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The consent procedure (formerly assent procedure) is one of the special legislative procedures of the European Union.
Single European Act[edit]
The assent procedure was introduced by the Single European Act. Under this procedure, the Council of the European Union must obtain Parliament's assent before certain decisions can be made. Acceptance ("assent") requires an absolute majority of votes.
The European Parliament can accept or reject the proposal but not amend it. However, the Parliament can produce an interim report making recommendations for modifications, and a conciliation has also been introduced.[1]
The areas included under the assent procedure were:
- specific tasks of the European Central Bank (ECB);
- amendments of statutes of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) / European Central Bank;
- Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds;
- the uniform electoral procedure for the European Parliament;
- certain international agreements;
- the accession of new member states;
- approval of the President and the other members of the Commission
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In its opinion on the 2000 Intergovernmental Conference, the European Commission argued in favor of extending this procedure to apply to the conclusions of agreements having global economic and commercial implications.
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Its applications include:[2]
- horizontal flexibility clause (art. 352 TFEU),
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- membership of the Union (Article 49 TEU),
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Interactive version ©2006 R.J.PENHEY
The Bourne Archive
Fenland Notes and Queries. Edited by Rev. W.D. Sweeting, Rector of Maxey.
Part 16. January 1893.
This quarterly periodical took the form of a forum in
which people sent in questions about the history, ecology and so on of the
Bookmarks: – Baston: Cambridge: Dullingham: Histon: Peterborough: Rampton: Ramsey: Stamford: Thorney.
Health and Social Welfare
346 – The Plague in the
earliest parochial registers are of the date 1538. The last great visitation in
In Gibbons' Ely Episcopal Records, among the notes
on the register transcripts, are several references to this subject. But in
comparatively few of the country parishes is there evidence of any great
mortality from the plague. In the town of
All Saints.
1638. Mr. Rd. Hewes, fellow of Jesus, of plague June 13. (Numbers "of the plague" to 10 Oct.)
1666 Great numbers died "of ye plague" between 20 July and 26 Nov.
S. Benedict.
1666 An excessive mortality: many marked "+ plague."
S. Clement.
1638 Jonathan Waterhouse was burd. At the pest house July 28.
1666 Thos. Coward died off the Plague. July 31. (Mr. Robert Marchaunte, Sara Lightfoote, wid., and many others, down to October.)
S. Giles.
1630 89 burials ; usual number about 15.
1666 The Burialls of the visited att the Green and att Ham ffrom 23 June to 28 Nov. (Between 30 and 40.)
At Dullingham, in 1603, there was an excessive mortality, prefaced in July thus : –"The following died of the plague," and ending in November "Heer by Godes mercy ye plague ceased." At Histon, in 1655, and at Rampton, in 1631, (in which year there were 30 deaths, the usual number being 2 or 3,) there is recorded an unusual mortality, but it is not expressly stated that it was from the plague. These three places are just outside the limits of the Fen district.
At Ramsey we have this entry: –
1666. Ramsey visited wth ye plague this year. 16 Jul. Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Middleton was buried in her own Garden.
It is seldom in this register that the interment is noted as being otherwise than in the churchyard. Those who died of the plague are frequently entered as "buried the same day." In Burn's History of Parish Registers, p. 102, it is said that the visitation was "in or about February 1665," and that "it was introduced into the place by a gentleman, who first caught the infection by wearing a coat, the cloth of which came from London : the tailor who made the coat, with all his family, died, as did no less than the number above mentioned [400]." 2
Occasionally the number of deaths was so great that no attempt was made to enter the burials in the register. Thus we find in the Thorney book : –
1666. Circa hoc tempus pestis plurimos corripuit, quorum nomina huic libello inserta non habes. 3
At Peterborough the notices in the registers are numerous, and full of sad interest. Readers will perhaps excuse a quotation from what I published about eight years ago on the plague at this place.*4
Mention is made of three different times when the town suffered from this terrible scourge. Of the first there is no detailed account. In January 1574-5 it is stated "Heare began the Plague." There is nothing to let us know how many persons died, or how long it raged. Thirty-tow years later we read a little more about a second visitation. In Dec.1606 we have: –"Henry Renoulds came ffrom London where he dwelte ; sick of ye plague , and being received by Wyllyam Browne, died in his house : The said William soone after fell sick of ye plague and died, so did his sonne, his daughtr, and his servant only his wife, and her mayde escaped with soars. The plague brought by this means to Peterburgh continued there, till September followinge." In July, within four days, five persons of a family named Turner were buried, no doubt victims of this plague.
But the most severe visitation was that which raged
for twenty months in 1665 to 1667. In Sep. 1665 is this note: –"About this time
the plague was supposed to be brought by a woman a stranger, from
"Simon Gunton6 beneath the wings of divine mercy safe hitherto."
"Simon Gunton preserved by the goodness of God."
"Simon Gunton vicar, surviving through the mercy of God."
"Simon Gunton vicar, saved by the goodness and grace of God."
Notices of the plague at Stamford are given by our correspondent, Mr. J. Simpson, in Notes and Queries, 6th S. ii. 524. In 1574, 1580, 1602-3, 1624, and 1641, that town suffered from "the sickness called the plague." In 1602 it was ordered "that a cabin should be erected" for those visited; this was built on the site of the Carmelite Friary. Nearly 600 died at this visitation.
