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Recently, several "intellectuals" convened to deal with a problem so serious it could not be tackled by just one college professor. The question was this: How can professors stop an epidemic of students missing their examinations without jeopardizing student grades by resorting to point deductions?
The problem was so serious that the handful of intellectuals who first noticed the problem – and noticed others noticing the problem – sent out a mass email inviting others to attend a "brown bag" luncheon to brainstorm. They were searching for "solutions", which would stop short of actually punishing students for missing their examinations.
I certainly have no problem with professors getting together to find "solutions" to difficult "problems." But I do have a "problem" with the way these professors were characterizing their "problem."
A better description of their "problem" – one that better reflects its magnitude – would sound something like this: How can we retain the secular/ progressive view of human nature, which is needed to justify secular/ progressive policies, in light of a wealth of evidence to the contrary?
The thoughts of the professors responding to the mass email were enlightening. One complained that she wanted to give her students the benefit of the doubt, but they constantly pushed and tested her. The more she withheld punishment, the more prevalent the undesirable behavior.
Another observed that the more often she does nice things for students, the more often they take advantage of her. She seemed perplexed by the fact that rewarding a missed exam with another administration, thus giving the student more time to prepare, led to more missed exams.
The dilemma of the perplexed professors highlights the fundamental difference between the conservative and the progressive views of human motivation. The former suggests that you can sometimes threaten to do bad things to people and expect good things in return. The latter suggests that you can promise to do good things for people and expect good things in return.
In the 1960s, our government began to put the progressive view of human nature to the test. We launched a War on Poverty in an effort to build a Great Society. Soon, we began to see mountains of data refuting the secular/ progressive view of human nature.
By the end of the first decade of our efforts to build a Great Society, crime in America had skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. The 1960s saw record increases in crime rates, which have yet to be broken.
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Loren reported this afternoon that his good buddy James Horan will be opening the show at Hendricks Chapel Tonight.
For those of you that know James as The owner of The Edge Clothing stores, you will be glad to know that the guitar has been a big part of his life for many years.
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Season totals: 36 GP, 21-8-6, 7 SO, 1.92 GAA, .938 sv%
Vasily Koshechkin posted his league leading 7th shutout of the campaign in Magnitigorsk's 4-0 win over his former club, Cherepovets. Ex-Lightning draft pick Dmitri Kazionov had a pair of helpers in the victory. The older Kazionov now has 1 goal and 7 points in 32 games this season.
Bratislava 4 vs. Nizhnekamsk 2
Jaroslav Janus, Bratislava, Win, 21/23, 2.00 GAA, .913 sv%
Season totals: 26 GP, 11-11-4, 2 SO, 3.02 GAA, .889 sv%
Ex-Sabres draft pick Michal Vondrka had a pair of goals to lead Slovan to a 4-2 win over Nizhnekamsk. Jaroslav Janus got his season record back to .500 with the win.


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"Decomposing Composers" is a Monty Python comedic song released on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album and the Monty Python Sings album. It was written and composed by Michael Palin and arranged by John Du Prez.[1]
Palin sings the song in what appears to be the persona of Luigi Vercotti, a seedy character who appeared in some sketches in the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus, notably "Ethel the Frog" and "Ron Obvious".
The backing to the song is based on Pachelbel's Canon, and in the final spoken coda, there is a medley of classical favourites in the background. It even includes an attempt to play Beethoven's 5th Symphony, which keeps starting up and winding down, possibly to add to the "death" humour of the song.
After an initial spoken section where Luigi talks to his wife on the phone, he begins to sing about dead classical composers, including the following:
The final, spoken coda to the song includes a list of dead composers, as follows:
- Claude Achille Debussy, died, 1918.
- Christoph Willibald Gluck, died, 1787.
- Carl Maria von Weber, not at all well, 1825. Died, 1826.
- Giacomo Meyerbeer, still alive, 1863. Not still alive, 1864.
- Modest Mussorgsky, 1880, going to parties. No fun anymore, 1881.
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel, chatting away nineteen to the dozen with his mates down the pub every evening, 1836. 1837, nothing.
