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By Dave Armstrong
Excerpts from a much longer paper written in September 2001:
The most rebellious nations (by definition), and the most worthy of judgment, are the most Judaism- or Christianity-saturated nations. They are all the more accountable for their rebellion, just as ancient Israel became an abomination to God time and time again because she was given so much, and rejected it. We know from revelation that God clearly judges nations in direct proportion to how much moral truth they know and deliberately reject.
One might argue that mass media (now including the Internet), literacy, centuries of further development of moral and theological teaching, more awareness of the gospel and Christianity; more familiarity with its good fruits and blessings resulting therefrom; revivalism, stated belief, and any number of additional factors would be criteria for determining which countries today might possibly be "ripe" for judgment, having rejected so much true knowledge of the faith and of God and His teachings and moral laws. It is the contrast or relationship between how much of Christianity a nation knows and has rejected, which is the key factor, and what that nation has done or permitted (legally or otherwise) since having rejected it as a culture.
Better for a nation to not even claim to be Christian than to pretend it is while, for example, slaughtering babies by the millions, or sanctioning legally and culturally a host of sexual sins and other sins not harmonious with traditional Christianity. To whom much is given, much is required. This is utterly obvious, given God's treatment of His own chosen people, the Jews, throughout history. They knew much more than the Gentiles, so God judged them accordingly. The presence of many good things in a nation would not necessarily comprise any sort of disproof of this opinion. The very fact of undeniable and great amounts of good supports the contention that a nation has been especially blessed by God's grace (for where else does good come from?). That nations fall so low despite that is their indictment, much like ancient Israel.
Our Lord reasoned precisely in this way, in condemning Chorazin and Bethsaida and Capernaum, in relation to Tyre and Sidon (Luke 10:13-15). There, the idea is that the former places knew more; therefore they were more culpable for rebellion: . . for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon . . . (10:13) In fact, our Lord mentions Sodom in contrast to those towns which reject the disciples' message, in Luke 10:12 (compare to Ezekiel, chapter 16, and Romans, chapters 1 and 2). All quite biblical, all quite divine, being from our Lord.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nin'eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
(Matthew 12:40-42)
Natural law is also binding on all persons and cultures. The key lies in Romans 1 and 2. Those two chapters refer specifically to individual culpability, rather than national. But they can also be applied by extension or analogy, to nations. It all depends on what one knows of God's law and/or natural law. All men have the potential for knowing how to act morally, in the main, even without revelation, and they are judged accordingly, as St. Paul explicitly informs us. So the following theoretical/philosophical scenario would apply, I think. I don't pretend to know how one would quantify degrees of sin in all particulars. That is for God to ultimately determine (in terms of both judgment and individual salvation), not men, but here is my scenario :
1. Nation X has "degree 99" of knowledge about revelation/Judaism/Christianity and has (institutionally, and in terms of societal norms) rejected 85% of it.Now which nation is more worthy of judgment? Clearly, Nation X, because it knew more, having received and accepted more of God's revelation, therefore incurring a higher culpability, than Nation Y, which received none. The sin and hypocrisy is proportionate to how much the nation knew and rejected. One can argue, of course, over degrees and culpability, as it is a largely subjective matter, but the bottom line principle of to whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48) stands, I think. The context of this saying of our Lord was the parable of the faithful and wise steward (Luke 12:41-48). Here is its conclusion: verses 47-48 (RSV):
2. Nation Y has "degree 0" of knowledge about revelation/Judaism/Christianity - therefore it cannot reject it (insofar as revelation goes beyond the moral knowledge achievable through natural law).
3. Nation X has "degree 50" of the sins of abortion, materialism, oppression of the poor, racism, lack of piety, sexual sin, etc.
4. Nation Y also has "degree 50" of the sins of abortion, materialism, oppression
of the poor, racism, lack of piety, sexual sin, etc.
And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or actThe parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30) makes a very similar point. It is noteworthy that the servants received different amounts of talents: 5, 2, and 1, to each according to his ability (25:15). The servants with 2 and 5 talents multiplied them by the same amount (25:20,22), while the servant with one did nothing. He was damned (25:30), while the others were greeted with well done, good and faithful servant (25:21,23). So they were judged by what they did with what they had, just as those with and without the law are judged by what they know and (more importantly) do (Romans 2:12-16). James makes the same point in another fashion:
according to his will, shall receive a severe beating. But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness.
(James 3:1; cf. Romans 2:17-24)
Jesus echoes this same thought in his conversation with the Roman centurion, where he contrasts his strong faith with the spiritual hypocrisy of the disobedient among the Jews who knew more but who would be damned (Matthew 8:5-13; cf. 21:28-32). That said, I believe there could indeed be (and often have been) nations which were so exceedingly wicked, even never having received or accepted any significant knowledge of revelation (but still being responsible for moral law and conscience), that they are worse than a nation receiving revelation and rejecting part of it. So e.g., I would say that the ancient Aztecs, with their human sacrifice, were worse as a society than Rome in 430, or America in 1960, or even France in the throes of "Enlightenment" tyranny in 1795. No contest.
But once (particularly) the millions of slaughtered babies start adding up in so-called Christian countries, with legal and societal sanction ("all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke), then I say that the latter countries are far worse, according to Scripture, just as an individual who truly didn't know what abortion entailed, and had one, is far less guilty than one who committed this horrible sin, knowing full well what it was, and perhaps even knowing that it is utterly contrary to the Bible and Christianity.
One must think about these matters biblically, as opposed to being a fish wholly contained by the "aquarium" of their own culture and how it predominantly thinks; beholden to the currently fashionable zeitgeist. It is always an ongoing task for Christians to think "biblically" and "Christianly" in the midst of an overwhelmingly secular culture, whose influence affects us all. Oftentimes, unfortunately, people come from a perspective of sheer emotionalism or arbitrary opinion, rather than from a biblical worldview, with regard to this matter of when God might be construed as "judging" or "chastising."
That is quite understandable (as it is an unpleasant, frightening topic), but at the same time, it is the duty of the Christian apologist to explain and defend a biblical worldview, especially if it is being snickered at, attacked, and dismissed as of little import, or relegated to the sole domain of "fanatics" or so-called "fundamentalists." God doesn't change. He judged nations in the past; He still does today, and He will judge the entire world and everyone in it at the End of the Age.
Oftentimes in the Old Testament, the prophets would give a conditional prophecy: "If you act righteously you will win battle X with nation Y. But if you continue in your idolatries [substitute any serious sin], you will be defeated, and led away with hooks in your noses, [etc.]" So repentance was urged, without being thought of as a substitution for military action against enemies. Prophets (as I recall) didn't say very often, if at all, not to fight, but rather, to repent so that the battle would be successful. The evil nature of the enemy did not change, whatever Israel decided to do with regard to its own sins:
but if you will not hearken to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the
commandment of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you and your
(1 Samuel 12:15; cf. 2 Chronicles 7:11-22)
Nations are as contradictory as every human being is: we are mixtures of radical good and radical evil, due to original sin, the world, the flesh, and the devil. Alexander Solzhenitsyn correctly noted: "the line between good and evil runs through every human heart." Nations are much the same. Many of the inhabitants of a country could be very righteous and perform many good works, but there is a common motif in the Old Testament, whereby God ceases to even acknowledge the goodness of spiritually or morally good, pious acts, if enough evil is tolerated that even the pious acts become overtly hypocritical.
Many Christians today apparently think that God no longer judges, or does in a fashion much different than what He did in the Old Covenant. This is simply false, for anyone who accepts the inspiration and infallibility of the Bible in toto. God doesn't change. The short answer to this is found in Jesus' words in His Sermon on the Mount:
Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.Revelation 19:11-16, which speaks of Jesus judging the nations at the end of the current age, should disabuse anyone of the "meek and mild Jesus" stereotype, which is thoroughly unbiblical.
(Matthew 5:17, RSV; cf. 5:18-20)
Does God not love the countries He judges? Of course He does love them. Likewise, we can love our own country even while believing that it might be ripe for judgment, just as Jeremiah did, just as Jesus did as He wept over Jerusalem:
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! . . . . . Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate.
(Matthew 23:37a,38)
To deny that, one would have to believe that Jesus didn't love His country, the Chosen People of Israel, because He pointed out their grievous sins and predicted that their Temple would be destroyed within a generation. Jesus didn't often emphasize all the good things that had occurred in Jerusalem. He dwelt on the bad things (which is the function and purpose of preachers and prophets), thus causing (according to the fashionable psycho-babble of today) irreparable harm to their self-esteem. Jesus spoke of an Israel that featured prophet-killing, hardness of heart, money-making in the Temple, hyper-legalism, and nationalistic pride. As He said, He "came not for the righteous, but for sinners."
