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Grant Thornton's Supply Chain Advisory Practice acquired by KPMG
The acquisition strengthens KPMG's existing restructuring services practice in the automotive, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense and other manufacturing industries by expanding current capabilities in financial and operational restructuring, supply chain advisory, supplier services, technology and performance improvement. The transaction also includes Grant Thornton LLP's Vontik software system.
July 21, 2010 - SCMR Editorial
In a move geared to expand its restructuring capabilities, U.S. tax, audit, and advisory firm KPMG LLP said it has acquired the Supply Chain Advisory Practice of Grant Thornton LLP.
KPMG officials said bringing Grant Thornton's supply chain practice into the fold strengthens KPMG's existing restructuring services practice in the automotive, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense and other manufacturing industries by expanding current capabilities in financial and operational restructuring, supply chain advisory, supplier services, technology and performance improvement.
Financial terms of the transaction, which closed on July 16, were not disclosed. KPMG said that 23 Grant Thornton employees will join KPMG, adding that KPMG will also take over existing Grant Thornton projects at select Fortune 500 companies.
"We needed something with some global heft and reach, something that was already [credible] in the market, and something that had a proprietary bend to it that was going to distinguish the firm in a new capability going forward," said Koecher. "The acquisition achieved all of those things based on the objectives we set out."
Koecher did not rule out future acquisitions to augment KPMG's restructuring services practice in the future as it continues to grow its business, as the current supply chain restructuring market is a very fluid environment, with a lot of talent and assets and businesses changing hands and moving around.
And Kimberly Rodriguez, a partner in KPMG's Advisory Services and former lead partner for Grant Thornton's Supply Chain Advisory Services practice, said one of the appealing parts of joining KPMG for Grant Thornton was its combining of financial and operational strengths to improve performance in manufacturing companies.
"People really believe KPMG has an appreciation for financially-focused breadth, as well as the operational sides of businesses," she added. "Grant Thornton's deep automotive and supply chain operational capabilities fit in nicely with what KPMG already had, and it allows us to take what arguably in automotive supply chain is some of the best supply chain capabilities and resources and apply them across different industries…like hospitals, heavy equipment, construction, aviation. It is really about taking supply chain—and the financial and operational side of the business—in a variety of industries and improving performance."
In terms of how this deal will help KPMG better serve shippers, Koecher explained that a big piece of the puzzle with this deal was to provide shippers with a plant-level, shop-floor capability on the operational restructuring size and build up its supply chain capabilities for the performance and technology sides of its business. This, he said, builds a key part of KPMG's restructuring business that it was looking to grow. What's more, he pointed out that KPMG has a great deal of sector-specific expertise in its restructuring and broad advisory business for energy, healthcare, broad-based manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, and defense.
"[This deal] is an opportunity to take those operational restructuring skills in various sectors and enhance our product offering on an integrated basis," he said. "This was a key part of the equation to continue working with Fortune 500 clients and is something Grant Thornton brings to the table.
Also included in this transaction is Grant Thornton's Vontik Software system, a supply chain monitoring/ management tool used by several Fortune 500 companies, and in which KPMG is going to invest to provide further global capability.
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I'm sure others will chime in with better information but one way to look at the scale on a map is the relationship between the distance on the map and the distance on the ground. Usually, the relationship is expressed as a fraction e.g. 1/10 000 or a ratio e.g.1:10 000. In plain English this means that 1 unit on the map represents 10,000 of the same unit on the ground.
The unit of measurement is commonly inches (or centimeters). The first number in the scale is always 1, but the second number is different for each scale. Some commonly used scales are:
* 1:24,000 - 1 inch on the map equals 24000 inches in the real world, which is the same as 2,000 feet.
* 1:63,360 - 1 inch equals 1 mile
* 1:50,000
* 1:250,000
* 1:1,000,000
Lastly, when choosing a scale, remember, "bigger is smaller." The bigger the second number, the smaller the scale of the map. More ground is represented on the map, and therefore there is less detail on the map. Conversely, the smaller the second number, the bigger the scale, and more detail can be included on the map.
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Andre Coleman, Ottis Anderson, Ickey Woods, Willie Parker. Super Bowl legends all, but they're not expecting any calls from Canton. Sporting News takes a look back at the NFL's greatest one-hit wonders—and finds out where their post-Super Bowl lives took them.
Super Bowl heroes: Where are they now?nfl January 23, 2013 3:22am EST January 21, 2013 3:59pm EST A rookie named Ickey Woods shuffled his way to Super Bowl XXIII. Now he shuffles formations as coach of the Cincinnati Sizzle women's football team. SN looks back on 14 one-hit wonders — and tells you where they are now.
2 Otis Taylor, WR, Chiefs (Super Bowls 1, 4)
One of the game's greatest wide receivers who's not in the Hall of Fame, this two-time All-Pro made the 46-yard touchdown catch that sealed the Chiefs' 23-7 upset of Minnesota in Super Bowl 4. Now 70, Taylor has battled Parkinson's disease for the last decade and currently is being cared for by his sister, Florence, a nurse, at his home in Kansas City.
3 Jake Scott, S, Dolphins (6, 7, 8)
The short, cocky, balding safety was MVP in Miami's 14-7 win over the Redskins in Super Bowl 7 and established a record for most fumbles recovered (two) when the Dolphins beat Minnesota 24-7 in Super Bowl 8. Scott became an investor after he played his ninth and final NFL season in 1978 and has lived on the Hawaiian island of Kauai since 1982. The 67-year-old former University of Georgia All-American made one of his few trips to the U.S. mainland in 2011, when he accepted entrance into the College Football Hall of Fame.
4 Chuck Foreman, RB, Vikings (8, 9, 11)
The versatile Foreman, known as the "Spin Doctor" for his trademark method of breaking tackles, was arguably the NFC's best running back in the 1970s, making five Pro Bowls and leading the perennial-bridesmaid Vikings to three winless Super Bowls in four years. In 1975, he became the first running back to lead the NFL in receptions (73), while also rushing for 1,070 yards and scoring a then-NFC record 22 touchdowns. Now 62, he lives in the Minneapolis area, where he is a substitute high school teacher and hosts a weekly internet sports talk show called "Spin It" on VoiceAmerica radio.
5 Butch Johnson, WR, Cowboys (12, 13)
Known for his "California Quake" touchdown celebration, the flashy Johnson never won the starting job in eight years with the Cowboys, but he had a penchant for making acrobatic, clutch catches—especially in the postseason. His diving 45-yard scoring grab that helped Dallas secure a 27-10 win over Denver in Super Bowl 12 still makes the game's all-time highlight reels. A year later, he became only the second player to catch TD passes in back-to-back Super Bowls when the Cowboys lost to Pittsburgh, 35-31, in Super Bowl 13. After his retirement from the game in 1986, the Los Angeles native settled in the Dallas area, where he is now global senior director of community affairs and sports marketing for Mannatech, a dietary supplement company.
6 Rod Martin, LB, Raiders (15, 18)
Martin is still the only player to make three interceptions in a Super Bowl game. The first of his trio—a first-quarter pick on Eagles QB Ron Jaworski's first pass of the game—dramatically set the stage for the Raiders' 27-10 win over Philadelphia in Super Bowl 15. Now 57, Martin is the manager of technical and user support services at the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, his alma mater.