- ^ Monty Python Sings CD booklet. 1989 Virgin Records
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It's an unfortunate omission because it plays into the hands of those who would deny any connection between the location and the Temple. Here's Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi from the website Islam Online: "Muslims have not established their state on the debris of any Jewish monument. With the aid of their advanced scientific, technical or engineering equipment, they have been searching for anything as little as a trace of the assumed temple of Solomon for more than 30 years, yet to no avail. Where could this so-called Solomon's temple possibly be?"


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Issue Project Room celebrating 10 years w/ Omar Souleyman, Bobb Trimble, William Basinski & more (initial lineup)
We just mentioned that Omar Souleyman will be touring this year and playing the 10th Anniversary party for NYC venue
happens begins on August 31.
UPDATE: It's actually a two-month festival running from August 31 to October 26.
The lineup also includes a slew of great experimental artists like psych folk legend Bobb Trimble, ambient music veteran William Basinski, Kurt Vile collaborator Steve Gunn, Jason Lescalleet & Graham Lambkin, Amen Dunes & Tom Thayer, Lee Noble, Matana Roberts, Marc Ribot, Jen Rosenblit & C. Spencer Yeh, Elliot Sharp, and many more.
Advance tickets are currently on sale for Issue Members. Full initial lineup and trailer video below...
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Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2013 4:55 PM
I guess "experimental artists" is another, faster way of saying "artists no one really cares about."
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2013 5:40 PM
is basinski going to play his 50 year-old tapes some more?
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2013 7:26 PM
>> I guess "experimental artists" is another, faster way of saying "artists no one really cares about."
Hmm. How about NO. It's a way to describe artists you're too ignorant to be aware of. Not every artist colors within the lines. Go expose yourself to something new one of these days.
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I, to describe artists you're too ignorant
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He's an average musician (certainly not bad, but not brilliant either) who has been swept along on a wave of hipster hype by rich suburban kids trying to show off how esoteric their tastes are. Listen to Munir Bashir for real Arab music.
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this 10-year project was very good! I loved it!
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Have you witnessed a car accident recently? There are many car accidents that occur each year and which cause injuries and even fatalities. Statistics show that over 32,000 people die every year in vehicle accidents. In California car crashes accounted for around 3,000 of the deaths. Motorists in Southern California die each and every day in car crashes. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, most of these accidents are preventable. That is why we provide you with the following statistics and the major causes of these accidents so that you can avoid them.
The locations of fatal accidents
In 2013, southern California recorded the largest number of deaths resulting from car collisions. The fatalities in Southern California included:
• Orange: 185
• Los Angeles: 630
• San Diego: 201
• San Bernardino: 264
In the United States, over 54% of all the car accidents happen in the rural areas but in California around 61% of fatalities related to car crashes happen in the urban areas. Only 39% of the fatalities take place in the rural locations.
The time most fatal car crashes occur
The most severe car crashes in California in the year 2013 happened in the month of October. In January, the state reported the least number of car accidents. Saturdays and Sundays also produced the most severe car crashes while the fewest deaths associated with car crashes occurred on Wednesdays. The most fatal crashes also occurred in between midnight and noon. The state recorded the least number of fatal crashes between 4.00am and 5.00am while the largest number of fatal crashes occurred between 5.00pm and 6.00pm.
The average number of deaths in fatal accidents
Most of the fatal accidents in California produce a single death. The large number of deaths nationally was 32,719 in 2013 which were largely as a result of motor vehicle crashes which were 30,057. This works out to around 1.08 deaths per every fatal accident. The average number of deaths per every fatal accident in California is similar to the national statistic. The state recorded 2,772 fatal car crashes which resulted to 3,000 deaths or approximately 1.08 deaths in every fatal crash.
The per crash number of deaths in California compared to that in other states
California report the highest number of car crashes compared with the other states mainly because the state has a larger population. Measured per vehicle mile traveled or per capita, California is very far from the deadliest four drivers. In every 100,000 residents, the state recorded only 7.8 deaths from vehicle crashes in the year 2013. This is much better than the national average which is 10.3 deaths in every 100,000 people.
