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When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.
Then the king will say to those at his right hand, "Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me."
Then the righteous will answer him, "Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?"
And the king will answer them, "Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me."
Then he will say to those at his left hand, "You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me."
Then they also will answer, "Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?"
Then he will answer them, "Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.'
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Related posts from slacktivist:
- http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/ chris the cynic
Or, from the gospel according to the Firefly staff:
JAYNE: I'm sorry, okay? Be reasonable. What're you taking this so personal for? It ain't like I ratted you out to the feds.
MAL: Oh, but you did. You turn on any of my crew, you turn on me. But since that's a concept you can't seem to wrap your head around, then you got no place here. You did it to me, Jayne. And that's a fact.
- http://twitter.com/EyeEdinburgh EdinburghEye
That's one of my favourites. I think, taken literally, it is possibly the scariest and most intense passage in the Bible.
- Kylroywilson
Funny how none of the "high view of scripture" folks seem to take this passage literally.
- Ursula L
Sadly, I've seen people use this to reason against government programs to feed the hungry, care for the sick, etc. The reasoning being that if the government does it, individuals can't, and the point is not the feeding of the hungry or the care of the sick, but the need for people to be feeding and caring in some way in order to gain salvation.
Any potentially successful project to feed the hungry and care for the sick so that they are no longer hungry or sick is therefore bad because they won't have hungry and sick people to use as their stepping-stones to salvation.
- EllieMurasaki
…but the government is us.
I may not be personally involved in providing food for people on food stamps or free-or-reduced-price school meals, but they are getting food via programs that I support politically and with my tax dollars, therefore I am feeding the hungry. And much more to the point, the hungry are being fed. What's the problem here?
- http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/ chris the cynic
I may not be personally involved in providing food for people on food stamps
Do you pay taxes, do you support such programs at the voting booth?
Yes, I see from the rest of your comment that you do.
As far as I'm concerned you're personally responsible for me not going hungry.
- Lori
There's also the fact that, as we've talked about many times, government programs don't actually prevent anyone from helping the poor. Nowhere in the passage does it say that salvation is dependent on being the sole source of aid to the poor, it only says that Christians are supposed to provide aid.
The problem obviously being that actually reading the passage takes away any excuse one could have for not helping. Can't have self-professed Christians actually put in a position of having to follow the book they use to beat the rest of us with. That just won't do at all.
- EllieMurasaki
Sufficiently effective government programs would remove the need for aid to the poor, though. If the government ensures that everyone has enough to eat, there are no hungry to feed. If all health care is paid for by the government, there are no sick to take up collections for in order to make sure they can get their six-figure surgery. If the government ensures that minimum wage is a living wage and everyone who can be employed full-time is and everyone who can't be employed full-time has supplemental income (Social Security, disability benefits, unemployment benefits, paying stay-at-home parents to raise their kids, whatever), or just writes a monthly check to every adult to cover basic expenses for that person for that month with extra to every custodial parent to cover basic expenses for the child (such that if both parents have custody all the time, or they're doing the week-on-week-off nonsense, both parents get half the money for the child, and if one parent has custody every other weekend then that parent gets 1/7 of the money and the other parent 6/7, and if only one parent has custody then that parent gets all the money regardless of what rights the other parent may have), then there aren't any poor at all. Not in that government's jurisdiction, at least.
Gonna be a long while before we've got government up to that level of functioning. Be a lot shorter if people would collectively realize that alleviating and eliminating poverty is a governmental function and that 'the poor you will always have with you' was not in fact a command.
- stardreamer42
Showing once again that they don't view the poor, the hungry, and the sick as real people — only as points to be scored in a game of Status. It's not about helping others, it's about winning their own salvation.
Furthermore, if it were ever to happen that we as a country were taking sufficient care of our own poor, hungry, and sick by way of promoting the general welfare — what's to keep anyone from reaching out to help others around the world, who have not our advantages?
- LoneWolf343
I dealt with one of those people last night. I told him that governments are comprised of individuals, and so are covered by any kind of individual mandate. I also told him that the goats are being condemned for neglected the alms, so how bad will it be for those who actively oppose it?
- veejayem
Beautiful verses. I should be, and am, inspired by them ~ but I also take a sneaky pleasure in the thought of RTCs finding out that Judgement Day isn't the smug schaudenfreude-fest they fondly imagined it was going to be …
"For Lord, I have not been as other sinners, even as that welfare mother raising her brats on food vouchers …"
"Oh, like the woman enjoying roast turkey and ice-cream with Our Lord right at this moment? You'd better start walking, there's a lot of stairs down."
