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Heart disease on the rise in young people
Lucy Carroll The number of young people admitted to hospital with heart disease and stroke has jumped by 30 per cent in the past 10 years, with experts warning obesity and binge smoking are to blame.
Overworked counsellors fail to help many stressed youths
Lucy Carroll The national children's counselling service failed to answer 40 per cent of calls and emails last year, as young people increasingly struggle with suicidal thoughts and self harm.
Children's sport held hostage to junk food: study
Lucy Carroll Children who participate in organised sport are being bombarded by junk-food advertising for up to four hours a week, a study shows.
Children bombarded with ads
Lucy Carroll Children who participate in organised sport are being bombarded by junk food advertising for up to four hours each week, a study shows.
Wake-up call over sleepless teen epidemic
Lucy Carroll Teenagers with chronic sleep deprivation are being forced to wait up to a year for treatment at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, putting them at risk of developing serious mood disorders and...
Childbirth study shows more trauma likely in private hospitals
Lucy Carroll Babies born in private hospitals to healthy mothers are significantly more likely to experience trauma and medical problems immediately after birth, a landmark study has found.
Canberra cops brunt of sports cuts as government favours elite athletes over amateurs
Markus Mannheim, David Barbeler, Ben Westcott and Lucy Carroll The federal government's cuts to sports spending will be felt almost entirely in Canberra, even though the Australian Institute of Sport was spared from a severe pruning.
Academics alarmed by nation's child 'couch potatoes'
Lucy Carroll More than 80 per cent of Australian children fail to get one hour of exercise each day, ranking them behind the UK and Finland as among the least active in the world.
Australian children some of the least active in the world, a survey reveals
Lucy Carroll More than 80 per cent of children fail to get one hour of exercise each day, ranking them behind Britain and Finland as among the least active in the world.
Experts mystified by blow-out in food allergies
Lucy Carroll Tens of thousands more boys suffer from peanut allergies than girls, ground-breaking data shows, but doctors are at a loss to explain the figures or define how to stop the soaring allergy...
Experts mystified by blowout in allergies
Lucy Carroll and Jill Stark Tens of thousands more boys suffer from peanut allergies than girls, ground-breaking data shows, but doctors are at a loss to explain the figures or define how to stop the soaring allergy...
Joe Hockey's cigar smoking criticised by health expert
Lucy Carroll A leading health expert has criticised Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann for being 'role models that should know better' after the pair were seen smoking in public.
Australians are including fewer healthy food options in their diets
Lucy Carroll Australians are eating less fruit and vegetables than ever before, with teenagers leading the charge in unhealthy eating dominated by fast food, new data from the Bureau of Statistics shows.
Screening revolution: foetal blood test a breakthrough with disadvantages
Lucy Carroll New non-invasive prenatal testing is an exciting step forward, but there are drawbacks.
Genetic test will enable parents to see unborn child's characteristics
Lucy Carroll Parents will soon be able to examine their unborn child's future health, height and even eye colour before it is conceived, with a new genetic test likely to be available in Australia within the next...
End of life treatment for elderly under question
Lucy Carroll Maria Tosti was 85 when her son broached a seldom-discussed topic: what his mother wanted as she neared the end of her life.
Health: Study shows 4 million Australians deficient in vitamin-D
Lucy Carroll Almost 4 million Australians are not getting enough vitamin D, data released by the Bureau of Statistics shows.
Whooping cough vaccine loses its effectiveness
Lucy Carroll The bacteria that causes deadly whooping cough has mutated to more easily evade its vaccine, potentially putting hundreds of thousands of children at risk.
Healthcare put at risk as patients shy away from cost
Lucy Carroll Year-long waiting lists and high medical fees are causing people in NSW to stop or delay treatment, health professionals say.
Possible black box signals detected in search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370
Rania Spooner, Lucy Carroll Signals consistent with those emitted by an aircraft black box have been detected by an Australian ship, indicating a potential breakthrough in the month-long search for missing Malaysia Airlines...


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This was such a fun Bridal Shower to design and decorate! I based the Shower theme on the invitation that the Hostess had provided me along with a damask hat box she had purchased. We decided to use touches of damask popped with shades of pink.
I made alot of the elements of this Shower. The flower arrangements, the handcut cupcake wraps, the cupcake picks, the felt wedding cake, the front door wreath ~made from coffee filters, the monogram K again covered with coffee filters~the table runners, the decorated cupcake tower and my favorite thing of all the Bridal chair cover! It was easy to make and looked gorgeous as the Bride to be opened her gifts!
The favors were cd's~a collection of love songs~ burned to a cd and named Katie's Bridal shower. They were then wrapped in damask and handmade fabric rose pins that I had made were pinned to the front for Guests to wear.
Even the games had touches of our theme! Each pen for writing had a pink rose glued to the top with the base of it wrapped with floral tape. The magazines they were given to write on had even been wrapped in damask paper to match!
The guest snacked on various hors de ouerves and sipped on Mimosas that flowed from a fountain. Although they also had a choice of lemonade, iced tea and sodas.
For dessert fresh chocolate and white cupcakes decorated sweet homemade buttercream rossettes.

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I like psychology as well; I tend to care more about society, though. Of course, both are closely related.
True. John Locke was a philsospher who said government was basically a magnification of the boundaries we put on ourselves, as well as just instinct in general.
Where do you work at?
I don't work there anymore, but I just came off of working at a Halloween Superstore where I got paid $6/hr full-time. They wouldn't give me days off and on one day they fired four people and I was left alone on the floor (the sunday before Halloween, might I tell you). But I realize I still had it better off than some people.
I think it's safe to say I know very little about society, so take my opinions as a grain of salt. They aren't very researched or thought-out opinions. I'm just going by the little I know already.
D'you smoke?
I'm not a habitual smoker, but I'll have a cigarette (cloves, preferably) from time to time socially. But you don't have to smoke to realize that the anti-smoking craze is absolutely overbearing and even quite discriminatory. But that's a debate for another time.
You know what really bothers me? (well, It doesn't bother me that much, but it sounds better if I exaggerate); that not many people venture into posting at the GF Forums.
Well, it's like we've got our own private little corner, where people are much smarter and nicer than those of....well...Monkey Island.
There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going. There's no knowing where we're rowing or which way the river's flowing. Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing? Not a speck of light is showing, so the danger must be growing. Are the fires of hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes, the danger must be growing 'cause the rowers keep on rowing, and they're certainly not showing any signs that they are slowing. AAAGGHHH!!!
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Alabama Softball 2013
Auburn at #4 Alabama
Mar 22, 2013 at TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Rhoads Stadium)
Score by Innings R H E
Auburn.............. 000 000 - 0 3 4
Alabama............. 000 314 - 8 11 1
Note: 1 out, 0 runners LOB when the game ended.
Umpires - HP: Chad Stears 1B: Steve McCown 3B: Chris Nabors
Start: 6:30 PM Time: 2:15 Attendance: 2664
Weather: Cloudy, 50, Wind: E at 7 MPH
L. Davis faced 1 batter in the 5th.
Alabama Softball 2013
Auburn at #4 Alabama
Mar 22, 2013 at TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Rhoads Stadium)
Auburn starters: 3/1b M. Estell; 17/rf B. Melero; 13/dh C. Schultze; 5/ss E.
