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Academics and Class Standing
At Indiana University East, full-time / part-time enrollment status is determined based on the number of credit hours enrolled per semester:
|Undergraduate Students
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Class standing is based on the number of credit hours you have alreadly completed.
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Course Load
Students may register for a single course or for a full course load. Students who register for 12 or more credit hours in a fall or spring semester, or 6 credits in a summer semester, are considered full-time students. Full-time students should carry at least 15 credit hours during each semester of the regular academic year (i.e., each fall and spring term), if they expect to complete degree requirements within the usual 4-year timeframe. Except with special permission, students are not permitted to enroll in more than 18 credit hours in the fall or spring and in no more than 9 credit hours during either of the two summer sessions. A 3.00 grade point average is generally required before such permission will be granted.
Changing Your Major
In the academic life of many students, there comes a time when they feel the need to "change their major" or academic plan. At IU East, it is a relatively simple process to change one's major. Students are encouraged to meet with both their current academic advisor, as well as an academic advisor in the program in which they are interested, prior to changing their major. Here are the steps to follow:
- Pick up a "Change of Major Form" from your academic advisor or the Office of Student Records, Whitewater Hall, Rm 116, or download it from the Registrar's website.
- Seek educational advice from your current academic advisor.
- Take the Change of Major Form to your new academic advisor.
- Bring the completed and signed Change of Major Form to the Office of Student Records (WZ 116) for processing.

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Celebration with daughter and son-in-law
Sail Date: December 11, 2015
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Traveled As: Family (older children)
Room Type: Suite
A great experience to enjoy together, including a birthday celebration. Royal Caribbean does it right! This is our 3rd cruise to Nassau in 3 years, and we anticipate returning next year :-)
RCL knows how to treat people.
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|Thank you, Ketut. You did a fine job :-)
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|Jacqulina and Sandra were fantastic as they took care of us at dinner, while Ketut keep our rooms in perfect condition
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|Nassau, Bahamas
|Nassau is Nassau, and it is fun to walk around and "people watch".
|Cococay (Cruiseline's Private Island)
|Sorry we were unable to go ashore due to rough seas, but that is no fault of RCL
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1. Re: Customization Manager & Pre-requisite428308 Apr 2, 2010 10:07 AM (in response to Franck James)Franck:
This feature provides a way to attach one or more prerequisite patches (standard or custom) to a given custom patch. However, it relies on the underlying Oracle patching utility (adpatch) support. For Release 12 and above, the prerequisite validation support from Oracle patching utility has changed and can no longer be used for custom patches. Hence, this feature is not available for Release 12 custom patches.
As a workaround, I would suggest either to document the prerequisites for the given custom patch and follow it during patch deployment or to ensure that all files within the prerequisite patches are directly included into the given patch.
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A sports anchor has caused controversy by accusing the U.K. ambassador to Ankara of posting veiled "pro-coup" messages and supporting the "No" campaign in Turkey upcoming April 16 referendum, drawing an angry reaction from the ambassador who replied simply: "Who is this fool?" Source Hurriyet Daily
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Turkey rejected a call from four Arab states on Friday to shut down its military base in Qatar, saying the base was a guarantor of security in the Gulf and demands for its closure represented interference in its ties with Doha. Source Reuters
The European Central Bank pulled the plug on two troubled Italian banks, sending them into insolvency proceedings and pushing ahead with efforts to clean up weak banks holding back the economy. The two banks, Veneto Banca and Banca Popolare di Vicenza, have struggled to overcome high levels of loans that were not being paid back.Source ABC


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Hard Choices: Ronald M. Shaich
In 1980, I opened a cookie store in Boston. I wanted to add French baked goods and merged with Au Bon Pain, a small, troubled business that was in debt. I owned 60 percent of the new company. By 1993 we were a public venture with about 250 stores when we bought St. Louis Bread, a chain of cafés that made and served artisan bread. I quickly felt it had more potential than Au Bon Pain. It was tapping into a long-term trend: a drive for specialness. People wanted fresh, local food. We began to roll out bakery-cafés and eventually changed the name to Panera Bread.
Over Christmas in 1998, I was sitting on a beach in the Caribbean and feeling down. Panera (PNRA) was our smallest division, with 135 stores. It was a jewel in the rough, and I felt we were going to screw it up. Then a friend said, "What if Panera owned Au Bon Pain?" I knew I'd have to sell everything and put my energies into Panera. It was a wrenching decision. Au Bon Pain was my first son. But it had to go if Panera was going to be a national brand. I told my board we had to rip the company apart to focus on Panera. It was a bet-the-job kind of choice. There was a big fight, and there was very serious questioning of me. The stock was flat. The Internet was booming and there was pressure to figure out what to do online. I was saying double or nothing.
After getting the go-ahead, our sale to a private equity buyer dragged out over 18 months. I finally threatened to take Au Bon Pain private myself just to get the deal done. We got around $73 million from that to invest in Panera. It wasn't all a success from there. We atrophied after the close and had a drop in profitability. It took a while to evolve the concept. We have about 1,500 Panera cafés now. We're also testing pay-what-you-can cafés as a philanthropic endeavor.
I make my best decisions when I'm on vacation. You're not focused on all the stuff that comes at you as CEO. I've moved into a chairman role and I'm now more productive than ever. My decisions are formed by where I want to go. You can see the sculpture you're trying to make. Then you have to iterate to get there.


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Georgia Plays Host To Savannah State Wednesday
May 6, 2014
ATHENS-----Georgia plays host to Savannah State Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Foley Field. Both teams have designated it a staff night on the mound.
Georgia senior RHP Dylan Cole (0-0, 3.60 ERA) will makes his first career start. He has made 68 relief appearances in his career that began at Furman for two years before transferring to Georgia. Cole will graduate with a degree in marketing later this week. Savannah State will start junior RHP Austin Denney (5-3, 3.97 ERA). The Bulldogs head back out on the road for an SEC series against Western Division leading and 11th-ranked Ole Miss (35-14, 15-9 SEC) that starts Friday. The Bulldogs, under the direction of coach Scott Stricklin, are in 6th place in the SEC Eastern Division and 12th overall.
Georgia (23-23-1) snapped an eight-game losing streak this past Friday when sophomore Ryan Lawlor notched his third complete in his last four starts as the Bulldogs won 3-1. Lawlor was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week this past Monday by the league office. The Bulldogs claimed the series with a 5-3 victory on Sunday thanks in part to a career-high six innings from David Sosebee (1-3, 3.30 ERA) and a grand slam from sophomore first baseman Daniel Nichols (.276-2-16).
The Bulldogs are battling for a spot in the 12-team SEC Tournament after claiming their first SEC series over a top 10 ranked team since 2011. Georgia captured two of three from No. 7 South Carolina this past weekend in Athens. It was Georgia's first series win over the Gamecocks since 2008.
Savannah State At A Glance: The Tigers are 19-28. Carlton Hardy, who is now in his eighth season, led the Tigers to their first-ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship and an NCAA Regional last year in Tallahassee. They are batting .280 with a 5.56 ERA and fielding.958. Junior Tre Sikes is batting .a team-best 376-9-46.
Bulldog Hitters To Watch
Junior shortstop Nelson Ward (.299-2-31) ranks third in the SEC in walks with 31. He leads the team with 31 RBI. He is one of three Bulldogs along with junior Hunter Cole (3B) and Conor Welton (OF) to have started all 47 games this season.
Junior third baseman Hunter Cole (.328-2-25) leads the team with a .328 average and ranks among the SEC leaders with 14 doubles. In the USC series, Cole batted a team-best .545 (6-for-11). He is batting a team-leading .309 in SEC action.
