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As some of you who follow my adventures on Twitter know, I'm spending the weekend at the International Pinot Noir Celebration in Oregon's Willamette Valley. I attend this event periodically as a media guest, and enjoy the event's relaxed style, fabulous food, and wonderful mix of Pinot Noir producers from all over the world, including a significant number of Burgundy producers.
This year, in addition to enjoying the event, I was asked to host one of the event's add on seminars, a celebration of winemaker jacques Lardiere, and a retrospective tasting os some of the wines he's produced in his 42 years as winemaker at Maison Louis Jadot, one of Burgundy's largest and most important negociants.
Lardiere is the youngest of five children and did not really grow up in a winemaking family. His grandfather hailed from Brittany and made a little wine, so Lardiere had some exposure to winemaking and winegrowing, but he grew up with aspirations to be a scientist first and foremost. He studied biology and biochemistry at school, and eventually found his way into research on bacteriological processes in winemaking, in particular the mysteries of malolactic bacteria.
This interest brought him to the Pasteur Institute in Paris where he met the famous Jules Chauvet, a winemaker, scientist, and the current spiritual father of the trendy Natural Wine movement. After working with Chauvet for several years, and deepening his knowledge of various aspects of the microbiology of wine, Lardiere was approached by Andre Gagey, then the managing director of an up-and-coming negociant called Maison Louis Jadot. Gagey asked Lardiere if he'd be willing to come on as a consulting enologist. Lardiere, who had always imagined his future as a scientist, turned to his mentor Chauvet and asked what he should do. Chauvet, showing the kind of wisdom for which he was known, suggested to Lardiere that as noble as science was, actually producing something was a far better thing to do with one's life. And so, not really knowing what he was getting himself into, Lardiere accepted the job.
One of the first things Lardiere made clear to his new employer was that the house's approach to winemaking would need to change. In particular, Lardiere said, the winery needed to start doing longer macerations. Coming on in June of 1970, Lardiere immediately put this technique into practice during the 1970 vintage with some success. However, a year later as hail devastated the infamous 1971 vintage, he recalled his embarrassment at having to tell his boss, "you know what I said about long macerations? Well we can't do that this year." Apparently Gagey took some convincing, but Lardiere prevailed, and Jadot's wines from that vintage were among only a few that turned out particularly well.
Amazingly, and almost unbelievably, Lardiere maintains that the 1971 vintage was the first and last time in his 42 years as winemaker that he has changed his winemaking regimen to address the issues of a vintage. For him, the notion of terroir, and the process of respecting a place involves accepting what the vintage gives you every time.
When Lardiere started at Jadot, at the spritely age of 22, the house was producing about 40,000 cases of wine. During his 42 years as winemaker, Maison Louis Jadot has grown to produce around 834,000 cases of wine, and to own more than 380 acres of vineyards. Lardiere regularly oversees the production of more than 140 different wines from more than 100 different classified appellations around Burgundy and Beaujolais. Without any attempt at hyperbole, this guy is responsible for making more Burgundy in one year than some small producers do in their entire lifetimes.
At the end of 2012, Lardiere is going to retire, leaving the house in the hands of winemaker Frederic Barnier.
As I introduced Lardiere, I jokingly suggested to the audience that mostly my job was to talk about Lardiere for a little while (since he doesn't like to talk about himself) and then to just press "play" and stand back. Which is pretty much the way our session went.
In preparation for the tasting, Lardiere and I had several conversations, and one thing he felt impelled to discuss was the subject he described as "why Burgundy is Burgundy" a discussion which consumed the first 40 minutes of our hour-long session. His explanation of how geologic processes had converged to produce a distinct "line" telluric energy that aligns with the uplift that created the hills of the Côte d'Or. This line can be traced through the Grand Cru vineyards of the Côte, Lardiere claims, and as you move away (either up the hills or towards the flatland) away from this line you first encounter the Premier Cru vineyards, and then the lesser climats.
In the course of explicating this, Lardiere ranged over any number of subjects. After about 35 minutes of his monologue, peppered occasionally by questions from me, I suggested that it was probably time to taste the six wines he had brought along.
"No!" he exclaimed, "there is more I must explain!" Everyone got a good laugh out of the moment, and about eight minutes later, with only about 15 minutes left in the session I convinced him to start talking about the wines.
As many of you know, normally I attend these events and, from the audience, make a report of what people say and what I learned, as well as the wines on offer. I'll be posting my coverage of two sessions I attended like this in the coming days. This event, however, I was hosting, which meant I was on stage with Mr. Lardiere, asking him questions, and generally playing straight man to his unique bundle of passionate philosophizing and wisdom.