7 Ottis Anderson, RB, Giants (21, 25)
As a vital part of coach Bill Parcells' ball-control offense at New York in the 1980s, the burly Anderson rushed for 102 yards and was MVP of the Giants' 20-19 Super Bowl 25 win over Buffalo. Since retiring in 1993, after 14 NFL seasons and 10,275 career rushing yards, he has lived in the New York area and worked as a motivational speaker and fundraiser through his marketing firm, Ottis Anderson Enterprises.
8 Timmy Smith, RB, Redskins (22)
As a fifth-round rookie out of Texas Tech in 1987, Smith came out of nowhere to run for a record 204 yards and two scores in Washington's 42-10 demolition of Denver in Super Bowl 22. He did so after playing only seven games (with no starts) and rushing for 126 yards in the regular season. He came back in 1988 to start eight games for the Redskins and gain 470 yard, but injuries kept him from hanging on to the job in D.C., and he was forced to retire from the game just two years later. After leaving the NFL, things wouldn't get any better for the New Mexico native, who was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison in 2006 after pleading guilty to cocaine distribution. He was released in March 2008 and the 49-year-old was last reported to be getting his life back together in Denver, where he was working as a bus dispatcher.
9 Ickey Woods, RB, Bengals (23)
The charismatic Woods was a pop culture icon as a rookie in 1988, taking his "Ickey Shuffle" touchdown dance all the way to the Super Bowl. He rushed for a game-leading 79 yards in the Bengals' 20-16 loss to Joe Montana's 49ers. During the regular season, he ran for 1,066 yards and 15 touchdowns. Woods' time in the spotlight would be short, however, as knee problems forced him out of the game in 1991. In keeping with his off-kilter personality, Woods now spends his time teaching football to the opposite sex as head coach for the Cincinnati Sizzle of the Women's Football Alliance.
10 John Taylor, WR, 49ers (23, 24, 29)
San Francisco's "other" receiver (there was this guy named Rice who lined up on the opposite side) set the Super Bowl record for punt-return yardage in Super Bowl 23. His 10-yard TD grab that won that game in its waning seconds is still considered one of the NFL's most exciting all-time plays. Taylor, 50, now lives in Clovis, Calif., about two hours southeast of the heroics he once produced for the 49ers at Candlestick Park. Since leaving the game in 1996, he has owned a trucking company and is now an independent owner/operator, making cross-country deliveries for Sysco Foods and Perdue Farms in his Kenworth 18-wheeler.
11 Andre Coleman, KR/WR, Chargers (29)
In 1995, Coleman set the Super Bowl record for all-purpose yardage by returning eight kickoffs for 244 yards—including a 98-yarder that amazingly wasn't a TD—in San Diego's 49-26 loss to the 49ers. Despite also being a backup wide receiver, he had no catches in the game. He was out of the NFL altogether three years later, retiring with the Steelers in 1998 after just five pro seasons. Now 40, he's coming off his third year as an assistant football coach at Youngstown State in Ohio, where he tutors the Penguins' wide receivers and return men.
12 Larry Brown, CB, Cowboys (30)
Brown picked off two Neil O'Donnell passes in Dallas' 27-17 win over the Steelers in Super Bowl 30, becoming the first cornerback to win the game's MVP award. He was a starter on each of the Cowboys' three championship teams in the 1990s. Currently living in the Dallas area, Brown, 42, is now co-host of the Cowboys Radio Network's pre-game and post-game shows.
13 Mike Jones, LB, Rams (34)
Jones made "The Tackle" of Tennessee wide receiver Kevin Dyson on the last play of Super Bowl 34 to preserve the Rams' 23-16 victory. He went on to play 12 seasons and 183 games in the NFL before retiring in 2002 to pursue a coaching career. The 43-year-old Mizzou alum is currently the head football coach at NCAA Division II Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo.
14 Ricky Proehl, WR, Rams/Panthers (36, 38)
Proehl, known for his efficient route-running and sure hands, is one of only three players to score touchdowns for two different teams in a Super Bowl (Jerry Rice and Muhsin Muhammad are the others). He caught 669 passes in his NFL career and seven in Super Bowls, including the two scoring strikes (both in the final two minutes to tie the game) in respective losses for St. Louis and Carolina. He played his last pro season for the Colts in 2006 and then moved to Charlotte, where the 44-year-old former Wake Forest star was recently promoted to wide receivers coach with the Carolina Panthers after spending two seasons as the team's assistant wide receivers coach.
15 Willie Parker, RB, Steelers (40, 43)
Signed by the Steelers in 2004 as an undrafted free agent out of the University North Carolina—where he didn't started a game in four years—the 5-10 Parker was the one of the most unlikely of Super Bowl heroes. His 75-yard touchdown run in Pittsburgh's 21-10 victory over Seattle in Super Bowl 40 broke Marcus Allen's 22-year-old record. He came back to win another ring in Super Bowl 43, rushing for 53 yards in the Steelers' 27-23 win against Arizona. Turf toe and other leg injuries slowed him the next season in Pittsburgh, however, as he started only three of 14 games. The Steelers didn't re-sign him and Washington waived him during final cuts prior to the 2010 season. Despite flirting with a comeback attempt in the United Football League, Parker, now 32, officially retired from the game last summer when he accepted an assistant-coaching job at NCAA Division II West Virginia Wesleyan.