Freshman centerfielder Stephen Wrenn (.264-0-19) ranks fourth in the SEC with a team-best 15 stolen bases. For the year, he is 15-for-19. His speed has been asset on defense too, registering a perfect fielding percentage in 142 total chances including five assists.
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Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network from IMG College Play-by-Play: David Johnston, Jeff Dantzler
Stations: 960 AM-WRFC and selected affiliates (check your local listings), georgiadogs.com/allaccess via GTV
Ticket Information
Single game Reserved seats at Foley Field: $8 each; General Admission: $5 apiece and can be purchased online. Georgia ticket office (877-542-1231) between 8:30 am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday.
UGA students admitted free with their valid UGA Student ID card. UGA Student Gate is located off Rutherford Street.
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What Do Your Credit Card Charges Support?
Cash or credit? In 2012, purchase volume in the United States from credit card companies Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover totaled close to $2.1 trillion. Of these $2.1 trillion worth of transactions, cardholders' issuing banks collect 1-3% in the form of an interchange fee. While 1-3% of the cost of a sandwich at Subway for lunch may seem negligible to you, consider all of the other people in the same restaurant using their credit cards, multiplied by the number of locations across the country, multiplied by the number of lunches each person purchases each year, and so on. If we crunch the numbers, we can deduce that credit-issuing megabanks collect between $20.5 billion and $61.4 billion each year on credit card transactions.
The majority of that money goes to the 10 largest credit card issuing banks in the U.S. It's difficult to believe that just a few institutions get to divvy up such large sums of money amongst themselves, especially when the individual charges to an everyday person's credit card go largely unnoticed. As you might guess, those billions of dollars pay for high salaries and bonuses, and finance lending to fossil fuel polluters and other destructive industries around the globe.
Let's think for a minute about just how much money large banks amass from the collective totals of millions of miniscule charges, and how that money could be used to fund projects that could add real benefit to our society – the kinds of projects that community development banks and credit unions finance every day. Consider one of our largest expenditures as a nation – energy. According to EnergyStar.gov, the average cost of retrofitting a residential home in New York State with efficiency upgrades to generate proven energy savings falls between $5,600 and $8,500. Assuming the credit card industry has a bad year and only generates $20.5 billion on interchange fees, and that 100% of the retrofits will cost $8,500, the money scooped up by megabanks could instead fund roughly 2,470,600 energy efficiency installation projects in New York homes.
Alternatively, the price of installing a new wind turbine in the US is roughly $4 million on the high end. A new wind turbine generally provides 2 megawatts of power-generating capability. Once again let us assume that interchange fee revenue is at the low end of $21 billion. At that amount, about 5,250 new turbines, or 10,500 megawatts of electric capacity could be financed, instead of covering credit card promotion, executive compensation costs, and other dubious expenditures. If credit-lending megabanks had a good year and collected $61 billion, that's about 15,250 new turbines, or 30,500 megawatts (30.5 gigawatts) worth of clean, renewable electric potential shifted primarily into the pockets of bank executives, and away from the collective benefit of our environment and our economy. To further illustrate, the United States' current wind capacity is about 60,000 megawatts, or 60 gigawatts. In one good year for the credit-issuing industry, revenue from interchange fees alone could increase the current national wind power capacity by 50%, yet we continue to pay high near-and-long-term costs for dirty, non-renewable sources of electricity.
The choice is ours to make. We can continue to support megabanks. Or, we can sign up for credit cards issued by community investment banks and credit unions that support programs like clean energy development, organic farming, and low-income housing. Instead of supporting the 1%, you can direct your interchange fees straight back into your community! Join our Take Charge of your Credit Card campaign and say goodbye to megabanks. Apply for a responsible credit card today, and take our pledge to let us know that you are breaking up with your megabank.
This post was researched and written by Sam Catherman, Green America's Responsible Banking Intern.
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Efforts under way to stem U.S. school dropout problem
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jesus Garcia dropped out of high school and figured he was destined for prison or a life shortened by violence -- until he found an alternative school that became the family he never felt he had.
"Without this school, kids would be dealing drugs, dying, gang-banging, all of it. Without this school there would be no leaders, no mentors," Garcia, an aspiring chef, told a group of former dropouts who have re-enrolled in alternative schools.
Some 30 percent of Americans drop out before finishing high school. They are more likely to be unemployed, receive public assistance, commit crimes and go to jail than those who graduate. They also are less healthy and have a lower life expectancy, according to research presented at a Columbia University conference.
Dropping out "is no longer an option," President Barack Obama told Congress earlier this year.
The national dropout rate has been rather stable for decades. It is 50 percent or higher at hundreds of mostly urban schools that have been dubbed "dropout factories" by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ranked the United States 19th among member nations in high school graduation rates, and weak U.S. public schools are now widely viewed as an impediment to economic success.
The U.S. graduation rate was a few percentage points below the OECD average. Germany ranked first and seven other nations including South Korea, Israel, Finland, and Japan graduated at least nine out of 10 students.
Companies like AT&T and groups such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Colin Powell's America's Promise Alliance have analyzed the problem and are funding programs believed to reinvigorate public schools. Continued...


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NeNe Leakes Launching Clothing Line, 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Star New Fashion Designer? The NeNe Leakes Collection Launching on HSN
NeNe Leakes' resume just keeps getting longer and longer!
With a super successful reality series under her belt, acting experiences on shows like "Glee" and former Fox series "The New Normal," a stint on "Dancing With the Stars" and a run as Mistress of Sensuality for the Las Vegas show Zummanity, Leakes is gearing up to add yet another title to her extensive careers list.
According to WetPaint, the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" diva is gearing up to launch her first ever clothing line, The NeNe Leakes Collection, with the infamous retail goods channel, Home Shopping Network.
NeNe took to her Twitter to announce the good news and revealed that her collection will be debuting on HSN before the month's end!
"The NeNe Leakes Collection launches July 28 on @HSN size 2 to 24. Super excited! I hope you guys like it!" NeNe tweeted.
The line is catered towards the working woman, much like NeNe, and will focus on creating work ready pieces that can easily transition from stylish office wear to happy hour ready.
"My vision was to create a line of clothing that would appeal to the every woman, designed to make her feel rich and fabulous, no matter how much it costs. The pieces can take you from day to night, from the grocery store to drinks with your girlfriends," NeNe said of the label during an interview with WWD.
NeNe's new endeavor into fashion comes right on time as she'll be soon gearing up for yet another season of RHOA.
As we previously reported, rumors had been swirling around that the RHOA veteran was considering washing her hands clean of the reality show, especially after she publicly voiced her hesitation for rejoining the cast for the seventh time.
However, NeNe had a change of heart and decided to rejoin the cast for another season of explosive drama, but she didn't go about confirming her season seven status in the most traditional way.
The 46-year-old took to her Twitter to announce her return by taking aim at all the rumors that had been floating around about her return.
"I'am NOT comin back 2 RHOA because I was fired, NO I quit, NO I wanted more money, NO they cut my salary & yes all this is BULLS**T," she teased on July 2.
Maybe we'll get to see a behind-the-scenes look at "The NeNe Leakes Collection" when season seven rolls around this fall?
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First Apperance for Suspect in Crab Festival Shooting
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The man arrested in connection with the Crab Festival multiple shootings in Levy County over the weekend, made his first appearance in a Marion County courtroom on Monday.
Nineteen-year-old Devonte Tremaine Ocasio heard the judge read the list of charges he is facing.