Carosone; 2/2b B. Lathan; 25/c M Kilpatrick; 4/cf B. Stephens; 11/3b M. Medina;
1/lf T. Howard; 23/p L. Davis;
Alabama starters: 1/lf Braud; 8/cf McCleney; 10/2b Hunt; 24/1b Lafaele; 33/p
Traina; 17/dh Spencer; 19/3b Richard; 15/ss Hays; 3/rf Davis; 21/c Bell;
Auburn 1st - M. Estell struck out looking. B. Melero
struck out swinging. C. Schultze reached on an error by ss. E. Carosone reached
on a fielder's choice; C. Schultze out at second 2b unassisted. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Alabama 1st - Braud singled to second base. McCleney
grounded out to c unassisted, interference. Hunt flied out to cf. Braud stole
second. Lafaele grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
Auburn 2nd - B. Lathan grounded out to 2b. M
Kilpatrick walked. M Kilpatrick out at second c to ss, caught stealing. B.
Stephens lined out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 2nd - Traina grounded out to 2b. Spencer
doubled to right field. Richard grounded out to ss. Hays reached on an error by
3b; Spencer advanced to third. Hays stole second. Davis walked. Braud grounded
out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Auburn 3rd - M. Medina struck out swinging. T.
Howard struck out looking. M. Estell singled to shortstop. B. Melero grounded
out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Alabama 3rd - McCleney reached on a throwing error
by 3b, advanced to second. Hunt struck out looking. Lafaele popped up to ss.
Traina grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Auburn 4th - C. Schultze struck out swinging. E.
Carosone doubled to left center. B. Lathan singled up the middle, advanced to
second on the throw; E. Carosone advanced to third. M Kilpatrick struck out
swinging. B. Stephens grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
Alabama 4th - Spencer walked. Richard singled to
second base, bunt; Spencer advanced to second. Hays reached on a fielder's
choice; Richard advanced to second; Spencer out at second 3b to ss. Davis flied
out to rf. Braud singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI;
Hays advanced to third; Richard scored. McCleney reached on a fielder's choice;
Braud advanced to third on a muffed throw by 3b, assist by ss; Hays scored,
unearned. McCleney stole second. McCleney advanced to third; Braud scored on a
wild pitch, unearned. Hunt walked. Hunt stole second. Lafaele popped up to 2b.
3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Auburn 5th - M. Medina struck out looking. T. Howard
struck out looking. M. Estell struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 5th - Traina homered down the lf line, RBI.
H. Mavromat to p for L. Davis. Spencer grounded out to 3b. Richard singled
through the left side. Hays singled to center field; Richard advanced to
second. Davis struck out swinging. Braud lined out to ss. 1 run, 3 hits,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
Auburn 6th - B. Melero struck out looking. C.
Schultze struck out swinging. E. Carosone grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 6th - McCleney singled through the left
side. McCleney stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c. Hunt
singled to left center, RBI; McCleney scored. Lafaele homered down the lf line,
2 RBI; Hunt scored. Traina struck out looking. Spencer homered to center field,
RBI. 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.


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"Going to church doesn't make you a christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car."
I've noticed this statement next to several of my friends' names in Facebook. This is, by the way, a true statement. I wouldn't say that is an unfortunate fact since churches attempt to draw in the lost and show them the way. And, of course, there are churches of many faiths, not just the Christian faith. However, this statement specifically mentions Christians.
Churches are a place of worship. They are a place where people of the same kind of faith can go to be reminded of why they live the way they do and what they are living for. Churches are places people can go in order to find people with the same or similar convictions. They are a place you can be open about your faith without feeling you will offend someone. And they are a place you go to find the way.
There is a story that goes around. True or not, it hits a chord with people who can identify. This particular story tells about how an older man at the end of his life recounted why he hadn't gone to church or come to know God. His reasoning was that he had gone to church once; as a child in his worn and ragged clothes. He was from a poor family but he wanted to find out about God. Once in the church he was told that he could not come back unless he was dressed properly. He never went back.
This story leaves a bad taste in the mouth of many Christians. Part of that is because we are sick that one of God's creatures was turned away when he could have been saved. Another part is that we know this actually happens even in this day and age.
Churches bring in many different kinds of people. Some are posturing or misinterpreting what Christianity is about which is what this story hints at and what this statement circulating around Facebook brings to light. This could be an issue of missing the mark on what Christianity is really about or it could be something closer to what the Bible talks about: false prophets or teachers. (Matthew 7:15- 23; 24:11: 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 John 4; 2 Peter 2)
Either way, if you come up against something like this, step back and ask a few questions. Does the Bible support what this "Christian" is saying? If not, rather than getting defensive, ask them to show you where the Bible makes such a statement and then point them in the correct direction to the true answer. It is completely possible they have not been taught correctly and you can use that as a way to fulfill one of God's directives; to guide the lost back to the flock. The second question to ask is: why did you just get defensive over that? Is this a part of your life you feel needs to be examined? Guilt and hurt are two feelings that sometimes cause a defensive reaction.
Just something to think about.
*If you are looking for a church that has a casual dress code, there are many in the Fort Worth area that fit that bill. McKinney Memorial Bible Church is one of them. They are located off Hulen Street at 4805 Arborlawn Dr., Fort Worth, 76109. Services are at 9:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.


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The Obama administration announced new exemptions in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) on Wed.
The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department published the new INA exceptions in the Federal Register.
The new "rules" will narrow the ban on some immigrants who provided limited material support, no matter how insignificant, to terrorists.
The Obama administration demonstrates, to America again, how it decides unilaterally which U.S. laws will obeyed.
The Daily Caller reported a DHS official told them:
These exemptions cover five kinds of limited material support that have adversely and unfairly affected refugees and asylum seekers with no tangible connection to terrorism: material support that was insignificant in amount or provided incidentally in the course of everyday social, commercial, family or humanitarian interactions, or under significant pressure.
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Secretary of State John Kerry were responsible for signing the exemptions. They contend: "that the law change is "commonsense" and that immigration procedures will remain the same in other respects."
The official added: "In addition to rigorous background vetting, including checks coordinated across several government agencies, these exemptions will only be applied on a case-by-case basis after careful review and all security checks have cleared.
This exemption process is vital to advancing the U.S. government's twin goal of protecting the world's most vulnerable persons while ensuring U.S. national security and public safety."
A former State Department official and current director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies Jessica Vaughan questioned the administration's right to unilaterally change the law.
In an email to The Daily Caller Vaughan wrote: "[T]here is a very legitimate question as to whether the administration actually has the authority to change the law in this way." She added:
It seems to me that they are announcing that they will be disregarding yet another law written by Congress that they don't like and are replacing it with their own guidelines, which in this case appear to be extremely broad and vague, and which are sure to be exploited by those seeking to game our generous refugee admissions program.
It's true that some immigrants have been denied entry into the U.S. for giving unintentional aid to terrorists. However, Vaughan sees "the exemptions as likely another opportunity for people to get around the system."
Vaughan said: "If the recent past is any guide, those evaluating these cases will be ordered to ignore red flags in the applications, especially if the applicant is supported by one of the many advocacy groups that have the ear of senior DHS staff."
She explained: "The administration already approves of the admission of gang members as asylees and criminals in the DACA program and grants of prosecutorial discretion, so I don't expect them to be troubled by the admission of terrorists and garden variety fraudsters in our refugee program.
This is how we end up with families like the Tsarnaev brothers [the Boston marathon bombers], who were originally admitted for political asylum."
In some cases of those immigrants seeking asylum all officials will have is the word of the person seeking entry into the U.S.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has been pushing for exemptions to the INA for years. He said:
"The existing interpretation was so broad as to be unworkable. It resulted in deserving refugees and asylees being barred from the United States for actions so tangential and minimal that no rational person would consider them supporters of terrorist activities."
