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(As usual you can enlarge the article by clicking on it.) I enjoyed this weeks Concepts by John Van Huizum. While he showed the usual lack of deep study and merely expresses opinion as such, he is right about one thing… reality is perception. In Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1996), the 9th District Appeals Court wrote:
"At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe and of the mystery of human life. Beliefs about these matters could not define the attributes of personhood were they formed under compulsion of the State."
I have a feeling that John would agree with the following statement:
"If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and men who claim to be bearers of an objective, immortal truth… From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist infers that everybody has the right to create for himself his own reality…"
More on Johns Relativism (cultural relativism/subjectivism, relativism, pluralism) later.
In Christian apologetics, often times the person doing the perceiving is said to have a pair of colored glasses on:
The right eyeglasses can put the world into clearer focus, and the correct worldview can function in much the same way. When someone looks at the world from the perspective of the wrong worldview, the world won't make much sense to him. Or what he thinks makes sense will, in fact, be wrong in important respects. Putting on the right conceptual scheme, that is, viewing the world through the correct worldview, can have important repercussions for the rest of the person's understanding of events and ideas… Raising one's self-consciousness [awareness] about worldviews is an essential part of intellectual maturity.
Ronald H. Nash, Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1992), 17-18, 9.
After this mentioning of "perceptions," or, really one's worldview, John starts down his normal rabbit trail of ideas stuck together, his straw-men "set-ups," and the like. For instance, perceptions are often changed… usually when an unprepared youth of faith goes off to college and finds a university teaming with…
➲ evolutionary psychology (for instance, atheist defender Sam Harris makes the Darwinian psychological statement that "…there's nothing more natural than rape. Human beings rape, chimpanzees rape, orangutans rape, rape clearly is part of an evolutionary strategy to get your genes into the next generation if you're a male.");
ϟ science (often put forward in the classroom as "scientism");
Ⓐ and militant skepticism.
…they will typically reject their childhood faith, and not set foot into a church till their thirties/forties. It is said that men stop going to church at 18 when their mom stops dragging them, and start back up when their wife drags em' back (why men hate church).
People first became aware of the problem after hearing the results of a Barna Research Group study that said that between 67% and 94% of Christian students (depending on denomination), within 18 months of graduating high school, are no longer at church. This report was given in 2002 and showed that the largest protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, was losing an average of 88% of their students while in college. (Why Apologetics)
Typically though, later in life the person in question will start reading some scholarly Christian works, or family harkens them to their childhood faith, someone close dies, life hits em' hard, something happens that draws them back into their faith. Even within someone's faith there are levels of trust in believing. Professor Stokes points out that such doubt is natural to a person,
Often, however, the cause of our doubt isn't what you might think. It isn't necessarily the strength of the arguments that rattles us, but the way they resonate with the unbeliever in each of us (what the Bible calls the "old self"). We hear Tokyo Rose's voice and she seems to make pretty good sense sometimes. Yet more often than not, if we look closely at the atheist's arguments, we find that there is little substance. Seeing this can change the argument's frequency and therefore break its spell. Believers often worry that their doubts signify the rapid approach of full-blown unbelief. But as pastor and author Tim Keller puts it,
Faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic.
All thoughtful believers—even those whose faith is mature—encounter doubt. Not a single person has had unadulterated faith. In any case, it certainly won't do to ignore your doubts, and defusing them will only strengthen your faith. To be sure, doubts can be strong enough to become a trial in your life; but like all trials, they're meant to refine faith, not stifle it.
Mitch Stokes, A Shot of Faith: To the Head (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2012), xvii. (Emphasis added!)
So people are a bit more complicated than space could allow John to state, or that he cares to ponder. I will also agree with him that this conversation has been going on a very long time.* Cicero is a great example, he was born in 106 BC and died in 43 BC, and said the following in response to the skeptics of his day:
But if the structure of the world in all its parts is such that it could not have been better whether in point of utility or beauty, let us consider whether this is the result of chance, or whether on the contrary the parts of the world are in such a condition that they could not possibly have cohered together if they were not controlled by intelligence and by divine providence. If then the products of nature are better than those of art, and if art produces nothing without reason, nature too cannot be deemed to be without reason. When you see a statue or a painting, you recognize the exercise of art; when you observe from a distance the course of a ship, you do not hesitate to assume that its motion is guided by reason and by art; when you look at a sun-dial or a water-clock, you infer that it tells the time by art and not by chance; how then can it be consistent to suppose that the world, which includes both the works of art in question, the craftsmen who made them, and everything else besides, can be devoid of purpose and of reason? Suppose a traveller to carry into Scythia or Britain the orrery recently constructed by our friend Posidonius, which at each revolution reproduces the same motions of the sun, the moon and the five planets that take place in the heavens every twenty-four hours, would any single native doubt that this orrery was the work of a rational being? These thinkers however raise doubts about the world itself from which all things arise and have their being, and debate whether it is the product of chance or necessity of some sort, or of divine reason and intelligence;
Cicero, Nature of the Gods, Translated by H. Rackam, pp. 207-209
So yes, important topics and questions are new to every generation, but these queries have been asked for a very long time, and should continue to be. Believing that mankind will outgrow their "superstitious" faith is merely someone displaying their metaphysical naturalist presuppositions. Now on to another aspect of a statement by John. He said,
❂ "Atheism has been aided by scientific discoveries and rigorous questioning."
I think this is true if one looks at the situation wrongly. When people do not try on other pairs of glasses, become skeptical of their skepticism, do not use self-refuting propositions (similar to Vincent Bugliosi), or study to see which worldview offers a better explanation, they can become ideologues (religious or secular):
… a "coherent worldview must be able to satisfactorily answer four questions: that of origin, meaning, morality, and destiny." He says that while every major religion makes exclusive claims about truth, "the Christian faith is unique in its ability to answer all four of these questions." These questions are the bedrock of any worldview… that holds any weight at least.
Ravi Zacharias, Deliver Us From Evil (Nashville, TN: Word Publishers, 1997), 219–220; taken from the first chapter of my book.
For example, apologist Lee Strobel talks to a philosopher about the evidence that culminated in many atheists rejecting (or wanting to reject) science because of its implications FOR God, or origins [Side note… Einstein introduced the Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, when applied to the universe as a whole in 1915, it became known as the General Theory of Relativity]:
When Albert Einstein developed his general theory of relativity in 1915 and started applying it to the universe as a whole, he was shocked to discover it didn't allow for a static universe. According to his equations, the universe should either be exploding or imploding. In order to make the universe static, he had to fudge his equations by putting in a facto that would hold the universe steady.
In the 1920's, the Russian mathematician Alexander Friedman and the Belgium astronomer George Lemaitre were able to develop models based on Einstein's theory. They predicted the universe was expanding. Of course, this meant that if you went backward in time, the universe would go back to a single origin before which it didn't exist. Astronomer Fred Hoyle derisively called this the Big Bang — and the name stuck!
Starting in the 1920's, scientists began to find empirical evidence that supported these purely mathematical models. For instance, in 1929, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the light coming to us from distant galaxies appears redder than it should be, and this is a universal feature of galaxies in all parts of the sky. Hubble explained this red shift as being due to the fact that the galaxies are moving away from us. He concluded that the universe is literally flying apart at enormous velocities. Hubble's astronomical observations were the first empirical confirmation of the predictions by Friedman and Lemaitre.
Then in the 1940's, George Gamow predicted that if the Big Bang really happened, then the background temperature of the universe should be just a few degrees above absolute zero. He said this would be a relic from a very early stage of the universe. Sure enough, in 1965, two scientists accidentally discovered the universe's background radiation — and it was only about 3.7 degrees above absolute zero. There's no explanation for this apart from the fact that it is a vestige of a very early and a very dense state of the universe, which was predicted by the Big Bang model.
The third main piece of the evidence for the Big Bang is the origin of light elements. Heavy elements, like carbon and iron, are synthesized in the interior of stars and then exploded through supernova into space. But the very, very light elements, like deuterium and helium, cannot have been synthesized in the interior of the stars, because you would need an even more powerful furnace to create them. These elements must have been forged in the furnace of the Big Bang itself at temperatures that were billions of degrees. There's no other explanation.