The charges include attempted first degree murder, discharge of fire arm with injury, aggravated of assault with a firearm and possession of a firearm.
During his first appearance Ocasio said he will be representing himeself.
His bond is set at $1.5 million.
This afternoon Ocasio was extradicted to Levy County.
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open qt parted and format the partition. Or you can always RM....
Since I had no success setting up working wlan-drivers for my macbook c2c using vmware fusion (tested several hal/sub for madwifi & ndiswrapper very unstable) im about to uninstall backtrack2 & wait for better days
Its difficult to find info/guides how to uninstall back2track.
Anyone have experience?
Using Backtrack2 final
VMware Version 1.1b1 (57919)
Followed one guide to install bt2final creating partitions.
fdisk -l returns with:
Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
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Very thankful for all help! Backtrack really rocks but im just not into getting external wlan-card at this stage
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U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) issued the following statement on the House approving $50.7 billion in Hurricane Sandy aid.
"Despite the roadblocks and inexcusable delays, the House finally did the right thing by approving this critical funding.
It's been two and a half months since Hurricane Sandy hammered our region, and thousands of New Yorkers continue to suffer from the devastation. Now, they will finally receive the relief that they have desperately needed.
The battle we had to fight to secure this aid was outrageous. But I'm pleased that that the money will finally start to head our way."
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By Bob Schneider
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
A key prerequisite for meaningful financial statements is that they be comparable to those for other companies, especially firms within the same industry. To meet that requirement, statements are prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (or, more commonly, GAAP), which "encompasses the conventions, rules and procedures, necessary to define accepted accounting practice at a particular time."
In the wake of the crash of 1929, the first serious attempt to codify GAAP was made by the AICPA (then the American Institute of Accountants) working with the New York Stock Exchange, which culminated in the creation of a Committee on Accounting Procedure. The Committee's resources were limited and in 1959 the Accounting Principles Board (APB) was established within the AICPA to take over the rule-making function. The APB was superseded in 1972 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), an independent, not-for-profit organization with a governing board of seven members - three from public accounting, two from private industry, one from academia and one from an oversight body. (For more on GAAP visit the U.S. GAAP website.)
Current GAAP in the U.S. (or U.S. GAAP) includes rules from the FASB and these predecessors. Over time, standards are eliminated and amended as business conditions change and new research performed. Although in the U.S. the SEC has delegated the function of accounting rule-making to FASB, it is not the only source of GAAP. Research from the AICPA, best industry practices as defined by research and traditions, and the activities of the SEC itself all play a role in defining GAAP. (For more on the SEC read Policing The Securities Market: An Overview of the SEC.)
Further, within the FASB and AICPA themselves, there are various sources of GAAP. These include statements (of primary importance), interpretations, staff positions, statements of position, accounting guides, and so forth. Naturally, with so much documentation for GAAP, contradictions ensue. To eliminate the uncertainties, in 2008 the FASB issued FAS 162 to clarify the hierarchy in deciding which source of GAAP takes precedence over another. (For more on FASB, visit the FASB website.)
Accounting is how business keeps score, and business is no different than football when it comes to setting the rules of the game. Many accounting standards are firmly established, others continue to be debated vigorously among the players and a few are so highly controversial they get even people on the sidelines riled up. One example from the 2008 financial crisis is mark-to-market accounting, on which accountants, presidential candidates and pundits alike weighed in. Accounting standards setting then becomes part of the political process, and depending on the strength and commitment of the various forces, the rules are eliminated, amended or left alone.
One seemingly technical element in accounting standards that is of huge importance is disclosure. In any document, where you put information - in a screaming headline, or the 53rd footnote in Appendix Q - has a great deal to do with which readers view its relative importance. Financial statements are no different.
Besides the actual numbers on the balance sheet, P&L and statement of cash flows, a great deal of information is also provided in the notes to the financial statements. Some key financial information is put directly into the financial statements in parentheses (e.g. on the balance sheet and the number of shares authorized and issued for common stock). Notes contain information that should receive this favorable treatment but because the information may be considerable and include tables, it is included as a footnote instead.
The admonition to readers that "the accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements" alerts them to the notes' importance. But since they are at the bottom - and because they are often numerous, lengthy and, at times, impenetrable - more casual users ignore them. (To learn more see Footnotes: Start Reading The Fine Print.)
What's included in the notes? There's information on securities held, inventories, debt, pension plans and other key elements in determining the company's financial position. In addition, the notes will contain information about the company's accounting policies. Under GAAP, companies often do have discretion to use varying methods for valuing assets, and recognizing costs and revenue. This "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" will appear as the first note to the statement or in a separate section.
There are other required disclosures external to the financial statements and notes, such as the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), required by the SEC. In all, the list of required disclosures is long, detailed and complex. Although this exhaustive release of company information increases transparency, it does mean that financial statements become unwieldy. And the financial meltdown of 2008 - following the reforms implements in the wake of the Enron scandals a few years before - had observers once again wondering whether, despite all the disclosures, the necessary information for decision-making is being included in financial statements. (For further reading read An Investor's Checklist To Financial Footnotes.)
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Outside the U.S., International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have gained increasing prominence and are replacing the national GAAPs of many countries, including Australia, Canada and Japan; IFRS has been required for countries in the European Union since 2006. More than 100 nations have now adopted IFRS, although some continue to have elements of their own national GAAP in reporting standards. IFRS are set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which is the standard-setting body of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (IASC Foundation). Just as the FASB incorporates the rules of former standards-settings bodies, IFRS includes the International Accounting Standards (IAS) that were issued by the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) from 1973 to 2000.
There has been much debate in the accounting profession of "principles-based" versus "rules-based" accounting. Principles-based systems offer broader guidelines in accounting treatment, within which accountants exercise their best judgment; rules-based systems are more prescriptive and specific. IFRS are considered more principles-based than U.S. GAAP, although there are certainly many specific rules included in IFRS as well (and some observers think they are trending in the rules-based direction).
To some extent, the different emphases reflect the differing business and legal cultures between U.S. and much of the world, notably Europe. There is concern that a principles-based system will simply give U.S. managers more freedom to tilt the numbers in their favor. Others argue that the rules-based system is overly complex and that it hasn't prevented U.S. corporate scandals.
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This week, thousands of gaming professionals from around the world are gathering in Los Angeles for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. Buzz is building around new gaming toys, including Microsoft's "Kinect": a camera-based controller that watches your every move, and lets your body serve as the joystick. But while these new technologies will change how we play video games, Tom Bissell says videogames have already begun changing in a more fundamental way.
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Stepping into the newly opened Lost Child immersion school in Browning is like taking a capsule back in time.
Here, young Indian boys and girls are taught to think and speak in their native tongue, as their ancestors were. And unlike most places on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, English is meant to be the students' second language. Asked what he likes best about the program, which serves youngsters from kindergarten through the eighth grade, student Sam DeRoche says the answer is simple.
"I can talk with my grandparents now," he explains. "Before I couldn't understand them."
"People look up to us because we can speak Indian," adds fellow pupil Kristy Calf Robe.
"They're proud of it," says instructor Deanna Burd, who teaches the program's upper grades with her mother, Diana Burd. "They know they're Indian, and they're proud of it."
"We produce speakers and leaders in here," Diana adds. "Their whole personality changes once they know who they are."
The Lost Child, Cuts Wood and Moccasin Flat schools are part of an ambitious project undertaken by the Piegan Institute, a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 by Blackfeet tribal members Darrell Robes Kipp and Dorothy Still Smoking. Kipp's son Darren joined the group's three-member board of directors in 1994. "You can't get off the board unless you die," Darrell says with his trademark mischievous grin.
