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verb (lies, lying /ˈlʌɪɪŋ/; past lay /leɪ/; past participle lain /leɪn/)[no object, with adverbial]
- You'll lie here and rest until the young master recommends otherwise for you!
- By 11.30 pm, my stomach was growling and I was lying horizontal on the sofa yawning, as she made mention yet again of leaving.
- She was lying, asleep we assumed, on the carpet outside our bedroom door.
- The walls were made of stone and a small pallet lay by two book cases.
- Beer bottles and cups were scattered about the room and a pizza box lay open on the table.
- He circled around the machine to where a sole book lay on a work surface.
- For more than 400 years, the remains of James Hepburn, the 4th Earl of Bothwell, have lain in a Danish church where they were turned into a grisly tourist attraction.
- The corpses were left where they lay pending forensic examination today.
- He lies among the remains of pontiffs from centuries past and near the tomb traditionally believed to be of the Apostle Peter, the first pope.
- After all, there would be no point in saving a building just for it to lie empty and rot.
- As a child I wandered through it when it lay silent and empty.
- For 170 years Ballina's Augustinian Abbey has lain derelict and inconspicuous at the bottom of Ardnaree near St Muredach's Cathedral.
- Similarly, our comedies season is not just about laughter, but the yearning for harmony and reconciliation which lies at the heart of Shakespeare's great comedies.
- The Belgian band encapsulated the friendly spirit of fraternity that lies at the heart of folk.
- It's the coming together with a common purpose of two such different men that lies at the heart of his novel.
- The town of Shanhaiguan lies on a five mile sliver of plain between mountains and sea, a pass that opens like an avenue into the heart of China.
- Bishop's Crossing is a small village lying ten miles in a south-westerly direction from Liverpool.
- The neutral locus lies at two different positions between two selected loci.
- Wind whistled against the hole in the back wall, which heightened the eerie effect of the scene which lay before them.
- An open door lay beyond them and Chris could see the first few steps of the staircase that would lead him to the top floor.
- The first team currently lie mid-table in the York and District League division one, while the reserves prop up reserve 'B'.
- On Wednesday night, against a team lying fifth in the Portuguese league, United made their earliest exit from the Champions League in a decade.
- The Cape Town team is currently lying mid-table and will be desperate to prove their cup success last season was no fluke.
- Before the judge and before us there was some debate whether such a claim lies for breach of fiduciary duty generally or only those which also involve the misapplication of property.
- Where a policy provides cover against one of two or more concurrent causes of a casualty, a claim will lie under the policy provided that there is no relevant exclusion.
- Prerogative remedies for criminal charges will not ordinarily lie where an appeal is available.
noun(usually the lie)
- With the lie of Scottish theatreland already shifting, we are seeing a nascent, semiconscious shuffling for position for next year's awards.
- Then, too, I am scared of tying too much money up here, not being entirely sure where the lie of the politics is.
- You should brush along the lie of the hair, and in the places hardest for the cat to reach such as under the chin and the back of the neck.
- Change the lie and the shot to keep your mind engaged.
- You can play this shot off any lie, even bare ground if your wedge has minimal bounce.
- As the lie gets deeper, the ball automatically goes farther back in your stance.
The verb lie is often confused with the verb lay, giving rise to incorrect uses such as he is laying on the bed (correct use is he is lying on the bed) or why don't you lie it on the bed? (correct use is why don't you lay it on the bed?). See lay1 (usage).
let something lie
- Take no action regarding a problematic matter: 'Are you planning a follow-up to the programme?' 'No, we'll let it lie for now.'More example sentences
- Having done so in 1993 and having been told to get lost, he had essentially let matters lie.
- At that point there was no opportunity of changing them but the team captain chose not to let the matters lie but instead continued to agitate about them, particularly in the newspaper article.
- He said last night that he would not let the matter lie and that he would make an official complaint as it was a clear breach of the rules.
lie heavy on one
- Cause one to feel troubled or uncomfortable: it was the loss of human life that lay heavy on himMore example sentences
trouble, worry, bother, torment, oppress, nag, prey on one's mind, plague, niggle at, gnaw at, haunt;be a burden to, burden, press down on, weigh down, be a great weight on, weigh heavily on someone's mind, cause anxiety toinformal bug, aggravate
- At night the stars lay heavy on me, but I'd be stuffed if I'd ever say something like that to anyone.
- Our relationship, now infected with deceit, lay heavy on me.
lie in state
- (Of the corpse of a person of national importance) be laid in a public place of honour before burial: the candlelit chapel where the king's body lay in stateMore example sentences
- And then at 8: 30 Eastern tomorrow night, the body will lie in state for the public.
- For eight decades he has been lying in state on public display, a cadaver in a succession of dark suits, encased in a glass box beside a walkway in the basement of his granite mausoleum.
- The body will then lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda so that the public will be able to pay tribute to him.
lie low
- (Especially of a criminal) keep out of sight; avoid detection or attention: at the time of the murder he appears to have been lying low in a barnMore example sentences
hide, go into hiding, hide out, find a hiding place, conceal oneself, keep out of sight, keep a low profile, take cover, go to earth, go to ground, go underground, cover one's tracks, lurk, skulkinformal hole upBritish informal lie doggo
- If the criminal was found lying low for a protracted period, the surveillance would automatically be lessened.
- This keen perception also alerts them when it's time to lay low and avoid trouble.
- Since they are flying mostly at night (back in those early days of the war), our main challenge is to lie low and take cover while letting them hit those empty barracks or the dummies.
the lie (North American lay) of the land
- The features or characteristics of an area: a night patrol about to scout out the lie of the landMore example sentences
- I've been studying the map and I want to take a look at the lie of the land in daylight.
- Their mission, as a reconnaissance regiment, was to operate in advance of the heavy tanks, to spy out the lie of the land and report back on enemy activity and position.
- It was only by climbing a steep hill in the morning which overlooked the wadhi bed that we could work out the lie of the land.
- 5.1The current situation: she was beginning to see the lie of the land with her in-lawsMore example sentences
- The directors are in India regularly seeing partners, government and bureaucrats - checking out the lie of the land.
- It's nice to know you're wanted, nice to get the lie of the land.
- We will just have to wait and see what the lie of the land is.
take something lying down
- [usually with negative] Accept an insult, setback, or rebuke without protest: she's laughing at me for being weak and I'm not going to take it lying down any longerMore example sentences
- The visitors refused to take this setback lying down and almost immediately forced a corner.
- Congressional wildlife supporters didn't take the ambush lying down.
- This was never the kind of game where players took things lying down.
Phrasal verbs
lie ahead
- Be going to happen: I'm excited by what lies aheadMore example sentences
- Why has God cursed me with such a gift, to see what lies ahead in a town with such hardships and pain ahead?
- I would add that the conference's refined dialogue and inquiry did not blunt the prickly sense of more image-trouble lying ahead.
- 'I think there are big problems lying ahead and one day those donor countries will wake up,' he says.
lie around/about
- (Of an object) be left carelessly out of place: I became irritated at the pills and potions lying around the houseMore example sentences
- Too many innocent lives are lost owing to power cables left lying around carelessly.
- I did consider having a quick rake around to see if anything significant was lying around, but thought better of it.
- Big, dirty green and around the size of footballs they lay around till late evening when the courtyard is cleaned for the procession.
- 2.1(Of a person) pass the time lazily or aimlessly: you all just lay around all day on your backsides, didn't you?More example sentences
- Instead, relaxing, lying around in bed, going out and eating nice food was the order of the day.
- I'd basically lie around and wait for it to pass.