God judges. He has the power of life and death in His hands. Jesus implied that Israel was to be judged because of its disobedience. The Romans came and destroyed Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Now, according to the reasoning of some, it would then follow that Jesus must have positively willed this destruction, and that the Roman troops were therefore "good guys." But this simply doesn't follow. God doesn't positively decree evil. He cannot do so. Such a view is rank blasphemy. He merely uses it for His ends.
Evil is evil. How could God have used Judas to betray His own Son? How could He have devised the plan of redemption whereby the Crucifixion occurred at the hand of evil men? The Roman Emperor Nero was not exactly a Boy Scout troop leader. Plenty of Christians died under him, and this was God's plan, too, because martyrs' blood is the seed of the growth of the Church. The Assyrians or the Babylonians (or for that matter, the Nazis and Communists) are no less evil than any agents of judgment today that God might use (in the sense of passively permitting the evil they devise). God used all these stooges and buffoons as shadows in the "screen" of history, in His Providence.
People tend to see the situation they themselves are in as intrinsically different because they are in the midst of it, and often, still grieving and suffering from it. We should no more expect a people to see the overall picture of what may be happening to them, than we would expect Job to understand his sufferings while they happened, or the disciples to understand the Cross while it was happening. Job never was told why he suffered so much. He was told to trust God, who set the universe in motion, etc. All we can go by in such a matter is biblical revelation, example, and precedent.
Finally, it is almost inconceivable to imagine an official Catholic teaching, declaring that such-and-such an act against nation X or individual Y unquestionably constituted divine wrath, judgment, or chastisement. The Church doesn't even declare that any given individual is in hell (not even Judas). Catholics don't even believe in the absolute assurance of personal salvation, let alone thinking that we know for sure that God is judging in any particular context. In that sense, judgment is similar to the fulfillment of prophecy. As with the judgment of nations, it is a very tricky business indeed to determine if it is actually taking place in any given circumstance.
In any case, it is far more biblically correct to say that God still judges nations and to speculate (with all due self-reflection and willingness to repent) on which nations might be so liable, than to deny that God still does this (with little or no biblical basis) and to say it is illegitimate to talk about at all, simply because we can't achieve philosophical certainty of the highest order (which can't be attained in most fields of inquiry, anyway). Therefore, I think this line of thought leads to a rhetorical and philosophical dead-end.
I don't claim to understand why certain nations seemingly worthy of judgment have been spared (including my own). I can imagine, however, any number of reasons why they might be spared, in theory, in "God's mind." E.g., they might be needed to judge other, more wicked nations, or someone might be born there who would cure cancer, or help cause a revival which would have far-reaching, positive consequences (a guy like John Wesley). Only God sees all things, and the whole of history, being out of time.
I'm simply trying to grapple with the biblical data and anomalies such as a country like ours -- admirable in so many ways -- which can live with 44 million deliberately-inflicted executions, while mourning, weeping and wailing and achieving extraordinary unity over some 7000 deliberately-inflicted executions.
The current casualties [from 9-11] are a mere 0.000159% of the legal deaths in America at the hand of abortionist "doctors." Yet we as a nation have a hundred, a thousand times more grief over that than we do about the mountains of dead babies, now over seven times as large as the number of Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust. We look down our noses at the terrorists, who deny the "sanctity of life" (as if we don't, as a society). We despise Hitler, while we have murdered five, six, seven times more than he did (depending on how the casualties of WW II are figured in).
We are even approaching Mao's estimated 60 million murders of his own people. He killed his own without Christ and Christian revelation. We kill ours with those spiritual benefits. We even allow mothers to kill their own children. God help us. This is the sort of utter, abominable moral hypocrisy that I have been trying to point out. I know it is difficult to see, but it is undeniable.
We certainly can know what nations are particularly worthy of judgment, based on their sins. America is worthy, I have little or no doubt, based on legal abortion alone, as well as a host of other evils, including soon-to-be-institutionalized homosexuality (which reminds me just a wee bit of Sodom and Gomorrah). Does this prove therefore that September 11th was in fact divine judgment? No, not at all. Yet a belief that it was is not at all implausible or incoherent or impermissible, given the biblical data on the topic.
Also, God may choose to exercise His mercy at any time, even if a nation is worthy of judgment. He did that with Israel repeatedly; so I believe He continues to do (as He does not change). Determining actuality, on the other hand, is a quite different proposition, due to the complexity of Providence and the place of evil in it. I think it is every bit as hard to determine as fulfilled prophecy, if not more so. Hypocrisy is surely a prominent motif in Scripture, for those who know more of revelation, and it is by no means confined to nations possessing revelation. God is not mocked. The scales will be made right in due course, whether in history or at the end of it.
If one wishes to quibble with a person stating that September 11th was "definitely" a judgment, I can see that, but to not even allow one to believe it is a plausible possibility: that I can't comprehend. Nor do I accept the proposition made by some Christians that God no longer judges, and has changed somewhere in the period between the Old and New Testaments.
We are already far beyond worthiness for judgment, as far as I am concerned. What does it take (I ask anyone who denies this)? I haven't seen anyone who denies this possibility arguing as to how 44 million savage executions of children are somehow not serious enough to merit judgment. Would 100 million be? Would one billion? Or maybe blowing up the whole earth and killing 7 billion or whatever it is now? We rightly detest the evil of 6 million Jews being killed in the Holocaust . . . Obviously, little people are placed out of the category of people (even by many Jews, who ought to know better, one would think), just as blacks and Indians and Jews and other groups were placed historically. Otherwise, our culture wouldn't think in these radically contradictory and absurd terms.
I shall now re-state my "thesis on judgment" briefly and more precisely, and draw some additional distinctions which might be helpful to promote further discussion and thought on this issue:
1. Significant amounts of institutionalized evils or illegitimate, immoral social norms in a nation/society (whether "Christian" or pagan) render it worthy of judgment, according to biblical teaching.
Nations which possess relatively more revelation and reject it, will tend to be more spiritually hypocritical and rebellious in degree (thus more worthy of judgment, according to "to whom much is given, much is required") than nations not possessing revelation which also have institutionalized evil and illegitimate, immoral social norms, though there may be exceptions to the rule in the case of extraordinarily wicked nations which had never been Christianized or "Judaized."
2. Being worthy of judgment is determined by lack of adherence to biblical and natural law morality, whereas a possible scenario of being in fact judged by God cannot be determined with certainty, since many other factors with regard to Providence and the "timing" of God's actions must be taken into account, and man doesn't have enough information to render such a conclusion beyond all doubt (and no biblical information, excepting some extraordinarily clear prophecies).
3. Given #1 and #2, it is altogether permissible and proper to believe that it is plausible or possible that a given nation is in fact being judged or chastised, based on its disobedience to moral law and/or spiritual hypocrisy (which God clearly disapproves of in the strongest terms in Scripture).
4. Repentance on an individual level and in a corporate sense (e.g., as the Ninevites did in response to Jonah) is consistent with either an acceptance of moral failure, based on #1, or belief that judgment may in fact be taking place, as in #3, or both. Belief that judgment is indeed occurring (like a belief that the End of the Age or the Second Coming is near) often produces deep repentance among those in the society who are still spiritually "reachable." Even if that belief is mistaken, the repentance based wholly or in part on that belief is still a positive social good. And of course it is good (at all times) for a nation to examine itself and its laws and norms and moral teachings. History teaches us that this usually doesn't happen unless and until some serious calamity occurs.
Addendum: One might also possibly argue (I'm basically thinking out loud and exploring this notion) that since whole nations do not usually repent unless serious calamities occur (and/or revivals), that therefore, the presence of widespread repentance and self-examination might be taken as evidence (given what history teaches us) that indeed judgment or revival had occurred. The purpose of judgment (unless it is final) is to purify a nation, so increasing moral purity in turn might lead one to reasonably suspect that the judgment that usually produces it was present.


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Safety always has been a top priority for staff at the Licking Park District, said Bob Williams, the park district's director.
So when a Newark woman had to be taken by medical helicopter to the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University from injuries she sustained in a crash on the bike path, Williams knew it was time to re-evaluate how he could make the path safer for riders.
The portion of the path where the crash occurred is near Cherry Valley and Reddington roads. The woman crashed as she tried to maneuver the sharp curve between the two tunnels on the path. Williams visited the site ...

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Funny Bones, 1951 (3)
On taking her defective toaster to the repair shop, the dignified dowager was told: "You've got a short circuit here, ma'am."
"Then lengthen it for me, please," the lady instructed him crisply.
To a Turn
The customer at the lunch counter was struggling valiantly with his not-so-choice cube steak. Finally he put down his knife, glared at the design left by the scoring machine, and said to the proprietor:
"It's a shame to fry a tire that still has this much tread on it!"
A Way Out
Thomas Edison hated formal dinners, which were always stuffy affairs to him. One night, at a particularly dull gathering, he decided to sneak away and return to his laboratory. As he was pacing back and forth near the door, waiting for an opportune moment to escape, his host came up to him.