- centaurie
What a coincidence…my grandmother"s pastor did his sermon on Micah 6:8. It was lovely.
- Lori
Eh, no government is ever going to actually eliminate all poverty. Even
if people had all their basic necessities covered there will always be
things that would be good or helpful or nice for people to have that
they are not able to afford and which the government does not provide.
if we got serious about much-needed criminal justice reform we're still
going to have some people in prison who could use some visits.
one government did manage to eliminate all poverty and empty its
prisons there would still be many others that didn't and therefore many
people left to help.
Even if the whole world had universal health care and no prisons there will always be
people who get sick and some of those people will have little or no
support system and will therefore need visits and aid for emotional
There will always be strangers in need of a warm welcome.
Sincere Christians are in absolutely no danger of having no one
to help and when they pretend that they would do such great things for
the poor if only Big Brother wasn't cock-blocking them it just doesn't
fly in any way, shape or form.
- EllieMurasaki
Fair points all.
- Don Gisselbeck
The interpretation favored by sycophants of the predator class is that "family" (or adelpoi) verse 40 refers only to disciples http://thirdmill.org/newfiles/kno_chamblin/NT.Chamblin.Matt.25.31-46.pdf
for example.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-McGraw/100001988854074 Patrick McGraw
Yep, I've seen that one. "No, Jesus didn't say that we would be judged by how we treat others. He said that others would be judged by how they treat us."
I really can't think of any words to describe that thinking except for evil.
- Doug E
I was lay reader this morning, and read that verse. I find it deeply problematic on many levels, not least because it assumes consistent behavior. I certainly have, in many ways, fed and clothed the poor, visited the sick, etc. I've also ignored the opportunity to do so on many occasions. I would be very surprised if even Mother Teresa didn't take a pass, occasionally. And I doubt that there is any more than a tiny percentage of adults who haven't done some of those things for someone at some time in their life. So who does the parable describe? Who are the sheep and who are the goats? I keep thinking there's a lost section that says, "then having settled the fate of .0001 percent of humanity, the King shall turn to the inconsistent majority and say 'What am I going to do with you?'"
The parable's grouping with the story of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, in which the "wise virgins" refuse to share their oil with the foolish, but are admitted to the banquet, and the Parable of the Talents, in which the cautious slave is punished, doesn't offer much help, at least not to me.
The only thing that really makes sense to me today is reading it as the crescendo of the preceding chapter and a half (or so), which deal with doing the work of the Kingdom until the King returns. If you look at it that way, the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats is hyperbole to clarify exactly what the work of the Kingdom is. Though that seems like an awkward fit, it's the best I can come up with at the moment.
- EllieMurasaki
I certainly have, in many ways, fed and clothed the poor, visited the sick, etc. I've also ignored the opportunity to do so on many occasions. I would be very surprised if even Mother Teresa didn't take a pass, occasionally.
The thing about Mother Teresa? As I understand it, she provided minimal pain medication when she could have provided sufficient pain medication (or if not sufficient for all her patients, then at least more than she was providing), and she did nothing to reduce the incidence of the causes of her patients' suffering though again it was in her power to do so. She's Exhibit A of the belief that it's better to personally reduce people's suffering a little than to impersonally reduce it a lot and that it's necessary for some to suffer so that others can achieve holiness. Possibly also of the belief that suffering builds character. She's got this whole healing-angel mystique, which is what you were referencing I'm sure, but the reputation doesn't match the reality.
- Doug E
I don't know enough to comment on the specifics of what you are saying, one way or the other. If true, it underscores my larger point that pretty much all of us are a mixed bag.
- Lori
Possibly also of the belief that suffering builds character.
At least in other people, specifically the poor.
When Mother Teresa got sick she certainly didn't receive care at one of her own hospitals. She wanted pain killers and a reasonable shot at long-term survival. She thorougly enjoyed being feted and kissed up to by the rich & famous who were taken in by her faux-saintly glow, or at least hoped that the rubes were taken in bv it and that some of it would rub off on them.
The continuing vast over-estimation of Mother Teresa's saintliness is so annoying. The perfect intersection of the worst of religion and the worst of pop culture.