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text: By LaDonna SwedbergSports Writer Wallace had back-to-back home games last week and their home court served them well as they came out to handle two challenging teams. The Wildcats hosted the Stapleton/McPherson Co. (SMC) Cyclones on Thursday and then turned around to take on the Hitchcock County Falcons on Friday. Two victories late in the season was an important accomplishment for the Cats as they prepare for their final regular season game and district play.Wallace 50, SMC 28 The key to Thursday's win over SMC was a very stingy defense by the Wildcats. The Cyclones turned the ball over on their first four possessions and then they were only able to score two baskets and a free throw the rest of the quarter. Wallace, however, was able to double the Cyclones' score in the opening quarter. Landon Swedberg put up eight points, John Marquardt added a basket with a put back and Taylor Doell and Josh Grauerholz each had a free throw. The Wildcats had a 12–6 lead at the end of one quarter of play. The second quarter was very similar to the first, the defense held SMC to just five points while the offense was able to put up another 14 points. Shane Anders scored on a put back, Grauerholz got a couple of jumpers, Swedberg turned a steal into two points then Marquardt scored off of a Doell assist. Marquardt and Jose Arvizo each made two free throws to account for the 26 to 11 half time lead for Wallace. The half time break did not change the pace of the game, SMC struggled to get points on the board and the Wildcats continued to dominate. The quarter started with Doell draining a trey from the corner. Grauerholz then got a three-point play the old fashioned way which led to Anders going to the corner for a trey of his own. The Cats were just getting started, the next basket came from Grauerholz on an in bound play which was followed by Anders kissing one off the glass. Later, Swedberg was fouled when he was putting back a rebound so he too got an old fashioned three-point play. The quarter ended with a Doell free throw and a basket from Marquardt and Collin Swedberg. To say that the final quarter was a quiet quarter would be an understatement. A total of 10 points was all that was scored in the final eight minutes of play. The Cyclones were able to come up with seven points, and a Swedberg basket with an added free throw was all that Wallace could come up with. In spite of the slow quarter, Wallace defeated SMC 50–28. Statistic leaders for the Wildcats were Landon Swedberg with 16 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and two assists. Josh Grauerholz had 10 points and three steals and John Marquardt had eight points, four rebounds and six steals.Wallace 52, HC 34 Friday night the Wildcats once again encountered Hitchcock County. Wallace had faced the Falcons in the second round of the conference tournament and came out on the short end of the battle but this encounter had a very different look. The intensity the Cats displayed in the SMC game had increased for Hitchcock County. The Wildcats came out in the first quarter to make a statement as they scored often and in a variety of ways. Taylor Doell made it known that he would be a problem for the Falcon defense as he dropped in nine points in the first eight minutes and he was just getting started. John Marquardt and Landon Swedberg each came up with two baskets and Josh Grauerholz added two free throws. The Wildcats had a 19–6 lead at the end of the first period of play. The second quarter was much less eventful but Wallace managed to maintain their 13 point lead. Swedberg drained a three and later added two free throws. Marquardt then made a basket and earned a free throw which he made. The eight points gave Wallace a 27–14 half time lead. Doell owned the second half by hitting four three-pointers and a jumper to add 14 more points to the books. Other Wildcats who contributed to the offense were Lane Scott and John Marquardt with two free throws, Swedberg with one and a big finish from Shane Anders who put up six points at the end of the game. Wallace not only controlled the offensive side of the game but the defense only allowed 10 points in each quarter of the second half. Wallace defeated Hitchcock County 52–34. Taylor Doell was the leading scorer of the game with 23 points. Swedberg added 10 points and Marquardt had nine. Anders was the leading rebounder with five and Swedberg had four. Marquardt led the assists with four and Swedberg led steals with five.Next Action The Wildcats will complete their regular season when they host Creek Valley on Feb.15. The JV game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. tip off.


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Le Mars Catholic Parishioners Dedicate New St. Joseph Church
(Le Mars) -- Song, scripture, liturgy and pageantry filled the sanctuary of the new St. Joseph Catholic Church Sunday afternoon as the 1000 plus parishioners dedicated the new building. Bishop Walker Nickless was on hand to coordinate the dedication. Bishop Nickless told the group of Catholic parishoners that the new church is more than a new building.
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He reminded the people that the church should serve as a place where their spirit is renewed.
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Following the dedication, Pastorial Lay Director, Dick Ahlers said the ceremony inspired him.
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Father Kevin Richter received a loud and continuous applause when Bishop Nickless singled him out and personally thanked him for his "blood, sweat, and tears" is overseeing the construction of the new church. Later, the congregation expressed their appreciation to Father Richer by giving him a new Ford Escape car. Richter talked about how the church community came together and what it means to him.
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Richter says this was his first building dedication and for him it was an emotional experience.
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Architect Incorporates Many Artifacts From Old Church Into New Church
(Le Mars) -- As we have learned from last week, One of the key factors in designing and constructing of the new church was to incorporate many of the artifacts from the old St. Joseph Church into the new church building. The altars came from the old St. Joseph church, and many of the statutes were from the old church, or from the Neptune Catholic Church. Dick Ahlers is especially proud of the stained glass windows, and the care and preservation that was involved.
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Kevin Strehle was the architech of the new church building. He says he welcomed the challenge of creating the church with modern features, but at the same time holding on to traditional pieces.
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Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Ryan Speaks in Sioux City
(Sioux City) -- Republican Vice Presidential candidate PAUL RYAN rallied the GOP faithful with a quick trip into Sioux City Sunday afternoon. Ryan gave a 12 minute speech to an outdoor crowd of about 600 people at Bev's On The River. The Wisconsin Congressman stressed the importance of the state in this election saying Iowa could decide who will be the next president.
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Ryan took President Barack Obama to task for distorting GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's record instead of laying out an agenda for an Obama Second term.
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Ryan says despite what the President would have you believe, a second Obama administration would increase taxes on small business and limit job creation.
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Ryan was introduced by Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds. Some of those attending waited nearly three hours to hear Ryan, and were entertained with a free concert by country star Mark Wills.
Le Mars Community School Board To Meet
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars Community Board of Education will discuss the annual progress report during their regularly scheduled meeting tonight. Assistant Superintendent Steve Webner will review the highlights with the school board. Kindergarten teachers will appear before the board to inform the directors about how their students have been learning about phonetic awareness as a result of the teachers professional development. The board is expected to act upon one resignation.
Ogden Man Charged With Killing His Wife
OGDEN, Iowa (AP) - A 28-year-old man has been charged with killing his wife in the central Iowa city of Ogden.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says Josh Powell was arrested Sunday after Ogden officers went to the home he shared with his wife, 25-year-old Jacalyn Powell.
Investigators say Josh Powell called 911 around 10 a.m. Sunday to report that his wife was dead. Court records say Josh Powell reported that he and his wife had fought the night before and that
he'd struck her.
Josh Powell is being held in Boone County Jail on $2 million bail. Online court records don't list the name of his attorney.
Hunters Are Being Asked To Help With Missing Cousins
EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) - Friends of the two young Iowa girls who have been missing since July are asking hunters to watch for clues about the missing cousins.
FBI officials have said they believe Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins were abducted from Evanston this summer.
Chad Hartogh, who manages the Waterloo Hy-Vee store, says he hopes reminding hunters about the case will help bring the girls home.
Since they were reported missing, Lyric turned 11 and Elizabeth turned 9. Their bikes were found near Meyers Lake in Evansdale.
Chris Jones, with the state Department of Natural Resources, says he thinks this is a good idea because hunters will be in remote areas that don't get much traffic the rest of the year. Jones was part of the initial search for the missing girls.


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Hematocrit (he-MAT-uh-krit) is the proportion of your total blood volume that is composed of red blood cells. A hematocrit (Hct) test indicates whether you have too few or too many red blood cells — conditions that can occur as the result of certain diseases. Red blood cells, or erythrocytes (uh-RITH-roe-sites), transport oxygen throughout your body.
A hematocrit test is done using a sample of your blood. A lab technician puts the sample in a device called a centrifuge that spins the blood very quickly in a test tube. This motion separates your blood into three parts: the fluid component (plasma), red blood cells and other blood cells. When the blood is separated, the technician can determine what proportion of the cells are red blood cells. Hematocrit is also called packed-cell volume (PCV).
A hematocrit test is part of a complete blood count (CBC). The proportion of red blood cells compared with all blood cells may help your doctor make a diagnosis or monitor your response to a treatment.
A lower than normal hematocrit may indicate:
A higher than normal hematocrit may indicate:
The hematocrit is a simple blood test. You won't need to fast before the test or make other preparations.
A nurse or medical assistant may collect a blood sample by pricking your finger and collecting the blood into a narrow glass tube or by drawing blood with a needle from a vein in your arm. You may feel some tenderness at the site, but you'll be able to resume normal activities after the sample is drawn.