It will be seen that the whole of the places above mentioned (with the exception of three that are not strictly in the Fenland) are large or important places. It would be interesting to know what record there is of visitations in the villages. The only instance that has come to my notice is Baston, a village of about 700 inhabitants, four miles north of Market Deeping. The following are the entries in the burial register : –
17 Aug.
17 Ellyn the wyffe of John Smyth.
18 Anne the doughter of Wm Poynton.
19 Wm Poynton and Peregryne his son.
20 Robert the son of wyddow moyses.
22 John Gent Wende.
23 Johan Harriote of Tetford.
23 Johan the wyffe of Wm Bonnet.
24 Margaret Butcher Bonnyt's Chyld & Parnell Poynton Robert Poynton.
25 Mother Poynton.
27 Wm Knight.
29 Wm Bonnet.
2 Sep. Thomas Clerke.
3 Elizabethe Smythe and Alice Moyses.
10 Ruthe the sarvaunt to Ryc fflond.
10 May the daughter of Elisabeth Kitchen.
13 Wm the son of the sayde Elisabeth.
14 Harri Clerke the son of Ellin Clerk.
14 Sethe the son of Thomas Smyth.
14 Mary Parker the doughter of Robt Parker.
14 Rycd the son of Ellyn Clerke was (sic) Robert Parker his son were buried.
16 Elisabeth Downes & Anne Smythe.
19 Ricd Haynes and Rob't Parker.
21 Robt Smyth Elisabeth Wylburne Wm Tayler.
28 John the son of Wm Donnes.
4 Oct. Jane Gye Elisabeth Baker and Anthony Everet.
4 Anne the wyffe of Wm Caster.
5 Mother Caster.
5 Thommas Donnes Jane wuff to Cutberd Hammar.
6 Rycd the sarvant to Rob't Jessop Anne the daughter of Cutberd Hammar.
8 Sicilia Gye wyddow.
11 Johan the wyffe of Greggori Henes and Greggori his son.
12 Embe Borrowe wyddo was Buried.
14 Ursulay the wyffe of John Wylburne.
15 Margret Howe.
18 Wm Browne laborer.
19 Isabell the doughter Christabell Tayler.
21 Ellimor the doughter of Cutberd Hammar.
25 Habell the son of Thomas Baker.
28 Wm Parkerson.
30 Christabell Tayler wyddow.
31 Alice Bronne.
1 Nov. Oulde Johan dyed and was Buried.
8 Anne Jordane the ser(vant) Wm Cope.
14 Wm fforman.
16 Thomas the son of John Henes.
18 Alice Beverley.
23 George lewis.
24 Humffre Christopherson.
18 Dec. Anne the doughter of John Haynes.
20 John Haynes.
26 Johan Caster the ser(vant) to Thurstone Wallet.
10 Feb.
14 Wm Cooper.
Two baptisms and one death "not of the plage," are omitted in this extract. Such a list may seem more than is required to be given at length, but it is useful as an example of the rise and fall of the epidemic. It seems at Baston to have been violent at first, 12 dying in the first week ; in the fifth week to have become more severe, and then to have continued at 2 or 3 (once 9) in the week, till it ceased altogether. We see also, from such a list, how in some instances and entire family would appear to have Succumbed to the visitation. In six months there are recorded 72 deaths. At that date this number would probably represent a sixth of perhaps a fifth, part of the entire population.
From the entry
quoted in Art. 346 it appears that the plague was severe in
Footnotes with an asterisk are those of FNQ.
1*. ↑ Quoted in Notes and Queries, 3rd s. vi. 299, in a communication signed by the well-known initials, E. V.
2. See also FNQ 42 400 Persons Destroyed by a Coat at Ramsey.
3. Around this time the plague carried away many, so that the names have not been inserted into this memorandum book.
4*. ↑ In a Lecture on The Old Registers of the Parish of S. John Baptist,
5*. ↑ It does not bear strictly upon my subject, but it is interesting to compare with this devotion of the vicar, the alarm of one of the prebendaries of the day, Thomas Greaves, who procured from the bishop a license to absent himself altogether, on the ground that he could not "during the continuance of that contagious Sickness with safety reside there, nor read the Morning and Evening Prayers in the Cathedral Church as the Act of Uniformity doth require."
6. ↑ Simon Gunton is remembered for his book on Peterborough Cathedral.


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For now, home batteries remain a novelty. The market is poised for growth, though, after Tesla Motors said it would offer batteries at a lower price....
May 14, 2015, Thursday
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An Ice Age Heritage, Nearly Lost
Ancient art in the Côa Valley of Portugal — not in caves, but outdoors — is giving insight into how ice age people lived. A planned dam would have submerged the area....
April 30, 2015, Thursday
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In 2001, the chairman and CEO at the time, Bob Lane, acknowledged that although John Deere was a fabulous enterprise in so many ways, results lagged. He attributed this to the company being asset-heavy and margin lean. He also stated that the company used too much inventory, receivables, and plant and equipment to serve its customers well; and that the cost structure was too high and needed improvement.
