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By Cass Sunstein
Here is an oddity about last night's Democratic debate: Immediately after it concluded, the announcers on CNN went right to a discussion of the Obama/Clinton answers to the "would-you-meet-with-leaders-of-Iraq-Syria-Cuba-etc." question. The main conclusion, on the part of the key analyst (Jeff Toobin), was that Clinton had given a much better answer than Obama had, and that his answer showed his inexperience. Immediately thereafter, the announcers went to a focus group, which said that Obama had won the debate. (This was not a surprise: Whether or not Obama won--Clinton and Biden were also impressive, and Edwards had his moments--it was clearly Obama's strongest performance to date.)
The first thing to say about this is that some of the reports on focus groups were beyond laughable, because the differences were too small to have any significance. (The initial report in Obama's favor might have been ok; we don't have the numbers.) The second and more important item has to do with the difference between viewers' overall impressions and the media's intense interest in finding a "moment" that could be characterized as terrific or (better still) a gaffe. In a two-person race, Obama's suggestion that he would meet with the relevant leaders--hardly a real gaffe, in context--could easily be turned into a major campaign issue. (Just like Kerry's "global test" remark from the 2004 campaign, which was fine in context, but was turned, ridiculously, into a big issue.)
These made-up gaffes can be made to matter, and to stick, on condition that they can be connected with a damaging narrative about the candidate, such as, "Kerry wants to run everything by the United Nations." And indeed, the National Review on-line has already seized on Obama's remark to show that it reflects his inexperience. What is especially noteworthy is that even if a candidate does exceedingly well in a debate, and wins it according to independent or undecided voters, media attention to a single moment, or a made-up or supposed gaffe, can turn everything around. The moment ends up standing for the whole.


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Tomaž Šalamun
Translated from Slovenian by Joshua Beckman,
Phillis Levin, Thomas Kane, and the author
I'm not Used to It, Lieutenant, I'm not Used to It
You don't know how to behave, parrot.
The color of the circles under your eyes isn't silver.
You have cotton inside.
There are thorns in the cotton.
Globes scratch themselves with their skis above the mountains.
Their own throats!
Their own windpipes, their own stomachs, their own
sounds, which are the sounds from Suez.
The damn rises.
Fish usurp the shade.
Occialin! Occialin!
Mola lo, mola lo, butta lo qua!
Umbrellas get pompous, they open again.
You eat everything, you're again poisoned,
and Hruschov drives below the window.
You bomb fave,
they crackle like peahen.
Is there a puddle in glass?
Is God dotted?
Why don't they stuff the hunter?
Why is a rat born from a rat?
And calves shifting from one foot to the other,
they fall again
and shift from one foot to the other.
Everybody has to learn to walk when screaming.
The insolation is mine.
The grass is mine.
Mix up white and green, delight and dry stench,
you'll learn something.
Do you think one darns socks for apprentices?
No. They sealed them and buried them in a drawer,
trampled them, pressed them and howled.
There, all the naked people trembled in
their wretched pajamas, grateful they didn't die,
dewy in the glass.
Translated by Joshua Beckman and the author
In the sea sleeps
a hut, a head strewn with
leaves. His arms are
the skin on them
stretched like
silk. I see
a hair in glass, combining
knee and ficus.
Their time is
counted. Ease must
to be
aware of it. And when it
falls and stops,
the tissue kindly
accepts it. The hair's light
Translated by Joshua Beckman and the author
All of You
For now I am in love with Bob Perelman.
It is not completely clear if this is the reason
why I think his poem "All Of You"
is the best poem I have read in the last two
years. I think not, I am here where
I am because of this poem too:
without it, it would possibly stop at the lightning,
in the flow that later disappears. Probably
it settles down in other people. It floats
but doesn't grow lush. I would like to meet
his girlfriend Francie. I wouldn't like to get
hurt because of all of this, I wouldn't like
to hurt Maruska. I would like to make love
to Bob, I would like to wear a red handkerchief,
folded and tied up around my head, the way
he does. I am still uncertain. People here
are wild and quick as tigers. Sometimes
I see them as through a waterfall. I feel their
energy starting to flow through me.
I think I will settle down in the United States of America.
Translated by Phillis Levin and the author
The Right of the Elephant's Bone
Those wounded by Salamun have their own
with their eye's right
and their own public transportation.
The wise ones make progress.
To give to eat.
The pig's paw on the loam behaves
differently than the pig's paw
on the wet cement.
Calm the plant.
Mutilate the daffodil.
Count the drawers and the entrances.
Live in the time of
abrupt needs.
Translated by Thomas Kane and the author
In the Back on Palm Sunday
the Sea Laps at the Ligurian Coas
I called all the characters from Shakespeare's texts,
sorted them out in one meter to one meter
great ellipse and
pissed them.
Coarse wooden cloth, Julia!
Luther was disgusted by little red skirts,
having also his original
ideas about the eucharist,
mentally with the lathe made
table, which as laudatio we can
no more retract.
Every companion is drenched by lust.
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Employment and Social Development Canada
|This article relies too much on references to primary sources. (November 2010)
|Emploi et Développement social Canada
|Department overview
|Department responsible for
|Ministers responsible
The Department of Human Resources and Skills Development (French: Ministère des Ressources humaines et Développement des compétences), operating under the FIP-applied title Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for developing, managing and delivering social programs and services. From 2006 to 2008 the department operated under the applied title Human Resources and Social Development Canada. By 2014 the department rebranded to Employment and Social Development Canada.
The department delivers some $87 billion in programs and services and has approximately 24,000 employees. Approximately 19,000 of those employees work under the Service Canada banner.
From HRSDC's website, the department claims its mission to be to build a stronger and more competitive Canada, to support Canadians in making choices that help them live productive and rewarding lives, and to improve Canadians' quality of life.
HRSDC was created in December 2003, by splitting Human Resources Development Canada into two separate departments: HRSDC and Social Development Canada. Though they continued to share many common services and operations, HRSDC was to focus on workforce-related aspects of the former HRDC portfolio, while SDC was to focus on social support programs for children, families and seniors. The split was given formal legal effect when the Department of Humans Resources and Skills Development Act and the Department of Social Development Act were enacted in July 2005.
Upon taking office in February 2006, the Conservative Party government of Stephen Harper announced it would recombine the two departments, and through a series of Orders in Council Social Development Canada was folded into HRSDC. Though a Department of Social Development remains in effect in legal terms, it no longer exists in any real sense.