Results from your hematocrit are reported as the percentage of blood cells that are red blood cells. The normal range is 38.8 to 50 percent for men and 34.9 to 44.5 percent for women. The normal range for children 15 years of age and younger varies by age and sex. The lower and upper thresholds for a normal hematocrit value may vary somewhat from one medical practice to another.
The result of your hematocrit test is just one piece of information that helps your doctor check your health. Talk to your doctor about what your hematocrit test result means in light of the symptoms you're experiencing and the results of other diagnostic tests.
A number of conditions can affect the outcome of a hematocrit test and yield inaccurate or misleading results. These complicating factors include:
Your doctor will take into account possible complicating factors when interpreting the results of your hematocrit test. Your doctor may want to repeat the hematocrit test and do other blood tests if results provide conflicting or unexpected information.
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May 29, 2016
Smithfield Packing Company in North Carolina is recalling nearly 20,000 pounds of pork neckbones, including some in Mississippi and Alabama that may be contaminated with plastic.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the voluntary recall Friday after the company based in Tar Heel, North Carolina, discovered the problem. They have asked consumers to return the pork to where they bought it.
The neckbones were produced earlier this month and distributed to retail stores and military commissaries in Alabama, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.
The pork was sold in two- to four-pound packages labeled as "Premium Smithfield Pork." The side of each of the Styrofoam packaging trays has a 10-digit code that starts with 1962, 1972 or
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Alberto has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone and is expected to stay well offshore as it moves up the Atlantic.
At 11:00 a.m. the storm's maximum winds are near 35 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center says additional weakening is expected and they say Alberto could dissipate Thursday.
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Tropical Depression Alberto has started to move in a northeasterly direction and will continue to move away from the North Carolina coast.
As of 5 am Tuesday Alberto's maximum sustained winds are 35 mph with continued weakening expected during the next two days.
The storm is centered about 200 miles south of Morehead City, North Carolina.
Click here to go to WITN's hurricane page and track Alberto.
Alberto is moving northeast at 15 mph and will move quickly away from the east coast over the next 24 hours..
Outside of a high risk of dangerous rip currents along the Outer Banks, Alberto will have little to no impact on our area.
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Tropical Storm Alberto has continued to wobble off the South Carolina-Georgia coast while maintaining 40 mph winds.
As of the 5 a.m. update Monday from the National Hurricane Center, the maximum sustained winds were holding at 40 mph.
At this time all the rain associated with Alberto is over the Atlantic and is not impacting any land areas.
Alberto remains about 350 miles from Atlantic Beach.
As of 5:00 am Monday:
Sustained Winds: 40 mph
Coordinates: 30.4N-79.7W
Movement: SSE at 5mph
Pressure: 1007mb
The latest track from the National Hurricane Center keeps Alberto moving to the northeast late Monday and staying well off the North Carolina coast Tuesday as a weak tropical storm or tropical depression.
Alberto will have very limited impacts on the area with the biggest threats being right along the beaches with rough surf, dangerous rip currents, and wind gusts to 30 mph.. The heaviest rain should remain well off of the coast.
Click here to go to WITN's hurricane page and track Alberto.
We will continue to update this story any time there is new information about Alberto and will bring you additional coverage on WITN as needed and on WITN News this evening.
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A system off the southeast coast is now the first named tropical storm of the 2012 hurricane season, even though the season does not officially begin until June 1.
The system, southeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is drifting to the south and west. The longer forecast brings the storm up the North Carolina coast. The center of the current forecast cone keeps the center of the storm well off the coast, but that path -- as with all tropical systems -- could vary.
But before you make a bread and milk run, forecasters want to alert you that this storm, if it affects us, could be like many you've seen before. The warm waters from the Gulf Stream (81°) will aid in possible intensification, but the small structure makes the storm very susceptible to outside atmospheric influences, wind shear or dry air entrainment. Due to the small size, typical hurricane models are having a tough time resolving its structure and thus predicting the eventual path.
WITN meteorologists have been alerting coastal residents of the chance for wind and rain, as well as possible sound-side flooding Sunday for those along the southern Pamlico and Albemarle sounds from a persistent northeast wind.
Alberto's impacts could be very much like a nor'easter. As always, WITN's meteorologists won't take the their eyes off the track, intensity and potential impacts and will alert you of any updates.
Click here to go to WITN's hurricane page and track Alberto.
For your reference:
Tropical Depression
Maximum sustained winds: ~38mph
Tropical Storm
Sustained wind speeds: 39-73 mph
Boaters are encouraged to keep a close eye on the weather conditions as boating conditions are likely to become treacherous with this coastal storm.
We'll continue to bring you updates here on witn.com and on WITN News.


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Let's say I have a sieve script for a given zimbra account that puts some mail into a folder named "new_folder". Is there a way to trigger some outside process every time a new message is put into "new_folder"? Like, say, Every time a condition to put a mail into "new_folder" is true, the sieve script calls some function to put that same mail piece into a system wide directory on the system (say "/usr/var/anything"). Or maybe sieve can do it itself without any help from outside functions (which I doubt it can).
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How quickly can you get a new application or service deployed for your business? Four weeks? Eight weeks? For many enterprises, the answer is even longer. Today your business needs to respond in Internet time with new services, capabilities, and offerings to stay ahead of its competitors. Yet most corporate IT shops aren't well equipped to respond with speed. They still have a "procure and provision" approach to services that caters to their in-house process maturity and capabilities. Even if resources are available, they must be assigned and prepped. And those requesting the resources better have a budget for them. All of this can be a lengthy process of approvals and actions involving everyone from development, storage, networking, security, and sometimes even facilities. Why is this so difficult for enterprise IT?


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
IDAHO: It was a long time coming, but finally the Vandals broke into the win
column on Saturday as they defeated New Mexico State in Western Athletic
Conference action, 26-18, at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow. Kicker Trey Farquhar
played a major role in the outcome as he knocked through all four of his field
goal attempts in the outing. Aside from an early interception, quarterback
Dominique Blackman played well also with 304 yards and a couple of touchdowns
on 26-of-48 passing. Jahrie Level caught eight balls for 92 yards and a score
in order to help compensate for a lackluster rushing attack which generated a
mere 82 yards on 28 attempts. The Vandals hit the road this coming weekend to
take on one of the newcomers to the WAC in Texas State, marking the first-ever
meeting between the two schools on the football field.
LOUISIANA TECH: The Bulldogs put together yet another exciting offensive
effort on Saturday night in Ruston, as Kenneth Dixon ran for four touchdowns
in a 58-31 romp over UNLV in non-conference play at Aillet Stadium. Dixon
carried the ball 16 times for the Bulldogs as they remained perfect on the
season and ran their regular-season win streak to 12 games in a row. Ray
Holley led all ball carriers with 139 yards and scored once on 22 attempts.