Still Smoking, recently appointed president of Blackfeet Community College, has degrees from Concordia College and the University of South Dakota, as well as a doctorate in education from Montana State University. Kipp holds an undergraduate degree from the former Eastern Montana College, a Master of Fine Arts degree in writing from Vermont's former Goddard College, and a master's degree in social policy change from Harvard University. The pair established the institute as a last-ditch way to protect and perpetuate their tribe's heritage, especially the spoken word.
Kipp, a former editor for Time-Life, knows firsthand how difficult it is to knows firsthand how difficult it is to master the Blackfeet language. Long before he learned his native tongue, he recalls addressing a group and trying to say he rode his horse to town. Instead, Kipp mistakenly related that his horse had the runs.
"This is not a project for the faint-hearted," he says of the three schools, collectively dubbed "Real Speak" in Blackfeet. "I've been at the death bed of a lot of languages. You're talking legacy, messing with the time clock."
Linguists say there were at least 300 Native languages used in North America when Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. Of those, about 190 are still spoken or at least fractionally used. But according to prominent researchers Jon Reyhner and Edward Tennant, only about 20 of these languages are practiced throughout all levels of individual tribes and bands. Without complete stratification—where the old and the young and everyone in between are speaking—even the surviving language speaking – even the surviving lanuguage groups are threatened, they say. Kipp says many Indian children today "live in a de-languaged zone" because most of their parents and many of their grandparents were taught it was wrong to retain their lingual heritage.
Decades of church-and-state-sponsored prohibitions against Native languages, bolstered in public schools and boarding institutions alike, were almost entirely successful in eradicating the culture, he says. Turning the tide, he admits, will take an immense effort from tribal educators and political leaders.
Kipp, who has become an internationally known authority in the field, says preserving languages is a "crucial thread" in perpetuating Native cultures around the world. Without it, he contends, centuries of traditions will be lost forever. "I think language was the first gift the Creator gave us," he explains. "The Creator gave us a gift and he wonders why we gave it away."Death of a Mother Tongue
With the Blackfeet, Kipp and Still Smoking were disheartened when a series of cultural-identity seminars they helped organize in the early 1980s showed that many tribal members, especially the young, didn't hold their native language in high esteem, even though it was nearing extinction.
"We were really astounded that no one was interested in our language. Then we got a second hit," Kipp says, referring to a 1985 survey of Blackfeet members. "We weren't either. It was an awakening for us."
The survey showed that essentially no one on the reservation under the age of 50 actively spoke Blackfeet. And even in the 50-60 year-age bracket, the number of fluent speakers was "slim," he says.
A main part of the problem, he and Still Smoking surmised, was that the dominant non-Indian culture had condominant non-Indian culture had controlled tribal education systems since reservations were first established in the late 1800s.
"They don't say they want to educate you," Kipp contends. "They say, 'We want to change you.' Formal Western education puts Indians on a journey away from themselves. Western education removes you away from who you are." Combating decades of de-culturing Native Americans means reworking the entire educational system from the bottom up, Kipp says, and at the same time providing an alternative.
"These things don't work in public schools," he says of immersion programs. "It takes a lot of philosophizing, a lot of fasting. You don't just do this."
Indeed, establishing the Piegan Institute was an uphill battle, Kipp says: "We could not get anyone to support us." Undeterred, he and Still Smoking plowed ahead, realizing they were on the cusp of something crucially important. "We discovered there was an order of some sort," Kipp says of the loss of languages around the world. "It was a common lament, and we heard it from a lot of people other than Indians."
As they progressed, Kipp and Still Smoking came upon an obvious quandary—most Blackfeet tribal members didn't speak the language, and some, in fact, expressed disdain toward it, just as their oppressors wanted. But ironically, Kipp says, the institute's surveys also showed about 99 percent of respondents wanted their children to learn it. Complicating the matter further, Kipp explains, was the fact that many respondents said they didn't believe it was possible to learn a second language, and if given the choice, English, for obvious reasons, was the language most would choose. Perplexed by their findings, Kipp and Still Smoking filtered deeper into the community and in 1993 produced the award-winning video, "Transitions: Death of a Mother Tongue," which documents the state of the Blackfeet language and its importance through the eyes of elders, everyday tribal members and emerging leaders. The project, among others undertaken by the institute, provoked many reservation residents to look closer at the issue, Kipp says, and also helped solidify support for the creation of the new private schools. New Beginnings
In 1994, the institute founders traveled to Hawaii to visit the famous Aha Punana Leo Schools, where Native students were successfully learning their home languages through immersion. Kipp and Still Smoking came back to Montana convinced that the only way to succeed was to dive in and start a similar program on the Blackfeet Reservation.
"We finally started seeing a shift in the community's thinking," Kipp says of the climate in Browning upon their return. "We learned there's a true, bona fide desire among some people to learn the language. I don't know if it's in their genes or in their brains or what. But we radically underestimate the people on our reservations who wish to speak their language. It's really the pursuit of self-knowledge by Indian people who have been denied access to the knowledge for so long. And the strongest empowerment we have is self-knowledge."
The group quickly went to work raising money and attracted the attention of actress Jane Fonda and fellow philanthropist Howard Terpning, who together provided $155,000 in seed money for the project. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation chipped in $170,000 for teacher training, and The Lannan Foundation contributed a whopping $1.2 million for construction and general operating costs, as well as a $250,000 challenge grant, which must be matched by next summer. Once the match is made, Kipp says, an anonymous donor has promised to double that total.
Another supporter will match again if the sum reaches $1.5 million. The ensuing $3 million would serve as the institute's endowment fund, although they're always looking for additional funds. "We consider the building phase completed," Kipp says. "Our efforts now will be committed to curriculum building. But we're such a lone-horse operation that it's hard to get anyone to pay attention to us."
Moccasin Flat School, which serves the youngest students, opened in 1995, followed by the Cuts Wood facility two years later. The Lost Child school opened in August. More than 40 students are currently enrolled in the program, and dozens more are on waiting lists. Outside of a small, public school program on the Fort Peck Reservation, the institute runs the only native immersion schools in Montana.
"We've never recruited for students," Kipp says. "We've never had to."
In all, he says, about $2.4 million has been spent building and staffing the "Real Speak" schools over the past five years. The school buildings are tight and brightly lit, and few shortcuts were taken in their construction. Classroom equipment is also top-notch.
"We want to connect learning with quality," Kipp explains. "We're adding status to our language."
Kipp proudly points out that the schools are fully accredited, and that no federal or state money has been solicited.
"The move away from government subsidy meant a move away from government control," he says. "I believe true immersion schools should set out to exceed [state and local] standards. We say we're a very high-caliber school, and we operate like one. One of our rules is that we don't ask for permission. We have our own standards and our standards exceed the state's. The only thing we're affiliated with is the language."
To help cover costs and to create a sense of ownership, parents pay up to $100 of tuition a month for each child to attend. Parents also are required to come to the schools a minimum of three hours a week so they, too, can improve their language skills.
The tuition, which Kipp calls "symbolic," creates a financial hardship for many families, and some opt to work it off at the schools at a rate of $10 an hour. Other members of the community put in time for parents who can't attend to help reduce their costs.
"There's lots of unheralded heroes," Kipp says. "We would never, ever turn a kid down for lack of tuition. It's not an exclusionary program." Along with immersing Indian children back into their language and other aspects of Blackfeet heritage, a major advantage to the schools is that they have a 1:7 ratio of teachers to students, Kipp says. The individual attention has helped the students excel in achievement tests, according to one MSU researcher who based her master's thesis on the schools' successes.
