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In one sector at least - financial advisors - there are more people going independent. It's not a tidal wave, but at least a very big push for advisors from big wirehouse firms to set up shop on their own due to the damaged reputations of almost any big firm today. We match people to advisors - http://www.claroconnect.com - and have seen an accelerating shift since mid-2008 to advisors setting up their own independent advisory firms.
great, more financial advisors. that's exactly what we need to boost the economy.
I don't think you can really correlate loss of jobs with increase in entrepreneurship. True entrepreneurship usually comes from the desire to build a business of your own, and people going into it as a way to just support themselves are quickly disappointed by the amount of work and energy required to be successful at it.
Small business is the heart of America and it's been demolished by lack of credit and an inability to get health care on par with plans offered to major corporations.
Clean up those issues and more entrepreneurs will emerge. It's certainly one of the biggest factors that is chasing me back to corporate life after 4 years.
Of course more people will use their skills to support themselves. Much will be individuals supplying services, baking, sewiing, car repair, practical nursisnt aides, etc. This may be hard to measure.
Been independent since 2001. Only problems are buying health insurance and securing credit to ride through rough patches. I've learned more about running a business in the past eight years than in all my previous years as a corporate employee.
It seems to me that you cannot just look at self employment statistics since many entrepreneuers are working off of severance packages or savings without self employment income. These people are not going to show up in the stats.
Why does everyone believe health insurance is so desperately needed? How about people figure out what their annual health costs are and then set that amount aside in an interest bearing account. Then go buy catastrophic coverage to protect against major health issues. It will save you a ton. For meds, buy at Walmart or ask your doctor for samples…they get tons of freebies from drug-pushers. Even most pharmaceutical companies offer freebies. And yes, this is what I do as a self employed person. Stop waiting on someone else to take care of your health.
How much does catastrophic coverage cost?
$100 a month
As more and more corporations cut jobs, hours, and benefits, the opportunity costs of entrepreneurship decrease by comparison. I agree that many people first say, "I want to be an entrepreneur", without understanding the effort, commitment, and risk associated with being on one's own.
However, I believe more and more people will become entrepreneurs because the old implied social contract between corporation and employee is gone forever. More people will attempt to shape their own destinies instead of being a part of a large company.
Absolutely! Entrepreneurship rules during hard times AND it's what will turn this messed up economy around. Perhaps with a bit more social ethics and moral responsibility as well. Viva Revolution!!
My guess is that recessions breed the next wave of entrepreneurs. The cost of starting a business goes down and there are more opportunities as competitors cut back. This recession is definitely unique in that the credit markets are effectively closed. Health insurance is a problem, but few businesses at their inception offer health insurance so I'm not sure that's an impediment to entrepreneurs.
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You can't look just at self-employment statistics because successful entrepreneurs form entities and would appear in the statistics as "employed," even though they are employed by a wholly-owned entity.
J, that's interesting. I haven't heard anyone say that since Gramps. His suggestion - buy a catastrophic insurance policy, then take the money you would have spent on life insurance, invest it very conservatively, and then pay out of pocket when the time came. He ran a car repair business he started during the depression, saved one dollar for every dollar earned, died a fairly long death and managed to leave enough for his wife to live comfortably for the rest of hers. People of that generation were cut of different cloth.
Sulla, what's sad is that you have to think of a long dead ancestor to find an example of a self-sufficient attitude, which is what allowed our grandparents and parents to pull out of the Depression. Now we've grown fat and dumb on 40 years of the spoils system and welfare state and people no longer are taught the principles of sufficiency at home.
By the way, people from that era used to buy whole life insurance, too, on the basis of providing some cash to use in their old age, because they didn't have any confidence in social security and the mutual funds hadn't been invented yet.
The government doesn't want more entrepreneurs. They don't want more self-employed people accumulating deductions that wipe out all taxable income, which is what most year one or year two costs do.
The taxes alone are prohibitive for entrepreneurs: 13.2% SS, 10.3% state tax, 29% fed tax, medicare, SDI, etc. Its over 60% taxes.
The only reason you are seeing any entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley right now is because there are still bored dot com millionaires wandering around. Now that the economy has tanked, a guy whose options have already vested at a place like Apple and Google, has no reason to work...there's no upside in it. If you don't NEED to work, but still WANT to, going into business on your own is the solution.
But people with no money, like Steve Jobs and Wozniak, aren't starting businesses from scratch today (One key to their success was getting 25K lines of credit from a manufacturer/distributor, that would be 300K today and you'd never get it - even if the owner had it personally to lend to you, he probably would not).
Unless you have money, you aren't starting anything important. And if you want to get money, be prepared to give up half, or even more nowadays, of "your" business to an "angel" or VC.
That's why entrepreneurship is in decline.
i've been a tech entrepreneur and you nailed it, john. taxes are high (and a complex time drain) and health care almost eliminates someone with kids (unless mom has a job with benefits). In IT and software, you can't find a VC left standing (former operators have been gone for years, leaving number crunchers who are of little true value).
actually picked up a copy of "The FairTax." That's how worried I am about the direction the US is headed. I recommend it.
As a computer engineer in Silicon Valley, I've owned and operated my own business for 37 years after working for a decade in the Aerospace business. I am now revamping my business to incorporate some significant paradigm shifts ... when the economy swings back up I'll be ready to launch a very profitable new enterprize.
Unfortunately, we've become fixated on jobs, jobs, jobs instead of the creation of new businesses. So when you lose your job all you can do is wait for somebody on high to offer you another one ... full dependence. Operating one's own business allows for much more flexibility to change strategies to CONTROL YOUR LIFE!!
Funding? Hungry people will work for less than the arrogantly driven wages of yesteryear and there's always barter. A committed entrepreneur can't/won't be stopped!!
There will be much more activity, especially in the arena of CREATING vs. REDISTRIBUTING value and wealth. Advisors, lawyers, MBAs, etc will have to go back to school to learn how to adopt, adapt or invent real innovations that create needed products and capabilities that the global markets will buy and trust.
My latest book, "Creating Wealth with a Small Business: Tactics, Strategies and Models for Entrepreneurs" available Feb 23, 2009 528 pages $24.51. Includes an Epilog on whether or not small business start-ups can survive the recession. For serious, thoughtful readers.
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I started my first biz in 1977 and went full on in 1978. Remember that great time in economic history? It's 2009 and I'm still making it without a JOB since 1978. Of course back then I was an 20 year old dummy and had no idea what economics where much less paying attention to what you need to create a successful business. I just knew that I was rebellious against the MNA and wanted to be the Kingpin of own thing. In the last 30 years I've learned way too many things about giving up, staying on my chosen path despite many detours, figuring out how to handle success and deal with failure and entreprenerial instabilities, but the one that I have always abided by is that if you want to start your own business, do not, I repeat do not watch the damn news. All they do is tell you how to live and what you gotta do to RUIN your business. I've learned to that if want to make it good, you must learn to hustle and then can you survive the torment of economic hardships. Then once you become a full speed entrepreneur, you gotta learn how to deal with your own self inflicted warrants. Life is fun!!! MichaelKarvan.com
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Nicole Bindler
A fixture in Philadelphia's experimental dance scene, dancer/choreographer/massage therapist Nicole Bindler is known for riveting performances during which she draws not only from modern dance traditions but yoga, butoh, healing arts and martial arts movements. Though Bindler has 15 original works to her name, it's her improvisational dance that seems to get the most attention and acclaim; tonight she teams up with local composer and bass clarinetist Gene Coleman for a fully improvised presentation at Andrea Clearfield's Salon—aka the performance space in the Center City home of local composer Andrea Clearfield—which should make for a unique event. As Bindler says, "My work is always site-specific in that I seek to activate and enliven all spaces that I dance in, whether they are theaters, studios, homes, places of business or the outdoors. I also seek to connect audience members to their own embodied, corporeal experience with the immediacy and spontaneity of performance." M.A.G.
