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Cardinal Wuerl praises Bearing Witness program that trains Catholic educators how to teach about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013 4:12 AM
David Friedman, the Anti-Defamation League's Washington regional director (at left), and Cardinal Donald Wuerl speak after the cardinal addressed about three dozen educators participating in the Bearing Witness program. The program provides Catholic school educators with training and resources so they can effectively teach their students about the relationship between Catholics and Jews.
Catholic school educators participating in a program to learn how to teach about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism are contributing to "a deepening of mutual respect" between Catholics and Jews, Cardinal Donald Wuerl said July 25.
Addressing participants in the Bearing Witness program, Cardinal Wuerl told the educators that while "we may take for granted the good relations" between Catholics and Jews, such good relations require "constant attention."
The cardinal told educators that programs such as the Bearing Witness program help in "building, maintaining and regularly renewing the commitment of sustaining those relations" between Catholics and Jews.
"Nostra Aetate (The Second Vatican Council's declaration on the relations between the Catholic Church and non-Christian religions) challenged Catholics all over the world to deny any form of anti-Semitism and foster relations between Catholic and Jews," Cardinal Wuerl said. "Since Vatican II, we have learned that if we meet together, talk together, work together, there will be a deepening of mutual respect."
More than three dozen Catholic school educators from the Archdiocese of Washington and other parts of the country gathered in Washington last week to participate in the Bearing Witness program. During nearly a week of professional development, the educators not only learned how to teach about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, but they also explored the history of anti-Semitism, Catholic teachings on Jews and Judaism, and contemporary issues of prejudice.
"Never underestimate the importance of a program like this," Cardinal Wuerl told the participants.
The Bearing Witness program was created in 1996 in a partnership between the Archdiocese of Washington and the Anti-Defamation League's Washington regional office. It provides Catholic school educators with training and resources so they can effectively teach their students about the relationship between Catholics and Jews.
In 2000, Bearing Witness was one of 15 programs across the country to receive recognition by the National Catholic Educational Association as a SPICE program (Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education).
Over the years, the program has grown, and is now jointly sponsored by the archdiocese, the ADL, the NCEA, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Program for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University.
Participation in the program has also grown. Archdiocesan educators are now joined by their counterparts from Maryland, Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, California, South Carolina, North Carolina, Missouri, Louisiana, Michigan, Vermont, Massachusetts and Georgia. For five days, the educators meet in Washington to receive training and resources.
Over the past 17 years, Bearing Witness has trained more than 1,800 Catholic school educators nationwide, impacting more than 200,000 students across the country. The program is open to Catholic high school and middle teachers of history, religion, social studies, and English, as well as administrators and librarians.
"We need to have this conversation about a very serious subject," said seventh-grade teacher Nicole Praetorius of Arlington. "It's hard to ask - but we have to ask - 'what would we do if faced with this today?' "
For Antonio Cejas from Florida, the program "is important to me as an educator, father and husband to witness to what has occurred and make sure it doesn't happen again."
This year's program in Washington was held from July 21-26.
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Cardinal Wuerl, noting "how hungry teachers are" for the information presented in the Bearing Witness Program, urged participants to "continue your participation (in the program) and then carry back home - take back with you - the fruits of all your discussions."
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Obama administration appeals stem cell injunction
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to lift an injunction halting human embryonic stem cell research, saying it would irreparably harm research and cost more than 1,300 jobs.
The Justice Department also appealed against the injunction by Judge Royce Lamberth in which he ruled National Institutes of Health funding of human embryonic stem cell research violated a law called the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which bars federal funding of work that involves destroying embryos.
The administration said Lamberth's ruling was overly broad and was having a significant negative impact on embryonic stem cell research, arguing that there was "serious doubt" Congress intended the legislation to be so encompassing.
"Numerous ongoing projects will likely not survive even a temporary gap in funds, jeopardizing both the potential benefit of the research and the hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer funds already invested in it," the filing said.
The Justice Department asked Lamberth to rule by September 7 on the request to lift his injunction.
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We have provided more than 1,200 construction jobs and drawn on local resources while building our new Eden hospital. Here's a quick look at the positive impact we've made on our community:
- Approximately 700,000 work hours
- Averaged 150 workers on site
- Employed approximately 1,500 workers (e.g., carpenters, labors, plumbers, electricians, etc.)
- Used 26 percent local materials (within a 500 mile radius)
- Rented a meeting room from a local business for two years
- Purchased meals from 20 local restaurants
- Held team meetings at nine local restaurants
- Purchased office supplies from local businesses
- Made over 400 trips to a local coffee house
- Out-of-town teams have stayed in local hotels over 400 times
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In a wonderful setting of a medieval mountain village, a recently renewed and tastefully refurbished 17th century palazzo provides the possibility to large families or group of friends to experience a dream holiday in Italy. Here you can decide to spend your time all together while maintaining your own privacy.
The spaces are grand and spectacular: a total of 9 bedrooms, 3 living rooms, 4 well equipped kitchen can comfortable guest up to 26 people.
The 4X8X1,5 pool and a fenced private garden make the palazzo a great and safe place for your children.
Although the palazzo is in the mountains, it can be easily reached by car, by train and by bus.
All outdoor activities like hiking, rafting, etc. are possible in the area. The very close distance to the sea meets the needs of the sea lover as well. We offer periodically creative workshops painting, sculpturing, thai chi. All the year though you can book cooking and wine courses as well as Italian lessons.
Also a great venue if you are looking for your wedding venue in Tuscany.
A real Italian holiday!
Vielen Dank fuer dieses traumhaften Urlaub! Hier ist wirchlich alles moeglich: Strand, Berge, Staedte, Essen, Wandern, Plantschen...wir kommen wieder!
The word I use to describe the time my family, friends and I spent at the palazzo is magical. Francesco and Mirella are amazing. The palazzo is wonderful and worked perfectly for our group of 18 people. If you are lucky enough to spend time here, I highly recommend that you make arrangements for dinner at the palazzo. Food is amazing and atmosphere is perfect.There are lots of options for day trips and driving in the area is not difficult. My only regret is that I wasn't able to stay longer. I keep telling people that I have "visited" many places but I feel that I "lived" in Italy.
We stayed for one week, we were a group of 3 families. The children loved the pool and the village (especially the gnocchi at the pub on the corner, they went every day for a plate!)
Mirella and Francesco were so warm and welcoming to us and very helpful for day trip advice.
Our favourite day was the day we walked to Apella and took in the view and the food!
We also had two very special meals prepared by Mirella and they were incredible. Initially we had only requested one meal, but this soon changed to two once we had tasted her wonderful creations!
On the technical side, the property was clean and well maintained. The ground floor Templari apartment was a little dark and damp - but we understood that it is from the 13th century so it was to be expected.
We truly enjoyed our time at the Palazzo and would like to return someday. we have already recommended it to our friends and families.
We are students and teachers attached to an art school.
We are sculptors.
We want to know what it is to work the legendary marble from Carrara.