After 9-11 laws were changed to protect our nation from another possible terrorist attack. As a result some of the laws our leaders passed can be considered extreme and should be reviewed. However, the process should include all essential members responsible for changing them.
While the rule changes can possibly be considered "reasonable," what right does the Obama administration have to unilaterally change law? How can they decide which laws will be obeyed and which ones will be ignored?
This seems to be nothing but a glaring end-around Congress, which the current administration continues to do without a second thought. This does nothing but take power away from "we the people" who elected those members of Congress.
Laws should not be unilaterally changed by a select few. There is a proper route to repeal laws or make changes.
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This is why we can't have nice things…
The Internet is going haywire over the case of Gary McKinnon, the autistic hacker the U.S. is trying to extradite from the U.K. to stand trial for snooping around in NASA and Department of Defense computers seven years ago.
The U.K. is especially in an uproar, with McKinnon supporters screaming that an autistic man shouldn't serve 60 years in prison, or that McKinnon shouldn't be tried in the U.S., but in the U.K. instead.
If there's one thing I've learned in reading about the McKinnon case, it's how ignorant the rest of the world is about the United States. And make no mistake: They are ignorant. Appallingly so.
Let's backtrack for just a moment:
McKinnon admits that he broke the law by hacking computers belonging to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Defense and NASA between 1999 and 2002. He's a UFO conspiracy theorist, who took it upon himself to dig around in U.S. government computers in search of proof that the United States was hiding proof that UFOs exist (I've seen no report indicating he found such proof). While snooping, he left messages, warning he would continue to disrupt and accusing the government of being behind the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Needless to say, he was caught. And since then, the U.S. government has been trying to bring him across the pond to stand trial. And, in the intervening years, he's managed to be diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. The maximum sentence for his crime is 60 years in federal prison.
To get a flavor of how the Brits are looking at the case, check out Henry Porter's blog in the Guardian. To save you time, I'll excerpt:
"…over 55 British defendants have been forced to submit to the often crude and vindictive criminal justice system of the United States. Sixty years for a rather hopeless individual who believes in UFOs is obviously absurd, and British law should have the ability to ensure that a citizen is not exposed to harsher treatment in America, then Americans accused of the same crime would face here."
Absurd, Henry?
Here's what's absurd: Acting as if the U.S. should treat McKinnon with kid gloves because he's a Brit. That's absurd. The U.S. has a "crude and vindictive criminal justice system?" Really? We have trials where the accused is innocent until proved guilty. We have a system where Mr. McKinnon will be given attorneys to represent him at trial, to make sure he's fairly treated. We have juries who are charged with hearing both sides of the story before judging a defendant's guilt. Sure, our system is not perfect. But it's not crude.
In fact, if Porter — or the myriad Internet experts — had done a shred of homework, here's what they'd learn:
1. Though the maximum term for the crime McKinnon is charged with is 60 years, there is little to no chance he'll actually receive that sentence. The maximum is reserved for the very worst offenders. It's entirely possible that McKinnon would serve no prison time whatsoever.
2. Judges weigh many different factors in determining sentences. In this case, McKinnon's mental state, his behavior since he was arrested, his mental state at the time of the crimes and the actual damage caused can all be considered mitigating factors.
3. If in fact McKinnon is sentenced to federal prison, it will most likely not be in a maximum-security facility with violent criminals, but in a medium- to minimum-security facility where white-collar criminals generally serve. In America, we call these "country club" facilities. Considering his special needs, he would be closely monitored for his own safety.
If McKinnon was inwilling to suffer the consequences of breaking U.S. law, he should have taken care not to break U.S. law. He was completely aware of what he was doing. He carried on, and should therefore suffer the consequences, whatever they may be.
The larger issue here is ignorance. The fact that Brits continue to holler about this case as though Americans have no other goal than to capture, beat and imprison a pathetic autistic man does nothing less than illustrate the arrogance and elitism — unwarranted, mind you — of Europeans, who believe we are uncivilized (we spell that with a 'z' here, thank you) barbarians following Hamurabi's code.
When all is said and done, this case will prove to be much ado about nothing. McKinnon will serve about 18 months in Club Fed. And then he'll go home. And it will be over.
But Americans should take note of what Europeans think of us. And we need to ask ourselves whether we prefer to bend over backwards to prove ourselves to them, or stand up for ourselves and lead by example.
I, for one, choose the latter.
AP just doesn't understand the Internet.
If the Associated Press wasn't so important, I would laugh hysterically at the utter foolishness it's been displaying. Unfortunately, we need the AP, despite the arguments to the contrary, which makes the organization's complete lack of understanding the Internet quite terrifying.
AP claims the Internet is stealing the news. Of course Google is the big, bad bully in the equation, but even bloggers, AP says, are stealing journalists' work, by posting headlines and links to the original stories. To counteract the thievery, AP says it will roll out DRM on the news, with some bizarre news registry idea that will use tracking beacons and other Big Brother technology to tell AP exactly how its news is being used.
Look, I understand the fear of the Internet. I come from a newspaper company that was terrified of spreading news online. But by the time I left, the online division I headed up was generating revenue, drawing readers, and building value. I never worried about whether Google was stealing my headlines. In fact, I wanted Google to index my headlines.
What AP doesn't seem to understand is that Google drives traffic; it doesn't steal traffic. Google has no content of its own; it merely directs users to the content you've got. AP should beg, borrow and steal to ensure its stories are linked up properly to drive readership. Instead, we get this.
The AP's job is to bring together and disseminate the best, most important journalism. To do that, it must take advantage of all possible mediums. I argue that AP's mission (and the mission of every journalist) should be to serve the public's best interest — not its own. Any time you try to keep the news from the public, you are abdicating your responsibility to those you're supposed to serve.
Not long ago, the AP contacted a member organization, demanding the paper remove an embedded AP video from its website. The paper, of course, was dumbfounded: The video came from the AP's own YouTube account, and an embed code was provided.
I think that vignette shows everything you need to know about AP's understanding of the Internet. You can't report news and horde it. You can't get attention and credit if we can't link to it. And you can't get paid if nobody cares anymore.
Obama attacks first, apologizes never.
How flabbergasting that President Obama felt compelled last week to publicly blast a police officer who arrested Harvard teacher Henry Louis Gates Jr.
With every challenge our nation is facing, Obama decided to use his bully pullpit to attack officer James Crowley for acting "stupidly" in arresting Gates while investigating the report of a break-in at Gates' house.
According to police reports, Crowley was called to Gates' house after a passerby noticed two men apparently forcing their way through the front door. (This passerby had no way of knowing one of the men was Gates, or that his front door was jammed — she's a good Samaritan, just looking out for the neighborhood). Crowley reports that when he arrived, he saw Gates inside the foyer, and asked him to step outside. Gates refused, asking "Why? Because I'm a black man in America?"
Obviously this transaction didn't start off well.
Gates demanded to see Crowley's identification, and got on the phone, demanding to speak with the police chief and warning Crowley he had "no idea who he was dealing with." He accused Crowley of being a racist cop several times.
The situation escalated. Crowley warned Gates several times, according to the report, before cuffing him, consulting with other officers on the scene and bringing him downtown.
According to Obama, Crowley's the one to blame here. The officer's been accused of racism and racial profiling, while Gates is seen as the victim. Obama has backed down from his original stance, but has stopped short of apologizing, or pointing out it was Gates who acted stupidly.
Gates didn't have any reason to believe he was being targeted. In fact, if he'd come to the door and said "What can I help you with?," he and the officer probably would have shared a laugh about the busted door and the good Samaritan. He probably would have gone to bed that night feeling glad he lived in a neighborhood where people look out for each other.