According to statistics, the deadliest states are Montana (22.6), North Dakota (20.5) and Mississippi (20.5). The District of Columbia recorded the lowest number of deaths per every 100,000 people (3.1) and Massachusetts recorded the second lowest number (4.9).
Moreover, California also compare favorably to the other states when deaths are measured per the number of miles traveled. In every 100 million vehicle miles traveled California only recorded 0.94 deaths resulting from car crashes compared to the national average which was 1.11. The worst death rate was recorded in Montana (1.96) and the District of Columbia recorded the least number of deaths (0.56).
What are the major causes of car accidents in California?
Even though there are many different variables which can cause a car accident, there are few factors which show up from time to time. According to statistics most car accidents in the Northern California mostly result from:
• Driving under the influence (DUI)
In 12,000 serious car accidents (over 500 which are usually fatal) which happen each and every year in California, drunk driving is usually the major cause. The car accidents resulting from DUI are easily avoided and also preventable. Drunk drivers should consider alternative means of transport.
• Distracted driving
Distractions in driving may result from using cell phones, eating, reading, and even holding conversations with passengers while still driving. A driver who does this won't focus on staying on their own lane and won't be vigilant for appearance of other vehicles.
• Speeding
In over 50,000 car accidents that happen in California each and every year, speeding is usually a contributing factor. In addition to reducing the reaction times (increasing the chances of an accident occurrence), the crashes at high speeds are more likely to cause fatalities and severe injuries.
• Drivers who are not aware of the surroundings
Statistics show that a large part of the accidents which happen in California result from drivers who do not pay close attention to the road when driving. A driver should also pay attention to traffic signals such as stop lights and stop signs and the other drivers.
• Failing to obey the traffic laws
Making illegal U-turns and even following too closely are some of the bad behaviors which cause severe car accidents in California.
• Poor road conditions
The State and local governments are responsible for maintaining roadways conditions throughout. Their failure to address some issues such as sudden elevation changes, potholes and missing guard rails may lead to drivers losing their vehicles and crashing.
• Car manufacturer errors
For every vehicle they produce, car manufacturers are usually held to very high standards since any failure on the parts can cause the vehicle to crash. A crash can lead to passengers and the driver suffering injuries.
The most common injuries suffered in car accidents
Regardless of what caused the car accidents, the injuries are usually the biggest concern. Some of the most common injuries people suffer in road accidents include:
• Cuts and Lacerations
• Broken bones
• Organ damage and internal bleeding
• Paralysis and nerve damage
The injuries resulting from car accidents are usually devastating and may cause disability or death. Furthermore, the cost for the injuries may be too much for the person affected.
The car accidents trends
Deaths associated with car crashes have reduced since peaking at over 54,000 in the year 1974. Even though the number of vehicles on the road has increased, air bags, seat belts and safety technology have made vehicle accidents more survivable. As a matter of fact, the number of deaths per every mile traveled has highly reduced since the year 1921 when 24 deaths were reported per every hundred million traveled vehicle miles. In the year 2013, the number of deaths had reduced to around one death per every hundred million travel miles. However, in California, the number of deaths resulting from vehicle crashes had increased steadily since 2010. Before 2013, the largest number of car crash deaths in California was recorded in 2005.


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Pupils at a Bradford primary school gave a roar of approval to an art project that saw them create a beastly sculpture.
Artist Naseem Darbey paid a visit to Reevy Hill Primary School in Bedale Drive, Buttershaw, to help pupils design and create dragon displays as part of the school's 'Dungeons and Dragons' theme for this term.
The project was developed to help the children raise their self-esteem and confidence, enabling pupils of different ages to work together as a team.
The children wrote creative stories based on their good and bad dragons with the help of author, Nick Toczek, who has also been involved in the project and these stories have been incorporated in to their dragon design.
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In regards to finding another ISP, that really depends on where they live...even providers such as Netzero/Juno (which I would not recommend) don't have phone numbers available in all regions. I've found that local providers out of regional major cities are usually the best, primarily because their userbase is smaller. Your best option may just to thumb through your local phone book.
