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Cross-sectional schematic diagrams of strain distribution in the Si capping layer and Si migration during annealing. a At the beginning of annealing, both the strain energy relaxation and the surface energy minimization drive Si atoms at the rim migrate outwards. The Si atoms at the central part of the mound migrate outwards at a much slower rate. b When the surface at the rim is below the horizontal plane, the surface energy minimization drives Si atoms at the surrounding area to migrate inwards, the strain energy relaxation drives the Si atoms to migrate outwards. The trench is formed when the two opposite fluxes compensate each other. c After the trench is formed, the Si atoms at the central part still migrate outwards at a much slower rate driven by both strain energy relaxation and surface energy minimization. d When the surface area begins to increase, the surface energy minimization turns to induce Si to migrate inwards. When the inward Si flux induced by surface energy minimization compensates the outward Si flux induced by strain energy relaxation, the nanopit with well-defined shape is formed finally. The red line indicates the final profile of the nanopit. The curly arrows indicate the Si migration directions induced by strain energy relaxation or surface energy minimization.
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Like his former Nebraska teammate Ndamukong Suh, Prince Amukamara is not going to rest on his laurels at the Combine. He plans to participate fully, according to source close to him.
The 6-0, 205 pound Amukamara turned down an opportunity to partipate in the Senior Bowl, but his level of play wasn't questioned. The All-American provided lock-down coverage and physical run support in 2010. Like Suh, Amukamara entered the year as the top-rated senior prospect by several scouting organizations, including National Football Scouting which helps NFL teams coordinate the annual Combine and NFLDraftScout.com.
Despite his reputation, Amukamara has a lot riding on his workout. Questions about his true speed have been rampant ever since Oklahoma State redshirt sophomore Justin Blackmon beat him for five catches, 157 yards and two touchdowns in a showdown between the two stars October 23. See the video here.
Getting beaten by Blackmon, who won the Biletnikof Award as a redshirt sophomore, is hardly a reason for shame. Amukamara had provided his typically stellar coverage for most of the game, but was beaten for an 80-yard score in the second quarter when Blackmon fooled him with a slow release, before bursting upfield. Earlier in the game Blackmon had beaten Amukamara downfield on a go-route, forcing a pass interference penalty from the Nebraska cornerback. With college rules, the penalty gave the Cowboys 15 yards. In the NFL, of course, the penalty would have been for the yardage lost by the interference -- a difference of 35-40 yards.
Blackmon is a savvy route-runner with deceptive speed, but isn't expected to run in the 4.4s. The fact that he was able to get deep on Amukamara consistently is a concern. The two other big corners expected to be first round picks -- Peterson and Colorado's Jimmy Smith -- did not have a game this season in which they struggled as much as Amukamara did against Blackmon, making their respective speed in workouts potentially less important to their final stock.
With a strong showing in Indianapolis, Amukamara could all but lock up a spot in the top ten and perhaps even the top five. Some teams, in fact, like Amukamara more than Peterson. A poor showing, however, and he could slip behind Peterson and Smith and into the mid teens. I currently have Amukamara pegged to go to the Houston Texans with the 11th pick of the draft.
After scouts had questioned his competitiveness with the decision to not play in the Senior Bowl, they'll be pleased by his decision to participate fully at the Combine.
For the very best in NFL Draft content, be sure to keep the page refreshed at NFLDraftScout.com.
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Prince Amukamara plans to do all Combine workouts
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Prince Amukamara plans to do all Combine workouts
If he had gone to the Senior Bowl, how much do you think that would have helped his draft stock? Because apparently, Amukamara is right behind Peterson, and he is one of the best CBs to come in a LONG time. Also, do you think that Amukamara is doing this to make up for his abscence at the Senior Bowl?

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Parents: Faye Klein and Kevin Klein
High School: Granton High School
Freshman letters, honors: Football (letter), basketball (letter), baseball (letter)
Sophomore letters, honors: Football (letter, team won state tournament), basketball (letter), baseball (letter)
Junior letters, honors: Football (letter), basketball (letter), baseball (letter)
Senior letters, honors: Basketball (honorable mention all-conference, letter, captain), baseball (letter)
Academic honors: 3.0-3.5 GPA throughout high school.
Volunteer work: FFA-fall fest, P.A.L.S. and a lot of other work for community. P.A.W.S- helping elderly with yard work. Angel Tree- help less fortunate families with gifts on Christmas.
Favorite sports memory: Our win over Loyal this year in basketball. It was out first conference win since 2009.
Advice to an athlete: Hard work pays off and if you want to be good, you have to put in the time. I would tell them that the sport is not just during the season, to put a lot of time into the offseason.
Inspiration: My sister. She was a good athlete in high school and she taught me a lot.
College plans: UW-Marshfield/Wood County for my general education and continue my education at a four-year school.


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TEENAGERS in South Derbyshire have been spending their summer holidays helping out charities in the community.
The 16 to 18 year-olds have been enrolled in the four -week national citizen service programme with Derby College, which involves fund-raising and working for a variety of charities and organisations of their choice as part of a social action project.
The group have been supporting Melbourne based charity Me and Dee, which aims to create special memories for the terminally ill, as well as supporting oncology wards at hospitals across both Derybshire and Staffordshire.
Group leader Lauren Hawkins said: "The national citizen service proves that young can be energetic, passionate and considerate individuals and the service really allows them to expose this to the community."


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Pepal In India
Professionals from as far afield as San Francisco to Shanghai came together last week in Delhi to join their Indian NGO counterparts at the start of the Innovation in India Programme. With diverse backgrounds, but common goals they came to build innovative business models that make a difference to some of India's poorest communities. At the same time, all expected to learn new skills, have exciting experiences and the opportunity for personal reflection. NGOs LEPRA India, PWDS and MAMTA took part in the programme, bringing five social innovation projects and years of experience in the community. 'With the changing funding environment, more and more we need business model innovation and creativity, 'said Dr Sunil Mehra, Executive Director, MAMTA when signing up to the programme.
