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The survey by online security firm VeriSign revealed 88% of UK IT managers rank customer confidence in security at the top of their list of concerns and allocate an average of 19% of their IT budget to addressing consumer fears.
Matthew Bruun, director at VeriSign, said, "Problems associated with transacting online, like phishing and identity fraud, receive a lot of media attention, which can make consumers nervous. Businesses need to demonstrate their security credentials in a very visible way, through technologies like EV SSL Certificates and security deals."
The survey was undertaken in March this year with 719 IT managers from the UK, France, Germany and Sweden.
Top three ways to improve customer security confidence
1. Green address bar. Forty per cent of IT managers deployed Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates. EV SSL turns the address bar green in browsers to assure consumers that transactions will be safely encrypted. Of the IT managers who deployed EV SSL, 78% said the technology improved customer perceptions of security on their sites, according to the Verisign study.
2. Trust the tick. Forty per cent of respondents reported using third-party trust marks such as the VeriSign seal to make their security credentials more visible to website visitors.
3. Consumer education. Thirty-three per cent of organisations surveyed try to educate consumers and provide an explanation of how their site is kept safe.
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Elisabete Jacinto and the OLEOBAN® team ended this morning their participation in the Libya Rally 2016.
After the yesterday's incident, where the MAN TGS turned in the dunes of the Erg Chegaga, the team wasn't sure that the engine state could guarantee an effective participation.
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Skip to comments.America Isn't Destined to Be More Liberal
Posted on 01/24/2014 6:02:57 PM PST by Kaslin
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, left-wing activist Steve Rosenthal sounds a lot like other wishful thinkers arriving at a comfortable partisan conclusion. America, he writes, is only a few years from a full-blown progressive electorate. "A close examination of U.S. attitudes in the past decade-plus," Rosenthal contends, "reveals that the United States is steadily becoming more progressive."
It seems to be widely accepted by the media that demographics, GOP ineptitude and internal division, and a generational shift on social issues place the American voter on an enduring leftward course. Is this inevitable? Well, about as inevitable as Karl Rove's durable Republican majority.
You don't have to be a stickler for academic rigor to appreciate that an 825-word column with a few links to some Gallup polls is not really a "close examination" of anything. But you don't have to be a historian to understand that the electorate, though hardly immune to terrible ideas, is, in the end, stubbornly moderate with little use for philosophical consistency. Which is to say, no one knows what the future will look like.
Voters not only have conflicting ideological views but also change their minds on those issues all the time -- and oftentimes for no good reason at all. We are irrational. We are mercurial. We're irresponsible. And when we're not, events that "change everything" (9/11 and the Great Recession come to mind) tend to blow up these alleged electoral trajectories we're on anyway. And let's not forget voter backlashes, religious awakenings, economic booms and busts, political scandals, charismatic leaders, and technological advances, all of which can disrupt lines on the graph.
That's just broadly speaking, of course. Even if we accepted Rosenthal's facts in the short term, a person could use his piece to make a rather compelling case that the nation is trending more libertarian than it is progressive.
A cultural shift is not always an ideological one -- or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving. Immigration, pot legalization, same-sex marriage and "big business" are the issues that Rosenthal claims portend progressivism's triumph. Yet most of these are only incidentally progressive. Marijuana legalization or support for same-sex marriage is far more likely caused by a growing "live and let live" mindset than it is any burst of leftist idealism. And if the "live and let live" mindset starts bleeding into other areas of American life -- say, education, health care and religious freedom -- the left is in trouble.
In the end, the progressive agenda demands that you trust the state to control economic outcomes -- an idea that is yet to be proved especially popular among Americans. Will it be? Who knows? But right now, what does seem to be growing is skepticism toward government, especially among the young. When Gallup asks about what people "think the most important problem facing this country today is," it doesn't bode well for the left that a plurality of people -- independents, Republicans and Democrats -- say it's government. Fifty-three percent of Americans claim to believe government does "too many things." (Forty percent think its powers should be expanded.) Add to this the fact that according to Gallup, a record number of Americans (42 percent) are rejecting partisan labels and identifying as political independents. Sounds as if there's a growing number of voters with a libertarian disposition -- though most would never articulate it that way.