When it comes to increasing their internet speed, there is nothing they can do. The fastest you can go with dial-up is 56K and current government regulations limit that to 53K. After that you have to take into consideration the age of the phone lines, quality of the connection, distance to the server, number of people online, etc. With that you're lucky to get to the low- to mid-40s.
My suggestion would be to contact their phone company and see if DSL is available in their area. If so they can pay around the same per month but have a connection at least four times faster than dial-up. It may not be available in the remote area but it's worth a look.
My parents have had AOL for several years now, but recently they have had numerous problems with the program (I think that they had been using 8.0, then 9.0, then 9.0 Security Ed.).
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DTH van der Merwe is on the verge of becoming Warriors' all-time record try scorer
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GLASGOW WARRIORS have handed prolific try scorer DTH van der Merwe a new contract which will see the player remain with the club until at least May 2015.
While not on the scoresheet in Friday's record-breaking 60-3 demolition of the Dragons in Wales, the Canadian winger has established himself as a fans' favourite thanks to his high-octane performances since signing for the club in 2009.
The 26-year-old arrived in Glasgow via Saracens, having made his debut for the Canadian national side three years earlier, and has since built a reputation as a fearsome finisher.
Van der Merwe now just needs two more touchdowns to become the Warriors' all-time leading try scorer, having already surpassed the total achieved by the likes of Thom Evans.
The Canadian has scored eight tries in nine appearances this season and admits he is happy at the Scotstoun-based club.
He said: "This was a pretty easy decision for me and I'm extremely happy to have signed the deal.
"The direction the squad is heading played a big factor in my decision to stay in Glasgow.
"I've been lucky enough to play in a couple of semi-finals with this club and it would be great to take it that one step further on. This squad definitely has the potential to win some silverware.
"We're a young team but there's a lot of talent and experience despite it being a pretty young squad so if we keep the group together, that's going to be great for the club in the long-term."
Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend said: "Any team would want to have a player of DTH's calibre in their ranks.
"He's strong, quick, and has a very good understanding of the game, so it's great that he will continue his career and development here at Scotstoun."
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"Oops" is a fun dance track by composers Lim Sang Hyukand Son Young Jin, and sings of loving a younger man!
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It is said that the first rule of business success is, 'Find a need and fill it'. That is precisely what the founders of OBC Chicken did when they launched the OBC brand in 1987. With their range of basic but essential food offerings including fresh and frozen chicken portions, fish, red and processed meats, OBC addresses the low to mid-income sector's demand for low cost proteins.
Today OBC Chicken and Meat is an established and recognised brand and one of the fastest-growing retail chains in South Africa. With a foot print covering eight provinces the further development of the brand is supported by continuous brand consistency and extensive advertising and promotional activity.
The concept under the spotlight
The South African growth in economy is largely related to the growth in the emerging market. Through careful product selection and placement, OBC is increasingly poised to benefit from this reality. By meeting the needs of its target market OBC Chicken has become one of the fastest growing retail chains in South Africa. The OBC Chicken and Meat brand identity is underscored by the strong brand imagery of red, orange and yellow with the now familiar chicken logo. The image of stores are continually upgraded, refreshed and refined with modernized store fronts, layouts and merchandising techniques.
While famous for their range of fresh and frozen chicken and chicken related products, the OBC offering includes a wide range of quality essential proteins and basic food stuffs.
With their offering of quality essential proteins and basic food stuffs OBC is conveniently positioned to serve the mid-income markets identified as its primary target market.
It was with deliberate forethought then that OBC stores where positioned in close proximity to the public transport depots and taxi ranks that serve transport needs of their target market. A typical OBC outlet occupies anything from 400 to 600sqm. Each site is subjected to an extensive evaluation examining its population demographics, accessibility and projected income viability.
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Driven and managed by the central buying division, OBC Chicken and Meat offers franchisees the benefits of its bulk buying power. Stock is purchased in bulk, warehoused centrally and delivered to stores in a quick and efficient manner.
Brand awareness is maintained through a continuous and aggressive advertising campaign employing national print media, point-of-sale promotions, vehicle branding, in-store product demonstrations and television advertising.