Pepal participant Dr Rath said, 'I have been on many training courses but this is completely different... I am very excited to be here.' Together with his counterpart, Aly Khan Jamal, he will be working over the next six months to introduce new ways of creating revenue for LEPRA's eye hospital in Orissa. Professor Barkema skilfully took the participants through an interactive learning journey, painlessly introducing new techniques and ways of visualising problems. After three days, the NGO participants had a new vocabulary, speaking about outsourcing revenue models and value propositions. Hemang Trivedi, Ni Jing and Mr Robin working at LEPRA's Blue Peter research centre together, have created detailed project plans and expect to see revenues of the research laboratory rise over the next few months to provide more resources for reaching out to the poor. 'Pepal works', says Professor Harry Barkema of the LSE as he reflected on the hard work of the India Innovation participants and the enormous progress made in the social innovation projects. We are looking forward to seeing how the projects progress and to meeting in Kerala in October.
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Two Detroit police officers are facing criminal charges one for allegedly orchestrating robberies, the other accused of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, authorities have said.
Officer Clifton Whatley was arraigned today in Taylors 23rd District Court on charges that he organized a series of robberies throughout Wayne County including Taylor, Westland, Canton, Harper Woods and Melvindale. He is facing charges of armed robbery, bank robbery, unlawful imprisonment, conducting a criminal enterprise and felony firearm, according to the Wayne County Prosecutors Office.
According to the 23rd District Court, Whatley was arraigned this morning and given a $1-million cash bond. He is scheduled to be back in court April 8.
Whatleys longtime friend Layman D. Armstrong, 35, is also facing charges of armed robbery, bank robbery and felony firearm. He is accused of robbing a Taylor business in May 2012, according to the prosecutors office.
Armstrong is expected to be arraigned April 8, according to the prosecutors office.
According to the prosecutors office, Whatley has been employed as a police officer since 2000 and was most recently assigned to the day shift in the Central District. According to the court just before noon, there was no attorney yet listed for Whatley.
Whatley isnt the only Detroit police officer in trouble.
Officer Geoffrey Townsend, who runs a program for troubled teens, was arraigned Wednesday on four counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct at the 47th District Court in Farmington Hills and was given a $25,000 cash or surety bond, according to the Oakland County Prosecutors Office.
The attorney listed for Townsend with the court could be immediately reached for comment.
According to the Oakland County Jail, Townsend, 45, was booked Wednesday.
Interim Detroit Police Chief Chester Logan indicated this morning that interviews on the two officers would not be provided, but he offered the following statement:
We are committed to ensuring that the members of the Detroit Police Department conduct themselves in a manner that is worthy of the publics trust, the statement says. To that end all allegations of police misconduct that occurs within our jurisdiction will be thoroughly and impartially investigated and my department will assist and cooperate with all outside jurisdictions.
Townsend is due back in court Friday, according to the 47th District Court.
The Oakland County Prosecutors Office said today that crimes Townsend is accused of committing occurred at his Farmington Hills home between October 2010 and August 2012. According to the office, Townsend allegedly met the victim, born in 1997, through Reality Check Detroit, of which he is the founder and CEO.
On the nonprofit organizations website, Reality Check Detroit is described as a crime prevention program designed to assist at-risk youths 6 to 14 years old. The approach includes a physical reinstruction program in which participating youths enroll in a 12-week process that involves military-based, high-impact exercises to allow the child to recognize consequences for negative behavior, according to the website. Daily progress reports monitor childrens progression or regression, and random school visits are included within the program.
According to the Oakland County Prosecutors office, DPD is offering assistance.
Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper said: We are all concerned that there may be additional victims out there and she encouraged anyone with information to call the Farmington Hills Police Department at 248-871-2600.
In addition to Whatley and Townsend, the former head of the Detroit Police Departments homicide unit is also in hot water, accused of running a criminal enterprise and giving false testimony. Former Lt. William Rice is accused of lying while testifying as a defense alibi witness in 2009 for Davontae Sanford, whose great-aunt Rice was dating.
Sanford pleaded guilty in 2008 to four counts of second-degree murder, but later filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Rice is accused of lying at an evidentiary hearing.
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Northeastern Louisiana's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community will come together Saturday to raise awareness and pride for the local LGBT community. It will also be an opportunity for the LGBT community to honor those who have stood up for equal rights of this group.
Chris Daunis, coordinator for the Gay Men's Wellness Center in Monroe, said there is a sizable LGBT community in the Monroe area, but most members of this group generally only gather at specific bars.
That's why Saturday's free PRIDE events will be a chance for them to be seen out in the community at a neutral location. ...


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President Barack Obama has tried to make income inequality, and what his party can do about it, a driving theme of the 2014 midterm elections. Yet with any semblance of true tax reform dead on Capitol Hill this year — and most likely for the next two years if Republicans have their way in Senate elections — the fact that a family in the richest one percent has almost 300 times the wealth of a family of median income will remain just that, a fact.
Income inequality had been subsiding in the U.S. since the Great Depression. And, as reported in January, Piketty noted that this was "a nice theory for the golden age of growth."
Piketty, a professor at the Paris School of Economics. started during the 1990s applying to his own country's tax records the approach that Simon Kuznets, a Nobel Prize-winner in the U.S., had taken with American records in charting the narrowing of the income gap.
Then, with Emmanuel Saez, another French economist working at the University of California, Berkeley, Piketty applied the work to modern-day U.S. records, as Brendan Greeley wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek on Dec. 12. In 2003, they reported that income inequality had started to rise in America in the early 1980s. By 200,7, they were "able to show that the income share of the top 1 percent had reached a level not seen since 1928, the Jazz Age of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby."