From 2006 to 2008, Social Development's preceding role was reflected by styling the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development as the "Minister of Human Resources and Social Development", and by changing the department's applied title to "Human Resources and Social Development Canada". This practice ended in late 2008 when the title was changed to "Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development." Currently the post is referred to as "Minister of Employment and Social Development".
The ministers responsible for the department are:
- Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development
- Hon. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour
- Hon. Alice Wong, Minister of State for Seniors
2012/2013 Privacy Breach[edit]
On January 11, 2013, Minister Diane Finley announced that a hard drive containing information of 583,000 student loan borrowers had been lost from a Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP)/HRSDC office in Gatineau, Quebec.[1] Borrowers who registered a loan between 2000-2006 are potentially affected. The information on the hard drive contained full names, SIN numbers, contact information, and loan balances. The hard drive also contained information on 250 HRSDC employees. Concerns of privacy breaches and identity theft lead to the filing of three class-action suits against the federal government on behalf of the affected students.[2]
On January 18, 2013, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada stated that a formal investigation had been launched. The stated outcome of this investigation is to provide information to organizations and individuals to improve privacy protection.[3]
The RCMP was notified but is waiting for the outcome of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's investigation to do their own investigation.
This incident has become known as "1 in 60" representing the ratio of affected individuals to the Canadian population as a whole.


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BJP's decision to nominate Yeddyurappa for LS polls a cruel joke: Congress
Criticizing Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to nominate former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa, as a Lok Sabha candidate from Karnataka in the upcoming general elections, Congress leader and Union minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla on Saturday termed the decision of the saffron party as a cruel joke on the democracy.
"It is quite ridiculous that on one hand Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi talks of fighting corruption and then on the other hand he (Modi) doesn't hesitate to announce one of its tainted leader who was a former Chief Minister of Karnataka as its candidate," he said.
"It is quite astounding that Yedyurappa's name as BJP's candidate features right on top of the list even surpassing Modi whose name is yet to be announced from where he is going to contest the polls," he added.
Earlier, BJP had announced its second list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Ventura County foreclosure filings decrease in March
Foreclosure filings in Ventura County dropped in March, driven by a large decrease in default filings, market researcher RealtyTrac reported Wednesday.
There were 276 total foreclosure filings in the county, down 72 percent from a year earlier, according to the Irvine-based firm. That total includes default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions.
Default notices fell 76 percent to 115, compared with 472 in March 2012.
"The era of prolific defaults is over," said Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast in Santa Barbara. The reason, he said, is that more people have jobs and more equity in their homes as prices rise.
"Homes are getting multiple offers," he said. "We don't have enough. All boats rise with the tide, and everything's working out."
Area bankruptcy attorney Louis Esbin said more of his clients are in various stages of working things out with their lenders. There isn't the chaos that existed a few years ago because more banks are now able to handle short sales and loan modifications, he said.
"Before, the banks had no system set up to deal with it," he said.
Esbin said the other thing helping is the Homeowner Bill of Rights, which took effect in January. It ended the practice known as dual tracking, where lenders pursue foreclosures at the same time borrowers seek loan modifications. Also, lenders who record multiple unverified foreclosure documents now can be prosecuted for civil penalties of up to $7,500 per loan and be subject to enforcement by licensing agencies.
California had 18,489 total foreclosure filings last month, down 59 percent from March 2012. The state's foreclosure rate (one in 266 housing units) still ranked among the top 10. Arizona, Washington and South Carolina were among those with high rates of foreclosure.
For the first quarter, Florida, Nevada and Illinois posted the highest foreclosure rates.
Total U.S. foreclosure filings were down 12 percent from the previous quarter and down 23 percent from the first quarter of 2012.
"Although the overall national foreclosure trend continues to head lower, late-blooming foreclosures are bolting higher in some local markets where aggressive foreclosure prevention efforts in previous years are wearing off," said RealtyTrac Vice President Daren Blomquist.
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Jerry,State, local, and even local utilities subsidize them.To be honest, I switched on my own accord. My living/dining room has several recessed light fixtures, and the halogen bulbs sucked up watts and didn't last long. I replaced them with CFL's along with just about every other fixture and lamp. My wife doesn't like them because the look ugly in the recessed fixtures, but she is okay with savings. You cannot use a dimmer on a CFL either, so it has negatively impacted my sex life :)My problem with all of this is; when are we going to let individuals make their own decisions. If as a society we are that stupid, then just let us destroy ourselves and get it over with, because it is going to happen sooner or later. We should be able to vote with our dollars on what kind of light bulb we want to use. With a little math calculation, and the benefits of reduced energy consumption, most people would probably switch to CFL's on their own, and it would cost us less tax money. There are so many laws and regulations introduced every single year, it is impossible to keep up with them, and to research the feasibility of each... even our elected representatives have to hire aides to wade through all of it. And the more we let government make our decisions, the crazier it gets. Where I live you have to get government permission on the color you want to paint your commercial building, and how much open space and types of plants you can have in new construction. Want to build a new house... you must put up a block wall, materials determined by the city. I am fighting the city right now because I removed a fence between my yard and my neighbor's... I like open space and it was my fence. If the neighbor wants a fence, then he can build a new one on his side, but he doesn't care either way. But I unwittingly violated the law; silly me I thought it was my property. You are restricted to what kind of vehicle you can park in your driveway, you are not allowed to use natural fertilizers because the odor might be offensive (only chemicals are allowed), and certain times of the week we are not allowed to ride a camel on the main street in town. And we have people running all over town enforcing these rules. But if you are attacked by a vicious dog in the street, good luck getting quick response to a 911 call. And god forbid you want animal control to pick up a stray animal... last time I had a problem the city made me RENT a trap and capture it myself. We vote the idiots out, and then a new group of idiots are elected by stupid people. Or we have agencies that can pass regulations without our approval, and we cannot remove them, because they are not elected positions. It seems we think that government must pass new laws and regulations, or they did not do their job. I would like to see each session of Congress try and reduce laws and regulations by 10% instead. See, I am an optimist. I think that people can make good decisions once they figure out they are own their own and government will not take care of them. Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Tea Party... we need to get rid of all of them. Hopefully more and more people will register independent and each candidate will have to appeal to the majority, not the party with the most money to spend. That is how we will take our power back.
Edited by ngatel on 03/31/2011 18:33:09 MDT.