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A celebration of Canadian music in Tasmania
Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador Youth Theatre, pictured with Consul General MacDonald
Tasmania's celebrated festival, Ten Days on the Island, once again highlighted island life with a lively menu of Canadian artists and performers mainly from Canada's east coast. The Consulate General of Canada in Sydney has long collaborated with this unique event that reaches communities across Australia's island state and remains a primary vehicle for Canadian engagement with Tasmania.
Ashley MacIsaac makes music with Quinn Banchand
Newfoundland Director Jillian Keiley, pictured far right with the Consul General and Tasmanian playwright Stella Kent
To kick things off, fiddling sensation Ashley MacIsaac, together with Vancouver Island's guitar prodigy Quinn Banchand, had crowds dancing in the street on opening night in Hobart, the state capital of Tasmania.
In Tasmania's "second city" of Launceston, the Newfoundland contingent to Ten Days made a lasting impact. In a follow-up to her successful 2005 participation (with the highly acclaimed Tempting Provenance), Newfoundland Director Jillian Keiley steered the Tasmanian Theatre Company in a world premiere performance of a historical piece entitled Poxed, which traces the story of smallpox vaccination in the early 19th century through one woman's courage. This Canadian-Australian collaboration has garnered critical acclaim and continues to tour.
Further north, in the rural logging community of Scottsdale, a delegation from Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador Youth Theatre were sharing their stories of island life with Launceston's Second Storey Youth Theatre in The Youth Theatre Island Exchange Project. This initiative, supported in part by DFAIT's Understanding Canada, empowered the artists and voices of the future with a truly unique international education exchange. The Tasmanian youth plan to travel to Newfoundland for the follow-up Canadian leg of the project.
Ten Days on the Island also provided an opportunity to showcase Canadian visual arts innovation. Montreal's Daniel Barrow presented a manual animation project, while the Shorelines exhibition in Burnie presented the work of Newfoundland and Irish artists. Canadian dance and writing connections were also included in Ten Days' program, via the participation of writers from Prince Edward Island and Dance Marathon, which originated at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre.
Also in Tasmania, the extraordinary Museum of Old and New Art has adapted Canadian technology from Montreal-based IT company Purelink into its' interactive gallery guide. This world first is enabling visitors to the gallery to explore the collection in new ways, with sophisticated follow-up and tracking capabilities to enrich the experience for the visitor and also provide valuable visitor information feedback to the museum.
Ten Days on the Island was a marvelous success.
Over in Canada, wider Australian opportunities for Canadian musicians were underlined through Australian participation at the East Coast Music Week in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Seven Australian industry representatives and two Australian musicians attended and demonstrated their commitment to grow a strong touring corridor between Canada and Australia.
When it comes to making music, Canada and Australia continue to sing in perfect harmony.
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NEW YORK -- There won't be any question about the hit R.A. Dickey allowed Monday, but there's also no challenging the continued dominance of the New York Mets' knuckleball pitcher.
"It's surreal," said the 37-year-old who became the first pitcher to throw back-to-back one-hitters since Toronto's Dave Stieb on Sept. 24 and 30, 1988 and the first for a National League team since Jim Tobin of the Boston Braves in 1944.
"I'm going to try to just be in the moment with it," said Dickey, whose 5-0 victory against the Baltimore Orioles gave him five consecutive starts without allowing an earned run, with 61 strikeouts and five walks. "The script's not going to change from hitter to hitter."
BOX SCORE: Mets 5, Orioles 0
But the story is even more unlikely because the Orioles are managed by Buck Showalter, the man who urged Dickey to try to salvage his career in 2005, when Showalter managed the Texas Rangers, by trying the knuckler.
"Only God could script a narrative like this," Dickey said. "It's fairly poetic. The last game he saw me pitch, I gave up six home runs and tied a modern-day major league record."
That was with the knuckleball, in Dickey's lone 2006 major league start. He was sent to the minors the next dayand didn't return to the majors for more than two years.
Monday was a long way and a significantly more effective knuckleball from that '06 start. Now, Mets fans are expecting something special when Dickey takes the mound. Even a hit seems surprising.
"Pretty much," said Mets manager Terry Collins. "There's not a lot of well-hit balls against him."
The one of note Monday was a two-out, fifth-inning line drive single to right-center by Wilson Betemit.
"A knuckler that didn't," Dickey called it.
His last start was a one-hitter at Tampa Bay with a first-inning infield single by B.J. Upton the only baserunner until a ninth-inning error led to an unearned run that ended a club-record scoreless streak at 32 2/3 innings.
Upton's slow roller was ruled a hit though the Mets later contended it should be an error on third baseman David Wright. Major League Baseball denied the appeal.
Dickey leads the majors in victories after his 11th in 12 decisions. He still hasn't allowed an earned run in 42 2/3 innings – his past five starts. He had a 13-inning hitless streak between Upton and Betemit. In his past two games, Dickey has faced 59 batters and allowed two hits and two walks. His 13 strikeouts Monday are a career high.
Dickey even scored the first run of the game. He singled leading off the sixth and scored when Ike Davis broke a scoreless tie with a two-out grand slam.
If Showalter was prescient in 2005, he was just as prophetic Monday before his reunion with Dickey.
"I'm not coming here really looking forward to this," Showalter said before the game.