Quarterback Colby Cameron converted 31-of-45 passes for 316 yards and a score
for the hosts. Now ranked third in the country in scoring with an average of
53.2 ppg, head coach Sonny Dykes has the Bulldogs off to their best start
since 1975, and that has also earned the team a spot in the AP Top-25 this
week (No. 23) for the first time since 1999. The Bulldogs were supposed to
have a bye this coming week before diving into the Western Athletic Conference
schedule against Idaho on Oct. 20, but instead the team is taking on a Texas
A&M squad that was originally scheduled for Aug. 30 before potentially poor
weather conditions postponed the meeting until now. LaTech has taken on the
Aggies 10 times previously and lost each of those encounters, so maybe the
Bulldogs are finally due to break through.
NEW MEXICO STATE: Andrew Manley threw for a touchdown and ran for another on
Saturday, but his efforts were still not enough to keep the Aggies from
falling to Idaho, 26-18, in Western Athletic Conference action at the Kibbie
Dome in Moscow. Manley completed 28-of-45 passes for 309 yards, was sacked
twice and had two passes picked off in the team's fifth straight loss. Austin
Franklin recorded a fourth straight 100-yard receiving game and the fifth in
six tries this year with 115 yards on nine catches, but still the squad has
lost eight consecutive games against members of the Football Bowl Subdivision
dating back to last season. New Mexico State is now ranked 117th in the nation
in rushing (85.7 ypg) and is 113th in sacks allowed (3.5 per game), which
doesn't help matters when Manley is trying desperately to put together
successful drives. Enjoying their first open date of the 2012 season this
week, the Aggies get some time off before visiting Utah State on Oct. 20 for a
WAC battle in Logan.
SAN JOSE STATE: Back in action this coming weekend after a bye, the Spartans
go after the Utah State Aggies in Western Athletic Conference play in
California. Riding a four-game win streak, SJSU owns a 20-13-1 edge in a
series that dates back to 1940 according to Spartan records. However, San Jose
State has lost the last three meetings with USU, the most recent coming last
season by a score of 34-33 on the road in Logan. The Spartans need just one
more win to match their entire total from 2011 when they finished 5-7 and were
3-4 in conference play. While it is still early in the campaign, the Spartans
are ranked second in the country in sacks with 4.4 per game, their total of 22
through five contests already ahead of the 16 sacks they recorded all of last
TEXAS STATE: The Bobcats lost their second straight outing on Saturday and the
third in the last four games when they bowed to New Mexico, 35-14, in
Albuquerque. Texas State head coach Dennis Franchione, who was in charge of
the UNM program from 1992-97, saw his squad produce just 248 yards of total
offense as it turned the ball over four times in the setback. Starting
quarterback Shaun Rutherford completed 16-of-21 passes for 186 yards and two
touchdowns, but he was picked off once and sacked five times before giving way
to Tyler Arndt who converted 5-of-13 attempts for 30 yards with two
interceptions of his own. While the Texas State defense was allowing the Lobos
to generate a hefty 361 yards and five touchdowns on the ground, the Bobcats
managed just 32 net yards on 20 carries. Texas State is back home for the
fourth time in the last five games this weekend as it entertains the Idaho
Vandals in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO: Getting back to work this week, the Roadrunners try to
remain perfect on the season as they clash with the Rice Owls in non-
conference action on the road. This is just the second season for UTSA
football, which means many opponents on the 2012 schedule are brand new foes
and that includes the Owls. The Roadrunners have one of the longest win
streaks in the nation at the moment, having run off six consecutive victories
dating back to last season.
UTAH STATE: The Aggies went into last week averaging 28.2 ppg, third-best in
the WAC, but the team's offense was nowhere to be found as the squad came up
short in a 6-3 final against BYU in Provo. Utah State was held to a mere 243
yards of total offense, a far cry from the unit's 452.2 ypg heading into the
matchup. Quarterback Chuckie Keeton converted 22-of-38 passes for 202 yards,
but his longest was just 16 yards and he was sacked three times in the outing.
Kerwynn Williams, one of the most exciting players in the league, was held to
just 18 yards rushing on 14 carries and he caught five passes for another 39
yards in the loss. The Aggies get back to playing on Saturdays this week as
they make the trip to San Jose State to challenge the Spartans in WAC action.
Utah State trails in the all-time series by a count of 20-13-1, but the Aggies
are the ones who have rattled off three straight wins in the relationship,
including a 34-33 final last season at home.
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Erin Kristen Hall and Robert Wesley Bruce, both of Jacksonville were united in marriage on July 27, 2013, at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. The Revs. Mark Morris and Benjamin Wall performed the 6:30 p.m. ceremony.
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The groom is the son of Mrs. Bonnie Bruce of Troutman.
The bride was escorted by her father, and given in marriage by her parents. The bride was attended by maid of honor Jessica Harrell of Snow Hill. Bridesmaids were Sonya Hall and Heather Davis, both of Greenville; Christie Hall of Winterville; Jennifer King of Kinston; and Angie Williams of Fuquay-Varina. Flower girl was Savanna Hall.
The groom chose Billy Ellenburg of Statesville. Groomsmen were Brian Hall of Greenville; Mark Hall of Winterville; Benjamin Wall and Alan Williams, both of Statesville; and Jerry Phelps of Mooresville. Ring bearer was Parker Hall.
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He was born Aug. 16, 1931 in Karnes City to Ramon Espinoza Sr., and Ermilinda Guerrero Espinoza. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force serving as a Fire Chief. Raymond was a VFW member, and a former Karnes City Volunteer Fire Fighter.
Survivors include his wife Sybil Munoz Espinoza; sons, Carlos Espinoza, Michael Espinoza, Stephen Espinoza, and Ray Espinoza; step-son Raul Serenil; step-daughters Selina Davila and Sonia Rodriguez; sixteen grandchildren; sister Eva Rodriguez; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; and brothers David and Albert Espinoza.
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[College of Arts and Sciences]
Dr. James C. Hall, Program Director
Office: 107 Carmichael Hall
History and objectives. New College was established in 1970 to provide an opportunity for highly motivated undergraduates to have greater flexibility in forming a curriculum leading to a bachelor of science or bachelor of arts degree. The underlying assumptions of the New College program are
- that students are capable of accepting much of the responsibility for their own learning
- that each individual is unique, and that educational programs can be developed which reflect each student's interests and capabilities
- that significant learning can occur outside of the classroom as well as within, and that students may receive credit for such outside learning experiences
- that problem-focused, general education experiences of an interdisciplinary nature are highly desirable in a fast-changing society
The two major objectives of New College are to create an opportunity for a highly individualized education that enables students to draw from the resources of all University classes and faculty, and to serve as an experimental unit with the expectation of exporting successful innovations to other sectors of the University.
The New College curriculum has two principal elements. First is the depth study, which is the student's area of concentration. The depth study may or may not resemble a traditional major. The second element of the curriculum is a general education component, which helps to ensure that students will have an exposure to the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences beyond their depth study. Included here are six interdisciplinary seminars focusing on these three areas, offered by New College faculty. Students are expected to complete this component either through these interdisciplinary seminars or, in exceptional circumstances, through other courses in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Students are also expected to develop their own independent studies and out-of-class learning experiences to enhance their understanding of the subject of their depth studies and to add to their learning experiences.