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Shdwply Records Showcase
Tonight, the way up 'n coming Norfolk, Virginia, label Shdwply Records shows what it's got in the form of five bands. Philly's the G makes gritty, noisy indie-rock reminiscent of the Pavement/Dinosaur Jr./Nirvana super-nineties, while Fishtown's the Spooks go the slinky, speedy surf-rock route like the Ventures on meth. Virginia's Super Vacations play reverbed, Nuggets-inspired '60s garage-rock somewhere between the Zombies and the Kinks; Brooklyn ensemble Columboid kick out some creepy, rudimentary synth-and-drums jams; and Massachusetts' Sore Eros delve into shimmering psych-rock and indie-folk that imagines a duo of Syd Barrett and Neil Young.
8pm, $7. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St. kungfunecktie.com
Keeping The Peace
In 2004, the world watched in horror as 26-year-old Philadelphia native Nicholas Berg—who'd gone to Iraq as a telecommunications contractor—was beheaded by Islamic militants in a chilling video. (The CIA said the infamous Abu Musab al-Zarqawi himself committed the deed). In the aftermath his father, Michael Berg—a pacifist and longtime anti-war activist—ramped up his efforts against the Iraq war and stirred up controversy by blaming his son's murder on President George W. Bush more so than Iraqi insurgents, and saying he was "saddened" by al-Zarqawi's eventual death in a U.S. military airstrike, insisting it would "perpetuate this endless cycle of revenge." In 2006, Berg moved to Delaware and made an unsuccessful bid for Congress as a Green Party candidate, running mainly on an anti-war platform. It's all documented in a new 89-minute film, Keeping the Peace, which will be screened tonight with co-directors JJ Garvine and Tai Parquet on hand for a Q&A. M.A.G.
8:30pm. $5.75-$9.50. Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave. 610.527.9898. brynmawrfilm.org
Constellations + Drink Up Buttercup
Self-conscious quirk is the new black, as shifty indie acts skirt classification and court offbeat aesthetics like a lothario that sniffs low self-esteem. Atlanta's Constellations possess a funky, cowbell-bashing '70s swagger queued behind singer Elijah Jones' gruff, dispassionate late-night croon. Locals Drink Up Buttercup are less urbane, affecting a capering sideshow energy that's equally psychedelic, but significantly more twee. The arrangements are fringed with ramshackle shamble as though they only came together in the last five minutes, bubbling with the infectious joy of giggling stoners at a cartoon festival. C.P.
8pm. $8-$10. The Note, 142 E. Market St., West Chester. thenotewc.com
Delta Spirit
Bringing together elements of new-Americana roots-rock, rough-edged '60s soul-rock, drone and old-time blues and folk music, San Diego quintet Delta Spirit makes a lively, heartfelt racket that fans of such Philly institutions as Dr. Dog, Man Man and Alec Ounsworth (of CYHSY/Flashy Python) will certainly recognize and probably appreciate. There's a bit of the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano in frontman Matt Vasquez's magnetic warble, and his yearning lyrics occasionally reveal his (and some of his bandmates') emo-punk roots. These days, they're punctuating their concerns with bouncing piano, warm tube-amp fuzz, and the occasional clanging trash can lid, ultimately creating more uplift than angst and ensuring everything remains, well, mighty spirited. M.A.G.
8pm, $12. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St. kungfunecktie.com
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Renewable energy. Wind turbines. Sustainable solutions. People often consider wind as an energy source with few limits, offering an unending power source with distinct capacity advantages over sources that deplete, such as fossil fuel. Facilities and buildings are turning to wind as a sustainable solution, but has the power capacity of large-scale wind farms been completely blown out of proportion?
New research in mesoscale atmospheric modeling by UNC Charlotte's Amanda S. Adams and Harvard University's David W. Keith, published Monday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, suggests that the power capacity of large-scale wind farms may have been significantly overestimated.
With large-scale wind farms, as many as hundreds of turbines mounted on tall towers and connected to the electrical grid capture the kinetic energy of the wind. Each wind turbine creates a "wind shadow" behind it, in which the turning blades slow the air. In an effort to reduce the impact of the wind shadows, wind farms space the turbines apart, while still locating as many turbines as they can on the land.
Current estimates of the global wind power resource over land range from 56 to 400 terawatts. Most of these estimates assume implicitly that the turbines extracting the wind energy have little impact on the atmosphere and, therefore, little effect on the energy production.
The new research says that scientists have underestimated the impact that large numbers of wind turbines have on energy production within large farms. Estimates of wind capacity that ignore the effect of wind turbine drag on local winds have assumed that wind power production of 2 and 4 watts per square meter could be sustained over large areas.
The new modeling results suggest that the generating capacity is more likely limited to about 1 watt per square meter at wind farms that are larger than 100 square kilometers.
"It's easy to mistake the term renewable with the term unlimited when discussing energy," Adams says. "Just because you can keep generating new energy from a source does not mean you can generate energy in an unlimited amount."
The research suggests the potential for wind energy could be significantly less than previously thought.
"It's important to take into account all factors impacting the wind energy, so we can assess the capacity of this critical power resource," Adams says. "One of the inherent challenges is how harvesting the resource changes it, making it difficult to accurately calculate how much energy can be produced. The modeling we have done provides information that can help in the understanding of our ability to count on renewable energy sources."
The research also considers the impact of wind energy production on temperatures and by extension possibly climate. Wind farms change the natural wind shear and produce various scales of turbulence. Higher potential temperatures are mixed downward due to this turbulence and result in low level warming, the research indicates.
"Our research suggests that how densely the turbines are placed affects not only energy production but also environmental impacts," Adams says. "We see this impact on average temperatures not only at large-scale farms, but also in small-density wind farms. Some things to consider are the magnitude of temperature changes and also the size of the area affected. We think these findings indicate that additional research is needed in these areas."
Adams' primary research interests focus on mesoscale phenomena, processes, and modeling with an emphasis on phenomena that involve boundary layer processes and/or topographic influences. In recent years, she and her research group at UNC Charlotte have focused on the link between small-scale processes and climate, particularly at the atmosphere and earth surface interface. Her research group concentrates primarily on question at the interface between energy, weather and climate.
Current questions her group is addressing include: How will large scale wind energy development impact the Great Plains low level jet? What are the meteorological conditions that lead to wind turbine icing? How does temperature variability in urban areas impact electricity demand? Can we quantify the risks of off shore wind turbines to hurricanes? The energy-related research that Adams' group is conducting includes collaborations with San Diego Gas & Electric, Xcel Energy, and the Weather Underground.