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TOP STORY >> PCSSD seeks district chief
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The Pulaski County Special School District began its search for a new superintendent this week with public hearings throughout the district.
Two sparsely attended hearings were held on Wednesday one in Jacksonville, where five people showed up, and another one in Sherwood, where two people attended, including Mayor Virginia Hillman.
The hearings were led by McPherson and Jacobson Executive Recruitment and Development, a Nebraska firm that specializes in filling top administration positions for public organizations, such as school districts and municipal hospitals. The firm is paid $20,000 to lead the search.
The school board hopes to hire a permanent superintendent in February to be ready for the start of school that fall, according to Thomas Jacobson, the search firms owner.
The school board has named Rob McGill as acting superintendent. He has not decided if he wants to be considered for the permanent position.
Jacobsons son is an Air Force captain who has been stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base for the last four years and owns a home in the Northlakes subdivision in Jacksonville.
So Jacobson is aware of the districts problems. He said that it wont be simple to recruit a superintendent.
The district has a lot of positives, but it also has a lot of challenges, he said, pointing out that issues like desegregation requirements and the districts economic disparities are not as prominent in other districts that he has recruited for as they are in the PCSSD.
Jacobson has been teaching at the university level for nearly 20 years. He instructs education administrators through an online program at the University of Nebraska.
The hearings are based on three questions: What are the positive things about the district? What skills should a new superintendent have? What should the new superintendent know to be successful?
People who were unable to attend Wednesdays meetings can answer those questions online at www.macnjake.com, the search firms Web site, where a community input form can be completed and e-mailed to Jacobson.
The firm worked for the district before. Jacobson told the crowd that he was involved in the search for a new superintendent when James Sharpe was hired by the school board.
Sharpe, who resigned earlier this year, was not recommended by the firm.
(Sharpe) did not make the short list, but the board wanted to interview him anyway, he said.
We bring the names of everyone, we make a short list, then we begin our reference and background checks, Jacobson explained.
We represent the school board, not any candidate. I dont know if (McGill) will be applying, he said.
The Jacksonville hearing was dominated by the citys desire to break away from PCSSD and form its own school district.
We almost need to have two conversations: what the new Jacksonville district needs and what the old one (PCSSD) needs, said Daniel Gray of the Jacksonville Education Foundation.
Former Superintendent Bobby Lester of Jacksonville also attended. He suggested that the new superintendent should address the citys lagging facilities.
Clean up the schools, pay some taxes and maybe build new schools, he said.
Ivory Tillman, president of the NAACPs Jacksonville chapter, said he hoped a new superintendent could reverse some of the damaging policies the school board has created under McGills tenure.
They dismantled the (Jacksonville Boys and Girls Middle School), transferred the principals out of town. It seems they were trying to promote the things we were trying to get away from, Tillman said.
He was referring to former Jacksonville Boys Middle School Principal Mike Nellums and girls middle school principal Kim Forrest, who were both reassigned when they voiced concerns about the districts reversal of its support for gender-based education after only one year of implementation.
Gray agreed with Tillman about the closing of the middle schools. You had something that worked and then it was gone, he said.
Rizelle Aaron, who also belongs to the NAACP, suggested that a new superintendent be sympathetic to minority groups.
Sherwood Mayor Hillman said that a new superintendent must have a proven track record of bailing out another district because we are almost in crisis mode.
I want the reputation to improve, she said. The parents in this district do not have trust that their kids will get a quality education.
Hillman wants school officials to understand the importance of good schools. Good schools mean good business, she said.
Quality schools are the basis of a strong community, she said.
She said Sylvan Hills High Schools recent improvement on its benchmark exams prove the district can get better.
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In the middle of last month, and after what seemed like quite enough inertia for one season, I set to and made a start on clearing up the garden. The winter has been tough on it this year, and things had got to the point where the beauty in the wreckage was no longer charming. I started with the grapevines to avoid them bleeding if left too much later, cutting them hard, back to one bud, to reveal their rangy framework. The wisteria was next - last summer's initial cutback reduced to two buds. This was satisfying work, and I moved around the garden with a rising feeling of optimism, my secateurs glinting, like a man possessed. The spume of last year's growth was pulled from the fences so that I could reduce the summer-flowering clematis back to base.
The clear-up revealed signs of new growth, and pulling away the tatters unveiled rudely red buds on the peonies. The celendines were entangled and straining to get to the light, and the taper-thin shoots of the Tulipa sylvestris were already running from their original position, as they have the curious habit of spreading by stolons. Last year was the first year I have grown them and I am pleased they have made a return. Whether they will flourish enough to flower and be perennial here we have yet to see, but one thing is for sure: we are on the upward motion again, one that is set towards its target of spring.
Late February and March can be a dangerous and deceiving time, whipping one year and taunting us with false starts the next. Regardless, my own sap is up and I want action, so come the first weekend in the month I set the new season in motion. Four weeks or so from now I'll be planting out the first few lines of early spuds, but I have started the process by "chitting" them in a cool, light corner in the garage. Warmth and dark will only encourage your seed potatoes to start towards the light, and you want those "eyes" to be tight and holding the energy before they go into the ground. I ordered them online way back in January (www.organicgardeningcatalogue.com), as I wanted to be sure I got the blight-resistant varieties to keep me from disappointment if we have another wet summer. I'm only growing earlies so that I can use the ground for the brassicas immediately afterwards.