So predictions about the Big Bang have been consistently verified by the scientific data. Moreover, they have been corroborated by the failure of every attempt to falsify them by alternative models. Unquestionably, the Big Bang model has impressive scientific credentials . . . . Up to this time, it was taken for granted that the universe as a whole was a static, eternally existing object . . . . At the time an agnostic, American astronomer Robert Jastrow was forced to concede that although details may differ, "the essential element in the astronomical and Biblical accounts of Genesis is the same; the chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply, at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy"…. Einstein admitted the idea of the expanding universe "irritates me" (presumably, said one prominent scientist, "because of its theological implications").
Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence that Points Towards God (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), 105-106, 112.
Here are just two (of the many examples I can provide) of an atheist and an agnostic commenting on the above evidence:
✪ "The essential element in the astronomical and biblical accounts of Genesis is the same; the chain of events leading to man commenced suddenly and sharply, at a definite moment in time, in a flash of light and energy…. The Hubble Law is one of the great discoveries in science; it is one of the main supports of the scientific story of Genesis." ~ Robert Jastrow: American astronomer and physicist. Founding director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, he is the director of the Mount Wilson Institute and Hale Solar Laboratory. He is also the author of Red Giants and White Dwarfs (1967) and God and the Astronomers (2nd ed., 2000).
✪ "Certainly there was something that set it all off. Certainly, if you are religious, I can't think of a better theory of the origin of the universe to match with Genesis." ~ Robert Wilson: is an American astronomer, 1978 Nobel laureate in physics, who with Arno Allan Penzias discovered in 1964 the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB)…. While working on a new type of antenna at Bell Labs in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, they found a source of noise in the atmosphere that they could not explain. After removing all potential sources of noise, including pigeon droppings on the antenna, the noise was finally identified as CMB, which served as important corroboration of the Big Bang theory.
Dr. George Smoot, Particle Physicist, Nobel Prize winner, and team leader from the Lawrence-Berkeley Laboratory, regarding the 1992 observations from COBE (the NASA satellite Cosmic Background Explorer): "It's like looking at God."(8)
A somewhat more "sober" assessment of the findings was given by Frederick Burnham, a science-historian. He said, "These findings, now available, make the idea that God created the universe a more respectable hypothesis today than at any time in the last 100 years."(9)
Dr. Stephen Hawking (Theoretical Physicist) described the big bang ripples observations as "the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time."(10)
Dr. George Greenstein (Professor of Astronomy at Amherst.): "As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency – or, rather, Agency – must be involved. Is it possible that suddenly, without intending to, we have stumbled upon scientific proof of the existence of a Supreme Being? Was it God who stepped in and so providentially crafted the cosmos for our benefit?"(11)
Sir Arthur Eddington (British Astrophysicist): "The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory."(12)
Dr. Arno Penzias (Nobel Prize winner in physics, co-discoverer of the microwave background radiation from the Big Bang): "Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, one with the very delicate balance needed to provide exactly the conditions required to permit life, and one which has an underlying (one might say 'supernatural') plan."(13)
Sir Roger Penrose (Physicist, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, and joint developer of the Hawking-Penrose Theorems): "I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there just somehow by chance." (14)
Dr. Robert Jastrow (Founding director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies): "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."(15)
Dr. Frank Tipler (Professor of Math and Physics at Tulane University): "When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that one day I would be writing a book purporting to show that the central claims of Judeo-Christian theology are in fact true, that these claims are straightforward deductions of the laws of physics as we now understand them. I have been forced into these conclusions by the inexorable logic of my own special branch of physics."(16). Tipler since has actually converted to Christianity, resulting in his latest book, The Physics Of Christianity.
Dr. Alexander Polyakov (String Theorist, Princeton): "We know that nature is described by the best of all possible mathematics because God created it."(17)
Dr. Edward Milne (British Astrophysicist, former Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, Oxford): "As to the cause of the Universe, in context of expansion, that is left for the reader to insert, but our picture is incomplete without Him [God]."(18)
Dr. Arthur L. Schawlow (Professor of Physics at Stanford University, 1981 Nobel Prize in physics): "It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers are religious…. I find a need for God in the universe and in my own life."(19)
Dr. Wernher von Braun (German-American Pioneer Rocket Scientist) "I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science."(20)
Dr. Frank Tipler (Professor of Math and Physics at Tulane University): "From the perspective of the latest physical theories, Christianity is not a mere religion, but an experimentally testable science."(21)
Footnotes for this quote
8) Thomas H. Maugh, II (April 24, 1992). "Relics of Big Bang, Seen for First Time". Los Angeles Times: pp. Al, A30.
9) The Los Angeles Times, Saturday 2nd May 1992.
10) Smoot, George, Wrinkles in Time, 2007 edition , cover.
11) Greenstein, G. 1988. The Symbiotic Universe. New York: William Morrow, p.27.
12) Heeren, F. 1995. Show Me God. Wheeling, IL, Searchlight Publications, p. 233.
13) Margenau, H and R.A. Varghese, ed. 1992. Cosmos, Bios, and Theos. La Salle, IL, Open Court, p. 83.
14) Penrose, R. 1992. A Brief History of Time (movie). Burbank, CA, Paramount Pictures, Inc.
15) Jastrow, R. 1978. God and the Astronomers. New York, W.W. Norton, p. 116.
16) Tipler, F.J. 1994. The Physics Of Immortality. New York, Doubleday, Preface.
17) Gannes, S. October 13, 1986. Fortune. p. 57
18) Heeren, F. 1995. Show Me God. Wheeling, IL, Searchlight Publications, p. 166-167.
19) Margenau, H. and R. A. Varghese, eds. Cosmos, Bios, Theos: Scientists Reflect on Science, God, and the Origins of the Universe, Life, and Homo Sapiens (Open Court Pub. Co., La Salle, IL, 1992).
20) McIver, T. 1986. Ancient Tales and Space-Age Myths of Creationist Evangelism. The Skeptical Inquirer 10:258-276.
21) McIver, T. 1986. Ancient Tales and Space-Age Myths of Creationist Evangelism. The Skeptical Inquirer 10:258-276.
So, far from atheism being supported by science, the theistic worldview has been exemplified above all other models of interpretation (perceptions) of reality. Mind you this isn't "proof" how the naturalist wrongly interprets the empirical method (scientific positivism), but it is a probability that exceeds others. (I suggest taking time, about an hour, and listen to this presentation by William Lane Craig on the evidences for theism over other worldviews.) Here John makes one of his signature jumps from one topic to a completely different one. I sometimes feel — shot in the dark again — he does this with the idea that he is saying something "scientific" and that everyone should credit his knowledge in on this particular topic (which is not the case), and then he brings that "trust" into a completely different topic.
Odd, to say the least. At any rate, freedom is something atheism does not account for, determinism is (enjoy the John Cleese video to the right). But that is a subject left for another day.
At this pivot point regarding freedom in one sentence to abortion in the following deserves some attention. Mr. Van Huizum seems to think that those who stand against abortion are doing so because God says. There are many atheists who are pro-life. How do they make their argument then? Science! Oooooh DRAT! Foiled by his own premise. If John had a grave to roll over in, he would. Here, for example, is model Kathy Ireland using the scientific laws to make her point:
Kathy Ireland, many years ago, was on Bill Mahers Politically Incorrectand the discussion that ensued shows the frailty of the liberal/relativistic position:
Bill Maher: Kathy, why do you oppose a women's right to choose
Kathy Ireland: Bill, when my husband was going to medical school I underwent a transformation. Because I used to be in favor of abortion. But I noticed when I was reading through some of his medical teaching books, that according to a law in science known as the law of biogenesis, every living thing reproduces after it own kind. That means dog produce dogs, cats produce cats, humans produce humans. If we want to know what something is we simply ask what are its parents. If we know what the parents are, we know what the thing in question is. And I reasoned from that because human parents can only produce human offspring, unborn human fetuses could be nothing but human beings, because the law of biogenesis rules out every other alternative. And I concluded therefore that because human fetuses were part of our family, we should not harm them without justification.
Bill Maher: Well Kathy, that's just your opinion!
In October 2002, Kathy Ireland made a compelling argument against abortion on the Fox News Channel's Hannity and Colmes political debate show. Alan Colmes described Ireland's opinions as religious, but Ireland said that her views on abortion do not stem from faith. She asserted that even atheists could realize that abortion is wrong. Kathy told Alan that her belief is founded in science and technology, which she says, "has come a long way since Roe vs. Wade."