"It certainly is a delight to see you, Mr. Edison," he said. "What are you working on now?"
"My exit," replied the inventor, amazed at his own boldness.
Point of View
A husband drew up his chair beside his wife's sewing machine.
"Don't you think you're running too fast?" he asked. "Look out, you'll sew the wrong seam. Mind that corner now! Watch your finger. Steady!"
"What's the matter with you, John?" said his wife. "I've been running this machine for years."
"Well, dear, I thought you might like me to help you, since you help me to drive the car."
Beatrice Lillie went to the country for a weekend and heard one of the guests make a series of statements which she deemed objectionable. She protested immediately to the hostess, who assured her: "Oh, he really doesn't mean it. He's joking. He is saying those things with tongue in cheek."
Miss Lillie replied: "He confuses tongue-in-cheek with foot-in-mouth."
The applicant for a job as housemaid was being interviewed by the employment agent and was asked if she had any preference as to the kind of family she would like to work for.
"Any kind," she replied, "but highbrows. I worked for a pair of them once, and him and her was fighting all the time. It kept me running back and forth from the keyhole to the dictionary till I was worn out."
"Was your garden a success this year?" asked a friend.
"I should say so," was the reply. "Our neighbor's chickens won first prize at the poultry show."
A small boy came home from school saying that he had to copy everything from a neighbor because he couldn't see the blackboard.
His mother took him to an eye doctor who made an extensive examination. Finally turning to the mother, the doctor said: "Why, this child's eyes are completely normal." Then turning to the boy, he asked: "Just why can't you see the blackboard?"
"Because the kid that sits in front of me is too tall."
A speaker had warmed up to the subject of conservation. "I don't suppose," he glowered at his audience, "that any of you has ever done a single thing to preserve our timber."
"I shot a woodpecker once," came a meek reply from the back of the building.
"Johnny, give me a sentence containing the word 'I,'" said the teacher.
"I is," Johnny began.
"No, no," she cut him short, "it is always 'I am.'"
"All right," Johnny shrugged his shoulders. "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."
The government official has advised the farmer to collect his livestock of every description and have them branded.
"I suppose that's going to be all right," said the farmer, "but honest, mister, I'm going to have quite a time with those bees."
Signed and Sealed
Mr. Bronson died very suddenly, and an important business letter was left unmailed.
Before sending it off, his secretary, who had a passion for explanatory detail, added a postscript below Mr. Bronson's signature: "Since writing the above, I have died."
Best in Class
A little boy, not particularly brilliant or beautiful, came home one day delighted to tell his parents that the teacher had said he was the best in his class.
They were proud and impressed, and he basked in their praise until they asked what the class had been doing that afternoon.
Said the lad, somewhat reluctantly: "We were practising opening our mouths wide."
By the Smile
A woman got on a streetcar.
"Does this car go to Grand boulevard?" she asked of Clancy the conductor.
"Yes," replied Clancy.
A few minutes passed.
"Are you sure it goes to Grand boulevard?"
"Yes," replied Clancy.
"There's no danger we'll go past Grand boulevard?"
"No," said Clancy.
Every five minutes she asked about Grand boulevard.
"Will you tell me when we're near it?"
"Just how will I know when we get there?"
"By the smile on my face, lady."
Taste Tells
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bottomley had one of those knock-down, drag-out arguments.
"You're the worst husband in the world," she yelled. "The way you treat me, if anybody came here, they'd think I was the cook."
"Oh, yeah," growled the husband. "Well, they wouldn't if they stayed for dinner."
A couple of newlyweds were returning from their honeymoon.
"Darling," said the bride as they stepped off the train, "let's make the people around here believe that we've been married a long time."
"Okay," said the groom, "you carry the suitcase."
In Detail
"Where have you been the last three hours?" demanded the minister's wife, somewhat annoyed.
"I met Mrs. Black on the street and asked how her married daughter was getting along," sighed the weary pastor, "so she told me."


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NVIDIA Live Stream: We Want Your Questions!
Subject: Graphics Cards, Displays, Mobile | August 21, 2014 - 05:23 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: nvidia, video, live, shield, shield tablet, g-sync, gsync, tom petersen
Tomorrow at 12pm EDT / 9am PDT, NVIDIA's Tom Petersen will be stopping by the PC Perspective office to discuss some topics of interest. There has been no lack of topics floating around the world of graphics card, displays, refresh rates and tablets recently and I expect the show tomorrow to be incredibly interesting and educational.
On hand we'll be doing demonstrations of G-Sync Surround (3 panels!) with the ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q display (our review here) and also show off the SHIELD Tablet (we have a review of that too) with some multiplayer action. If you thought the experience with a single G-Sync monitor was impressive, you will want to hear what a set of three of them can be like.
NVIDIA Live Stream with Tom Petersen
9am PT / 12pm ET - August 22nd
PC Perspective Live! Page
The topic list is going to include (but not limited to):
- ASUS PG278Q G-Sync monitor
- G-Sync availability and pricing
- G-Sync Surround setup, use and requirements
- Technical issues surrounding G-Sync: latency, buffers, etc.
- Comparisons of G-Sync to Adaptive Sync
- SHIELD Tablet game play
- Altoids?
But we want your questions! Do you have burning issues that you think need to be addressed by Tom and the NVIDIA team about G-Sync, FreeSync, GameWorks, Tegra, tablets, GPUs and more? Nothing is off limits here, though obviously Tom may be cagey on future announcements. Please use the comments section on this news post below (registration not required) to ask your questions and we can organize them before the event tomorrow. We MIGHT even be able to come up with a couple of prizes to giveaway for live viewers as well...
See you tomorrow!!
NVIDIA 340.52 Drivers Are Now Available
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | July 29, 2014 - 08:27 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, geforce, graphics drivers, shield tablet, shield
Alongside the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet launch, the company has released their GeForce 340.52 drivers. This version allows compatible devices to use GameStream and it, also, is optimized for Metro: Redux and Final Fantasy XIV (China).
The driver supports GeForce 8-series graphics cards, and later. As a reminder, for GPUs that are not based on the Fermi architecture (or later), 340.xx will be your last driver version. NVIDIA does intend to provided extended support for 340.xx (and earlier) drivers until April 1st, 2016. But, when Fermi, Kepler, and Maxwell move on to 343.xx, Tesla and earlier will not. That said, most of the content of this driver is aimed at Kepler and later. Either way, the driver itself is available for those pre-Fermi cards.
I should also mention that a user of Anandtech's forums noted the removal of Miracast from NVIDIA documentation. NVIDIA has yet to comment, although it is still very short notice, at this point.
A Tablet and Controller Worth Using
An interesting thing happened a couple of weeks back, while I was standing on stage at our annual PC Perspective Hardware Workshop during Quakecon in Dallas, TX. When NVIDIA offered up a SHIELD (now called the SHIELD Portable) for raffle, the audience cheered. And not just a little bit, but more than they did for nearly any other hardware offered up during the show. That included motherboards, graphics card, monitors, even complete systems. It kind of took me aback - NVIDIA SHIELD was a popular brand, a name that was recognized, and apparently, a product that people wanted to own. You might not have guessed that based on the sales numbers that SHIELD has put forward though. Even though it appeared to have a significant mind share, market share was something that was lacking.
Today though, NVIDIA prepares the second product in the SHIELD lineup, the SHIELD Tablet, a device the company hopes improves on the idea of SHIELD to encourage other users to sign on. It's a tablet (not a tablet with a controller attached), it has a more powerful SoC that can utilize different APIs for unique games, it can be more easily used in a 10-ft console mode and the SHIELD specific features like Game Stream are included and enhanced.
The question of course though is easy to put forward: should you buy one? Let's explore.
The NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet
At first glance, the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet looks like a tablet. That actually isn't a negative selling point though, as the SHIELD Tablet can and does act like a high end tablet in nearly every way: performance, function, looks. We originally went over the entirety of the tablet's specifications in our first preview last week but much of it bears repeating for this review.
The SHIELD Tablet is built around the NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC, the first mobile silicon to implement the Kepler graphics architecture. That feature alone makes this tablet impressive because it offers graphics performance not seen in a form factor like this before. CPU performance is also improved over the Tegra 4 processor, but the graphics portion of the die sees the largest performance jump easily.
A 1920x1200 resolution 7.9-in IPS screen faces the user and brings the option of full 1080p content lacking with the first SHIELD portable. The screen is bright and crisp, easily viewable in bring lighting for gaming or use in lots of environments. Though the Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 had a 2048x1536 resolution screen, the form factor of the SHIELD Tablet is much more in line with what NVIDIA built with the Tegra Note 7.
Continue reading our review of the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet and Controller!!
NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Available for Pre-order on Amazon
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | July 24, 2014 - 10:04 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: shield tablet, shield, nvidia
Just a small note to continue with our SHIELD Tablet coverage. It turns out that the $299 (16GB) SHIELD Tablet, its cover, and its wireless controller are all available for pre-order on Amazon. The unit will actually be available on July 29th, but we were not aware that pre-orders would be possible until now.