Consequently, I have only the background material and brief summary above to share with you, as well as my notes on the wines we tasted below. For a more detailed overview of Lardeire's talking points, I'll direct you to coverage by Lily Elaine Hawk Wakawaka, who was in the audience and followed Mr. Lardiere's freight train of thought admirably (perhaps thanks to her past life as a professor of philosophy).
Lardiere brought along an interesting selection of wines, representing properties in both the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits, from good vintages and from bad.
Here are my notes:
2005 Savigny Les Beaune 1er Cru "Clos des Guettes"
Medium garnet in the glass, this wine smells of cedar, raspberry and wet dirt. In the mouth the wine offers a concoction of delicious wet earth and bright raspberry fruit wrapped in tannins thick as peanut butter. Excellent acidity and a decent finish. Definitely needs more time, but a pretty wine. Score: around 9. Cost: $35. click to buy.
2004 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru "Les Baudes"
Light garnet in the glass, with a hint of brick color at the edge, this wine smells of fresh forest floor and a remarkable sappy, raspberry fruit aroma that makes the mouth water. In the mouth forest floor flavors of evergreen boughs and peaty earth mix with redcurrant, red apple skin and a wonderful savory salinity that is stunning. Wonderful acidity, and an earthy finish that rings with bright raspberry fruit. Stunning. Score: around 9.5. Cost: $90 for current vintages click to buy.
2002 Volnay 1er Cru "Clos de la Barre"
Light to medium garnet in the glass, this wine smells of wet dirt, licorice and dried cherries. In the mouth, powdery tannins wrap around a core of bright orange peel citrus and raspberry, with rumbling tones of wet earth that linger through a long finish. Great acidity and fine grained tannins. Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $50 click to buy.
2001 Beaune 1er Cru "Clos des Ursules"
Light ruby in the glass, this wine smells of raspberry, orange peel, and forest floor. In the mouth the wine has a lightness and a clarity, with taut tannins and bright fruit that vibrates between citrus and raspberry as notes of wet leaves and earth linger behind. This particular vineyard has been owned by the Jadot family since 1826, pre-dating the family's wine business. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $75 click to buy.
1991 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru "Clos St. Jacques"
Light brick color in the glass with some lingering ruby highlights and fine grains of sediment, this wine smells of wet dirt and leather and raspberry. In the mouth fine grained tannins drape over flavors of raspberry and red apple skin, with notes of damp earth and wet leaves and mushrooms. Excellent acidity. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $75 click to buy.
1989 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Light brick colored in the glass, this wine smells of leather and wet wood, forest floor and green herbs. In the mouth the wine is powerful, with broad shouldered tannins that, despite being powdery and smooth, suggest somewhat hulking muscles. Flavors of leather, wet wood and raspberry have a nice seamlessness to them and linger for a long time in the finish. Score: around 9. Cost: $300 or more if you can find it.click to buy.
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The plaintiffs' securities bar was dealt twin blows this week. On Tuesday, the Second Circuit ruled that the IPO securities litigation in its current form could not proceed as a class action. Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to review a Second Circuit ruling that Wall Street underwriters were not immune from private antitrust lawsuits.
The double punch was no fun for Mel Weiss (pictured, left). He led the six-attorney executive committee in the IPO securities litigation and served as vice-chair of the executive committee in the IPO Antitrust Litigation. On Milberg Weiss's Web site, the firm touts its securities-related antitrust practice: "Milberg's Antitrust practice group has fought to apply antitrust law to misconduct in the securities industry that has proved to be financially damaging for many investors in recent years."
Law Blog colleague Nathan Koppel spoke with Weiss, who says he will appeal the ruling in the securities case. As for Billing, he voiced disappointment that the Supreme Court decided to review the case. "We think that the [lower] court got it right,"says Weiss.
Meanwhile, Howard Sirota, another member of the executive committee in the IPO securities litigation, told Bloomberg he will have to close his firm because he staked its future on the IPO case; he also said he had pressed Weiss to settle the case for $3 or $4 billion, but Weiss refused to consider anything less than $12.5 billion. "I was desperately trying to salvage a settlement," he said. "Literally millions of public investors have been deprived of any recovery because of what Milberg has done."
Weiss fired back. "He doesn't know what he's talking about because he's not a good lawyer," he told Bloomberg, explaining they could ask for a rehearing at the Second Circuit or appeal to the Supreme Court. "There's a lot of ways we can go . . . For him to say we have no other options means he's not a lawyer thinking for his clients."