Ireland also defended her values as being pro-women, stating, "We need to support these women who are in crisis pregnancy situations." She claimed that because scientific evidence proves that abortion is murder, "I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us."
Here is one the best presentations detailing some of the above by Scott Klusendorf, a guy who's specialty is the pro-life position in contradistinction to the pro-choice one. [Actually, since one position is "pro-life," the other one is rightfully the "pro-death" position.] (Audio presentation to the right, 30-minutes.) So John Van Huizum's statement that the pro-life position is merely based on "God says so" seems to be — either out of ignorance or bias — a straw-man argument of what the other side truly believes. Again, John seems to cheapen these important issues, not giving the other side its proper due.
Right when you think Mr. Huizum is staying on one topic, he switches again in his last paragraph by quoting a verse about taxes, as if this verse has something to do with a letter from Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists. I dissect this position quite a bit in my paper found here, but this quote from a seminary level text that touches on the idea (separating the religious realm from the secular) John expresses:
Such "exclude religion" arguments are wrong because marriage is not a religion! When voters define marriage, they are not establishing a religion. In the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," the word "religion" refers to the church that people attend and support. "Religion" means being a Baptist or Catholic or Presbyterian or Jew. It does not mean being married. These arguments try to make the word "religion" in the Constitution mean something different from what it has always meant.
These arguments also make the logical mistake of failing to distinguish the reasons for a law from the content of the law. There were religious reasons behind many of our laws, but these laws do not "establish" a religion. All major religions have teachings against stealing, but laws against stealing do not "establish a religion." All religions have laws against murder, but laws against murder do not "establish a religion." The campaign to abolish slavery in the United States and England was led by many Christians, based on their religious convictions, but laws abolishing slavery do not "establish a religion." The campaign to end racial discrimination and segregation was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist pastor, who preached against racial injustice from the Bible. But laws against discrimination and segregation do not "establish a religion."
If these "exclude religion" arguments succeed in court, they could soon be applied against evangelicals and Catholics who make "religious" arguments against abortion. Majority votes to protect unborn children could then be invalidated by saying these voters are "establishing a religion." And, by such reasoning, all the votes of religious citizens for almost any issue could be found invalid by court decree! This would be the direct opposite of the kind of country the Founding Fathers established, and the direct opposite of what they meant by "free exercise" of religion in the First Amendment.
Wayne Grudem, Politics According to the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010), 31.
So you see that — again — John's understating of theology, culture, philosophy and science is one that is the culmination (I suspect) of a life lived rejecting the other side of the issue as mere opinion… or worse yet, as delusional, without really taking into consideration the best of the opposing views scholarly arguments. All this evidence being shown I suspect that john rejects faith, God, conservative ideals for psychological reasons more than evidential. I will begin to end this critique with a presentation by Dr. Paul C. Vitz, Professor of Psychology at New York University (emeritus?).
Now, I promised to end with more on a quote I used from the 9th District Court that I thought John would agree with. Let's compare a portion from both statements:
1) "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe and of the mystery of human life…"
2) "…the modern relativist infers that everybody has the right to create for himself his own reality…"
Whether you're an Atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian or Muslim, agnostic, [Democrat, Republican, Libertarian], it doesn't matter. Your reality is just that… your reality, or opinion, or personal dogma. I want to now complete one of the quotes that I left somewhat edited, not only that, but I want to ask you if you still agree with it after you find out who wrote it.
"Everything I have said and done in these last years is relativism by intuition…. If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and men who claim to be bearers of an objective, immortal truth… then there is nothing more relativistic than fascistic attitudes and activity…. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist infers that everybody has the right to create for himself his own ideology and to attempt to enforce it with all the energy of which he is capable."
Mussolini, Diuturna pp. 374-77, quoted in A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews with an Absolutist (Ignatius Press; 1999), by Peter Kreeft, p. 18.
*As the link points out, intelligent design is not a recent invention of creationists and their response to "lost" court case. Here is more:
Is intelligent design based on the Bible?
No. The idea that human beings can observe signs of intelligent design in nature reaches back to the foundations of both science and civilization. In the Greco-Roman tradition, Plato and Cicero both espoused early versions of intelligent design. In the history of science, most scientists until the latter part of the nineteenth century accepted some form of intelligent design, including Alfred Russel Wallace, the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution by natural selection. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, meanwhile, the idea that design can be discerned in nature can be found not only in the Bible but among Jewish philosophers such as Philo and in the writings of the Early Church Fathers. The scientific community largely rejected design in the early twentieth century after neo-Darwinism claimed to be able to explain the emergence of biological complexity through the unintelligent process of natural selection acting on random mutations. In recent decades, however, new research and discoveries in such fields as physics, cosmology, biochemistry, genetics, and paleontology have caused a growing number of scientists and science theorists to question neo-Darwinism and propose intelligent design as the best explanation for the existence of specified complexity throughout the natural world.


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Can Make Your Head Swim
(At the call center I work at we get weird calls from people testing out the service all the time. Some include random trivia questions, about random subjects. We have to answer all questions seriously and try to get sources if we can.)
Me: "Thank you for contacting [Company] Concierge. How can I help you today?"
Customer: "Hi, I have a question."
(At this point I see he is calling in from Texas.)
Me: "Certainly, I'll do my best to answer any question you may have."
Customer: "Well, this is a serious question. Are you sure?"
Me: "Anything at all. No need to be shy. What's the question?"
Customer: "Well… um… can deer swim?"
Me: "Let me check for you, sir… Well, sir, I found a YouTube video of a deer swimming, and I'm watching it right now. So, yes. Deer can swim."
Customer: "For real?"
Me: "Yes, sir, deer can swim."
Customer: "I just don't believe it. I need to see it myself. Can you send me a link to that video?"
Me: "Yes, sir. It will just take a second as I send that."
Customer: *slightly muffled* "Honey, sounds like deer can swim. I know. I can't believe it."

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Great food and solid draft list. The garlic Parmesan wings are the best I've had. All around solid place to get bar grub and have quality beers.
Sorry just another Hooters atmosphere. If you want beer and wings, great! Great place to catch a game and bs with the friends. Not the best family atmosphere at night, more of a bar scene.
We've been to a few PJ's and the food is always consistent and good. OK selection of beers. This one in Allentown is no different. Similar décor, same menu with a few specials. Service was good and friendly.
We tried the specials - short rib tacos and bacon bacon burger. Both were good. Not a great selection of craft beers,...
typical brew-pub atmosphere with a nice selection of very nice draft beers. I had the bacon cheese burger (with a choice of different cheese toppings). My wife had the cheese steak. We both enjoyed our selections. Service was excellent. During peak hours, this pub can get quite busy. Although there are a large number of tables, plan on a short...
Had a quick dinner with my husband and this place was hopping on a Wed. Night. My shrimp tacos were tasty but cold (I was too hungry to send them back) my husband had a burger and fries. If I was back in Allentown I'd try the place again.
When I lived in Allentown, this was one of my favorite places to go. The hot and honey chicken wings are so good. The crab cakes are to die for, not much filler and very tasty and you can get a crab cake sandwich or a platter. When I recently visited P.J. Whelihan's I wanted to order everything on the...
My daughter loves wings so we decided to stop and try them, not only did she love them they gave her wet naps! I enjoyed a crabmeat cheese steak with fries and it was delicious! Friendly server as well.
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Have to try their "buffalo shrimp" like wings, but SO much better! Great appetizer.
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Chile prides itself at being at the bottom of the world and Punta Arenas prides itself at being at the bottom of Chile. This region flies the Chilean flag but they also fly the flag of the Magallanes region. Punta Arenas is the city at the most southern latitude in the world. Only Puerto Williams lies further south but that is not much more than a town unless you went to school in Argentina in which case they taught you that Ushuaia, Argentina is further south still.
Chile is not too wide but extremely long. From Santiago it takes 2 and 1/2 hours to fly to the northern border and 4 hours to fly to the southern tip. You can take LAN or Sky airlines to go to Patagonia. At this latitude in summer the sun sets a full hour later than in Santiago. Daylight lingers after 11 pm. The temperature in summer here rises to about 11 or 15 degrees Celcius and if the wind is not blowing and it is sunny, it feels warm.