- No one came over, no one went out, and we just lied around and hung out as a family.
lie behind
- Be the real, often hidden, reason for (something): a subtle strategy lies behind such silly claimsMore example sentences
- They're exposing the hidden stories that lie behind such killings: stories about property, money and unpaid loans.
- So you can't tell what reasons lie behind terror attacks.
- The reasons that lie behind this unsurpassed forging of great language are open to debate.
lie in
- British Remain in bed after the normal time for getting up: if I'm not due anywhere I'll lie in until something kick-starts the day
- archaic4.1 (Of a pregnant woman) go to bed to give birth: five hungry children, and a wife lying in of a sixth
lie over
- US Break one's journey: we'll lie over in New York, then fly to London
lie up
- (Of a ship) go into dock or be out of commission.
lie with
- The upgrade of roads linking Carlow town to these junctions is not regarded as part of the overall scheme, with responsibility for these roads lying with Carlow County Council should the need for their upgrade arise.
- Some blame her, some blame her adversaries on the board, while others see the responsibility as lying with all of the warring parties.
- As for contributing comments, the responsibility lies with each posting entity.
- First, notice that this passage says absolutely nothing about a woman lying with a woman.
- He said it would be better to kill the grown women, and save just 'the young girls who have not known man by lying with him.'
- They deflowered themselves upon the carved phalli of Hermes, Tutunus, Priapus or some other 'anointed' god before lying with their bridegrooms.
Old English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus 'bed'.
lager from mid 19th century:
The fuller name for lager, no longer much used, is lager beer. It comes from German Lagerbier 'beer brewed for keeping', from Lager 'storehouse', which shares its root with an animal's lair (Old English), and also with lie (Old English). Since the 1980s we have had the lager lout, the young man who drinks too much and then behaves in an unpleasant or violent way. See also beer
Words that rhyme with lieally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai
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- And I told the world that your case for the war was a pack of lies.
- It implies that everything up until now has been a pack of lies.
- I was appalled at the political mileage that was made out of a pack of lies told about desperate people in need.
- To be forced to present themselves as if they were lay persons is for them a very painful deception; they feel that they are living a lie.
- It encouraged me to live deceitfully; I enjoyed living a lie.
- Eight ordinary people have left behind their regular lives to take part in the series, taking on a fake alias and living a lie.
verb (lies, lying, lied /ˈlʌɪɪŋ/)[no object]
- The police later lied and said he had damaged the bus.
- If we do, that would be tantamount to lying, deceit or unprofessionalism.
- At every stage he has lied, prevaricated and obstructed this process of disarmament.
give the lie to
- Serve to show that (something previously assumed to be the case) is not true: these figures give the lie to the notion that Britain is excessively strike-riddenMore example sentences
disprove, contradict, negate, deny, refute, rebut, gainsay, belie, invalidate, show/prove to be false, explode, discredit, debunk, quash, knock the bottom out of, drive a coach and horses through;challenge, call into questioninformal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames)rare controvert, confute, negative
- This, and other, exceptions to a 'true' meritocracy give the lie to protestations that merit admissions are in fact the order of the day at the Nation's universities.
- These figures give the lie to claims that Australia cannot afford increased defence spending.
- Bucking the national trend, 82 per cent of voters turned out, giving the lie to all the talk of voter apathy.
I tell a lie (or that's a lie)
- British informal Used to correct oneself immediately when one realizes that one has made an incorrect remark: I never used to dream—I tell a lie, I did dream when I was littleMore example sentences
- Actually, that's a lie, I returned to York on Monday night but this is the first time I've actually sat down at my computer to go through my e-mails.
- Actually that's a lie; I've seen daughter #3 covet some of the things in that shop and she's almost 19!
- Actually, that's a lie - we managed to establish that we both love liquorice.
lie through one's teeth
- informal Tell an outright lie without remorse: 'Don't worry, Lavender, you'll soon catch up', Miss Honey said, lying through her teethMore example sentences
- Their continued obfuscation, their attempts to throw dust in people's eyes, leads me to believe that they're lying through their teeth.
- But then, lying through your teeth and being caught out is never a terrific PR conquest.
- The Council are lying through their teeth on this issue and I'm still not convinced that someone cannot be held criminally responsible for all this.
Old English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen.
lager from mid 19th century:
The fuller name for lager, no longer much used, is lager beer. It comes from German Lagerbier 'beer brewed for keeping', from Lager 'storehouse', which shares its root with an animal's lair (Old English), and also with lie (Old English). Since the 1980s we have had the lager lout, the young man who drinks too much and then behaves in an unpleasant or violent way. See also beer
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Deer bolts from car trunk past stunned officer
Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 2:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 2:42 p.m.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Talk about junk in the trunk.
A public safety officer checking a suspicious car parked behind a southwestern Michigan motel early Tuesday was more than a little surprised when a deer climbed out of the trunk, stumbled onto the road and bolted into nearby woods.
TV stations WWMT, WZZM and WOOD report that the driver told Kalamazoo officer David Miller he hit the deer on the road — thought he had killed it — and was taking it home for his family to eat.
Squad car dashboard camera footage shows Miller opening the trunk, then quickly trying to close it as he spots the deer. The animal escapes from the trunk, rear first, stumbles and rolls, then dashes off.
Lt. Stacey Geik says the collision probably just stunned the deer.
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Romney Says Christie Could 'Save' GOP
A new book that described tensions between Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and Chris Christie made the political gossip columns this week, but Mr. Romney says he's actually a big fan of the New Jersey governor.
Mr. Romney said he thought Mr. Christie, often mentioned as a potential 2016 presidential contender, could easily become the GOP nominee and "save" the Republican Party.
"They don't come better than Chris Christie," Mr. Romney said on NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory.
The book "Double Down: Game Change 2012," by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, says Romney aides were "stunned by the garish controversies" in Mr. Christie's record when they vetted the governor as a possible vice-presidential nominee. Mr. Christie told New Jersey reporters that those controversies were old news, the Star-Ledger reported.
Mr. Romney dismissed the book's suggestion that he ultimately chose Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) as running mate because of problems with Mr. Christie's background. Instead, he said he chose Mr. Ryan because of the lawmaker's understanding of budget issues and his work in Congress.
Mr. Romney said his team vetted Mr. Christie and found nothing that wasn't already part of the public record. Pressed whether he thought Mr. Christie's weight and health would be an issue if he ran in 2016, Mr. Romney said: "He provided his health records to us. His health is very solid, very good. There's not an issue there."
Mr. Romney also listed other Republicans who he thought could win the White House in 2016. On his list are Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Mr. Ryan.
"But Chris Christie stands out as one of the very strongest lights of the Republican Party," Mr. Romney said.
Asked whether he thought Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) was a potential leader of the GOP, Mr. Romney said, "Look, I'm not going to disqualify anybody, but I think I've indicated some of the names I think are most effective in becoming elected."


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"The most credible and frightening of all the vampire books of the past decade."
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The stunning New York Times bestselling vampire saga that author Dan Simmons (Drood, The Terror) calls, "an unholy spawn of I Am Legend out of 'Salem's Lot," concludes with The Night Eternal. The magnificent, if monstrously warped brainchild of cinematic horror master Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Chuck Hogan—whose novel Prince of Thieves, was praised as, "one of the 10 best books of the year" by Stephen King—The Night Eternal begins where The Strain and The Fall left off: with the last remnants of humankind enslaved by the vampire masters in a world forever shrouded by nuclear winter. Still, a small band of the living fights on in the shadows, in the final book of the ingenious dark fantasy trilogy that Newsweek says is, "good enough to make us break that vow to swear off vampire stories."