"When are we gonna make individuals make their own decisons" Nick, even though we are an enlightened crew, please think about others in this country. I have had the luxury or being fortunate to travel a lot in the USA and we have some interesting folks and to be honest.....they need to be lead.....
Ken,Are you announcing your intention to run for president?;)
You who are on the roadMust have a code that you can live byAnd so become yourselfBecause the past is just a good bye.Teach your children well,Their father's hell did slowly go by,And feed them on your dreamsThe one they picked, the one you'll know by.Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.CSNY
http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/03/30/how-to-spot-advocacy-science-john-taylor-edition/Sometimes you see the perfect piece of evidence. The scatter plot that is just so. The data line up perfectly. And then you realize, perhaps they're just too perfect. What you are seeing is advocacy, dressed up as science. Here's an example, provided by John Taylor
Nick, the thing about electricity is your bill doesn't include all the costs, for example the cost of the pollution. I don't if you're a global warming denyer, but the costs of that could be huge. Nationally, if we want to reduce cancers from mercury emmisions from coal plants, we can take federal income tax and spend it on subsidizing CFLs. Okay, maybe mercury doesn't cause cancer but whatever...And for a utility, it could pay for a new power plant, but it would be cheaper to subsidize efficiency.It wouldn't work for each utility to subsidize CFLs, you need a national scale. DOE is a good agency to do that.I think that registering independent is not so effective.Instead, register Republican or Democrat and then frequently call your senators and representative and tell them what's important.If you think the most important issue is for the DOE to allow incandescent light bulbs, go for it. If you think we should keep funding of wildernesses (back to the OP) tell them.
ahhhh heck no Nick....lol....there is not enough glamour in it for me
"I think that registering independent is not so effective."Well, so far, generally voting for the lesser of two evils hasn't been so effective either.
"The scatter plot that is just so."I'm confused. Are you saying don't use data plots? Or don't trust them when they look too good? Surely natural phenomena sometimes look "too good?"A scatter plot of boil time to wind speed might look "too good." Advocacy?
"I think that registering independent is not so effective."Just watch out for the big-I Independents. They pick up a lot of voters that way ;-)
"I think that registering independent is not so effective."Well, so far, generally voting for the lesser of two evils hasn't been so effective either."The Tea Party has been somewhat effective at redirecting the Republican party.It's easier to redirect one of the two parties than to create a new one.If you call your senators and representative it has some effect. Just you - not so much. Many people call - very effective. Politicians hate it when the voters start becoming active.If a politician gets a telephone call, they assume there are probably 1000 other people that think the same, so if you call, your voice is multipled by 1000.
We are assuming that politicians care what their constituents want. Often their votes do not reflect this. Their actions tell us that they often cater to special interest groups with money.This what needs to change.
"I'm confused. Are you saying don't use data plots? Or don't trust them when they look too good? Surely natural phenomena sometimes look "too good?"You missed the pointIf you just look at data after 1992, you get one conclusion, but if you go back further, you get a totally different conclusionI was listening to a program on Canadian Public RadioThey said the problem with advocacy science is that in order to get a grant, you have to propose something like "get data to show the effect of global warming"If your proposal title is more dramatic, and pushes one side of the argument or the other, you'll get more grant moneyBut that doesn't mean that a peer reviewed article isn't accurateIf a scientist publishes an article with altered data, and gets caught their career is overThat's the main problem with advocacy science. Not the freakonomics anecdotal cases.I think that global warming denial is mainly just a scam by people that want to avoid pollution controls. And they love the freakonomics people.And the global warming proponents make it easy by exhagerating - like saying that if we don't keep CO2 levels below xxxxx we're screwed.It's undeniable that CO2 levels are way higher than historical, and it's because of all the oil and coal we burn.The effect of this is unclear - maybe it will be easy to adapt, maybe it will be catostrophic. We are in a huge science experiment.I think it's crazy not to at least take easy actions, like efficiency, like banning incandescent bulbs, like improving auto efficiency.When the effect of global warming becomes clear, it will be much more difficult to do something about it.
"We are assuming that politicians care what their constituents want. Often their votes do not reflect this. Their actions tell us that they often cater to special interest groups with money.This what needs to change."I half agree with you.Tea party is the example that shows politicians listen.And lets see what the result is of the Republican Governors over-reaching, like in Wisconsin.What worries me is the Supreme Court Citizen's United case that says corporations and unions can spend infinite money on elections. The Supremes hinted that congress could at least require that the original donors be identified in these unlimited political ads.The Democrats tried to pass a law requiring this identification, but the Republicans in the Senate filibustered it.Maybe, the Wisconsin re-coil will result in enough votes to pass this law two years from now.Otherwise, the catering to special interests will only escalate.
I prefer to think I got the point, and was asking droll questions.The Freakonomics guys are bright, but you have to watch them closely. They can argue a case in a narrow domain, and imply broader applications.When they suggest "political science" in a case about investment as a share of GDP, yeah, they are just begging people to think of a totally unrelated dataset ... global warming.I also think they missed an opportunity on investment as a share of GDP. If the nature of the plot changed over time, an animation, along the lines of Hans Rosling would give the best view. I wonder what made the 90's forward different?Update: Speaking of scatter plots, here are some fun ones
Edited by JohnJ on 04/01/2011 09:32:56 MDT.
Ahhhh - you were being sarcastic : )I was too dense to figure that outThen I dissed you by stating the obviousNow I'll go look at the Hans Rosling link to make my ammends
NP. Enjoy Rosling. He gives fun talks.
"If a politician gets a telephone call, they assume there are probably 1000 other people that think the same, so if you call, your voice is multipled by 1000."Not according to my legislative liaison. If the phone banks aren't clogged with calls, the congress critters aren't all that impressed."The Tea Party has been somewhat effective at redirecting the Republican party. ... It's easier to redirect one of the two parties than to create a new one."We'll see how long that lasts. Congress is the original Borg. They've been assimilating for eons.