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Any child with a fistful of crayons or a tempura paint pot can be an artist, given the chance. This was apparent at the past weekend's ArtsFest on Walnut Street.
Everywhere kids had their hands in paint. I was jealous! Busy energy filled the Walnut-Hammons intersection designated for child artists. The pavement filled quickly with colorful chalk drawings. A squeak of cellophane wrap permeated the air as busy hands learned how to sculpt with it, a crazily creative activity.
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Lefkosia offers the best in shopping and Stassicratous Street is the place for the ultimate shopping experience. This small street, only about 500 metres long, is located in the city's busy modern centre, parallel to its most commercial street, Makarios Avenue.
Everyone goes there, even if it's just to stop for a coffee and snack or to window shop. The well-designed shops are always an attraction specifically because they stock almost all the well-known, international labels. This is where to go to find out what's on the catwalks in London, Paris, Milan and New York. Fashionista or not, most entrust their lock to the 100 or so designer labels worldwide and these shops have the very latest fashion and are well-informed about current European trends.
Superior designs and attractive displays, combined with professional, courteous staff, are just some of the characteristics you'll come across when shopping on Stassicratous. And the added bonus is that there are many parking areas for the shoppers' convenience.
Your shopping experience may very well begin with a cup of coffee or lunch with friends at one of the street's trendy café / restaurants. Or you can treat yourself to a hair-do or treatment after your successful shopping spree.
The shops on this compact street are small when compared to their counterparts abroad but they are very well put together and offer a more personalized, friendly, shopping experience. This is where the international labels choose to advertise their collections each year, so for window shopping it's the perfect place to take a stroll at any time of the day or even evening when the shops are all beautifully lit.
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Isn't it incredible that you can go through your ENTIRE life discovering new incredible music?
I just heard The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" recently, and its one of the most beautiful recordings I've ever heard. What an absolute masterpiece. For those of you who don't really know The Beach Boys, or only know their Surfin U.S.A. type stuff, do yourself a favor and grab Pet Sounds. Its the milestone that inspired The Beatles to do Sgt. Pepper, just to put it into perspective.
When you hear the album, realize that it was made in 1966, several years before ANY of that 60s psychedelia became common place. Also realize that the album was made by and large by ONE person, Brian Wilson.


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Hey there, I was wondering what people use to monitor their rankings in Google, and what they thought of this idea.
I currently run a little site to monitor my rankings at seh.net. I currently query google.com and watch for the results.
Some things like news and stuff can make the results less than accurate. I could probably work on my script to handle this better, but haven't yet.
I know search.aol.com is backed by Google. I was wondering what your thoughts were on querying search.aol.com to get results from Google without having to actually deal with news in search, multiple datacenter results, and personalized results.
But Google analytics doesn't show anything relating to position the search results.
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I think most of you missed the point. What I was asking about was instead of querying Google for search results, querying other search engines "backed by Google" so you wouldn't have to deal with Google.
Heck, I've recently found out it's even against their ToS to run automated queries against them.
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COLUMBIA — South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw threw the football around at practice Wednesday.
He did not practice, however, which leaves his status for Saturdays home opener against East Carolina up in the air.
If he can throw full-go tomorrow and hes cleared by doctors, then in all likelihood, hell play, USC coach Steve Spurrier said. Ill have to make the call depending on how he feels right then and if he can make all the throws. Thats what we have to base it on.
Spurrier said that Shaws bone bruise is not in the shoulder joint and doctors have indicated medical clearance will be determined by how much pain Shaw is willing to endure. Spurrier said he does not want Shaw on the field if he is in pain and that Dylan Thompson would start if Shaw cant play.
Well find maybe (Thursday) if he can throw the ball, said Spurrier. If he cant, Dylan Thompson will be the starter with a couple other guys behind him ready to go.
Shaw did not speak to the media after practice, but center T. J. Johnson said the offense would be ready to play with whoever starts.
Everything is still day to day, so we dont know what is going to happen, said Johnson. I feel like he looked like Connor (at Wednesdays practice). We are going to be confident no matter who does back there. We believe in Dylan. We believe in Seth (Strickland). We believe in (Andrew) Clifford. Whoever goes back there, he said, were going to block the same for them.
Left tackle Brandon Shell was taken out of the Vanderbilt game because of fatigue, according to reports afterward. However, offensive line coach Shawn Elliott hinted that the move was made because of sub-par performance.
Lets get it straight, Elliott said. It had nothing to do with heat. It wasnt hot. He wasnt tired. He was a redshirt freshman playing in his first SEC contest. Thats the bottom line. He is going to grow up and get better.
Jimmy Legree was pleased with his performance against Vanderbilt, his first start at cornerback. After struggling at the at strong safety a year ago, he appears to have found a home.
Corner is my more natural position, said Legree. I love being there on an island. Tackling wise it's just something I decided to focus on more during the spring, so I got better at it."
Not satisfied with the defenses tackling a year ago, coordinator Lorenzo Ward has put an emphasis on that since the spring.
If you watch us practice, youll see us working on open-field tackling every single day because thats where we make our money, secondary coach Grady Brown said. If we miss open-field tackles, they normally go for touchdowns.
Vanderbilt completed passes for 32 and 78 yards (its only touchdown) but averaged only 2.9 yards on its other 57 offensive plays, none of which gained more than 17 yards.
I think we did a good job with that against Vanderbilt, senior free safety D.J. Swearinger said.
Free safety D.J. Swearinger says USCs defense has used a unique strategy in preparing for East Carolinas fast-paced offense.
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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. -- Tracing the steps of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards issued a call yesterday for economic and social change in America.
"This country needs a movement to restore our values," Edwards told a crowd of several hundred on the lawn of the old Floyd County Courthouse. "We need a movement that actually embraces work again, not just wealth. … We need a movement to provide hope and opportunity."
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Follow your own path: Exploring the impact of self-directed information sampling on learning
Any complete account of human learning must explain not only what is learned from the information we experience, but also the capacity for our choices to expose that information. However, laboratory studies of learning and memory typically emphasize "passive" learning by limiting participants' control over the information they experience at each point in time. In this talk, I will discuss recent work in my lab exploring how people gather information in "self-directed" learning environments. The primary aim of this research is to characterize the information sampling strategy that participants use to reduce their uncertainty, and to examine how self-directed learning influences acquisition. To foreshadow, we find that participants learn faster when they can select and sequence learning episodes themselves. However, this advantage depends on the abstract structure of to-be-learned concepts and the space of hypotheses that the learner considers. A series of computational models are developed which try to predict which items people will sample/query as learning unfolds and which help explain why self-directed information sampling might improve learning. Our findings present an interesting challenge for existing theories of learning (both Bayesian and connectionist accounts), and may hold implications for instructional design.


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It reaches the computer via Facebook in a message that seems to have been sent by a friend and that contains the link to a photo. Besides stealing the users' login data to Facebook, it also designed to steal other type of confidential information from the computer and the user.
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Sinowal.WVM is a Trojan which is distributed via Facebook in messages that contain a link to see a photo.
If users follow the link, they will be redirected to different websites. In one of them, they will be required to login to Facebook again, and then they will be redirected to another website from which the Trojan will be downloaded disguised as an update of Adobe Flash Player.
