to fruition, such as the 38-state plan that had Kalamazoo in a state called Dearborn. Another one is a plan to break up the United States into 16 new nations, under the premise that such a large population has become too unwieldy to govern from Washington. Michigan would be in a country named The Boundary Waters. The author does have some unflattering comments about Michigan pioneer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, but I guess I'll forgive him for those, since there is so much other material in this book to enjoy. Come take a look.
I'm embarking on a whole new reading journey. Before I get married this Fall, I wanted to read and think about what some of the greatest thinkers have written about love. Where to start? (well, the library of course). There is a set of books called Great Books of the Western World, a collection of the knowledge and wisdom in fiction, philosophy, science, history, poetry, religion, and more. And it comes with an index (called the "synopticon") that allows you to read through these great thinkers by subject. I'm using this reading list as my foundation, but will probably supplement it with other writers (Eastern thinkers, for example!). This blog will be the chalkboard of my reading experience. I hope you comment, add your wisdom and experience, suggest other books, and join me!
We begin with Plato, the father of philosophy. On my first reading, I must admit I was not impressed with what Plato had to say. It seemed like an eccentric philosopher talking about something he had no clue about, over-intellectualizing it, making jokes about it, and talking a lot about the Greek practice of old men "loving" young boys. But I dug deeper. Someone once said that all of western philosophy is merely a footnote to what Plato already said. I don't know about that, but this is what he says [in Plato's dialogues, Socrates is his mouthpiece] about love:
Love is "young and tender" and "of all the gods he is the best friend of men, the helper and the healer of the ills which are the great impediment to the happiness of the race." "He walks not upon the hard but upon the soft…in the hearts and souls of both gods and men…in them he walks and dwells and makes his home…and also he is of flexile form; for if he were hard and without flexure he could not enfold all things, or wind his way into and out of every soul of man undiscovered."
Love is "young and tender" and "of all the gods he is the best friend of men, the helper and the healer of the ills which are the great impediment to the happiness of the race." "He walks not upon the hard but upon the soft…in the hearts and souls of both gods and men…in them he walks and dwells and makes his home…and also he is of flexile form; for if he were hard and without flexure he could not enfold all things, or wind his way into and out of every soul of man undiscovered."
Socrates sees love as a sort of mediator between God and man:
"he is the mediator who spans the chasm which divides them, and therefore in him all is bound together…For God mingles not with man; but through Love all the intercourse and converse of god with man…is carried on. The wisdom which understands this is spiritual; all other wisdom…is mean and vulgar."
"he is the mediator who spans the chasm which divides them, and therefore in him all is bound together…For God mingles not with man; but through Love all the intercourse and converse of god with man…is carried on. The wisdom which understands this is spiritual; all other wisdom…is mean and vulgar."
This has parallels with Christianity, and there is no wonder that future Christian thinkers will take a lot from Plato.
The goal of Platonic love is to increase virtue and wisdom, "communicating wisdom and virtue...seeking to acquire them with a view to education and wisdom." "Thus noble in every case is the acceptance of another for the sake of virtue. This is that love which is the love of the heavenly goddess, and is heavenly, and of great price to individuals and cities, making the lover and the beloved alike eager in the work of their own improvement."
In contrast, loving for the sake of temporary things like physical beauty, is unwise:
"Evil is the vulgar lover who loves the body rather than the soul, insasmuch as he is not even stable, because he loves a thing which is in itself unstable, and therefore when the bloom of youth which he was desiring is over, he takes wing and flies away."
"Evil is the vulgar lover who loves the body rather than the soul, insasmuch as he is not even stable, because he loves a thing which is in itself unstable, and therefore when the bloom of youth which he was desiring is over, he takes wing and flies away."
On a more practical note, Plato talks about what makes two people compatible for marriage. In Lysis, the conclusion is that totally different people cannot be friends or lovers, but also that the same nature will gain nothing from the other; thus, lovers should be similar but different.
Every time I browse the enormous collection of reference books on the central branch second floor, I find a gem like this Dictionary of Last Words. Some that I found:
John Donne [click for books on or by Donne]: "I were miserable if I might not die…They Kingdom come, Thy Will be done."
Thomas Jefferson: "Is it the Fourth?"
William James (American philosopher/psychologist): "It's so good to get home!"
Henry James (writer): "So here it is at last, the distinguished thing!"