A minimum of 120 hours is required for graduation. Many New College students earn credit through performance on proficiency examinations for prior learning experiences, in out-of-class learning, by independent study, or in other nontraditional ways.
Degrees Offered
The New College curriculum leads to a bachelor of arts or a bachelor of science degree, depending on the student's depth study. The interdisciplinary experience in New College affords excellent preparation for students with ambitions for graduate study or for professional careers in various areas, including law and medicine.
Admission and Retention Requirements
Applications are available from the New College office. New College limits its enrollment to 200 students, and there is an admission process separate from and in addition to admission to The University of Alabama.
The following two factors are taken into consideration when making a decision for admission:
- the degree of motivation and serious intellectual independence exhibited by the applicant
- the potential for the University to meet the applicant's academic goals
Admission Procedure
To apply for admission to New College, an interested student should
- obtain from the New College office an application for admission which, when completed, will include the applicant's educational goals and a statement about his or her interest in New College
- submit three letters of recommendation pertaining to the applicant's motivation, strengths, past performance, and personality
- phone the New College office to arrange a time for an interview with students, faculty, and staff of the College for the purpose of exploring the applicant's academic objectives and the extent to which New College can serve the applicant. Interviews are conducted periodically during each semester
Special Programs
Contract advising. Contract advising is a team approach to student development. Upon admission to New College, each student is assigned a faculty advisor who works closely with the student to plan his or her academic program. When student interests exceed the expertise available amongst the New College faculty, an expanded advising committee may be necessary, and faculty outside of New College may be asked to serve as co-advisors.
The New College contract-advising session is one of the most important parts of a New College student's program. Fundamental educational decisions about the student's undergraduate academic career are made in the contract-advising session. The contract-advising committee is concerned with the student's course performance and other measures of academic competence, as well as with the development of the individual's needs, desires, capabilities, attitudes, social influences, and motivation. The contract-advising takes place every semester to discuss and evaluate the progress of the student and to plan future coursework and other educational experiences.
Through contract-advising students develop their own programs of education that can be modified as the students' interests develop. The program of education becomes one's contract with New College, and it includes the following features: interdisciplinary seminars, a number of electives, a depth-study program, and other experiences agreed upon by the contract-advising committee. Students are strongly encouraged to include an out-of-class learning experience and a travel/study abroad experience in their academic programs.
New College opportunities available to all University of Alabama students. Students interested in one or more of the following programs should contact the New College office, 107 Carmichael Hall.
Interdisciplinary environmental studies minor. The objective of the minor is to provide undergraduates with interdisciplinary training in environmental studies. Drawing on the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences, this minor acquaints students with current environmental problems and the tools of analysis to identify causes and solutions.
The interdisciplinary environmental studies minor requires 18 hours, including NEW 215, NEW 230, either NEW 225 or NEW 442, and an additional 6 to 7 hours selected from the following: BSC 305, BSC 385, BSC 482, CH 107, EC 480, GEO 202, GEO 363, GEO 460, GY 410, GY 452, GY 453, GY 467, GY 484, NEW 218, NEW 226, NEW 237, REL 305. A minimum of 6 hours at the 300- or 400-level must be earned on this campus. Interested students should contact Catherine Roach, 101-F Carmichael Hall.
Out-of-class learning/independent study. There is much research to show that learning which has been individually initiated and individually implemented has many benefits. These benefits include greater retention of knowledge gained, a better ability to integrate this knowledge with other learning, an increased potential for extending this knowledge into new areas, and more insights into career decisions. New College has a strong commitment to provide students opportunities to pursue their academic interests outside of the classroom through out-of-class learning experiences for credit.
In these out-of-class learning/independent study experiences, an agreement (or contract) is made among the student, the project director, and New College. The contract is a clear, concise statement that includes the course area, topic, or problem the student intends to study, along with the bibliography, plans for evaluating the study, and the anticipated outcomes of the study.
The project director is someone who is highly qualified in the area of the out-of-class learning experience. He or she helps the student design the contract and then monitors and evaluates the experience. The project director need not be someone within the University community.
Once the out-of-class learning/independent study contract has been written, it must be approved by the coordinator of out-of-class learning and by the director of the New College program. A student enrolled in another division of the University is advised to have an appropriate faculty member from his or her division or department approve and sign the contract. The student also should ascertain the number of credits that may be applied to his or her degree program. Detailed extensive guidelines are available to help students in formulating their contracts. These guidelines may be obtained in the New College office.
Academic Potential Seminar. The Academic Potential Seminar is a 2-credit course (NEW 222) offered pass/fail and coordinated by the Center for Teaching and Learning. The Academic Potential Seminar is designed to assist students in developing practical study strategies and the attitudinal elements of college success. Topics of primary focus include self-assessment, motivation, personal responsibility, time management, memory, textbook reading, note taking, test preparation, and exam taking.
General Degree Requirements
Graduation requirements. The specific graduation requirements for students in New College are planned (usually on a semester-to-semester basis) by the students and their contract-advising committees and approved by the program director. For graduation, New College students must complete the general University of Alabama requirements (i.e., the University Core Curriculum) and
- a minimum of 120 semester hours with a 2.0 or higher GPA (both UA average and overall average)
- a depth study
- the New College seminars
- a foreign language proficiency
- a demonstrated proficiency in the English language
- a minimum of 42 semester hours after enrolling in New College
Depth-study program. Students, together with their advising committees, design their individual depth studies. Depth-study content is determined by the New College student, working with his or her advising committee. The depth study comprises 30-35 semester hours. While any course from any college at the University may become a part of the student's depth study, no more than 30 semester hours of credit from a professional school may apply toward a New College degree.
Integrative seminars. The integrative seminars expose students to three great areas of knowledge—the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences—through two 4-semester-hour seminars in each area.
|Students are responsible for seminar learning and have the opportunity in discussion format to participate, to lead, and to present. Students come to understand complex ideas derived through their readings (analysis) and then, through their discussions and writing about these ideas, form their own intelligent observations and interpretations (synthesis).
|Students identify and explore major concepts, paradigms, and methodologies in a variety of specific disciplines within each of the three areas as they relate to the problem, issue, or theme underlying the seminar. Students, in this context, have the opportunity to appreciate the interrelatedness of fields of knowledge and to recognize that their boundaries are permeable.
|Each seminar has a particular problem, issue, or theme that serves as a vehicle for making the seminars interdisciplinary. Problems addressed reflect enduring issues lacking simple solutions. These problems often provide opportunities for experiential learning and/or public service.
- The humanities seminars strive to open communication among people. The seminars explore enduring questions about meaning and value in human life, ask whether some values are more worthy than others, and encourage the transformation of students, faculty, and society through risk-taking and new ways of learning.
- The social science seminars examine enduring and contemporary social issues: their historical and cultural roots, how they are understood, how and why certain decisions are made, and the consequences of various solutions for the quality of societal and individual life.
- The natural science seminars explore the natural world and the relationship among the disciplines that describe it. This may be done by reading; writing (research); discussing; taking field trips in chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, geology, paleontology, anthropology, and ecology; and synthesizing these fields using themes such as the environment, time, space, structure, law, growth, etc.