Here the Atlantic meets the Pacific and the Andes meet the vast pampas grasslands. This is a bleak landscape, with no trees except pines bent over in the direction of the prevailing winds, which can gust to 100 miles per hour. Lovely purple and red flowers grow wild here along with a brightly colored yellow bush. Lonely sheep huddle down in their overcoats of wool against the rain and snow.
For many tourists Punta Arenas is simply a stopping off point on their way to Puerto Natales. There, one can visit mighty glaciers and the awe inspiring Torres de Paine. But Puerto Natales is 4 hours from Punta Arenas so if one were to go it would be best to fly to that airport instead of taking the long bus ride. Some hapless Israeli tourist last year built a camp fire and burned hundreds of thousands of hectares in the Torres de Paine national park–he left the country barely escaping jail. Volunteers are replanting trees there, millions of them.
Beyond Puerto Natales, Punta Arenas is also a jumping off point for tourists heading off for cruises to Antarctica or the fjords here. One long curve of Antarctica reaches up to Chile and so it is not so far away. Chile has a permanent settlement there. Those hardy souls brace themselves against the polar winter to help Chile maintain its claim on a region which the rest of the world says should belong to all nations.
Punta Arenas was founded as a way to establish a foothold in the region against Argentine encroachment. The border between here and Tierra del Fuego in fact is partially delimited with land mines planted by the military regime. Chile is still struggling to find and destroy these. (Chile has a similar problem along the border with Peru.)
Most of the tourists here are foreign, and the vast majority seem to come from Germany. On a van headed off to visit a colony of penguins the Chileans wonder why the Germans are so quiet. Latinos of course make much more noise.
Another tourist opportunity is to go whale watching or snow skiing from a slope which offers a view of the ocean. In the winter that ski resort is not ideal as the temperature is often above freezing due to the low altitude and proximity of the ocean.
The whales are far from here as are the glacier so the best thing to do is go see the penguins. By habit they always return to the place where they are born to lay eggs and raise their young. There are two colonies here: one with 10,000 birds and another more distant with 100,000. In Chile everything is privately owned including the major highways. So there is no park here to visit the Penguins. Instead you pay a toll to cross one private property and then pay another to arrive at the beach where the penguins live. They dig holes in the grasslands to raise their young. The penguins have well established paths so you can watch them emerge from the waters and waddle off to their nests oblivious to the dozens of tourists who stand behind fences snapping their pictures.
Any Chilean will tell you the the best seafood in Chile is to be found at the central market, so go there and avoid the restaurants for tourists. The central market is across from the main wharf where the cruise ships and tugs berth. The small restaurants here serve king crab, stone crab casserole, seafood soup, and of course locally brewed Austral beer. The Chileans put mayonnaise on king crab, but that is like putting coca-cola on top of fine whiskey so tell them leave it off. It is warm here as the heat is turned on unlike, say, Santiago in winter where people sit indoors wearing jackets. That persistent cold annoys the foreigner.
When you take a flight in Chile, if you ask for a window seat the airline will ask you if you want a view of the Andes or the ocean rather than the left or right side. Chile is so narrow you can see both sides at once. On the flight down sit on the port side where you can see the snow covered Andes with smoking volcanoes. In the summer the snow has disappeared except for the highest altitudes. This view continues until you cross over the Andes and reach the boring landscape of the pampas with their dreary repetition. Going back north sit on the other side where you can see the southern Andes covered with much more snow, large mountain lakes, and glaciers.
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Every modern leadership theory I've ever studied relegates the "command and control" leadership style to antiquity. What worked for Caesar, Napoleon, Washington or Patton is largely discredited in the modern workplace — even the modern military.
As if Vietnam did not provide enough evidence of the flaws in this model, we now have the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan — I'm reading Jon Krakauer's book Where Men Win Glory about the friendly-fire death of football-star-turned-soldier Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, the command mistakes that led to his death and the subsequent cover-up. This book is a perfect case study of the mindless dangers of command-and-control by leaders whose desire to protect their own images and politics undermines truth and effective action.
Big city mayors apparently need a reading list. They have not gotten the message about the failed command-and-control model.
On the most prominent battleground of public life today — the reform of public education — mayors wielding unchecked powers are devastating the landscape of teaching, learning and school leadership. Their own field marshals — the hand-picked superintendents and chancellors often appointed without consultation with educators — are self-destructing at an alarming rate. Reality in the field trumps board-room theories about how to help children to learn more effectively.
Cathie Black's brief tenure as the New York Public Schools Chancellor, fast on the heels of Michelle Rhee's departure from D.C., illustrates the clear failings of the mayoral control model of public education.
Because the mayor is a politician in thrall to poll numbers, the school leader gets dragged into the same political quagmire. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg hired Cathie Black in an astonishing display of mayoral power, and then abruptly and bloodlessly fired her when her approval numbers slipped to 17%. Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty displayed similar contempt for consultation in hiring Michelle Rhee, and he persisted in defending her even as she torpedoed his second term through her utterly obtuse dealings with the people most concerned about improving K-12 education: parents and teachers. Fenty might still be mayor today if he had checked Rhee's barbed-wire style.
Cathie Black never had a chance in New York's voraciously punishing political maelstrom where the battle between the mayor, the unions and the general public on all sides is increasingly toxic. Bloomberg should have stopped with two terms.
Michelle Rhee had a great opportunity to bring real value to the transformation of the D.C. Schools. Contrary to those who hail her tenure today as a time of productive change, in fact, little actual change could occur because people got stuck on her abrasive style.
Transformational leadership — often called "servant leadership" — focuses on helping the people in the community transform themselves in order to work together collectively to achieve desired goals. The servant leader does not trash her followers, but rather, helps them to see the ways in which they can improve, and provides the means to achieve that improvement on the way to genuine transformation.
I've been in meetings with some of the powerful business leaders who disdain the "servant leader" model as too soft for today's urgent transformative agenda in education. In fact, without truly transformative leadership, the goals will never be realized. The social conditions undermining the ability of children in public schools to become successful learners are myriad, and no one person — the iconic chancellor, the bright-eyed Teach for America teacher — can fix them all. Without true transformation of the communities and families where the children live, the results of public education will continue to fall short of national goals.
The militaristic model of school reform sets up a strawman as the enemy — the teacher, organized into platoons called unions. In this disreputable model, the general sends the field marshal out to eradicate the enemy, so, naturally, the teachers in unions actually start acting like the enemy. A form of backwards-transformation does occur when the leader treats the followers as the enemy; the followers take on that role, and so the battle is joined.
A more enlightened transformational model for school leadership reform would exalt teachers as people who have some of the hardest jobs in our society, and would de-fang the antipathy of the unions by making common cause with union members — the teachers — in the pursuit of true educational reform. The transformative leader would actually sit down and talk with teachers — lots of them, every day — to find out about the obstacles and opportunities for learning success.
The transformative leader would understand the conditions that children bring with them into the classroom — hunger, violence, neglect, abuse, illiterate parents, drugs, fear — and would equip teachers with the right tools to teach effectively and persuasively in such a difficult environment.
Truly transformative educational leaders would never dismiss the poverty and violence that children experience in our cities as "excuses" as too many current politicians and school reformers do. Instead, they would focus on creating school environments that care for the whole child — and this might also include creating greater opportunities for adult education, since transforming parents through literacy programs and parenting programs could be the most effective way to improve student learning outcomes in America.
Truly transformative leaders spread credit broadly and eschew the rhetoric of self-importance. Too many of the most prominent leaders of the contemporary school reform movement are self-appointed solons of solutions that have no real basis in effective teaching and learning practices. Standardized testing is not teaching, nor is teaching to the test an effective pedagogical practice. Students may be able to regurgitate more rote facts by memorizing test answers, but the solutions to future challenges are rarely found in knowledge about yesterday's facts. The best pedagogy teaches students how to think analytically, how to research carefully, how to use imagination for invention of ideas, systems, processes and tools that we have not yet imagined. I have yet to see a standardized test that inspires imagination and innovation.
The current crop of reformers will say, well, that's too hard, we can't reform everything, so let's focus on what's achievable. Busting unions, firing teachers, producing passing scores on standardized tests might all be measurable results — but to what end? The reformers, themselves, seem to lack the imagination and courage necessary to take on the more arduous challenges of true transformation.