Once installed, Sinowal.WVM is designed to steal confidential information about the computer and the user. Additionally, it had previously obtained the login data to Facebook.
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The 5 Worst Things About The House GOP's New Budget By Igor Volsky, Travis Waldron and Tara Culp-Ressler Mar 12, 2013 Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the third iteration of the GOP budget on Tuesday morning. The document achieves balance in 10 years by maintaining the high revenue levels and health care savings that Republicans have vociferously opposed and slashing the health and safety net programs that middle and lower income Americans rely on. Top-income earners and ... Full Story
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By Colorado Democratic Party Dejá Vu All Over Again With the Ryan Budget: Tax Hikes and Program Cuts for the Middle Class, Tax Cuts for the Rich Denver – As early analyses of the latest Ryan Budget start to come in, the terrible consequences for Colorado's middle class families are once again clear. While cutting popular programs that seniors, disabled children, and students rely on, Chairman Ryan would offer the wealthiest Americans a new tax cut and would have middle class taxpayers ... Full Story
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Romney's theory of the "taker class," and why it matters Posted by Ezra Kline There will be plenty said about the politics of Romney's remarks. But I want to take a moment and talk about the larger argument behind them, because this vision of a society divided between "makers" and "takers" is core to the Republican nominee's policy agenda. In his comments, Romney says that "these are people who pay no income tax," but they are people "who are dependent upon government, ... Full Story


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Founder and chairman, Friendster
Created the Net's top social-networking site, where eight million people communicate with friends and friends of friends. The Mountain View, CA, firm has raised $14 million in venture capital.
Guido Appenzeller
Age: 33
Founder and chief technology officer, Voltage Security
Started a Palo Alto, CA, firm to commercialize an encryption technology that uses a simple ID, such as an e-mail address, to ensure secure communications.
Alyssa Apsel
Age: 31
Assistant professor, Cornell University
Adapts optical-communications technology to build receivers, transmitters, and interconnects that speed chip-to-chip communications within computers.
Anuj Batra
Age: 34
Systems engineer, Texas Instruments
Leads one of the industry's top teams advancing ultrawideband wireless technology, which provides the high transmission speeds needed for streaming-media applications while consuming little power.
Serge Belongie
Age: 30
Assistant professor,University of California, San Diego
Created video software to analyze lab mice for adverse reactions to trial drugs. The system is related to fingerprint-matching technology he and Vance Bjorn (see below) founded DigitalPersona to commercialize.
Vance Bjorn
Age: 31
Chief technology officer and cofounder, DigitalPersona
Partnered with fellow TR100 honoree Serge Belongie (see above) to found a Redwood City, CA, biometrics company that specializes in fingerprint recog-nition for computer access.
J. J. Cadiz
Age: 29
Program manager, Microsoft
Invented a better approach to alleviating information overload, using a sidebar window on computer displays to track e-mail alerts, weather reports, and other data. Look for Sideshow in future versions of Windows.
Tianqaio Chen
Age: 31
CEO and cofounder, Shanda Interactive Entertainment
Built his Shanghai startup into China's largest online game company by specializing in multiplayer fantasy and role-playing games that now attract millions of users. Shanda's IPO last May raised $152 million.
Aref Chowdhury
Age: 32
Member of technical staff, Lucent Technologies
Invented techniques at Bell Labs that enable higher-speed transmission of data over very long distances (up to 6,400 kilometers) within fiber-optic networks.
Raffaele Colombelli
Age: 33
Research staff member, University of Paris-Sud
Develops new types of quantum cascade microlasers with a variety of sensing and imaging applications.
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Age: 33
Senior technical-staff member, IBM
Leads IBM's Winchester, England-based effort to improve software quality and cut development costs through "aspect-oriented programming," an approach that promises to simplify coding for a wide range of applications.
Robert Drost
Age: 34
Principal investigator, Sun Microsystems
Pioneered a wireless technology to eliminate the wired connections between closely spaced chips in computer systems. The advance, enabling a 100-fold speed gain over wired connectors, will be crucial to future Sun supercomputers.
Dan Gruhl
Age: 32
Research staff member, IBM
Serves as chief architect for IBM's WebFountain system, which identifies patterns in and extracts meaning from billions of Web pages to aid business decisions and fraud detection.
Michael Helmbrecht
Age: 34
Founder and CEO, Iris AO
Fabricates microscopic, deformable mirrors on computer chips that perform image correction for medical imaging, surveillance, and other applications.
Aaron Hertzmann
Age: 30
Assistant professor, University of Toronto
Combines machine learning and graphics to capture the motion of actors, dancers, and athletes – and to generate realistic animations for films and video games.
Kurt Huang
Age: 34
Cofounder and president, BitPass
Launched a startup developing micropayments technology that allows artists, small businesses, and others to charge fees of as little as one cent for access to online content.
Ari Juels
Age: 34
Principal research scientist, RSA Security
Devised techniques at Bedford, MA, firm to improve the security and privacy of radio frequency identification tags, as well as cryptographic tools for authentication systems based on personal information and biometrics.
Richard Kent
Age: 34
Assistant professor, University of Virginia
Produces biomechanical data vital to the design of air bags and auto safety systems that adjust during a crash, customizing protection to such factors as the passengers' size, weight, and physical condition.
Andre Kulzer
Age: 29
Research engineer, Bosch
Created a thermodynamic simulation that showed the feasibility of gasoline direct injection, which lowers auto fuel consumption and emissions and eliminates the electric starter.
Golan Levin
Age: 32
Assistant professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Explores the artistic implications of information technology. For Dialtones: A Telesymphony, the artist and engineer choreographed the ringing of audience cell phones.
Massimo Marchiori
Age: 34
Professor, University of Venice
Develops more efficient ways of identifying, finding, and retrieving information on the Web. The computer scientist also developed the World Wide Web Consortium's Internet privacy standards.
Wojciech Matusik
Age: 31
Visiting research scientist, Mitsubishi Electric
Uses sophisticated computer graphics and image-rendering techniques at Mitsubishi Electric's Cambridge, MA, lab to create 3-D television and related 3-D photo and video systems that weave together images from multiple cameras.
James O'Brien
Age: 34
Assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley
Invented algorithms for simulating natural phenomena such as splashing water and explosions, for use in movies, video games, and advanced training simulations.
Nuria Oliver
Age: 33
Researcher, Microsoft
Constructs more-intuitive human-computer interfaces. The Spanish native's projects include a smart office that can recognize what its occupants are doing and a system that lets users interact with computers via hand gestures.
Ramesh Raskar
Age: 34
Visiting research scientist, Mitsubishi Electric
Built large computer display systems that seamlessly combine images from multiple projectors. The computer scientist's image-processing and graphics research may lead to new applications in entertain-ment, image-guided surgery, and user interfaces.
Jennifer Rexford
Age: 34
Senior technical consultant, AT&T
Created tools for monitoring and automatically managing Internet traffic on large networks. The computer scientist's innovations are used in several systems, including AT&T's commercial backbone network.
Sokwoo Rhee
Age: 34
Founder and chief technology officer, Millennial Net
Designed extremely-low-power wireless-sensor networks at Burlington, MA, startup. The company's dime-sized sensor nodes can be used for environmental monitoring, surveillance, and health-care applications where inexpensive, long-term data collection and control are key.