Beethoven: (when the wine he asked for came late) "Too bad! Too bad! It's too late!"
Alexander Graham Bell: "So little done. So much to do."
Jeremy Bentham (utilitarian): "I now feel that I am dying; our care must be to minimize pain. Do not let the servants come into the room, and keep away the youths; it will be distressing to them, and they can be of no service."
John Wilkes Booth: "Tell my mother—I died—for my country…I thought I did for the best…Useless! Useless!"
Emily Dickinson: "I must go in, the fog is rising."
Charles Darwin: "I am not the least afraid to die."
Jean Jacques Rousseau: "See the sun, whose smiling face calls me; see that immeasurable light. There is a God! Yes, God Himself, who is opening His arms and inviting me to taste at last that eternal and unchanging joy that I had so long desired."
Hitler: "Above all, I enjoin the government of the nation and the people to uphold the racial laws to the limit and to resist mercilessly the poisoner of all nations, interational Jewry…My wife and I choose to die in order to escape the shame of overthrow or capitulation. It is our wish for our bodies to be cremated immediately on the place where I have performed the greater part of my daily work during twelve years of service to my people."
Thomas Hobbes: "I shall be glad to find a hole to creep out of the world at."
Gandhi: "Oh, God."
While browsing the second floor reference books today, I stumbled upon this amazing book, History of Michigan Law, which is a collection of articles on various aspects of Michigan law. The chapter on the history of criminal justice in Michigan was enlightening in the following ways:
In sum, the author described this history as a constant "balancing act," between preventing and punishing crime, and giving criminals and alleged criminals fair treatment. It is social, legal, and political.
There are so many good cookbooks in the KPL system. My favorite is The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, by Fannie Merritt Farmer! It's an everyday cooking cookbook. I've always appreciated its step-by-step bread recipes. The bread making chapter is called "about breadmaking" and it explains the process of yeast raising, flours, sweeteners, kneading and everything you need to know about bread making. There's a basic recipe for sweet buns of which you can use for any of your sweetbreads; such as, coffeecake, doughnuts, raisin bread and stollen. I love their French bread recipe. I've used it for pizza dough made with a good virgin olive oil.
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook also has a great recipe for homemade mayonnaise made with olive oil. So, just imagine a sandwich made with your own homemade bread smeared with your homemade mayonnaise. Mmmm Yum!
Some other of my favorites Fannie Farmer recipes are stuffed cabbage, eggplant parmesan, chicken cacciatore and chicken jambalaya. Mmmm Yum!
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook has been around since 1896, but it will always be current.
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42 U.S. Code § 3722 - National Institute of Justice
(a) Establishment; general authority of Attorney General over Institute
There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a National Institute of Justice (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as the "Institute").
(b) Director of Institute; appointment by President; authority; restrictions
The Institute shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President. The Director shall have had experience in justice research. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall have final authority over all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Institute. The Director shall not engage in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Institute makes any contract or other arrangement under this chapter.
(c) Duties and functions
The Institute is authorized to—
(1) make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, public agencies, institutions of higher education, private organizations, or individuals to conduct research, demonstrations, or special projects pertaining to the purposes described in this subchapter, and provide technical assistance and training in support of tests, demonstrations, and special projects;
(2) conduct or authorize multiyear and short-term research and development concerning the criminal and civil justice systems in an effort—
(C) to analyze the correlates of crime and juvenile delinquency and provide more accurate information on the causes and correlates of crime and juvenile delinquency;
(E) to develop new methods for the prevention and reduction of crime, including the development of programs to facilitate cooperation among the States and units of local government, the detection and apprehension of criminals, the expeditious, efficient, and fair disposition of criminal and juvenile delinquency cases, the improvement of police and minority relations, the conduct of research into the problems of victims and witnesses of crime, the feasibility and consequences of allowing victims to participate in criminal justice decisionmaking, the feasibility and desirability of adopting procedures and programs which increase the victim's participation in the criminal justice process, the reduction in the need to seek court resolution of civil disputes, and the development of adequate corrections facilities and effective programs of correction; and
(F) to develop programs and projects to improve and expand the capacity of States and units of local government and combinations of such units, to detect, investigate, prosecute, and otherwise combat and prevent white-collar crime and public corruption, to improve and expand cooperation among the Federal Government, States, and units of local government in order to enhance the overall criminal justice system response to white-collar crime and public corruption, and to foster the creation and implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to prevent and combat white-collar crime and public corruption.