Real educational transformation would require the teachers, the parents, the politicians, the editorial writers and the funders to set aside their prejudices toward each other, indifference toward grave social conditions, need for power and control — and the latent impulses to schadenfreude at the collapse of each player's pet idea — in favor of genuine cooperation, and even admission that we don't know all the answers but need to work together to find them.
The late John Gardner, President Johnson's HEW Secretary and founder of Common Cause, once wrote that we don't need leaders to tell us what to do, but rather, we need them to rekindle hope in the future, the hope that we will find our way through to a better society.
No mayor, governor, education secretary or president will achieve educational reform through dishing orders and commanding change. Change is only possible when the people affected accept the need for change and work together to achieve real transformation. The school reform movement needs leaders of hope and persuasion, not the thoroughly discredited tactics of command-and-control. The collapse of the command-and-control model might be the best thing yet to happen to the school reform movement.


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Penn State, Iowa and Michigan—Ohio State's Three-Game Season to the BCSNovember 3, 2010
Aside from the numerous Big Ten tiebreaker scenarios and poll watching, Ohio State's goal for the last three games of the season is simple: win out. While beating Penn State and Michigan at home shouldn't be a problem, taking out Iowa in Kinnick Stadium will surely be no walk in the park.
A closer look at OSU's last three regular season opponents:
Penn State:
The Good: After getting pounded by Iowa and Illinois, Penn State has rebounded nicely in the last two weeks with wins against Minnesota and Michigan. After missing last weeks' game, quarterback Rob Bolden should be good to go against Northwestern. Evan Royster broke the school rushing record last week.
The Bad: Penn State finishes up against Northwestern, at OSU, Indiana and Michigan State. It's very likely they could finish 7-5. The defense is also allowing 20 points a game.
The OSU Result: Penn State would stand a chance if this game was in Happy Valley. Then again, the Buckeyes dismantled the Nittany Lions last season in front of a whiteout, Darryl Clark and a veteran defense. 34-10 Ohio State.
The Good: The Hawkeyes are the best two-loss team in the country. If they didn't lay an egg in the first half at Arizona and fall for a fake punt at home against Wisconsin, they'd be undefeated. Nevertheless, they've put themselves in this position, which isn't exactly bad and could still end in a share of the Big Ten title. Even with 19 touchdowns, two interceptions and nearly 2,000 yards to his credit, Ricky Stanzi still isn't in the Heisman discussion. (Kidding, everyone knows it's a toss-up between Auburn's Cam Newton and Oregon's LaMichael James at the moment).
The Bad: Nothing really. They finish at Northwestern, home against OSU and at Minnesota. Another loss probably drops them out of the BCS although they could still land in a New Year's Day bowl.
The OSU Result: Everything points to a loss at Iowa for OSU. They're banged-up on defense gives Iowa's balanced offense an edge (think Wisconsin with a more talented quarterback). OSU's special teams are still very iffy. But I think this OSU team knows their destiny. They don't want to be the ones to end the streak of Big Ten titles. 24-21 Ohio State.
The Good: Denard Robinson. So what if he won't win the Heisman? The sophomore from Deerfield Beach, FL still has a ridiculous statistics: 1,509 passing yards with 10 passing touchdowns and 1,287 rushing yards coupled with 12 rushing touchdowns.
The Bad: Michigan has once again floundered after a hot start (5-0, 4-0 in 2009). The problem lies in their defense. They simply can't stop enough. They aren't physical enough or fast enough to control anyone's offense (giving up 41 points to Penn State and their backup quarterback is a major red flag). While they stand a good chance of beating Illinois and Purdue, the Wolverines will surely fall to Wisconsin and OSU to close out their regular season at a probable 7-5.
The OSU Result: The Wolverines may put some numbers and even a few points against OSU, but the "Silver Bullets" will hit Robinson like he hasn't been yet this season. Plus, Michigan won't be able to contain Terrelle Pryor. 48-17 OSU.


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Premature Fretting on the Left
Posted on Dec 11, 2008
Oh, my: Barack Obama is still more than a month away from assuming the presidency and already there are reports about "the left" being dispirited about change it no longer believes in.
These fears—in this case expressed by a rather small number of bloggers and writers—are aggravated by praise for Obama's transition choices from conservatives who seem relieved that the president-elect is neither Lenin nor Robespierre.
There is nothing new about anxiety among progressives that the candidate they just elected is destined to break their ideological hearts. In his journals, no less a loyalist to John F. Kennedy than the late historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. expressed dismay during the 1960 transition period over Kennedy's apparent attraction to "a collection of rather respectable and conservative names for the Cabinet."
In a Dec. 1 journal entry, Schlesinger described a meeting in which he told Kennedy "that the liberals were concerned about having a spokesman in the Cabinet." Kennedy replied: "Yes, I know, the liberals want visual reassurance just like everybody else. But they shouldn't worry. What matters is the program. We are going down the line on the program."
Schlesinger concluded that Kennedy was seeking "an administration of conservative men and liberal measures," an intriguing notion to apply to Obama.
Square, Site wide
But there's another problem with the "disillusioned left" story line. If those looking for a split consulted with the most progressive members of Congress, they would discover a certain serenity about the direction the next president will take.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who proudly describes himself as a democratic socialist, has as much of a claim as anyone to speak for the left. He thinks those who see Obama as drifting right are overlooking the importance of the president-elect's past as a community organizer and also his "sense of history."
"I believe he understands that he is coming into office at a time when the country faces more problems than at any time since 1933," Sanders told me. "The American people are prepared to support strong action."
Sanders acknowledges "concerns" that key Obama appointees supported financial deregulation in the past. He called them "some of the people responsible for getting us into where we are right now."
But Democrats, Sanders says, realize the burden they bear with full control of the government's elected branches: "If they don't begin to really deliver for the middle class in this country, they've got nobody to blame but themselves." Obama's pledge on Thursday to push hard for health care reform suggests that he shares Sanders' view.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, another hero to economic populists, argues that even Obama's appointees among the middle-of-the-road veterans of Bill Clinton's administration "have all moved from where they were" because economic circumstances have changed so much since the early 1990s.
"I think they pay much more attention to middle-class needs right now—the shrinking middle class and the gap between rich and poor," the Ohio Democrat said. "I think they understand their mistakes on deregulation." Like Sanders, Brown stresses Obama's past as an organizer. "I think his sentiments are progressive," Brown says.
Like most successful politicians, Obama is a protean figure. His progressive views and cautious instincts send different messages to different people—one reason why his approval rating hit 73 percent in a Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey released Thursday.
It's also plain that Obama is no left-winger. In the 2008 Democratic primaries, John Edwards was the candidate of the economic left, Rep. Dennis Kucinich the standard-bearer of the staunchly anti-war left. Obama's campaign advisers were moderately progressive, not radical.
This means that parts of the political left will have some differences with Obama over the next four years, but it doesn't mean that most on the left are already disillusioned with him.
Take it from Arthur Schlesinger. In his 1960 diary entry, he ascribed to Kennedy the view that "especially with a liberal Congress, conservative-appearing men can win more support for liberal measures than all-outers." Schlesinger added: "Of course there is something to this argument."
E.J. Dionne's e-mail address is postchat(at)aol.com.
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By Skruff, December 29, 2008 at 4:36 pm Link to this comment
"I suggested anger management classes. (I also suggested re-channeling that anger.) And if you go back and read my post from 12/18 at 9:59 - and follow back to your post that I was responding to - you will see that my comments were appropriate."
I see no such thing. additionally you have been exposed for what you are by others on a seperate thread (Warren Is Worth the Headache). Your purpose (like so many xtians) is to hide behind a "Peace" facade while stirring up conflict among others. I call these folks the Jim Baker Xtians. hate served with a dose of "Peace" as a word only.
You called me "an angry person" because I told you we were not on the same side.. We're not not now not ever. That doesn't make me "angry" it just makes me a realist.
By Skruff, December 29, 2008 at 7:26 am Link to this comment
"I can assure you that I am not angry about anything. I'm just not an a(n)gry type of person.
BUT you have no trouble labling other "pationate" persons as "angry" even going so far as to suggest they "take something" or "get therapy"
Pardon me if I use the same ruleryou use… you are an angry person//// I find strong Xtian beliefs tend to do that to the believers, yet another measure of the failure of jesus to convey any useable message.