Therefore, early in the morning we left our city on the river. Two vans, seventeen enthusiastic passengers and driving hundreds of kilometers ahead.
Our goal?
Palazzo Del Duca, Licciana Nardi, Tuscany, Italy.
Much later than planned, we arrived at our destination.
The surrounding mountains were swallowed by the night. It was non-Italian cold.
But ...
The welcome by Mirella and Francesco was warm and cordial. Their table was, despite the late hour, generous and plentiful. Tuscan food, plentiful wine. Generous and homemade.
The tour of the Palazzo and the stories of its history were enlightening and contagious.
This was the night.
The next morning the sky was clear blue. In the distance gleamed the snowy peaks of the Apennines in the morning.
Licciana Nardi is old. Medieval. The village, once a city, embraces the old road that runs from the Ligurian Sea to Parma. Once went along here caravans loaded with salt for the preparation of the, still delicious, Parma ham.
The village, the region, the fortress towers on mountain slopes, forests ... they whisper the story of centuries and centuries.
At the corner of the Strada Provinciale and Via Rondo is "Il Capriolo". Bar and restaurant. This is the place where, in the morning, standing at the bar as an Italian, you can drink your cappuccino. In the evening you enjoy an aperitivo dolce o ammaro, and, could it be different, where the pizza tastes like it should taste.
The highway is not far. Some winding roads at Aula, and Tuscany is waiting to be explored. Art and culture within reach. Florence, Pisa, Cinque Terre, La Spezia .... And, remember, the marble quarries of Carrara. Just visit the underground marble cathedrals carved in white marble mountains
We have worked, visited and enjoyed. We have been amazed by the large herds of black sheep that blocked the road perfectly, but who delivered also the milk for the delicious ricotta and pecorino. We swam in the Ligurian Sea.
Always with the prospect of returning to the paradise on Via Borgo. To re-enter the enclosed garden and the generosity of Il Palazzo Del Duca. The comfort, the joint cooking sessions and dinners. The feeling of "Dolce Far Niente" beeing in full activity. The kindness and involvement of Mirella and Francesco.
The prospect remains. Soon we will come back from our city by the river!
The Palazzo del Duca in Tavernelle exceeded my expectations. It was the perfect site for the gathering of old friends. Mirella and Francesco were wonderful hosts and Mirella prepared wonderful meals on our first and last day there. Private transportation is necessary to see the local sites, but driving in the area was not difficult. And the location lent itself to several well known locations for day trips. The bar/restaurant down the street was a hidden treasure."
Mirella was the consummate host! The villa was beautiful with private apartments and baths. There was room for our large group to dine together. The kitchens are well appointed and everything was clean and well maintained. Mirella prepared dinner for us twice during our stay. Those meals were among the very best I have ever eaten. Actually the bruschetta and the port dish were the best ever!! The town is isolated but beautiful. It is well located for visiting small medieval towns, Cinque Terre, Portovenere and Lucca.
Well maintained, the very best of customer service. Thank you Mirella and Francesco! Peppe
The property is located in an area called Lunigiana, one of the most beautiful and ancient area of Tuscany, rich in castles, medieval villages and untouched countryside. While you can visit the most important attractions in Tuscany, like Pisa, Lucca, Florence etc. it is a perfect starting point to visit the North of Italy and important cities like Parma, Modena, Genova, Cinque Terre and all the Ligurian and Tuscan Riviera. Not to forget the natural attractions like the white marble of Carrara, and Natural parks like Tosco-Emilian Appennines, 100 lakes park and Alpi Apuane.
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LED lights in parking lots, solar panels among projects to get funding from AS Green Energy Fee
[ Editor's note: This article has been amended to reflect that fact that the first institution whose students voted to self-impose a green fee was not WWU but the University of Colorado - Boulder, in 1973. Thanks to Mieko Ozeki for the correction. ]
The Associated Students at Western Washington University has announced the projects slated to receive funding from Green Energy Fee grant program, according to a press release from the AS. The money comes from a fee the student body voted to impose on itself; Western's was the first student body in the nation to self-impose this kind of fee.
The projects have gone through careful consideration and examination. Five projects, expected to benefit WWU and the campus community in both the short and long terms, have been awarded a combined total of $263,900.
- A proposal made by a team led by Matthew Moroney, of Salt Lake City, to install a 5-kilowatt-hour solar array on the Environmental Studies building's south-facing roof has been awarded $167,500.
- Grant Bowman, from Dallas, and his group proposed to retrofit parking lot light fixtures with energy efficient light emitting diodes and has been awarded $61,000. This project is expected to reduce Western's energy consumption.
- A proposal spearheaded by Julia Shure, a Seattle native, has been awarded $21,000 to install water bottle refilling stations around campus and to fund speakers and educational events related to the global water crisis and the bottled water industry.
- Thirteen thousand dollars have been awarded to a proposal led by Bodie Cabiyo, from Tonasket, that will replace paper towel dispensers with high-speed air hand dryers in selected bathrooms around campus, reducing both energy consumption and paper waste.
- A paper towel composting project, led by Greg Meyer, of Piedmont, Calif., will be implemented to modify selected waste receptacles in Haggard Hall to only accept organic waste instead of all waste in order to be composted. This project was awarded $1,400.
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The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet by Robb Wolf (2010)
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It's an okay book. It champions one particular view of the paleo diet and that can be a bit misleading. Thinking has evolved to allow for different interpretations that are not mentioned in this book. This is not a bad book to read, but don't make it your only source of information about the paleo diet.
I am going to change my eating habits again. This makes a lot of sense to me.
A funny and convincing introduction to the Paleo diet, without fanaticism
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Colorado State (4) vs. No. 18/21 San Diego State (1) | Game 31 | MW Championship Semifinals
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The No. 4-seeded Colorado State Rams advanced to the semifinal round of the 2012 Conoco MW Championship where they will face No. 1-seeded San Diego State Friday.
Tipoff between the Rams and the Aztecs is set for 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT and the game will be broadcast live in high definition on CBS Sports Network.
Todd Harris (play-by-play) and Steve Lappas (analyst) will call the action courtside. The game can be found on Comcast Digital Cable (412/846), DirecTV (613) and Dish Network (152).
Brian Roth will have the call on the Colorado State Sports Network, 560 AM KLZ (Denver) and 600 AM KCOL (Fort Collins).
Streaming audio and live stats are available at CSURams.com.
The tournament field
The top four seeds advanced in their respective quarterfinal matchups, with No. 1 SDSU beating No. 8 Boise State (65-62), No. 2 New Mexico defeating No. 7 Air Force (79-64), No. 3 UNLV downing No. 6 Wyoming (56-48), and CSU routing TCU (81-60) in the 4-5 matchup.
Friday's first semifinal pits Colorado State (20-10) vs. San Diego State (25-6) at 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT.
The second matchup of the day matches New Mexico ( 25-6) and host UNLV (26-7) at 8:30 p.m. PT/9:30 p.m. MT.