Next job on the list is to work out a sowing regime so that I can pace myself over the next few weeks. I lay the neatly presented packets and containers of my own seed in a splay over the kitchen table. It is usually wet and cold outside, but in front of me lies a window into the summer, and I fall into it with head whirring. There is always too much, as my eyes are bigger than my garden - or more precisely, the limitation of not having a glasshouse means that plans have to be made carefully. Slow-to-germinate, annuals, or those that need a good six to eight weeks inside in the reliably warm conditions of the windowsills are placed at the left of the arc. Those that are faster to get away are placed in the centre, and those that can be sown directly outside, such as the Californian poppies and the calendula, are put to the right.
I will save fast-growing seed like tagetes, ipomaea and tomatoes for another month, as they germinate in just a week or so and work backwards from the beginning of May, when I know they can safely be put into the frame.. Slower-growing, more tender annuals such as cleome, nicotiana and antirrhinum might have double the germination time and require eight to 10 weeks in the warmth to establish themselves enough to cope with the vagaries of the British climate.
To save space, as the light-filled windowsills are few in this house, I sow seed into pots rather than trays. These can be squeezed into a propagator with bottom heat to kick-start them into action. Small seed, like lobelia or Nicotiana sylvestris, is sown on the surface where, in the moist atmosphere of the propagator or with the cover of a clear polythene bag, it will flourish. Any seed bigger than a pinhead is covered with a dusting of compost or fine grit, or vermiculite if you have it. The rule goes that the covering should be about twice the depth of the seed, so never overdo it. Tagetes and cosmos have Samsonian strength and will push the soil clear free of the pot, but most seed will simply sit in the dark or never make it to the surface if buried too deep. Although I raise all my seed in the light, check on the seed packet, as some need darkness to germinate. Keep a regular check, however, as it's a bad start if they spend their first days floundering for light.
It is always worth sowing as finely as you can, and this takes tremendous discipline. Crowded seedlings are more prone to rot, and competition also reduces their life chances. A seedling that can develop in its own space can be left there for longer, too, and it is always easier to transplant a larger seedling with more than just its first true leaf than one that is still not much more than cotyledons. Larger seed, that you can pick up and separate in your hand like tomato, aubergine or morning glory, is best sown two or three to a pot to avoid the need to transplant altogether. All you need is the courage to pluck the superfluous seedlings back to the strongest once you know they have a hold on life - and life is what they have in abundance, so roll on spring!


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I keep seeing calls for Kirk Cameron to take back his homophobic comments, and articles about how awful what he said was. I'm glad for the progress all this shows is being made in the advancement of LGBTQ rights, but I would like to add something as long as we're calling for Kirk Cameron to repudiate things.I want to call on Kirk Cameron to cut his ties with Doug Phillips, the Christian Patriarchy leader who has proudly said: "Daughters aren't to be independent. They're not to act outside the s … [Read more...]
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Kirk Cameron was recently asked on CNN Piers Morgan Tonight about his views on gay marriage. Given what I know about Kirk Cameron and his connections not only to evangelicalism but to the more extreme Christian Patriarchy movement, his replies didn't surprise me in the least. Apparently they surprised a lot of other people, though. GLAAD has launched a petition to "tell Kirk Cameron it's time to finally grow up." Cameron, who was asked by Morgan his views on same-sex marriage, said homosexuality … [Read more...]
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A reader recently asked in a comment if I would write about my experiences with youth group and church camp. I can't. I didn't have any. Youth group, you see, was too worldly. It was too fun-based. It wasn't Biblical.My parents are part of the family integrated church movement. This movement, which is pushed by Doug Phillips of Vision Forum among others, inveighs against segregating the family by age within the church and teaches that youth group programs result in divided families and youth … [Read more...]
Doug Phillips on the Threat of Population Decline
I recently ran across an article on Vision Forum president Doug Phillips' blog, in which he repeats a line I heard so often growing up: Our world isn't facing an overpopulation crisis, but is rather headed toward a demographic decline that will result in economic catastrophe. In other words, having 12+ children doesn't contribute to overpopulation but rather serves as a way to fight and avert the potential problems of demographic decline.This idea is frequently put forward by the conservative … [Read more...]
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Julie Ingersoll's excellent article, "Obama's 'Phony Religion' is Environmentalism, Santorum Explains," discusses the anti-environmentalism rhetoric of the right and even draws connections to leading Christian Patriarchy group Vision Forum.Feministe is beginning a series on Evangelical Christianity, and I am keenly interested to read their take. Read the introduction here.Sierra discusses my post on Christian Patriarchy's concerns about women voting by pointing out an egregious c … [Read more...]
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I can't say how often I've heard ordinary Americans defend Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their popular TLC television show, 19 Kids and Counting. "I wouldn't choose to have nineteen kids," they say, "but if they can manage it, who am I to question their choice?" "The kids look happy and healthy," they say, "look how polite and well mannered they are." I hear these comments and I just have to sigh.First of all, I want to pout out that I would have concerns about the Duggars even if … [Read more...]