Shad Roundy
Age: 33
Lecturer, Australian National University
Built tiny generators for wireless sensor networks that convert low-level background vibrations into electricity, eliminating the need for batteries.
Jesse Schell
Age: 34
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Invents new forms of digital visualization. The professor of entertainment technology teaches game design and heads simulation projects, including one that helps firefighters deal with terrorism.
Kees Schep
Age: 34
Department head, Philips Electronics
Helped develop blue-laser optical-disc storage systems with much greater capacity than today's DVDs. The discs are now being introduced commercially.
Chaitali Sengupta
Age: 34
Systems architect, Texas Instruments
Oversees the architecture of the communications chips used in advanced cellular systems now coming to market. The chips let multimedia cell phones more easily handle Internet access, videoconferencing, and mobile commerce.
Pierre Sillard
Age: 34
R&D project manager, Alcatel
Devised a software modeling tool that enabled him to design complex optical fibers now being manufactured for use in very-high-capacity communications systems.
Simeon Simeonov
Age: 31
Principal, Polaris Venture Partners
Left software engineering to engineer startups. The venture capitalist advises Archivas, which uses distributed computing to manage digital archives, and Service Integrity, a Web services firm.
Charlotte Skourup
Age: 34
Senior principal scientist, ABB
Employed "augmented reality" technologies – such as goggles that overlay the visual field with computer graphics – to help human operators program robots for industrial painting and other manufacturing tasks.
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Age: 27
Cofounder and chief technology officer, Six Apart
Teamed with wife Mena (see profile, this page) to found the San Mateo, CA-based company that developed Movable Type, a popular and easy-to-use program for creating weblogs, and TypePad, a service that publishes them.
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Age: 31
Director, Terascale Computing Facility, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Conceived and built the world's third-fastest supercomputer from a cluster of 1,100 Apple Macintoshes for $5 million. Other world-class supercomputers, in government, universities, and industry, cost $100 million or more.
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Age: 29
Assistant professor, University of Maryland
Devised ways to hide digital watermarks in financial statements and other electronic documents to authenticate records, prevent fraud, and deter unauthorized distribution.
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Age: 31
Researcher, Microsoft
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[I]According to Billboard.com, Australian hard rock legends AC/DC have scheduled the following North American tour dates:
Oct. 28 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena
Oct. 30 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
Nov. 03 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
Nov. 05 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
Nov. 07 - Toronto, ONT - Rogers Centre
Nov. 09 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden
Nov. 12-13 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Nov. 15 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
Nov. 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
Nov. 19 - East Rutherford, NJ - IZOD Center
Nov. 21 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
Nov. 23 - Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Energy Center
Nov. 25 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
Nov. 28 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
Nov. 29 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
Nov. 30 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
Dec. 02 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
Dec. 06 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
Dec. 10 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
Dec. 12 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
Dec. 14 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
Dec. 16 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
Dec. 18 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
Tickets for the North American dates will go on sale during the weekend of September 20 via Ticketmaster and ACDC.com.[/I]
[QUOTE=es156;191714]Oct. 28 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena[/I][/QUOTE]
This seems a little odd to me. This place is not that big compared to many of the other venues theyre playing, and Wilkes-Barre is hardly a major city on the big scale.
Nov. 03 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
Well I'll be damned.
I'd love to see the crowd at some of these places.
I'm there.
I might join the fanclub depending on how the system works
i'll keep this show in mind
[QUOTE=neilpeartjr.;191717]Well I'll be damned.[/QUOTE]
Indy is probably the show I will be going to.
None of those dates are convenient for me, and unfortunately I just do not like AC/DC enough to make up for the inconvenience coupled with the probably high ticket price. :(
So you would go if they were playing the arena down the street even if you don't like them that much?
[QUOTE=TonyD;191779]So you would go if they were playing the arena down the street even if you don't like them that much?[/QUOTE]
I do like them. :eyes: But I don't drive, so uhh... Weekday + 2 hour train ride each way, having to get back to school on time + ~$90 ticket. I don't like AC/DC [I]that much[/I]. If it were ~$50 ticket + I'm already home if it's a weekend so there's pretty much no commute or responsibility to be back in school, well I do like AC/DC [I]that much[/I].
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I was just wondering if anyone has any good solutions for annotating a water/tear proof map so that your markings don't rub off. So far the only thing I have found to be sufficient has been a sharpie. I was just wondering if anyone has found anything to work better.Best,Brad
Yes, use an electronic map in your computer, and make all of your customizations and marks within the electronic file. Then print it out on a wide carriage printer.--B.G.--
I have had no issues with a fine tipped Sharpie on the Nat Geo adventure paper. I usually find myself putting mile markers and other points of interest on after I have printed it.
I use a good quality colored pencil like a Prismacolor. Doesn't smudge, and with the right eraser, the marks are removeable.
+1 with Marklaughing at Bob. Real helpful in the field there Bob.
These work on laminated maps and should work on wp paper as well.http://www.rangerjoes.com/Alcohol-Markers-4-Pack-P35.aspx
There are now mini sharpies, some on a keychain. Smaller. Lighter.
"laughing at Bob. Real helpful in the field there Bob."Ken, it is not a joke.Most of the rest of us prepare our maps and such at home before we leave on the trip.I've experimented with several high-quality papers that work.--B.G.--
I'll bite Bob. What would you use to annotate maps in the field? Printed on that plastic type non paper.I do my own maps at home before I go. But you do find discrepancies or things of interest that you want to mark down on the map itself.You first reply did not answer the OP's question either.
Edited by kthompson on 07/13/2013 09:57:38 MDT.
The first step is getting the map in electronic format so that you can work with it on a home computer. The second step is electronically marking up the map to highlight the trail, mark elevations, or whatever. The third step is to print the map at home, and this requires a wide-carriage color printer and the right paper. There are all sorts of high-quality papers with different degrees of waterproofness. Most of the waterproofness is not in the paper itself, but it is in the resin coating on one side of the paper. There are color laser printers, inkjet printers, and even commercial printers if you don't own one yourself. Additionally, I have rugged tear-proof papers. So, the custom map gets printed at home and carried on the trip. During the trip, if I find extra things to remember, I write them with an ordinary mechanical pencil directly onto the map. If it is something like a dot, I just mark it directly in the right place. Then, if there is additional text, I write it into the nearest blank margin of the map to explain what the dot is about.So, the only marker necessary to carry is a mechanical pencil.When I return home, I can add my markups to the original electronic map file.Most of my inkjet-printed maps are waterproof enough that I can cram them into a bucket of water, leave them overnight, then dry them out and the ink has not degraded. That seems sufficient to me.--B.G.--
Short answer is...mechanical pencil.
Yes, you might be able to do it with an ordinary pencil, but the point of a mechanical pencil is much finer and they are self-sharpening. You can buy leads for these mechanical pencils of different hardness, so I recommend a rather soft lead.When I carry such a mechanical pencil on the trail, I've learned not to carry it in my shirt pocket, because it will get dropped and lost.OTOH, if you are not a computerized person, then maybe you don't want to have a wide-carriage color printer sitting around the house. Mine is a pig, but it gets excellent results.--B.G.--
There used to be a viral story about the U.S. Space program devoting thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pressurized ink cartridge for the "space pen" that would allow astronauts to write in zero gravity.The Russian cosmonauts brought a pencil.Do note, the Palomino Blackwing 602 is the only acceptable writing instrument.