The public mudslinging is just the latest round. Earlier this week, before the Second Circuit ruling, Sirota told Koppel he had alerted other plaintiffs lawyers in the case that he planned to ask the court to consider removing Milberg Weiss as lead lawyer in the securities lawsuit because the firm and the two partners had been indicted earlier this year. (They deny and are fighting the charges.) Sirota also told Koppel that he has been a longtime rival of Weiss and that the two have had strategic differences in the IPO matter.
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Carl Jung - Collective Unconscious and Ancestral Memory
Carl Jung's theory on the collective unconscious and ancestral memory seems to explain in a rather simple and beautiful way things that have been bouncing around in my brain. Also, it meets Dirac's standards of beauty in underlying principle.
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"This part of the human psyche represents a storehouse of memories of the part of both the human and the animal race. This collective unconscious also represents wisdom and self-knowledge at the deepest level."
Carl Jung spoke of archetypes as recognizable symbols that are passed down collectively from generation to generation. These archetypes are shared knowledge and connection among the whole human race (like spirals), but I say it is more than that.
Within each of our minds is a history, a repository of knowledge that has been passed on to us individually from our direct ancestors. Dr. Darold Treffert calls it "inherited knowledge." Marshall Nirenberg, in 1968, wrote a paper on what could possibly be actual DNA/RNA mechanisms for what he calls "Genetic Memory."
Perhaps we are able to "remember" things genetically from this inherited storehouse, which is why certain music thrills and touches us, or why we long for things we've never actually known, or why we feel a deep and unfathomable connection to a place we've never been.
I do think, down the long corridor of birth, and death, and recollection, there are ancestral memories stronger in some than in others. Perhaps the imprinting from certain antecedents can be dominant, just like a dominant genetic trait will always rise to the top.
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Babylon 5 was also concerned with Carl Jung's theory on the collective unconscious and ancestral memory!
- March 8, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I personally have experienced traits and tendencies for as long as I can remember that lead me to believe that ancestral memory has to be valid. It's the only explanation that I have come across that makes sense...
- December 22, 2010 at 9:08 PM
I have recently found an old family tree from Norway. With help from the internet I have found hundreds of ancestors. Many of these people lived in a strange place, like the Orkney islands, places that I have always had a connection with, but not known why, pieces seem to be fitting together..../
- February 19, 2011 at 1:29 AM
I had a dream about a woman and her lover in which she mentioned his name. I looked up the name and recently after drawing up my family tree, I found out that the name from the dream was actually one of my ancestors, and their story was exactly the way I had dreamt it.
- April 3, 2011 at 11:24 AM
You appear to be catching substance with out diving into the fantasy land of the new age. It is very difficult at times to discern what is real and what is not. The difference can be a very thin line. Keep going.
- September 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- nyx said...
I just think there's so much that we don't understand still about *everything*, but our 21st century mind-set has made us believe that we're no longer in the dark ages of scientific knowledge. It's easier for us to say things like 98% of our DNA is junk, than to admit that we really have no idea what its purpose is.
In any case, it's fun to think about and talk about. Thanks everyone for sharing your great comments!
- September 15, 2011 at 5:11 PM
I have had two vivid memories as long as I can remember. Even as a small child, these memories or recollections were as real to me as the present. In one, I am a child walking along a rocky cliff above the ocean. Its dark, and above me is a rock house with a dim glow from a window. The smell of firewood burning in the wind is haunting...I recently saw a picture from Scotland...it was a rocky trail along a cliff above the ocean. At the top of the trail was a rock house. It took my breath away. I knew what was beyond the view of the camera lens. I've never been to Scotland, but it calls to me.
- January 16, 2012 at 11:59 PM
- nyx said...
It's interesting there was an olfactory component since it's well-known in psychology that scent can be a powerful memory trigger.
- January 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM
This is fascinating and relates to some reserach I am conducting for my next book. Anonymous & Anette- I would love to hear more about your stories, Anne Jirsch
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The Office of Public Liaison held its inaugural Foreign Policy Classroom briefing on Tuesday, January 17. Mike Hammer, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, addressed students from several universities, including American University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Howard University, the University of Delaware, and the University of the District of Columbia. The topic of the briefing, "The U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda for 2012," touched upon several key policy areas such as elevating the role of economics in foreign policy, managing the challenges and opportunities of the Arab Spring, and empowering women and girls.
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College Hockey:MASCAC picks: Jan. 31
Pretty much how I saw it would go down last week. Teams that were supposed to win, well, won.