- EllieMurasaki
Given that saints typically become saints by making a big public fuss about their Christianity (often as an immediate prelude to being martyred for same, and also what happened to Jesus's saying not to be religious in public?), I don't think Mother Teresa qualifies as 'faux-saintly'. Faux-good-person-y, certainly, but that's not the same thing.
- Münchner Kindl
and she did nothing to reduce the incidence of the causes of her patients' suffering though again it was in her power to do so
One major instance was her insistence as good Catholic (that is, loyally following Rome which got her bonus from the hierarchy) against birth control – contrary to what most catholic workers from other orders who actually wanted to help the poor said (most start out obedient to Rome's doctrine, but once faced with reality, change their mind to what's needed in real life; then get into trouble with Rome for using and speaking their mind).
There are other charges: the many donations sent in were badly recorded, no real book-keeping was done (as demanded by law from normal charities), so some people wonder whether this was used as front for money-laundering by the Vatican.
And one instance of where a very ill Indian person was suffering from pain and the sister attending to her told them "Each pain is a kiss from Jesus" (to which the Indian replied "Then please tell this Jesus to stop kissing me") is told as heart-warming anecdote among believers, but seen as callous and cold-hearted among the rest.
By not providing proper nursing training to the sisters, and spending more time in Europe doing Press than in India, Mother Theresa failed to do proper work.
- Münchner Kindl
I find it deeply problematic on many levels, not least because it
assumes consistent behavior. I certainly have, in many ways, fed and
clothed the poor, visited the sick, etc. I've also ignored the
opportunity to do so on many occasions. I would be very surprised if
even Mother Teresa didn't take a pass, occasionally. And I doubt that
there is any more than a tiny percentage of adults who haven't done some
of those things for someone at some time in their life. So who does
the parable describe? Who are the sheep and who are the goats? I keep
thinking there's a lost section that says, "then having settled the fate
of .0001 percent of humanity, the King shall turn to the inconsistent
majority and say 'What am I going to do with you?'"
First, it's a parable. By necessity it's black and white, because that's how parables work.
Second, if you read carefully, it doesn't say "All the time". It says "you fed me when hungry." That can mean once or every day.
It's similar to the story of the helpful Samaritian, who went the whole mile including paying the tab at the tavern. Today, a Samaritian is somebody who calls an ambulance to let trained professionals take care, or who renders basic first aid. That's because society has changed and we have different options than people in 1st century Israel had.
If we include Christian tradition, there are also many folktales and legends of people who go to hell for being mean, nasty, spiteful and never giving to the poor, but are saved by one good deed they did. So helping once is better than nothing. (See also the Jewish saying of "Who saves one life saves the world").
Third, There's general intent and reach of programs and other aspects. If you donate x% of your income each month to long-term programs, but pass the beggar on the street because you don't know if he's a con-man, I count that as helping people. If you can't donate money, but spend time visiting sick people each week, I count that, too.
If you vote persistently against programs by the govt. that would help millions of people because you consider them "undeserving poor", but help once a year in the soup kitchen to fulfill your obligations, then I count that against you.
If you vote persistently for programs that help the poor, but don't have the time or energy to help in a soup kitchen, I count that for you.
There's also the burn-out-effect: professional helpers, like doctors, nurses, teachers etc. know that they need to sleep and rest, even if people still need their help. (Ideally, you hire enough staff to cover all the time), because a tired or burnt-out doctor is no use anymore.
The parable's grouping with the story of the Wise and Foolish Virgins,
in which the "wise virgins" refuse to share their oil with the foolish,
but are admitted to the banquet,
I have a problem with that parable, too. Every other parable would lead me to expect that the virgins act solidaridly and share their oil. I would like to hear a theologian's take on this (Fred? Hello?). Maybe it's meant to refer only to the coming kingdom – most modern interpretations say that Jesus saw himself as end-times prophet and that repentance was necessary because the end was coming. (He didn't expect a Church like Rome, so he didn't make rules for that).
and the Parable of the Talents, in
which the cautious slave is punished, doesn't offer much help, at least
not to me.
I have not yet found a scholar of Koine to get the original meaning of talent besides "a block of metal worth a lot of money" – but I always interpreted it as applying to talents people have, similar to putting your light under a cup. The servant buried his talent, he didn't use them for the good of the community by "investing" as the others did.
So I see it as "do what you're good at, and keep improving yourself in all areas" instead of "leading a small, lazy life without bettering yourself".