Edited by mdilthey on 07/13/2013 11:02:03 MDT.
I can validate that a Blackwing 602 will write on a National Geographic Waterproof Map Paper Sheet (8.5" X 14" legal size) without smudging. Also the eraser works fairly well. I cannot guarantee it will work on a trail other than the JMT.-----On a serious note. I just print a freak'n map(s) of where I am going. I don't need (or know how) to add computer generated notes, way-pointy thingies, or computer hieroglyphics. Never found the need for them anyway.However I do occasionally make notations on my maps. Such things as the date and time I stopped somewhere, condition of water sources, etc. But I rarely bring a writing utensil, which is why I asked the JMT pencil question a few months ago.If printed on one side, you could make a "Need Ride" sign on the back for hitch-hiking back to your car.
>"The Russian cosmonauts brought a pencil."And SCUBA divers taking notes while underwater? Of course it isn't normal paper, rather waterproof paper or certain plastics. But the writing implement? A #2 pencil. And if they make a mistake? The eraser works underwater, too.
If you have a hard time finding waterproof paper or the cost of it, then there is an alternative. You can print on premium matte inkjet paper, let it dry well, and then put it into a super thin clear plastic produce bag. On the opening, fold it over and seal it with tape. That takes care of the waterproof problem. If you intend to write on it, then you will have to peel up the tape, write on the map, and then re-seal the tape. Crude, but effective.--B.G.--
8.5 x 11 inch paper fits into gallon ziploc bag
"8.5 x 11 inch paper fits into gallon ziploc bag"As does 22 X 27 inch paper :)
as does origami piece made from huge piece of paper : )
Bob Gross wrote:>> The first step is getting the map in electronic format so that you can work with it on a home computer. The second step is electronically marking up the map to highlight the trail, mark elevations, or whatever.--What software are you using to manipulate the map?
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Thank you Sen. Ron Johnson for safeguarding our freedom rather than trying to score political points.
The anti-gun lobby and Sen. Tammy Baldwin recently called for an overreaching gun control bill that would have stripped power from ordinary citizens. It also would have required a person to have a background check (and pay for it) if he were even just giving a gun to his grandchild for her/his birthday or lending a gun to a friend.
Sen. Johnson voted against the bill. Meanwhile Sen. Grassley of Iowa offered a bill that would have strengthened existing background checks by making it easier to catch criminals who lie to try to get around background checks. Sen. Johnson co-sponsored it. Sen. Baldwin refused to vote for this bipartisan bill.
A total of 73,000 people failed background checks in 2010, 48,000 were felons or fugitives. Only 44 of these 48,000 were prosecuted. If existing laws were just enforced look at what changes could occur. It's not about gun control. It's about people control. Americans are in favor of keeping guns out of the hands of violent criminals. This can be done better by addressing the culture of violence, not just the instruments of violence.
Why punish 99.9 percent of honest people? Recently a retired U.S. Secret Service officer stated that he has never arrested someone for a gun crime that had that gun legally. Americans want more than just politics. They deserve good legislation without threatening our freedom. Sen. Johnson understands this and continues to legislate from his core values.
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Haslam joined legislators, members of the Public Safety Subcabinet and key stakeholders to announce his proposal, which aligns commonly purchased amounts of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine with 30-day limits. ...


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Contractor Jody Allen says in a storm room a person is completely encased with concrete walls, floor, and ceiling.
He also notes that even if a person's house was to blow away, they would but left in the room.
While it is possible to put a safe room in an existing house, Allen recommends adding it to your plans when building a new home.
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Law and violence
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Originally published in Utah Law Review, Vol. 1994, pp. 247-254, 1994.
In this Article I comment upon Professor Terry Kogan's paper "Legislative Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men," in which he analyzes the legislative process surrounding the passage of hate crimes legislation in Utah. Through an analysis of the gay bashing that took place within the legislative debate, Professor Kogan argues that the Utah legislature's removal of all references to gays and lesbians in the legislation was significant both because it reinforced sterotypical and negative perceptions of gays and lesbians, and because it suggested that violence against gays and lesbians was, at best, not of concern to, and at worst, actively encouraged by, the state. While Professor Kogan's paper raises a number of interesting issues, I would like to focus on some of the broader themes concerning law and violence raised by the many ways we might interpret hate crimes statutes in the context of violence against gays and lesbians.
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New Japanese Trial for Retinitis Pigmentosa Drug
February 12, 2013 - The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has committed funds to a human trial of unoprostone isopropyl. This drug, applied topically (in eye drops), was first developed in Japan to treat glaucoma. However, in early human studies it has also shown promise for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) as well as age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
The new phase 3 trial will likely take place in several Japanese centres, beginning in 2013, thanks to this major investment from the Japanese government. Phase 3 trials specifically test the therapeutic efficacy a drug, providing the information needed for it to be approved for clinical use.
Previous Trials
Early stages of human testing, already completed in Japan, tested the drug's safety and determined its most appropriate dose. These early trials, called phase 1/2 trials, involved 112 patients with mid- to late-stage retinitis pigmentosa at six Japanese centres. All were between 20 and 65 years old.
The trials showed that the topical drug was safe in these RP patients. The most common side-effect was irritation and burning in the eyes when the drops were administered. One person stopped participating in the study because of this irritation. However, no serious adverse events were reported in people using the drug-containing drops.
The studies also showed that the highest dose tested was the most effective (two drops of a 0.15% ophthalmic solution, twice a day). People who received the highest dose of drug in these early trials were more likely than people who received a fake drug (placebo), to have significant improvement in their night-time and dim-light vision. They were also more likely to report improvements in their "social life functions due to vision."
Perhaps most exciting, the trial clearly showed that the treatment could help to protect vision from further deterioration. Over the six months of the study, 21.2% of people receiving the placebo lost some visual sensitivity, whereas only 2.6% of those receiving the highest dose of drug lost any sensitivity.
Unoprostone has several unique effects in the eye. Apparently its major therapeutic effect in retinal degeneration is to stop the process of cell death, called apoptosis. Learn more about neuroprotective therapies like unoprostone.
Unoprostone may also improve blood flow to the retina. This action may be helpful in RP, and may be even more relevant to the treatment of AMD. It is suggested (but still not proven) that this effect might reduce the likelihood that a person with dry AMD would develop wet AMD. An early phase 2 trial testing unoprostone in people with dry AMD is now underway in Europe.
Availability in North America
Unoprostone isopropyl is already approved as a treatment for glaucoma in many countries. It is sold under the trade name Rescula and marketed by the pharmaceutical company, Sucampo.
It was first approved in the United States, in 2000, for limited use as a back-up drug for glaucoma. However the conditions of its approval limited it marketing and it was never sold.
Recently, Sucampo made a new application to the Food and Drug Administration in the United States to expand the drug's use for glaucoma. This was approved in Dec 2012, and the company plans to begin selling Rescula in the United States in mid-February. Currently there are no plans to market this drug in Canada.