In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the Institute may request the assistance of both public and private research agencies;
(3) evaluate the effectiveness, including cost effectiveness where practical, of projects or programs carried out under this chapter;
(4) make recommendations for action which can be taken by Federal, State, and local governments and by private persons and organizations to improve and strengthen criminal and civil justice systems;
(5) provide research fellowships and clinical internships and carry out programs of training and special workshops for the presentation and dissemination of information resulting from research, demonstrations, and special projects including those authorized by this subchapter;
(6) collect and disseminate information obtained by the Institute or other Federal agencies, public agencies, institutions of higher education, and private organizations relating to the purposes of this subchapter;
(7) serve as a national and international clearinghouse for the exchange of information with respect to the purposes of this subchapter;
(8) after consultation with appropriate agencies and officials of States and units of local government, make recommendations for the designation of programs or projects which will be effective in improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, for funding as discretionary grants under subchapter V of this chapter;
(9) encourage, assist, and serve in a consulting capacity to Federal, State, and local justice system agencies in the development, maintenance, and coordination of criminal and civil justice programs and services; and
(10) research and development of tools and technologies relating to prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of crime; and
(d) Criminal and civil justice research
To insure that all criminal and civil justice research is carried out in a coordinated manner, the Director is authorized to—
(1) utilize, with their consent, the services, equipment, personnel, information, and facilities of other Federal, State, local, and private agencies and instrumentalities with or without reimbursement therefor;
(2) confer with and avail itself of the cooperation, services, records, and facilities of State or of municipal or other local agencies;
(3) request such information, data, and reports from any Federal agency as may be required to carry out the purposes of this section, and the agencies shall provide such information to the Institute as required to carry out the purposes of this subchapter;
(4) seek the cooperation of the judicial branches of Federal and State Government in coordinating civil and criminal justice research and development; and
Source(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 202, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2,Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1172; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 604(b),Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2078; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(h)(1),Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2139; Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 237,Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2162; Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(h)(3),Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1285.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3722,Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 202,June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 198; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2,Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 198, provided for making of grants to State planning agencies, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–157.
2012—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–166struck out ", by and with the advice and consent of the Senate" before period at end of first sentence.
2002—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 107–296, § 237(1), inserted ", including cost effectiveness where practical," after "evaluate the effectiveness".
Subsec. (c)(10), (11). Pub. L. 107–296, § 237(2), added pars. (10) and (11).
1994—Subsec. (c)(2)(E). Pub. L. 103–322substituted "crime," for "crime,,".
1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(1), required Director to report to Attorney General through Assistant Attorney General.
Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(A)(i), struck out ", including programs authorized by section 3713 of this title" after "system goals".
Subsec. (c)(2)(E). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(A)(ii), struck out "the prevention and reduction of parental kidnaping" after "reduction of crime,".
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(B), substituted "chapter" for "subchapter".
Subsec. (c)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(C), (F), redesignated pars. (5) to (8) as (4) to (7), respectively, and struck out former par. (4) relating to evaluation of programs and projects under other subchapters of this chapter to determine their impact upon criminal and civil justice systems and achievement of purposes and policies of this chapter and for dissemination of information.
Subsec. (c)(8). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(D)(i), (ii), (F), redesignated par. (10) as (8) and, in par. (8) as so designated, struck out "nationality priority grants under subchapter V of this chapter and" after "for funding as" and substituted "subchapter V of this chapter" for "subchapter VI of this chapter". Former par. (8) redesignated (7).
Subsec. (c)(9). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(E), (F), redesignated par. (11) as (9), and struck out former par. (9) relating to a biennial report to President and Congress on state of justice research.
Subsec. (c)(10), (11). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(F), redesignated pars. (10) and (11) as (8) and (9), respectively.
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–166effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 2012, and applicable to appointments made on and after that effective date, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see section 6(a) ofPub. L. 112–166, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 ofPub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) ofPub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3711 of this title.
Report on Drug-testing Technologies
Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title II, § 2201,Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1793, provided that:
"(a) Requirement.—The National Institute of Justice shall conduct a study of drug-testing technologies in order to identify and assess the efficacy, accuracy, and usefulness for purposes of the National effort to detect the use of illicit drugs of any drug-testing technologies (including the testing of hair) that may be used as alternatives or complements to urinalysis as a means of detecting the use of such drugs.