Hell: The most problematic Christian doctrine of all
From my experience, I would argue that hell is the worst Christian doctrine of all. I'm not even going to get into how there is no justice in punishing finite transgressions with eternal torture, or into all the other problems with the theological ins and outs of hell. Instead, I'm referring to the practical implications of the doctrine.I am a mother. I look at my beautiful young daughter, so full of life and joy and excitement and curiosity, and I feel my love for her bubbling up in my heart. … [Read more...]


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BuzzBar Boozy Ice-Cream Treats: Try Them Free During Miami Music Week
There's a buzz on the bus.
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If you plan to hit the beach this weekend for one of Ultra's satellite parties, you're in for a warm time. Not to worry, because BuzzBar is there to cool you off.
BuzzBar is a new line of alcohol-infused ice-cream and sorbet bars. It's like being a kid again -- only with bourbon or rum or cognac.
Each bar features all-natural ice cream made with organic dairy and whole food ingredients and no high-fructose corn syrup. The treats contain about 2 percent alcohol by volume, so it's not enough to get you drunk, but it is enough to give the pops the flavor of your favorite cocktail in solid, take-to-the-beach form. The sorbet pop is vegan (but still contains vodka), so animal-friendly peeps can have a guilt-free boozy brain freeze too.
Each flavor pop pairs a favorite ice cream with a spirit to make its own drink-on-a-stick. Flavors include:
- Buzz Café (coffee ice cream and Irish cream liqueur)
- Blitzed Berry (strawberry ice cream and rum)
- Bourbon St. Chocolate (chocolate ice cream and whiskey)
- Drunken Cookie (cookies 'n' cream ice cream and bourbon)
- Vanilla Daze (vanilla ice cream and cognac)
- Citrus Berry Drop (vegan raspberry lemon drop sorbet and lemon vodka)
BuzzBars retail for $7 and are available at a host of Miami-area bars and restaurants, including the Clevelander, Mondrian South Beach, Ocean's Ten, and the Standard, as well as some Farm Stores and Food Max locations -- but you can try them free this Saturday if you're in SoBe.
March 29 from noon to 8 p.m., get your free BuzzBar at the Clevelander and Mondrian South Beach. It's the perfect cool break to give you a second wind for more dancing.
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Ruford Nero was a horseman from Lexington, KY. He was the son of Elijah and Eva Haggard Nero [source: 1920 U.S. Federal Census], he was born December 8, 1916 [source: Kentucky Birth Index]. Ruford's occupation is given as stablemen on his WWII Army Enlistment Record; he enlisted in Cincinnati, OH, October 23, 1942. After the war, Ruford continued to be listed in the Lexington city directories as a horseman. In 1955, Ruford Nero was a horseman with Darvis Stevens [source: Polk's Lexington (Fayette County, KY) City Directory, p.464]. Ruford Nero died in Arkansas in 1981 [source: Social Security Death Index].
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When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, most fans would agree it was one of the greatest things ever to happen in the Stern universe. Lange provided Stern with a wit quick enough to keep pace with his own, a personal history both heartbreaking and hilarious, and an ingrained sense of self-sabotage that continually keeps things interesting. True fans will find Artie gold in these pages: riotous tales from his days driving a Jersey cab, working as a longshoreman in Port Newark, and navigating the dark circuit of stand-up comedy. There are outrageous episodes from the frenzied heights of his coked-up days at MADtv, surprisingly moving stories from his childhood, and an account of his recent USO tour that is equally stirring and irreverent. Complete with a Foreword by Howard Stern and raw new material, this volume also features stories that Artie has never told before, including some that he deemed too revealing for radio. Wild, shocking, and drop-dead hilarious, this is Artie Lange giving everything he's got to give.


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Central banks are back at the barricades as mounting troubles in Europe, the United States and emerging markets threaten the fragile global recovery.
An interest rate cut Thursday by the People's Bank of China, its first since the height of the 2008 financial crisis, underscored the sudden weakness of an economy that until recently had been the primary engine of the global rebound. And in Washington, while he signalled no new stimulus measures, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank is poised to act if the global turmoil deepens.
China's growth has been slowing, while the United States is in the midst of economic and political uncertainty. Both countries fear an escalation of the European crisis, which shows no signs of easing.
Central bankers, including Canada's Mark Carney, are warning that risks to a sturdy global recovery have been rising. Much of their concern has been focused on Europe's long-festering debt crisis, its rapidly slowing economy and growing threats to the survival of the single currency union.
But whether central banks have the power to ride to the rescue is in question. Unlike 2008, when central banks and governments reacted to the financial crisis and ensuing global slump with massive stimulus spending and record low interest rates, they now have less to work with as conditions again deteriorate. Deficit-ridden governments are being pressed to slash spending, while some observers question the value of further rate cuts. Piling on more public debt in a debt-choked world at a time when consumers and companies are still retrenching could in fact prolong the recovery time, analysts warn.
Still, investors have been craving central bank intervention, and markets welcomed the move by China's central bank to trim its key loan and deposit rates. It also freed commercial banks to give bigger discounts to borrowers. The Chinese action followed a rate cut this week by Australia's central bank, which also cited the risks posed by Europe and China's own slowing growth. Brazil reduced borrowing costs to a record low last week.