"In 2012 the top 1 percent of American households collected 22.5 percent of the nation's income, the highest total since 1928, as The New York Times' Steven Erlanger notes. "The richest 10 percent of Americans now take a larger slice of the pie than in 1913, at the close of the Gilded Age, owning more than 70 percent of the nation's wealth. And half of that is owned by the top 1 percent."
It was in January that Thomas Edsall wrote about Piketty's new book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," in an op-ed essay in the Times. Picketty and partner, with the help of powerful computers, had taken a long historical look at the history of income and found that the profits of capital investment now are outpacing the growth of the world's economy.
In other words, the wealth of nations is accruing most to those wealthiest whose income flows from investment.
The book had been published in France four months before and was due out in English this month. Now it's topping Amazon.com's nonfiction best-sellers list, and the paper in various articles this past weekend dubbed him an economic "rock star," ranking his work among the pantheon of the greatest economic treatises of all time, in a league with Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.
But where is Piketty on Twitter?
Katrina vandenHuevel had it at The Nation in February:
Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century"– perhaps most important book about economy since…? http://t.co/ifHx8JLYGH
— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) February 14, 2014
The Daily Beast touts a piece about Piketty in The Nation's May 5 edition among the "best longreads" (#longreads being a term of Twitter art).
Bill Moyers tweeted it during the Easter weekend wave:
Capitalism is "far more dynamic and flexible" than Piketty presents it. –@DeanBaker13 http://t.co/05DQmLJzLD
— BillMoyers.com (@BillMoyersHQ) April 20, 2014
Some are even calling it a sexy read.
A short guide but worth reading on Thomas Pikkety's new book 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' – http://t.co/SHNqO7jAsm via @voxdotcom
— Trevor Warner (@trevorw1953) April 13, 2014
Yet, at this stage in the great notice this 700-page book is drawing, we haven't seen the likes of Harry Reid or Organizing for America weighing in. We haven't seen Eric Cantor or @Team_Mitch offering the counterpoint that more conservative commentators are contributing: That this a treatise certain to throw logs on the fire of liberal tax reform — economist Paul Krugman is all over it — yet offering no practical political solution to the disparities it documents.
The book atop the Times' bestseller list is all about the ways in which the system is "rigged" for the richest and most powerful investors, Michael Lewis' "Flash Boys."
The ultimate recommendation of Piketty's work — that the world's richest should face dramatically higher taxes than what they've come to accept in the aftermath of the Reaganesque tax cuts for the wealthiest and the subsequent shavings of capital gains taxes — isn't likely to go over well on the Twittersphere where congressional leaders live. Not in an election year. Not anytime soon.


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Well, I wish you all the luck I have.
And I hope you have fun creating stuff.
With the announcement of From Earth people have been asking where the second episode of Human Error is, or what is even going on with it. Unfortunately, I have to say that another instalment of Human Error is very unlikely to happen at this point. It's not that I am not interested in continuing the story, or that I don't care about the characters. I would very much like to hear Phillip sing as Larson again. I'm sure we all would.
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With the announcement of From Earth people have been asking where the second episode of Human Error is, or what is even going on with it. Unfortunately, I have to say that another instalment of Human Error is very unlikely to happen at this point. It's not that I am not interested in continuing the story, or that I don't care about the characters. I would very much like to hear Phillip sing as Larson again. I'm sure we all would.
It's a problem of what I have time for and what I find most interesting. Making gameplay different from Half-Life 2, and setting the story in a world where I have no restrictions is more creative than doing a world set in the Half-Life 2 universe, where I always have to think around the Combine technology.
From Earth is currently becoming, I think, bigger and better than Human Error. It's going to be more refined and polished than HE ever was. And even once that's done -- which could take some time -- there is little chance of me being able to turn my attention back to HE. I have been working on mods a while now and I am starting to seriously consider my entry into the industry itself. After From Earth is done, I hope to be either working at a games company or on a small indie game of my own. I would probably have no time, energy, or permission to work on HE EP2, or any mod for that matter, at the same time.
Originally I planned to include a small section here detailing all the different design iterations for the second episode of Human Error, but after talking with other team members, we agreed that it would be better to leave it a mystery as to how the story would continue. We felt we owed the first episode its autonomy. One thing I would like to mention, though, is that even though I still like some of those ideas, most of them were very unfinished. Even the concept that I liked best was something that differed hugely from what you saw the first time, and I didn't really take it much further than a few descriptions on how it would work. Water, although having its own misgivings, was something that interested me and team members a lot more than what we had planned for EP2.
Well, I wish you all the luck I have.
And I hope you have fun creating stuff.
damn this sucks , loved the shizz out of hr , well hope from earth is gona be just as epic , keep up the great work nonetheless and good luck
I really liked human error it sounds like your putting it in the trash bin for discarded projects....
that's too bad :/
Well okay then. If your not intrested at the moment, that's fine. As long as I know its coming sometime, I'm fine.
dont think that times gona be anytime soon thou , lols
I wouldnt care if HR comes back 10 years later I would love to see From Earth and any other projects you guys come up with. Keep up the good work.
HE you mean, HR refers to Human Revolution (deus ex sequel)
He HE will return, but I admit that HLSSTeam's mods are great, and we just need to understand that they're trying something new.
As with Half-Life 3, almost nobody thinks will be real, but will be, so...maybe everything will be solved in time.
Until that, I wish you good luck HLSSTeam :).
Well this sucks but good luck with what your planning. Maybe someday you could return.
I don't really understand ur reasons, seems to me as lots of cheap excuses, then why all the tease is for??? seems like abig middle finger for all the Human Error fans!!
It would be better if you state clear that you don't want to continue with HE and that's all.
Yes it does seem like excuses on your part on why you won't continue Human Error, if you had no intention to continue it then why the teasing? If you stopped working why wait till now? and if you say that full development in a indie studio or professional game development company means no time? Come on. Having a job does not mean that you can't work on whatever else you want in your free time. No company has control over your free time so don't give us that ********.
and as for no energy? hahah, I have time to work 6-8 hours per day, 5 days a week, squeeze in socializing with family, girlfriend and friends, 1-2 hours of exercise every 2 days AND time for modding.