And right now, the unpopularity and struggles of Obamacare -- the most notable political accomplishment associated with the progressive left -- make it tough to imagine any electorate signing off on another national technocratic adventure in the foreseeable future. The Obamacare debate has made it nearly impossible to do anything in Washington (a triumph for libertarian governance). Judging from the polls, the voters Rosenthal claims are turning hard left seem to be more amenable to supporting reforms that loosen, rather than expand, federal control over health care. What makes anyone believe a more progressive alternative would be popular?
But like many folks on the left, Rosenthal is forced to make a big leap. He contends that a shift on social issues and the electoral success of (a now-unpopular) Barack Obama prove that the entire progressive buffet is destined for widespread approval. Guess what. It doesn't work that way. Support for gay marriage does not mean support for unions. (Unions, one of the backbones of political progressivism, have never been less popular in practice.) Pot legalization does not mean we're ready to nationalize energy policy. And support for immigration reform doesn't mean people are prepared to "make everything owned by everybody" as a writer in Rolling Stone suggests. And though I certainly don't believe we're about to privatize Social Security, to believe that the philosophy of the electorate is on a fixed leftward arc -- which seems to be conventional wisdom these days -- is premature.
America is destined for 70 years of slavery and concentration camps as far as we can tell right now.
I think it is destined to be Greece in due time. A fair number of Americans think the US can play a sort of world police, keep Social Security and Medicare going at their current rates and maybe even expanded and expand multiple other federal spending projects as well. Regardless of the political ideology they claim, America will lose its status as a leading military and scientific and intellectual and social power and get pushed and kicked around by everyone else. So it does not matter whether or not the US is destined to be liberal.
America isn't going to survive if it gets more liberal. It baffles the mind that the American people allowed our politicians to give us something as outrageous and unworkable as Obamacare. Even socialists should be able to look at Obamacare and realize that it is a disaster that can and should destroy Socialism. It will eventually be as difficult to get decent medical care in the US as it is to get toilet paper in Venezuela.
"America Isn't Destined to Be More Liberal"
The fact that Obumbo, the Marxist, was reelected tells me otherwise. Add to that the rapidly expanding black and immigrant population.
You forget all of the polling shoss that people were against Obamcare except for the left people and they are the ones in charge. So the left wing bastards voted yes for it anyway how can you stop that? My point is I do not think politicians are listening to the people anymore they are just acting.
America is destined for a Greece-esque civil war between communists and patriots.
As Christianity is exorcised from public life and children are indoctrinated into Marxist ideology through the education bureaucracy, society becomes more liberal. Insidious, but their perfidy is succeeding.
One thing we know about evil empires. They end.
Well, part of the blame is that the people depended on the institutions, rather than themselves, to call upon the Lord for them. It's not enough for In God We Trust to be printed on our money. It's also needed for it to be printed on our hearts.
Having spent a good part of the previous two days at a maternity hospital (one in a nice part of town, not the city charity ward) I have to think it's not Republicans who are having kids.
The demographic tide is strongly against us. That doesn't portend well for the future.
Love these debates because they bring out all the FR surrender monkeys, the DU infiltrators and the liberal jackasses who hate American patriots.
Those are the liberals with the greater hope. The ones with less hope are visiting the abortion facilities.
It's right to "hate American patriots" when they try to set themselves up on a higher pedestal than God themselves.
Now as soon as they accede God His rightful place, then there is no more need to "hate" them.
At least on abortion, the younger generation is becoming increasingly pro-life.
"It will eventually be as difficult to get decent medical care in the US as it is to get toilet paper in Venezuela."
I lack knowledge of the toilet paper supply in Venezuela but I expect that soon decent medical care in this country will be as rare as blizzards in Key West.
The numbers for abortion these days are actually fairly small and continuing to trend downward.
The economics of having offspring in the Era of Baraq are quite favorable. That's why folks in the lower socio-economic groups are reproducing in large numbers.
That is good news in general because it affirms God's grace in a way the old abortion-prone generation didn't.
And to whom is this shift in attitude bad news?
I hope, not to you or I.
There is a God in the world and He is quite busy teaching lessons. It is we worldlings who say "the world will go on as it 'always' has."
Hence the need to set up some large Galt Gulch areas.
I mean... can you allow for a God so powerful that He even uses Barack Obama to do good? Even if Barack Obama himself is quite unclear?
You can go gulchify if you want.
I'll get the gospel gossiped all over, so to speak.
Let's see which one brings the greater prosperity.
American government is ALWAYS generational. The '60s-'70s protest kids are the movers and shakers at the moment, but they're fading ... More conservative and pragmatic Reagan-era kids are beginning to be heard more and more every day. Time moves on.