While Ryan wrote a preview for the SHIELD Tablet, he is not giving a final word until he gets it into his lab and is capable of giving a full review. Also, we do not know how many units will be available. Whether you should pre-order, or wait for Ryan's final word, is up to you.
Thanks to our fans for alerting us of this availabilty in the IRC during TWiCH.
Podcast #310 - NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet, WD 6TB Red and 4TB Red Pro HDDs and more!
Subject: General Tech | July 24, 2014 - 12:58 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, nvidia, shield, shield tablet, tegra, tegra k1, WD, red, 6tb red, 4tb red pro, A88X-G45 Gaming, xiaomi, maxwell, amd, Intel
PC Perspective Podcast #310 - 07/24/2014
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One year later and the Nvidia Shield becomes a Tablet
Subject: General Tech | July 22, 2014 - 01:58 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: twitch, tegra k1, tegra, shield tablet, shield controller, shield, nvidia, grid, gamestream
Shame on you if you skipped Ryan's review of the new Shield, for those that have and are looking for a second opinion you can check out The Tech Report and other links below the fold. To quickly recap the controller is now optional but you can connect up to 4 simultaneously for group gaming, the built in 8" IPS display is capable of 1920x1200 and you can output video to an external monitor at 1080p. The 192 shader processors on the Tegra K1 SoC inside should have no problems with fast paced action at these resolutions and at launch there are almost a dozen games optimized for the K1. The focus on gaming performance is obvious but the inclusion of DirectStylus 2 for those who want to use the tablet for creating art adds an interesting extra feature to this tablet, especially if it will work with NVIDIA's ShadowPlay streaming technology as live broadcasts of artists drawing has become quite popular in some crowds. It will be very interesting to see this tablet compete against consoles and the soon to arrive Steamboxes.
"Just under a year since the release of the Shield Portable, Nvidia has announced a second member of the Shield family. As expected, it's the Shield Tablet, an Android slate with an emphasis on gaming. Like the Shield Portable before it, the Shield Tablet will sell direct from Nvidia, not from a partner company. The Shield Tablet extends Nvidia's Android gaming focus to a new form factor, making it one of the first tablets anywhere with a fairly pure gaming mission."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Tegra K1 Gaming is Near: NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet & Controller Preview @ Techgage
- NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Preview @ Hardware Canucks
- Nvidia officially reveals the Shield tablet @ Kitguru
- A newer kind of web tracking is almost impossible to stop @ engadget
- Handheld device allows anyone to instantly test drinks for date rape drugs @ ExtremeTech
- Intel announces 'self encrypting' solid state drives to fight data breaches @ The Inquirer
- GoTenna: How does this 'magic' work? @ The Register
- Asus RP-AC52 Wireless Range Extender review @ Bjorn3D
SHIELD Tablet with new Features
It's odd how regular these events seem to come. Almost exactly one year ago today, NVIDIA launched the SHIELD gaming device, which is a portable Android tablet attached to a controller, all powered by the Tegra 4 SoC. It was a completely unique device that combined a 5-in touchscreen with a console-grade controller to build the best Android gaming machine you could buy. NVIDIA did its best to promote Android gaming as a secondary market to consoles and PCs, and the frequent software updates kept the SHIELD nearly-up-to-date with the latest Android software releases.
As we approach the one year anniversary of SHIELD, NVIDIA is preparing to release another product to add to the SHIELD family of products: the SHIELD Tablet. Chances are, you could guess what this device is already. It is a tablet powered by Tegra K1 and updated to support all SHIELD software. Of course, there are some new twists as well.
The NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet is being targeted, as the slide above states, at being "the ultimate tablet for gamers." This is a fairly important point to keep in mind as you we walk through the details of the SHIELD tablet, and its accessories, as there are certain areas where NVIDIA's latest product won't quite appeal to you for general purpose tablet users.
Most obviously, this new SHIELD device is a tablet (and only a tablet). There is no permanently attached controller. Instead, the SHIELD controller will be an add-on accessory for buyers. NVIDIA has put a lot of processing power into the tablet as well as incredibly interesting new software capabilities to enable 10-ft use cases and even mobile Twitch streaming.
Continue reading our preview of the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet and Controller powered by Tegra K1!!
NVIDIA Counts Down to... Something "Ultimate".
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | July 20, 2014 - 03:41 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: shield tablet, shield 2, shield, nvidia
In Europe, NVIDIA set up a simple, official page. Its title is "THE ULTIMATE IS COMING | NVIDIA". On it are the words, "The Ultimate Is Coming" as well as a countdown to 9 AM EDT on Tuesday, July 22nd. At the same time, North Americans get "Ultimate Quest", a text adventure game which ends on -- surprise -- Tuesday with a giveaway of "something big" for the first players who finish.
Allegedly leaked slide - Not Official!
All images credit: Videocardz (and they have more).
What is it? It is very likely the rumored SHIELD tablet, especially considering Videocardz has convincing slides which are definitely made in NVIDIA's style. What made SHIELD so unique was its controller form factor (and NVIDIA's software support). According to the slides, the controller will now be a wireless accessory to the base tablet. What will come standard is a stylus, the "DirectStylus 2 with 3D Paint". This seems like an odd addition, unless they have already planned use cases.
Allegedly leaked slide - Not Official!
As for the tablet? The slides claim Tegra K1, 2GB of RAM, 1920x1200 display, 5MP (HDR) front and rear cameras, and a MicroSD card slot. Previously, leaks suggested a 640x480 front-facing camera, which did not make sense to me. With the original SHIELD lacking a camera, it seemed very odd to relaunch with a bad one. 5MP, especially if it is a good sensor, is much more reasonable (especially for the front-facing one).
Allegedly leaked slide - Not Official!
The leaks also suggest interesting price points, especially for such a powerful tablet. These details can change at a moment's notice, though, so I won't really acknowledge it (apart from embedding the slide below). They do seem to be targeting the end of the month for North America, or middle August for Europe, which is a very quick launch. Then again, it is ready enough to be a prize for a contest which ends on Tuesday.
Allegedly leaked slide - Not Official!
I except we will see how much of this, if anything, holds up on Tuesday.
E3 2014: NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet Will Exist?
Subject: General Tech, Mobile, Shows and Expos | June 9, 2014 - 02:10 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: shield tablet, shield, nvidia, E3 14, E3
The Tech Report had their screenshot-fu tested today with the brief lifespan of NVIDIA's SHIELD Tablet product page. As you can see, it is fairly empty. We know that it will have at least one bullet point of "Features" and that its name will be "SHIELD Tablet".
Image Credit: The Tech Report
Of course, being the first day of E3, it is easy to expect that such a device will be announced in the next couple of days. This is expected to be based on the Tegra K1 with 2GB of RAM and have a 2048x1536 touch display.
It does question what exactly is a "SHIELD", however. Apart from being a first-party device, how would they be any different from other TegraZone devices? We know that Half Life 2 and Portal have been ported to the SHIELD product line, exclusively, and will not be available on other Tegra-powered devices. Now that the SHIELD line is extending to tablets, I wonder how NVIDIA will handle this seemingly two-tier class of products (SHIELD vs Tegra OEM devices). It might even depend on how many design wins they achieve, along with their overall mobile market share.
The Crowbar *WAS* for Half-Life 2 (and Portal) on SHIELD
Subject: General Tech | May 12, 2014 - 09:42 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, shield, half-life 2, Portal
What would Gordon Freeman do? He would tell everyone to... ... oh right.
Well, apparently he is available on the NVIDIA SHIELD, now, along with Portal. I am not talking about GameStream. These two games have been ported to Android, but only through the SHIELD. From their screenshots, the mobile games look pretty good, especially Portal with its look-through mechanics.
As usual, whenever NVIDIA really wants something, they will often parachute engineers through your skylights to do it for you. The company revolves around delivering experiences to their customers, which is a good mindset for a company to have. This is one of the main reasons for Microsoft and the success of PC gaming, especially in the late 90's with their DirectX efforts.
If you have an NVIDIA SHIELD, Half Life 2 and Portal are available now for $9.99, through TegraZone.
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Volvo V40 Cross Country coming to India
Date of Launch 14th June 2013, Expected price: Rs. 27-30 lakh [Updated 27/05/2013]
Date of Launch 14th June 2013, Expected price: Rs. 27-30 lakh [Updated 27/05/2013]
The Paris Motor Show this year is shaping up to be a much desired conjecture especially with international auto manufacturers the likes of Volvo, who have already made their presence felt in India, and are now looking to exploit new segments and unchartered territories both internationally and more so within their own creative circles.
More importantly for India, the big news straight from the glossy show floors at the ongoing Mondial de l'Automobile is that the Swedish car maker has confirmed that it will indeed be bringing its V40 Cross to India in the first or second quarter of 2013 with an unveiling early that year.