Truth is, Gates attacked Crowley because Crowley is a white cop. If Gates did his homework, he'd have found Crowley's exemplary record — along with the fact that Crowley taught a class on racial profiling. He'd know just how wrong he was. Gates would be able to better point the accusations of racism at himself.
Gates and Obama are guilty of the same thing: Applying some Rodney King-like scenario to a situation where it's not warranted. In the process, they widen the gap in race relations. Should a white cop be scared to do his job? Should he indeed treat a black man differently than he would a white man?
Obama said that perhaps he was quick to judge the situation because he knows Gates. But his reaction dredges up memories of his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who was notorious for his racist rants. And it took extreme public pressure for Obama to distance himself from Wright.
In Gates, we see a scholar, who is working on a PBS documentary about racial profiling, who, rather than regretting his own actions, continues to assert that he's the victim:
"If my experience leads to the lessening of the occurrence of racial profiling, then I would find that enormously gratifying," Gates wrote. "Because, in the end, this is not about me at all; it is about the creation of a society in which 'equal justice before law' is a lived reality."
Gates, and his friend Obama, need to realize that Gates is living the reality of "equal justice before law." Because any person — white or black — who is as beligerent as he was deserves to be arrested.
And Americans deserve better than the thoughtless recriminations and condemnations of a thoughtless president.
Sometimes the customer is wrong.
Up until a couple of hours ago, I respected Jeff Jarvis. I follow him on Twitter and read his buzzmachine.com posts. Like me, Jeff recognizes we all have the tools to be publishers. He's a frequent critiic of those old dinosaurs in the print industry who fail to build value in their products but look for handouts to stay afloat.
Earlier this week, however, Jarvis started pumping out diatribes against his cable provider, Cablevision. I didn't care, quite honestly, because I'm a Time Warner customer. I know little to nothing about Cablevision. Probably will never have to. Today, however, I became interested after hearing the story of therocco and ComcastBonnie…a disgruntled Comcast subscriber and the Comcast tech who tried to help him. I thought maybe I'd blog a bit about how badly therocco misinterpreted the situation (you can read therocco's take at nerdofsteel.com) and decided to read up on Jarvis's experience.
What I found was truly disheartening.
I'll save you all the details (you can read them for yourself at buzzmachine.com). At first, I really felt for the guy. He says his Internet was out, and the cable company told him it would be three days before they'd get a tech to his house. Ouch, right?
So, Jarvis did what any reasonable person would do: mentions that he's buddies with the head of the company (he is not). When the name-dropping doesn't work (the Comcast employee called Jarvis's bluff), Jarvis took to Twitter to bash Cablevision. And then he blogged about it.
Know what Jarvis did to everyone who stood up for the cable company? He checked their IP addresses. And berated them in his comments section. Because he's Jeff Jarvis, and he can't be wrong. Except he was wrong. Not only was he wrong, but he was lying.
In his blog, Jarvis states "they offer to send someone out … in three days."
The ellipses hides a very important fact Jarvis left out: He was offered service the next day, and he turned it down (this according to a comment left by someone Jarvis identified as a Cablevision employee). They did not screw him by telling him to wait three days, as he led his readers to believe; the next day wasn't good enough for Jeff Jarvis, who thought he was entitled to service NOW, dammit, because he has a blog!
So, when the powerful Jeff Jarvis turned down the next-day service, he was offered the next best thing: an appointment in three days.
Jarvis's post is dishonest, and disrespectful to people who offered him help.
It also puts an enormous dent in Jarvis's credibility when he lauds the truthfulness of online journalism; if the evangelists are liars, is the religion a sham?
Jeff, you owe your readers an apology. Anything less is demanding less of yourself than you do of your targets in the news industry.
The bigger point this leads to is the fallacy that the customer is always right. Because, sometimes, the customer is wrong. And sometimes (as in the cases of therocco and Mr. Jarvis) the customer is so hell-bent on getting things their way, that they completely lose sight of the idea that we should treat each other with at least a degree of respect. When that happens, you become a bad customer. And bad customers are bad for business.
Many companies keep lists of bad customers — people who call with unreasonable demands or become irate or insulting when things don't go their way. And make no mistake: Those customers are treated differently. And not in a good way. That's because they help destroy employee morale and take up valuable time and resources. They will mostly likely never be satisfied. In that case, it's better to not do business with them at all.
I do believe companies should bend over backward to serve customers. But the fact that a person pays for a service — any service — does not entitle them to treat employees without dignity.
For more on this, check out this very well-done piece on why "The Customer is Always Right" is wrong.
UPDATE: Jeff Jarvis has a new, much more reasoned post on his blog, which you can find here. I give Jeff credit for listening, and for admitting there was more to the story.
Sorry. I can't resist.
I have to start this off with a disclosure: I believe Apple products are good. I do not hate Apple.
With that out of the way, I'm going to point out, probably for that eight billionth time, that I hate the smug, self-righteous, unquestioning, unflinching and undying loyalty fanboys have for Apple products — attitude so well epitomized in the company's "I'm a Mac" ads (you know, the ones where Macs are for the cool, hip people who zip through worry-free lives while PCs are for dorks and dweebs who either don't know better or enjoy having useless machines).
Didn't those ads at least seem effective? Did you ever fire up your PC — even once — and wonder why you hadn't switched to Apple yet? I did. And the answer turned out to be really simple: I don't want to be one of those people. The ones from that commercial. No thanks.
Microsoft has finally come back with a series of ads that hit Apple where it lives. They show people (actors) on budgets, challenged to find a computer with particular specs on a budget. Invariably, Apple machines don't fit the bill. But there's a PC that will — and the lucky actor usually has money to spare.
Apple is not happy about these ads. Not happy at all.
In fact, Apple dislikes the ads so much, its lawyers have demanded Microsoft pull them immediately.
It's hard for Apple to make a case that the commercials are untrue — especially when their "I'm a Mac" ads are laden with exaggeration and tall tales. But it certainly appears that the ads are working. BrandIndex says Microsoft's so-called value perception has risen steadily since the campaign began in March, while Apple's has fallen.
Some of this value perception may have nothing at all to do with these ads. A year ago, carrying a cup of Starbucks (like owning a MacBook) was a status symbol. Today, it's just seen as frivolity. If you don't need to spend the money, don't do it…
And sales figures aren't looking any better.
Apple just fell from fourth place to fifth place in US computer sales, overtaken by Toshiba. That's right, folks: Toshiba.
One would expect HP and Dell to lead that pack. And Acer (No. 3) has made a strong showing in the past couple of years — especially the second quarter of 2009, when its shipments increased 51 percent. Toshiba's shipments were up nearly 34 percent. Apple's shipments, by contrast, dropped 12.4 percent. And Apple's market share? About 7.6 percent in the US. Under 5 percent worldwide.
This is a pretty clear case of Apple getting exactly wha t it deserves. Its spin machine has created this whole idea that Apple products "just work" (ask me about my iPod Touch someday), that PCs just aren't capable of artistic work and can't be fun (uhhh…any Mac users doing much gaming these days?). As I've said before, the Apple team sells products based on claimed difficiencies of PCs, instead of on its own strengths. And now, finally, Microsoft has found a way to put forth the value question. And the answer, really, is quite simple.


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UK government wants more web and email access
Asking ISPs and phone firms to store user data
THE UK GOVERNMENT is preparing to demand that phone companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) retain internet users' data and information about them for a year.