If you have some kind of issue with long hours of computer use then learn to drink coffee or Athene Extreme which is for mental stimulation and take 15 min breaks every 1-2 hours.
If From Earth is what you feel your creativity lies then so be it you don't have to be asinine with other reasons.
It's a blow to HL2 fans who wanted more out of the combine. Thats the final dot point.
First this, now faceless. Man this blows D:
I just hope you conutine this mod or if another moding team picks it up.


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Voices of Faith: What is your understanding of the separation of church and state?
Q. What is your understanding of the separation of church and state?
The separation of church and state is one of the most important principles set out by the Constitution and upheld time and again by the courts. The separation clause protects Americans from being force-fed a particular sect or religion by the government, and it guarantees that the government will remain free from religion. Many, if not most, countries have an official religion, which means its children receive religious instruction and consequently most of its citizens subscribe to the state religion, whether it's Lutheran, Catholicism, or Islam. Unfortunately there have always been extremists who either don't understand or don't care about the freedom this right guarantees, and who work to undermine it by bringing religion into our government and schools. Americans are free to pray and worship whenever, wherever and with whomever they please. They can belong to any religion they choose, or none, without government interference. Let's keep it that way.
Elisabeth Steadman
Humanist Society of Redding
The Christian faith does not recognize there is such a concept as separation of church and state. From the beginning, the church has been an important part of the governing of our nation. However, a small minority of people decided to take any material which related to Bible morality as declared a threat. These individuals persuaded the courts to allow them to put their church in place, replacing the Bible material. This small group now controls all information which can be displayed on public buildings, in public places, and in some instances, in public view. They have removed all moral instruction, the Ten Commandments, etc., from public view. The group knew their efforts would not succeed unless they could convince the law makers that "church" was equivalent to enforcing religious beliefs on the people for which our ancestors fled the old world. Romans 13 gives the believers their duties and responsibilities to governing bodies. We are mandated to support the government unless it violates God's law, the Bible.
Gary Strickler
Grace Baptist Church, Redding
The Constitution of the United States is the single founding document of the United States. Whether the people who wrote it were Christians or Deists or Atheists is of no import to the document itself. As it stood from the beginning (and throughout all the Amendments), there is no mention of God or churches: i.e. the Constitution is a completely secular document. The mentions of religion are two: 1) the First Amendment, and 2) Article 6, Paragraph 3 which explicitly prohibits religious tests for office.
Keeping the government free of religion — and all the internecine conflicts it brings — was and is a good idea. The Freedom From Religion Foundation fights to keep the separation in the separation of church and state.
William Shockey
Shasta Atheists and Freethinkers, Shasta Lake
The wording of the first amendment to our constitution clearly prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion or impeding the free exercise of religion. We are a diverse and democratic nation. The people that gather as one in the United States of America come with the surety that their government will be neutral among all religious and nonreligious sentiments. As a corporate people we will not endorse or fund any religion or religious institution. We will not discriminate against any religious group or inhibit practices that do not impinge on the rights of others. What is never prohibited is the right to free speech and the voicing of opinions. Each person and each community, whether identified by faith, ethnicity or political persuasion can speak out of their particular view to the whole.
Rev. Ann Corrin
Pilgrim United Church of Christ, Redding
One of the premises of Eckankar is the need for total spiritual freedom of soul for spiritual growth and maturity. Eckists learn this is a state of consciousness that allows soul to be an individual center for the Divine Principles of Life to flow through into their daily life in the human state. Soul learns to create this center by assuming the responsibility for using the God Power with wisdom and unselfish sincerity, always keeping in mind that which is good for the whole. When a human state system is created, wise souls will provide spiritual freedom for each soul within that state. Eckists believe our forefather souls, under God's guidance, did all they could to create such a free state for our great nation. Each soul has the responsibility to maintain this freedom through spiritual ethics and divine love.
Fran Watson, Clergy
Eckankar Redding
The concept of separation of Church and state arose in the United States as a direct result of the colonists' experiences of "official churches" and the history of persecutions and of church control of the state in Europe. Thus the commitment to religious freedom is embodied in the constitution's Bill of Rights, assuring that no one will be forced to or be prevented from practicing their own faith. Earlier, the thirteen colonies had been founded under and were known for state sponsorship of particular faiths. In order to unite all the people under one government, it was clear that the issue of freedom of religion was paramount. Today, we have built on that separateness, giving each person the freedom of conscience to worship, pray and believe as they wish. Nevertheless, religious belief continues to play an important part in forming the overall moral sense of our country.
Deacon Mike Evans
Sacred Heart Church, Anderson
The separation of church and state is extremely important for our individual liberty and protection from authoritarian government. Many initial immigrants came to this country to worship freely, which is why some churches were called Free Churches — they were free from government control. Although Amendment 1 to the Constitution simply says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," it has been challenged by many to remove any resemblance of spirituality or connection with a higher power from daily life. This is an impossible task.
I am grateful to be protected from those who claim their God or their religion is the only one and everyone who does not agree will suffer in hell forever or, in the radical view, should be killed. The Infinite Intelligence that I connect with loves all of its creation and is neither arrogant nor intolerant.
Rev. Mary Mitchell, Co-pastor
Center for Spiritual Living Redding
Actually it very simple. Government, on any level, will not dictate how, when, where or who I choose to worship, period.
With that said, there is nothing wrong with me, for example, sharing a Christian world view in a political/public setting. Where we as Christians are having a difficult time is when the secular world demands removal of our differing points of view under the guise of political correctness. As Christians, it is the will of God to take a stand on those values that please our Lord Jesus. As Christians, we are not afforded the luxury of choosing the portions of scripture we want to live and discard the rest.