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OBC franchise applicants are extensively screened to measure their suitability for the competitive retail environment in which OBC Chicken and Meat trades. While owner operated stores are not compulsory it is preferred. No formal qualifications required.
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So, lately I've been stalking a foal's birth that didn't go too well- it now has kidney issues but is improving so far. Anyways, while looking at one of the latest videos I saw he was wearing a harness of some kind when they were leading him.
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Succinct commentary from far beyond the proverbial Beltway often trumps insider hubbub, particularly when presidents go on vacation. The first family is presumably counting down the days until they can achieve escape velocity from the nation's capital and spend eight days on sparkling Martha's Vineyard in mid-August. President Obama, his wife and daughters will relax in the 5,000-square-foot luxury home of a Chicago-based finance manager, with an entourage of 70 or so security personnel and staffers in accommodations elsewhere.
But look closer, urges one of the locals. Study the aircraft that arrive at Martha's Vineyard Airport.
"If the media were watchdogs instead of lapdogs, they would look up the tail numbers and registrations of all the private jets at the airport during the president's visit, and then we might know at least a few of the people who have audience with him," says local resident Michael F. Fontes, in a letter to the editors of The Martha's Vineyard Times.
"The Obamas do not come to this island for the sea, salt air, or to play golf. They come here, like their predecessors, the Clintons, because this island has become the summer sandbox of some of their wealthiest supporters, and these are individuals who can write checks starting with any number they please, followed by a substantial rank and file of zeros," Mr. Fontes concludes.
"Hillary" is not the only Hillary Rodham Clinton-fueled film now in production. There are three. Lest we forget, "Rodham" is also underway. CNN, meanwhile, has commissioned an unnamed feature-length documentary on Mrs. Clinton, which perhaps should be called "Mrs. Clinton" or "HRC" or even "Hill," now that all the other names are taken. The point man is Academy Award-winning director/producer Charles Ferguson, who waxed about the former secretary of state on Monday, saying her life and work "embody so many of America's, and the world's, hopes and challenges."
Yeah, well.
All three projects appear to burnish heroic portrayals of Mrs. Clinton at pivotal times in her life. All will be flashed before the public in the golden window of 2014-15, as the presidential race ignites and the campaigns compete for public attention.
There are differences, though. "Hillary" is a four-hour miniseries that focuses on 1998 to 2011 as the heroine morphs from the first lady who warned of a "vast right wing conspiracy" to senator to presidential hopeful to diplomat. It will air on NBC as a special broadcast event.
"Rodham" is a feature-length independent film destined for theatrical release, showcasing a young Hillary Rodham before she met a certain young man from Arkansas. Advance peeks at the working script revealed there are some lovey-dovey moments between a 26-year-old Miss Rodham and 27-year-old Bill Clinton. Screenwriter Young Il Kim already has downplayed the media obsession with romance, however. "I didn't write '50 Shades of Rodham,'" he told The Daily Telegraph.
CNN, meanwhile, promises "a comprehensive look at the professional and personal life of one of the most powerful women in American politics," to premiere in 2014 with a theatrical run prior to airing on the news network.
The campaign to make Americans fall in love with, trust and celebrate Obamacare is just getting started; the nation must endure some $684 million worth of advertising as the big feel-good campaign gets rolling. Also now registering on the public radar: Enroll America, a Washington-based nonprofit charged with informing the populace about the glories of the Affordable Care Act, specifically targeting the "best practices" for navigating new insurance protocols and the dreaded "enrollment gap."
Not so fast, say some critics.
Cause of Action, a government accountability watchdog, filed a complaint before the Internal Revenue Service on Monday asking the federal agency to revoke the charitable status of Enroll America. The complaint alleges that the organization has been improperly classified as a 501(c)(3) organization and therefore is in violation of the Internal Revenue Code. It's more trade association, the complaint says, out to help pharmaceutical and insurance companies and other for-profit entities while "employing marketing and political tactics" to peddle health insurance.