The problem is we are using 40% fake money to fund the robust entitlements that make these folks comfortable.
My strong belief is that at some point, the markets will choke on this, and things will turn sour in a bad way.
I tend to agree. It's a fad that came, that disappointed, and now it's leaving.
We could have a challenge here.
Militating against the fiat money boom is a fracking boom (for just one thing).
I very much hope you're correct.
I just had a grandchild born Wednesday.
I also can't say much for it's proprietary information. But I know of another technology that could be poised to make America richer. I am not yacking because I owe the secret to the company I am working for right now.
Well, the two would tend to cancel one another out.
So the pendulum has stopped and about to return?
Not for many decades, I don't know if it ever will
Evidently there wuz more that wanted it than didn't!
Are you still killing your unborn?
Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.
Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.
2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But there IS hope!!!
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
True dat!
Don't go there on Monday!
The diagnosis is confirmed; but will America take the medicine?
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, who are called by my name,
shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; ,
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
quote "a person could use his piece to make a rather compelling case that the nation is trending more libertarian than it is progressive"
I agree.
The electorate is becoming more Libertarian.
I'm not familiar with the author.
His lack of basic political knowledge is astounding.
America has imported 20 million Socialist voters since the Reagan Amnesty in 1986.
The only thing that has kept America "moderate" is poor voter turn out by immigrants and other Hard Left voting blocs.
When those groups have the same turn out as native born whites, the game is up for Conservatives.
America is now a Progressive nation.
The only thing left to determine is how radical it will be.
But values may not be changing despite the fear of statism.
There is currently no prevailing moral compass in leadership, and unfortunately that has a negative impact on society. The trend to libertarianism is a red herring — no one should conclude that's an improvement except for the singular rejection of statism. We need to see movement towards conservatism which is the Country's greatest need, and the Left's greatest nightmare.
It's the same way with politicians who live in DC. Everyone around them is a lib, so the whole country must be. Therefore, they think they need to become more lib so they can get re-elected.
Steve Rosenthal? Neither am I, but then I don't read the Washington Compost.
Or do you mean David Harsanyi? Where have you been? I have posted numerous articles by him from Townhall.com over the years
From Wikipedia: David Harsanyi is an American journalist. He is a nationally syndicated columnist and senior editor at The Federalist. He is a former editor at Human Events and opinion columnist at The Denver Post.[2] His writings on politics and culture have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, National Review, Reason, Christian Science Monitor, Jerusalem Post, The Globe and Mail, The Hill, Sports Illustrated Online, and other publications.
Harsanyi's column is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate. He is author of Obama's Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama's Reelection (Regnery) and Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children (Doubleday/Broadway).[3] He left his position writing op-eds for The Denver Post to work for Glenn Beck's website, TheBlaze.
"Dont go there on Monday!"
Which one? Venezuela if I have diarrhea or Key West without snowshoes?
OK, I'm sorry.
The author is obviously well known and has credibility on political and Conservative issues.
But I still vigorously disagree with his idea that "Americans" are a clearly identifiable group with common goals and common values.
That said, it's a valid analogy. God fills the world full of analogies, including from Old Testament practice. And the "land" that needs to be healed is now in our own hearts, including yours. All of us, including you, need to see the doctor. The garbage man is a secondary concern.
Which... by the way... is why the idea of trying to baptize America at a "social" level failed. What WILL succeed is individual gospel ministry. But sometimes old, even "conservative," ideas that are not actually godly need to die.
I see the issue as needing a fundamental refactoring.
America, as the whole world, is a scene of spiritual battle.
To see salvation's flowers bloom and fruits grow in America, we can NOT rely on a political methodology. Not even "conservatism." If your "conservatism" does not include a heart acceptance and embrace and love of God, then it isn't any better in the end than a "liberalism" that has the same fault!
It turns out to be historical accident that "liberals" have dropped the God ball worse. "Conservatives" have the ball still, kinda sorta, but they tend too much to pine for a fiat application of God to society. That will not work, and never has during New Testament times (which includes now).
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If you liked Furies of Caulderon, you'll like this book. It expands the world and characters and leaves you wanting for more.
My complaint and the reason I'll return this book is with Penguin Audio. More than half of a critical battle (chapter 50) is missing. And what is the deal with the horns blasting at random?!?!
Anyway, listener beware. The story and performance are great. Kate Reading does a fantastic job breathing life into the characters. However, the editors at Penguin dropped the ball and left critical narration on the cutting room floor.