A report at the Telegraph says that the Home Office is talking about proposals to make ISPs and communications providers record users' phone numbers, contact details, and email addresses. Although it is not asking for the contents of messages, what content is stored will be open to inspection by law enforcement.
Social networks will also fall under the scheme according to the report, and direct messages between Twitter users will be stored, as will communications between players in online video games.
A government announcement is not expected until May, says the Telegraph. The requests come from the UK security agencies MI5 and MI6 plus GCHQ, the government's all-hearing, all-seeing electronic intelligence organisation.
If this all rings a bell it is not simply because it sounds like just the sort of thing that the government would do, but because it has tried this before. The Labour government tried its hand at a data retention order once, but that fell through.
Under its new guise this is expected to come under government plan called the Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP). This was briefly mentioned in the Queen's Speech in May last year, says the Open Rights Group.
"This Kafka-esque 'Intercept Modernisation Plan' was stopped near the end of the last government, but was quietly revived as the 'Communications Capabilities Development Programme'. Now, closed-door discussions have been revealed: legislation will be proposed in May," says a statement on the Open Rights Group's web site that offers people a chance to sign a petition in opposition.
"We need to tell the government to stop this wasteful, intrusive plan for wholesale snooping on our daily lives." µ
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The Pros and Cons of Godaddy
GoDaddy is a web hosting and domain registrar service website that offers a lot of services from registering a .com domain to hosting and running scripts online. The company serves a big chunk of the Internet, currently holding more than 45 million domain names and rising literally every minute. This article will cover a quick review on the pros and cons on my experience with GoDaddy so far.
Let's start with the negative for a change – GoDaddy offers a wide variety of features however not everything comes as a bundle. Some features come quite limited – the shopping cart feature for example. If you want more items to be stored in your cart or want your emails to be unlimited, you have to pay extra fees which may sometimes come as a shock for small business users who have limited budget.
GoDaddy prides itself with very competitive rates compared to most websites. If you want a domain name, the process is pretty straightforward and you can even apply vouchers to get some crazy discounts at checkout. The support and help systems are also helpful – their support section lists a variety of topics for managing your website and their email support gets back quickly (typically 24-48 hours).
In a nutshell, GoDaddy isn't the all-around cheapest solution if you want all services however they can offer a complete solution for hosting everything you need from the domain name down to the SQL databases.


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November 22, 2009 from 12pm to 5pm – Acoustic Outfitters Music Shop (Stratham, NH) Acoustic Outfitters Music Shop celebrates 13 years serving the Seacoast music community with an Open House on Sunday, November 22 from 12 – 5 pm. The highlight of the day will be a mini-concert and F… Organized by Acoustic Outfitters Music Shop | Type: open, house
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July 3, 2010 at 12pm to July 31, 2010 at 2pm – Burning Stone Cafe Burning Stone Cafe Present for the month of July Oak and Freinds featuring Tom Gildone ,Joe Emery and Dave Poeta from 12 pm to 2 pm every Saturday stop in for some great music to go with your lunch Organized by oak emery | Type: coffee, house, performance
July 31, 2010 from 6pm to 7:30pm – Lewisville West Shopping Center This event is called a "house concert", although it's evolved out of homes and into a venue in a shopping center. Stephanie will bring the best of her best to this event; if you're in the area, don't… Organized by Dennis Miller | Type: house, concert
September 4, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Iroquois Ontario Canada You are invited to a House Concert at French Café on English Road (Iroquois) on Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 at 7 pm. Spend a memorable, intimate evening with brilliant singer, songwriter, composer and gu… Organized by Mario Pronovost | Type: house, concert
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OMAHA, Neb. – Dara Torres arrived at her post-race interview Monday night holding her 6-year-old daughter, Tessa, who hid her face behind her curly locks and mom's shoulder.
Torres, though, kept smiling.
"She's bummed she's not going to London now," Torres said of Tessa. "I told her I'd still take her, though."
Slideshow: Behind the scenes at Trials
La Tourette just misses Olympic team
Torres' bid to qualify for a sixth Olympics ended with a narrow fourth-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle on the final night of the U.S. Trials in front of 9,609 at CenturyLink Center.
But even at age 45, Torres proved she could still race well. She just couldn't catch three swimmers about 20 years younger.
Former Irvine Novaquatics star Jessica Hardy, 25, won her second freestyle title of Trials by touching in 24.50 seconds, which ties her for seventh in the world this year. Former Fullerton-based FAST swimmer Kara Lynn Joyce, 26, grabbed the second and final Olympic berth in 24.73.
Torres finished in 24.82, just behind 26-year-old Christine Magnuson (24.78). But the former Mission Viejo Nadadores swimmer easily found the positives.
"Obviously I was hoping to make the team – that was my goal - and missing it by less than a tenth of a second is tough," Torres said.
"And for me, swimming (the 50) three times (including prelims), being 45, getting fourth in Olympic Trials against girls almost half my age, it's OK."
Torres, who became the first American to swim at five Olympics, vowed to retire. "This is really over," the 12-time Olympic medalist said. "I'm going to enjoy some time with my daughter, have a nice summer and cheer on the U.S. team."
Hardy holds the world record in the 100 breaststroke but she'll be a freestyler in London. She also won the 100 freestyle at Trials after placing a surprising third in the 100 breaststroke.
"I thought I was a breaststroker coming into this meet," she said. "Hopefully I can learn some stuff (for freestyle) going into London and continue to improve."


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Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts -Mark Twain
Mark Plummer, an ex-Scientologist, posts to the news group A.R.S. under the pseudonym "Warrior". Here he explains how L. Ron Hubbard came up with the name BULGRAVIA for the name of a fictitious (or future Scientology-friendly) country.
|Simón Bolívar, Power and …Bulgravia?
|Warrior <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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[Link added; links updated. -ed.K]
Have you ever wondered why L. Ron Hubbard used the name "Bulgravia" in his "Simón Bolívar " policy letter?
To informed persons, the "Simón Bolívar" policy letter is known as HCO PL 12 February 1967 "Admin[istrative] Know-How — The Responsibility of Leaders". This writing of Hubbard's talks about "power", the responsibilities of leaders, and the duties of those persons who are subordinate to a person in a position of power. Hubbard defines a "POWER" (caps in original) to mean "a leader or one who exerts wide primary influence on the affairs of men". This policy letter is a mandatory study requirement for those in executive positions in the Scientology cult.
Hubbard talks about Simón Bolívar's errors, saying "Simón Bolívar was a very strong character. He was one of the richest men in South America. He had real personal ability given to only a handful on the planet. He was a military commander without peer in history. Why he would fail and die an exile to be later deified is thus of great interest. What mistakes did he make?" Hubbard references the book The Four Seasons of Manuela, by Victor W. von Hagen, a Mayflower Dell paperback published October 1966.
Those familiar with Hubbard's "ethics formulas" for "POWER" (dealing with holding a position of power) and "POWER CHANGE" (dealing with turning over a position of power to another leader) know that the above-referenced policy letter was intended by Hubbard to illustrate and explain key laws (in Hubbard's view) necessary to the successful wielding of responsibility and what one must do when he moves off of (leaves) a position of power. Undoubtably this is a key policy letter in David Miscavige's "hat pack", since he is the successor to Hubbard's position of authority in Scientology.
There is much I could say about the "Simón Bolívar" policy letter, especially with regards to its application by the leaders of the cult of Scientology. But the purpose of this article is not to summarize and analyze the entire policy letter. The policy letter is one of Hubbard's longest; it runs almost ten pages in length.