This third variant of the V40 model which was recently launched at Paris according to Volvo India officials is targeted against the Mercedes B-Class and the BMW X1 and believe it or not will in all probabilities be priced slightly lower than both these entry level luxury vehicles which hover around the 23-27 lakh price range for the their base variants.
After paving the way for a totally new segment with the V70 Cross Country when it was launched in 1997, Volvo is looking at starting a new chapter with the all-new Volvo V40 Cross Country almost 15 years later.
Although elegant in appeal and style the Cross Country mind you is a far more rugged and sportier version of the original V40 model and features unique details such as silver roof rails, 19-inch alloy wheels, a honeycomb mesh grille and upright day-running lights, a contrasting rear bumper and integrated skid plates that set it apart visually from the toned down standard version of the V40 model series.
Estimated price: 75.00 lakh
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The Manosphere has been a-fire lately concerning conservative opinionator Bill Bennett's recent book about "manhood" and a follow-up article by a feminist conservative complaining that men today "won't grow up" and marry her awesomely awesome younger spirit-sisters.
Fellow bloggers Dalrock and Ferdinand Bardamu have both covered this issue in great detail. I for my part covered almost all of this stuff in my two-part series on Kay Hymowitz and her silly, uninformed screeds against young men. I really have no interest in re-arguing those points, so I will encourage new readers to review those pieces.
And I will add a few new thoughts that apply to the whole gang of them.
1. In my posts I noted that Hymowitz et al conflated alpha males, who refuse to "settle down," and omega males, who don't have anything to offer modern women. In light of these new, um, contributions, I'd like to refine that angle with another reference to Dalrock – these women resent alpha males because they are successful and non-committal, and they resent beta/omega males because they are unattractive and clingy (in other words, too committal).
2. One of the major threads of criticism in the Manosphere holds that feminism and so-called "traditionalism" are a lot more alike than either want to admit because they both seek to obligate men to benefit women's interests. I called this "obligation masculinity," and it only works as an organizing principle of society if obligation femininity also exists.
Bennett and Nance continue the streak – in their argument, men are told to do certain stuff and act a certain way for the benefit of women, children, the economy, society, God – everyone but themselves. Truly they are supposed to put everyone else's interests ahead of their own, because "that's what a man does." Interesting how in their world, no one else is expected to put a man's interest ahead of their own. "Traditionalist conservative" family models might claim to do this, but as Dalrock has pointed out even conservative churches speak like Christ but act like Oprah, refusing to publicly criticize the perpetrators of frivolous divorce. If they're working for everyone else's benefit, it's not at all wrong to ask, what's in it for them? (Lest you think I'm a hardened cynic, I understand that many relationships of all stripes are successfully built on a bedrock of balanced, mutually-interested sacrifice.)
3. Bennett, Nance and others try to lecture and shame men to "man up," as if the problem can be fixed from the inside. This is simply an adaptation of free-market conservatives' longtime arguments about poverty – "if you don't like being poor, work harder!" It's silly advice to the poor, because systemic poverty is a complicated, multi-generational macro-issue. Bennett tells guys to "get a challenging job." Where are said jobs? Can they get them in vending machines for a dollar and a quarter? Men are supposed to be "responsible" for a wife and kids. What does that mean for a generation of men who were never taught how to be evenly modestly attractive to women? It's easy for a guy who spent most of his productive years in funded government positions and writes soft-philosophy books that WASPs buy to put on their fireplace mantles to tell young men to just get up and go to work. There's no there there.
4. The theme of "guys play too many video games" is almost universal in this discussion, especially coming from women. What amazes me, although it doesn't surprise me, is the complete lack of censure for the female equivalents (collecting clothes, eating out and traveling). Hymowitz in fact openly praised the shallow, consumptive lifestyles of her Manhattan mentees while slamming men for so much as drinking beer.
In any case, I think the knock on video games, poker and guy-only trips to the bar is simply another way of invalidating the "secret worlds" of men. It's de rigeur for women to question fraternities, sports teams and other male-only activities as exhibitions of repressed homosexuality. It's like guys wouldn't spend any time together unless they secretly wanted to bang (of course, the same critics would say there's nothing wrong with being gay and would balk at true homophobia even as they delight in impugning the integrity of men's sexuality).
The mocking of the competitive, fantastic worlds boys love is another layer of the onion. Just recently, a commenter at Married Man Sex Life questioned why Athol Kay had to put so much science fiction into his posts, as if it served some nefarious purpose to alienate women. At the time of the Hymowitz posts, a reader wrote me saying that long ago she had snagged her then-young son a used Star Wars comforter. He was thrilled. Boys want and need heroic stories, games and role models that stoke their imagination for big things – something scifi and fantasy provide in spades. Striving for a goal and seeking self-determination is how boys learn to grow into men.
I'm not going to elevate Sunday Night Baseball to the level of a religious ritual, but guys need guy time. Teamwork is a natural part of the male experience going back to the Time Before Writing. It fills a critical social role, even more so today where traditional "man zones" have been unilaterally opened up to women – first by fiat, then by the forces of cultural acclimation. By and large men of my generation have accepted women in the workplace, boardrooms, and even in locker rooms (as reporters or players) with aplomb. Is a pizza and beer night with no girls allowed really that much to ask in return?


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Greece Promises To Front-Load Austerity Even As Troika Has Not Yet Agreed To Provide Next Dose Of Monetary Heroin
After Greece realized that it is not America, which can pretend it will do an infinite does of austerity... just not today... and not tomorrow...and really everything will be back-end loaded to some point 9 year from now (when it is some "other administration's problem") and the IMF made it clear that cuts have to happen immediately if not sooner, the country has released a statement that in exchange for getting the latest round of Troika funding (which it needs desperately: recall that it has another €2 billion debt paydown this Friday), it will front-load some of those mythical austerity measures that otherwise would have never really occurred. Which means that strikes (most notably by the tax collectors), riots and all around fun is about to become the prime time TV highlight from Syntagma square all over again, as tens of thousands of more government workers are fired or furloughed, or just generally lose their pension benefits, courtesy of living in an insolvent country. In the meantime, the European banks can pretend the contagion from a Greek fall out will be contained and the Fed's infinite swap lines will mask any and all completely unexpected black swans. Best of luck with that.
From Reuters:
Greece has agreed to front-load austerity measures and is close to securing a deal with its international lenders, a Finance Ministry official said on Tuesday.
"I feel confident that the next tranche will be disbursed. We are close to clinching a deal with the troika," the official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
And in other news, while the IMF did succeed to call Greece's bluff, it still hasn't shown its hand. And it won't, but not until October as was reported earlier, but next week. Which means this week's next bond payment will once again put the market on edge.
The mission of top inspectors from Greece's international lenders will return to Athens early next week to resume its review of the country's progress in a 110 billion euro ($150 billion) bailout programme, a source close to the team said on Tuesday.
The representatives from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank had earlier held a conference call with Greece's finance minister on steps Greece must take to receive an 8 billion euro aid tranche it needs to avoid running out of cash next month.
The source close to the so-called troika said good progress was made during the call and technical discussions would continue in Athens in the coming days.
In other words: nothing is settled, daily headline risk remains, except that the Greek government should immediately start charging royalty payments for RiotVisionTM, which in this next coming iteration should be quite a spectacle.
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sounds like we're going to have more of a recycle, rinse, and repeat of headlines for the next few months
NO, please, no, I will be wrangling some cattle in Wyoming by then.
This bailout nonsense is getting uber boring!
Guess they didn't want to wait until winter...I'm telling you rioters won't come out in winter...but start the austerity now and you will have a mess on your hands quickly...
Coming to a network near you: RTV, the Riot channel, featuring such award-winning shows as:
"Funny Rock-Throwers"
"Burning Down this Old House"
ya get the idea!
I was thinking more 'Peyronies-troika'
Glasnost = Openness
Perestroika = Restructuring
What a bunch of bullshit. I have yet to see one ounce of openness during this dog and pony show and have not seen one gram of restructuring where it really counts.
Strap yourself in boys and girls. The ride is about to get bumpy. I believe Greece about as much as I believe Obama.
Why this econonmy is automatic
It's systematic
It's hydromatic
Why it's Greece lightning,
Greece will continue to be "saved" until the people Storm the Bastille and throw the bums out. Portugal is next in line.
im hoping to see a practcical greece for greeks solution... coerce youd have to get it by the banks and politicians by forcing revolution down their throat... but with the iron fist of status quo bearing down on the birthplace of the western world
who fucking cares
So you fire 500K public service employees, and what happens to tax reciepts?
I mean this is just a fucking brilliant strategy.
The banks are made whole, no consequences for their stupid investing, and the country implodes into civil war.
Euroland bank bonuses were in the several Billions of dollars in 2010. The banks didn't raise capital, don't have proper risk management, and on the whole continues to operate in a "status quo" manner.