The Earth lies shrouded in darkness . . . and it is our world no longer.
Two years have passed since the vampiric virus was first unleashed upon humanity and nuclear winter has cast the poisoned world into eternal night. The remnants of the living that were not turned have been subjugated, with many imprisoned in camps to be bred and bled for the sustenance of the Master's vast vampire army.
Yet the fight continues. Dr. Eph Goodweather, of the Centers for Disease Control's biological threats team; his former colleague and lover, Dr. Nora Martinez; and the exterminator Vasiliy Fet, lead a band of freedom fighters aided by Mr. Quinlan, the half-breed offspring of the Master, who now is bent on revenge. At humankind's darkest hour, one of them may hold the key to salvation. But a traitor is among them. And who will be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice so that others may live?
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Frank Di Tillo, executive vice president and senior loan officer for F&M Bank and Trust Company, has retired after 13 years with F&M.
Di Tillo has worked 27 years for other banks, a total of 40 years in the banking industry. The public is invited to join DiTillo and F&M Bank in celebrating his retirement by attending a reception open house at F&M Bank's main bank location, 505 Broadway, Hannibal. The reception will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13.
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Pix, Faerie Companion is a passive ability that fires three projectiles towards Lulu's target whenever she makes a basic attack. These are targeted but can be blocked by units in the way.
- Does not apply spell effects.
- Does not apply on-hit effects.
- Magic damage will be mitigated by magic shields.
- Spell shields will not block the damage.
- This ability is considered to be a projectile for Unbreakable and Wind Wall.
Additional Information:
- Pix, Faerie Companion will only fire with basic attacks and will not fire with abilities that proc on-hit effects like Mystic Shot, Parrrley, Infinite Duress, , etc.
- Pix, Faerie Companion consumes a stack of Tribute ( 's Passive) per basic attack.
- Pix, Faerie Companion fires from Pix's location, not the location of the unit Pix is following.
- Pix does not assist attacks on structures.
- Pix, Faerie Companion's damage is counted towards the unit Pix is following, as such, it will count as an ally's damage if he is following an ally and it counts as Lulu's damage if Pix is following her or attached to an enemy unit.
- Pix cannot be targeted in any way though there is a bug that happens under unknown circumstances that allows for pix to be targeted.
- Pix, Faerie Companion acts in different ways with effects that would prevent basic attack damage:
- If the allied champion Pix is following is blinded, Pix and the champion will both miss.
- Aegis Protection will not block any bolt as they deal magic damage, while the basic attacks that caused Pix to fire can be potentially blocked
- Counter Strike will dodge all of Pix's attacks along with those of the allied champion he's following.
Ability Details
Glitterlance is a dual pass-through linear skillshot.
- Applies spell effects as an area of effect ability.
- Spell vamp is reduced to one-third effectiveness.
- slow for 1 second. will apply a 40%
- Magic damage will be mitigated by magic shields.
- Spell shields will block the damage and slow.
- This ability is considered to be a projectile for Unbreakable and Wind Wall.
Additional Information:
- Glitterlance shoots two bolts, one from Lulu and the other from wherever Pix is when the spell is cast.
- Moving the cursor towards Lulu when targeting will cause the two bolts to cross fire, while moving the cursor away from Lulu will cause the bolts to fire towards the same point.
- Units can only be damaged by one bolt. However, they can be affected by the slow of both, refreshing the duration if they hit in succession.
- If a unit is hit by both bolts, the slow does not stack.
- While Glitterlance pops spell shield, the target is still able to be damaged and slowed by the second bolt, if the conditions are right, after negating the first with a spell shield.
Ability Details
Whimsy is a single targeted ability that can be cast on allies or enemies.
- Does not apply spell effects.
- Spell shields will block the polymorph.
- This ability is considered to be a projectile for Unbreakable and Wind Wall.
Additional Information:
- Whimsy can interrupt channeled abilities when used on enemy champions.
- Whimsy's polymorph model changes with her skin:
- Classic Lulu turns her target into a squill, a two-tailed animal.
- Bittersweet Lulu turns her target into a cupcake.
- Wicked Lulu turns her target into a black cat.
- Dragon Trainer Lulu turns her target into a baby dragon stuck in an egg.
- Winter Wonder Lulu turns her target into a snowman.
- Pool Party Lulu turns her target into a baby seal.
Ability Details
Help, Pix! is a targeted ability that can be cast on either an allied or an enemy champion or minion.
- Applies spell effects as a single target ability.
- Spell vamp is fully applied.
- slow for 1.5 seconds. will apply a 40%
- Magic damage will be mitigated by magic shields.
- Spell shields will block the damage and vision, but Pix will still follow the target.
Additional Information:
- Pix will respect his maximum leash and return to Lulu if her target moves 2000 units away from her.
- Pix is independent from the absorption shield when cast on an ally and he will continue to assist the target's attacks even if the shield breaks.
- Likewise, the absorption shield will persist for the full effect even if the ally target leaves Pix's leash range.
- While Pix is away from Lulu, his bolt from Glitterlance will fire from his location toward the cursor.
- Doing so can extend the range of Glitterlance to be much larger than it normally is.
Ability Details
Wild Growth is a targeted ability that grants the target bonus health and an aura.
Additional Information:
- There is a size limit to how large champions can grow. Contrary to popular belief, using it on a Cho'Gath with 6 Feast stacks with a Greater Relic buff will not increase the size significantly.
- Wild Growth's size increase will extend Cho'Gath's Vorpal Spikes range.
- Wild Growth's health restoration is not reduced by the Grievous Wounds debuff.
- Wild Growth's health restoration will retain when the ability's duration ends.
- Wild Growth's knockup component will pop spell shields.
- Wild Growth's aura is a persistent slow, keeping units slowed for as long as they remain in range.
- Slows will linger for 0.25 seconds after leaving the marked area.


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LOS ANGELES -- Marilyn Hartman, the notorious stowaway arrested seven times at San Francisco International Airport before successfully hopping a flight in San Jose on Aug. 4, was released Saturday from a Los Angeles County jail after serving only three days of her 117-day sentence, officials said.
The 62-year-old woman authorities say has a "fixation with flying" was released at 6:13 p.m. from Lynwood's Century Regional Detention Facility due to overcrowding, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Amber Smith. The woman had only been in custody since 11:16 a.m. Wednesday.
Authorities added that Hartman, who received a near four-month sentence Wednesday morning for returning to Los Angeles International Airport and thereby violating the terms of her probation, qualified for a state program that credits nonviolent, misdemeanor offenders for various circumstances, including good behavior.
It was not immediately known where Hartman went after she was released from jail Saturday evening. Earlier she told reporters she had only $4.25 in "piggy-bank" change, and does not appear to have any family to assist her.
Despite landing in jail multiple times on varying bail difficulties, Hartman continues to be released from custody without ever having to post bail. She was unable to post even $500 bail when she was held on trespassing charges after stowing away from San Jose, and was released immediately after pleading no contest in court.
'She needs help'
Some Bay Area residents remained astonished by the relative flexibility of Hartman's consequences, but also by how quickly she is "forgotten" after officials allow her to roam free. While felony offenders sometimes receive help with reintegration upon their release from prison, no such programs exist at Hartman's level.
"How is she supposed to get back to the Bay Area?" San Jose resident Karen Sandoval Luster asked. "Is she supposed to wander around Southern California now?"
"The woman doesn't need jail," San Jose photographer Dave Burckhard said. "She needs help."