"If Enroll America is designed to benefit insurance companies instead of the American public, then its charitable status no longer applies," says Dan Epstein, executive director of the watchdog group. "An organization that has been granted tax-deductible status but is actually depriving the American people of taxable revenue warrants an investigation."
Why don't the news media cover the IRS scandal anymore? High-profile conservatives including Rush Limbaugh and David Bossie already have complained that scant coverage has dwindled down to no coverage of the federal agency's targeted interest in the tax-exempt status of certain conservative groups. The 26-member coalition has some Capitol Hill help.
Republican Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas and Michele Bachmann of Minnesota have joined their cause, along with 160 tea party leaders from around the nation who demand "constant, merciless scrutiny" of the IRS matter.
Royal infants get way more attention. A Media Research Center analysis found that ABC, CBS and NBC devoted 187 minutes to cover the birth of bonnie Prince George during a three-day period last week. But wait. In 75 days, they gave the IRS matter 157 minutes, even as new questions about improper use of funds, large bonuses and other irregularities in the agency surfaced.
"President Obama and his squawking parrots in the liberal media are calling the IRS scandal 'phony,' and the networks have scrubbed it from their broadcasts. But the everyday Americans targeted by this historic abuse of power don't think it's phony," declares Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center.
"This very real, very damaging political scandal is creating a massive credibility problem not only for the IRS, but for the networks who refuse to report it," he says.
And among his 25 allies: American Values President Gary L. Bauer, Conservative HQ founder Richard Viguerie, Concerned Women for America President Penny Nance, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips, Reagan historian Craig Shirley, the Rev. Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition, and the American Family Association's Tim Wildmon.
• 57 percent of Americans say that "a good woman is hard to find"; 50 percent of women and 63 percent of men agree.
• 55 percent of Americans overall say a "bold and experienced woman" is the most desirable; 56 percent of women and 54 percent of men agree.
• 39 percent overall say "being a good mother" is the most important quality for a woman to have; 39 percent of woman and 38 percent of men agree.
• 33 percent overall say "brains" is the most important quality; 35 percent of woman and 30 percent of men agree.
• 33 percent say a "sweet and innocent" woman is most desirable; 29 percent of women and 37 percent of men agree.
• 17 percent overall say a sense of humor is the most desirable feminine quality; 17 percent of women and 18 percent of men agree.
Source: A CBS "60 Minutes"/Vanity Fair poll of 1,017 U.S. adults conducted June 12 to 16 and released Monday.
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Avalanche forward Cody McLeod, who embraces his role as a fourth-line mucker, may have been a little jealous of teammate Daniel Winnik's "Gordie Howe hat trick" Thursday at San Jose, because McLeod produced two-thirds of the trick Saturday against the Washington Capitals at the Pepsi Center.
McLeod scored Colorado's first goal on a fluke play and was all business in a fight later in the period against former Avs teammate Matt Hendricks. The middleweight scrap seemed extraordinarily intense between two guys who call each other friends.
McLeod, who acknowledged his friendship with Hendricks during a television interview in the first intermission, failed to collect an assist and complete his Howe hat trick (goal, assist, fight), which Winnik got done in one period against the Sharks.
Banged up. The Avs' injury list continues to grow. Defenseman Kyle Quincey missed his first game of the season with a groin injury. Also unavailable was defenseman Ryan Wilson (head) and forwards David Jones (groin), Brandon Yip (groin) and Chuck Kobasew (head). Kobasew joined Yip on injured reserve.
Left wing Peter Mueller, who has missed the last 30 games, participated in the morning skate, his first action with the team in more than a week. Each of the other injured players did not skate.
Frustrating. The Avs played arguably without their top two defensemen. Wilson's injury was caused from a hit to the head by Vancouver's Max Lapierre in a game last week. In the same game, Colorado's Kevin Porter was suspended four games for an accidental knee-on-knee hit on the Canucks' David Booth. Booth is out four to six weeks and Wilson probably longer.
"There's always hits around the league that you look at and say: 'What happened there? Why did he get something and why did (another guy) not get something,' " Avs coach Joe Sacco said. "But the league does the best they can, and we have to live with their decisions. It's frustrating for me not to have one of our top defensemen."