"There's a strong correlation between strong learners and a strong sense of self-identity," Kipp explains. "We have no qualms in stating whatsoever that our children could return to the public schools and do quite well. People who are aware of their ethnic selves are healthy learners."
Kipp says and the other founders hope "Real Speak" graduates will come back later to manage their alma maters, which now employ six teachers, a cook and a registrar. The institute's annual payroll is about $300,000, a substantial influx to the poverty-plagued reservation, which ranks among the poorest sectors of the entire United States. "There's an economic base in studying ourselves," Kipp says half-jokingly. "This movement is growing. These are direct responses to what Indian people want." Going Public
Administrators in the Blackfeet Reservation's public school system, where about 98 percent of the students are Native American, say they're doing what they can to offer Native language and other cultural programs, but a lack of money and staff has thus far prevented them from fully achieving their goals.
Language offerings are being expanded each year, says bi-lingual program director Laura Gervais, but the district continually has trouble finding enough instructors to teach Blackfeet. She notes that it takes a commitment from each school's staff to make cultural programming a success. "The whole school has to buy in for it to work," Gervais says. "We're making progress. The enthusiasm and interest is here with the students. They want it, and that's making all the difference. More and more parents want the culture and the language taught to their children."
Gervais says new language immersion labs are being established in the district's high school and middle school, and new language programming will soon be offered in the elementary schools.
The reservation's Head Start program offers language training, she says, as well as Blackfeet Community College. But, Gervais acknowledges, there's still much to be done to ensure that youngsters between pre-school and college get as much exposure as possible. In an effort to further define the need, a district-wide assessment is being conducted this year.
"What I'd like to see is a Blackfeet language teacher in each building," Gervais says.
Meanwhile, public school leaders are incorporating a new bi-lingual curriculum that includes sections on tribal history, as well as a detailed plan that integrates the Native language into math, science, reading and general history courses. Project coordinator Leon Rattler says all of the components are crucial in helping students learn more about their identities. Annual field trips to cultural sites also are offered so students can obtain firsthand knowledge about their tribe's ancestral homeland and traditions.
"Where do you go to learn to be an Indian?" Rattler asks. "Generally, the schools just don't teach that."
Robert DesRosier, chairman of the Browning Board of Public Education, says he believes the Piegan Institute's immersion schools are an important addition to the education opportunities offered on the reservation.
"I think they're really an asset to the community," he says. "They help keep us together. I haven't talked to anyone who doesn't think the same. It's a binder for us. I really think Darrell has put us on the map as far as education goes." As in the public system, however, Kipp says it's been tougher than expected at times to find teachers who can both excel in the private-school setting, as well as be fluent in Blackfeet.
"It's almost like you need to have people find you," he says of the institute's recruitment efforts. "I don't think this is a field you advertise outright for."
The Future of the Language
Life in the Blackfeet immersion schools is in many ways less restrictive than it is in the public system. Students largely make up their own classroom rules, and they help guide what will be taught each day and in what order. Instructors say this creative approach allows each youngster to advance at his or her own pace. As a result, they say, many students are studying at levels far above their age groups. Discipline problems are rare. "These guys have something to do every day," says Diana Burd. "They don't have time for running around town."
A large focus is also put on teaching the children respect, Deanna Burd adds. "They're very motivated and outgoing and well-mannered," she says of her students.
One of the biggest challenges, however, is making an age-old language fit into modern times. Traditional Blackfeet, for example, has no words for computers, spaceships, microwave ovens, and countless other staples of our day. Along with learning the language their ancestors spoke, "Real Speak" students must create many new words for the 21st century.
In most cases, Deanna says, tribal elders and others are consulted before the new words and phrases are put into common usage. She adds that it's fortunate the Blackfeet language is "very flexible."
"You can make a word for most everything," she says, even though Blackfeet is grammatically different than English. It has no gender, is full of "timeless" verbs, and presents some subjects in the fourth and fifth person, Kipp explains. While teaching Blackfeet is a primary goal in the immersion schools, Deanna and Diana Burd try to ensure their students can quickly transition from their native language to English in everything they study.
"We're finding that if they understand it in English, they can do it in Blackfeet," Deanna says. "What's good about these kids is that they can go back and forth now," adds Diana. "It's a very challenging job, though, to keep the language going. Sometimes I get a headache, and the children say they do, too. We always believe they function in two worlds anyway, so we're preparing them for both."
"It is our intention to follow these children for the rest of their lives," Kipp says. "We'd like to be of assistance to them even when they get into college. It's a family based school, and these children really become part of the family."
Along with their work in Browning, Kipp and Still Smoking have helped more than 20 other tribes across the nation develop language programs of their own. Kipp has also traveled to Bosnia and other parts of the world in his quest to learn more about language preservation.
"We want other tribes to do this," he says bluntly. "If they don't do this, they're going to lose their languages."
Kipp adds that fear of a lack of finances should not prevent tribes from creating immersion programs. If the will is there, he says, the resources will follow.
"We use the old adage all the time—just start," he says. "And then, show, don't tell. I think that's the most effective way to enlighten people."


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Obama's Alternate Universe
Posted on Jan 8, 2010
By Scott Ritter
As America enters the year 2010 and President Barack Obama his second year in office, the foreign policy landscape presented by American policymakers and media pundits appears to be dominated by two physical problems—Iraq and Afghanistan—which operate in an overarching metaphysical environment loosely defined as a "war on terror." The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, entering their seventh and ninth years respectively, have consumed America's attention, treasure and blood without producing anything close to a tangible victory.
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While Obama has promised a draw-down of military forces in Iraq, the lack of stability in that nation since the removal of Saddam Hussein precludes any meaningful reduction of troops, and the ever-present potential of renewed civil and sectarian warfare means that whatever troop level is eventually settled upon will be deployed in Iraq for quite some time. Moreover, the Iraq conflict, built as it was on an American policy that sought the alteration of the political character of the Middle East beyond simply removing an Iraqi dictator from power, has drawn the United States inexorably toward conflict with Iraq's larger neighbor to the east, Iran.
Over the past 20 years Iraq and Iran have been linked in American policy objectives in the Middle East, both in terms of dual containment and dual transformation. Regardless of what rhetoric the Obama administration chooses to hide behind, the underlying characteristic that continues to define America's Iran policy is regime change. It is not the policy that is subject to debate in Washington, D.C., but rather the means of implementing that policy. The ongoing tension over Iran's nuclear program is less derived from any real threat such a program poses (it is, in reality, one of the least significant issues facing the United States today in terms of national security concern), but rather the utility that such an artificial crisis serves in facilitating the larger objective: regime change.
Obama's Iran policy bears a marked similarity to the Iraq policies of the Clinton administration throughout the 1990s, with the specter of weapons of mass destruction used as a screen to hide the true goal. In both cases, the policies were constructed in a manner that gave the United States no viable solution short of open conflict. President Bill Clinton maneuvered around the issue of all-out war, settling for a decade-long "non-war" in the form of CIA covert operations and assassination attempts and enforcement of "no-fly zones," combined with selective aerial attacks, including the 72-hour "Operation Desert Fox" in December 1998.
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The failed attempts by the United States to orchestrate a "soft" revolution in Iran, in the form of covert support to pro-Western reformists, have only strengthened the position of the extreme hard-liners the United States seeks to remove from power, in the same way that the continuation of economic sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s only strengthened the regime of Saddam Hussein.