The winner of each semifinal matchup will advance to Saturday's championship game, which is slated to tip at 4 p.m. PT/5 p.m. MT. The championship will be broadcast nationally on NBC Sports Network.
Colorado State Quick Hits
Colorado State's basketball history dates back to 1902, and the 2010-11 season marks the 108th for the program. The Rams are 1,129-1,168 (.491) in 2,297 games entering Friday's semifinal round of the 2012 Conoco MW Championship.
Colorado State closed the regular season with a 19-10 record, becoming the 11th team in program history to reach the 19-win mark.
The Rams finished the Mountain West race alone in fourth place in the league standings with an 8-6 mark.
The Rams' quarterfinal-round win over fifth-seeded TCU gave the CSU 20 wins on the season, marking the seventh 20-win season in program history.
CSU boasts the No. 4-rated strength of schedule in the nation, as ranked by the NCAA through games played March 5. It is the top mark in the Mountain West.
Colorado State also owns a strong Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) score of 21. The RPI is one metric used by the NCAA tournament committee when selecting at-large participants in the 68-team bracket.
Pierce Hornung's 14-rebound performance in the Rams' quarterfinal victory over TCU set a new MW tourney record for the Rams, eclipsing the 13 rebounds pulled down by former NBA first-round selection Jason Smith against SDSU in the 2007 first round.
Dorian Green sunk a pair of free-throws at the 7:48 mark of the second half to become the 19th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. Green has 1,002 career points entering Friday's semifinal matchup with San Diego State.
The Rams rank as on of the most efficient offensive teams in the country, leading the Mountain West in field-goal percentage (.475), three-point percentage (.407), and free-throw percentage (.769) through the end of the regular season.
Colorado State's roster features a rare combination of youth and experience in 2011-12, with just two seniors - Kaipo Sabas and Will Bell - on the squad, and five juniors that have combined to play 472 career games in the green and gold.
The 2011-12 CSU basketball team turned in one of the best home records in program history, going 14-1 and rattling off 13 straight wins at Moby Arena to close out the 2011-12 regular season.
The Rams' 13-game win streak at Moby Arena ranks tied for 13th nationally.
The Rams completed a 7-0 mark at Moby Arena in Mountain West play, joining CSU's nationally ranked volleyball team, and the Rams' resurgent women's program to combine for a 21-0 mark at Moby Arena against league foes in 2011-12.
Colorado State posted a 14-1 mark at home in 2011-12, setting a Moby Arena record for single-season winning percentage at .933. The previous record was set during the 1989-90 season when the Rams went 13-1 (.929) at Moby Arena.
Colorado State faced a school-record four different ranked teams in 2011-12, playing six games against top-25 opponents, the second-largest total in program history behind the 1950-51 squad that played four games each against ranked foes from BYU and Wyoming.
The Rams defeated three ranked teams throughout the 2011-12 season, establishing a school record for most victories over top-25 opponents in a single season.
Colorado State won eight consecutive games from Dec. 19 through Jan. 17, tying for the fifth-longest win streak in program history.
Colorado State posted an impressive mark against its Front Range rivals - Air Force, Colorado, Denver, Northern Colorado and Wyoming - during the 2011-12 season, finishing 6-1 in those contests.
Colorado State crowds at Moby Arena averaged more than 4,000 fans per game (4,193) for the second consecutive season, the first time CSU crowds have reached the 4,000-fan plateau in consecutive years since 2005-06 (4,303) and 2006-07 (4,620).
The Rams competed in the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off in 2011-12, posting a 3-1 mark, including a pair of home victories over UTEP and Manhattan in the consolation rounds at Moby Arena.
CSU took home the tournament title at the Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational, opening with a road victory over host UTEP before defeating Jacksonville State in the tournament championship.
About San Diego State
The top-seeded, and No. 18/21-ranked, Aztecs enter Friday's semifinal of the MW tournament with a 25-6 record. The Aztecs earned the top seed in the tournament by virtue of a tie breaker over NO. 2 New Mexico, who also finished 10-4 in league play to earn a share of the league regular-season title.
The Aztecs have are coming off of a thrilling 65-62 victory over No. 8-seeded Boise State, thanks to a buzzer-beating three-pointer by MW Player of the Year Jamaal Franklin.
Head coach Steve Fisher is in his 13th season at San Diego State, where he is 257-158. Fisher is in his 21st full season overall, with a 441-240 record and three Final Four appearances to his credit.
The Aztecs entered play this week with the No. 1 and No. 4 scorers in the MW, in sophomore guard Jamaal Franklin (17.1 ppg) - the 2012 MW Player of the Year - and junior guard Chase Tapley (15.2). Sophomore guard Xavier Thames (10.5) also averaged double-figures scoring through the end of the regular season.
Jamaal Franklin ranks fourth in the league in rebounding (8.0 rpg), just behind CSU's Pierce Hornung (8.3).
As a team, the Aztecs ended the season ranked fifth in the MW in scoring offense (70.8 ppg), and fourth in scoring defense (62.9). SDSU ranks 30th nationally, and second in the MW, in field-goal percentage defense holding opponents to 39.8 percent shooting.
Series vs. SDSU
Friday's matchup between the Rams and Aztecs marks the 69th in the series between the programs.
The series between the schools dates back to 1961-62 season, when CSU picked up a 71-57 road victory on Dec. 30, 1961.
The programs have faced off at least twice each season as conference foes since 1978-79, with the exception of 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons in which they competed in different divisions of the Western Athletic Conference.
Colorado State leads the series, 36-32.
In 29 matchups since the formation of the Mountain West in 1999-2000, the Rams trail 20-9.
The Rams and Aztecs have met three times on a neutral floor - all in the MW tournament quarterfinal rounds - with the Aztecs holding a 2-1 advantage. No. 1 SDSU beat No. 8 CSU, 64-52, at 2006 MW tournament in Denver, Colo. No. 6 CSU upset No. 3 SDSU, 69-64, in Las Vegas in 2007, and the fourth-seeded Aztecs escaped with a 72-71 win over No. 5 CSU in 2010.
The Rams and Aztecs split two matchups during the regular season, each winning on their home court.
CSU cruised to a 17-point victory, 77-60, in the first matchup at Moby Arena against then-No. 13/12-ranked Aztecs.
The then-No. 24/25-ranked Aztecs got even with a 74-66 win at Viejas Arena in the second matchup of the year, overcoming a halftime deficit against the Rams.
Head Coach Tim Miles is 1-10 vs. SDSU in his fifth season at CSU.
In the first meeting...
CSU used a 22-6 run midway though the first half to turn an early three-point deficit into a 13-point advantage, and never looked back en route to the 77-60 win.
The win snapped SDSU 11-game in streak and marked CSU's first victory over a ranked opponent since 2004, a feat the Rams accomplished twice more this season.
Junior guard Wes Eikmeier led the Rams with 19 points, going 8-of-8 from the free-throw line as part of CSU's MW-record 23-for-23 effort at the stripe.