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Get your system under control and stop complaining. I haven't seen a pop-up from Yahoo in over a year.
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La Quinta Inn & Suites Columbia Jessup places you within a 10-minute drive of Historic Savage Mill and Timbers at Troy Golf Course. This 105-room hotel welcomes guests with free breakfast and conveniences like free in-room WiFi and free self parking. Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium are also within a 20-minute drive.
Start your day off right with a free continental breakfast.
La Quinta Inn & Suites Columbia Jessup's 105 rooms are air-conditioned and provide microwaves, refrigerators, and coffee makers. Guests can expect free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with cable channels and video-game consoles. Beds are dressed in premium bedding and bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Other amenities include free local calls, ironing boards, and desks.
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At La Quinta Inn & Suites Columbia Jessup, guests have access to a fitness center, free WiFi in public areas, and a business center. Free parking is included with your stay. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day to help with dry cleaning/laundry and securing valuables. Additional amenities include coffee/tea in a common area, express check-in, and express check-out.
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Jessup hotel also offers a fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-in
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- Number of floors - 4
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
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Overnight television ratings for ABC's coverage of the June 9 Belmont Stakes from New York slumped 14% from the modest levels of a year ago.
The two-hour telecast from 5-7 p.m. EDT registered a 3.1 rating and a 7 share, down from a 3.6 in 2006. In overnight ratings, each ratings point equals 770,000 viewers, and the share refers to the percentage of TVs in use that were tuned to the program.
The program, which featured a thrilling victory by the filly Rags to Riches, showed a continued decline from 2005, the last year NBC televised all three Triple Crown races. NBC registered a 5.0 for the 2005 Belmont.
This year's telecast drew a 1.8 rating in the pre-race segment from 5-5:30, and a 3.5 for the 5:30-7 p.m. race segment. The Belmont still drew more viewers than most other sporting events shown over the weekend. Regional baseball telecasts on FOX June 9 measured a 2.2 rating. PGA golf on CBS registered a 1.4, and French Open tennis on NBC returned a 1.8. ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals the following evening drew a 6.9.
The leading markets for the Belmont were: 1) Louisville, 8.0/17; 2) West Palm Beach 6.0/13; 3) Cleveland 5.8/14; 4) Baltimore 5.2/12; and 5) Pittsburgh 5.2/12.
ABC's contract to televise the Belmont Stakes has now run its two-year course, the maximum length of time the New York Racing Association could negotiate given its license to run racing in New York expires at the end of 2007.
In related ratings news, ABC's telecast of its Ruffian television movie drew a 2.9 rating and 5 share June 9 from 9-11 p.m. EDT. The movie, which documented the story of the brilliant race filly from the 1970s, finished third in its time slot behind "American's Most Wanted" on FOX (3.7) and "Die Another Day," a film on CBS that drew a 4.1. NBC showed "Scary Movie," which registered a 1.9.
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"An explosive, funny, wildly original fiction debut: nine stories about the power of love and the love of power, two urgent human desires that inevitably, and sometimes calamitously, intertwine. In I Am an Executioner, Rajesh Parameswaran introduces us to a cast of heroes—and antiheroes—who spring from his riotous, singular imagination. From the lovesick tiger who narrates the unforgettable opener, "The Infamous Bengal Ming" (he mauls his zookeeper out of affection), to the ex-CompUSA employee who masquerades as a doctor; from a railroad manager in a turn-of-the-century Indian village, to an elephant writing her autobiography; from a woman whose Thanksgiving preparations put her husband to eternal rest, to the newlywed executioner of the title, these characters inhabit a marvelous region between desire and death, playfulness and violence. At once glittering and savage, daring and elegant, here are wholly unforgettable tales where reality loops in Borgesian twists and shines with cinematic exuberance, by an author who promises to dazzle the universe of American fiction."