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Nice shots. The first one looking at it at 100% you could actually crop in there a fair bit. Its certainly sharp enough, nice shot.
Good timing on the Heron and those Spoonbills you have there are always amazing to see. I must get there one day to spend a few weeks around Florida. We don't have the Roseate spoonbill's, just the Royal spoonbill's.
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Mark A. Smith is professor of Political Science and an adjunct professor of Comparative Religion and Communication at the University of Washington. His research focuses on economic and religious groups, ideas, and influences in American politics. In his new book, Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics, Dr. Smith argues that religion is not nearly the unchanging conservative influence in American politics that we have come to think it is and is best understood as responding to changing political and cultural values rather than shaping them.
Number of U.S. Mosques Doubled in the Past Decade
There has been no shortage of controversy about Muslims' place in American society over the past ten years – and yet, according to a new report, the number and size of Muslim religious bodies is growing rapidly,. In a study of mosques across the country, a coalition of researchers discovered that the number of U.S. mosques has more than doubled over the past decade, with Muslim houses of worship expanding outside metropolitan areas.
According to the report, the arrival of new Muslim immigrants from places like Somalia, West Africa, and Iraq has helped fuel this growth, but older mosques have also seen a sharp increase in the number of attendees at Jum'ah (the weekly congregational prayer). The report notes that every decade since the 1970's has seen substantial growth in both the number and size of mosques, indicating that the Muslim community will only continue to expand as time passes.
The growth has also been accompanied by significant changes in the outlook of mosque leaders. The number of mosque leaders who believe that American society as a whole is hostile to Islam has dropped almost 30 points since 2000, from a majority (56%) of mosque leaders to only one quarter (25%). These findings are striking, considering that the past decade has seen a myriad of controversies over Islam in America, including hearings on the alleged radicalization of Islam in the U.S., a raft of legislation addressing the specter of Shari'a law and disputes over whether mosques should be built around the country, including national tumult over whether an Islamic community center should be built near the site of the 9/11 memorial in New York City.
Last September, just before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, PRRI released a survey which illustrated Americans' ambivalence about the place of Islam in their society. For example:
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At least part of what's going on here is that increased interaction is leading to broader acceptance. Americans who regularly interact with Muslims have more positive views about them and about Islam. For example, Millennials are more than twice as likely as seniors to have a conversation with a Muslim at least occasionally. As Dr. Robert P. Jones notes in this week's column for "Figuring Faith," the tide seems to be shifting, particularly with regard to anti-Shari'a laws. Americans' concerns about the threat posed by Shari'a law have continued to fluctuate, and seem to be more connected to controversies in the news than realities in their communities. These findings suggest that as Muslim communities grow and expand into different regions, they will become increasingly accepted into the American social mainstream.


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1. The distinction between men and boys has been largely obliterated. The older males that many American boys encounter are essentially older boys, not men. They speak, dress, and act similarly (think of men who "high-five" young boys instead of shaking their hands). And they are almost all called by their first names. Even when a boy (or girl) addresses an adult male as "Mr.," many men will correct the young boy or girl -- "Call me" and then give the young person his first name. This is often true even with regard to teachers, physicians and members of the clergy. When a young person calls an adult by his first name, the status of the two individuals has been essentially equated. Boys need men to respect. It's not impossible to do so when they call men by their first names, but it makes it much harder.
2. Boys today have fewer adult men in their lives than ever before. Many boys are not raised by any father. More are not raised by a father who lives in the home full time. Nearly every teacher and principal American boys have in elementary and high school is a female. The boy's clergy person and physician may well be women. And few male figures in contemporary film radiate manhood as defined above.
3. The ideals of masculinity and femininity have been largely rendered extinct. Feminism, arguably the most influential American movement of the 20th century, declared war on the concepts of femininity and masculinity. And for much of the population, it was victorious. Indeed, thanks to the feminist teaching that male and female human beings are essentially the same (note, incidentally, that no one argues that male and female animals are the same, only human beings are), untold numbers of boys have been raised as if they were like girls. They were denied masculine toys such as play guns and toy soldiers, and their male forms of play -- e.g., roughhousing -- were banned.