But Hartman has not always responded well to opportunities for mental health treatment, as evidenced by the brevity of her stay in a San Mateo County treatment center. Although she did not necessarily meet the criteria for the Pathways Mental Health Program, San Mateo County authorities still made the decision to send Hartman there instead of jail to serve time for her first seven offenses, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
Wagstaffe said it was important to officials that Hartman, who has been homeless since February, have both a place to live and access to some services.
"She lasted about a week in the program," said Wagstaffe, who noted that she was uncooperative with both facilitators and her probation officer during her time at the treatment facility. "She walked away from it, saying she didn't like it. Then she went right back to the airport."
'Revolving door'
Los Angeles airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon said he had a feeling the woman with "a fixation with flying" would return to the airport, so police passed out fliers to airport workers bearing her photograph.
Though Hartman said she "made a mistake" when she sneaked past airport security and onto the Southwest flight in San Jose, Gannon noted that she returned to LAX on a shuttle bus three days later and wandered through several pre-security terminals.
"It's kind of like a revolving door for her," said Deputy Sherriff Smith, who said Hartman had so far not returned to the airport within the 24 hours after her release. "For her, she has nowhere to go, no family around -- what does she have to lose, really?"
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE --David Notor, currently on exhibit at the Villas at Snowmass Club Welcome Center (across the street from the Snowmass Club) is a perfect example of someone who showed artistic talent at a very young age but never applied it until much later. Ten years ago, while traveling with his wife to Santa Fe, a fire was lit after going to several Canyon Road galleries.
"I really was inspired by a pastel artist there, and I started just painting again," smiles Notor.
Notor studied commercial art at Colorado Institute of Art after high school but never finished. Like many art students, he gave up his passion. His life then followed the path of just a regular worker bee. He worked a variety of jobs from grocery to landscaping to property management. During that time he dabbled in art and music. "Playing bluegrass music starting back in the '80s kinda just led right into art," Notor says.
Fast forward to now and Notor's love of painting landscapes for the past 10 years. His favorite piece in this show is titled "Winter Stream," a pastel on sanded board with an oil wash underpainting. "I start with a sketch on a sanded board and then wash it down with oil or watercolor," he says. "Next I apply soft pastels when it drys."
Notor, like many of the artists in this show, prefers to paint in the Roaring Fork Valley. Painting with the ever-challenging light is a real sense of satisfaction.
"I used to paint in watercolor and acrylic but now find painting in pastel and oil gives me much more freedom," Notor says. "To create a piece of art, it must have good design, a variety of color and a complement to Mother Nature in an impressionistic way without it looking like a photo."
Other artists represented in the En Plein Air show are: Georgeann Waggaman, curator; Mike Otte; Sue Tatem; Michael Kinsley; Anne Byard; and Lyn Hemley. The Villas Welcome Center is open every day from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. All pieces, in a variety of sizes, are for sale at moderate prices.
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Nine months ago a dozen demonstrators gathered at San Ramon's Country Club Village Shopping Center to protest a Walmart Neighborhood Market scheduled to move into a vacant retail space that previously had housed a Ralphs grocery store and later an Asian food market.
The signs they carried sent a clear message: "No Walmart in San Ramon."
Conversations in online chat rooms further reflected the community's concern.
"I moved to San Ramon 32 years ago, and I didn't move here to be close to a Walmart," one resident wrote.
"I would rather see that place stay empty indefinitely than see something so base move into our neighborhood," wrote another.
About the same time, Saranap residents chafed over Sufism Reoriented's plans to build a 66,000-square-foot sanctuary, two-thirds of it underground.
This issue was so volatile that when it went before the Contra Costa County board of supervisors, the hearing required two sessions and had to be held in the Lesher Center's Hofmann Theatre to accommodate the 700 people who attended. Homeowners worried that the construction noise and traffic for a project that size would detract from their quality of life and diminish their property values.
I visited both locations last week to see for myself what havoc the projects had left in their wakes.
The parking lot in front of the Neighborhood Market was at least half full -- perhaps 60 vehicles in all -- on a weekday afternoon, and judging by the makes of the cars (Mercedes, Lexus and Cadillac among them), the shoppers to whom they belonged seemed to be doing all right in a down economy.
The store is bright and inviting, with helpful employees and fully stocked shelves. I was so impressed I bought 10 pounds of potatoes ($2.97) and a loaf of Sara Lee bread ($2.68).
"I haven't heard anything negative about the store," said City Manager Greg Rogers. "Their grand opening was well attended, and when I've walked through the store, it looks like quite a few people are shopping there."
Rogers said he's even heard words of gratitude from residents in the nearby Sunny Glen Senior Community.
"They're glad they have a grocery store nearby so they don't have to drive so far," Rogers said.
It's considerably harder to evaluate the inconvenience caused by the Saranap project because a lot of construction is still to come. A tapped Cyclone fence hides most of the work on the three-acre plot, but a huge hole visible from the street suggests that primary excavation is completed. The one Caterpillar digger at work when I visited barely could be heard from the street, and the only trucks were pickups belonging to construction workers.
Property values are easier to gauge. Real estate agents Lynda Dimond of Keller Williams and Ellen Osmundson of Better Homes and Gardens both have $700,000-plus listings within a few hundred yards of the dreaded construction.
"I don't believe property values have suffered," Osmundson said, flatly.
Dimond concurred: "I get a call every week from potential buyers if my pending sale should fall apart." She added that some prospects are actually attracted to the area because of the proximity of the sanctuary.
Things could always change, but from what I can tell, the mountainous worries of nine months ago may have been over molehills.
Contact Tom Barnidge at email@example.com. Follow him at twitter.com/tombarnidge


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About the Book
This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect."
Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.
E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E.B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books.
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Sixty years ago, on October 15, 1952, E.B. White's Charlotte's Web was published. It's gone on to become one of the most beloved children's books of all time. To celebrate this milestone, the renowned Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo has written a heartfelt and poignant tribute to the book that is itself a beautiful translation of White's own view of the world—of the joy he took in the change of seasons, in farm life, in the miracles of life and death, and, in short, the glory of everything.
We are proud to include Kate DiCamillo's foreword in the 60th anniversary editions of this cherished classic.
Charlotte's Web is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur—and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn.
With the help of Templeton, the rat who never did anything for anybody unless there was something in it for him, and by a wonderfully clever plan of her own, Charlotte saved the life of Wilbur, who by this time had grown up to quite a pig.
How all this comes about is Mr. White's story. It is a story of the magic of childhood on the farm. The thousands of children who loved Stuart Little, the heroic little city mouse, will be entranced with Charlotte the spider, Wilbur the pig, and Fern, the little girl who understood their language.
The forty-seven black-and-white drawings by Garth Williams have all the wonderful detail and warmhearted appeal that children love in his work. Incomparably matched to E.B. White's marvelous story, they speak to each new generation, softly and irresistibly.
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A bomb scare late Tuesday at Campbell County High School is causing a delay for the two District 3-AAA finals basketball games.
The Powell Lady Panthers and Anderson County Mavericks were supposed to start at 6 p.m. tonight with the Oak Ridge Wildcats and Powell Panthers following in the boys contest at 7:30 p.m. The games have been pushed back an hour.
The bomb squad was called into the school but lifted the evacuation order around 5 p.m. after a sweep of the school.
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One Day On Earth
On Sunday, October 10 (10.10.10) Autism Speaks will be participating in a global event, known as One Day On Earth. Across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and inspired citizens will record the human experience over a 24-hour period and contribute their voice to the largest participatory media event in history.