When the Obama administration is finally confronted with the reality that there is no possibility for viable economic sanctions against Iran, and that the reform movement inside Iran will never be able to force a regime change in Tehran, war with Iran, however insane and unpalatable, becomes the only option. In the end, it is not the theocracy in Tehran, or an Iranian nuclear program, that will push America to war with Iran, but rather American policy itself, designed as it is not to solve any tangible problem emerging from Iran, but rather to mollify domestic political pressures at home.
The situation President Obama faces in today's post-Taliban Afghanistan is similar to the one he faces in Iraq: There is no good policy option for resolving a problem that is defined mostly by the need to manufacture a perception of "victory" for the American people. In Afghanistan, as was the case with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the United States removed a political entity from power and ended up creating a vacuum in the nation's social, political and economic reality that the American occupier has not been able to fill, no matter how much money has been spent and how many soldiers have been deployed. With the Taliban made politically unacceptable in Washington, D.C., the idea that the Taliban may in fact be politically viable inside Afghanistan will not register among those American officials tasked with bringing stability to that nation.
The war in Afghanistan is further complicated by the fact that, unlike Iraq, Afghanistan is inexorably linked to the nebulous concept of a "war of terror," and in particular the defining moment in this "war"—the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. American politicians, like those they represent, tend to operate in a conventional linear manner, seeking absolute cause-and-effect relationships from even the most complex of problems.
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By grumpynyker, January 9, 2010 at 11:27 am Link to this comment
Stop calling this farce the "war on terror". Boy George slipped and called it what is is: a twenty-first century CRUSADE against Muslim countries while masking the corporations' desire to loot/pillage underdeveloped nations possessing raw materials they covet. Read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and the Secret History of the American Empire by John Perkins.
By writeon, January 9, 2010 at 8:59 am Link to this comment
Maybe Scott's analysis is too benign. Perhaps there really is a "war" in progress, only it's not so much a war on terror, as a war of terror? An agressive war aimd at gaining access to, and control, of important sources of startegic raw materials, like oil, which are vital to the future of the American war-machine and continued US domination of the world.
Iraq is thought to contain vast, untapped, reserves of oil and gas, on a level with Saudi Arabia. This is a collosal prize of unimagined value. The country, and military, that controls Iraq's oil and gas, has a huge strategic advantage over other nations, especially if "war" is going to last for ever. A vast military like the US's really needs that oil if it's going to remain the world's most powerful military complex.
So the "war on terror" can be viewed as "hoax", an "excuse", a "lie", a convenient "cover story", a new Pearl Harbour, designed to justify an imperial grab for what's left of the world's resources before the shit hits the fan.
I don't believe the elite that rules the United States are as stupid or unintelligent as they often appear. On the contrary. Is Dick Cheyney daft? I don't think so. Ruthless and amoral perhaps, but certainly not stupid or uninformed. Dick, or "Cheyneyism" wants the United States to remain the worlds's strongest and richest nation, and he's prepared to do anything to further that primary aim, and anyone who gets in the way, or has something we need, to maintain our way of life, or rather the way of life of the elite who really matter and really rule, had better watch out!
The major problem is how does one get the American people to go along with an agressive, imperialist, military strategy to "conquer" the world? And send American kids from the working-class to fight and die for the interests and fabulous lifestyles of the super-rich? Step forward the "war on terror."
Seen from this perspective, things are actually far worse that Scott Ritter's version of "reality" The empire is in the hands of ruling elite, around 1% of the population, who haven't exactly gone "mad", they have just gone "bad", and there will be no stopping them, as their grip on society and its intitutions, and weatlh, is almost total, after all their is no "opposition", no alternative to vote for, and nobody is out in the streets protesting. Arguably the ruling elite has never been more firmly in charge.
The only way of stopping them, the only chance, is to make them afraid again, very afraid.
By george szabo from canada, January 9, 2010 at 7:34 am Link to this comment
Is it just possible , maybe even remotely, that perhaps Mr. Obama is a good
By JM, January 8, 2010 at 8:15 pm Link to this comment
Let's face it: The "War on Terror" is a wonderfully provocative narrative that helps
By Dr. John P. Teschke, January 8, 2010 at 6:37 pm Link to this comment
Unfortunately Mr. Ritter's post seems an all too accurate commentary on the situation. It's reminiscent of the final phase of the Soviet Union in some ways.
By dupedeedupe, January 8, 2010 at 6:25 pm Link to this comment
At least Mr. Ritter has not thrown in the towel despite all he's endured. Are not Osama bin Laden's goals, as he declared them in 2004, closer to being realized than the USs? He wants to bankrupt America, and judging from the past 8+ years of multi-trillion dollar military spending, his goal may be acheived sooner than the US military's. Wait, what is the US military goal? The only thing that comes to mind right now is the eradication of evil from the planet.
By bozhidar balkas, vancouver, January 8, 2010 at 2:56 pm Link to this comment
Let's posit following simlicities: Hijacking countries is as american as aple pie. God Bless America and Greatness of America=Deutschland Ueber Alles und Sieg Heil.
And most hijacks r made easy because warlords and feudal lords of the hijacked lands want their land to be hijacked from own low classes.
Other lands r not hijacked; their nobles only aided and abetted in keeping dwn own unwashed.
These simplicities, which US wld always complexify, demysticises US foregn policy. In short, US history is not a mystory.
It is only a mystory to pols, clergy, educators, most or all columnists!
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I am trying to assemble a new desktop computer. Before start assembly, it is extremely necessary to identify the motherboard which is compatible with the desired Intel processor. Once I go through the Intel's Classic series motherboards, there were so many compatible processors (with many Bus speeds) listed. For an example, Intel DG41MJ desktop board is compatible with 24 Intel Core 2Duo processors with number of bus speeds such as: 1333 MHz, 1066 MHz & 800 MHz. Honestly I was confused by viewing this . There should be at least one or two 100% compatible processors out of those 24…..?? Am I rite???
I red some articles regarding FSB (Front Side Bus). According to one of the articles published in Wikipedia, the FSB is the data path that links the processor & the "Northbridge". The Northbridge has all the connectivity with Graphics & memory (RAM). Therefore they state the Memory Bus & the Front Side Bus should share the same speed. As a result unnecessary bottlenecks could be eliminated & over all system's performance would be increased. By considering above factors, what I could decide is the processor that has the exact frequency of the Memory Bus as the option. For ease of understanding I would take the above example (Intel DG41MJ desktop board). From the list of 24 compatible Core2Duo processors, what I could decide is the processors which have 800 MHz Bus speed (Ex: E4700 Processor). The reason is, the Intel DG41MJ desktop board supports DDR2 SDRAM with 800MHz Memory Bus.
I do not know whether I am wrong….. Please explain this to me. I strongly welcome your valuable corrections & suggestions……
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Day 1: ARRIVE IN PHNOPMENH
Arrival in Siemreap Airport and Welcomed and transferred to hotel for check-in by the tour guide of THREELAND. Lunch at local restaurant. Let start your exploration at Angkor today by a visit to the famous Bayon, the Elephants and Leper King Terraces, Phimean Akas and Baphuon temples. In the afternoon stroll around Angkor Wat before enjoying it from the top of Phnom Bakheng. Dinner & O/N in Siemreap.
Day 2: PHNOMPENH TOUR
After breakfast visit the marvelous Chaosay Tevoda, Thommanum, Banteay Kdei krovan, Sras Srong, Taprom, and Takeo, the ruined temple has intentionally been left untouched to have imagination of how Angkor had appeared upon its very first recovered by the archeologists. This afternoon we experience some other marvelous temple such as Perturb, Leak Neang, Mebon, Tasom, Neak Poan temple. Dinner with Apsara Traditional dance shows. O/N in Siemreap.