Additionally, if government chooses to teach our children a curriculum that clashes with Biblical truths in public schools, then government should also allow teaching that best describes the views of faith so choices can be made without governmental pressures.
Jim White, lay leader
Weaverville Church of the Nazarene
Thomas Jefferson described the First Amendment with a quote from a Baptist theologian, Roger Williams: "(The First Amendment is a) wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world." James Madison wrote, "...practical distinction between Religion and Civil Government is essential to the purity of both." Pure separation is an ideal, sought by many, practiced by less.
Religion appeals to human emotion. The US Constitution, and hopefully, all subsequent laws and their enforcement appeal to logic. Unfortunately, we cannot separate emotion from logic. When I hear a president say, "God bless the United States of America," I hear a platitude. It's like saying, "May our God (whose?), always keep us on the right course (what's right?)." Introducing God into legislative discussions, public speeches, our Pledge of Allegiance and our currency is religious symbolism. It doesn't constitute invoking a preferred national religion.
George Wandrocke, Chaplain
Temple Beth Israel of Redding
The separation is all on the state side according to the Constitution and the unbroken witness of American history. The one reference to that separation prior to the mid twentieth century appears in an 1818 letter of Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Society; Jefferson posits a wall of separation for the protection of the churches from government interference. Jefferson wrote the First Amendment, which guarantees the right of faith to practice without hindrance. Weekly church services were held in the national capitol's rotunda for the first century of its existence. Our very Constitution emerges from countless sermons. John Locke got his vision from the church. The First Great Awakening provided the social cohesion to fight a war of independence and write a constitution. We are a non-sectarian society, but we have never been a faith-free society, and God help us should we become so. Free church equals free state.
James Wilson
PrayNorthState, Redding
Many of our ancestors arrived on these shores specifically to be free of religious persecution. Even before the Constitution was written the Treaty of Tripoli ratified unanimously by the US Senate on June 7, 1797 states, "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion, . . ." shows that our early Senators did not want the U.S. to be associated with any specific religion, and truly believed in the freedom of religion. I think they were more opened minded about different beliefs than we are today. The freedom of religion is hampered when public schools and government offices have religious writing or images. What is wonderful about the U.S. is our freedom to believe in God, or not, and to openly worship any religion we choose without persecution, and that the government does not show favoritism to any religion.
Kulapati Iraja Siva-Das
Saiva Siddhanta Church, Redding
Separation of church and state is not in the Constitution; it's a created view promoted by progressives who want to be liberated from God's authority. They say religion should have no influence in government; problematic, for you can't separate a person's religion from his actions. The first amendment affirms that the American people are to be free to express their religious views without hindrance from the government.
When the Obama administration appointed an atheist as the administrator of Religious Tolerance he quickly implemented a policy forbidding Christians in the military from sharing their faith with peers. Anyone violating this policy could be court-martialed and his punishment could include imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge without benefits. A revision was released saying it's okay to share your faith, as long as you don't offend anyone — a Catch-22, for 1 Peter 2: 7-8 informs us the gospel is an offense to unbelievers.
Dave Spagnola
Oak Grove Bible Fellowship, Palo Cedro
This issue is more frequently used to promote political-religious agendas — either toward more religious displays in government or to deny reasonable faith-based behaviors — than the mere concept entails. Those who rail against this separation see nefarious or demonic influences to subvert our heritage whereas others see the tentacles of theocracy entering the public sphere.
For a Zen Buddhist, both views are extreme and tend to cause harm. Reasonable displays of a faith tradition — a nativity display, a yarmulke at work, a Buddhist in robes teaching a class — should be tolerated as part of a multicultural reality. However, promoting legal and often punitive regulations for all based on selective faith-based traditions — polygamy, miscegenation, bans on gay marriages — tend to cause harm as it often pits one faith tradition against another.
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Dennis Kessinger, Zen Buddhist
When considered from the viewpoint of the state, I believe that the U.S. Constitution is pretty clear that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." That is, the government cannot pass laws that set up, or mandate, one particular religion as the official religion of the country, but neither can it pass any laws that infringe on the right of anyone to worship whomever or whatever they wish.
From the Bible's point of view the state and the church are both constructs that God has established, and both fall under his sovereignty, but they are different organizations. Their purposes are different, as are the means of accomplishing those purposes.
The purpose of the state is to regulate society, the purpose of the church is to preach and teach the gospel.
Rev. Gene Crow, Pastor
Redding Reformed Fellowship
According to my understanding of the law separation of state and religion, the state cannot make any laws in religion — meaning that the state does have the power to impose one religion as the religion that governs the state.
Everybody's belief system is based on their religion, meaning everything that you do is based on what you believe. Therefore the state does not have the power to impose one belief system on everybody, just like the founding fathers who belonged to different religious belief systems.
So you ask yourself, "How can you separate state from religion when laws are based upon one's belief? When the state passes laws they are based upon what the majority of the people believe regardless of their religion's different beliefs; laws are passed based on what the majority of people agree on, based on what they feel is just for everybody.
Imam Abu Bakr H. Salahuddin
Islamic Center of Redding
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One year. It's hard to believe that it has been 365 days since I started my journey to Spain. Ironically, I am sitting here at Starbucks with my laptop, trying to figure out what to write for this article. A year ago, I sat a few tables down from where I am now doing the same thing, trying to decide how to summarize my expectations for the future year abroad. That was my first article about Spain, and this is my last.
Being back in Albany has prompted many feelings for me, some good, some bad, but mainly a combination of both. At times, it feels as if I had only been gone for a month or two, not 10. I got tiny little butterflies in my stomach when I first saw the Albany City Limit sign on July 7th. It felt good to be back to the place where I spent 12 years of my life. I have always taken Albany for granted, complaining that there was never anything to do and saying how boring it was. You would figure that with me being somewhere so big and exotic that I wouldn't miss this place, but I did. I have so many memories of being here with my loved ones, and I loved to look back on them, especially when I was having a difficult time in Spain. It felt nice to see that not much had changed physically; everything was where it has always been.