Autism Speaks needs you! Help us show the world what living with autism is all about. Share the joys, frustrations and victories that you and your loved ones experience by filming a day in your life on October 10, 2010.
One Day On Earth is creating an online community, shared archive and film. With your help, One Day On Earth will showcase the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy and triumph that occur in one day.
What happens in a day can make a huge difference. Let's share and show the world! Upload your footage to the Autism Speaks profile on the One Day On Earth site.
Autism Speaks looks forward to partnering in this exciting project with World Wildlife Federation, American Red Cross, United Nations Development Programme, Vimeo, Creative Visions Foundation, and many others.
Get involved and join the Autism Speaks Page!
September 29, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Great idea for Autism Speaks to get involved with the One Day On Earth project. However, we as a society need to continue to make some major strides towards people with disabilities. I think you folks at Autism Speaks would be amazed at UW-Whitewater's track record on advocacy and awareness for people with disabilities.
To me that's what sets UW-Whitewater apart from other schools, even more so than our great athletic success and our great education and business(such as accounting, as I will tell you its one of the tops in the country) programs.
October 9, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Brilliant idea to share a day in the life of people who have autism, their families and loved ones. This will enhance awareness of issues relating to autism, their impact and influence on family dynamics, and help to celebrate the lives of the people we love unconditionally. Thanks for the opportunity to be part of the global community.


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Freeze warning in effect for Tuscaloosa, surrounding areas tonight
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Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 4:16 p.m.
A freeze warning is in effect for Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas tonight.
The National Weather Service's forecast calls for 5-7 hours of below freezing temperatures in some areas.
Tonight will see the coldest temperatures of the current cold snap, which moved into Alabama over the weekend, said meteorologist Aaron Gleason at the National Weather Service office in Birmingham.
In Tuscaloosa, tonight's temperatures are expected to be in the mid-to-upper 20s, he said.
People are being advised to bring in potted plants or cover planted blooming plants to protect them from frost.
Temperatures will warm somewhat on Wednesday, but the high for Tuscaloosa will only reach into the 50s. Normally in late March, Tuscaloosa's daytime highs are in the 70s, Gleason said.
A freeze watch, meaning conditions are right for a possible frost, will be in effect for Wednesday night.
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Profile of Tom Monaghan, founder of the Domino's Pizza chain, who is spending his fortune building a "Catholic town" in the Florida wilderness. [ABC News]
This guys supports "Operation Rescue" a pro-life group who in turn quietly supports murderers who kill women's health doctors.
Domino's can go to hell.
I wonder if there will be a Dominos in that town.
Also, if he "owns" the town, can he make it that no stores in the town sell contraceptives?
Note to self: the 5-5-5 deal supports fundamentalism.
Note to self: Found competitive pizza chain to compete with fundamentalist nonsense. Introduce the 6-6-6 deal.
He doesn't own Domino's anymore.
"In 1998, Monaghan sold Domino's Pizza for an estimated $1 billion."
@Steel_Pelican: I'll take a dozen, whenever you actually launch.
not sure how he's going to be able to keep the town catholic.
seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
It's not just a town, it's also a University – the "hope" is that it will be the "Notre Dame" of the south.
He's not the only investor, either. The funny part is that this is just now "news". The place has been in the works for a long time now.
Oh, and while you're all bashing Dominos, maybe you should read the first part of the article, which details:
"In 1998, Monaghan sold Domino's Pizza for an estimated $1 billion."
You're all about 9 years too late on the bashing of Dominos.
@gibsonic: These guys managed to pull it off: [en.wikipedia.org] but I think they have more to offer than pizza money. More, but not much more.
@gibsonic: Not really. Private land, private school, etc. etc.
Just like I can't join Curve's for Women because I'm not a chick.
Never ordering Dominos again.
Not that I would anyways, the last pizza I got from them was disgusting. But this seals the deal.
What if there is a Catholic family, and they have a kid who starts practicing a different religion? Such as Wicca, or Jewdaism? (Not that they are one in the same…)
Would the parents get fined? Would they get kicked out of town?
@dbeahn: So every pizza I bought from Domino's up until 1998 went to fund this monstrosity of backwardness. That takes care of the last 9 years of pizza expenditures, but I still feel guilty for the decade and a half of mozzarella-lust leading up to it.
Isn't Florida also the site of a Scientologist "community?" I think these guys should duke it out, Old Testament style- no survivors.
Sounds like the Domino's in this town will be serving Kool Aid.
@AlteredBeast: According to Deuteronomy 13:6-10, the kids should be put to death.
I remember when all of this first started and Monahan was on an anti-reproductive rights tear in front of the press. I was at Lollapaloosa that summer. All the hippie and counter culture kids were stopping everyone and telling them why you should not buy dominos pizza (one of the big vendors there). It actually worked. About 75% of the people who wandered up to the dominos line left and went to the other food vendors upon being told about Dominos policies. At the end of the night there was a huge bonfire of dominos pizza boxes and people dancing around it.
Oh, Alterbeast. I believe the standard reaction would be burning at the stake. At least according to our local fundamentalist catholic activists.
i love how people quote old testament law as something that is suppose to be carried out today.
@gibsonic: I agree with you 100%. Whenever someone quotes anything from a millenia-old book as infallible guidance for today, I have to raise my eyebrows.
Hence the Deuteronomy example.
This whole story gives me images of a cross between a traditional, cookie cutter suburbia (ala Edward Scissorhands), and Juniper Creek from Big Love.
@CreativeLinks: OOOhhhh thats a good one, made me laugh out loud. thanks for the flash back.
i sincerely hope you are being willfully ignorant and obtuse as opposed to just being a blubbering idiot.
how the hell did we get two religiously charged stories in the last two days. Is this a new tact to cause controversy to increase readership as opposed to actually finding and posting about like REAL consumer related stuff.
Ok, so the ATM story was a consumerist story, but hardly new news…as is this story it would seem.
I don't think I'm being obtuse or ignorant, and I don't appreciate the personal attack. I'm trying to point out the absurdity of building a town, complete with educational system and economy, based on the contents of a millenia-old book- or the way the contents of said book have been interpreted by a lineage of celibate, cloistered men.
I feel that the intersection of religion and commerce is an important issue in 2007, and one that warrants discussion. As a part of the discussion of the intersection of religion and commerce, I think it's worth pointing out some of the nonsense inherent in the religion in question. The Deuteronomy quote was in answer to a question of how to deal with religious dissent in Monaghan's Catholic Utopia.
So the question becomes, do Monaghan and co. get their community plans from a millenia-old book, or do they get them from somewhere else? If they get them from somewhere else, just how Christian is the community? If they get them from a millenia-old book- how are the rules relevant in 2007?
This is on Consumerist why? No one's moving there at gunpoint, no child who grows up there will be forced to stay, and there don't seem to be any actual laws against selling contraception, just a likelihood that the people who move in and invest will agree with many of the town founders' strong beliefs.
No WAY! Catholic bashing??? Here??? Amazing how little people know about Catholic doctrine.
(This is where you make pedophile jokes. Stop slacking and play by the script)
ok, so you are actually ignorant of what you are talking about. that helps clear things up.
my point about your Deuteronomy quote is that old testament law is not binding for new testament believers.
Christ replaced the law with his sacrifice.
Any Christ following church does not have to live by the letter of the old Hebrew law.
Read the new testament sometime and you will see what I'm talking about. Paul talks about this very clearly as does Jesus himself.