"If a politician gets a telephone call, they assume there are probably 1000 other people that think the same, so if you call, your voice is multipled by 1000."Not according to my legislative liaison. If the phone banks aren't clogged with calls, the congress critters aren't all that impressed."If it's just you, and they assume there are 1000 others it's still not significant.If they start getting multiple calls then they start worrying it'll baloon.I don't think we disagree.It's better than emails - those are ignored because it's so easy to manipulate
Rosling:First, it said 19 minutes - forget about it - tldnr - but I thought I'de watch a littleThat is a great video - very interesting data presentation tachniquesAnd an interesting conclusion - that globally, income is related to child mortality and population growthMakes me question my populist ideas against free trade The Freakonomics schtick is to find data that shows how statisticians are stupid or corrupt - slightly humurous, especially if you're bitter and cynicalRosling is into finding trends in data to figure out how to make the world a better place
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Recycled Wine Barrel PlanterMonday, June 6th, 2011
I know this happens to you. You see something in a catalog or online and you think to yourself, "I bet I could make that for less money" or "I think I could pull off a similar version, but give it my own twist". That's just what happened when I spied the tiered recycled wine barrel planter in the Napa Style catalog for $299.
As I mentioned yesterday, wine barrels are readily accessible where I'm from, and we can find them for as little as $20 a half barrel. (If you're local, make a stop at Mission ACE on Highway 12, they'll hook you up!)
After we scored a few half barrels last week from our favorite source, the mister and I decided to build our own rustic planter, and for much less than the Napa Style version. Like, $274 dollars less.
Napa Style barrel planter, $299.
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Places in Vietnam..
On the road: The best two-wheel adventures in Asia
FOR a chance to really get off the beaten track, feel the wind in your hair and explore some of Asia's most beautiful regions, a motorbike is really the vehicle of choice. With options to buy or rent in many countries, it's also often a cost effective means of getting around and leaves you plenty…>
In Vietnam's capital, old town braces for makeover
TOURISTS, hawkers and motorcyclists rub shoulders every morning in the congested alleyways of Hanoi's low-rise Old Quarter, which seems generations away from the office towers and electronics megastores springing up in other parts of the capital. The quarter's street grid, laid out in the 15th century, is still dominated by dilapidated shops selling everything from brass gongs to bamboo scaffolding.
In pictures: The Buddhas, temples and monasteries of Asia
FROM enormous Buddha statues to monasteries perched on cliff tops or located in remote valleys, Buddhism plays a huge role across Asia.
Top travel moments of 2013
FROM the anniversary of the Everest climb to airways that charge per weight, the release of films that put tourism on the map and lots of travel awards, 2013 has brought a range of tourism experiences to the Asia-Pacific region. January Qantas Airways passengers between Cairns and Port Moresby watched a large python clinging to…>
Fantastic destinations to consider in 2014
EVEN if you've been almost everywhere in Asia, there is always more to see and hidden gems to discover. From China to India, Australia and New Zealand, this list could take you to a riverside town, a sandy beach, crumbling ruins or to meet wildlife in the Asia-Pacific region in the new year. Happy travelling. Fenghuang,…>
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We mounted our 240's and packed SAW's.
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Lucky you! Far to often in AFG we were working out of leather personnel carriers, so no gunmounts for us. If we did have trucks, they had 50s on them.
I just solved my problem!! I picked up a brand new Savage 110 in 7mm Mag for $339 shipped, from Gun Broker. I'll take the barrel off, put on my 28" .300 WM barrel, my Choate Tactical stock and I'll have my long range, heavy hitter ready for elk. All the while, I'll keep my .25-06 as is... Maybe I'll still pick up that .325 WSM, just to have it? Thank you all for the inputs.
I have taken 3 elk here in Az ( cow, bull, cow ) using my .270win with Nosler accubond 140g. So you using a 325 should pile up elk no problem...
The young man in the middle is Andy who I took out a couple years ago with my son (Jeff on the right) and his father (shown) on his first big game hunt ever! We had been practicing up to 300 yards and then some and the boys were shooting great. Andy used my wife's 25-06 shooting 120 gr. Nosler Partitions. At 250 yards he was laying in the snow for about 10 minutes waiting for a cow to stand just right and so others weren't in front of or behind her. Finally this one went with the plan. The hole at the back of her ribs on her left side is the entry hole. She was quartered and the bullet went up into lungs and exited out the right side just behind her shoulder. She went 40 yards and dropped.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! The 25-06 is not too bad either. Yes it's light for elk, but when you shoot like that they don't go far.
From what I know about it the 308 Norma would be the 300 Win Mag if Norma hadnt beat Win to necking the 338 WM down to 308. I couldnt help suggesting an odd ball that would be a great choice! I would get a 308 Norma if I wanted a 300 mag just to be different:D
MM you are correct on the 308 Norma mag. Winchester actually did neck down the .338 but Norma beat them to it. I actually shoot the original 300 win which is a 30-338. Very efficient cartridge. I am a gun nut and have all sorts of calibers. There will always be the discussion on what's the best caliber. I shoot magnums for elk cause I always like room for errors. I'm not perfect and like the extra power in case I mess something up. Sure 270s or 30-06s can get the job done. It's all personal preference.
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Bruce T. Gourley, BH&HS Executive Director ● Online @ www.baptisthistory.org
November 2012 / Vol. 1 No. 3
Baptist History &
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|A Brief Monthly Compilation of Society News
Working Together to Communicate Baptist Heritage and Strengthen Baptist Identity
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Baptist organizations & individuals to provide resources,
New and Notable from the Baptist History & Heritage Society
Two years after America's Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, many of the emerging nation's leading Christian politicians remained committed to government policing of religious faith and doctrine. David Barrow's near death experience depicted above illustrates how close America came to being a theocratic nation (thus continuing the legacy of theocratic colonies). John Ragosta's Wellspring of Liberty: How Virginia's Religious Dissenters Helped Win the American Revolution and Secured Religious Liberty tells the remarkable story of how Baptists played a pivotal role in securing religious liberty and church state separation in America's First Amendment. In addition, the Baptist History & Heritage Society and the Virginia Baptist Historical Society both offer excellent resources for the teaching of Baptist history in congregations and small groups. Note: Image available from the Library of Congress
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Recent Gifts: The BH&HS
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Instead, it was the love for Ike Davis, who has become the fan favorite of the Mets in what has to be record time. Five days after his Major League debut, Ike Davis had already become a folk hero.
Just don't tell him that.
"Tell them I'm not a folk hero," Davis said by his locker following New York's victory on Saturday.
But Davis may not have a choice. Folk hero isn't a job one decides to have. It is thrust upon individuals. And Mets fans need one more than most.