Will Bell (17 points), Dorian Green (12) and Kaipo Sabas (10) all finished in double-figures scoring, while Pierce Hornung pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds to go along with eight points. Greg Smith added eight points and 8 boards for CSU.
SDSU was led by MW Player of the Year Jamaal Franklin who tallied 24 points and 10 rebounds in the contest. Chase Tapley and Xavier Thames each chipped in with 10 points.
In the second meeting...
CSU got off to a strong start, leading for all but three minutes of the opening half, and held a lead as late as the 8:11 mark in the second.
A second-half SDSU rebounding edge and late foul trouble doomed CSU down the stretch, as SDSU rallied for a 74-66 home win over the Rams.
Dorian Green tied for team-high scoring honors (Wes Eikmeier) with 14 points and added seven rebounds for the Rams.
Pierce Hornung also scored in double digits for the Rams, finishing just shy of a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds.
SDSU was led by Jamaal Franklin who posted an impressive line with 31 points and 16 rebounds.
A win over SDSU will...
Move the Rams to 21-10 overall, and advance CSU to the championship game of the MW tournament against either No. 2 New Mexico or No. 3 UNLV.
Give CSU a 21st victory on the season, tying for the fourth-best win total in program history.
Move the all-time series between the schools to 37-32 in favor of Colorado State.
Advance Colorado State to the championship game of the Mountain West tournament for the first time since CSU took home the title as a No. 6 six seed in 2002-03.
Even Colorado State's record in semifinal matchups to 2-2. The Rams have lost their last two semifinal games (2004 and 2007)since defeating No. 2-seeded BYU en route to the tourney championship in 2003.
Push the Rams overall win streak to four games, including a pair of victories over UNLV and Air Force to close out the regular season, and the Rams' quarterfinal victory over No. 5-seeded TCU.
Improve CSU to 4-0 on the season in neutral-site games. The Rams defeated SMU at Stanford's Maples Pavilion to open the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off in early November, and downed Jacksonville State at UTEP's Don Haskins Center at the Bank of the West Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational in late December.
A loss to SDSU will...
Drop the Rams to 20-11 overall, and eliminate CSU from the 2012 MW Championship.
Move the all-time series between the schools 36-33 in favor of Colorado State.
Hand CSU a third consecutive loss in the semifinal round of the MW tournament.
Drop Colorado State's record in MW tournament semifinal games to 1-3.
Halt the Rams' current win streak at three games.
Drop the Rams to 3-1 in 2011-12 in neutral-site games.
Looking ahead
With a victory, Colorado State would continue play in the MW tournament, advancing to play either No. 2 New Mexico or No. 3 UNLV at 4 p.m. PT/5 p.m. MT on Saturday in the 2012 Conoco MW Championship game.
With a loss, the Rams would return to Fort Collins and await their fate during the postseason selection shows on Sunday evening.
Milestone watch: Entering MW semifinals...
Will Bell: needs 17 points to reach 350 in two seasons in a Rams uniform since transferring to CSU from Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo.
Jesse Carr: closing in on 200 career assists, with 198 helpers to date.
Wes Eikmeier: is 12 points shy of 750 career points in a CSU uniform, and is just seven assist shy of 150 for his DI career at CSU (125) and Iowa State (18).
Dorian Green: is approaching 250-career assists (245) and 300 rebounds (282).
Pierce Hornung: is 17 rebounds shy of 500 total boards, and needs. Hornung is also closing in on 450 career points (430) and 50 career blocks (41).
Kaipo Sabas: is 10 points shy of 150 for his career at CSU.
Greg Smith: closing in on milestones for career assists and steals, needing five helpers for 100 and nine takeaways for 50. Also needs 45 points for 700.
Records update: Entering MW semifinals...
Jesse Carr
Single-Season Three-Point Percentage: .449 - Eighth on the Rams' single-season list, behind Jemeel Mahmud (.465 in 1997) and just ahead of David Turcotte (.431 in 1987).
Wes Eikmeier
Single-Season Points: 478 - is 70 points shy of the Barry Young (548 in 1978) for 10th on the list.
Single-Season Field-Goal Attempts: 392 - tied with David Turcotte (1988) for 10th in a single season in program history with 392, and is just 11 attempts behind No. 7 David Evans with 403 attempts in 1995-96.
Career Free-Throw Percentage: .869 - Ranks second at CSU, just behind No. 1 Ryan Yoder (1991-94) who hit at a .889 clip from the stripe during his career.
Single-Season Free-Throw Percentage: .877 - Ranks sixth at CSU, just behind No. 5 Ryan Yoder, who hit at a .880 clip from the stripe in 1991-92.
Dorian Green
Career Points: 1,002 - Ranks 19th all-time at CSU, and is just behind No. 18 John Sivesind (1,009) and No. 17 Marcus Walker (1,009). Andy Birley (2000-03) ranks 16th with 1,040 points.
Career Assists: 246 - 48 assists shy of tying Rich Strong (1983-86) for 10th on the Rams' career assists list at 294, and will likely finish his career as just the 10th player in CSU history with at least 300 career helpers.
Three-Pointers Made: 140 - Ranks seventh in CSU history and is four treys shy of No. 6 Andre McFarland (144 from 2008-11), and just 14 away from tying Mark Meredith (154 1990-91) for third on the list.
Three-Pointers Attempted: 375 - 11 three-point attempts from tying David Evans (1995-96) for fourth on the all-time list.
Pierce Hornung
Career Rebounds: 483 - As a junior, needs just 155 rebounds to reach the Rams' career top-10 list.
Single-Season Rebounds: 204 - 47 rebounds shy of the Rams' single-season top 10 - Pat Durham (251 in 1989).
Career Field-Goal Percentage: .605 - Ranks third in CSU annals with a career field-goal percentage of .605, just ahead of Stuart Creason, who shot 60.2 percent from the field from 2005-08, and behind Matt Nelson who shot 61.6 percent (2002-05) during his career.
Single-Season Field-Goal Percentage: .640 - Ranks third on the Rams' single-season charts, below Matt Nelson (.643 in 2003) and ahead of Michael Harrison (.623 in 2006).
Career Steals: 114 - Fifth on the Rams' all-time steals list, seven behind No. 3 Adam Nigon (2008-11) and two shy of No. 4 David Evans (1995-96).
Single-Season Steals: 47 - One steals shy of tying Milt Palacio (1998), Delmonte Madison (1996) and Eric Friehauf (1988) for eighth in a single-season at CSU.
Kaipo Sabas
Career Three-Point Percentage: .483 - Ranks second on the career list, behind Joel Tribelhorn (.535 in 1989) and ahead of Trent Shippen (.480 from 1988-89).
Single-Season Three-Point Percentage: .474 - Fourth on the Rams' single-season list, behind John Sivesind (.477 in 2000) and just ahead of Mark Meredith (.469 in 1990).
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Entry into currency?
Apparently that is what BitCoin want to do. The big question is why.
What BitCoin is — near as I can make out — is a token that you earn by lending your computer's processing power to some function — I think processing transactions. As you do this you earn more tokens and the idea is that you can exchange those tokens for stuff on the Internet.