Plymouth State is trying its hardest right now to separate itself from the rest of the pack and claim sole possession of first place. The Panthers swept last week; however, both games were decided by one goal, including one overtime victory. Trying to make it interesting I guess.
Salem State also got back into the win column with a pair of one-goal victories as well. Westfield State, on the other hand, continues to roll as it tries to make a name for itself this season.
This should be a good week, with six conference games on the docket.
Let's take a look at the picks.
Thursday, Jan. 31
Framingham State Rams (2-15-1) at Fitchburg Sate Falcons (6-10-2)
Framingham Sate has dropped two in a row, but both games were close battles. The Rams lost one in overtime to a very tough Salem State squad, and fell, 3-1, to an equally as tough Massachusetts-Dartmouth program. Fitchburg though, needs a win to regain some steam heading into the postseason. Just like the Rams, the Falcons have lost two, with one coming in overtime. I like the Falcons though, at home for the victory. Fitchburg State 4-1
Worcester State Lancers (6-11-4) at Mass.-Dartmouth Corsairs (7-7-4)
The Lancers are coming off a 3-2 loss to Salem Sate, which doesn't shock me. Worcester State has been a strong, competitive team since snapping its six-game losing streak back in November. The Lancers are 2-1-1 in their last four games, which includes a 4-3 win over Plymouth State. Mass.-Dartmouth is looking to avenge a lopsided 7-2 loss to Stonehill. The Corsairs get back their confidence in a close one. Mass.-Dartmouth 4-2
Plymouth State Panthers (14-5-0) at Westfield State Owls (11-6-1)
Westfield State cruised past Fitchburg State last week with a 7-2 win, and has been one of the most surprising teams in the MASCAC all season. The Owls have outscored their opponents, 13-3, in their last two games. Oh, and their other win was against Salem State, who they defeated, 6-1, just a couple of nights before their Plymouth State win. The Panthers though, are 14-5-0 for a reason. They head to Westfield State, which will be pumped up for this. Got to go with the gut. Plymouth State 4-3
Picks to date: 22-8-4 (48 points)
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The best way to make sure you have an internship this summer is to secure one yourself. If you find and complete an internship not traditionally associate with this program, you may still participate in the program as outlined here and still receive credit.
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- The French consulates in Chicago and Washington DC offer internship positions each year. Check out the details at: frenchculture.org
- The UM International Center has several good leads for international internship hunting. To receive email updates from the International Center contact Bill Nolting (email@example.com).
- In association with the International Center, the director of ICE Menlo (an international internship placement company) interviews UM undergrads in December and January. He charges a small fee to place students, but we have followed many who taken his positions and been very happy. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com to find out when ICE Menlo will visit our campus. Check out ICE Menlo on the web at: icemenlo.com.
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Torrey Smith
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Acceleration: Smith is a quick-twitch athlete who can quickly create space up field. Can rely on pure acceleration instead of head moves and double moves to get open. Smith gets good separation in and out of his cuts because of his acceleration.
Agility: Displays excellent agility after the catch and in the return game. Changes direction with ease and isn't solely a straight forward track star playing football.
Body control: Shows good body control to turn his head and catch the ball over his shoulder. Has had to learn how to adjust to several poorly thrown passes that come in low or high. Has good vision to catch the ball in tight spots, but doesn't always extend his hands.
Blocking: Only average as a blocking receiver. Dips his head on contact. Is more of a mirror only blocker.
Hands: Catches a lot of passes with his arms and body. Needs to do a better job of reaching his hands out and grabbing the ball away from his frame. Doesn't appear to have concentration issues, but isn't predominantly a receiver who goes over the middle. Shows good ball control, holding the football high and tight against his body.
Release: Has quick feet to get off the line. Will be high out off the snap allowing defenders to jam. Needs to get stronger in his upper body to shed defenders easier.
Route running: Runs mostly verticals, mid-range comebacks and short-area passes that utilize his speed. Because of his speed, Smith can simply run past defensive backs on vertical routes. Shows good short area quickness to get open on comebacks at the sideline.
Size: Smith has a lean track body with thick legs and a somewhat small torso. Arms don't appear extraordinarily long and hands don't look overly big. Has room to grow some.
Speed: Speed is Smith's best asset by far. Has reportedly ran in the 4.3 range in the 40-yard dash. Gets up to top speed in an instant and will be one of the fastest receivers in the draft over six feet tall. Has the classic "second gear" that allows him to pull away from defenders in the open field.