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Cape Town Jazz Safari
Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Cape Town Jazz Safari. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Unusual you,found very interesting. Good to be welcomed into local private house.would have been more enjoyable with more than three of us.
The tour company you used was excellent. The guide was unbelievable and the home we visited and the dinner was outstanding. The host, a musician was very gracious. We visited two clubs and the music was wonderful. A great and exciting tour. Thumbs UP!
Fantastic experience.
Fantastic evening of jazz and meeting and dining with local musician and his family. Sabelo was great in organizing and leading our tour. Highly recommended.
We thoroughly enjoyed the evening, and were so pleased to have been able to experience an authentic, believable, and interactive evening. The fact that the music was also to our taste was a bonus. We actually went to a shop selling musical instruments yesterday to buy tambourines, and maraccas!
In fact, I loved every ounce of the tour and did not mind the late night. You have a unique vision and I am raving about this tour to all travelling to CT. I hope I can return with my family soon. All the best, Brigette
This was interesting. We had a good time. For those getting to the meeting point, you need to do a better job getting directions on getting to the place.
Very interesting tour. Totally appreceiated the local perspective and hospitality of the jazz musician visited. Muscians were all wonderful artists.
It was amazing. The Jazz Safari was our favorite thing; it was so special
This was a nice tour. The Jazz club was great,
I don't know if Jazz safari is an apt name. Spent most time with South African pianists in the Townships of Cape flats and some neighbours coming and joining them in a jembe session. Nothing to do with your Jazz clubs, though we did go to a small gig played by some local university group! The food was OK. Do it but a bit steep for what one gets in return.
It was interesting, not what i expected but a good inside look at the local culture. i would recommend it. if you are looking for a 5 star experience, this tour is not for you.
I will never recommend this fake jazz tour. First off, we ended up in a very sketchy part of town at night to meet two "Jazz Artists". It was patheti and painful. We were polite and courteous. Viator needs to screen better. I was forced to pick a star rating before submitting, so I picked one - just so the message could be seen. Otherwise, I would have chosen zero stars.
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One of the musicians we are working with is Hilton Schilder, a Cape Town musician with an international reputation. Sometimes we have guests who are ill matched to the product, and who may be uncomfortable with the intimacy of the experience. On this particular night, they were the only guests, and for some, that can be too conspicuous, they can't just slink in the darkness and enjoy the jazz.
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Voices of Faith: What is the appropriate role of religion in American political life, if any?
Question: What is the appropriate role of religion in American political life, if any?
Bahá'í teachings have a moral, spiritual and ethical character. There is an expression, "Piety ends where politics begins." Thus we have no choice but to lay politics aside so that we may be able to safeguard our piety.
I quote a saying from Ali, son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad. The Arabs faulted Ali for not being a politician. They claimed that he lacked the acumen, the shrewdness and cunning that are the necessary tools of a statesman, and that because of this he was incapable of adopting the necessary expedients to defeat his rivals. Ali heard of this and said, "If piety did not exist, I would have been the most excellent of statesmen."
He meant that it is not that I am ignorant and incapable, but that inasmuch as I wish to safeguard my righteousness, remain a just and honest man, and be true to my faith; therefore I stay clear of politics.
Jan Lopez, Member
Baha'is of Shasta County
The teachings of Eckankar service many souls under different political structures. Each political order is respected by Its members. In America we enjoy the freedom set up by our wise forbearers, and in essence it reflects the freedom of soul that Eckists work toward, in that it is created for the individual being and its welfare. What we do with that freedom is our choice. It can be for selfish, self- centered, self-indulgent ways or we can choose to live with a high standard of spiritual maturity and values. Eckists come to realize that each human being is soul, a spiritual being, having spiritual training under the law of cause and effect. When we as individuals — and this includes politicians — work for the good of all, our life and nation reflect this high order of love, wisdom, and power of God.
Eckists find that surrender to this spiritual ideal brings miraculous results. We become selfless and strong individually, kind and gracious in unity.
Fran Watson. Clergy
Eckankar, Redding
Christian faith in colonial times literally shaped our political life; every political and social institution from separation of powers to Bill of Rights to the end of slavery has its beginnings in churches. We are a non-sectarian society; we reject theocracy, but the role of religion should be robust in reminding us of our God-sourced being. Most of our finest leaders — from George Washington to John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush — entered public life in response to what they heard as a call from God. When some voices try to silence faith in the public square it is clear they fear the results of free speech and attentive listening. So long as no one tries to force Americans into a one-size-fits-all government-approved faith there is no reason to silence faith-based voices. But so long as evil would steal what it cannot create there will be efforts to do so.
James Wilson
PrayNorthState, Redding
To keep the lower classes in line and off the picket line, to support the status quo even when it is evil, to deaden the urge for reform in this world by promising rewards in a mythical next world — these are the things that religion does in the realm of political life. And it does and has done them well for thousands of years. What should religion do? It should collect its exclusive creeds, its impossible certainties, its inflexibility, bundle them together, and toss them into the furnace of reason. The resultant ash should then be buried and forgotten.
This country was founded on secular principles — the Constitution makes no mention of God — and where it has succeeded, it has done so because of these principles. Religion brings nothing but division, magic thinking, and reactionary world views to the political arena. It should have no role in American political life.
William Shockley, Vice President
Shasta Atheists and Freethinkers, Shasta Lake
When faith creates love in us for others, it makes great citizens out of us and nourishes good politics.
When faith is used to dictate behavior to others who think differently it is an abomination.
Rod Brayfindley
First United Methodist Church, Redding
The appropriate role of faith in politics is exactly what it is not today. When the United States political community started moving God out of center is precisely the time responsibility, integrity, trustworthiness and sensibility and moral character began to disappear. I'm sorry but I have a hard time with any elected officials that have no accountability to an authority higher than themselves. It is true that God will appoint governments over us but it is also true that we will receive the government we deserve.
An interesting read is 1 Samuel 8. For this I am truly thankful. Because of my Christian faith, my eternal future is not jeopardized by whatever politician happens to be ruining the country. Oh, I meant, running the country.
Jim White, lay leader
Weaverville Church of the Nazarene
I must emphasize that you can't separate a man's actions, decisions and passions from his religion. Remember, the highest commitment a person makes is that of his faith. This can be for good or evil, contingent on whom or what he worships.
With this being the premise, the Christian needs to be involved in politics directly or indirectly. If we are passive or indifferent in this crucial area, then evil leaders will prevail and unrighteousness will spread like a cancer throughout every aspect of the country.
However, of the utmost importance for the Christian church is rightly dividing the word of truth, living it through the power of the Holy Spirit and proclaiming it in love. If we fail in this calling as ancient Israel did, who fell because of idolatry and an unwillingness to repent, then no political involvement will prevail and the country will follow in her footsteps.
Dave Spagnola
Oak grove Bible Fellowship, Palo Cedro
Our religious beliefs and practices should inform the conscience of our political life and government. There are so many universally held tenets such as the dignity and respect for each and every individual, the need for protections for families and children, the common good in fostering adequate life supports sufficient to preserve society, the sense of fairness and equal opportunity, and a right to grow, mature and live to an old age. All of these shape society's values and should be a measuring stick for our laws and leaders' attitudes. We also need to reach out beyond our own country to the interests of the rest of the world, making peace – not war, and being good international neighbors. The Golden Rule works in every religious teaching and simple mutual respect enhances all of our social interactions. As Jesus said to his followers, 'Love one another as I have loved you.'