Is this crazy? It turns out that it isn't necessarily crazy. BitCoin is structured to have a fixed supply of tokens and so at some point it will become harder to earn them through your computer. But the quantity theory of money will hold and so the rate of exchange of computer power to goods earned should stay constant in equilibrium (unless something happens to velocity). As Eugene Fama pointed out years ago what you need to have money take off is some scarcity of supply. The people behind BitCoin have thought through that.
So the next question is: what function will it serve? The return in terms of goods acquired for processing power given is something that can be priced now; in existing currency. There is no reason to suppose that BitCoin will change this rate of exchange fundamentally. It may unlock some computer power (liquifying it) but it could do that without launching a new currency. I can't see the market here.
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You've misunderstood Bitcoins – The task it's getting your computer to do is completely meaningless, it's just a known hard problem with no algorithmic shortcuts. They're not attempting to harness computing power for commercial gain, they're simply using it as a mechanism to control the money supply.
What's the purpose of Bitcoins? It's an entirely distributed currency that can be exchanged in near real time, it's digital, encrypted and isn't reliant on any third party. It's also irrevocable.
What's the appeal? It's essentially unforgeable, it's a totally convenient means of exchange, and because there is no central authority there are no fees associated with transferring coins.
It seems to me that the use of bitcoins is an unstable equilibrium. People only accept them as payment because they expect others to accept them as payment – its the standard monetary exchange model with multiple equilibria, and all it would take is a small shock to the system to move the equilibrium to the point where no one accepts bitcoins.
I think a lot of people seem to like bitcoin for political reasons. Libertarians who don't want a central bank to control the money supply like them, almost everyone else can't see the point.
Social solutions for social problems.
This is similar to a system I've seen proposed for killing off email spam. If there is even a micro-cost associated with sending email – then spamming goes away. Cycles – or BitCoins in this case – has been proposed as a method of doing so in the past.
Anthony's kind of right, but the computations aren't completely meaningless. The computations that slowly produce new coins (as a side-effect) are the same computations that work to make previous transactions irrevocable. The coin production serves as an incentive for those controlling large amounts of CPU to act as honest nodes in the network.
machild is right about the unstable equilibrium of an unbacked currency, although the size of the shock required is debatable. There have been examples of other such unbacked currencies mainintaing their value over the medium term – the one I've seen quoted is the Iraqi Swiss Dinar, which continued to have a stable value in de-facto autonomous Kurdish regions of Iraq for after the Iraqi government had stopped backing the currency, until it was retired by the Coalition Provisional Authority a decade later.


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In the McKie household those backyard tangles, battles on the hardwood, and throughout their formative have proved to be somewhat of a toughening barometer for the McKie brothers. Joshua McKie, a 2009 verbal commit to North Carolina, emerged in a big way prior to his junior season last year and has become one of the state's top players. His younger brother, Jeremiah McKie, has been patiently waiting in the shadows of big brother over the past season. This past Friday though he kicked the door down along with his brother Josh in a convincing 28-7 victory for Mauldin over bitter rivals Hillcrest.
Jeremiah is a 2011 prospect who already has a good frame and great speed. At 6'0 170 pounds he's still growing and from the looks of it will be making plenty of noise for the Mavericks on the gridiron over the next three seasons. The younger McKie talked about his performance against Hillcrest this past Friday night, "I felt like what I had worked for all spring and summer had paid off." Being such a heated rivalry between the two schools there was definitely bragging rights on the line and McKie said there was one thing on his mind going into the matchup. "My mindset coming into the game was to come in but not just beat them but to beat them bad!"
The offseason workouts paid off nicely for McKie as he went out and caught 4 passes for 165 yards and 2 touchdowns on the night. Oh those touchdown catches were coming from big brother Josh McKie who also added another rushing touchdown to help his team knock off the Rams.
"This past offseason I worked on getting in shape and getting a lot stronger. I also increased my knowledge of the game as well." Still Jeremiah knows there are two vital elements that will help increase his stock and rise in the rankings. "I still want to get even faster and stronger."
It's still early for the 2011 prospect but an SEC program has already made contact with him he says, "Yeah I got a questionaire from South Carolina already." McKie also has an early list of favorites he shared with us too. "I like Michigan, Oregon, and Florida. If I had to name a top 3 though I'd say it would be Michigan, LSU, and Oregon."
Although he's starting to share some of the notoriety that his brother Josh has obtained over the past few seasons Jeremiah's focus is on his Mauldin Mavericks team as a whole. "My goals for the team are to make it to the playoffs. I do not really have any goals set for myself this year. I just hope to help my team to play good every game.
Asked about how it felt to partner up with big brother in that huge win on Friday night he said, "It's actually kind of cool because its like we have this thing going on on the field that he knows when I'm open and when I'm not."
Given that they are brothers we had to ask who was the better athlete of the two to which Jeremiah replied, "I play a different variety of sports but he's better than me at most of them only because he's older. So I would say he's the better athlete. Of course I am better looking though."
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A Closer Look At...Jeremiah McKie
Favorite subject in school? Social Studies
Favorite food? Crab legs
Favorite movie? Shooter
Favorite actor/actress? Will Smith
Your dream date would be with...? Leona Lewis
When I'm not playing football I like to...? Play NCAA 2009, I'm unbeatable!
There's 5 seconds left in the 4th quarter and your team is down by 6... I catch a fade in the back of the endzone to win the game!
Player he learns the most from (college or pro): Terrell Owens because he goes 100+% every play and runs every route full speed.
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The 'W' trail minus a bit at the end
A 3 day hike in beautiful but chilly Chile: Torres del Paine National Park
15.02.2012 - 17.02.2012
We probably could have stayed in Ushuaia for a week or more but mindful we needed to make some headway north (at some point) we jumped on a 15 hour bus: destination Puerte Natales. One border crossing into chilly Chile and an unexpected look around Porta Arenas and we had arrived at our destination, right on schedule but very late at night. One night at a rather 'ho hum' hostel made us ever so eager to find somewhere better the next day so we checked out of one rather dirty unpleasant hostel and into one very nice awesome hostel. Very big plug for Hospedaje Nancy here!
The question of the day was "to do the W or not"? We were very much in two minds. A one day walk to the famous Torres lookout point vs. the full 4 day expedition. Or something in-between? Or something even more ambitious? What to do, what to do? Decisions, decisions! After a bit of research on the internet, a trip to the information centre for maps and a discussion over coffee later we had made our decision.