By Leisure Suit Larry, December 20, 2008 at 7:03 am Link to this comment
By katsteevns2, December 19 at 5:17 pm #
"Being homeless in NYC is no picnic"
You think?
At least NYC has heat grates and subway tunnels. Try bring homeless in St Paul, Buffalo, or Burlington.
No one talks of being homeless in Gallup (NM) but every winter at least a score of people freeze to death. The police laughingly refer to these bodies as popcicles. Most are alcholic natives from the Fort Defiance Reservation. Rapid City (ND) has a similar situation the difference is Rapid City gets colder faster, and there is not even a decent bridge under which to sleep.
I saw one solution to the "homeless" problem when traveling in Canada. In Calgary, they gave out "motel chits" instead of maintaining a shelter. The chits were redemed by the motel against their property tax. At the time Calgary was allowing $15 per night. A good way for summer tourist communities to make use of empty motel rooms.
It is thinking rather than fighting which might help resolve this issue. of course we're human, and would rather fight!
By katsteevns2, December 19, 2008 at 6:17 pm Link to this comment
Being homeless in NYC is no picnic, I can tell you.If you have no friends, you are always on thin ice physically and emotionally.
By Skruff, December 19, 2008 at 7:46 am Link to this comment
No you can't nor can I ass-u-me you have not. You are in a high state of huberous, and similar to your "Clarence-Thomas' like friend, believe you have all the answers, even answers as to what I have done over the years. I said NOTHING about personally closing institutions, I said NOTHING about numbers of people I have worked with over my years in that field. In point of fact, for all you know I could have been a janitor, or a receptionist in the agencies in which I worked.
BUT This ain't about you or me, it sure as hell isn't about "god" or the devil. It is about a situation which needs to be corrected….neither of us has accomplished that! Neither of us has even made a chip…or it would have been headline news.
By Skruff, December 18, 2008 at 4:14 pm Link to this comment
"For goodness' sake, Skruff, we are both on the same side"
NO, we are not… "PEACE" changes nothing.
You said: "As well, you only posted four times, and I went through all of them. At no point did you make any comment on shelters, particularly with specific regard to my comments. Perhaps you MEANT to do so, but you did not."
BUT I said on December 17….
They are mostly crazy, BUT that doesn't always translate to "stupid
Which is the post I believed you were replying to.
Additionally you said:
Damn straight! I hate getting my ass kissed ESPECIALLY by someone Who I do not know. I'm not telling you "war stories" (like KDelphi)I'm questioning the wisdom of locking homeless people away (where they can't be seen) as a treatment method.
You are in favor of old style mental institutions, and (assumedly) orphanages for the children (of which you speak) I imagine (due to your professed religious beliefs) that this is some type of "calling" or "ministry" we've been there before.
That's my message There's no way we're anywhere near the "same side!"
By Skruff, December 18, 2008 at 7:52 am Link to this comment
By Maani, December 17 at 11:21 am #
"I am encouraged to hear what you were able to accomplish in Worcester, Mass."
Read again Maani.. I was a SMALL part of what was accomplished in ONE NEIGHBORHOOD of Worcester. The effort was Massachusetts wide, and taken in small bites.
ALSO I know New York… Born there at 137 Senator Street Brooklyn.
Worked briefly for Bruce Ritter before he was caught diddling the children at his Covenant House Shelter.
New York (as you may or may not know) can't be taken as one giant problem. it is hundreds of neighborhoods. That is the way to deal with it. Only outsiders look UP at the tall buildings.
your point about the shelters? that people get ripped off, beaten, and otherwise molested? I thought that is what I said. Are you that dense? or are you attempting a Hillary type spin game?
By Skruff, December 17, 2008 at 7:12 am Link to this comment
"...if you are suggesting that children are "better off" on the street than in an institution of ANY sort (even Willowbrook at its worst), it is YOU who is not just uninformed, but, despite your good work, callous. After all, even a "20 to 1" ration is better than a ZERO to one ratio - with the children often left to fend for themselves with NO protection or social services."
Read my post again Maani. I "informed" you that children are often left to "fend for themselves" INSIDE these big institutions, the only difference is INSIDE is out of sight of the people who might care and do some good. Secondly; who says there are no "caregivers" on the street?
I know Street children, worked with them in Worcester, they came to my big victorian house in troops till The City and finally the Commonwealth had to do something (I was only licensed for 6) The Commonwealth put together a "Community circle" agency. it used college students (for credit and a small stipend paid through the Universities work studies program)to go to the neighborhoods where homeless children roamed in packs. they convinced store owners that it would be more profitable for them to give clothing, food and services rather than pay higher insurance rates for vandalism. I guess some on this board would call that extortion, BUT after the program was instituted, crime in the Main South neighborhood decreased noticeably. These college students tutored children, rode school busses, mediated landlord tenant disputes, and generally rowed upriver to find what was causing the homelessness rather than crisis work after the fact. They got people jobs, Started AA groups, worked between the police and the community, and generally made a harsh gray neighborhood grow green in the spring. It was absolutely AMAZING, and I was privledged to be a small part of it.
Oh, and BTW the program was instituted by a Republican Governor, the same one who had previously closed the Commonwealth's 150 year old reform schools.
Children I worked with from this era still call here, and send xmas cards.
BTW Why do you believe adults would rather freeze on the street than go to a shelter? Do you suppose they have fun watching their toes fall off?
They are mostly crazy, BUT that doesn't always translate to "stupid"
As to your other remark that I may be uninformed myself, or possibally callous, I suggest a third option (even for children) I value freedom over comfort, and occasionally even over life.
By Skruff, December 16, 2008 at 1:24 pm Link to this comment
My work within institutions wasn't "occasional" For close to forty years I have fostered and adopted children from these places, and often (by default) getting their (almost child) parents in the bargin. Your contention that children are "better off" in Willowbrook (at its worst!!!) is an uninformed statement.
Did you know that the staff to patient ratio in 1968 was 20 to one, and that they had to count telephone operators and maintainance staff to get to that figure? Are you aware that children were left in their own shit for days (DAYS not hours)at a time, that marginally functional people got worse while "in care?" that rapes and sexual abuse were common between inmate and inmate, and inmate and staff?
It is absolutely no use trying to convey the conditions I found while working in Maine New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, and Massachusetts. One can't put smell across on the internet!
and KDelphi
"People in the tenches often end up cleanig up the messes of these so-called "liberals", and we are sick of it.."
Amen brother! Where did you work in New Hampshire, and when. I worked for First Circle Home in Weare, Philbrick in Concord, and The Big reform school down on North river road in manchester, they called it the "State Indrustrial School" in those days, Then it became the New Hampshite Youth Development Center in the late 70's, I hear it's gone now. Good fucken riddance
By Skruff, December 15, 2008 at 7:18 am Link to this comment
By KDelphi, December 14 at 5:11 pm #
Clinton DIDN'T "Balance the budget. He used paper schemes to alter the preception of the deficit. There is ALWAYS a defict when we OWE more than we pay. or when we borrow to cover deficit spending.
"Welfare "reform". That may have sounded good. But, I was working as a social worker part of that time, and, believe me, plenty of people were just thrown into the streets. Many are still there."
Actually "welfare reform" as passed by a Republican majority and signed by B. Clinton couldn't have put anyone on the streets for 5 years from the enactment of that legislation. and by 2001, many States had covered the loss of federal dollars and modified their plans to keep the money flowing. Here in Maine, poor folks are treated to a virtual salad-bar of programs from wich to pick…. and guess what, poor children still suffer.
Reagan , smiliarly, instituted "de-institutionalization", which turned out to be nothing more than a way to close mental hospitals…and put the people into non-existent "group homes"...people still do not want them in "their neighborhoods".
Obviously you haven't a clue here. The big institutions (Like Letchworth, and Willowbrook) were snake pits… A real horror, far beyond anything we have on shore today. (I witnessed one child almost beaten to death for the high crime of bedwetting. except for the efforts of several other adults standing around, the child would have been tossed out a fourth floor window. AND Reagan had NOTHING to do with de-institutionalization EXCEPT to sign a reauthorization of JJDPA, a fine piece of legislation which kept child prisioners and adult prisoners seperated. the largest part of de-institutionalization was accomplisher under Nixon and Carter. it was a great effort on the part of government for confined individuals.