"Delectable . . . Enchanting, engaging . . . Parameswaran's debut short story collection takes tried and true themes like identity and heritage and weaves them into a spectacular new tapestry. . . . No matter the subject, all are written with consistently smooth and elegant prose. [His] writing remains inviting and yet causally informative for anyone unfamiliar with minute details about Indian-American culture. Thankfully, the end result is not sappy, unnecessarily historical or frustratingly pedantic. The stories have the merit of keeping the reader's attention. . . . [A] worthy addition to your summer reading list [and] a book that cements Parameswaran's place as a writer to watch." —Ryan Strong, New York Daily News
"Bold and fiercely imaginative, captivating and surprising . . . Parameswaran has put together a selection of love stories that are anything but typical. His stories range from the thoughts of a fugitive tiger on an unintentional killing spree, to a geriatric love triangle played out in film, to interspecies relations on an alien planet where killing your mate is the norm. Each story speaks of love in its own way: violent, tender, thoughtless, fleeting, strong, empty, natural, romantic, enduring. How is love expressed? And what does that expression lead to? Love is ubiquitous, but it's also incredibly diverse, as the characters in I Am an Executioner show. . . . Each story draws you in and keeps you there, enthralled, to the end. . . . Dark and intense, quiet and strong, a fascinating study of love in all its forms."—Leah Sims, Portland Book Review
"I Am an Executioner has the power to change your definition of love. Imaginative and rich in their prose, yet darkly humorous and at times stomach-turning, each story is unique in its concept and process. In fact, the title describes the author well—he is a superb executioner of short fiction. This powerful collection is not for the faint of heart." —Vivienne Finche, Sacramento News & Review
"When you read [the stories in I Am an Executioner] in succession, noting the subtle ways in which they play off each other, what emerges is a distinct sensibility and storytelling flair. [It] bears the subtitle 'Love Stories,' but this is not the stuff of conventional romance: layers of doubt and betrayal run through these stories, even the ones that are about genuinely caring relationships. At least four of the pieces involve people hiding significant things from their spouses, but one never gets a sense of repetition; instead, it's as if the angle of a mirror has been slightly altered to give us a new perspective on love and its possibilities. . . . This is a difficult book to categorise. It could be said that it is about passionate and duplicitous lovers, about narrators who are unreliable and deeply perceptive in turn, about animals and extraterrestrials who are strangers to people, and about people who are strangers to each other. But ultimately, a clinical listing of 'abouts' is an inadequate way to describe such a varied yet organically linked collection. This is among the most stimulating story collections I've read in a long while, and a reminder of the possibilities that still exist for short fiction in a jaded, post-post-modern world." —Jai Arjun Singh, The Sunday Guardian
"Don't be misled by the subtitle of this offbeat debut collection: for Parameswaran, 'love' bespeaks deadly passion. These tales, with their grotesque imagery and bathetic reversals in tone, [contain] flashes of brilliance. Parameswaran shows a mastery of perspective and voice that hints at greater things to come." —David Evans, Financial Times (May 26, 2012)
"The aphorism says a 'thin line' divides love and hate, but in fact they operate more like two circles in a Venn diagram with a thin sliver of overlap. All of the stories in I Am an Executioner live in that borderland where love and hate intersect. His stories spring from an incredibly diverse group of characters. . . . Phenomenal." —Catie Disabato, Full Stop
"This smorgasbord of stories explores love's dark underbelly with a remarkably broad purview. . . .The title story is deeply affecting, at times devastating. Parameswaran has a sharp sense of what makes a story work, his stories reveal their mysteries gradually, and very cleverly zero in on the heart of the matter. . . . Unsettling but highly inventive." —Nauman Khalid, Huffington Post UK
"Love in Parameswaran's debut takes a darker, less expected form. In nine tales, [he] presents the world through the eyes of the misunderstood, the murderous, the megalomaniacs, and the mad. In these tales, tenderness blends in disturbing seamlessness with bloodthirst, and violence is carried out with quiet intimacy. Yet these stories, as the collection's cover suggests, are not without a certain strange humor. They are not bleak, nor are they sadistic . . . Parameswaran creates a tone all his own, something like an even blend of Roald Dahl as he wrote for children and Roald Dahl as he wrote for adults. Even as his stories twist and turn, mounting in horror, I can imagine them paired with the whimsical illustrations of Quentin Blake. . . . The author's ability as a sculptor of the written word is dazzling. . . . [His] blend of horror, tenderness, and humor works as it does because beneath its violence and wit lies compassion for even the most deeply disturbed among us. Despite their eccentric appearances, these are but stories of universal human experience, twisted slightly. . . . Triumphant." —Mia Nakaji Monnier, Hyphen Magazine