So when the lineups were announced Saturday by the immortal Alex Anthony, it was Davis who got the biggest cheers. Not David Wright, the man most likely to hold all the offensive records worth owning for the franchise. Not Reyes, maybe the most exciting player in baseball, finally back from injury.
Ike Davis. With 18 at-bats to his name.
So what is it that makes Davis uniquely positioned to enjoy the adoration of Mets fans? Is it as simple as my SNY.tv colleague Ted Berg thinks it is: That Davis hasn't been around long enough to fail yet? Or has the stage been set for something more enduring?
While it is true that Davis has yet to have any high-profile setbacks -- in a game that imposes periods of futility on even its brightest stars -- Davis is unlikely to ever go through a slump that sears Mets fans the way the collapses of 2007 and 2008 did.
Instead, while Wright and Reyes need a success (read: World Series title) to erase that heartache and merely get back to even, Davis gets to start there. This is a major advantage in winning hearts and minds of fans.
There are other advantages Davis enjoys as well. His path to the Major Leagues really turns the misery from Mets fans on its head. The recent Mets teams have had huge expectations, but their play on the field didn't live up to that supposed potential.
Davis, meanwhile, exceeded hopes. He hit entirely too well to allow the Mets to limit his timetable to late 2010 or early 2011. Mike Jacobs' not hitting at all didn't hurt, either. The bar has been set pretty low for Davis.
There can be no greater disparity between losing a seven-game lead with 17 to play and how Davis described his first few days in the Majors.
"I had such nerves the first few days," Davis said. "I didn't even have an approach. It was just see the ball, hit the ball. Only now am I settling in, getting the chance to think about how a pitcher is going to approach me."
Even so, he managed two multi-hit games in his first four contests, and hit the longest home run of any Met at Citi Field in his fifth game. Again, this is an example of apparently easy success rather than strung out, overwrought failure.
And just as easily, fans ran out in droves to purchase the Davis No. 29 jersey or T-shirt. The season-ticket holder who got to greet Davis on the field prior to Saturday's game had his jersey on. Many fans throughout the stadium did as well. A shirt that couldn't have been sold before Monday -- no one knew what uniform number he'd wear, with the possible exception of equipment manager Charlie Samuels -- had become standard fare in just five days.
Of course, another aspect of Davis' popularity that is likely to endure is his Jewish background.
Davis' father is a Major Leaguer, something that drew the attention of the media. What drove the conversation among the many Jewish fans is the faith of his mother, which makes Davis the highest-profile Jewish player in New York in decades.
"I am really proud of my Jewish heritage," Davis said. "I did grow up celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah. And I know there haven't been too many of us. So I'm glad Jewish kids get to see they can grow up to be professional baseball players."
Probably the most interesting part of Davis' story so far is that even he doesn't realize what is in store for him. When I told him that Shawn Green used to get marriage proposals from Jewish mothers on behalf of their daughters, Davis laughed nervously and replied, "I hope that doesn't happen. I'm not ready for marriage."
But Mets fans are clearly looking for a major commitment. And in Davis, they have someone free of the stains of the past, who has done nothing but succeed so far while simultaneously giving a large ethnic group of Mets fans someone to rally around.
Ted is right: Davis hasn't been around long enough to fail yet. But even that first 0-for-20 slump is unlikely to bring him down too much. And that puts him well ahead of the established Mets stars, fairly or unfairly, in the hearts of their fans.
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October 1, 2013 - 9:15 am
I was still working last night at 11 p.m. central time when the federal government went dark. I shuddered. Hold me. Is this really the end?
The TV stayed on, but I knew it was only a matter of time before the nation's infrastructure would collapse. How long did we have? Hours? Minutes?
I stayed awake for many hours, as long as I could hold out. I checked the windows and doors every few minutes for signs of disturbances outside. But everything was quiet. Too quiet.
On screen was Harry Reid, a name that sounds like a foot infection requiring a steroid cream treatment, declaring like Santa Anna that there would be no negotiations and no quarter would be given on the continuing resolution standoff. It's only a matter of time before he orders federal troops to fire on the fake Alamo in Bracketville.
It was with some difficulty, after watching the disturbing scenes at the Ballpark in Arlington, that I entered a fitful sleep. Will the world still be there when I wake up? Is this the last night before the end of days?
I was awakened in the morning by a text message on my iPhone. Which was good news — the cell networks are still up! The nation's fragile infrastructure has not gone to pot yet. I fired up my computer to confirm that the power was still on and the Internet was still alive. Wow, it's as fast as ever. But I log onto healthcare.gov to see the first signs that zombies have gnawed through the trunk lines. And screwed up spelling and links on a brand new, high-profile government web site? That's weird.
At least everything other than the site that drives President Obama's signature law is working fine. There's a chance, however slim, that we can outlast this apocalyptic shutdown after all. Unless you're trying to sign up for a gold plan, in which care you're screwed.
I peer out the windows to check the streets. I'll have to venture out soon across town for recon and a car repair, and don't want to be caught off guard by the packs of zombies and feral non-essential federal bureaucrats that are sure to be roaming the country by now. Granted, the shutdown has only just begun, and I'm about 1500 miles from its epicenter in Washington, but still…a man can't be too careful. A lot can happen while you're sleeping.
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An ex-barber shop employee confronted his former boss Saturday with gunfire, Orange County deputies said.
The suspect, a 32-year-old Hispanic man, arrived armed to the One Cut barber shop where he used to work near Colonial Drive and Dean Road, looking for his former boss. For some reason, deputies said, the man could not use his gun and ran to the back of the shop. Employees locked the back door and heard gun shots. As employees ran to the front door to secure it, the suspect ran to the front and started shooting. An armed employee shot back, hitting the suspect several times
The gunman then ran onto East Colonial Drive where he was hit by a car and dropped his gun, according to OCSO. The suspect has serious injuries and is undergoing surgery at the hospital, Orange County Sheriff's Department Capt. Nieves said.
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School shootings like the December 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Ct., have been on the minds of regional law enforcement officials as they gathered for the Coweta County Sheriff's Office-sponsored Mantracker training this week.
Law enforcement officials work every day to improve responses to such situations, knowing that fast action saves lives, and in this week's training a school shooting in progress was one of the scenarios staged at the old Howard Warner School building on Savannah Street in Newnan. The Tuesday session of the 2013 Mantracker was called an "active shooter" scenario and involved officers and volunteers playing the roles of shooter, school employees and students.