"Finally, the Chinese government has chosen to use the price of credit to support its economy," said Na Liu, founder of CNC Asset Management Ltd. and a China adviser to Scotia Capital Inc.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bernanke told lawmakers in Washington that the European situation "poses significant risks to the U.S. financial system and economy" and pointedly warned that the "severe tightening of fiscal policy" in the U.S. – budget cuts and tax hikes required by law to take effect Jan. 1 unless feuding Republicans and Democrats in Congress reach a compromise – would also endanger the recovery.
The Fed "remains prepared to take action as needed … in the event that financial stresses escalate," Mr. Bernanke said, without specifying what sort of responses might be on the table. But Janet Yellen, the Fed's influential vice-chair, signalled in a speech in Boston the previous day that besides its commitment to keeping the benchmark rate near zero, the central bank should look at a third round of Treasury bond purchases – so-called quantitative easing.
"Recent labour market reports and financial developments serve as a reminder that the economy remains vulnerable to setbacks," Ms. Yellen said in prepared remarks. "It may well be appropriate to insure against adverse shocks that could push the economy into territory where a self-reinforcing downward spiral of economic weakness would be difficult to arrest."
Adding liquidity or further reducing real borrowing rates may not prove helpful "in a weakening demand environment," said Dan Ryan, a senior analyst with IHS Global Insight in Philadelphia. "You can put a lot of money out there, but you can't make people spend."
Unlike the U.S. and other industrial countries, China still has considerable fiscal and monetary manoeuvring room. But many economy watchers worry that a new wave of stimulus spending and easier credit would simply re-inflate equity and real estate asset bubbles, without boosting domestic consumer demand.
They have similar concerns about the United States, even though policy makers have fewer levers to pull. "We fully expect Bernanke to keep trying," said Mark Spitznagel, chief investment officer of hedge fund Universa Investments LP in Santa Monica, Calif., and a vocal critic of the Federal Reserve's "relentless expansion of credit."Report Typo/Error
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Then I take it that his inexperience and inaptitude can do the company no harm?
I see that he cannot conceal his joy at the inaptitude of my avowal.
From that difference no consequences flow, in respect to aptitude for some occupations, inaptitude for others.
I have already told you so, and my own inaptitude for military duty has nothing to do or to say in the question.
A man may be loyal at heart, but he resents the inaptitude of a wife who fails to keep the mental pace.
His greatest admirers admit his lack of judgment, his inaptitude for the management of practical matters.
The other cause that tempts me out to these journeys is, inaptitude for the present manners in our state.
Thus his inaptitude in current speech was construed by them into a delicate flattery.
These three had discovered that her inaptitude for fellowship at college was the result of a former starvation of her affections.
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"And he said, 'With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade." Mk 4:30-32
Our mission as active Christian disciples is to faithfully live out our baptismal call and be mindful of our duty and responsibility to bring others into the Kingdom of God. At the core of our mission is prudently draw people into an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. We must never forget that the end result of our ministerial efforts is the Salvation of the Soul.
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Baptismal catechesis serves as the first step to foster a deep intimate union with Jesus Christ. As many of us know, our journey to Christ can take many directions which can be both challenging and joyful. Our various life experiences help forge a central aspect of our faith and in turn serve as a guide to proclaim the Gospel. At the heart of this faith is Jesus Christ Himself whose Paschal Mystery sets the stage for our own relationship with Him.
An important point in our journey to Christ rests in our constant hope in Him. Hope rests in our trusts in God's plan for our salvation intimately united to His Son. St. John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation Catechesis In Our Time reminded us that;
"...The definitive aim of all catechesis (i.e. Catholic instruction and formation) is to put people not only in touch but in communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ; only he can lead us to the love of the Father in the Spirit and makes us share in the life of the Holy Trinity." (n. 5)
"The challenge of responding to these many needs and opportunities creates a vast pastoral agenda for the Catholic Church. Disciples young and old are called by name to go into the vineyard. In responding to this call, adults 'have the greatest responsibilities and the capacity to live the Christian message in its fully developed form.' Their formation in faith is essential for the Church to carry out its mandate to proclaim the Good News of Jesus to the world. Effective adult formation is necessary to 'equip the holy ones for the work of ministry.'" - OHWB, 38*
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Naftule Brandwein was not only one of the most influential musicians in the history of Klezmer music but one of this century's truly eccentric personalities. Proclaiming himself, "the king of the Klezmer clarinet", Brandwein brought innovation and excitement to the Jewish dance music that originated in eastern Europe. According to "CMJ-NMR", Brandwein was "the Charlie Parker of klezmer, a master musician of the 78 rpm era who influenced everyone in his field who came after him".
As outrageous a personality as he was an imaginative musician, Brandwein often performed with a neon sign, that read "Naftule Brandwein Orchestra", around his neck. In his liner notes to the 1997 album, "King Of The Klezmer Clarinet", Klezmer historian Henry Sapoznik wrote of Brandwein walking onto a stage while wearing an Uncle Sam costume adorned with Christmas lights and nearly electrocuting himself.