The section I wish to comment upon may be found on page nine of the issue, where Hubbard states:
Man is too aberrated to understand at least 7 things about Power:
Point five states: [my comments in brackets]
When you move off a point of power, pay all your obligations on the nail [hush money], empower all your friends completely [give them responsibilities and authority] and move off with your pockets full of artillery [weapons cache at Gold?], potential blackmail [Life History forms and sec-check confessions] on every erstwhile rival, unlimited funds in your private account [OTC, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Kreditbank, etc] and the addresses of experienced assasssins [scary!] and go live in Bulgravia and bribe the police [a favorite OSA method, IMO].
When I first read this policy letter, I had an "MU" on the term "Bulgravia". I looked it up in the dictionary and an encyclopedia but never found it. That was in 1974 or 1975. I assumed at the time that Hubbard was using a fictitious name for a country. The thought that he might have meant "Bulgaria" entered my mind, but no matter. I didn't consider it important whether it was a real place or not, and apparently it wasn't, as far as I could determine. Perhaps I should have asked Mo Budlong, Mary Sue Hubbard or Jane Kember!
Since that point in time over 20 years ago, I have learned exactly what the reference was all about. As is the case with lots of Hubbard's policy letters, the "Simón Bolívar" policy is for public consumption. But there exists MUCH MORE on the subject of "power" and Hubbard's actual goals, programmes [sic], targets, plans, etc ("Admin Scale" stuff) as to EXACTLY what Hubbard intended.
It is my studied opinion that Hubbard chose BULGRAVIA out of a VERY clearly motivated purpose. The area known as BULGRAVIA was seen by Hubbard to be one easily infiltrated and controlled (my opinion).
BULGRAVIA is another one of Hubbard's acronyms. He LOVED acronyms (not my opinion). BULGRAVIA means the region consisting of BULgaria, GReece, Albania and YugoslaVIA.
For some VERY VERY enlightening information on the hidden intelligence activities of Scientology, go to [URLs updated -ed.K]:
(main page)
(Project Bulgravia)
(many documents on OSA, CMO, INCOMM, CIA intervention, HCO Justice Manual, Dead-Agenting, PTSness, Security threats, Infiltration, Media handling, OSA Reports policies, German OSA, DSAs, OSA Int Confidential Greece ARM Handling Program, just to name some.
I find the pages to be very informative, since they show Scientology's HIDDEN agenda. It gives a look at some MORE of the stuff that Scientology doesn't want you to see.
I hope more people will link to the pages I mention….
Note: In 1931, Hubbard was a student at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Another possibility is that "Bulgravia" was already in conversational use as a convenient desgination for a generic or fictional country, similar to "Ruritania " or "Shangri La ". For instance, the 1931 movie "Honeymoon Lane" includes a character from "Bulgravia" [emphasis added -ed.K]:
The vaudeville and Broadway comedy team of Eddie Dowling and Ray Dooley (husband and wife, despite Dooley's masculine moniker) star in the 1931 musical Honeymoon Lane. Based on Dowling's 1925 stage vehicle of the same name, the story is set in motion when the king (Armand Kaliz) of the mythical European nation of Bulgravia visits an American health resort. Hero Tim Dugan (Dowling) appoints himself the king's unofficial protector, saving him from the larcenous designs of crooked gambler Arnold Bookstein (Grant Whitlock). As Gerty Murphy, Ray Dooley attempts to repeat her trademarked "bratty kid" characterization for the screen, with variable results (Dooley was at the time in her mid-30s). Incidentally, Eddie Dowling later went "legit" as the director-star of the original 1944 production of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. -All Movie Guide


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Tomorrow night is a new episode of "Party Down South." On Feb. 5, Hollywood shared a few previews full of spoilers about the upcoming episode. CMT also posted a preview. This show is from the same producers of "Jersey Shore."
It is time for the cast do a crab boil. They put out a net and caught some crabs. The girls are so excited that they start dancing and making sure the crabs know that they are going to eat them for dinner. They have them all in an ice chest ready to cook. The start the water, throw them in, then toss in a little seasoning and they are ready to go.
They all join at the table to tear them apart. This is going to be an interesting episode for sure. They are enjoying each other and getting closer. Of course you know the alcohol will come out next with this group. The next day will be full of a big birthday party for Lyle that is all a surprise.
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College Hockey:Mavericks Hold Off Raiders for the Sweep
HAMILTON, N.Y. — For the second straight night, Nebraska-Omaha scored five goals and defeated Colgate on their home ice, this time taking a 5-3 decision on Saturday in a non-conference game.
With under four minutes remaining and Colgate pressing, Nebraska-Omaha's Shane Glover scored his team's fifth goal to put the game out of reach for the Raiders. After making an initial save on a two-on-one break, Colgate goalie David Cann could not cover the puck and Glover was able to barely sneak it past the goal line.
"We thought [Cann] had that one frozen, but obviously the ref saw it differently," said Colgate coach Don Vaughan.
"It wasn't pretty," said Maverick head coach Mike Kemp about his team's victory. "I thought the tenor of the game was totally different from last night. Tonight, right from the start, it got chippy. It made for a very different contest."
Omaha tallied the first goal shorthanded at 13:42 of the first period. Dan Hacker won a faceoff to the left of Cann. Jeff Hoggan's slap shot was stopped, but Hacker drove to the net and cleaned up the rebound, putting the puck past Cann for the early lead.
Colgate would answer back on that same power play, just 43 seconds after Omaha's goal. Maverick Nick Fohr slipped while playing an aggressive forecheck, leading to an odd-man break for the Raiders. P.J. Yedon brought the puck into the Mavericks' zone and finally centered to Dmitry Yashin. Yashin picked his spot and wrested the puck high to the glove side past Omaha goalie Dan Ellis.
With a series of quick passes, Omaha found itself back on top with the first of two second-period power-play goals at 3:12. After controlling the puck in the Raiders' zone, Aaron Smith funneled it to a wide open Andrew Wong. As the Colgate defenders gravitated to the puck, Wong fed Hoggan, who was parked in the slot. Hoggan put the puck in the back of the net for the Maverick 2-1 lead.
"[Hoggan] is playing with determination," said Kemp. "He's playing the way we'd hoped he would as a senior."
Colgate nearly tied the game, but a goal was called back midway through the second period. A backhand shot by Colgate captain Etienne Morin found its way past Ellis. The light went on, but referee Alex Dell ruled the puck had hit the post and stayed out.
The Mavericks' second goal of the period came on a two-man advantage at 15:31. With textbook movement, Wong passed the puck to the right side of the net where captain David Brisson was waiting. Brisson found Hoggan in the slot, who snapped a quick one-timer on net. Cann made the first save, but Hoggan hacked home the rebound to put Omaha up by two goals.
Brisson scored what proved to be the game-winning goal for Omaha at 3:08 in the third period. Hoggan dug the puck out of the corner to a wide open Anthony Adams. Adam walked in unmolested and put a shot on goal from the left circle. Cann again made the initial save, but Brisson was alone in front of the Colgate net and tapped home the rebound to give the Mavericks' a three-goal lead.
"We've got to get tougher around our net," said Vaughan about the four rebound goals scored by Omaha. "We need to do a better job of taking care of business in our own end. I thought they just wanted it a little more around our cage."
Colgate scored two goals and found themselves back in the contest. Ben Bryce scored a power play-goal at 10:27 in the third period after finding the rebound of Scooter Smith's slap shot on his stick. Smith himself would score the Raiders' third goal shorthanded at 14:16. Smith caught a pass from Rob Brown at center ice and had a breakaway. He snapped the puck under Ellis' glove to bring Colgate within one.