4. America has become a rights-centered rather than a responsibility-centered society. Aside from helping to produce a pandemic of narcissism, the rights-centered mindset is the opposite of the obligation/responsibility-centered mindset that makes a boy into a man. It is not good for either sex to be rights-preoccupied; but it is particularly devastating to developing men, as men are supposed to be obligation-directed. The baby boomer generation helped destroy manhood in most of the ways described here. One additional example was its widespread slogan, "Make love, not war." One cannot come up with a more unmanly piece of advice: "Don't fight for your country, screw girls." If the greatest generation had adopted that motto, Hitler and Tojo would have won. A few years ago, the city of Chicago named a street after Hugh Hefner, a man who has played games much of the day and night, lived in pajamas and devoted his life to sex -- quite a model of manhood for American boys.
5. There are few places where men can bond with other men. One major way men become men is by associating with other good men. The only places left where this normally takes place are sports teams and the military. The same holds true for boys. And much of society is now working on breaking the most significant all-boys institution, the Boy Scouts.
6. Males no longer have distinctive roles. Men do best when they are relied upon, when needed; and they feel most needed when they do something distinct from women. This exists today in sports and the military. It is symbolic -- significantly so -- that there are no more "men at work" signs on highways. Now "people" are at work. "Men" have disappeared.
7. Many churches and synagogues have been feminized. This has occurred in at least three important ways: Clergy are increasingly female (and touchy-feely males) -- for the first time in Christian and Jewish history; God is often depicted as androgynous and no longer either demanding or judging (He just loves all the time); and religion has been changed from morally and theologically demanding to a therapeutic model. So religion, too, has become yet another place where boys encounter few men, and few masculine models (even in God, as noted, is no longer masculine).
8. Instead of the traditional American model of masculinity, which was a rare combination of masculine toughness and stoicism with doing good (e.g., Superman), boys are now taught to be preoccupied with their feelings and with (unearned) self-esteem. They are not even allowed to lose; all boys playing a sport are given trophies, not just winners.
9. Increasingly, marriage is regarded as optional. The most obvious expression of men assuming responsibility -- marrying a woman and taking care of her and their children -- is no longer a male ideal. Vast numbers of men quite openly admit to having problems with the C-word (commitment) and responsibility of being a family's sole breadwinner.
When boys do not become men, women assume their roles. But they are not happy doing so. There are any number of reasons American women suffer from depression more than ever before and more than men. It is difficult to believe that one of those reasons is not the very emasculation of men that the movement working in their name helped to bring about. And so, a vicious cycle has commenced -- men stop being men; women become man-like; men retreat even further from their manly role; and women get sadder.
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Bulldogs halfback Brent Sherwin and interchange prop Chris Armit have both been ruled out of Sunday's NRL clash against the Vodafone Warriors at Telstra Stadium. The two players had been rated 50-50 propsects for the match but the club today announced they had both been forced out with injury. Sherwin came out of last week's win over Wests Tigers with a foot injury while the Bulldogs say Armit damaged his shoulder in the same match. Halfback/five eighth Ben Roberts, who two weeks ago made his New Zealand test debut against Great Britain, has been named as Sherwin's replacement in the halves. Roberts (20) made his NRL debut in the Bulldogs' win against the Vodafone Warriors at Ericsson Stadium on April 30. He has made three first-grade appearances so far. Centre Andrew Emelio has been named as Armit's replacement. Winger Hazem El Masri has also been troubled by an ankle injury but a decision on whether he'll play won't be made until tomorrow. The Bulldogs had already lost winger Matt Utai and interchange prop Jarrad Hickey through suspension.
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All that I am, all that I do, all that I ever had, I owe it all to you.
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A deformity in the nail bed that results in a concave indent of the nail plate, causing the outer nail to turn out; also called spoon nail.
April 1, 2009
| Article
Spoon nails are a common nail abnormality that can be easily overlooked because the mildest cases are hard to recognize. But be observant; early detection can alert clients to the early stages of a more serious medical condition.
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a substance capable of causing cancer in humans or other animals
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