If the Greeks are going to suffer in this manner than they mine as well leave the EU, as there may be upside to having the drachma back in about 5 years. Can't see any upside to them staying in the EU at anytime in the next 20 years.
You have to see the big picture. If the country did NOT explode into civil war and put bullets in the skulls of bankers and politicians, more or less escaping all consquence, then Italy, Spain and Portugal would be irresponsible not to follow suit.
There HAS TO BE CIVIL WAR and senior politician blood or the other PIIS will do the same thing.
Unfortunately, the Greek people have and will continue to have ZERO say in this matter.
The decisions are being made for them ("for their own good", of course) by the international banking cabal and its enforcement arm, the IMF.
Status quo 4-ever, bitchezzzz!
but isn't this what it's going to come down to for all the nations who run deficits and have economies where 30, 40, 50, 70% of jobs are government jobs. At some point no more can be borrowed and no more can be taxed and no more can be maintained in government jobs...
Your point that banks (and corporate interests and many other winners of the ponzi-conomy) are walking away winners and the average man is being left to bear the brunt of the clean up is correct. Maybe at some point the average man will get mad enough to support a politician, a party, and/or a revolution that will rise and represent all the people rather than the interests of the few (I seem to recall something about of the people, by the people, for the people).
I agree with you.
Public sector employment is not the answer. There are consequences for overborrowing and overspending. Just not for the banks that lent the money.
My point is in the absence of burden sharing, forcing this type of austerity on a country like greece is a receipe for civil unrest leading to civil war. Perhaps that is the natural outcome regardless of whether or not burden sharing exists.
In the EU they could have the Germans run their trains, utilities,....... their parliament.
actually the bankers would make more money if there really was a Civil War. That's "one of those things" that does what bankers love: lower prices. A Holocaust isn't bad either but it has obvious legal concerns. (Just ask Turkey.) No...the only explanation for all this self-flaggelation is simple, rank stupidity. Nothing more.
Since nothing matters to the market, this won't either.
I do suggest writting your congressional representatives and telling them you rememebr them in 2012 if they allow your tax dollars to go toward the European money pit.
Geez ... war may be cheaper.
Churchill viewed his efforts to save Greece from the communists as his greatest accomplishment after the end of WWII. Too bad he couldn't save them from the bankers.
And, no, I don't think old Winston was a member of the banker inner circle. That son of a gun got smashed by the stock market crash and never had all that much money. The boys of London must have had a jolly good laugh at Winston.
Disclaimer: I still like Winston. "Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees" is still my favorite Churchill-ism. The boys in Chelsea probably wouldn't understand that one. They like........never mind.
Actually writing them a letter asking "what happens to New Jersey" might be better. There are no greater delusions than American delusions. It's part of "what being on top" is all about actually.
Greece promises are as reliable as a broke crack whore jonesing for the next hit.
That is what I was thinking.
We have a friend we gave several thousand dollars to so that he could get on his feet and start his own little business. After doing that I would get regular updates, most of them were one form of whining or another. Then I didn't hear from him for a while. Finally, on Christmas Eve I heard from him once again. He told me how he planned to pay us back every penny we gave him. Several months later I spoke to him and felt like he was angling to get even more money out of me. I need a divorce like I need a third nut. It has now been months since i"ve heard from him and I haven't seen a penny.
When we gave the money we knew we may never see it again. Damn, I should have just bought Krugerrands. "A friend in need is a pain in the ass." Amen, to that.
I always went by this...
If you lend a friend 50/100/1000 dollars and you never see him again, it was probably worth it
I have loaned money in the past to obnoxious family members just for the benefit
of not having to see them again, as they avoided me after getting the cash.
Sometimes it is more than worthwhile.
That's why my last letter from my former investors thanked them for paying their taxes because "i've qualified!" my dream of course is to stiff them for half a billion as "this is considered heroic on your planet." Wait 'till a use the proceeds to start a bank! you will think me some kind of God or something!!!
daily headline risk remains
That's about it really.
The only real headline would be a revolt of Greek people after finally realizing what their own elites have in store for them:
"The most important people of Greece outside politics have said to me repeatedly over the past six months "you're wrong and you lose the target, the true challenge of the Greek economy is that of universal privatization of public property"
Servaz Deruz - EU commision representative in troika
The most important people of Greece outside politics
We can take it that he means self interested bankers who will raise funds outside of Greece to buy assets for cents on the Euro.
I will add this quote from the article:
"The chief expert of the European Union revealed that a "flood privatization" is what persistently ask the same big businessmen, top bankers, prominent economists and executives "think tanks" of Athens."
So not only bankers... I think that I was accurate when I used the word Greek "elites"...
I wonder if "Going Greek" gains in popularity?
I love going Greek, but my girlfriend hates it.
just use the EMP, drop the dirty bomb, cyber-attack us or whatever false-flag-du-jour you are planning and lets get this over with. The patience of these global masters is killing me!
At least we may be in the range bound for eur/usd and that is easy way to make some money up and down
"In the meantime, the European banks can pretend the contagion from a Greek fall out will be contained and the Fed's infinite swap lines will mask any and all completely unexpected black swans. Best of luck with that."
This could go on for a hell of a lot longer. Until, and not until, someone calls foul, who or what is going to stop them from monotizing to the moon? Which CB is going to "cheat" their country by not participating. It's easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.
In the back of my mind I keep thinking that even though the IMF is threatnening not to give the next tranche, in reality they can't wait to stuff it in Greece's face. Can you imagine when the IMF decides NOT to give that payment... Greece won't be able to pay back on it's bonds and defaults which is not an option for IMF's banker friends.
the answer for the Greeks can be found in a 30 year old movie - te Blues Brothers .
"Jake: Your women. I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children! "
The blackmail of Greece and bailout propaganda, is actually designed to make Europeans accept loss of financial sovereignty.
Axel Weber, German Banker has confirmed the crisis is being used for "political cover"
"Jabba" Venizelos : G Pap, those Troika shits are really squeezing our balls! They won't pay the 8 billion till we start to lay off everyone we promised.
G Pap : OK, get the engravers to create a New Drakma note. Put my face on the front and Kim Kardasian's ass on the back, Printed up oh about 5 million of them.
"Jabba" : But G Pap, to switch currencies we need 10000 times that and.....
G Pap: No "Jabba", when the Troika members come back next week bring them to the West conference room. We'll get the money when they see the wallpaper, chairs and conference table all made out of those fine New Drakma notes.
"Jabba" : They'll shit those 8 billion Euro's right out! You da MAN G Pap!
G Pap : I didn't get an A+ in Extortion at Harvard for nothing Jabba.
Poopy-Doo is really flailing about these days. Now Turkey is threatening Noble Energy over drilling in the Med. LAUNCH THE F-16'S POOPY! LAUNCH! LAUNCH! LAUNCH! Have you learned nothing from history? IT'S TIME FOR A BAIL IN! When will these people ever learn? "You were nobody's but for the Cold War....and that's been over going on 20 years now." Now he's married to the Euro..."and that bitch ain't puttin out."
slash slash slash...
Greece was supposed to default yesterday…what happened??! No more crap please…


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"The debate now is about what? Benghazi? Obamacare?" President Barack Obama asked at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Maryland this evening, citing the two- and four-year-old issues that Republicans want to talk about heading into the midterm elections. "It becomes this endless loop."
Obama, speaking before a crowd under a tent at a lawn fundraising party, was introduced by a host, Jeff Drezner, calling the Affordable Care Act of 2010 a "wild success." Obama, who has said that if the health-care law aimed at offering insurance to millions lacking coverage ends up working they are sure not to call it Obamacare anymore, joked that "in five years there will be a whole renaming process… It will be something different."
Looking back over his first term, almost a year and a half into the second, he cited a declining unemployment rate, increased fuel efficiency for cars and health care.
"If you look at were you better off now than when I came into office, the answer is yes," said the president, acknowledging that, still, "people are anxious."
This crowd was mainly anxious about holding the party's ground in the House. The tickets for the fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Potomac, Maryland, ran from $10,000 to $32,400 per couple.
Obama raised the election-year issue of closing the gap in income disparities in the U.S.
"We know how to do it," Obama said, citing early childhood education, clean energy, investments in research and infrastructure. "The problem is not that we lack solutions," the president said. "One party that has been captured by ideologues whose core is no… Who don't believe that we as a country have any significant role in giving people a hand up… whose principal focus is trying to figure out … how to make people sufficiently skeptical so that they can win the next election."
The Democrat from Illinois, who launched his first presidential campaign on a frigid winter day in Springfield, maintains that he wants to see a robust Republican Party – "I come from the Land of Lincoln," Obama said.
Yet calling the 2014 midterm elections in which most experts give the Republican Party a better than even chance of claiming total control of Congress "critical," the president asserted that the public sides with the Democrats on raising the minimum wage and revising the immigration laws — "but what they don't believe is that government can get anything done."