3 days, 2 nights. Our day of research, decision making and later supply buying was one of the coldest days EVER. Think arctic wind and frostbite. After months in Africa sweating and wearing jandles and shorts here we were wearing long trousers, proper shoes, puffer jackets and beanies. It was a real pain lugging all that warm weather gear around for 4 months in 30 degree sunshine but now we are getting good use out of every layer! So the idea of getting into a tent if it was going to be that cold was totally out of the question – we're meant to be enjoying this holiday after all. Even though it was ridiculously expensive we "upgraded" and booked proper beds in camp refugios complete with mattresses and pillows. This would also save us (well Mike) from carrying a heavy tent and both sleeping bags etc. To cut the cost down a fraction we therefore decided to do all our own cooking so after renting the gas thing and a few pots and bowls we headed to the supermarket to get some camp food. This proved not to be as easy as we first thought. Back at home (NZ) camp food can be purchased in every outdoors store (or does my memory fail me?). Freeze dried meatballs with rice or freeze dried sausage curry with rice. You know the ones I mean – the sachets that only require boiling water to be poured in and hey presto 'bon apetite'? Well anyway nothing even remotely like that was possible so we got a collection of soup, noodle, risotto and pasta packets. And some tuna and salami, chocolate, biscuits, ham and cheese rolls, bananas and nuts. How long were we going for again?
Shopping done, then it was time to pack the bags. We squeezed only what was absolutely necessary into my big back-pack (for Mike to carry) and Mike's small day-pack (for me to carry). Final weigh in was about 13kg and 7kgs respectively so not too bad really.
FYI. The W trail is called the W because its shape resembles the letter, except it's more like a lower case w with rounded edges. Going up to the points requires some backtracking back down the same paths. We walked from right to left. A refugio is essentially a hostel.
I will also just explain our reasoning for doing a 3 day trip instead of all other possibilities (1 day/2 days/4 days/9 days etc): A few weeks ago some numpty started cooking in a very inappropriate place and who knows what really happened but the result was a bush fire with the most dreadful consequences. All of the left hand side of the W is destroyed as well as a sizable chuck of park further south. The park rangers told us quite plainly that if the wind is blowing (and it is very windy in the western part of the Torre Del Paine Park), then your eyes, nose and mouth MUST be covered to protect against ash. No thank you – so that's why we didn't do the 4th day. We saw some of the effects of the fire at the very end of our 3rd day but I'm getting way ahead of myself. Blessedly the rest of the W is completely unaffected and totally magnificent; which is why we wanted to do more than 1 day. As for the full 9 day option - that would definitely require a tent so was quickly dismissed as indeed WAY too ambitious.
Day 1:
We got picked up from our hostel at 7.30am for the 2 hour drive into the park. The views out of the window (when we weren't snoozing) were magnificent so we knew we were in for some pretty good sights once actually in the park. At one point there was even a rainbow. Park entrance fees paid, a final look at the map, and a few last minute questions answered by the park ranger and we were ready to go. Mike had a strange feeling that we had forgotten something! Shit balls! I could only hope it wasn't something really vital, like clean undies or the camera battery.
Right so there's a free shuttle to get you from the main gate area to the start of the trails but we (well mostly Mike) decided to flag that and walk the distance instead. A mere 7.5kms or 1.5hrs additional walking. The back-pack started off feeling light and manageable, maybe even comfortable. That nice feeling lasted for about 20 minutes before back ache, shoulder strain and neck pain set in – it was going to be a long 3 days! Only kidding! Having to get the raincoat out of the bag was no laughing matter though as the clouds and mist settled in but thankfully the drizzle was short lived and not too heavy.
The day's objective was the 'base de las torres' viewpoint at the top of the right hand stalk of the W. We were pleased the rain had stopped but we still had all our fingers and toes crossed for blue sky and sunshine. Conditions can change quickly in the park, and as we were going to spend all afternoon hiking uphill to this viewpoint we needed/wanted the cloud to clear off long enough to actually see something once there. Namely the 'torres' or towers in English. We would have to walk straight past our refugio for the night: 'Campamento Chileno' so we had the brain wave of an idea to leave the big bag at camp and just take up the smaller bag with water and snacks etc. Mike could carry that leaving me with only the camera (three guesses for whose idea that was). But first we had to get to Chileno which was nothing short of a mission – 2 more hours of mostly uphill slog. Stopping often on the pretence of enjoying the view and/or taking photographs was fooling no one. Reassuringly every single other person on the track found it just as tough going as we did. The size of some people's backpacks was incredible. We met a French guy 'Clem' at our hostel in Puerto Natales who planned on spending 9 days in the park – with 9 days' worth of food he could barely lift his bag. Good luck to him!
When we reached Chileno camp we had a quick scout round the refugio to locate our bunk beds. They stack them 3 high but luckily we were on the bottom and middle bunks so no mountaineering for us then to get into bed. After a quick bit of lunch and a prayer or two for the clouds to clear up we were off on the next stage. 1.5 hours to the base of the tower, then another 1 hour to the view point. I'm pleased to say we made it in less time than predicted (might have something to do with not having heavy bags on our backs). Unfortunately by the time we made it to the top, not only had the cloud not disappeared for us but was in fact even worse than when we had started out. The view was still incredible but the very tops of the towers were shrouded in mist. It definitely added a somewhat mystical and dramatic element to the scene but I think we would have much preferred brilliant sunshine and a perfect view. Who wouldn't but that's Mother Nature for you. The wind started to pick and instead of blowing the cloud away just made more roll on over the tops and down towards the lagoon – time to make a hasty retreat before we got too cold.
7.5 hours of walking on the first day was not to be sniffed at, nor was the steaming hot shower and fluffy sleeping bags we climbed into afterwards. Dinner was a low key affair having decided not to bother with the gas thing until lunch the next day. Just before bed time some of our room mates were discussing the pros and cons of heading back up to the torres viewpoint for sunrise but as this involved getting out of bed at 4.15am, although tempting, wasn't for us.
Day 2.
We realised at breakfast the next morning what we had forgotten to pack. Powdered milk! Nothing too vital and luckily we had two cartoons of pre-made milo. FYI: muesli with milo is quite good.
Our second day in the park was always going to be our "easy" day – a mere 4.5 hour walk across the bottom right section of the W. As that was only going to take half the day we decided to give the torres viewpoint another chance in the morning. Why not - the day seemed brighter than the previous one, the sun was shining and there was even some patchy blue sky around. From camp you can just see the torres in the distance so we were making this decision on what we thought was pretty sound reasoning. Unfortunately for us by the time we reached the torres this time, not only was the mist at the top of the towers worse than the previous afternoon, but it had started to snow as well. We stayed only for the time it took to take 3 pictures and acknowledge that the weather wasn't going to change any time soon. About 2 minutes. We made an even more hasty retreat than the previous afternoon hampered by flying snowflakes to the face. They hurt quite a bit actually.
Then it was time to get the gas cooker out and whip up a delicious cheese and salami risotto for lunch and a nice steaming mug of black coffee (as we had forgotten the milk powder remember).