Much like Exxon/Mobile is a gas station that I avoid due to Exxon's innate evil, regardless of a new corporate structure, Domino's can die a flaming, sh*t-drowning death before they get a dime of mine for their cardboard/ketchup concoction they call pizza. Plus it's a safe bet that many of those that Monaghan hired are still there.
Sins of the father, to (cough) quote a biblical adage.
Being that there ARE people here unfamiliar with Domino's behind-the-scenes infamy; it's perfectly appropriate to cover them on Consumerist. Imagine a Bill Gates article that doesn't mention Microsoft. Couldn't, could you? :D
@gibsonic: "old testament law is not binding for new testament believers"
Almost all the fugly stuff that Conservative Xtians cram down everyone else's throats – gays, women, despoiling the environment, murdering brown people for oil – is "supported" by stuff from the Old Testament. Ditto the anti-woman screeds (etc.) the Vatican tries to pumulgate.
Christ says nothing in this regard – something that irks them to an nth degree, I'm sure. Must suck to be such a bad Christian.
You're being disingenuous. Or naive.
@Steel_Pelican: I see the concept of "Freedom of Religion" is something you believe is also outdated.
Jesus said "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's."
Many people believe this is a fancy way of saying "live by the laws of man, but also follow the ways of God."
To break it down more for you: The town will run on the economics and educational system of 2007. The people that live there will have in common their beliefs and will worship together.
Could you give us a current, relevant example where Catholic doctrine (which may be changed by the Pope to keep up with the changing world) would cause a legal problem? For example, the Catholics are pro-life and do not believe in abortion. While abortion is legal in the US, there's not law that makes choosing to NOT have an abortion illegal. There's no law that says every town in America MUST have an abortion clinic.
I'm not Catholic myself, but I respect their right to live in a community where they won't be discriminated again because of their beliefs. Your posts, incidentally, are an excellent example of how people that don't know anything about the Catholic faith are happy to bash, stereotype and discriminate against them.
As are you. And full of rage. Sad.
@trai_dep: "Being that there ARE people here unfamiliar with Domino's behind-the-scenes infamy; it's perfectly appropriate to cover them on Consumerist. Imagine a Bill Gates article that doesn't mention Microsoft. Couldn't, could you? :D"
The point is that this doesn't have anything to do with Dominoes at all. Period. A guy that once owned Dominoes way back when is doing something totally unrelated that has no impact at all on consumers in any way, shape of form. Interesting? Yes. Newsworthy? Maybe, on a slow news day. Consumer news? Not remotely.
"Almost all the fugly stuff that Conservative Xtians cram down everyone else's throats – gays, women, despoiling the environment, murdering brown people for oil – is "supported" by stuff from the Old Testament. Ditto the anti-woman screeds (etc.) the Vatican tries to pumulgate.
Christ says nothing in this regard – something that irks them to an nth degree, I'm sure. Must suck to be such a bad Christian."
Yes yes, and all Muslims are terrorists, all Jewish people are cheap, all atheists are psychotic thieves, all Hindus are pacifists. We get it. Now please take your bleeding heart liberal hatefest and choke to death on your Papa John's Pizza :)
Wait – Consumerist posts something that's sure to start a good ol round of Catholic bashing and deletes posts when it gets exactly what it wants? You got your hate, let people wallow in it.
Computer farted. Sorry Consumerist. Move along, nothing to see here.
@dbeahn: While I am neither a bleeding heart nor a liberal I dislike organized religion in general be it Catholic, Muslim Hindu whatever. Its just another reason for people to hate each other and force thier beliefs on you. There has been more violence done in the name of religion than anything else. So getting a bunch of super fundamentalists together in a tight knit community is something to worry about. Waco anyone? Or how about the whole Jim Jones party?
@Nemesis_Enforcer: I might be inclined to agree, but I missed the report that said these were super fundamentalists. There are Caatholic communities all over the United States, and they don't seem to be causing any problems currently. Odds are there's one in your city. Notre Dame (small little university in northern Indiana, maybe you've heard of it?) is also a Catholic center. They don't seem to be causing any problems.
The whole freedom of religion thing must be tough for you.
Monahan was an interesting fella when I worked in Domino's management before he sold. He used to send his top performing managers free Hermes ties, because we should all dress for success, and he particularly liked that brand. One year, just after EPCOT Center had opened, he agreed to send every manager who increased sales by a certain percentage or greater to EPCOT for free. He wanted to show how we should be thinking about the future, not the past.
I don't agree with his pushy religious fervor, and wouldn't even consider moving into this town. But I gotta give the guy credit, he is as good as any executive motivator I have ever met, and he has one thing that 98% of Americans lack: Vision. You may not like the vision he has, but at least he has one.
@dbeahn: The irony is that progressives generally believe the opposite of all the negative stereotypes you just listed. Conservative X-tians? They're the ones urging war, disempowerment and discrimination (in Christ's name, of course).
Papa John's?! You really don't get it…
@gibsonic: How do you pick and choose which parts of the Bible apply to you? When does it stop being the Word of God, and start to become an antiquated legal system? Are the 10 Commandments out the window, too? Genesis? Abraham & Isaac? Job?
@dbeahn: I don't recall making a legal argument, or a statement against freedom of religion. Although, I have to wonder what kind of freedom of religion would exist in Ave Maria. I also don't remember "bashing" or "discriminating against" Catholics. Of course, you're entitled to worship whatever deity you choose, and I have no problems there. I don't think Catholics are any worse human beings than the rest of us. I'm not saying that Catholic dogma necessarily interferes with US law.
I think you're wrong to say I'm "bashing" Catholics. Of course they have a right to live in a community where they won't be "discriminated against." I don't know how Catholics are "discriminated against" in America, but I'll take your word for it that they are.
I think it's unfair of you to accuse me of "bashing" Catholics, when I haven't done anything of the sort. My argument isn't against Catholics, but against the utter backwardness of a project like Ave Maria. In today's world, we should be working towards an environment of inclusion- not isolation. We should be pushing our faiths under the microscope of modernity, not sequestering ourselves into enclaves of homogeneity. I'd feel the same way if it was any other religion, Christian or not. Ditto for a town "by atheists, for atheists."
Secondly, don't you think it's eminently probable for a professor at the proposed university to lose his job for teaching evolution? Don't you think it's probable for a doctor to lose her job at the clinic for encouraging contraception? You say that the education system and economy will be modern, but if it's an explicitly Catholic community- with Catholic schools, shops, and medical facilities, I can't imagine incidents like the above not happening. And if discrimination is a worry- isn't it exceedingly probable that non-Catholics will be discriminated against?
I'm not saying that Monaghan should be legally restrained from building his Catholic dream town in Florida. What I'm saying is that the last thing America needs is more separatism.
I think it's nonsense, and a step backward for religion in America.
Butbutbut…in your rush to bash (it's bashing) you forgot that evolution is part of church teaching. you also forgot that contraceptives that don't interfere with fertility are OK within the confines of the marriage.
so back to the drawing board…
@OKH: OK so you want us to belive what you say , however I have never heard of a church that teaches evolution unless they twist it somehow to include the umm theory of creationism. And uh isnt that the purpose of a contraceptive to interfere with fertility? Jackass. @dbeahn: And I don't have a problem with freedom of religion its that everyone who says they are religious wants to cram it down my throat, and if you aren't from said religion you are wrong and or going to hell or whatever . Freedom of religion means freedom from religion as well. Stop pushing your beliefs on me and I will stop pointing out the inherent idiocy and total BS of most religions.