Final word: Smith has been one of the top risers in 2010. Everyone has always known he's a great return man. But now he's developing into a good wide receiver. He'll finish his career as Maryland's career leader in all-purpose yards.
As much as Smith has developed, he has plenty of work to do to be more than the next Darrius Heyward-Bey. Namely, Smith will have to start catching the ball more away from his frame. It seems like Smith makes a lot of catches with his arms and not his fingertips. While he's done a better job on his routes in 2010, he doesn't run an especially complex route tree.
Smith may never be a true No. 1 receiver on an NFL team. What he will be as a good No. 2 and a standout special teams performer.


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$Y = \max(X_1,\ldots,X_n)$, where $X_i's$ follows iid Uniform$(0,\theta)$, have pdf $ny^{n-1}/\theta^n$?
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We have for $y \in [0, \theta]$: \begin{align*} \mathbb P(Y \le y) &= \mathbb P(X_1 \le y, \ldots, X_n \le y)\\ &= \prod_{i=1}^n \mathbb P(X_i \le y)\\ &= \prod_{i=1}^n \frac y\theta\\ &= \left(\frac y\theta\right)^n \end{align*} As the density is the derivative of $\mathbb P(Y \le \cdot)$, we have $$ f_Y(y) = n \cdot \left(\frac y\theta\right)^{n-1} \cdot \frac 1\theta = n\frac{y^{n-1}}{\theta^n}. $$


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Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in the West African Sahel Zone with a growing economy. Raw materials exports (initially cotton and recently above all gold) contribute to gross national product, but the majority of the labour force (90 per cent) still works in agriculture. Harvests usually just about meet personal needs and vary greatly due to adverse climatic conditions. The population struggles with recurrent food crises.
Burkina Faso has succeeded in making major progress in the last 20 years in primary school education and drinking water supply. Nevertheless, almost half of the 17 million inhabitants lives below the poverty line. To reduce poverty, raise the quality of life for people and lessen dependence on international aid, the government has adopted a strategy for faster growth and sustainable development from 2011 to 2015 (Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée et du Développement Durable/SCADD). This development strategy also provides the basis for the cooperation programme, Programme Indicatif de Coopération (PIC), which regulates bilateral development cooperation with Austria. PIC concentrates on three, closely interconnected priorities:
A regional development programme in the Boucle du Mouhoun region in the West of the country combines these priorities.
The greatest challenges for national economic development are improving training and raising productivity. Austrian Development Cooperation therefore promotes practical and demand-led vocational training and the professionalisation of skilled crafts and farming.
With Austrian support, vocational training has been established as a separate sector in the Burkinan educational system. Particularly in remote rural areas, it is important that education is available outside the centrally directed school system. At two vocational schools since 2009, young people have been able to complete an agricultural training course geared to local needs in their own language. Their newly acquired knowledge has improved agriculture in the region and secured income and food supply.
Austrian Development Cooperation supports the trades sector by promoting well-organised associations, an advisory centre for craft enterprises and a skilled crafts development fund. Local development funds contribute to rural development in South-West and Centre-East Burkina Faso: Local cooperatives help the farmers to improve their cropping and marketing methods. This relieves the workload on women in particular and gives them more time for income-generating activities.
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I thought if you say "I don't smoke cigarettes" that would be "[Watashi wa] tabako o suimasen". But I just saw something that said it would be "tabako wa suimasen". Are they interchangable? Is there a difference?
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There are actually three options.
1 and 2, (marking タバコ with the object marker and topic marker, respectively), are semantically the same.
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The Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. shares a common early history with the Church of God in Christ. Charles Price Jones, a Missionary Baptist preacher in Alabama and later Mississippi, accepted the doctrine of Holiness around 1896. During this time C.P. Jones became associated with W. S. Pleasant, J. A. Jeter, Charles Harrison Mason, along with other Holiness leaders. In 1897, C.P. Jones conducted a Holiness convention from June 6-15 at the church he pastured, Mt. Helm Baptist Church, in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1898, the name Mt. Helm Baptist Church was changed to Church of Christ.
This new group of Holiness leaders was expelled from the Jackson Baptist Association. From that expulsion, they adopted the name Christ Association of Mississippi of Baptized Believers in Christ in 1900, and the national Holiness movement accepted the name by C. H. Mason—Church of God in Christ—in 1906. In that same year, an annual convocation selected J. A. Jeter, C. H. Mason, and D. J. Young to investigate the Azusa Street Revival conducted by William J. Seymour. C.H. Mason and D. J. Young accepted William Seymour's teaching concerning the baptism of the Holy Spirit and returned with such doctrinal message with great enthusiasm. After an extended discussion on the issue of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, at the 1907 convention, a right hand of fellowship, a separation occurred, with C. H. Mason, D. J. Young and others leading a Holiness, Pentecostal group. C. P. Jones retained its Holiness emphasis when other early African-American leaders such as C. H. Mason embraced Pentecostalism.