The "war on drugs" (war on the poor).The "war on terror" (war on the poor). The war on "whatever the hell" Every President since Truman has had a "war on drugs"
Although I agree with the thrust of your argument (Government is inefficant and ineffective?) I don't see how misrepresenting the facts helps the argument at all.
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During the past few weeks, Eric Sundstrom of the Swedish newspaper, The Local, spebt a week with his mother in the suburbs of Stokholm and was forced to ride a bus to work. "Every mroning we rode the 6:37 a.m. bus to the commuter rail system to get into the city. Every morning the same faces kept showing up on the bus: nine women, a younger guy, my mother and I." Public transportation awakens "questions about gender equity. Men earn more, have a stronger position in their marriage, and take the car to work."
Sundstrom raises a question whose answer is apparent to anyone riding buses in large cities like New York or in suburban communities. Ride an early morning bus and the vast majority of people on it are women headed out for domestic jobs in suburban homes. Despite great strides in nations like Sweden, the reality still remains half of women work part time and three out of four part time workers are women.
The day gender equity arrives, the 6:37 a.m. bus will be filled with both men and women.


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We've begun our formal language classes. Our class is made up of students from China, Mongolia, Korea and Taiwan. We're enjoying it, but the pace is fast--most of the students studying with us are trying to get into Japanese universities at the end of the one and a half year of language studies, and most of our classmates have studied some Japanese before. So we have been reminded again of what it's like to feel humbled and helpless like children. It really hit me hard a couple of weeks ago when one of the five-year-olds at Adam's hoikuen (preschool) came up to me in the morning and started asking a simple, 4-word question over and over again, waiting for me to answer her. I just looked down and bumbled out, "gomenasai, nihongo ga mada wakarimasen" (I'm sorry, I don't speak Japanese yet"). And she just looked up at my 6-foot body with total confusion! "How can that big guy not understand me?" she must have been thinking.Pray for us this month in these areas:
1. We're making friends at language school--pray that we'll be able to keep building relationships of trust (especially with all that's going on politically), so that we can share our faith among our classmates and teachers.
2. Pray for wisdom as we try to determine what to do about Adam & Sarah's schooling--much of their future experience will be guided by decisions that need to be made this month.
3. Pray for us to really learn Japanese well. We're anxious to start making good Japanese friends!
4. I met with a group of area Baptist pastors for the first time this month during one of their association meetings, and was REALLY warmly welcomed. Praise the Lord! It's so nice to feel at home among people so far away from your country. Pray that we'll find a great way to balance church and school ministry in the future.
5. Pray for a great response to the World Mission Offering this month among our churches. This year's stock market deflation has really cut into the income International Ministries receives from "the faithful who have gone before." Encourage folks in your curch to give generously this month to share the gospel among the nations!


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Chief police officers have strongly criticised Home Office plans to open up police recruitment, warning that a system of direct entry to the "officer class" tends to be used only by paramilitary police forces.
The Association of Chief Police Officers said the government's radical plans to open up chief constables' jobs to experienced overseas recruits and the middle-ranking officer roles to outsiders with business and leadership skills would not deliver the required reform.
Sir Peter Fahy, Greater Manchester's chief constable and Acpo lead on workforce development, said chief officers were not resistant to change but warned that the scheme would not work.
"All chief constables have served on the beat, experiencing the reality of day-to-day operational policing with the public. This is the model used by other countries who have followed the British system such as the USA. Bill Bratton, former chief of New York, started this way. The direct entry officer class model tends to be followed by paramilitary police forces such as the French CRS or the Italian Carabinieri."
He said chief officers had no problem with bringing in outside expertise and every force had civilian staff in senior leadership roles in human resources, finance and IT. But he warned that firearms operations, murder investigations and dealing with public disorder needed to be commanded by those with proven expertise and records of achievement.
"Police forces are not short of talent. In fact, a bigger challenge is dealing with ambitious staff frustrated by the lack of promotion opportunities. Bringing people in from outside to senior leadership positions will obviously make that more difficult," said Fahy.
"There will be questions about how any direct entry scheme will work in practice, how it can be afforded and whether those already in the service can apply. Chief officers are not resistant to change but this one scheme will not bring about the degree of reform required."
But the policing minister, Damian Green, insisted it was vital to bring in fresh talent to the police to ensure it has the "different and better tools" needed to respond to the challenges of the next 30 years. He said he could foresee the day a British chief constable spoke with an American accent coming "within years rather than decades".
Green said: "If you had said 10 years ago that the governor of the Bank of England would be speaking with a Canadian accent, that might have been unthinkable then. But I am told that Mark Carney is the very best central bank governor, and we are lucky to be getting him."
In a written ministerial statement, Green confirmed that the consultation on this fundamental reform of police recruitment will close on 28 March.
The proposals include a fast-track inspector scheme, direct outside recruitment to the rank of superintendent, and opening up chief constable jobs to those with experience in similar roles in "common law jurisdictions" overseas. The last criteria will limit overseas recruits to the old "white Commonwealth" countries of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand plus the US.
Green said: "Direct entry at senior ranks will make sure that there is access to the best pool of talent, those who have proven leadership and business skills who can bring with them fresh thinking from other sectors."
The consultation paper published on Wednesday proposes direct entry for up to 80 graduates a year who will be fast-tracked on a scheme that could lead to them reaching chief officer rank within 10 to 15 years instead of the current 20 to 25 years. At present, all police officers must start on the beat as a constable. Direct-entry inspectors will receive 15 months' basic training.


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Today, Condé Nast's Epicurious becomes the latest to take advantage of iBeacons in-store by teaming up with inMarket to beam location-based notifications and offers to shoppers in retail environments. I previously wrote about inMarket, an in-store marketing platform that recently started rolling out iBeacons to retailers (mostly grocery stores), when it announced Zatarain's would become the first consumer packaged goods brand to use the platform. The company was using inMarket's Mobile to Mortar (M2M) platform to beam notifications and offers directly to shopper's smartphones when in proximity of one of inMarket's in-store iBeacons. Today the company is announcing its biggest news yet after recently expanding into New York, Boston, and Miami with the addition of Condé Nast's Epicurious as the first major app partner to take advantage of the M2M iBeacon platform. expand full story
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Update: The no-contract, Virgin Mobile iPhone 5 and promotional discounts are now live on RadioShack's website.
We reported last week that the iPhone 5 would be coming to Virgin Mobile tomorrow starting at $549.99 on its usual no-contract, $30/month unlimited plans. RadioShack will be one of the first to carry the device and is also planning to offer a number of promotional discounts to celebrate the launch.
RadioShack will start carrying the Virgin Mobile iPhone 5 tomorrow both online and in-store for $549.99 (that's for the 16GB model), but will also be offering $50 for eligible trade-ins until the end of next month. On top of the same $50 trade-in for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, the retailer is also slashing prices on those two devices to $399.99 and $299.99 until July 6th.
Virgin Mobile will have both the black and white versions of the iPhone 5 available on its monthly no-contract plans starting at $35/month and its $30/month auto pay plan. expand full story
in-store Stories March 13, 2012
Following an overwhelming launch day for the iPhone 4S in China plagued by massive crowds of scalpers, Apple suspended in-store sales of the device to walk-in customers and employed a lottery system for reservations that did not operate on a first-come-first-serve basis. Customers also had to bring government-issued ID when picking up their device. Apple confirmed on its website it will be doing the same for the new iPad launch with reservations beginning the morning of March 15 and pick ups available March 16 at the IFC Mall store in Hong Kong. expand full story


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Beautiful First Board
By Taylor
from Worcester MA
About Me Intermediate
Comments about Rome Tour Snowboard 2013:
Wonderful first board, I just learned this year. I started out on a LibTech SkateBanana, which got me looking into Rocker cambers instead of the traditional. It's buttery, light weight and easy to control.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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A good beginner board at a bargain
By hendsun
from NH
About Me Beginner
Good quality, good looking, nice steady smooth ride
Playful Board
By B
from Estes Park, CO
I was hesitant to get this board due to the lack of reviews on it, but I'm so glad I went with it! Out of the box it's the best looking board I've had/seen and my friends with Burton Custom flying V's keep taking my board over their own. It's flexible and playful but still stiff enough for powder making it the best all round board I've owned. If you're thinking about getting it just do it and you won't regret it!