- Simongren
I always took this parable's "the least of these" to mean those people you personally consider "the least of these".
Say I have a problem with blondes with blue eyes. So although I will help everyone else I will not help and may actively hinder blondes with blue eyes. I may even be so completely against blondes with blue eyes that I question their reason to exist or call for their being herded into camps and left to die (or actively killed). I may call them names or think of them as sub-human.
So if I had a problem with blondes with blue eyes, then those would be my "least of these" and judgement would be about how I had treated the poor, cold, sick, imprisoned and hungry of my personal "least of these".


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The GOPs biggest cave yet
Instead of voting to raise the debt ceiling, now they'll just pretend it doesn't exist
It wouldnt exactly be unprecedented for John Boehners latest maneuver to blow up in his face, but all indications are that House Republicans will vote today for a plan that would essentially pretend the debt ceiling doesnt exist for the next four months.
The idea is both a recognition of the untenability of using the looming debt ceiling expiration as a bargaining chip to extract spending cut concessions from the White House and the fear of most House Republicans of going on record voting yes to a debt limit hike. Hence Boehners solution, which would suspend the debt ceiling through the middle of May and, apparently, make it possible for the government to keep paying its bills for several months after that even if no subsequent agreement is reached.
Given what until about two weeks ago had been the GOPs Obama-era orthodoxy on the debt ceiling it can never be raised until an equal level of budget cuts are agreed to! this represents a huge retreat. Its also a validation of the deal that President Obama struck with Republican leaders just before the January 1 fiscal cliff deadline. That deal left the debt ceiling unaddressed and allowed Republicans to claim a victory; we have no choice but to give in on revenues now, they said, but this leaves us with the leverage to force deep social safety net cuts in the months ahead. Obama, by contrast, vowed not to engage in any negotiations over the debt ceiling, a commitment that some commentators (present company included) questioned his willingness to keep.
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1. If it makes them feel better
the can call the debt ceiling a turnip or a crayon, what do we really care?
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2. Retrograde motion
That's what the military calls a preplanned retreat. That's what the GOP basically is doing here, retreating to a new set of front lines. It is a good strategy, as far as it goes. But if they don't figure out why they have had to retreat twice in two months, they'll just have to do it again.
The economy is most likely going to start getting better. The president wants to avoid sequestration. Most of congress wants to avoid sequestration. They can get SOME cuts in spending, and some will have to come from the military. The president will probably agree to some FUTURE cuts in domestic programs, but he won't agree to cuts in current "social safety net" programs, nor in any of his "investments in the future". And he has the upper hand, because the longer this goes on, the better the economy gets, and the more insensitive he becomes to elements of sequestration actually taking effect. (Remember, they kick in over 10 years).
And all he needs is about 30 house republicans to vote with him. THEY need practically all of them.


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In each setting, the orientation is to provide rapid and accurate assessment and subsequent placement in an appropriate treatment program, with a comprehensive treatment plan, appropriate to the clinical, cultural and social characteristics of the patient and their families, consistent with standards of quality treatment.
Since potential patients might have their first contact with the Division in any number of settings, first-rate assessment skills are expected of staff in all locations to assure appropriate diagnosis and treatment planning. Further, programs endeavor to maintain or develop social supports for individuals to assist with school, family and community integration and reduce stigma that can result from having a psychiatric treatment history. Also, the interdisciplinary approach to treatment is encouraged, which is reflected in treatment planning, and is aimed at assuring that clinical objectives are well-articulated with social, education, medical, vocational, habilitation and other goals. The Division's consultation/liaison services provide the same level of support and expertise to patients who are receiving care in other hospital pediatric units.
In sum, the Division embraces the hospital's mission to provide outstanding health care, to provide the highest quality of education to health care professionals and to further research medical knowledge and develop medical excellence in health care delivery.


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"Celebrity has joined the rest of the cruise industry and introduced 'Celebrity Select Dining,'" member RLM77 posts on the Celebrity forum. "According to the Celebrity Web site: 'Following a day of exploration, or a day spent lounging with a novel, Celebrity Select Dining offers a flexible approach to dining. Allowing you to be seated any time the Main Dining Room is open, this option means there's no schedule to follow, leaving only your heart and appetite to satisfy. Due to the open nature of Celebrity Select Dining, a prepaid gratuity is required when choosing this option and will be included in your reservation. With Celebrity Select Dining, expect the same level of exceptional service, regardless of your dining time.'"