I knew other things would be different though, like the people I knew and my relationships with them. I never expected them to be the same, nor did I want all of them to be, but it still came as a shock to see how much things had changed. I felt as if I did not know half of them anymore. Some matured, got new friends, didn't hang out with the same crowds, moved or went to college, got into relationships or got even more immature and it has definitely taken some time to get used to. I've always had a healthy social life and that has not changed much. I still hang out with most of them and have made even more friends! However, this past year has helped me realize who my real friends are.
I realize that I have changed a lot. I wouldn't say that I am a completely different person from who I was a year ago, but almost. I think I have matured a lot for one. I now base my views on things on my own personal experiences rather than basing my views on how others view the issue. Traveling to all the different places that I have been has taught me so many things. I recognize that all cultures are not the same, and certainly not like the U.S.A. Just because we in the United States of America have it good does not mean that the rest of the world does.
My Spanish has increased significantly during the time I was in Madrid. However, I am not completely fluent. It's my opinion that unless you're entering a new country with a good base knowledge of the language, it is going to take longer than a year to fully understand every aspect of the language. My grammar is not close to perfect and I don't know a lot of words or how to translate a lot of English phrases into Spanish, but I can easily carry on a conversation with someone. Unfortunately, I have not had many opportunities to speak Spanish unless I'm skyping with some friends from Spain or taking my online class at Darton.
Overall, Spain was absolutely amazing and one of the best decisions I have ever made. I miss my host family a lot, as well as my friends. I had a lot more freedom, thus I became more independent and self-reliant. I loved being able to take a train into Madrid and walking around as I please. There was always something different to do on the weekends, ranging from having parties with my friends, going to the park in the center of the town to hang out with all the teens in our town, to going to the city and doing things there. The food was so good there. I wish I had learned to make my favorite dishes so I could show others what the differences were in American dishes and Spanish dishes. However, there were a lot of aspects I didn't enjoy, too. It was very stressful to not be able to understand everything that people were saying. Also, we Americans do not have the best reputation with some. I had lot of people from Europe tell me that we're viewed as arrogant, rude, wasteful and stupid, and we have it easy. This was also reflected in the way some people would treat me. I was called "americana estupida" quite a bit, which translates to stupid American, and wasn't always treated with a smile. Finally, the exchange rate was pretty rough — just ask my parents!
Re-entry into the United States was not as difficult as I thought it would be. Fortunately, I never had terrible jetlag, but my eating times were messed up for a month or so. Getting back into normal ritual was not very hard either. Sometimes it feels as if I was in Spain years ago, not months ago but knowing that I will be back gives me something to look forward to; I wonder what my next adventure will be ...
Darby Calhoun, 17, is the daughter of Bill and Laura Calhoun of Albany. During her year of study in Spain, shecontributed a periodic column to The Albany Herald on her experiences. You can also read Darby's previous columns at www.albanyherald.com.
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"I remember going to the hospital, Martin Luther King right here in Compton," Game recalls, now sitting on the porch of the house he owns. "We went to the hospital to see my brother and I was crying. I was 13 years old, frightened, thought I was going to lose my brother. He was just so alive and so strong and he was like, 'Yeah, when I get out of here we gonna spend so much time together and it's gonna be me and you and Fase. We gonna do it right like real brothers supposed to do.' "


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Use the internet as a tool to help you find where takes on apprentices in your area. Additionally, look in your local newspaper and visit your nearest job centre. You have to make sure you choose the right apprentice scheme to embark upon as well so look upon it as finding a job. Make sure you do your research before applying to ensure that you would be happy working there if you got offered the apprentice.
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They are achieved through on the job assessment. You will be required to answer questions and demonstrate that you are competent in the criteria you will be being marked against. An NVQ comprises of different units and when the candidate has displayed that they can meet the requirements of the unit, it will be signed off by the assessor and this process continues until all the units in the level are completed.
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Stark MRDD is facing a large number of layoffs, after several group homes told the agency that they're withdrawing their adults with special needs out of MRDD's workshops program to avoid paying a drastically higher rate.
The Stark County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities will be laying off more employees because area group homes are withdrawing at least 138 adult clients from MRDD's workshops by July 1.
"We have to operate with the financial resources we have available to us," Superintendent Michael Miller said Monday in making the announcement.
Late last year, the agency told the county's eight Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded, or ICFMRs, that MRDD, which was facing a budget deficit, would require them to pay the entire cost of serving and transporting their clients, or $105 per adult per day. The old rate was about $50. The workshops program provides paid work, vocational training, activities, daytime care and therapy to adults with developmental disabilities.
But the ICFMRs, which receive Medicaid payments to house the clients, balked at paying the higher cost, which would have provided MRDD another $2.6 million. Several group homes — including People Developed System on Monday — told Miller within the last month that they were taking their adults out of the workshops. They will either provide workshops day services or themselves or hire a contractor to do so, apparently at a cost lower than $105 a day.
The ICFMRs and their number of MRDD clients are Rescare's ARI II, 52; Rescare's Voca of Ohio, 43; Alliance Group Home, 2; Echoing Ridge Residential Center, 3; Hartville Meadows, 20; and People Developed Systems, 18. The total number of adult clients is 160.
Miller said he has not yet heard what Canton Health Care plans to do with its 20 clients. The ICFMRs had about 200 clients in MRDD in October, but MRDD laid off 11 workshop specialists in April when 24 ICFMR clients, many with Leeda Services, were taken out of the program.
Although the levy passed in May will pay for about 83 adults to be admitted into the workshops program off the waiting list, Miller said the revenue is not enough to avoid more layoffs. Many workshop specialists, bus drivers, and staffers who serve MRDD adults will be let go, in order of least seniority. Miller said the agency hasn't decided yet how many will lose their jobs, who will get pink slips nor even when those employees will be notified. He said MRDD, which has about 750 employees, is considering closing one of its four workshops, and he didn't know yet how much money the layoffs would save.