"Dangerous, misunderstood creatures—a man-eating tiger, a wild elephant, and the title executioner, to name just a few—populate Parameswaran's debut collection of stories, [which] offers a fiercely creative vision of what it takes to stay alive. As the title suggests, where there is love, death is near, [but] these stories are more than well-executed variations on a theme. In some of these stories' finest moments, Parameswaran patiently teases out the most tender, human impulses of his characters—from the classified agent who struggles with her urge to simply to tell her husband about her day to the quack doctor [who] derives a real glimmer of joy from believing he has 'helped, not harmed' a fellow being. Death may be inescapable, but life is still a tender thing to be savored. . . . These stories are without fail brightly original, and despite his dark themes, there's a real levity in Parameswaran's writing. This is a world of many fools, but few villains—a world where tragedy and farce are plentiful but evil is debatable: for every death or disappearance in this collection, there's a wink." — Mythili Rao, The Daily Beast
"A compulsive and infectious narrative restlessness marks Parameswaran's first collection. And although tagged with the subtitle 'Love Stories,' Parameswaran's work demonstrates about the same relationship to traditional literary debuts as the insects in his strange and beautiful story 'On the Banks of Table River [Planet Lucina, Andromeda Galaxy, AD 2319]' do to the earthlings who have colonized their planet. His storytellers are wedded to a 21st-century experimentalism, continually uncaging themselves from realist fiction. From tigers and elephants [to] a man in a yellowing photograph [and] a fiercely committed spy, they form an unpredictable and often charming cavalcade, revealing both the particularity of what they perceive and the extent of what they misunderstand, or simply miss. Raptly attentive to their own narratives, they gradually paint us into corners; we must peer around and above them. . . . Parameswaran's characters, humans and animals both, find themselves puzzled by love and power, devotion and detachment. [His] stories combine narrative brio, ringing voices and beguilingly looped plots. . . . Realist revelation and postmodern speculation proceed in parallel. . . .These are very much stories that make us 'wonder the universe.'" —Chandrahas Choudhury, The New York Times Book Review
Fun discussion with a friendly and interesting group. I really liked hearing the range of reactions to the stories. The different perspectives made for great discussion and people brought up lots of great points I hadn't thought about. I also learned a new word, which I'm looking forward to impressing friends and associates with as soon as possible.
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Random House has put up discussion questions and I'm going to use those. http://www.randomhouse.com/book/209660/i-am-an-executioner-by-rajesh-parameswaran#discussionquestions
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At Summer in Switzerland (SIS), you'll find a lot to learn and tons to explore. If you are between 12 and 14 years old, you'll fit right into the Alpine Exploration (AE) program. For older teens, ages 15 to 18, there's the Alpine Challenge (AC) program.
SIS offers two sessions of three consecutive weeks, with an optional Cultural Tour at the end of each sessions. Students in the Alpine Challenge and Alpine Exploration programs have the option to participate in the Core Program or may choose one of the Special Programs—English as a Second Language (ESL), French Immersion, Mountaineering, or our Art Immersion Program in coordination with the Paris College of Art.
Core Program:
Our Core Program consists of five streams of courses. Those streams are: Arts & Creativity, Language, S.T.E.M., Liberal Arts & Entrepreneurship. Students who wish to focus may take classes from only one stream. Students with varied interest may choose classes across multiple streams.
Specialty Programs:
Our Specialty Programs offer a more intensive learning opportunity for students who have specific learning goals. Students who enrool in a Specialty Program will study their program subject for either a two-period block, for two of the four morning periods or for all four morning periods.
For summer 2016 we are offering Specialty Program opportunities in the following areas:
- ESL (English as a Second Language) - two periods
- French Immersion - four periods
- Mountaineering - two periods
- Theater - two periods
- Art Studio - two periods
French Immersion
- Learn through French with a focus on excursions into the local community each morning
- Participate in regularly scheduled afternoon activities
- Participate in the group activities in the evening
- Go on all-day excursions on the weekend
- Learn the skills necessary for enjoying Alpine activities
- Learn about equipment needs, wilderness first-aid, diet and nutrition, and weather
- Participate in extended and overnight hiking trips
- Gain experience in climbing, orienteering, and outdoor risk management
Art Immersion (15-18 year olds; first session only)
- Focus on IB Preparation while assembling an Art Portfolio
- Participate in regularly scheduled afternoon activities
- Participate in the group activities in the evening
- Go on all-day excursions on the weekend


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Assessment: In Special and Inclusive Education (Twelfth Edition)by John Salvia James Ysseldyke Sara Bolt
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Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach (Fourth Edition)by Roger Pierangelo George A. Giuliani
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