"I'm not very happy about being in a position up by three in the third and allowing them to get back," said Kemp. "We didn't stay to task the way we need to in the third period. We got out of our game."
The Mavericks did manage to hold on to the lead and move to 3-1-0 on the year.
"I'm happy that we got the road sweep," said Kemp. "We accomplished what we came here to do. I'm hoping that this will carry over for us. We are learning how to play gritty."
Colgate now finds itself with two losses after its first two games.
"I think some of our guys just aren't where they need to be physically," said Vaughan. "You try and get to that place physically and conditionally but it's tough to do unless you play games."
Both teams move on to face tough opponents next week. The Mavericks will play Michigan State at home, while the Raiders travel to Minnesota to play the Golden Gophers.
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Hosted every two years by the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA), the 2013 Expo will be held at the Sydney Exhibition Center, Darling Harbour April 11 - 13, 2013. The Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo is directed by a committee of executives representing key brands exhibiting at the Expo. This is a trade only show run by the industry for the industry.
The expo will attract over 11,000 automotive decision makers from Australian and South East Asian markets. Specialty market areas include:
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The 2011 Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo & Collision Repair Expo attracted a record attendance of 10,800 individual visitors, a 17% increase on the previous Melbourne event (in 2007) and a 55% increase on the more recent Sydney event (in 2009). Exhibitors showcased a wide range of Automotive Parts, Accessories, Tools & Equipment, Paint Products & Applications, Chemicals & Surface Preparation Products, Replacement Panels, Parts & Frames, Computer Software & Hardware, Training & Technology and Business Services.
The Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo will be co-located with the Collision Repair Expo.
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Bacn is a new problem now plaguing our email inboxes. Putting it simply, Bacn is email you receive that isn't spam… And isn't personal mail. It's the middle class of email. It's notifications of a new post to your Facebook wall or a new follower on Twitter. It's the Google alert for your name and the newsletter from your favorite company.
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I remember reading Galatians as a teenager and thinking I understood what Paul was saying, and then reaching 5:21 and wondering what was going on. I had been reading Paul's letter in the typical Protestant way, assuming that he was saying that 'works in general don't matter for salvation', and then could make little sense of why he seemed to change his mind at the end of the letter, when he had seemed so adamant up until now. When I finally encountered Dunn's commentary on Romans, and the "new perspective on Paul" more generally, not only was this mystery resolved, but so was Paul's (to an uninitiated modern reader seemingly abrupt and inexplicable) 'shifts' from "works of the Law" to circumcision and the Gentiles.
Luther's influence on the way we read Paul is considerable, and I have no intention of criticizing Luther's application of Paul's writings to his own time and experience: that is a separate issue. But it is certainly a priorilikely that the situation Paul confronted in the context of 1st century Judaism was not exactly the same as that which Luther addressed in 16th century Catholicism, a millenium and a half later.
Paul keeps coming back to one particular work of the Law: circumcision. But few seem to notice that this is probably the least appropriate 'work of the Law' for him to choose to represent or symbolize self-justification and self-righteousness. Circumcision was normally done when one was 8 days old (and I don't recall being concerned to justify myself before God through my own accomplishment at that age, although my memory is admittedly spotty for that particular stage in my life), and it is done to the male infant by someone else. Hardly an obvious choice of works to represent human accomplishment and the attempt to 'earn one's way to heaven'.
So what did circumcision signify in this period? First and foremost, the distinction betwee Jews and Gentiles. Here are some typical Jewish views of the works of the Law and of Gentiles in the Judaism of this period:
Letter of Aristeas 139,142: In his wisdom the Lawgiver (i.e. Moses)…surrounded us with unbroken fences and with walls of iron, so that we might not be permitted to mix with any other people in any respect…Thus, in order to protect us from corruption through contact with others or through association with bad influences, he surrounded us on all sides with strict traditions relating to eating, drinking, hearing, touching and seeing, in the manner of the Law.
Jubilees 22:16: Separate yourselves from the Gentiles: Do not eat with them, and do not do the things that they do, and do not have fellowship with them. For all their deeds are defiled, and all their ways are corrupt, and depraved, and disgusting.
[Apologies to any Gentile readers who found the above quote offensive]
We should also ask whether the Law itself seems to have been opposed to grace, since Paul seems to be arguing not against mere self-righteousness as a misunderstanding of the Law, but about something universal and intrinsic to the Law itself. Read Deuteronomy 9:4-6. If anything, this sounds like the opposite of merit-based divine favor.
Was early Judaism completely legalistic, as some have assumed? There were surely legalists then, but there are legalistic Christians today; the question is about the overall character of the religion as a whole. Worth noting is the hymn from Qumran which says: "I know that righteousness does not belong to men nor perfection of path to the sons of men. To God Most High belong all righteous deeds." At the very least, not all were legalists.
Tom Wright has been particularly vocal in pointing out that Paul's target seems to be less a legalistic individualistic self-righteousness, and more a corporate, election-based nationalistic righteousness. This has sometimes met with a reaction that asks what the relevance of this inner-Jewish critique might be for Christians today (Richard Hays tells a story about a pastor who asked a question after a talk he gave, saying that while he was persuaded Hays was right to argue that this is what Paul meant, he was pastor of a church where there were no Jews anywhere in the vicinity, and he now wondered what if anything the text meant for his congregation today
There is an answer to that question, and a good one, since many Christians today have (ironically) developed a theology that more closely resembles that of Paul's opponents than Paul's own. In emphasizing the 'works of Torah', many Jews of Paul's time were focusing on boundary markers rather than on fundamentals. The people of God are the circumcised, not those who love God and neighbor with all their heart. If we address the same challenge to ourselves as Christians, how do we identify a true Christian? Many would, in practice, revert to the proper dress, carrying a large leather Bible (KJV), not drinking, smoking, or swearing. Maybe voting Republican, too, although there are some signs that that is becoming less of a 'work of the Church' even as we speak. The Jews did not have too much emphasis on their own achievement; they had too much emphasis on their election and status as God's chosen ones, marked out by symbolic exterior distinctives and customs.
Paul's challenge was to put the emphasis on 'faith' – a word that meant 'faithfulness' rather than believing propositions without evidence. To hear Paul's message as Christians the way Paul's contemporaries would have heard it, we have to paraphrase Romans 2 and insert the contemporary Christian equivalents: "There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Christian, then for the non-Christian; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Christian, then for the non-Christian. For God does not show favoratism" (Romans 2:9-11 paraphrased).
Paul's message, when rediscovered and heard afresh, has changed lives and even the course of history on more than one occasion. I believe the time has come for such a fresh encounter with Paul once again in our time.


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I'm feeling good because my wife and I are heading off to a quick couple's retreat for the weekend…that's right, NO KIDS. Normally, since I'm the speaker and do these kind of things fairly regularly, I don't get too excited. But this time my wife is going with me and we're going to enjoy it together.
I'm just looking forward to driving there alone with her, eating and talking with other couples, and feeling like newlyweds (in fact, I feel a little giddy-nervousness right now).
Actually, I know every wife dreams of going on a couple's retreat. They want the refreshments and renewed vision. I also know just about every husband hates the idea of a couple's retreat and looks for any excuse to avoid them.
Here's the deal, Dad: you need time away with your wife…because she wants time away with you. Quit making excuses and prepare yourself for the next opportunity to arise (because it will come).
So when you're sitting in church and they announce, "We're having a couple's retreat in the fall." Lean over to your wife right there and then and say, "Let's sign up."
I'm telling you her insides will be shouting for joy.
I'm out of here. Have a great weekend…I know I will.