The two officers in charge of the scenario were Sergeant Mark Cooper and Investigator Denver Atwood of the Newnan Police Crime Suppression Unit. Cooper said Tuesday's scenario was designed to involved an "active shooter" instead of a shooter who might have barricaded himself into an area or taken hostages.
"With an active shooter, it's a situation where shooting is actually going on at the time officers arrive," Cooper said. "The goal is to get in quick and go straight at the shooter and end it."
This year's Mantracker exercise is the 20th such event held in Coweta County. The event was started by the Georgia Department of Corrections Fugitives Squad and eventually taken over by the Coweta County Sheriff's Office. More than 600 officers from across the west Georgia region and as far away as Tennessee and Alabama are enrolled in this year's Mantracker training.
The three-day event offers courses in a wide variety of law enforcement disciplines. Training, both classroom and role playing, included canine activities, information gathering, proper use of communications equipment, drug enforcement, interrogation techniques and firearms training.
The "active shooter" scenario at the vacant Howard Warner School involved officers as "bad guys" and responding law enforcement officials armed with specially made Glock automatic pistols that fire simulated 9mm ammunition. Each firearm held a 17-round magazine. Rounds were tipped with capsules filled with dyed laundry detergent designed to splatter on contact with a target.
Although those involved wore body armor, all agreed that being hit with a simulated round was no fun.
"It hurts," said Atwood. "It really stings."
The scenario began with officers getting a call from a school official saying a shooter was in the building and firing weapons. In their training officers respond to the scene, assess the threat and take action.
After the exercise, all involved discussed the scenario to determine what went well and what could be improved.
"You always learn something new," Cooper said.
Cooper and Atwood have been training others in this type of scenario for years. They receive training at courses offered across the nation and return to assist local law enforcement and other jurisdictions requesting help.
"We help anybody who asks for it," Cooper said. "We want everyone to be as well-trained as possible to handle situations like this. We teach what it takes to intercept the shooter and end the threat."


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Terry Francona will be featured in a new episode of MLB Network's Studio 42 with Bob Costas today at 9:00 p.m.
Francona discusses his new book "Francona: The Red Sox Years" written with Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy.
Throughout the hour-long interview, Francona talks about his departure from the Red Sox in 2011 and his relationships with Boston's front office, players and media during his tenure.
Highlights from the conversation with Francona include (according to a MLB press release:)
On how his tenure ended with the Red Sox:
Boston is a wonderful place to work. It's a hard place to work, but it's a great place. If you like baseball, there's probably no better place. The way it ended isn't the way I would've scripted it, and so, I probably do harbor some feelings of where I wanted them to care more about me a little bit than I felt they did.
On the 2004 Red Sox:
What was really good about it is, when they got on the field, they really found a way to care about each other. … I really believe that that when the game was over, when we were going up to the clubhouse after a loss, they were mad because we lost, not because they were 0-for-4 and that's important.
On how things changed after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004:
We were kind of the underdog because we had never won. And then when we won, the brand really started becoming important.
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On players not being on the bench during games in 2011:
I don't think it was really much different than any other year, as far as guys being on the bench. What bothered [me] was the fact that there were sources. Nobody stuck up for each other. Even when guys are wrong, I wanted them to stick up for each other. We needed to have a voice. On all the good teams we had, there [were] always a couple voices in the clubhouse that if something was going wrong, they'd fix it.
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Probably the greatest hitter I've ever seen. When he steps out of the batter's box, all bets are off.
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On Derek Jeter:
My favorite player that's not on my team. The guy I probably respect most in baseball. I think he's all of what's good in baseball.
On Bobby Valentine:
Probably [a] lightning rod. I shouldn't speak for him, but [he] probably found out the hard way that you don't have to look for news in Boston, it'll find you.
On how he would describe Boston Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino:
Street-fighter, and [he] likes that and is ok with that. He likes the word leverage.
Larry's actually a pretty good communicator. Larry doesn't mind an argument, and I think he actually respects it. I've actually been in touch with him a few times lately. When [the Red Sox] hired John Farrell, I congratulated him. When I got my job in Cleveland, he congratulated me, which I appreciated.
On managing in Philadelphia:
It wasn't the baseball city it is now. … [The fans] were rough, but we did have the crowds. They'd come and they wanted their team to win, but you better throw strike one or they'd let you have it. They were kind of in that mood where they weren't real happy with the team.
On what he's looking forward to in Cleveland:
… I'm honestly excited to see how good we can be. We're in a little different place than maybe the '04 Red Sox were. We're younger. I'm kind of looking forward to being able to get on the field and maybe making an impact with guys as opposed to maybe putting fires out, maybe being a little bit more of a coach again. I missed that so I'm excited.


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Believe it or not, this study was first written , back in 2006, but this is such an important subject.. it is the cause of so many Pastors, Christian Leaders and Ordinary believers falling into sin.. it is PRIDE.
I write this, because I can easily be led into pride..praise for the devotions/studies.. can go to my head. I have to realise that it is God that uses me and that I am nothing at all, without Him. He is the inspiration behind everything that I do, it is His Holy Spirit that opens up his word to me, it is the Holy Spirit who speaks to people's hearts.
I wish to give all the glory and praise to the Lord.. he alone is my inspiration.. he alone is my everything and I am nothing without Him
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Before a fall
In the life of the believer,there are many things that the devil brings to attack us with, and one of the most prevalent is the one of PRIDE, and today we are going to look at the reasons behind it and the remedy for it.
Reasons for Pride:
Pride goes back right before the formation of the earth, indeed it was the reason why the devil was thrown out of heaven see Isaiah 14:12-17, basically it is the "I" syndrome, we want to be seen, we want to be in first place.
In Mark 7:22, the seriousness of pride is brought home to us by Jesus himself, look at the sins, it is associated with, then the next time you are tempted by pride, remember this verse.
Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Warnings are given by Paul in the following verses
1Co 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Phil 3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
Results of Pride:
The Old Testament was written for our learning, we can see all through the history of the children of Israel that pride was a major problem and had terrible consequences for them and their fellowship with God and each other.
It leads to destruction, these verses say that it is because of pride that Moab and the children of Ammon will be like Sodom and Gomorrah because of their Pride, this is a stark warning to us all
Zephaniah 2:9-10 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Pride will deceive you, you will think more of yourself, than you ought, you will exalt yourself and believe the hype so to speak, this is clearly shown by the prophet Obadiah is his short but powerful book.