The name Church of God in Christ was widely held by both groups until 1915, when Bishop C. H. Mason had the name COGIC, incorporated. Churches of the Holiness division began to use the name Church of Christ Holiness, and in October 1920 was chartered in the state of Mississippi as the Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A..
The Church of Christ (Holiness) in the United States is divided into eight dioceses – Eastern, North Central, Northern, Pacific North West, South Central, South Eastern, South Western, and Western. In 2008 the Church of Christ (Holiness) had 15,000 members in 167 congregations in the United States, the Dominican Republic and Africa.
The Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. is trinitarian with a Holiness emphasis. Water baptism of believers by immersion and the Lord's supper as a memorial are held to be ordinances of the church. Foot washing is also practiced, but it is not regarded as an ordinance. The church does not reject speaking in tongues (glossolalia). The church emphasizes that the Holy Spirit is an indispensable gift to every believer, but places no emphasis on an initial evidence as speaking in tongues to be the results of such gift.


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UFC Fight Night 38 originated from Brazil where the main event was the UFC 139 rematch between Shogun Rua and Dan Henderson that was scheduled for 5 rounds. These two gladiators left everything they had on the mat back at UFC 139 where Dan Henderson won the match by a unanimous decision and they both went into this fight knowing that their opponent could take a lot of damage. Not only did they have to prepare to fight someone who had the ability to go the distance during their last encounter, but they also needed to be prepared for the heat and humidity that they would be fighting in.
Round One. I was not surprised by the pace of the match as these two had gone the distance at UFC 139, so I was expecting a longer "feeling out" process. Henderson was a lot slower and more deliberate with his striking and during the final 60-seconds of the first round you were able to witness how these athletes are able to switch gears as Dan Henderson rocked Shogun with a left only to be dropped by a left from Shogun. While Shogun had Henderson on the mat and what appeared to be pinned to the cage, it looked as if Referee Herb Dean was about to stop the match but I think that due the controversy that followed his early stoppage between Renan Barao and Urijah Faber in the main event at UFC 169 in February, might have played a factor in him giving Henderson more time to regroup. Dan did manage to stand up and was able to hold on to the fence before eventually being taken down to the mat where he quickly broke Shogun's posture to avoid any more damage as well as to give himself some time to clear his head.
During the second round I felt that both fighters might have actually taken more damage that what the viewers at home were able to see as Henderson went the entire fight to this point without checking any of Shogun's kicks which impacted his ability to shoot his takedowns, which when Dan went for the first takedown of the round, it looked like he was going to tumble through the cage. Henderson found himself on the receiving end of a huge uppercut from Shogun that sent him to mat. Again, the ability of these athletes who have trained to be in great positions as well as really poor situations had paid off as Henderson was able to close his guard on Shogun to limit his attacks.
At this point I was expecting the fight to go the distance. With their history, I thought the third round would have been played a little safer by both fighters. Henderson seemed to be sticking with his game plan of being patient and simply waiting for Shogun to make a mistake that would leave him open to the power Henderson possesses in his hands. Shogun threw a combo that Henderson followed up with a double leg attempt and when it looked like he wasn't going to succeed with it and was looking to keep the fight standing; he dropped Shogun with a huge right hand as they were breaking the clinch.
Henderson could be heard telling referee Herb Dean that he knocked out Shogun, which helped prevent any needless damage as Herb Dean stopped the fight once he saw that Shogun was not able to defend himself.
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It seems you've never even once attended the clinics.
You get far more information on non-abortion options than information on (for) abortions.
No I've not attended. What I was saying about educating the parents was not aimed at those who are going to clinics. It was more in the respect of teens who get pregnant and their first choice, or their parents' first choice, is just abortion. Or people who find out that they're pregnant and say 'well I'm not ready. I'm getting an abortion.' That's what ones I was meaning. I should have been more clear.
And if your reason for not going is "I never intend on getting an abortion", then don't bother replying. I have no intention either, but it is something you should learn about to help others, or if only to just know.
I see what you are saying. I think I'm being too damn agreeable though.
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treated as a last resort when recieving counseling. Does this mean every woman pays attention? No, but it's the best you can do.