The six seminars required for graduation are arranged in two levels. The level I seminars are designed for entering students (usually freshmen and sophomores), while the level II seminars are designed for upper-level students. All students must complete level I and level II seminars in all three areas.
Foreign language proficiency. Students must complete a two-semester sequence of a single foreign language or an equivalent experience. An equivalent experience may consist of living among a language group for a sufficient time to acquire a demonstrated language proficiency equivalent to two semesters of study.
Communication proficiency. Students must demonstrate, through their written and oral performances in the seminars, an ability to use the English language effectively in reading, writing, and speaking.
Electives. Students are encouraged to explore broad interests not developed in their depth studies and general education seminars. Students should select (with the contract-advising committees) several elective courses that are directly relevant to their depth-study programs and several others, not necessarily related to one another.
Out-of-class learning experiences. It is strongly recommended, but not required, that students plan a practical or supplementary out-of-class learning experience for the equivalent of one semester during the time they are enrolled at the University (12 credit hours maximum, unless otherwise approved by the director of New College).
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Juan Martin del Potro + James Blake shared some heart felt MOMA at the net after throwing down an epic 6-4, 6-7(3), 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 second round match won by the Argentine. The pair combined for a total of 150 winners against 120 errors and 35 aces in the 4 hour and 17 minute match. The US Open champ will face Germany' Florian Mayer for a spot in the Round of 16.
The American was still feeling the sting of another opportunity snuffed out in the stretch in his post-match presser:
"It's tough to rank the [five set losses] but right now it hurts pretty bad," said Blake. "I had plenty of messages from people back home who were up until 5am watching me, and I don't even want to respond to many. I just feel bad that they were up watching and are probably going to sleep a little disappointed. Luckily for me they will all be my friends tomorrow, which will help me get through after I stop beating myself up for a few hours or few days."Delpo showed real grit and supreme mental strength in gutting out this win even with a sore wrist (which he says still has "a little bit" of pain.) But you gotta feel for James who plays these classic matches only to be the one on the losing side of the stick (think '05 U.S. Open quarterfinal defeat to Andre Agassi.)
It seems he's never had the ability to raise his game in the clutch and, at this point in his career, he probably never will.
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To benefit the relief efforts in Haiti, one dollar of each ticket sold will be donated through several charities including "Doctors Without Borders." Rush will also contribute a portion of their proceeds at the culmination of the tour.So much for choosing a path that's clear in which the misfortune of others places no moral claim on the individual. So long to the ethical egoism of 2112. Good to see they're now ready to force their fans to give to the relief effort in Hati.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Kindness That Can Kill
30 comments:
Fans don't have to buy tickets. They are not forced to do anything.
- December 4, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- Spiros said...
The band could have made the "donation" voluntary. But they didn't. So whereas they do not force anyone to buy a ticket, they force those fans who buy tickets to support the charities the band has chosen. So some fans are forced to do something. Hypocrites.
- December 4, 2010 at 10:35 PM
I agree. Helping the displaced Haitians with food, shelter, and medical treatment is surely going to hurt them in the long run.
- December 4, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- 729 said...
Not only are they hypocrites, Spiros, but pathetically cheesy hypocrites. $1.00 per ticket? Really? The show tickets range from 30-something to around 70 dollars. If you're gonna "sell out," build a whole freakin' Rush Memorial Hospital or two. Do it right.
- December 4, 2010 at 11:00 PM
"So some fans are forced to do something."
Sure, and by that logic, fans who want to see them live are forced to pay money, forcing fans to do something most would rather not do (assuming that, given the choice, they'd rather see the band for free). They are also forced to visit certain cities if they want to see the band live, which the fans may not want to otherwise visit. How dare Rush "force" their fans to do things like spend money and drive to cities for concerts!
This is all just silly.
- December 4, 2010 at 11:12 PM
- Spiros said...
No. You've missed the point once again. They could have made the donation voluntary, but didn't. By contrast, there is no way to sell tickets to a concert and then make the location of the concert up to each ticket holder. So: those who purchase tickets (a voluntary act) are forced to do something it would be possible for them not to do (and yet still buy a concert ticket and attend one). Not silly at all.
This is precisely the kind of thing Rush has made a career railing against. Hypocrites.
- December 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM
Is the problem with Rush giving to charity per se? Because that certainly isn't inconsistent with Randian egoism.
So the problem must be with the "forcing" of their fans to give to charity. But I fail to see how this is any more hypocritical than if they were to just take all of the money and then donate it at the end of the tour, without informing their fans. The only difference is that they are letting their fans know, in advance, where some of the money would be going.
(BTW, I'm not Anon 8:28, nor am I a Randian or egoist.)
- December 5, 2010 at 12:25 AM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
supposing we are taking the Randian stance and this concert is their business, which it is, it sure would be untenable to say that they don't have a right to do what they want with their own money...
looking at it sideways, however, it would be even more untenable for a consumer to demand what happens to money that they have already spent on something else. The matter of their announcing the charity is superfluous to the concert; I highly doubt people will attend for the sake of the charity nor refuse to attend because of the donation.
- December 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM
What's actually happening is that Rush is selling tickets to a concert, and then donating as many dollars as tickets they sell. There's no forcing anyone to do anything. The band is donating the money. They're no more forcing anyone to do anything than I am forcing my students to give to Planned Parenthood because I do and they pay tuition.
- December 5, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Spiros said...
Note the official statement: "One dollar of each ticket sold will be donated through several charities including "Doctors Without Borders." Rush will also contribute a portion of their proceeds at the culmination of the tour."
This makes a clear distinction between "Rush's proceeds" and the ticket sales. For each ticket sold, one dollar of the price will be donated to the charity. In addition, Rush will make a donation to the charities, too.
Rush is of course free to do whatever they wish with their money. But, to repeat what is crucial, they could have made the donation from the tick sales voluntary, but didn't. That's why the situation is different from using part of your paycheck to donate to Planned Parenthood.
- December 5, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Spiros said...
11:31 writes, "I highly doubt people will attend for the sake of the charity nor refuse to attend because of the donation."
Not relevant to the point. Yet, in any case, just goes to show how shallow and sheepish their fans are.
- December 5, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- email@example.com said...
Spiros, in the original post and in 1:08 you draw a distinction between Rush's profits/money and the money generated from ticket sales that assumes that "ticket sales" are either a) somewhat still the money of those who bought tickets or b) nobodies money. Neither is true.
The money from the ticket sales is managed, controlled and possessed by somebody. If you hold that the price of the ticket is the same for those who would donate the dollar vs. those who wouldn't, then you have no grounds for demanding that the donation not be made. This, as I see it, is because the donation is from the ticket sales price, not in addition to the ticket price.
If they charge an extra dollar and say it was for charity, then your point would stand (such as those optional $1 donation stars I see every once in a while in supermarkets). But since it is not an additional cost, what you are arguing is that whoever controls the money has an obligation to use the money in a way that the purchaser finds suitable.
Indeed, the last point I made was tangential (11:31), but it still indirectly supports my point. If the purchasing of the ticket is not motivated (or deterred) by the charitable donation there is not much point in making it voluntary.
- December 5, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Spiros said...