Eyeing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in the crowd, Obama said that when the California Democrat was speaker "we got a lot done."
Like passing Obamacare.
"I want her back as speaker," the president said of Pelosi
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Scruggs - England
Katie Scruggs and Cory England, both of Eudora, announce their engagement.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mike and Catherine Scruggs, Lawrence. She graduated from Lawrence High School and is employed at Hallmark.
The future groom is the son of Mike England, De Soto, and Tammy Roether, Eudora. He graduated from Eudora High School and works for D.F. Freeman.
The couple plan a May 6, 2006, wedding in Eudora.
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A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against the Washington Redskins in the legal dispute over last year's cancellation of the football team's trademark.
The decision leaves in place last year's decision by a U.S. Patent & Trademark Office judicial panel to strip the team's name of trademark protection because it was deemed an insult to Native Americans. Read More »


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November 29, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress expects to hold a hearing next month
on thoroughbred racing, looking into horse safety and other issues
following the death of Eight Belles.
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer
Protection sent letters last week to several industry leaders,
asking for their views on the sport.
Eight Belles broke down shortly after finishing second in the
Kentucky Derby earlier this month. The filly was euthanized on the
Subcommittee chairman Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Rep. Ed
Whitfield, R-Ky., said they expect to hold the hearing in June.
The death at Churchill Downs "raises serious questions about
the care and treatment of Eight Belles, and other young fillies
like her, and whether adequate preventive measures are in place to
prevent similar incidents in the future," Rush said Tuesday.
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PRESSRELEASE | All press releases
03 February 2009 10:45 CET
Scania's Board of Directors recommends that shareholders do not accept Porsche's mandatory offer
• Scania's shareholders have received an offer to tender their shares to Porsche for a consideration of SEK 68.52 in cash for each A share and SEK 67.10 in cash for each B share • Scania's Board of Directors* unanimously recommends that shareholders do not accept the offer
On 5 January 2009, Porsche announced that it had acquired indirect control of Scania AB (publ) ("Scania") by increasing its holding in Volkswagen to approximately 50.76 percent of shares with voting rights in Volkswagen. As a result of this increase and the fact that Volkswagen's interest in Scania exceeds the statutory threshold of 30 percent of all voting rights, Porsche acquired indirect control of Scania according to Swedish takeover law and was therefore obliged to announce a mandatory offer for those Scania shares that are not under its direct or indirect control.
On 19 January 2009, Porsche published a mandatory offer to acquire all shares in Scania that are not (directly or indirectly) held by Volkswagen or that otherwise (directly or indirectly) are controlled by Porsche (the "Offer"). Under the terms of the Offer, Porsche offers SEK 68.52 in cash for each Scania A share and SEK 67.10 in cash for each Scania B share. The price offered for the Scania shares corresponds to the minimum prices required by applicable rules, which are calculated on the basis of the volume-weighted average stock exchange price of the relevant share during the 20 trading days up to and including 2 January 2009, the last trading day before Porsche's acquisition of indirect control of Scania.
In the Offer, Porsche emphasised:
– that Porsche did not present the Offer voluntarily but only due to a legal obligation;
– that Porsche has no interest in acquiring any Scania shares; and
– that Porsche has no plans for Scania's future operations.
Porsche further stated that in its opinion, the Offer will not result in any substantial impact on Scania's future operations, its employees or management, including substantial impact or change in employment conditions or the locations where Scania operates.
The Scania Board of Directors' recommendation
In accordance with the provisions of the Takeover Rules of the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, the Board of Scania has evaluated the Offer with the assistance of Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.
The Board of Scania has based its recommendation on an assessment of factors that the Board has deemed relevant in relation to the Offer, including, but not limited to assumptions regarding Scania's business and financials.
Due to Porsche's majority holding in Volkswagen, the representatives of Volkswagen on Scania's Board of Directors, Mr. Martin Winterkorn, Mr. Francisco J. Garcia Sanz and Mr. Hans Dieter Pötsch, have abstained from participating in the Board's evaluation of the Offer. Further, Mr. Peter Wallenberg Jr was unable to participate in the Board meeting where the Board's recommendation was adopted.
The Board of Scania unanimously recommends that shareholders do not accept the Offer due to the following;
- Scania is a company with a strong, well positioned business with best in class profitability and excellent long-term prospects in heavy vehicles and services. The previously communicated plan of reaching 150,000 deliveries towards the mid of next decade remains unchanged.
- The Offer is the minimum price prescribed by applicable rules, which is approximately 15% lower than the pre-Offer price of Scania (i.e. 5 January 2009, when Porsche announced that it had acquired indirect control of Scania).
- Whilst recognising current financial market volatility, the Board believes that the Offer does not reflect the long-term value of Scania.
The position of the Board is supported by the fairness opinion provided by Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley, respectively. Both opinions conclude that as at 3 February, and based on and subject to the assumptions and other consideration set forth in such opinions, the "A Share Offer Consideration and the B Share Offer Consideration are inadequate from a financial point of view to the holders of the A Shares and B Shares respectively, other than Porsche, Volkswagen and their respective affiliates".
The fairness opinions from Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley are available in full at www.scania.com.
Under the Takeover Rules the Board of Scania is required, based on Porsche's statements in the Offer Document, to express its views on the effects of the Offer on Scania. Given that Porsche in the Offer has stated that it has no plans for the future operations of Scania, the Board is not able to evaluate what the potential impact of the implementation of the Offer would be on Scania's future operations, its employees or management, including employment conditions or the locations where Scania operates.
Södertälje, 3 February 2009
The Board of Directors
*Due to Porsche's majority holding in Volkswagen, the representatives of Volkswagen on Scania's Board of Directors, Mr. Martin Winterkorn, Mr. Francisco J. Garcia Sanz and Mr. Hans Dieter Pötsch, have abstained from participating in the Board's evaluation of the Offer. Further Mr. Peter Wallenberg Jr was unable to participate in the Board meeting where the Board's recommendation was adopted.
For questions, please contact:
Staffan Bohman, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, tel +46 8 553 855 55
Erik Ljungberg, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations, tel +46 8 553 835 57
Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. A growing proportion of the company's operations consists of products and services in the financial and service sectors, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective transport solutions and maximum uptime. Employing 35,000 people, Scania operates in about 100 countries. Research and development activities are concentrated in Sweden, while production takes place in Europe and South America, with facilities for global interchange of both components and complete vehicles. In 2007, invoiced sales totalled SEK 84.5 billion and net income amounted to SEK 8.6 billion. Scania press releases are available at www.scania.com


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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
On Huffington Post: Atlantic Yards: Judge Slams State Development Agency for "Failure of Transparency"
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This watchdog blog, by journalist Norman Oder, offers analysis, commentary, and reportage about the $4.9 billion project to build the Barclays Center arena and 16 high-rise buildings at a crucial site in Brooklyn. Dubbed Atlantic Yards by developer Forest City Ratner in 2003, it was rebranded Pacific Park in 2014 after the Chinese government-owned Greenland Group bought a 70% stake in 15 towers. New York State still calls it Atlantic Yards. Contact: AtlanticYardsReport[at]hotmail.com


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Its been quite a while since I let loose with a "the-Recording-Industry-is-too-dumb-to-live" rant.
Well, I'm overdue:
Thanks to the newly implements royalty rates, several major web broadcasters are on the verge of shutting down, including Yahoo and Time Warner's AOL. (Yahoo's Launchcast is the largest Web radio site.)
The 38% percent increase in royalties
to air music was simply too great to allow broadcasting to continue.
Bloomberg had the scoop:
"Yahoo and AOL stopped directing users to their radio sites after SoundExchange, the Washington-based group representing artists and record labels, began collecting the higher fees in July. Those royalties may stifle the growth of Internet radio, which increased listeners 39 percent in the past year, according to researcher ComScore Inc. in Reston, Virginia.
As a result, the number of people using Launchcast fell 11 percent
to 5.1 million in October, according to ComScore. AOL Radio users
declined 10 percent to 2.7 million from 3 million. Radio sites
attracted 51.2 million U.S. visitors last month, more than a quarter of
all U.S. Web users.
Radio sites have been "dealt a severe blow," said Jeffrey Lindsay, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York. "It seems very unlikely that at this stage a solution will be reached."
Wired previously reported that:
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has set dates for the first part of the appeals process initiated by DiMA, NPR, IBS, AOL, Yahoo, the National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music Licensing Committee, and other webcasters; Various groups of webcasters who filed appeals will have to submit their first briefs to try to convince the court why an appeal is so necessary by February 25, 2008.
You can see why the industry would want to raise fees: With terrestrial radio dying, and CD sales on the downslide, its important to prevent any additional promotion of the products.
Here's a suggestion: Why don't the artists not affiliated with major labels (Eagles, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, James Taylor, etc.) as well as Indie artists undercut the labels, and offer web broadcasters a cut rate?