@Nemesis_Enforcer: "I don't have a problem with freedom of religion its that everyone who says they are religious wants to cram it down my throat"
If what you say here is true, then why do you have such an obvious issue with people that want to have a small town, to themselves? It's not like they're saying they're going to be founding "outreach" centers in some major cities. That's the problem – they want to have their own place, which isn't forcing anything on you, and still you're attacking them.
Freedom of Religion means that YOU can ignore people trying to force their religion on you, or tell them to go away. It also means that (theoretically) someone like yourself should be intelligent enough to not force your religion (atheist in your case?) down the throat of people that aren't out to convert anyone.
@Steel_Pelican: "I also don't remember "bashing" or "discriminating against" Catholics." Really? "According to Deuteronomy 13:6-10, the kids should be put to death.". Personally, if someone insinuated that people of my religion were capable of, and encouraged, the killing of children, I'd feel a bit bashed and discriminated against. Especially if it wasn't true.
The legal example went back to your question of how religion + commerce worked in 2007. As long as no laws are broken, they can live however they want. If the law allows something they don't agree with, but there's no law that requires whatever it is, then they're free to ignore that option.
"Secondly, don't you think it's eminently probable for a professor at the proposed university to lose his job for teaching evolution? Don't you think it's probable for a doctor to lose her job at the clinic for encouraging contraception?"
Doubtful on the first – the Catholics teach evolution at Notre Dame, after all. Let's take a look at the second example. Let's say that Catholics still say all contraception is wrong. Why SHOULDN'T a Catholic family have the choice to go to a Catholic doctor that will respect their faith and not shove contraception down their throats? I'd imagine for someone that believes contraception is wrong, it's just as annoying to have it offered time and again to them as it is annoying for me that Jehova's Witnesses think it's fun to knock on my door once a week. All that aside, I think that the Catholic Church is OK with contraception inside marriage.
I don't understand why, without any knowledge of the faith or the project, you immediately assume it's backwards. How is that any different than making an assumption based on a person's gender or skin color? Notre Dame was once exactly this kind of project, funded by the Catholic Church, and if you look at some of the people that graduated from Notre Dame, I think you'll be amazed at the advances they've made in a lot of fields of study.
Based on some of your other "concerns", I'd say you need to go look at a map. This isn't going to be a small town out in the middle of nowhere, hours from anywhere else. It's 10 minutes from Naples, FL. and 20 muinutes from Fort Myers, FL. It's not like the people are going to be forced to move there against their will, or will be forced to stay there all the time. No one is hiding what the concept is, or trying to trick anyone into moving out there. The teachers still have to teach what is required by State law, etc. etc.
@Nemesis_Enforcer: and I've never heard of you. Does that mean you don't exist? Catholics are free to believe however they please, as on many issues, but the official position of the Roman Catholic Church is that evolution is the best explanation for how we ended up here.
Like I said, back to the drawing board.
"Personally, if someone insinuated that people of my religion were capable of, and encouraged, the killing of children, I'd feel a bit bashed and discriminated against. Especially if it wasn't true."
The person who's insinuating that Christians are not only capable of it, but religiously obligated to do it, is Moses, who supposedly dictated Deuteronomy. If you have a problem with those sorts of laws, your problem isn't with me, it's with the Bible.
"The legal example…"
I've never tried to make a legal argument here. I don't think that religion and law have any business together- if we look at Deuteronomy again, we see that looking to Scripture for modern law is ludicrous.
Evolution and contraception:
In 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Church's position on evolution [www.vatican.va] He outlined that the teaching of evolution is acceptable, as long as it is given equal time with the Catholic creation story- and under the condition that the teacher accepts the Church as the final authority in such matters. If the Church's doctrine is written into the university's charter, professors lose their academic freedom, and do a great disservice to science.
The Catholic Cathechism has this to say about contraception: [www.vatican.va]
"The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally unacceptable means (for example, direct sterilization or contraception)."
Emphasis mine. Pope John Paul II referred to contraception as "an evil" and "morally unlawful" [www.vatican.va]
Yes, Catholics have a right to go to a medical facility that understands their religious obligations. However, a business owner doesn't have a right to fire someone for violating their religious principles. In a community built from the ground up around Catholic doctrine, I can see this sort of activity more probable than in a community that was not designed from the ground up as a religious commune.
"I don't understand why, without any knowledge of the faith or the project, you immediately assume it's backwards."
I think my knowledge of the faith is pretty solid. And even if this wasn't specific to Catholicism- I would think that founding any community based on a specific religion is a step backwards. As I've said, America needs to move towards integration- not separation.
"How is that any different than making an assumption based on a person's gender or skin color"
It's leagues apart. Gender and skin color are not matters of choice or philosophy, and do not carry with them inherent judgments about the world. Making critiques about Catholic doctrine is the same as making critiques about existentialism, capitalism, or the Republican party. The only assumption that I make about Catholics is that they follow Catholic doctrine in some capacity. Just like I assume that a Democrat follows most of the ideals of the Democratic party.
This example might help you to understand my concerns: If Tom Cruise decided to build an exclusively Scientologist community in Texas, with it's own school and economy, wouldn't it raise your eyebrows? Would you have some questions about how non-Scientologists would be treated within it's borders? What if it was an exclusively Satanist community? You'd concede their legal right to religion and assembly, but wouldn't you have some concerns about equality and motive? What about an exclusively atheist community?
Notre Dame is an example of how a project like this can work. But it's important to remember that ND was founded by the Catholic Church, not a private investor. And ND is just a college campus, not an entire community.
@Steel_Pelican: Most of your question revolve around not having any information about the project itself. Likely because the news story doesn't cover the project, just one high profile investor in it.
I happen to live in the area this is being built. It's got broad support from many investors and obviously without the support of the Catholic Church, they couldn't call it a Catholic University, and they couldn't build a Catholic church.
This town also doesn't have "it's own economy". No way could it in this day and age. But like any business, anyone that works there will want to respect the customers they have. Is it racist to open a clothing store that specializes in urban and hip-hop fashions in a black community? Would the owner of that store fire a person working there that pushed dockers and polo to the customers? Same sort of thing – businesses cater to it's customers. In this case, you just have a broad base of customers who share similar beliefs. If you want to work there, you'd better be prepared to respect that. I'm MUCH more concerned in this part of Florida when someone opens a business that requires it's employees to speak Spanish. That seems more discriminatory to me, but the truth is that if you open a business that caters to illegal and legal immigrants, then you need people that speak the language they speak. Same sort of thing here – people will need to "speak Catholic". If someone living there needs/wants services they can't get there, then it's a 10 or 20 minute drive to get to somewhere they can get those services.
There are already Catholic neighborhoods similar in layout to your typical "golf and country club" developments all over the US, and in this area. The new "Dominos Catholic College and Town" is going to be 5000 acres instead of 1000. I still don't see it as a problem. Now, if they take over a State, or build a city the size of Tampa or Orlando and start controlling access to it, then sure, there might be an issue. But this project is wide open, everyone is welcome to visit and patronize it's businesses, attend the school, etc etc.
I'd be concerned about the Scientology compound for sure, but only if I lived close by – I don't want to get caught in the fall out when Xenu sends the space armada to bomb it! ;)
@dbeahn: I agree that it's a business's prerogative to serve their customer base, and to require their employees to understand and serve that customer base.
However, when we're talking about medical institutions and medical suppliers, that sort of laissez fair attitude just doesn't apply. Asking a medical professional (doctor, nurse, pharmacist, councilor) to restrict their advice (under penalty of termination) is in conflict with the ethics of the medical field.