Deacon Mike Evans
Sacred Heart Church, Anderson
This question implies that a person has many lives which may or may not come together in any meaningful expression-- a social life, a career life, a political life, a religious life, and so on. For the believer in Jesus Christ, there is no separation of our respective endeavors in this life. They are all woven together. We cannot say we are going into our political life now and therefore will set aside our spiritual or religious life. This cannot happen even if we would like it to on occasions. Palm 139 indicates that the believer cannot go anywhere in this life and be separated from God. Paul in Galatians and Philippians makes it very clear that the believer is called by God into their occupation or life work and will be with them every moment. The believer's mandate in this life is "for me to live is Christ in me." Therefore, for the believer his/her spiritual life will totally consume their political life where the Lord will direct them to make truthful, honest and correct decisions for the people they serve.
Gary Strickler
Grace Baptist Church, Redding
Article VI of the Constitution states that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust...." John Adams was a Unitarian, Richard Nixon a Quaker and John Kennedy was a Catholic.
But the electoral process, frequently lead by demagoguery, circumvents the constitutional intent when a candidate's faith is challenged. President Obama was characterized at various times as a firebrand, Christian Liberationist or Muslim. Mitt Romney was accused of belonging to a cult until his economic theories seemed to support popular theology.
The role of religion is to teach and promote a moral life, not a blueprint for governing. The role of government is not to foster religion. I applaud religious leaders who promote values that might be unpopular, but if they promote a candidate they represent a PAC. The Lord may be my shepherd, but I am not a sheep.
Art Tilles, Social Action Chair
Temple Beth Israel, Redding
Even though I believe in a complete separation of church and state, I also believe that religion plays an important part in U.S. political life. All religions have the correct moral codes for teaching children how to live properly and grow to be good adults. These moral codes are best taught in the family and are strengthened through religious practices. Basing legislation on these moral principles is excellent, as long as there is no reference to any particular religion.
Every religion has the "Golden Rule" in one form or another, some references dating back many thousands of years. If all legislation was first tested by this rule I think we would all live in a happier, less fearful, and more stable political environment, where we knew that everyone was working for the benefits of everyone else, rather than an environment that fuels the "us" and "them" mentality.
Kulapati Iraja Siva-Das
Saiva Siddhanta Church, Redding
America faces a unique dilemma when addressing the issue of religion in a political setting. Though it is explicit in our constitution that the separation of church and state is mandatory in the maintenance of a successful nation, religion plays an important role in politics nonetheless. A staggering 82 percent of the American populous identifies with one religion or another.
Obviously, religious sentiment is so ingrained in society that its effects cannot help but be seen in the political arena. Through interconnection as simple as the religious sentiments of those who have active roles in the creation and implementation of policy, or through the pandering of government to the special interests of different religious organizations. Religion colors the fabric of American politics. It has been my interest to uncover the religious make-up of the two major political parties, to find out just what religious organizations gravitate to which political party.
Amarjit Singh
The Sikh Centre, Anderson
There is a part of each of us that is spiritual. No matter who we are or where we are or whatever we do, this is part of every aspect of what it means to be Sacred Human.
Political representatives are elected to office to represent their constituents. The constituents are diverse in religious and spiritual perspectives with some subscribing to no particular faith tradition. It is for this reason decisions cannot be based upon religious perspectives.
To respect the diverse perspectives it seems appropriate to commence meetings, ceremonies and other gatherings with practices that honor the diverse perspectives, in recognition of religious freedom.
Rev. Lynn E. Fritz
Centers for Spiritual Living, Redding
Religion, when it is used to help others, lift the downtrodden, aid the sick, feed the hungry, and clothe the naked is quite positive and shared across many faith traditions. However, when it is used to separate, marginalize, and diminish the souls of those who do not practice a particular faith, then separateness and harm is caused.
Likewise, when politics is used to bring consensus to an issue and make reasonable compromise for the good of all, society moves forward. But when political posturing is used to separate, marginalize and diminish those of opposing views, society polarizes and harm ensues. Religion can help America's political dysfunction by focusing on the commonalities we share rather than the artificial boundaries we've created.
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Liberal or Conservative.
We are one country.
Dennis Kessinger, Zen Buddhist
Religion should have no role in politics. The complete separation of church and state is one of America's most important foundational concepts. Our Constitution is a completely secular document, and its only references to religion are exclusionary. Our founding fathers had good reason to exclude religion from politics – there is a long and bitter history of religion in government engendering intolerance, persecution, and bloodshed. This wall of separation between Church and State means that everyone is free to follow her own beliefs about gods without interference from the government. Those who think that religion belongs in the public arena should consider whether they would be just as glad to have a religion promoted if the religion in question were not their own. Moreover, the current insistence on keeping religion in politics has led to watered-down "ceremonial" religious observations and pious mouthings from politicians that should not please any believer.
Elisabeth Steadman
Humanist Society of Redding
As so often in these columns, I point out the biblical separation of church and state. The Church is the visible manifestation of the kingdom of God on earth. The function and goal of the church is to preach the gospel and by that gospel to bring people into the kingdom of God and to build up the church, equipping them for works of service. The state is the God-ordained means of maintaining society on the earth. The work of the church and the state are different.
In brief, I would say that the proper role of religion in political life is indirect; Christianity (or any religion) gives values and a worldview to their adherents, which then will form and inform their ideology with which they serve the state.
Rev. Gene Crow, Pastor
Redding Reformed Fellowship
Political action ensues from one's faith stance or world view. It is impossible for an individual to separate the initiation from the action. People do congregate in communities of faith. Some are established institutions of religion and some are casual fellowship gatherings. In these gatherings people will share conversations and opinion, there may be agreement on political points in the midst of these groups though it is not necessarily so. People do encourage each other in education and action on the political front. This is appropriate and to be expected. In our pluralistic society there are many, many faith and thought communities. What is not appropriate is for any one group to expect that the political stance that they articulate should have an ultimate weight over others.
Rev. Ann Corrin
Pilgrim Congregational, United Church of Christ, Redding
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West Seattle scene: Eastridge Church's annual turkey giveawayNovember 23, 2013 at 10:32 am | In West Seattle news, West Seattle religion | 1 Comment
Just outside Eastridge Church at 39th/Oregon, it was the busiest morning of the year – volunteers and church staffers offering turkeys, groceries, coats, gloves, and Bibles to hundreds of people. The line stretched down 39th to Fauntleroy and eastward down the sidewalk in front of Trader Joe's by the time the distribution began at 9 am. Eastridge does the same thing at the same time outside its Issaquah campus, and this year announced it planned to distribute 1,500 turkey/groceries/etc. bags between the two sites.
SIDE NOTE: At least two places in West Seattle are serving a free community Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday – The Hall at Fauntleroy (noon-3 pm) and the West Seattle Eagles' aerie (2-5 pm); more information in the Thanksgiving section atop the WSB West Seattle Holiday Events and Info Guide.
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Thanks, Eastridge. I hope those who benefited pass it along.
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