'When recieving counseling'. There it is. What about the ones that bypass that? Is counseling required, or is it simply an option before an abortion? If it isn't required, it should be.
Obviously there are plenty of pro-choicers and pro-lifers here, and I doubt any of us are going to change our standing in that regard, so let's have a bit of fun:
For you pro-choicers: At what point, if ever, do you think that abortion becomes the killing of a person? Is it at any time while in the womb, or does it become a person, merely when it is born? There's been plenty of discussion on what defines humanity, so let's do this approach,
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The Hollywood Reporter broke the story on August 23 stating that a source revealed that Thicke offered Marvin Gaye's family a 6 figure settlement offer which was rejected. The transaction was, most likely, conducted through attorneys. Often settling out of court is easier than going through a long legal battle with attorneys charging $300 or more per hour. Court decisions often take many years to settle.
Gaye's family isn't saying anything so far which shows convincing evidence of plagiarism. They seem to be upset that Thicke sang a song in style similar to Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up" and scored a major hit. Rather than seeing a beautiful homage, Gaye's family cried foul. In an interview with TMZ, Gaye's son, Marvin Gaye III said, "We're not happy with the way that he went about doing business, let alone suing us for something where he clearly got his inspiration from at the least."
But taking inspiration from a song does not mean copyright was infringed - even if Thicke states that it was his inspiration for the song. In an interview with GQ magazine in May about his career and the making of "Blurred Lines," Thicke said, "one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye's 'Got to Give It Up.' I was like, 'Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove.' Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it. The whole thing was done in a couple hours.
Ron Sadoff, professor of music and director of programs in scoring for film and multimedia and songwritingat New York University's Steinhardt School in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions weighed in to the Hollywood Reporter.
"Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' may have been inspired by Marvin Gaye's 'Got to Give It Up,' but the songs' respective 'touch and feel,' as well as their use of structural musical materials, are common to many popular songs," Sadoff said. "From a musicological perspective, the songs share even less similarities in terms of their use of structural materials such as melody and harmony. 'Blurred Lines' is composed squarely within the major mode, while 'Got to Give It Up' revolves around the blues scale. In this key area of melodic content, there doesn't appear to be evidence that would suggest plagiarism on the part of Robin Thicke."
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The Pretenders will roll out their new album, "Break Up the Concrete," as one MP3 per week with a different partner leading up to the Sept. 23 CD street date via Shangri-La Music.The first song, "Boots of Chinese Plastic," is available for free download via AOL's Spinner.com and the Pretenders' Web site. Subsequent tracks will roll out with partners such as QuickTime, ClearChannel.com, CMT.com, iLike, iMeem, MP3.com, VH1 Classic, Yahoo!, CBS Radio and MSN Windows Media.
Frontwoman Chrissie Hynde recorded "Break Up the Concrete" in 10 days with, save for bassist Nick Wilkinson, a new backing band consisting of guitarists James Walbourne and Eric Heywood and drummer Jim Keltner.
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"The family that prays together stays together" is something I believed in my youth, and it was a saying I clung to as my own family came into being. These days that assertion is implied again and again in the television ad: "Find God's match for you-Christian Mingle." So singles, and possibly discontented married, are told the Creator has predetermined a soul-mate for them.
Wouldn't that be nice--to know that there was someone out there with God's stamp of approval for you--in this time when incompatibility and sometimes emotional and physical abuse of spouse and children suffer from separated or divorced parents?
This ad poses questions that even the naïve should ask, such as:
--If God already had it figured out a match for you, why do you need a dating service?
--If God knows who is a match for you, why not skip dating and engagement and jump right in to the bliss of a God-blessed union rather than risk a God-damned unhappy coupling?
--If an all wise God has a match for you, why not for everyone because that would prevent so much pain?
--If God has a match stored up for you, she, he or it must be very busy with over seven billion souls out there longing for the best there is for them?
--If God cares so much, isn't it amazing that my match is located near where I live and not on the opposite side of the planet?
--If God has it all planned, do I have any "say" in it and how can I know if my preference might be wrong?
--If God knows best, you and I don't need any sex education or contraceptive know-how, do we?
--If God has a match for me, dare I mingle with non-Christians, as we are told Jesus did with Mary Magdalene?
Pardon me, God, for raising these questions. I'm sure you don't approve of doubt. However the facts are not so good, God. Research has shown that he highest divorce rates are in the Bible Belt--roughly 50 percent above the national average of 4.2/1000 people whereas in northeast states divorce rates are lower, averaging just 3.5/1000 people. Other researchers have also found that atheists and agnostics divorce less often than other religious groups. See: http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistfamiliesmarriage/a/AtheistsDivorce.htm
So, God, somehow, maybe you didn't have a match for me and that's why I had to figure out who could love me and I could love and care for.