The afternoon was spent first going down what we had slogged up the previous day, and then over mostly flat land or gently rolling land to our second camp site. We walked past small lakes on one side and the almighty torres mountain range on the other. It was sunshine and blue sky the whole way! Typical! Entertaining us on this part of the trip were two Swiss French chaps, Patrick and Olivier, both of whom were quite funny. (Patrick we had met with Clem at our hostel in Puerto Natales). Added to this we were further entertained by a couple of other young trekkers who were obviously struggling, not really enjoying themselves and carrying way too stuff. Between them they had a very mysterious heavy looking briefcase. Too big to fit in either of their back packs they were carrying it by hand, by turns sharing the burden. Multiple suggestions were put forth: a weapon, a star gazing telescope or a defibrillator were some. Olivier tried to ask them but got a cagey and non-conclusive reply. His suggestion of a petanque set won the day. We never did find out what it was. Very strange indeed.
We were too busy at camp that night to do any more investigating; not only did we have dinner to cook, but lunch for the next day also. Dinner consisted of vegetable and salami curry rice. Lunch being a tuna and mixed bean pasta salad (something that had gone down a treat several times in Africa). Not a quick process when you only have one small gas burner thing. We also had to sort our dorm beds out; the refugio having booked 7 people into a 6 bed dorm and us being the last to arrive. All worked out in the end, although we were in a semi-permanent "tent" structure outside of the main refugio which was unfortunately VERY cold. We were supplied with a nice duvet and pillow but they were inadequate for the overnight temperatures. I slept in two jumpers and my puffer jacket and was still cold; Mike went to bed with no socks on and ended up wrapping his feet in his fleece and was also cold. So our "easy" day did turn into rather a "busy" day. 8 hours of walking, 1 ½ hours of cooking and no sleep.
Day 3
We always knew that day 3 would be both the most enduring and the most rewarding. 10 hours of walking (a lot of which would be uphill) but the objective being the Frances Valley (a place we had heard nothing but great things about). And time would be critical; we had a boat to catch in the afternoon to make our transfer back to Puerto Natales. To make sure we reached the final viewpoint with some time to spare and to make sure we wouldn't have to leg it to catch that boat we set out before dawn. One more excellent bowl of milo and muesli, eaten in the dark, and we were off. All the camp was quiet, not another soul was up yet. Finding out where the path was the day before might have been an excellent idea but it only took one wrong turn and a small amount of backtracking to get it right. Looking back towards camp as we headed off into the darkness and seeing the sun rise over the mountains was worth the early start. The head torches and puffer jackets were only worn for about half an hour before the sun's appearance made both un-necessary. The first part of the day was nice and easy with mostly flat walking and we didn't cross paths with anybody coming the other way until we were almost at the next camp-site (about 2 hours). People hiking in Patagonia are very friendly and very polite. No-one goes past without saying "hola" or perhaps a "hola, que tal?" That morning I was glad there was no-one to greet – it was way too early and I didn't have the energy. Lol.
Once again we dumped the big bag at the next camp site before embarking on the hike up the Frances valley. This was the "grand finale", the main event. The view at the end made us wish we had mastered the panoramic setting on the camera – maybe it have done it justice. Mountains, glaciers, blue sky, trees, sheer rock faces – this view had it all! We were surprised how quickly we had made it up to the final viewpoint, over an hour quicker than predicted. Out came our tuna pasta salad (to a few envious glances from other trekkers to be sure) and some time to enjoy the view and take the obligatory self-portrait/posed picture.
Getting back down was easy enough, albeit a bit tough on the knee joints. The final stage, 2.5 hours up and over one more mountain to the boat just about took everything I had left to give. The final half an hour seemed to take FOREVER but we made it in good time: even had time for 40 winks in the sun before the boat turned up.
I think the last part seemed to take longer because gone were the lush green trees, gone were the dense shrubs and gone was the perfect park. The little bit of fire damage we saw coming into the western most part of the W was pretty bad. I'm glad we didn't venture too far around. It was spooky and a little bit depressing to see nothing but black charcoal tree stumps everywhere. Mike likened it to a 'Tim Burton' film, Sleepy Hollow perhaps? I wish them well for the restoration and re-planting project – it will take a lot of time and money but hopefully the park can be restored to its former glory soon. We've since heard that the government of the offending person has pledged monitory assistance. A small consolation to the Chilean government I'm sure as it's the second time this has happened, the first fire being in 2005. (No – it definitely wasn't a New Zealander, somewhere very far from home in fact).
All in all 3 very awesome days. We were extremely tired, slightly battered by the elements, and had a ton of food left, but we had done the W (or almost all the W). A great sense of achievement was rewarded by a large pat on the back, and an even larger cerveza. If I'm honest I would have to say the hiking was easier than expected and the views better than expected. Finding out our bus out of Puerto Natales left at 6.30pm instead of 8am was like sweet sweet music to the ears.
We may have climbed a mountain or two but that was nothing compared to the mountain of washing we handed in to the Laundromat the next day. Carrying our full back packs to the bus stop in the afternoon was nothing short of painful though. :-)
Next stop: El Calefate and the famous glacier: Perito Moreno.
Hasta luego, Keely
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GM Grey is a myth. Where is William McCullars when you need him? Gary Kerr? Help?
Somebody call? I don't cruise the message boards very often, but I felt a great disturbance in The Force. First, a quickie resume: I spent several days at Ed Miarecki's shop in 1991, before he started any renovation work on the 11-footer. After a couple days, we had nothing better to do, so we started disassembling the model. That was something I'll never forget! In 1996, I designed the Enterprise model that Greg Jein built for the DS9 episode, "Trials and Tribble-ations". In 1999, two friends and I spent three days at the Smithsonian's Garber Facility, further documenting the model for another project. Here are some comments about the paint scheme:
First, the main hull color:
The ship's color is very deceptive, so don't trust photographs. To the naked eye, the paint is a medium gray with the faintest hint of green; yet under flash photography, the paint looks MUCH lighter, practically an off-white.
[As an aside, the paint scheme of the Enterprise-A is similarly deceptive. When I was at ILM for the filming of Star Trek VI, I got to examine the model for the first time. I was expecting the model to be painted with various shades of light to medium blue-grays, but, instead, I saw a big white spaceship trimmed with a number of subtle, VERY pastel versions of powder blue. Both the 4ft and 6ft models of the Enterprise-D look the same in person as they do in photos.]
Back to Ed's garage in 1991: I whipped out my Federal Standard chips to determine the color of the model. This was not easy, because the pristine upper saucer was weathered with a multitude of greens, browns, and charcoal grays (and possibly clear coats, too). I couldn't find an exact match for the basic hull color, but a slightly lighter shade of FS 36473 would be close. This is very close to the Concrete Gray color chip that Richard Datin selected, as previously reported by Paul Newitt.
When Ed removed the model's bridge, he decided to duplicate the gray paint he found on the bottom, reasoning that the paint had not been exposed to 25+ years of light and weathering. He took the bridge to an auto paint store, and matched the paint to the GM Gray 4539 chip. Ed says that the new paint blended seamlessly into the original gray, but to my eyes, the GM gray is more of a pure, sterile gray, with no greenish cast. How do I explain the difference? Everyone's eyes see colors differently, and different lighting (daylight, fluorescent, incandescent) will play tricks with how we perceive colors. There's also the possibility that Ed matched a gray primer on the underside of the bridge, instead of a very similar colored hull paint.