One of thirteen children, Brandwein was descended from the Strettener Hasidic dynesty of Rabbi Yehuda Hersch Brandwein of Stratyn, Poland. His father played fiddle and was an improvisatory wedding poet. His older brother, Azriel, played clarinet and served as his first music teacher. Emigrating to the United States in 1908, Brandwein attracted attention as a Yiddish Theater musician. His earliest recordings came as a member of Abe Schwartz's Orchestra, with whom he played until 1923 when he launched his solo career. His spot in the band was taken over by influential Klezmer clarinetist Dave Tarras. Although he played briefly with Joseph Cherniavsky's Hasidic-American Jazz Band in the early-1920s, most of the twenty three tunes that Brandwein recorded between 1922 and 1927 came as a bandleader.
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South African coach Mickey Arthur says his World Cup squad were neither shaken nor stirred by the drama over a gas leak at the side's hotel in Port of Spain overnight.
The Trinidad Hilton was evacuated at 11.15pm (AEST) after guests and staff were overcome with fumes that were later traced to a gas leak on the eighth floor of the 12-storey building.
Fourteen were taken to hospital but none were members of the South African, Pakistan, Canadian or Irish parties staying at the hotel.
"It's a bit of storm in a tea cup and we just want to get out there and play some cricket," Arthur told reporters after South Africa's net practice overnight.
"I'm not nervous about going back there, and I think the boys will just be only too happy to get back to the hotel and get their heads on their pillows after the session we've had today."
The South Africans left the hotel shortly after the evacuation and returned some five hours later once the all-clear had been issued by emergency personnel.
Arthur, whose room is on the eighth floor, was the only South African who felt the effects of the leak.
"I certainly had some tears when I walked out of my room this morning, so it could have been tear gas," he said.
The Canadian and Irish squads, who are also based at the hotel, left the premises too.
The Pakistan squad stayed in their team room, which is attached to the hotel but is not in the main building.
South Africa were less than impressive in their 35-run win over Ireland in their first warm-up match in St Augustine, Trinidad on Tuesday.
They face Pakistan at the same venue this weekend in their final preparation before they begin the group stage of the tournament.
South Africa face Australia, Scotland and the Netherlands in Group A. Their first match is against the Dutch on March 16 on St. Kitts.
"We're champing at the bit for the World Cup proper to start now," Arthur said. "It feels as if we've been here forever and nothing has really happened.
"I guess, come Sunday (Trindad and Tobago time) at the opening ceremony, it will dawn on us that we are playing in the World Cup."
Arthur said all-rounder Justin Kemp, who missed Tuesday's match after being struck on the left big toe while batting in the nets, would be fit to play this weekend.
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A year after patients underwent controversial treatment to improve blood flow to the brain, their cognitive function continues to improve, researchers said Wednesday. "When we first did these studies, we were hoping that we would not adversely affect our patients' mental functioning," Rodney Raabe, director of radiology at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., told United Press International.
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"These patients we selected weren't complaining about any problems; they were asymptomatic despite having rather severe blockages in the carotid arteries," Raabe said. It is disruption due to blockages in the carotid arteries that causes the vast majority of strokes.
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Raabe suggested that it is possible that our definition of what is a symptomatic carotid artery blockage -- usually seen as a stroke, a transient ischemic attack or mini-stroke -- may not be a complete definition. "I think that asymptomatic patients who have been forgetful or seem confused or have trouble with memory problems may actually be showing symptoms of carotid artery narrowing," he said. "And these individuals should be treated."
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After having worked in desktop support and systems administration for about 12 years now, I find that I have acquired the meme of referring to the people that I support as "customers," which is a term (in this context, that is) that I have always found contemptible. The problem is, I've been so thoroughly indoctrinated that I'm no longer certain what I should be calling them anymore, particularly since I'm a contractor, which means they actually are the customer.
I used to call them "users," but the term seems dated now. Time was when computer users and usage were the exception, not the rule, so "user" made sense. These days, though, pretty much everyone is a "user." I haven't looked into it much, but I'd hazard a guess that even basic manual laborers use the Internet quite a bit. I can certainly think of quite a few reasons that they would.
The only other alternative I've ever seen in ticketing systems is to refer to people submitting service requests as "resources," as in "Resource requests installation of VPN client on laptop." I find this term appalling. To me, a "resource" is a pen, a Wikipedia article, or a box of thumbtacks, not a human being.
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About 40 percent of the city's short-term bed base is made up of condominiums, according to the study. Those can be under-utilized because the land-use code treats traditional lodging projects differently from residential condominiums, and that has resulted in a lack of maintenance and upgrades, the study says.
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Donnie Lee, the general manager at The Gant who attended the work session, agreed with Bendon and said that a hybrid model works. The concern is that units are either owned and residential or rented on a short-term basis to tourists, and if a property owner chooses one then he or she loses the other option, he said. However, The Gant is an example where a hot-bed base is maintained while the owners of the units still use them, Lee said.
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Mayor Mick Ireland said that the trend Frias has seen is discouraging, because that means more condominium owners would rather privatize their property than make their units available for short-term rentals. That is what happened in Aspen's West End, where owners realized it is better to maintain the quality of their property by not renting out their second homes to locals or seasonal employees, who could potentially cause costly damage, he said.
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SOS failure gone, return of sound and Bluetooth capability. I happily went to grab some sleep before work, feeling that I had completed the upgrade.
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