"(b) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 2, 2002], the Institute shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a)."
Anti-Stalking Legislation Evaluation, Model Development, Dissemination and Report
Pub. L. 102–395, title I, § 109(b),Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1842, directed Attorney General, acting through Director of National Institute of Justice, to evaluate existing and proposed anti-stalking legislation in the States, develop model anti-stalking legislation that is constitutional and enforceable, prepare and disseminate to State authorities the findings made as a result of such evaluation, and report to Congress the findings and the need or appropriateness of further action by the Federal Government by Sept. 30, 1993.
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For Fall 2013, Patagonia is producing a Cap 4 EW One-Piece Suite, a.k.a. a onesie.Gram counters note that this thing will weigh in at 363 g, 13 g less than the separate cap 4 hoody and bottoms. Yes, it's less flexible but I expect to be wearing this thing around my house pretty much permanently. Unclear whether there is an opening for the buttocks.
The question of the backside opening has always put me off one piece bad layer, it will be interesting to see how this goes.
...let there be attached footies. I, too, will live one of these if there's integrated slipper socks...
Sorry, looks like the onesie is ankle-length. :(
I can't imagine how cold it would have to be for me to want to be covered from head to toe in cap 4.
If they made a red one in R2 with a matching balaclava, you could change your trail name to Elmo ;)
Just find your favorite wool socks and sew them to the ankles of the onesie.
i have a couple of patagonia fleeces that are bibs and onesies. they have all have fairly functional drop-seat arrangements and double slider front zippers.
for a few grams I'd rather have two pieces that can be added or subtracted as needed- I've worn the top a bunch of times that I wouldn't have wanted the bottomsfor house lounging on the other hand....... :)
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CARTHAGE The Carthage girls basketball team always knows what it will get from Zakiya Saunders.
So leading up to Tuesdays game against Indian River, which the Comets had to beat to keep their hopes alive for a fifth straight Frontier League A Division title, coach Randi Smith challenged junior Kayla Gonzalez to be the guard to step up and score.
Gonzalez proved to be up to the challenge.
Saunders led the way with 21 points and 15 rebounds, and Gonzalez scored a season-high 17 as Carthage jumped out to a big lead and never looked back in a 50-40 victory over Indian River at Carthage High School.
Sometimes we tend to want to rely on Z a little bit too much to do everything on the floor, but tonight Kayla Gonzalez stepped up big on the offensive end, said Smith, whose team improved to 8-6 overall and 7-3 in league play.
I had told her before the game, all week in practice, she was going to have to be the guard to step up and shoot the ball, and she got the open looks and she knocked them down, Smith added.
The Warriors (10-4, 8-2), who would have clinched the division title with a victory, are now just a game up on the Comets with two league games left for each team.
Carthage still has to play Altmar-Parish-Williamstown and Immaculate Heart Central, while Indian River will play Watertown High and unbeaten South Jefferson.
(The division) was something that was on our minds, but we were more worried about just winning and showing what kind of team we actually are, Saunders said.
Indian River couldnt recover from its poor first quarter. The Warriors trailed 13-1 at quarters end, and missed their first 13 shots from the field. They also went 1-for-6 from the free-throw line.
We had some nice layup chances, and we missed (five) foul shots in the first quarter. We recently have just gotten ourselves in a hole and we havent been able to dig our way out of it, Indian River coach Jim Whitley said.
Carthage avenged its 41-38 loss to Indian River on Nov. 30.
When we first started, we were more of a young team. We were still kind of developing with each other and learning each other and trying to learn our own roles on the court, Saunders said.
We work better as a team now, and we didnt make as many mistakes as we did the first time, Gonzalez said.
The 50 points allowed was a season high for the Warriors. They gave up 47 points in a nonleague loss to Vernon-Verona-Sherrill on Saturday.
Youre always in a game when youre going to play defense, and weve just decided the last few games that were not going to do that, Whitley said. And when they start to do that, and we know that we can be a team thats defense first, theyll start winning again.
Gonzalez added eight rebounds for Carthage, and Hannah Millich grabbed nine. Carthages guard trio of Saunders, Gonzalez and Millich grabbed 32 of the teams season-best 37 rebounds.