I'm sure the town will be ostensibly "wide open" but the very nature of a town "by Catholics, for Catholics" is discriminatory. In Florida or anywhere else, whether or not it's yet unbuilt, or has been there for 200 years.
What's the reasoning behind the exclusivity? Are non-Catholics just too sinful to mingle with Catholics? Or are Catholics worried that living next to a Protestant could infect their children with paganism? These are extreme examples, but there must be some reason why Monaghan decided that Catholic Floridians need a separate community all to themselves. It's probably not an issue of geography, they are no nearer to the Vatican, and I'd think that prayer reception is just as good in Nome Alaska as it is in Florida. So if it's not location, it must be people. Who are the residents of Ave Maria moving away from? Maybe potential Ave Maria residents just want to be near other Catholics. That means that being around Catholics is preferable to being around non-Catholics. What's wrong with non-Catholics?
I don't expect you to answer this, of course, but these are the things that bother me- and saying "it already exists elsewhere" doesn't make me comfortable with a religion becoming institutionalized in a town's economy (if people can work and shop within the town, it has an economy), medical infrastructure, and educational system.
Isolation doesn't breed tolerance. Any town like this creates a relationship of outsiders vs. insiders, and that is inherently adversarial. True, this is a small community, compared to larger areas like Tampa or Orlando. But the attitude that makes someone carve out a section of geography just for a specific group of people is dangerous. If Monaghan could afford it, I think he would have built an entire city.
If, as a society, we encourage this kind of thinking, and this kind of activity, we open the doors for someone with more $$ and more land to build an entire city- just for Baptists, or Methodists, or Jews, or Satanists, or Hindus, or Presbyterians, or Wiccans… It's important for America (and the world) to stop dividing itself based on religious differences.
Jeez, if someone wants to live in a Catholic community, they should just move to Rhode Island! The Biggest Little State is chock-full of us. (Something like 65% of total population is R.C.)
i guess this explains why they didnt do 3 pizzas for 6.66.
So when can I order a Domino's Pizza w/ placenta sauce instead of yukky tomato? (Lil' Baby Jesus crys when bits o' fetus are wasted)


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The Army is cutting the number of stateside units dedicated to rehabilitating wounded soldiers as casualties decline and consolidation of resources takes priority across the military.
The largest branch of the U.S. military said by September it will be closing 14 separate units currently dedicated to treating wounded, ill and injured soldiers and will be opening 13 new units for soldiers who have fewer medical needs. The new units will be based at existing medical facilities to help treat mainly reserve and National Guard soldiers convalescing at home, the Army announced Thursday.
"These changes are the result of periodic reviews, a declining population and lessons learned over the last few years – they are not related to budget cuts, sequestration or furloughs," said Brigadier General David Bishop, commander of the Warrior Transition Command, in remarks Thursday.
With few troops remaining in Iraq and the U.S. mission transitioning to mainly a support role in Afghanistan, casualties have been steadily declining. Fewer wounded soldiers, combined with more troops healing and moving out of warrior transition units, has pushed down the Army's population of wounded, ill and injured soldiers.
Today, the approximately 7,000 soldiers assigned to warrior transition units is about half the number from 2008 when around 12,500 soldiers were assigned to such units.
The Army currently has 29 Warrior Transition Units, medical detachments established at major military treatment facilities, with the mission of treating soldiers requiring six months or more of rehabilitative care. Five of these units are slated for closure. The other nine units that will be disbanded are known as Community-Based Warrior Transition Units, which assist soldiers living at home and being treated at facilities that might not even be at a military base.
"There is nothing more sacred than caring for our wounded, ill and injured soldiers. It's good that this action was based on diminishing need, not a shrinking budget," said Joe Davis, spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, one of the largest military advocacy groups.
Some of the units slated for closure serve fewer than 10 soldiers, the Army said.
The 11 new units, called Community Care Units, will serve soldiers recuperating at their homes and will all be located at existing warrior transition facilities, which cuts costs and increases quality of care, according to the Army.
The Marine Corps, the other branch of the military with a large support network for wounded troops currently has 15 Wounded Warrior units in the U.S. and at Marine bases overseas. The Marines, a smaller branch than the Army, with fewer bases, currently has approximately 1,000 Marines in its Wounded Warrior program.
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[1] Trey solo acoustic.
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And what has Spotify ever done for us?
What's the catch? Your listening will be peppered with advertising. If you pay a monthly fee you don't have to put up with that. At the moment they're rolling it out a bit at a time and you have to be invited to take part. You could try following this link to a playlist I've set up and see how you get on. You might even be able to add things. Please don't add whole albums. It quickly becomes tiresome if people do that.
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- billyous said...
Now this is something worth sharing. I haven't as yet been bothered by advertising. perhaps I'm doing it wrong. I've tried dragging a song into your playlist, but it didn't want to know (Van Morrison - The Back Room, from The Bang Masters)
- 8:34 pm
- Douglas said...
Just dipped into the Word's Infinite Playlist. A-ha's Scoundrel Days - a shimmering sonic cathedral if ever I heard it. Plus a fantastic live version of Stay on These Roads sung angelically by the godlike Morten Harket. Probably the best 'boy band' in the world ever.
I'll go and lie down now...
- 9:04 pm
- Douglas said...
Sorry for the double post but this really is the best thing since, well, iTunes. In the last hour I've listened to everything from The Associates' 'Party Fears Two' to The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band's 'Death Cab for Cutie' to the fantastically nostalgic theme from 'Charlie and Lola'. I fear it must indeed be too good to be true, as so far I've found the ratio of ads to music more than tolerable. No doubt in due course it will end up like ITV's Champions League coverage...
- 10:25 pm
- Neil Tasker said...
This is indeed a musical goldmine. Thirty years ago people would've laughed at the possibility of this. Think it's going to be long night......
- 11:46 pm
- Andre Carlos Raposa said...
The next big thing? You mean you can listen to music for free? There'll be a black President next.
- 5:07 am
- billyous said...
I'm enjoying it while I can. I'm sure it will eventually be f*cked up by the big boys. It would be just perfect if you could share and edit playlists with others (I've tried dragging songs into David's and The Word playlists, but to no avail.
- 9:02 am
- Dan W said...
I and a good friend used to post CDs we'd made to each other of songs we thought we'd like. Now we can just drop them on each other's playlist. Incredible.
- 9:31 am
- David Hepworth said...
I don't think it's likely to be messed up by the mythical big boys. For a start they've obviously been the quickest to adopt this and also they're not that big anymore. I think the thing that will be most difficult to deal with is widespread popularity. The current speed at which it responds is amazing.
- 10:10 am
- rob said...
I *heart* spotify. Now if only there was an iPhone version.
But then that would compete (and likely win) against iTunes and Apple presumably don't want that.
Wonde how they'll play it?
- 12:23 pm
- matt said...
I believe there is an iphone version in the pipeline http://tinyurl.com/d4t4mk
- 9:22 pm
- Richard said...
I've been accepted without an invitation. Seems it has now been opened up to anyone in the UK, Really enjoying it so far - very few adverts.
- 9:34 pm
- Leo Salazar said...
"Not available in your country yet [NL]." Aaaaaargh!!!!
- 10:27 am
- humphrey said...
Just tried to link to the playlist but Spotify can't find it!
- 2:01 pm
- humphrey said...
Tried the link again, and it's there! Excellent playlist.
- 4:12 pm
- digger22 said...
Your playlist has got Eclection on it. Not heard them for years. And I see they've got other tracks on there too. But only the Mark 2 version of Please (sung I think by Dorris Henderson) not the Kerrilee Male version, which I prefer though haven't heard for years.
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