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Marcus Dixon turned in a monster career at Warner Christian, but since leaving the school two years ago the big tailback has bounced around.
He spent a year at Snow, a junior college in Utah, before joining Stetson at the start of the year. Monday, Dixon said he will play for Union College, a NAIA school in Barbourville, Kentucky.
Dixon (5-foot-9, 220 pounds), who is Warner's all-time leading rusher with 6,170 yards and 110 touchdowns, said he left Stetson because of a "financial situation."
"I'm just hoping I can settle in up here at Union," he said. "I just want to be able to play my game, and do what I can do."
Dixon will have plenty of company.
Former Atlantic defensive back Cardell Rhett, in his second season at Union, said he recruited Dixon to the school as well as former Atlantic quarterback Alex Bell, former Warner Christian tailback/receiver Khalil Hicks, and former Warner Christian receiver/defensive back Antonio Hamm.
"There are five of us going down there together," Hicks said. "I'm just glad that we get to keep playing together. It will make things better because we are all from South Daytona."


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Cynthia Bailey and the cast of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" will resume filming soon, but according to a new report, Cynthia may not be a part of it.
Although Cynthia doesn't seem to have a reason to leave the series, she hinted that she could be doing so during a new interview.
"Just as it started, it will end, and we will be replaced by someone that America thinks is much more interesting to watch," Cynthia said to S2S Magazine, according to a March 11 report by Wetpaint Entertainment. "My only regret would be to walk away from this and not be set for life and not have taken advantage of every single opportunity that I could."
Since Bravo often replaces housewives with new wives, it's not surprising to hear that she has the possibility in mind. While stars such as NeNe Leakes and Teresa Giudice make their franchises, and would likely never replaced, at least not anytime soon, Cynthia hasn't been with the series since it's start, and her story lines aren't as major as some of the other ladies.
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"We wanted to try something a little bit different this year instead of a traditional, clip-based piece," said Academy Chief Marketing Officer Christina Kounelias. "The trailer has a fun twist that conveys how excited everyone is to have Billy back."
Crystal has one of the most distinguished track records of any host in Oscar history. His upcoming appearance will mark his ninth turn hosting the Academy Awards. The enthusiastic response to the announcement of his return was the inspiration for the trailer.
"Our team had a great time working with the Academy and joining forces with Billy again," said Mike Farah, Funny Or Die's president of production. "We think the trailer really speaks to the excitement around this years Oscars, and Funny Or Die was honored to be a part of it."
The trailer will have a one-month run in more than 2,000 theaters beginning January 6 and can be viewed below!
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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During the month of April, the Edison & Ford Winter Estates will be highlighting several special events. One of these is Art in Bloom, a collaborative project of the Edison & Ford Winter Estates and Fort Myers-Lee County Garden Council.
The project combines art pieces with floral designs. Members of the Garden Council and the staff of Edison Ford will use artwork created by a talented group of artists who displayed their work and participated in programs at Edison Ford to design their own piece of art using plant materials. In addition, Art in Bloom will honor Berne Davis with a tree planting ceremony in the Edison Ford Gardens. A longtime member of the Periwinkle Garden Club along with Mina Edison, Berne helped fund the restoration of the Edison Moonlight Garden. On March 19, Berne also celebrated her 100 year birthday.
Artwork from contributing artists will be available for purchase and a Tea Tent will serve Edison Ford Tea, a special blend of tea made for the Edison & Ford Winter Estates. Visitors will also have the opportunity to vote on their favorite piece.
The event takes place from 1-4 p.m. on Monday, April 6. It is free to Edison Ford members and Garden Council members, and just $5 for non-members. The event is open to visitors touring Edison Ford with a general admission ticket.
The Edison Ford is open daily from 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The Edison Ford is the winner of the 2009 National Stewardship Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and is an official project of "Save America's Treasures" at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Florida Historic Landmark and a National Register Historic Site. For additional information call 239-334-7419 or visit the web site at http://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org.
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- On February 23, 1914, Henry Ford gave Edison his first Tin Lizzie
- Thomas Edison married Mina Miller on this day in history in 1886
- Edison Ford Estates celebrates Thomas Edison's 167th birthday on February 11
- 'Artists and Authors' at Edison Ford Shoppe on Saturday, February 8
- Edison & Ford Winter Estates annual antique car show on February 1