Miller said that although the new levy will provide $10.3 million a year to keep MRDD schools open and clear the workshops waiting list, it isn't enough to continue subsidizing half the cost of caring for the ICFMR's clients.
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St. Petersburg, FL -- You've seen the ads on television and on billboards around town, so 10 News decided to put some of the Bay area's gold buyers to the test. Who really does pay the most for your gold and how can you make sure you're getting top dollar?
10 News visited seven stores all on the same day.
We brought in the same items (a bracelet, necklace, two pairs of earrings and four rings) to each store and asked what they would give us for our gold.
Our lowest initial offer came at Clearwater's Gold and Diamond Source. They started by offering our undercover producer $923 before upping it to $985.
Value Pawn on South Dale Mabry was next, offering us $960.
But, interestingly, a few blocks away on Gandy Blvd., another Value Pawn offered us $25 more for the same items.
Arthur Yates and Sons, located in South Tampa, said they'd pay $991 for our items and was the first store to let us keep the diamonds from our two rings that had jewels.
Next highest was SellGoldForMore.com in Clearwater. Located off Ulmerton, SellGoldForMore.com was the first to offer us more than a grand, coming in at $1,117 while also letting us keep the diamonds. That was almost $200 more than if we'd accepted the first offer made by the Gold and Diamond Source.
But, as we continued shopping, our offers kept climbing.
In Largo, our undercover producer was offered $1,153.10 at Arnold Jewelers, while across the street came our top offer. At Southern Pawn, we were told they'd pay us up to $1,430.
That's $507 more for the same items than if we'd accepted our lowest offer.
Prior to our test, we set up interviews with the Gold and Diamond Source and Arthur Yates and Sons. Neither store was aware that we would be conducting a test prior to the interviews. So when we arrived for the on camera interviews, we told them about our test and asked them to once again examine our items and give us their absolute best offer.
With our cameras rolling, Arthur Yates and Sons offered us $1,100 while the Gold and Diamond Source said they would now pay us $1,190.
What our unscientific test revealed is the importance of shopping around.
"Again, stress the importance of getting more than one offer. That's a very, very simple thing to do," David Yates of Arthur Yates and Sons told 10 News.
As we discovered, a savvy consumer will also not accept the first price while not ruling out pawn shops as an option.
The price of gold can change on a daily basis, so experts say for a true comparison it's also important to visit the stores on the same day.
If you are unsure that something you have is gold, Ray Potesta with the Gold and Diamond Source suggests taking a strong magnet and running it over the item in question. "If the jewelry is not attracted to (the magnet) and it doesn't pull it, there's a good chance it's sold gold jewelry," he said.
Knowing if you have 10-, 14-, 18- or 24-karat gold is also a good idea as that can greatly alter the price you're offered. While 14-karat is what most jewelry is made out of, 24-karat will net you the most money.
Experts suggest you should also have any potential buyer tell you the exact penny weight of your items and ask to watch the scale when your items are weighed.
Another tip - remember that precious stones usually don't make a difference so don't be afraid to ask for them back.
Finally, Yates says sentimental value and craftsmanship do not affect the price you'll be offered. "Unfortunately, there's nothing for workmanship, nothing for designing style, manufacturing, all of those things that do have a cost, but what we're doing is strictly recycling."
Follow these tips and chances are you'll get a better deal which will mean more money in your pocket.


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6 Tips for Solving Word Problems in Math and Science
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Do you struggle with solving word problems in math or science class? Do you have a difficult time deciding how to start the problem? Have no fear, help is here! Below are six tips to use when you are solving word problems.
1. Highlight or underline important information given in the problem.
Word problems usually contain extra information and a lot of descriptions that are not necessary to solve the problem. The problem will be clearer if you can ignore the extra wording and just focus on the important details.
For instance, a question may say "Sally wanted to take a ride on the carousel at the amusement park. Each ticket costs $1.50 at the park. The carousel requires 3 tickets for a ride. If Sally has $5.00 can she ride on the carousel?" In this problem, the first sentence isn't important to answering the question. However, knowing that a "ticket costs $1.50, the carousel requires 3 tickets, and Sally has $5.00″ are important parts that should be highlighted or underlined.
2. Draw a picture if appropriate.
This is especially helpful for Physics and Geometry problems. Sometimes having a visual will remind you what equations you need or what other information you have to figure out.
3. List all of the variables or values given in the problem.
This helps to pull important information from the problem and to keep you organized. In addition, it can also help you decide with equation to use.
For example, a problem may say "A sample of a metal was found on the factory floor. The metal sample has a mass of 12.0 grams. Using water displacement you determine that the sample takes up 6.5 mL of space. What is the identity of the metal?" You should start by making a list of the information you can pull out of the problem such as "mass = 12.0 g" and "volume = 6.5 mL". Determining that the problem contains a value for mass and volume may help you realize that you should be using the formula for density (D = m/V).
4. Write down any equations you may need for the problem.
If you have a list of possible equations, you can use a process of elimination to determine which equation is appropriate. If possible equations for a problem are "density = mass/Volume" or "speed = distance/time", you can rule out the second equation if the problem doesn't provide speed, distance, or time.
5. After solving for the answer, go back and reread the problem.
Ask yourself: Does your answer make sense? Did you fully answer the question? Consider the sample word problem given in tip #3. If you simply calculated the density, you haven't finished the problem. The question asks you to go a step further and "identify the sample.
6. If you get stuck on a problem, skip it and go back to it later.
Sometimes having a short break from thinking about the problem will allow you to restartyour thought process and approach the problem from a different angle. If this happens on a test, it sometimes helps to look at other questions on the test to refresh your memory.