I have a leftover 2x3" piece of thin metal that the first restorers used to cover an old wiring hole in the model. It's painted with the gray paint that the early restorers sprayed all over the hull (obliterating all the weathering, except on the top of the saucer). I believe this shade of gray is the same as, or very close to, the original hull color. The paint is MUCH darker than it appears in pre-1991 photos of the Enterprise hanging from the ceiling at the NASM.
Lastly, I can state that the grid lines on the upper saucer were drawn with pencil. In 1991, the grid lines extended along the sides and bottom of the saucer, and were faintly visible through the thin coat of gray paint that the previous restorers had sprayed. I couldn't see any evidence of grid lines elsewhere on the model.
BTW, the medium gray color of the impulse deck, nacelle endcaps, etc. was a color midway between FS36373 & 36293.
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#1 Aug 16, 2013
2nd line of the article;
"The percentage of the world that is religious continues to increase, according to the study titled "Christianity In Its Global Context, 1970-2010," conducted by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts."
Yep... I'm sure it's not at all biased or misleading
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#3 Aug 16, 2013
In the 1984 US presidential election, the corporate media started predicting a landslide for Ronnie Raygun based (read: biased) on early returns. As a result, people in the western US (including heavily democrat states) gave up and started voting for Raygun as well, leading to a landslide.
Telling the lie and biasing the minds of the public is necessary if you want to commit a fraud.(And I didn't even have to mention Goebbels to say that....)
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#4 Aug 18, 2013
US seems to be moving in the direction of religion
AFTER a Washington odd couple chose to offer support for prayers in public meetings in a US Supreme Court case, two Hamilton County residents suing to stop public prayers locally say they were surprised but will continue to press on.
Lawyers for the Obama administration and House and Senate Republicans last week filed friend of the court briefs in the case of Greece v. Galloway.
The case involves a New York woman who is suing the town of Greece, New York, to halt prayers before public meetings. In that case, the woman is arguing that prayers at the town council were exclusively Christian and, therefore, endorsed Christianity over other religions.
The high court case closely parallels a federal case in Hamilton County, where residents Thomas Coleman and Brandon Jones are suing to halt prayers before Hamilton County Commission meetings and have them replaced with moments of silence.
Coleman said on Tuesday he was disappointed by the White Houses move.
We were extremely shocked and certainly saw this as causing more problems for freedom of religion down the road. It certainly seems like the Obama administration was passing the buck on this one, he said.
Its going to come back to the Supreme Court in some form or another, and it will continue until there is some resolution that pleases everybody, which we hold is a moment of silence, which is inclusive of all religions, Coleman said.
Jones said he suspects Obamas move was sprinkled with a little politics and is likely an olive branch to the GOP.
Im not surprised hes taking the position that he has.... I think hes trying to build bipartisanship and probably trying to appease the more right-wing members of society and show that hes their president, too. Id be lying if I said I wasnt disappointed, but I understand what he might be doing, Jones said.
Robin Flores, the lawyer representing Coleman and Jones, said the White Houses involvement doesnt change a thing for him.
I think that would have some weight with the justices, and it might work out in favor of the town of Greece, but its not going to change our strategy, Flores said.
Flores has filed a request to enter a late friend of the court brief in the Galloway case but has not heard back from the Supreme Court.
The filing is late because the deadline to file in the Galloway case came before the US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, ruled against Floress request to halt prayer in Hamilton County until the local case was concluded.
Flores, and the countys attorney Steve Duggins, both said in July the Galloway case would likely settle all government prayer cases.
So far, federal appellate courts in New York, Virginia, Illinois and Colorado have ruled against allowing prayer at government meetings. But courts in California, Ohio and Georgia have upheld it. Part of the Supreme Courts duty is to provide uniformity of law, Flores said.
Duggins said on Tuesday he was pleased to see the White House come out in favor of prayer at public meetings.
Im always glad to see others joining in support of our position. Anytime you get some added support, its gratifying, Duggins said.
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#5 Aug 19, 2013
Apparently on the day of the Rapture, all the world's religious people will disappear suddenly.
Leaving the rest of us in, erm, Heaven.
Hamilton, UK
#6 Aug 19, 2013
This is just more 'Free Republic'/Roboblogger garbage. It seems there is no Nightserf to delete the crap.
I think this is more interesting and realistic...
quote, "Lots of NFL players wear their religion on their sleeves, but its rare for an NFL player to publicly speak about his lack of religious faith. In NFL locker rooms, its common for the head coach to lead the team in reciting the Lords Prayer, and its usually just assumed that no one in the locker room would have any issue with that..."
Yet many USAmericans (religious or not) still don't think that the USA has a 'religion problem'- even when people are worshipping an Abrahamic god(s). I think if a football coach in England started to say a prayer it would probably be met with hilarity rather than participation.
I don't know if religious populations are increasing statistically faster than non-religious ones, but I do think religion is retreating in the face of science and education.
#7 Aug 20, 2013
I wish it were all of the rightwing religious people, and soon. They would be leaving behind a planet they already harmed badly. But we might be able to save it if they were gone.
#8 Aug 20, 2013
obviously more religious people have sex without birth control. that is the agenda of the rightwing macho types. and nonreligious people may have sense enough not to reproduce, and to neuter their pets, because soon the earth will be ruined by the activities by rightwing religious nuts, in cahoots with the greedy fossil fuels industry and the ambitious rightwing politicians.
#9 Aug 20, 2013
If I dared be so impolite, I would suggest a new anti-abortion slogan. "Kill fu**king men, not unborn babies."
Ryde, Australia
#10 Aug 29, 2013
Who are you talking about?
Whites in particular?
What about your 'gods' like the blackman?
They dont use birth control, they couldnt give a stuff about animals except for how they taste and if its free. What about their politicians? Especially the commander in chimp whos about to start another war.
When whites engage in the greed of government you whine like hell, when blacks do it you accept it due to political correctness and say 'reparations!!!'
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#11 Aug 29, 2013
May be difficult to obtain accurate figures but atheists seem to remain about two percent in the US. Agnostics seem a bit more numerous.
President Obama and VP Biden are Christians and seems to support public prayer at opening of city council meetings.
Google this if doubtful.
Wheatley, Canada
#12 Aug 29, 2013
no wonder your economy is in the kraper!
prayer aint gonna fix nothing,you moron...
Hamilton, UK
#13 Aug 30, 2013
I did and I remain doubtful.
They have more important concerns and they couldn't get elected without appearing to be Christian due to religious prejudice in the USA. You quote polls but one of them (as you well know) suggests that prejudice and ignorance runs so deep in US society that only about 54% of USAmericans would vote for a non-believer.
Again: as you know, it is difficult to know how superstitious someone really is. Many pay lip-service to Christianity, but do people really think that Obama and Biden believe in the Virgin Birth or that a god sent a prophet to Earth? Could they really be that stupid?
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