Day 3: PHNOMPENH DEPARTURE
Have your last opportunities to discover other spectacular ruins in Siemreap – Angkor before driving to the airport for departure. End of the tour.
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Steve, a tenth grader, went on a ski retreat, mainly because a girl he liked was going. It was a horrible day for skiing. The ski report called it a hard, granular surface, which meant that most of the snow had melted during the warm days, frozen back at night, leaving a slope of hard, lumpy ice. The horrible conditions, plus the fact that none of the people were experienced skiers, made for a terribly frustrating day. More skiers were on their rear ends than on their skis. But in the midst of the contorted bodies lying on the slope, Steve observed a fellow named Ron who seemed different. Although Ron, too, spent most of the day on his rear, he seemed to have a joy and peace that set him apart, as if his joy didn't come from his circumstances. That evening, Ron spoke about John 10:10, telling how Jesus came to give us an abundant life. Steve knew that Ron had something he was missing, and that night knelt by his bed and surrendered his life to Christ.
Dave Dravecky, formerly a major league pitcher with the San Francisco Giants, faced some intense challenges when doctors diagnosed cancer in his pitching arm. But he wasn't the only one who suffered during his surgeries and loss of an incredible career. His wife, Jan, struggled not only with Dave's crisis, but the recent death of both of her parents. It seemed that her life was tumbling in.
But what made matters even worse was that her understanding of the Christian life was falling apart. As she put it, "I was angry because I felt I had been lied to. The road to the abundant Christian life had been pictured to me as a scenic journey, something like a yellow brick road leading to a wonderful wizard who would grant all my wishes. But where had that road taken me? It wasnt the Emerald City." And for a moment, she thought about turning back to her old life, away from Christ. (Dave and Jan Dravecky, When You Cant Come Back, pp. 79,80, Zondervan, 1993)
According to the US Centers for Disease Control, 43 million US citizens (almost one in five) have an incurable sexually transmitted virus. Some will die of it, others will suffer with symptoms all their lives. (Dobson, When God Doesnt Make Sense.) A recent issue of Jane Magazine (not a Christian magazine) reported that girls who have sex with more than one partner have 500 times the chance of getting Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (March, 1999, p. 90, quoted from the book, About Sex). And once you get it, its no picnic. So, if you decide not to save sex for marriage, and one day find yourself face-to-face with a serious-looking doctor who breaks the news that you have a Sexually Transmitted Disease, don't start asking Why me, Lord? He warned you about that lifestyle over and over.


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Proposition 114 - YES
Crime Victim Protection Act of 2012
Provides civil immunity for crime victims from lawsuits filed by those who are injured or suffer other damages while committing or fleeing a crime.
Proposition 115 - NO
Judicial selection process
Requires nominating commissions for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Superior Courts in Pima, Maricopa, and soon Pinal, counties to send governor at least eight names of candidates to fill vacant judgeships. Gives governor more say over who serves on nominating commissions. Increases retirement age for judges from 70 to 75.
Proposition 116 - NO
Small Business Job Creation Act.
Increases the state tax exemption on business equipment from current figure of about $68,000 to a formula that now translates out to $2.4 million. New exemption applies only to equipment purchased in 2013 and beyond.
Proposition 117 - YES
Property tax assessed valuation changes
Creates single property value for tax purposes instead of having different limited and full cash values. Limit of 5 percent value increase per year, beginning in 2015.
Proposition 118 - TIED
Changing how state land trust funds are distributed
Alters formula for distributing proceeds from the trust fund, which consists of income from the sale and lease of state land, to provide a more steady annual revenue stream, less subject to yearly fluctuations in the earnings of the trust.
Proposition 119 - YES
State trust land exchange
Allows the state to exchange trust lands for other public lands in the state to help preserve vacant land around military bases and prevent encroachment. Requires independent appraisals, hearings and a public vote on each exchange.
Proposition 120 - NO
Declaration of sovereignty
Amends constitution to declare that Arizona has sovereign and exclusive authority over air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within its boundaries. Exceptions for Indian and military reservations.


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I always see these, and am shocked by how much I love your swatches of Gray. Might just need that one!ReplyDelete
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Rachel and Leah Answer
Matthew Henry comments, "Husbands who love their wives will communicate their purposes and intentions to them. Where there is a mutual affection there will be a mutual confidence." Dr. R.C. Sproul also says in his series The Intimate Marriage, ...Read More
God Speaks to Jacob
Sometimes we sense divine Providence indicating a move for us to make. A new job offer might present itself. Maybe a relationship is pointing toward marriage. Investment prospects may be "golden opportunities" for growing our resources. God will often direct ...Read More
Jacob Outwits Laban
It is a great comfort to know that when the Lord purposes to bless us, there is nothing that can stop Him. We who confess Him never take this for granted, but live holy lives in gratitude for choosing us ...Read More
Laban Cheats Jacob
Though it often expressed itself in deceit, Jacob's tenacious nature was an asset to him. The way Laban cheated him with Rachel and Leah was merely a temporary setback; he had the fortitude to press on for what he wanted. ...Read More
God Remembers Rachel
The sovereignty of the Lord in pouring out His blessings has been clear in our study of Genesis 30. No matter what Rachel tried with her maidservants or mandrakes, Leah was still given more children than she was. We must ...Read More
Reuben's Mandrakes
Many passages of Scripture warn the people of God against sorcery, astrology, and other similar practices (Ex. 22:18; Rev. 22:15). Most of us probably do not engage in such things, but superstitions remain part of the lives of many Christians. ...Read More
Sons for Rachel
John Calvin writes, "Moses, by exhibiting this evil in Rachel, would teach us that it is inherent in all: in order that each of us, tearing it up by the roots, may vigilantly purify himself from it." Thankfully, the Lord ...Read More
Favor Upon Leah
Not only would Leah have the honor of mothering the priestly (Levi) and royal (Judah) tribes of Israel, she is also ultimately the mother of the Savior who Himself embodies both of these roles (Heb. 7:11–22). If this supreme honor ...Read More
Jacob's Comeuppance
As we have seen many times over, it is an undeniable truth that our Father will discipline His beloved children for their sins (Rev. 3:19). Job's life shows us that not every misfortune comes as a result of the Lord's ...Read More
Jacob Falls in Love
Husbands, when was the last time you did something relatively "small" out of love for your wife? If you are called to love your wife in such a way that you are willing to die for her (Eph. 5:25) can ...Read More


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Here is a Louisiana gun forum link running right now, that addresses a bit more about this:
Issue with No Firearm Signs
Also, the below info, is from Louisiana State Police website, the very last paragraph (in bold) of it is applicable to your concern:
Prohibited Locations
R.S. 40:1379.3 (N) states that no concealed handgun may be carried into and no concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize or entitle a permittee to carry a concealed handgun in any of the following:
•A law enforcement office, station, or building;
•A detention facility, prison, or jail;
•A courthouse or courtroom, provided that a judge may carry such a weapon in his own courtroom;
•A polling place;
•A meeting place of the governing authority of a political subdivision;
•The state capitol building;
•Any portion of an airport facility where the carrying of firearms is prohibited under federal law, except that no person shall be prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, if the firearm is encased for shipment, for the purpose of checking such firearm as lawful baggage;
•Any church, synagogue, mosque or similar place of worship;
•A parade or demonstration for which a permit is issued by a governmental entity;
•Any portion of the permitted area of an establishment that has been granted a Class A-General retail permit, as defined in Part II of Chapter 1 or Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.
•Any school "firearm free zone" as defined in R.S. 14:95.6.