Immediate increase in ability and fun
By Big Daddy
from Leavenworth, WA
First purchased board for me that opened major doors of fun and ability coming from a cambered rental board. Immediately able to do 360's and presses and now working on switch.
No Hang-ups! Thanks Rome!
By Chuckybeav
from Ohio
I am a clearly a beginner only have snowboarding 5 times – 3 of the times was with a rental board and the other 2 with this board. I do not have much to compare to except for the rentals but, I can say that this board has definitely helped me get better. I have taken the board to local slopes here in Ohio, not 'great' snow late in the season (late Feburary), but I'll take what I can get. In the course of the 2 times I've had it out, I can now link turns and usually keep close to my wife as we move go. The concave design and rocker profile near the nose and tail is forgiving as I felt instances where I almost caught an edge, but managed to not land on may________. The board feels stable as you skate and ride, but still more playful than a traditionally cambered (heavy) rental. The board holds a pretty solid edge even on the ice packed slopes right now and does feel smoother (less twitchy) than the rentals. The board is light and doesn't tweak your knee as you take the lift and so far has been a great gift to myself. I have a few dings on the board as I still take my falls. The problem here and now is that there is not really snow, but ice and every fall smashes the board into hard stuff and sometimes the ground. In other places, like Colorado or Utah, things would be great, but late season slopes in Ohio are not as forgiving.All-in-all, 4 out of 5 for the ride -1 for the dings.
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Rome Tour 156
By Reverb
I've only been snowboarding 3 times - renting each time. Bought this board based on recommendations, reviews and features. I've taken it out once and compared to renting, it sure makes a difference. The board feels playful, but also stable, just a little wiggle between the feet - more playful than camber, but not as loose as a flying-v style camber. Me being new to snowboarding, I still took my falls but not as many. I noticed when the board was forgiving and didn't catch as the rented boards did in the past. By the end of the day, I found it simple to control my speed, I could easily garland and started linking turns fairly well making my last 4 runs without a catch.I feel that this board is a good choice for me to progress and catch up to my wife and family and can easily provide me many years of fun.
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Awesome beginner board
By Snowpilot
from Denver, co
Amazing board, super easy to start out with as a beginner. Absolutely would reconnect it to anyone starting out.
A great low-cost board
By Kuroi Kaze
from Seattle, WA
For the price this is a fantastic board for the transition from beginner to intermediate. If you wanna master those blue runs and have an easy to turn board for a price that doesn't make you cry this is your board. The rocker style really helps make long traversing easy and it is really tough to accidentally catch an edge. It can get a bit squirrley at higher speeds so just make sure you stay in control!
Love it!
By Boring Mike
from Portland, OR
I love it! Three solid days in and she holds up like a champ! Got a good ding in the base but that's my bad for riding low snow.
Great product, great price,
By Shredder Jon
from Houghton, NY
About Me Advanced
This product is great in the park and all over the mountain. Whether it's jibbing in the park or just trying to cut hard in some serious powder ,this board is great for all.
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This product was delivered safely and on time. I was very pleased with the quality of packing so my board would not get damaged.
Big board for a big guy
By Dan
from Tennessee
Board looks great but hasn't gotten any use outside of carpeted rooms. Width fits me perfectly (size 12 US foot).
Rome Tour 2013 159cm
By Anthony
from Philadelphia, PA
Very good board. Fun to ride around the mountain.
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By Nick Resnick
from Boston, Ma
Very easy to get use to and handle with little effort, it glides across the snow and is perfect for anyone.
Great board for a beginner
By JT
from Milwaukee, WI
This board feels very stable and flexible. I am a reletive new comer to snowboarding (only ridden about 5 or 6 times) and I felt very confident and in control. The only down side of the board is it seems to nick along the edges easily. Minor issue as far as I am concerned though.


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Hills, John (2008) Investigating social exclusion. In: ESRC UK Longitudinal Studies Centre, (corp. ed.) In Praise of Panel Surveys: the Achievements of the British Household Panel Survey Plans for Understanding Society: the Uk's New. ESRC UK Longitudinal Studies Centre, Essex, UK, pp. 16-17.
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The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel--For 80 Years, the Only Place You Can Drive Underwater Between Two Countries
(Detroit -- Rob St. Mary, WDET) From his office above the toll plaza, Neal Belitsky, the general manager of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, has a commanding view of downtown Detroit. But this morning he stares into a computer monitor displaying dozens of camera views of the almost mile long international crossing.
"This is the pillar section down the tunnel, and these are all pan tilt zoom cameras," he said, explaining what we're looking it. "They're fine enough that if someone dropped a quarter on the roadway we'd be able to see it. And they are all digitally recorded."
Belitsky runs the tunnel's day-to-day operations for both owners - the Cities of Windsor (Canada) and Detroit. Although both municipalities now have a stake in the tunnel, it didn't start out that way. In the late 1920's, the border crossing was conceived as a for-profit competitor to the Ambassador Bridge. But that idea changed.
"What happened was folks back then who were granting the permits said you know, maybe we need to do something a little bit different from the Ambassador Bridge," Belitsky said. "So, where they got the rights in perpetuity, they told the tunnel folks they could go ahead and do that--but they could only have it for 60 years."
The tunnel was given to both cities in 1990--which means 2010 marks the 80th anniversary of this unique structure. But why is it so unique?
"The Detroit Windsor Tunnel is still the world's only international vehicular subaqueous tunnel," Belitsky said. "In plain English, that means this is still the only road tunnel you can drive through underwater going between two countries."
After our interview, Belitsky introduced me to facility manager Robert Howell. Howell handed me a hardhat and took me on a tour of the places most people never see when they drive through the tunnel. "I'm gonna take you into our ventilation building," he said. "This just houses a lot of our electrical and mechanical equipment that supplies the ventilation to the tunnel itself."
A four story building just beyond the Customs inspection stations houses huge fans and vents which are run by computers. A crew of engineers constantly monitor the air quality in the tunnel. The ventilation system cycles fresh air under the road and removes exhaust from overhead. This leads to the breeze often felt inside the tunnel. Howell says the system was upgraded about five years ago. Before that, the tunnel was run on 1930s ventilation technology.
During the tour, Howell led me to the basement of the ventilation building and to a locked door. The river exhaust duct gives access to a five-foot tall curved crawl space that runs along the entire roof off the tunnel.
"You can hear the traffic moving right along underneath," he said. "Feel the road way. This duct goes all the way through the entire tunnel - which is about a mile from portal to portal - and halfway between where they have the international border there' s a bulkhead-- that's a locked doorway that separates the international border in the exhaust duct itself."
So there's a locked door there to make sure people can't sneak through this way?
"That's correct," said Howell. "It was put there right past Prohibition time because they did have some of that back there during that time I understand."
And while there are many vestiges of history around the tunnel, new technology is making its presence known. A multimillion dollar renovation project took place this summer, adding an additional customs inspection lane. In the coming year, another expansion is expected. Belitsky says the tunnel has also started electronic tolling and plans to incorporate new lighting to save energy and money. "You know," he said, "like any other business you really can't stand still. So we try to see what's out there in the world of engineering, in the world of toll collection, and incorporate those into the operation. We have been successful and customers have been very pleased with the results of the work that we have done."
As for the future of the border crossing, Belitsky says with annual inspections and continued maintenance. the tunnel could see another 80 years.


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Published: 2012-09-24, by Manu Galvez.
Mix elements to get new materials and progress through the evolution path. Now in HD.
You start with just the four elements: water, fire, earth and air. By the combination of those elements you will get new materials. For example, water mixed with fire will generate alcohol, earth mixed with air will generate dust, and so on. To mix them you just need to select one of the elements by keeping the selection 1 second and then drag it over the other elements. The new resultant materials may be, in turn, mixed with one of the four elements to generate new ones. And so on. There's a good hints system, to help you us when you get stuck.
There are a great amount for materials to discover. Despite of that, it will probably keep you entertained for a while, but we got bored soon. If you are a passionate of this game you will like it, because it reminds the classic one but its interface has been improved. What's good is that developer has launched a PC version of the game, available on the official web www.niasoft.com.
Alchemy Classic has been developed by NIAsoft, a video game developer who has launched other simple but addictive game in the market: Color Stripes and Necklace Lite.
This is a curious and entertaining puzzle game that will rack your brains to discover all the hidden materials. It's worth but could be boring after a while.
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