Perhaps a little competition might be good for everyone . . .
Yahoo, AOL May Abandon Web Radio After Royalties Rise
Meg Tirrell
Bloomberg, Nov. 28 2007
Webcasters' Appeal of Royalty Rates to Begin in February
Eliot Van Buskirk
Wired, November 20, 2007 | 3:35:45 PM
Category: Digital Media, Music
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11 Responses to "Internet Radio Slowly Closing Down"
Sometimes I think these people at RIAA have a reserved place in hell… but then, they will be just back at home…
one of my favorites and still goin strong: http://www.di.fm/
works great in the car on my sprint touch fast evdo connection
In the U.S. and many countries you have a right as a citizen to enter into contracts.
I don't think it's ok to single out musicians and take their product, and deny them the equal right to enter contracts and sell their work (for a fee, etc), like any other citizen can.
thanks barry. this is good to know. i agree completely that this is an opportunity for indie artists to skip the middleman. in addition, i'd like to see itunes and other music etailers make it seamless for artists to sell without a record label. this could be the beginning of a rennaissance in music and far more profitable for the artists. 52M consumers are not going to switch back, we're all ears for new sounds.
Question: What % of the fees goes to the artist versus the label?
*evil grin*
The other thing that's significant but not mentioned is that ISPs are capping the download traffic of users. For example, HughesNet has a daily download limit f 190MB and Verizon & Comcast & ATT also has implemented limits. And if the limits are exceeded, the user is shut off from the internet completely for a period of time afterwards (ex: HughesNet is a 24-hr period). This all helps drive away listeners.
Japan on the other hand has taken the opposite approach where they keep giving the user more and charging less. Their internet is now capable of being used for gaming and for performing medical operations by doctors.
Interesting…they start to charge for the music, and no one is willing to pay (else there would be no shutdown). The wild claims of lost profits always bothered me, since there is an infinite demand for free goods. All this is showing is the true market value of the product. Better to keep it free and enjoy whatever promotional value might be in the broadcasts.
This is part of the issues with Satellite Radio which has been paying fees and is exposed to more fees.
ALso the future issue with Cable TV–
iot started decades ago as commercial free-then came commercials, then came premium channels to get commercial free–then came sports and then premium package sports–now we have the Cowboy packer game tonight on a premium package within premium package on pay cable tv.
Let me know when we have to pay for commercials (we do–hsn)
everyone is already paying for commercials since a 2-hr program on the Dish or cable has about 50% content and 50% commercials.
they have a license to print money since they get money from advertisers and money from subscribers.
they are running announcments on di.fm asking listeners to contact their legislators regarding this issue…
Other than myself, is anyone commenting here actually *in* the music business??
Barry, you are conflating two mediums: air broadcast and web "broadcasting." The rate increases are for entities rebroadcasting licensed works via the INTERNET, not "radio" as we know it. Webcasters have been paying FAR less than their radio-based counterparts for similar audience shares. These adjustments were meant to bring equity to the two mediums from a royalty perspective.
Yes, some webcasters will have to change their business model or go out of business. Pandora built a business on cheap licenses, gambling they'd never go up in price (Hello, Countrywide?). Prices increased, and Pandora's scrambling. While we all love Pandora cause they're so hip and cool and funky and HIP AND COOL, they may have not have had the business foresight and acumen to create and administer a functional business model given the operational climate.
The Bloomberg article is biased: it says "Threat to growth" about 2/3 the way through. "Growth" of course is the religious incantation of the business wonk, and anything that threatens it is bad.
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In 1993, Mr. Stefan Stamoulis, Principal Hydrogeologist, had a vision- to create a company based upon superior work and attentive customer service. With over twenty years of experience in groundwater and contaminant mobilization and delineation, Mr. Stamoulis firmly believes that customer service, top-quality product, and a positive and efficient work ethic ensure success. Hydrogeologic/Environmental Testing (H/ET) was founded upon this belief. Through controlled growth, careful cultivation of staff, and a clearly defined company philosophy, H/ET has accomplished and maintained these goals for the past 18 years.
Currently, H/ET enjoys a major market share within the solid waste industry in the Houston and extended Gulf Coast Region, and performs Phase ll Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) in the Gulf Coast and Four Corners Regions, with offices in Alvin, Texas and in Mancos, Colorado. As H/ET ventures into other market segments, our goal remains the same: a dedicated team of professional geologists, hydrogeologists, field technicians, and administrative staff who are synchronized to perform and generate top-quality products and services within a timely manner to ensure total customer satisfaction.
Mr. Stamoulis and his staff also share in a belief that it is important to give back to the community. Employees at H/ET are encouraged to pursue various altruistic activities and ventures. Some of those ventures include volunteering with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the National Humane Society, and the Animal Shelter and Adoption of Galveston Island, Texas.
Mr. Stamoulis' personal activities include membership of the Board of the Moody Endowment, the Board of the Transitional Learning Center, the Board of Transitional Learning Center Institutional Review Board, and lastly, a community Board member of the Institutional Review Board Office of Research Services at the University of Texas Medical Branch, all of which are located on Galveston Island, Texas.


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2008 Chery QQ GX petrol
This car deserve more applause than its price
Power windows jammed at 10.000.
Gearshift cable, replaced at 38.000.
Alternator blown out at 41.000.
Headlight bulb out (RH side) at 42.000.
Power steering oil pipe leaks at 44.000.
Reverse light switch does not work at 45.000.
General Comments:
Simple, easy to drive, easy on the pocket, fair performance and fairly equipped (A/C, disc player, power windows, power steering etc).
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 19th September, 2012
5th Dec 2014, 10:39
The Chery QQ3 has been the worst driving experience of my life.
In 100 000km the car was off the road three months of every year.
The alternator was replaced three times. The battery twice.
The HT leads are going for a third round now.
The heads had to be skimmed, and the water pump replaced etc etc etc.
The car was bought at a retail price of R63 000, and has cost over R40 000 in maintenance over 100 000 km.
I will not recommend this brand to anyone, and will never invest in the Chery brand myself again.
This is the most disappointing brand of vehicles I have ever had the misfortune of driving.
1st Mar 2015, 17:21
Sorry to hear your bad experience with the Chery QQ3, since I found it the other way around.
I replaced my high-tension wires when I reached >60.000 km (>4 years), my alternator blew-out when I hit the flood last year, replaced the water-pump 2 years ago and some other parts. The battery was replaced after >4 years (2013 and maybe next year), timing belt at 60.000 km, clutch disk at 70.000 km, and many more. But mostly those are wear and tear items, and they happen to practically any car including a Rolls or Audi.
Got overheated twice (leaked water pump and damaged hose on a gravel road), broken timing belt once, but virtually no damage to the cylinder head or any engine performance so far. I am now reaching >100.000 km, and it still works fine.
I admit it, it's not a great car, but for its extremely low price, it's worth every penny.
13th Apr 2015, 12:13
Hi Chery QQ drivers and owners. Can anyone recommend me a cheap and good workshop to repair the air con and timing belt? Hope to receive some info.
17th Apr 2015, 18:20
Where do you get the parts? I'm having trouble getting some replacement parts; even the filters are not available in Botswana.


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Bannan Institutes: Michael Fishbane | Creating a Culture of Care: Hebrew Scripture and Jewish Tradition on Charity and Hospitality
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Judaism interprets Scripture at several distinct levels. Each tries to cultivate the religious and moral life of the individual within community -- but in different ways and with different emphases. Life situations, spiritual attunement, and the authority of tradition all play a key role. The presentation will illustrate this interplay with examples from the Book of Genesis, Psalms, and the Song of Songs.
Michael Fishbane is the Nathan Cummings Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago, and served for many years as Chair of its Committee on Jewish Studies. He is the author or editor of over 20 books and hundreds of articles in scholarly journals and encyclopedias. His areas of research include Biblical Studies, medieval Jewish Bible commentaries and thought, Jewish spirituality, and modern Jewish religious thought. Among his many works are Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel; Garments of Torah; Essays in Biblical Hermeneutics; The Kiss of God: Spiritual Death and Dying in Judaism; and The Exegetical Imagination: Jewish Thought and Theology. His more recent books include Haftarot (a commentary on the prophetic lectionaries for Sabbaths and Festivals); Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking; and Sacred Attunement. A Jewish Theology (2008). He is presently completing a multi-level commentary on the Song of Songs, utilizing the entire range of commentaries from antiquity to the present. Recipient of many scholarly awards, Fishbane has twice won the National Jewish Book Award; and he has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and three times a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University. He is also a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. An article on Fishbane?s work and intellectual contributions appears in the Encyclopedia Judaica (2nd ed.). In 2005 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Jewish Scholarship from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Fishbane has been a visiting professor at many universities in the United States and abroad, including Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton in the U.S., and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.Visit our site for more information »
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