The provisions of R.S. 40:1379.3 (N) shall not limit the right of a property owner, lessee, or other lawful custodian to prohibit or restrict access of those persons possessing a concealed handgun pursuant to a permit issued under this Section. No individual to whom a concealed handgun permit is issued may carry such concealed handgun into the private residence of another without first receiving the consent of that person.


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The struggling UK recovery is unlikely to get any help from the eurozone this autumn after the sharpest slump for the region's private-sector firms in more than three years.
The latest worrying snapshot of declining activity among Europe's manufacturing and services firms comes on the eve of official estimates set to confirm the UK's pull out of a double-dip recession.
Data compiler Markit's output index — where a score under 50 signals contraction — sank from 46.1 to 45.8 in October, the biggest decline since June 2009.
Confidence among eurozone services firms is at its lowest ebb since the depths of recession in early 2009, the survey found.
Markit's chief economist, Chris Williamson, said: "The underlying business climate has clearly deteriorated markedly in recent months.
"While GDP may decline only modestly in the third quarter, a steeper fall looks to be on the cards for the fourth quarter."
With the eurozone already virtually certain to head back into an official, double-dip recession between July and September, the latest woes add to risks of the British economy shrinking again during the final three months of the year. The eurozone accounts for around 40% of the UK's export market.
ING Bank economist Martin van Vliet said: "October's decline is an unpleasant surprise and reinforces concern that the economic downturn in the region may be deepening and widening."
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Cadillac Detailing and Bodywork - Interior and Exterior including Body and Wheels Discussion, Question regarding Meguiars Products in Item Specific Cadillac Discussion; I've been using the latest and greatest Meguiars stuff for years. One of my questions is what the heck is ...
Question regarding Meguiars Products
I've been using the latest and greatest Meguiars stuff for years. One of my questions is what the heck is the difference between the
Meguiars brand
Mirror Glaze brand
Detailer Brand
This makes for very confusing shopping.
I was also disappointed that Consumer Reports doesn't really like many of the Meguiars products. They rated the new liquid Eagle One Nanowax the best.
This has probably been asked a million times but on a new car finish of medium color, what do you use to keep the car perfect, show car shine and protected. I'm only discussing exterior here please.
I want the deepest most brilliant shine I can get out of cashmere.
- 06-30-06 11:47 AM #2Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
I am sure Gary will chime in on this and I would listen to what he has to say.
I would recommend his products too.
But as for Meguiars I am big on there products over any other over the counter stuff. I don't know the specific difference, but when it come to car products I use the theory "you get what you pay for" $5 wax is just that, a $5 wax job.
Meguiars Gold Class is top end. And use a microfiber towel.
Their detail spray is good to.
Others will tell you Zaino Bros. stuff is great, but I have not tried that.
Gary's stuff (you can find it on perfectautofinish.com) is solid, but best of all he is very helpful to guide you in what you are wanting to accomplish.
I think consumer reports takes into account the ease and speed you can wax a car with a product. Sure you can shoot anything on your car and wax it in 30 min. and it will look good for a week or 2 and handle a rain shower or 2, but agian, "you get what you pay for"
I am done....listen to Gary when he chimes in on this!
Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
Meguiars Consumers line is the OTC stuff.
Mirror Glaze is the professional line, which include products like #80 and #83 (and alot more).
Detailer line is concentrated chemicals that are more for dressing and cleaning other parts of the car. Its so great because you can buy in bulk.
I'm huge on their products.
Codewize, I knew I saw you over at MOL!!!
- 07-01-06 05:51 PM #4Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
I use the Meguiars pro line (brown bottle) for buffing. I like the compounds, dual action, #9 and some others. I don't like their finishing line of products. If its in a red bottle, stay away. weak retail stuff not effective. Even the Gold Class has been around a while. out dated unless they changed forumla. The thing about Meguiars and other HUGE comapnies, they have TOO many items, and they want to to buy all of them. The comment was made in this post already that it is confusing to buy. Of course it is, they like it that way, so you will buy more. I started my line of products for several reasons. I wanted to make the shopping and the process of detailing simple. I also wanted to be able to sell at wholesale not retail so every one could buy pro products and buy like the professionals. Go to my web site and read how easy it is to take great care of your car. Gary
Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
Ok so what RX do you recomend for a medium colored car with like new paint. The color is actualy cashmere. I take it that your paint sealant is a replacment for traditional wax?
One more Meguiars question, how do we feel about the NXT products?
So you're saying
clean (Paint Cleaner)
wash or rinse
then polish and pritect in one step (Paint Sealent or Poly Seal Spray or both?)Originally Posted by turbomangt
Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
The NXT products are great, with their ESP technology. Nxt Car Wash is especially good for hard water and and water spotting.
About your car...
Does it have swirls?
How long have you had it?
I agree that Meguiars products are confusing to buy for the average Joe, but once you learn a bit about them, its not that hard and they are great products at a great price!!!
A full detail for your car would be:
1. Washing the Car - NXT Car wash with a Deep Pile Chenille Wash Mitt is nice (there are more sopas, like the Gold Class line)
2. Claying the car- Meguiars Quik Clay System is nice (comes with Quik Detailer (as lubricant0 and a bar of clay) (also Smooth Surface CLay Kit (this comes with Quik Detailer, Clay Bar, A Supreme Shine Microfiber, and a Sample bottle of Cleaner Wax)
3. You can wash again if youd like (for getting rid of clay residue0 but don't have to if you wiped up the Quik Detailer with the Microfiber.
4. Cleaning - ScratchX is great for swirls and scratches but should not be done for the whole car. You'll kill your arms. Deep Crystal System Step 1.
5. Polishing - Polishing cleans the minor pores and imperfections in the clear coat. Deep Crystal Step 2 is also nice.
6. Protecting (Waxing) - There are alot of great waxes from MEguiars like, NXT Wax, Gold Class Wax, Deep Crystal 3 Caurnuba Wax, #21 Synthetic Sealant (professional line).
After you learn a bit more, you'll find that its alot easier and you know what each product does, just like I found out.
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Re: Question regarding Meguiars ProductsOriginally Posted by codewize
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Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
Using my system you will find it much easier than Meguiars or any other company for that matter. Since I also detail for a living I guess I should know something about it.
hand wash using a two bucket method, one for soap one for rinse
clay the finish, do a quick wash after you clay to remove clay residue
dry with a waffle weave mirco fiber towel only
use my cleaner polish work in small sections at a time
seal with my sealant.
thats it, you don't need anything else. only exepection is if your finish has deep swirls and scratches, then thats a whole different procedure.
read my web site for customer feedback and tips on other topics on car care. gary
Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
NO deep scratches or swirls. No flaws in the paint at all that I can find.
Gary, I'm going to try your products. If they're as good as you say I will continue to use them. You have two sealants for sale, what is the difference between them?Originally Posted by turbomangt
- 07-05-06 06:35 AM #10Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
The Ultimate paint seal is the base and should be used first during your detail process. Polyseal is a quick refresher and can be used once a month or so to keep that brillant deep wet looking finish. The paint seal will protect your car up to 6 months, but in 3 months it might not have that same shine it had when you detailed it. using polyseal maintains the new car look all the time, Gary
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Re: Question regarding Meguiars Products
Meguiar's products are ok, their Pro line is pretty good, our shops used their products in the 80's and 90's, and in fact we were the largest end user of Meguiar's products in the US for over 10 years. Having said that there are many products better than Meguiar's products for over the counter buyers. I personally feel Mother's Reflections is better for OTC products. If you look at the test results of a few years back Meguiar's wax products are middle of the road at best. www.gurureports.org