Oba 1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
It leads to contention and division in the ranks of God's people, how often have we seen Churches, families and even ministries crumble because of this problem? Solomon in this verse squarely puts it down to pride.
Pro 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Pride will cause Real pain, the prophet here is in anguish, he is weeping , seeing the children of Israel carried away captive, this church is what can and will happen to us, if we refuse to listen and learn that pride is not to be treated lightly.
Jer 13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
Remedy for Pride:
So Can pride be dealt with in the life of the believer,Yes, Praise God, here are a few principles that will help you in your walk
Phil 2:5 and Hebrews 12:2
Look constantly at the example of Jesus, focus on him, look at his life, when we follow him, we have to cast aside any thoughts of ourselves, more of Jesus = less of us.
Col 3:16, Romans 12:2 and Philippians 4:7-8
The mind is the battleground, every day, we have to deal with incoming thoughts, and how do we do this? By giving the word of God the keys to your mind and letting it take up permanent residence.
Proverbs 23:7 and 1 Cor 2:16
We have the victory through Christ, we have the mind of Christ and we have to confess that daily and often, if indeed we have the mind of Christ, can we be prideful ? No, of course not. Did Jesus have any pride in him? No, of course not, so speak that YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST, as when we confess in Jesus name .. It has power.
James 4:7-8 and 1 Peter 5:6
Both of these saints of God, tell us to humble ourselves and James states that we are to stand and fight against the devil, resist Him, if you do he wont put up much of a fight, he cannot stand against your authority, if you rebuke him in the name of Jesus
Proverbs 4:23
Remember it is your responsibility to keep your heart, you are the keeper of your heart, you do not know other people's hearts. With all diligence, don't take your mind off Jesus for one second, keep a watchful eye as it is your responsibility.
Also we must go back to our roots so to speak and that is to go back to the one place that puts everything into perspective for the believer and that is the cross, when you look at the cross, all proud thoughts are blown away
For further Study
Proverbs 6:16-19
1 John 1:8-2:2
1 Corinthians 9:27
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Although they've been engaged since May 31, the announcement made headway yesterday when the singer/actress' rep confirmed the news to People magazine. Liam proposed to the "Party in the USA" singer with a 3.5 carat Neil Lane diamond ring that he had personally crafted for her.
Speculations have risen that Miley is too young to be engaged -- let alone get married.
Now, the starlet's parents have tweeted their support for the upcoming nuptials of the high-profile couple. Her father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, wrote on his Twitter account, "All I ever hoped for as a Daddy was to see my kids reach their dreams. To find happiness...peace of mind ...and someday know... true love."
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According to another groundbreaking study on mate selection, men prefer good looking women. Who knew? Wait didn't I touch on this in May? And we ladies apparently are trading off our attractiveness for 'higher quality men' or whathaveyou. Really? Before I comment (deep breath), I'll start with the research to be fair. Out of this week's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:
While humans may pride themselves on being highly evolved, most still behave like the stereotypical Neanderthals when it comes to choosing a mate, according to research by Indiana University cognitive scientist Peter Todd. In a new study, Todd and colleagues found that though individuals may claim otherwise, beauty is the key ingredient for men while women, the much choosier of the sexes, leverage their looks for security and commitment.
What they're suggesting is that we're not all that different than lots of other mammals with selective ladies and competitive gentlemen. Fellers are choosing partners based on physical attractiveness and furthermore you guys aren't all that particular. According to the study, men tend to select nearly every woman above a certain 'minimum attractiveness threshold' (and a male colleague of mine believes for many, said 'minimum threshold' may be synonymous with 'breathing', but I'll refrain from exploring that here). We agree one take home message is that relative to girls, boys are easy. * pause for shock to set in to the sound of crickets chirping * As for the fairer sex, the study claims we adjust our expectations according to being aware of our own attractiveness. Ummm, okay…
[Women] knew what they could get and aimed for that level.
Shocking? No. Newsworthy? Of course. And while this beats reading yet another take on Senator Larry Craig's recent faux pas, I'm not convinced. However, it is interesting this suggests women's attractiveness influences everyone's choices.
Okay, I've been more than patient, so time to turn this research on its head after the jump…
Allow me to point out that this study consisted of 46 participants from Munich, Germany. Sample size may be a bit small, no? I don't have the details so it's conjecture, but sounds to me like we're talking about a single culture from one region and I somehow suspect social mores and cultural norms are also fairly significant in choosing a partner. Not to mention what rocks one person's world might not move the earth so much for the next. The kind of generalizations here make me squirm in my seat.
Complicating matters is the fact that the research is terribly susceptible to bias because I'd expect that folks who volunteered are not necessarily reflective of the general population. That said, who is the general population anyway? And wouldn't subjects in the survey automatically be more than slightly influenced by their very participation? I can wax poetic on this subject.
Thus, while the trends appear to be reasonable (if not obvious), I'm way past skeptical to accept the findings at face value. This world is full of all sorts of interesting people with varied tastes, experiences, and influences and yes we're surely are a visual species, but I suspect there are countless subconscious cues concurrently involved in mate selection such as hormones, familiarity, vocal tone, smell, and on and on. And of course, all of this begs the question: For how long a period of time is one considering their potential partner? Certainly, one evening together would likely involve vastly different standards than those for a lifetime partnership.
Clearly, I'm wary of this kind of study, but what's your take? As a critical and independent thinker, do you buy the PNAS story hook, line and sinker?
And as far as the research, sounds awfully similar to Good Charlotte's conclusion as stated in Girls And Boys back in 2002:
Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money
Boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny
And these girls like these boys like these boys like these girls
The girls with the bodies like boys with Ferraris
Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money
More on this (not-so) earth-shattering finding from Cognitive Daily, Galactic Interactions, and The Anterior Commissure.


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LEESBURG — Like just about 98 percent of all modern-day American males, Brian Clark started playing guitar in the eighth grade. He and his best buddy, Josh Branch, would hang out and play a few of their favorite songs from time to time, but they never tried seriously to put together a band, like around 87 percent of all modern-day American males.
Josh moved on and Brian kept playing on his own. But he never contemplated any kind of musical career. Brian did, however, maintain his love for the guitar.
Flash forward a few years to 2013. Clark, now 24 and looking for possible career opportunities that bring with them a degree of satisfaction, remembers those old days of trying to get down James Hetfield's riff on the latest Metallica tune. After watching a "how they make it" show on the Discovery Channel, Clark has a Eureka! moment.