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I installed Ubuntu 13.04 using a USB drive, My primary OS is Win8. After I restarted there was no option to boot into Ubuntu, it just automatically booted into Win8, even after I put the OS boot manager before the USB in the BIOS settings
Have a look at this post. If Ubuntu is indeed installed then you may need to reinstall the grub loader: How can I repair grub?
You should install ubuntu after you made a free partition in win8.
You can fix it now by using EasyBCD , you can create the dual boot menu here.
Welcome... I think we may need some more info to help you out.
Wich installation option did you choose while installing Ubuntu? (Erase Windows and Install Ubuntu, install Ubuntu along Windows, etc.) Can you see the Windows partition in the file manager?
If you can see the Windows partition but you do not have an option to boot from there, I won't be able to help you since I'm a begginer myself. If you don't see the partition, however, could it be that you erased it on a mistake?


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It's the day that many people dread. The anti establishment will convert you to the belief that Valentines day was created as a marketing ploy to sell more candy and cards. Moans and groans of people who waited until the last minute to get a gift for the one they love. Mcdonalds parking lots full for that 'special meal' while the expectation of fun that won't happen later in the evening.
So if you're going to phone in another Valentines day why not at least get them something useful. All people like to get new equipment and gear and mounts. It will show them how much you think about them while you're laying the Smackdown on mobs.
And it's this train of thought that has kept many people single for their entire lives. Valentines day has lost a lot of its luster since Walmart started advertising for it somewhere mid November of last year. But certain gifts keep thoughts alive on what to give.
Take a look at your crafter and see just what you can make that has a more permanent nature. Mounts that can be given to those you care about can make people feel much more special than a high five and a smack on the rump.
Valentines day isn't really a horrible holiday. It's just lost that special feeling both in and out of the Warcraft universe.
Now I need to go deliver those 'Thrall is my valentine' to my friends
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Let $c\in(0,1)$, $m\geq 1$ be positive integer and $\{a_{n}\}$ a decreasing sequence of positive real numbers. Suppose that $$a_{n^{m}}\leq K c^{n}n^{-m/2}, \forall n\in\mathbb{N}, $$for some $K>0$. How to describe the behavior of the whole sequence $\{a_{n}\}$?
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Since the sequence is decreasing, $$ a_i \leq a_j $$ for $j \leq i$. Putting in the inequality given, we have $$ a_i \leq K \min_{n^m \leq i} c^n n^{-m/2}. $$ For fixed $m$, we can take $n = \lfloor i^\frac{1}{m} \rfloor$, and plugging this into the inequality yields $$ a_i \leq K \frac{c^{\lfloor i^\frac{1}{m} \rfloor}}{\lfloor i^\frac{1}{m} \rfloor^{m/2}}. $$


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Simulation of snail dispersal - Part 2
I still have snail dispersal in my mind. In Part 1 of this series, I had assumed that the net dispersal distances* were normally distributed. Today, in a paper by Baur & Baur (1993), I saw a plot of the frequency distributions of distances moved per day by the land snail Arianta arbustorum in 2 different habitats.
Fig. 1 from Baur & Baur (1993). Left plot was for dispersal in a forest clearing and the right plot was for dispersal in a 1-m wide grassy strip.
The distributions were not normal at all. Baur & Baur fitted an exponential curve to their data. To simulate this distribution with my data from Part 1, which were normally distributed, I converted each dispersal distance to its inverse logarithm, thus creating a lognormal distribution.
Here are the lognormally distributed dispersal distances and their random dispersal angles in the form of a polar plot as in Part 1.
When dispersal distances are lognormally distributed, most will be near the origin, while a few will be far away from the origin. In comparison, in normal dispersal as in Part 1, most dispersal distances will be away from the origin and there will be more of them far away from the origin.
Do all or most snail species disperse lognormally?
*The net dispersal distance for each snail is the distance between the origin (the release point) and the snail's location at the end of the dispersal period.
Baur, A. and B. Baur. 1993. Daily movement patterns and dispersal in the land snail Arianta arbustorum. Malacologia 35:89–98.


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In the past 12 months alone, New York City office workers have spent the equivalent of 22.5 YEARS either waiting for an elevator or stuck in one, according to a new IBM survey. Why? Because office buildings have failed to keep pace with the revolution in automation that pervades modern life.
Architects have become experts at designing for green. They are envisioning more environmentally sustainable designs on how buildings should be situated, what materials should be used, how to meet LEED specifications, etc. But the reality is, while they use data and modeling to design buildings that will perform efficiently, they never really know in the end how things will turn out. Because its not just up to them.
Consider the players when it comes to building a building:
- There are the architects, as stated.
- Then there are the engineering design & construction firms who take the design from the architect and build it. They can conceivably make a lot of changes to the design of a building along the way. Think: "Hey Joe, the wall doesn't fit!" "Just move it till it fits!" (By the way these changes aren't always documented.)
- There are the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) contractors. They manage the cabling and plumbing of the building. Oh and by the way, they may have to make some changes along the way too. (And did I mention they use different types of design tools than the architects?)
- There are the engineering subsystem companies that manage different parts of the building, like the HVAC systems, the elevators, etc.
- The metering and sensing companies handle meters outside of the building that monitor utilities, and meters inside the building to check out the temperature, CO2 emissions, pH of the water, etc.
- Then of course there integrated building management system companies that gather a lot of data from the building.
- And the owner operators…
But here's the deal: These guys are all experts in their field, and they work well together in theory. But they all are making changes along the way that may not be captured and shared. By the time a building gets built, the owner operator may not have the real view of the building design because its changed so much from the original architects' view. And think about the MEP contractors who come back three to six months after the buildings been built, to see how it's performing. They may realize the building is using 20 percent more energy than originally planned, but they missed the boat over the last few months because they weren't keeping track of changes along the way and maintaining building equipment accordingly.
The fact of the matter is buildings can and should be retrofitted. But a real view of the how the building is designed and operating is needed to make better sense of the changes that need to be made. Just think if you were monitoring your weight regularly, you'd know if you gained 5 lbs that its time to start exercising, instead of waiting till you gain 30 to figure it out. Same goes for buildings: if we can help the experts that design and build, view integrated energy management and maintenance information in real-time, we all could spend a little less time in elevators.
What about Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas?
- Los Angeles: 16% of LA respondents say they have been stuck in an elevator in their office building in the last 12 months, with 16% of that group stuck for 20 minutes or more (versus the national average of 9%).
- Atlanta: 14% of those who work in buildings with elevators have been stuck in an elevator in the last 12 months, spending the equivalent of 6.2 YEARS either waiting for an elevator or stuck in one.
- Dallas: In the past 12 months, Dallas/Fort Worth office workers have spent the equivalent of 7.9 YEARS either waiting for an elevator or stuck in one. 13% of Dallas/Fort Worth office workers who work in elevator buildings say they've been stuck in an elevator in the last 12 months. Of those, 19% say they were stuck longer than 20 minutes, the high for the survey. 36% were stuck for longer than 10 minutes, also the high for the survey.
To see what's happening with buildings in your city, check out the IBM Smarter Buildings Survey for more info on how cities stack up…
Survey Methodology: IBM conducted an online survey of 6,486 adults working full- or part-time in office buildings in 16 major US cities from March 30 – April 12, 2010. The survey was conducted to gauge how "intelligent," automated and Green office buildings are in the country. The survey looks at a number of key factors, including building security, office temperature, use of alternative energy sources and other environmental and conservation issues, and elevator reliability. The survey had a city by city margin of error of 5%.
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