Thanks for the reply. How would we go about deciding whether the $1 (for donation) is an "extra" cost (imposed on everyone) or not? Say the tickets are $10 each, and $1 goes to charity. It seems then that Rush are willing to perform for $9 a ticket. And when I purchase a ticket, it is to compensate them for performing. So the $1 looks to me like an extra charge.
It should be noted that this post was intended to be a kind of joke. But let me ask a different, I think more serious, question: The statement claims that $1 from the price of each ticket will be donated to "several charities including 'Doctors Without Borders'." Do you think it objectionable that they do not say what those (other) charities are? Seems so to me.
- December 5, 2010 at 4:07 PM
"But let me ask a different, I think more serious, question: The statement claims that $1 from the price of each ticket will be donated to "several charities including 'Doctors Without Borders'." Do you think it objectionable that they do not say what those (other) charities are? Seems so to me."
I could be overlooking something obvious here, but I don't see why it would be objectionable. If I go to a coffee shop and buy a coffee, they have no obligation to tell me what the money I am giving them will be spent on. This seems analogous.
- December 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM
This might be an excellent example of why so many people don't take philosophy seriously. It's not clear why or how Rush is engaging in hypocrisy. Whether or not the donation is voluntary is a red herring. Fans can choose whether or not to buy tickets. Rush can choose what to do with their take of the money earned from ticket sales. The big wigs controlling ticked sales can control what they do with their share of the earnings. Rush has given people more of a chance of making an informed decision as to whether or not to support Rush in its musical performance AND donation choices. Fans that do not like making charitable donations are free to stay home and listen to the music on their own.
- December 5, 2010 at 7:31 PM
"This might be an excellent example of why so many people don't take philosophy seriously."
Because philosophers don't know an obvious joke when they see one?
- December 5, 2010 at 7:40 PM
For reasons I don't want to go into, I read heaps of Rand some years ago. The retorts to Spiros here would be exactly right as defense of, say, Nozick's position. (Nobody is supposed to think that the owner of the basketball team is forcing fans to pay extra to see Wilt.)
But Rand, remember, insists that selfishness is a virtue and altruism is morally corrupt. For a randroid, Rush is indeed selling out.
(Also, like Spiros I don't take this stuff very seriously.)
- December 5, 2010 at 7:58 PM
I have a question. 2112 came out fucking 35 years ago. Is it possible that Rush may have rethought a few ethical theses between then and now?
Spiros's 4:07 post seems to suggest that Rush's just wage for performing is the minimum that they would perform for. That seems a terrible standard for just compensation.
Don't screw with Rush. Some of us have a soft spot for them from our youth.
- December 5, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Experience Machine is spot on about the diff between Nozick-inspired and Rand-inspired libertarianism. And Spiro's point goes through once the distinction is made. The Rush we knew and loved was opposed to the very idea of charity. Roping fans into charitable giving is a sell out.
It's also a sell out to do 'retro' tours in which the band promises to play 20 year-old albums in full. Progressive my ass.
- December 5, 2010 at 10:37 PM
7:58 and 10:37--
I actually haven't read a lot of Rand, but:
"My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty. There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them. I regard charity as a marginal issue. What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue."
from this quote it looks like Rand considers charitable giving to be morally neutral, at least if not done on the false pretense that it is obligatory.
- December 6, 2010 at 1:26 AM
Yes, her view is that if an altruistic act furthers one's own interests, it's fine. Altruism is on occasion the proper expression of self-love. Or something like that.
Part of the trick is that after announcing (or I guess deducing from the law of identity?) that egoism is rationally required, Rand reduces the distance between egoism and common sense by adding, "Of course it wouldn't really be in a thief's self-interest to steal a million dollars," and the like. Maybe this is a good defense for Rush, too -- maybe the charity work will be really good for them, or maybe it partly constitutes their good.
The whole approach is so intellectually flaccid. It's not worth close textual analysis, I promise! Spend the time on Aristotle instead.
- December 6, 2010 at 7:23 AM
I don't know which is more embarrassing: that philosophers take Randian ethics seriously enough to have an extended, albeit not entirely serious, discussion about it, or that they take Rush seriously enough to have an extended discussion about it.
- December 6, 2010 at 8:27 AM
@ 8:27:
I don't think going on at length, even in detail, about the ways in which an ideology, a person, or a group of persons is stupid, implies that you take it/them seriously. Counterfactual: Sarah Palin.
- December 6, 2010 at 8:50 AM
It also seems important to note that Rush is a a terribly shitty band. No?
- December 6, 2010 at 11:05 AM
See: http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.8.22.0219.37804.html
"Many people have unfairly maligned Ayn Rand, the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. This has always confounded me, for no other person has developed such a rational approach to living as she. I believe the underlying reason is that most of her works, like The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, are simply too complex and involved for most people. Thankfully, a group of Canadian musicians took the time during the 80's to distill the complexity of Rand's philosophy into music that we can all understand."
- December 6, 2010 at 1:27 PM
"when I purchase a ticket, it is to compensate them for performing"
Really? When I buy a ticket to a show, it is to see the show. I have no real idea or expectation about what happens to the money: how much goes to the band, to the manager, to the venue, to the coke dealers.
- December 6, 2010 at 4:18 PM
This discussion has gotten me so excited for the upcoming Rush and Philosophy.
No, seriously, that is really happening:
- December 7, 2010 at 12:29 AM
Not to interrupt an opportunity to take cheap shots at Rush, but I think Anon 10:20 has it pretty much right. The Rand themes largely disappear from Neil Peart's lyrics after the late 70s. Peart has also in numerous interviews said that he thinks the band really began in their current form with 1980's "Permanent Waves", and that he finds their early work kind of silly and juvenile. If there's anything in the world philosophers should admire, it's reflecting critically on your beliefs and knowing when to move on from them. But please, by all means, keep setting up and knocking down straw men.
- December 7, 2010 at 12:20 PM
12:20: Bullshit. All of Moving Pictures is a ridiculous Randian rant. Elevate from the norm, bro.
- December 7, 2010 at 7:46 PM
This is actually a fairly interesting thread. It shows that the issues of alturism and egoism are complex and even seemingly intelligent people can get confused. The acknowledgement of Rand on 2112 was something Peart felt was nesessary because of the similarities between his story and Anthem. Yes, you can find all kinds of "Randian" ideas in the early works. But remember that stuff is DECADES old. Here's the bottom line. They said up front what they were going to do. That works for me. And to be honest if they gave the money after the fact without my tacit concent thats fine too. The point is I chose to caugh up the money to enjoy a couple of hours of kick ass rock and roll. Once it comes out of my pocket and goes across the table, I no longer have a claim on it morally or otherwise. If I find they did something with that is morally reprehensible to me, guess what? Tough shit! Its their money now. Rand's point is that everything you have is yours and it is up to you, and you alone, to decide what to do with it. Give it to charity? Fine. If that is YOUR choice. Rush is polarizing because they, probably regrettably, hitched their wagon to the most polarizing intellectual of the last two centuries. The wagon fell off 30 years ago and they are STILL paying the price! Just enjoy the music people. Or not. That's freewill kids.
- October 26, 2014 at 1:27 PM