"I started doing some research and found this place up around Atlanta, in Lilburn, called Atlanta Guitar Works," Clark, a soft-spoken type who considers each response to a visitor's questions before making it. "They had a program that teaches you how to build a guitar. I thought, 'Why not?'"
Now, an eight-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week, six-week course under his belt, Clark is a certified luthier. A maker of guitars. He's built three — two electric and one acoustic — instruments already and plans to continue to refine his craft as he waits to see what the future may bring.
"It's really an amazing process," Clark said of his new skillset. "You work a lot with templates to make the basics of the guitar, but you can work with any different kind of wood and any kind of design to make the guitar the way you want it."
During the crash course on guitar-building at Atlanta Guitar Works, Clark and other students immersed themselves completely in the craft.
"They had guys who taught you the basics of acoustic and electric guitars," Clark said. "You stayed at a place they provided as part of the course, so you pretty much worked on what you were doing all the time you were there. They take you through the process step-by-step. It's really pretty impressive.
"I went up there to visit the folks a little while after I finished the course, and the (lodging) house had burned down. I guess my timing was pretty good."
Clark shows off a Martin-like acoustic and a B.C. Rich-esque electric he's made since he completed the Atlanta Guitar Works course. He points out minor flaws on each, the kinds of things one would expect with first projects.
"You have a little leeway on some parts of the process, but you get to a point where there's no room for mistakes," Clark, a 2007 Lee County High School graduate, said. "You can hide some early mistakes, but after a certain point there's no going back. I like the electrics more, but that's just a personal preference. It's a little tougher building an acoustic.
"You can build a standard electric in a week or so. With an acoustic, with the delicate wood you have to work with, if you stay at it every day it will take you about a month."
Clark outlines the process for a visitor: Using templates, tools unique to the trade and woods selected especially for the instrument, the luthier creates the neck of the guitar, the two sides — with wings, if required — and glues them all together. Much sanding is required to create the required finish.
Once the body is pretty much assembled, the instrument's fret board, head, bridge, tuning pegs, pickup poles, pickups, knobs and switches must be precisely assembled.
"You have to use a lot more bracing to shape the body of the acoustic because the wood you're working with is so much thinner," Clark said. "You have to spray the wood down with moisture and put a heating pad on it, then slowly push on it to bend the wood onto the frame. It's a pretty complicated process."
Now that he's got a few instruments under his belt, Clark is ready to get his name out to adventurous musicians looking for a unique instrument, one they can design to fit their own needs.
"I can do repair work (on guitars), but I'm hoping to get the opportunity to build some soon," he said. "But whether this becomes my main job at any point, I think this is something I'll always do. It doesn't feel like work."
(To contact Clark about building a guitar or instrument repairs, call (229) 669-1812 or email email@example.com.)
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LILBURN - The group trying to start a fourth community improvement district in the county has named Gerald McDowell as its executive director.McDowell was instrumental in the formation of the Gwinnett Village CID and said he hopes to make Lilburn's version a real asset for the city to use in its own economic development efforts. "The CID will become a partner with the city of Lilburn and the downtown development authority to stimulate an economic boom along the U.S. Highway 29 corridor," McDowell said. In March when plans were announced for the CID, Norman Nash of the Lilburn Community Partnership said the potential CID would stretch from "city limit to city limit," which entails Lawrenceville Highway from Ronald Reagan Parkway to Harmony Grove Road with pockets of Pleasant Hill Road, Indian Trail-Lilburn Road and Killian Hill Road included as well. That area encompasses more than 400 commercial property owners with the total value of those properties assessed at $581 million. Nash said he hopes the CID will foster a sense of family among the Lilburn business community. "By encouraging this sense of family, we will increase loyalty to Lilburn and a direct result will be a stronger business community and economic growth," Nash said. He also said that to date there are owners already signed up whose property value totals $21.7 million. These owners signed a waiver stating they are willing to pay an additional property tax that is then used as investment capital by the CID. That money is then used to attract additional state and federal dollars. The owners who've signed that waiver include John Souter, who owns the Oyster Brown and is a member of the community partnership, and the owners of the Lilburn Market Square, who plan to redevelop the shopping plaza into an upscale shopping district.
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A NASA astrobiology research fellow studying the evolution of life on Earth, she suspected that there might be an organism somewhere that could use arsenic instead of phosphorus in its cells — and it made sense that such a critter might be found in Mono Lake. Still, she was surprised to discover that the Mono Lake mud she carried back to the laboratory contained a microbe that seemed capable of the arsenic-phosphorus substitution.
Before this finding, reported online Thursday in the journal Science, scientists had believed that all life on Earth required phosphorus to thrive — and they assumed that life in outer space might need the element, as well.
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Incidentally, early reports about the Mono Lake microbe also set off a frenzy on the Web, where some speculated that NASA was poised to announce it had uncovered extraterrestrial life."
Life exists outside the big six (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus) building blocks of life, for an arsenic life form has been discovered in Mono Lake, California. Arsenic, even in minute amounts, causes organic tissue failure in nearly all life forms, due to its highly toxic nature. Yet this life form in Mono Lake utilizes arsenic as part of its cellular structure. This is such a monumental discovery, as it crushes the preconceived notion of what constitutes the building blocks of life. To think, we'd find our first alien, here, on terrestrial Earth. Suddenly, our place in the universe became significantly smaller, as well as opening up nearly endless possibilities to finding other carbon and non carbon-based extraterrestrial life forms.
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For the second straight year, the Revs emerged unscathed from the Expansion Draft as the Montreal Impact made 10 selections on Wednesday afternoon without plucking a player from the Revolution's roster. This after the Revs had at least one player selected in each of the first six Expansion Drafts.
It didn't take long for Impact head coach Jesse Marsch to raise some eyebrows, however, taking Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching with the first overall pick. Ching stated earlier this week that he would retire if selected by the Impact – instead opting for a job in the Dynamo's front office – so we'll see how that scenario plays out in the coming weeks. One has to imagine the Impact plans to work out a deal to ship Ching back to Texas.
You can find the full list of players selected by Montreal here. A couple of former Revs are among the list, including James Riley (who has now been selected in three Expansion Drafts, but was immediately traded to Chivas USA for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen) and Seth Sinovic.
What are your thoughts on Montreal's picks?