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7 U.S. Code § 136i - Use of restricted use pesticides; applicators
(a) Certification procedure
(1) Federal certification
In any State for which a State plan for applicator certification has not been approved by the Administrator, the Administrator, in consultation with the Governor of such State, shall conduct a program for the certification of applicators of pesticides. Such program shall conform to the requirements imposed upon the States under the provisions of subsection (a)(2) of this section and shall not require private applicators to take any examination to establish competency in the use of pesticides. Prior to the implementation of the program, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register for review and comment a summary of the Federal plan for applicator certification and shall make generally available within the State copies of the plan. The Administrator shall hold public hearings at one or more locations within the State if so requested by the Governor of such State during the thirty days following publication of the Federal Register notice inviting comment on the Federal plan. The hearings shall be held within thirty days following receipt of the request from the Governor. In any State in which the Administrator conducts a certification program, the Administrator may require any person engaging in the commercial application, sale, offering for sale, holding for sale, or distribution of any pesticide one or more uses of which have been classified for restricted use to maintain such records and submit such reports concerning the commercial application, sale, or distribution of such pesticide as the Administrator may by regulation prescribe. Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator shall prescribe standards for the certification of applicators of pesticides. Such standards shall provide that to be certified, an individual must be determined to be competent with respect to the use and handling of the pesticides, or to the use and handling of the pesticide or class of pesticides covered by such individual's certification. The certification standard for a private applicator shall, under a State plan submitted for approval, be deemed fulfilled by the applicator completing a certification form. The Administrator shall further assure that such form contains adequate information and affirmations to carry out the intent of this subchapter, and may include in the form an affirmation that the private applicator has completed a training program approved by the Administrator so long as the program does not require the private applicator to take, pursuant to a requirement prescribed by the Administrator, any examination to establish competency in the use of the pesticide. The Administrator may require any pesticide dealer participating in a certification program to be licensed under a State licensing program approved by the Administrator.
(2) State certification
If any State, at any time, desires to certify applicators of pesticides, the Governor of such State shall submit a State plan for such purpose. The Administrator shall approve the plan submitted by any State, or any modification thereof, if such plan in the Administrator's judgment—
(A) designates a State agency as the agency responsible for administering the plan throughout the State;
(B) contains satisfactory assurances that such agency has or will have the legal authority and qualified personnel necessary to carry out the plan;
(C) gives satisfactory assurances that the State will devote adequate funds to the administration of the plan;
(D) provides that the State agency will make such reports to the Administrator in such form and containing such information as the Administrator may from time to time require; and
(E) contains satisfactory assurances that State standards for the certification of applicators of pesticides conform with those standards prescribed by the Administrator under paragraph (1).
Any State certification program under this section shall be maintained in accordance with the State plan approved under this section.
(b) State plans
If the Administrator rejects a plan submitted under subsection (a)(2) of this section, the Administrator shall afford the State submitting the plan due notice and opportunity for hearing before so doing. If the Administrator approves a plan submitted under subsection (a)(2) of this section, then such State shall certify applicators of pesticides with respect to such State. Whenever the Administrator determines that a State is not administering the certification program in accordance with the plan approved under this section, the Administrator shall so notify the State and provide for a hearing at the request of the State, and, if appropriate corrective action is not taken within a reasonable time, not to exceed ninety days, the Administrator shall withdraw approval of such plan.
(c) Instruction in integrated pest management techniques
Standards prescribed by the Administrator for the certification of applicators of pesticides under subsection (a) of this section, and State plans submitted to the Administrator under subsection (a) of this section, shall include provisions for making instructional materials concerning integrated pest management techniques available to individuals at their request in accordance with the provisions of section 136u (c) of this title, but such plans may not require that any individual receive instruction concerning such techniques or to be shown to be competent with respect to the use of such techniques. The Administrator and States implementing such plans shall provide that all interested individuals are notified on the availability of such instructional materials.
(d) In general
No regulations prescribed by the Administrator for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter shall require any private applicator to maintain any records or file any reports or other documents.
Source(June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 11, formerly §§ 4, 11, as added Pub. L. 92–516, § 2,Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 983, 989; amended Pub. L. 94–140, §§ 5, 11,Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 753, 754; Pub. L. 95–396, § 9,Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 827; Pub. L. 100–532, title VIII, § 801(c), (q)(1)(A)–(C), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2681, 2683; Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1006(a)(6), (b)(1), (2), (3)(K),Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1895, 1896.)
Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(q)(1)(A), transferred subsecs. (a) to (c) ofsection 4 of act June 25, 1947, which was classified to section 136b of this title, to subsecs. (a) to (c) of this section.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 11 of act June 25, 1947, was classified to section 135i of this title prior to amendment of act June 25, 1947, by Pub. L. 92–516.
1991—Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(a)(6)(A), substituted "applicators" for "appplicators" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(3)(K), substituted "the applicator" for "his" in ninth sentence and "the Administrator" for "him" before period at end.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(2), substituted "the Administrator's" for "his" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(a)(6)(B), (b)(1), substituted "subsection (a)(2) of this section" for "this paragraph" in two places and "the Administrator" for "he" before "shall afford" and before "shall so notify".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(a)(6)(C), substituted "subsection (a)" for "subsections (a) and (b)" after "Administrator under".
1988—Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(q)(1)(A), (C), substituted section catchline for one which read: "Standards applicable to pesticide applicators", redesignated subsecs. (a) and (b) as (d) and (e), respectively, and transferred subsecs. (a) to (c) ofsection 136b of this title to subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively, of this section.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(c), substituted "pesticides. Such program" for "pesticides: Provided, That such program" and "certification. The certification" for "certification: Provided, however, That the certification".
1978—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95–396required that, in any State without a State plan for applicator certification approved by the Administrator, the Administrator, in consultation with the Governor of the State, shall conduct a program for the certification of applicators of pesticides under a Federal plan for applicator certification, and also that in such a State records be maintained and reports submitted by persons engaged in commercial application, sale or distribution of pesticides classified for restricted use.
1975—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 94–140, § 5, inserted proviso relating to Administrator's powers and duties with respect to the certification forms and requirement for pesticide dealers participating in certification program.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–140, § 11, added subsec. (c).
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–532effective on expiration of 60 days after Oct. 25, 1988, see section 901 ofPub. L. 100–532, set out as a note under section 136 of this title.
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For effective date of section, see section 4 ofPub. L. 92–516, set out as a note under section 136 of this title.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011The Atlantic Sun Conference has added two new levels of recognition for student-athletes who have excelled on the field or court and in the classroom.
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Three Lipscomb student-athletes were presented with the Commissioner's Scholar Award. Eleven A-Sun student-athletes earned the designation.
Earning the President's Scholar designation were Lacey Cross (women's soccer), Jeffrey Hoover (men's cross country), Alex Kelly (volleyball) and Jenny Randolph (women's cross country). Cross and Hoover both posted 3.94 GPAs. Kelly and Randolph each have 3.89 GPAs.
To earn this designation student-athletes must have completed their final year of eligibility, maintained a cumulative 3.8 or above grade point average and completed a minimum of 48 credit hours.
Kathryn Spellman (women's soccer), Stefine "Jake†Pease (volleyball) and Caitlin Anderson (women's cross country) earned the Commissioner's Scholar Award.
Spellman's GPA is 3.77. Pease has a 3.69 and Anderson a 3.62.
Commissioner's Scholars must have completed their final year of eligibility, earned a cumulative GPA between 3.66 and 3.799 and completed a minimum of 48 credit hours.
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Dr. Kippelen was born and raised in Alsace, France. He studied at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg where he received a Maitrise in Solid-State Physics in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Nonlinear Optics in 1990.
From 1990 to 1997 he was Chargé de Recherches at the CNRS, France. In 1994, he joined the faculty of the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. There, he developed a research and teaching program on polymer optics and plastic electronics. He holds 15 patents and has co-authored over 235 refereed publications and 12 book chapters. His publications have received over 6,500 citations. He served as chair and co-chair of numerous international conferences on organic optoelectronic materials and devices. Dr. Kippelen is the co-founder of several spin-off companies, and he is the president of the Lafayette Institute, a major optoelectronics commercialization initiative that is based at Georgia Tech-Lorraine in Metz, France.
In August 2003, Dr. Kippelen joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology where his research ranges from the investigation of fundamental physical processes (nonlinear optical activity, charge transport, light harvesting and emission), to the design, fabrication and testing of light-weight flexible optoelectronic devices and circuits based on nanostructured organic materials. He currently serves as director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics and associate director of CIS:HSEM an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. He serves as deputy editor of Energy Express.
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