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Thanks for these wonderful tips. I will share them with my students…
Rob Borgersen Says:
Great tips. I give these tips to my students all the time. I would emphasize two things:
For #5, you need to make sure you answer the question. I like to pose it this way: if you were an employee and the boss "said" to you the problem (that is, instead of reading the problem you are given, envision your boss saying it to you), then you need to ask yourself "what is my boss asking for?" He doesn't care about math or variables. He wants to know something, and you need to figure out what that is. If he asks "How many products should I produce?" then your answer should be "you should produce this many units". This also tells you what your variables should be in the problem: if he wants to know how many products to produce, start off the problem by saying "Let X be the number of products to produce". Then when you get "x = something" at the end of the problem, you can answer his question.
Number 6 is a VERY important thing that many students don't think of. When writing any test or exam, you should ALWAYS do the problems that you know EXACTLY how to do first. This way you are GUARANTEED to get those marks. The opposite is to do the ones you are not sure of first, and then what happens is you spend all this time on those questions and then if you get them or not, you have less time to do the ones you "know" how to do. Because then you are rushed, you make mistakes that you wouldn't have made otherwise. It is VERY important that you always do the questions you know how to do first, slowly, and making sure you get 100% on them.
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With plasma exchange, some of the blood is removed from your body. Your blood cells are separated from your plasma. The blood cells are then mixed with another fluid that replaces the plasma and are put back into your body. Doctors think it helps some people because it removes antibodies in the plasma that may cause problems in MS.
- Watchful waiting. When symptoms are annoying but not severe, like a little numbness in your hand, you may choose to just watch them closely and see if they get better.
Talk with your doctor about what's right for you. You both may decide to avoid the hassle and side effects of steroids and just wait for the flare-up to go away.
"Steroids speed the healing of a relapse, but they don't create healing that wouldn't have occurred otherwise," Fox says. So you'll recover just as much -- or as little -- without the steroids as you would with them.
Take care of yourself during a flare-up. "If it feels like you need more sleep, get more sleep," Fox says. But don't remain completely still. While the flare may limit your activities, you can -- and should -- still go about your daily business as much as possible. Maintain a healthy lifestyle, and pay attention to the signals your body is sending.


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Where Are the Great Plains?
The Great Plains are the part of North America east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River. The American states that are part of this region are Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The land there is flat and includes prairie, steppe and grassland.
Who Are the Plains Indians?
There were many differently-named tribes who lived on the Great Plains when the Europeans came, but they mostly shared a common culture because of living in similar environments. The buffalo (bison) was a major source of food along with other game and cultivated crops. They also gathered wild fruits and vegetables. Nomadic (roaming) tribes lived in large teepees, often painted with religious symbols. Tribes that did not roam often lived in earthen or grass lodges and would grow crops.
The constant beating of the winds against the house, the roaring, shrieking, howling of the storm, made it hard even to think. It was possible only to wait for the storm to stop. All the time, while they ground wheat, twisted hay, kept the fire burning in the stove, and huddled over it to thaw their chapped, numb hands and their itching, burning, chilblained feet, and while they chewed and swallowed the coarse bread, they were all waiting until the storm stopped.


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Mars Pathfinder: An arrival not a landing
July 6, 1997: Using an air brake, parachute, retro-rockets and air bags, Pathfinder bounced-down intact, on time, and on target to complete the first space flight direct to Mars. Direct, that is, to the Martian surface without orbiting either Earth or Mars during the journey. With this mission, NASA has proved that, whatever its detractors may say, it is still a can-do-something-extremely-complicated agency. Moreover, NASA has shown that it can now prepare such a mission in one third the time required for past Mars missions and at a quarter the cost. At one-quarter of a billion dollars, the price for determining the composition of a few rocks may seem high. But at only a dollar per head, most Americans will likely consider it a reasonable price to celebrate Independence Day 97. As the cost of expanding a new frontier for human exploration and, perhaps, eventual colonization, the mission may prove cheap.
But NASA is contemplating a more distant frontier, it was revealed at a July 4 press conference. It has embarked on a 20- to 25-year project with the goal of launching a basketball sized package on 40-year journey to Alpha-Centauri, the star closest to the Sun. The package would be accelerated to over one tenth the speed of light using the gravitational pulls of both Jupiter and the Sun, passing in the process within a few hundred thousand kilometers of the Sun's surface.
Beside a highly effective heat shield, such an interstellar probe will require an advanced computer system able to pack great power in a small container. NASA has, therefore, decided to go into the computer chip business. "We want to violate Moore's Law" said NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, referring to the rule of thumb that computer power doubles every 18 months. With immensely fast computer chips the space agency could trim the weight of space probes and increase their degree of automatic control.
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RZA Talks Kanye West Song "White Dress" On Man With The Iron Fists Soundtrack
While on the red carpet for the BET Hip Hop Awards, RZA spoke briefly about Kanye West's song "White Dress" from his Man With The Iron Fists film soundtrack. RZA even reveals the song's chorus which goes something like "I seen you in the club with a tight dress, but I pictured you in a church with a White Dress," which RZA explains Kanye is talking about making a wife out of a woman he met in the club and goes on for 40+ something bars, like Ghostface does.
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I have a very unusual problem with my Focus and am hoping someone may have experienced this and/or have the answers on how to fix it.
When I change from 2nd to 3rd gear All of the electrics in the car seem to switch off and back on again? By this I mean the Radio turns off, all lights on the dash board go off and then ALL lights illuminate before everything returns to normal. (It is almost as if the ignition is switched off and back to the 2nd point before you start the car) However the engine remains running and the car remains usable (PAS, ABS etc all continue to work fine with no interruptions to the performance.
Has anybody else experienced this?
I think it could be one of 2 things:
1: A cable is being shorted when changing gear - maybe there is a broken cable somewhere being touched when the mechanics are going to 3rd
2: loose battery cable which is being nudged when changing to 3rd
I can not understand why this only happens in 3rd gear. Changing from 4th to 3rd doesnt seem to be a problem, just changing from 2nd to 3rd?
Any advice would be greatly appeciated.
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