However, Sarah Rathbone, a U.K.-based spokesperson for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Celebrity's parent company, says that the concept is still in development and that the information on the program was released "prematurely."
Rathbone tells us, via e-mail, that there is no implementation date yet for the new flexible dining offering. "As part of our development of Celebrity Select Dining, and prior to full implementation and communication of the final offering, we will do soft launches on selective sailings to ensure that we meet and deliver the desired experience for our guests."
According to Rathbone, the program is being developed based on Celebrity guest research and feedback.
Mysticks1 says, "Obviously it is in the works because it was listed on two different pages on [Celebrity's Web site] yesterday in the dining section where it actually listed it along with traditional dining and in the FAQ section [with] the question 'What is the difference between traditional dining and Celebrity Select dining?' It seems someone jumped the gun on putting it on the Web site before the official announcement with what ships it will be rolled out on went out."
What's your opinion on bringing flexible dining to Celebrity ships? Join the conversation here!
--by Melissa Baldwin Paloti, Managing Editor, with research by Kelly Ranson, U.K. Editor
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The Thunder and Heat are loaded with most valuable players but could others be just as important?
There is no sense arguing the value of LeBron James and Kevin Durant. There are both invaluable.
But with the Heat having a 2-1 lead, and the Thunder trying to take back home court advantage tonight, who is the most crucial player?
NBA PLAYOFFS: Thunder have backs against the wall
NBA: Bobcats surprise everyone with new coach
Oklahoma City is waiting for James Harden to have a James Harden-like game off the bench so he's certainly crucial.
It might be the Heat's Shane Battier who has discovered a three-point shooting stroke that seemed to be missing to go along with his always consistent defensive effort.
And no one is overlooking the contributions of Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and Russell Westbrook but we expect what we expect from those guys.
Are Serge Ibaka and Thabo Sefolosha more crucial to the Thunder than Udonis Haslem and Mario Chalmers are to the Heat?
What player are you looking to be the most key to a finals victory?
While we weigh-in on value, here is some good work by some good people that we might have missed while sleeping or dissecting the jury verdict on Roger Clemens.
Columnist Mike Lopresti says Clemens is innocent but what about his reputation?
LeBron James wants to win a title for the fun of it.
Adidas apologizes for bad taste in new shoe.
Grantland writer wonders if the University of Texas can claim Kevin Durant.
Video: Shaq makes fun of Shane Battier's purple pants.
Jason Kidd ready to back up Deron Williams.
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Mike Tyson coming to Broadway.
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My highpoint was the first time Jrue took over a game, in the 3rd quarter I believe, and gave me hope that he can be more than just a defensive role player.
My lowpoints, in no particular order:
Our coaches initial excuse session," it is the players fault".
Spieghts and L.Will. getting hurt, though it wouldn!t of mattered with this coach. Than I didn!t mind Thad being out, keep him away from Ayers.
Elton!s first of many low rebounding performances.
The inconsistant effort, but I guess I can!t blame them.
High point:
When the team was 4-4. Speights and Lou showed signs that they were going to step up and play some good basketball for this team.
Low points:
The 12 game losing streak was brutal.
Allen Iverson stepping on the floor.
Low point- back to back wins against Milwaukee and Atlanta. A kick in the gut when we were already on the ground.
The closest thing I can come up with for a high point was last week, when everyone else won and the Sixers were 1.5 games off the 3rd worse record and a chance for a top pick.
Otherwise no high points at all this season. With a new coach/system sans PG I expected them to come out struggling and then turn it around... which they never did.
Low Point
The realization that those whispers are Speights work ethic and dedication to basketball (defense) were true.
High Point
The Day Eddie Jordan gets fired
High points in order from best: 1. Their win against boston.
2. Their win against Portland.
3. Sam Dalembert's reign of terror (against other teams, obviously).
4. A little while ago when it was basically confirmed EJ would be fired.
5. Iverson's first game back. It gave me that feeling of nostalgia I haven't felt in a while, even though they lost.
Low points in order from worst: 1. The twelve game losing streak.
2. Signing Iverson. Nothing against Iverson himself, but knowing that learning the princeton offense was futile at this point.
3. Similar to number 2, around the time when they should have learned the PO and gotten better, but didn't.
4. Watching opposing teams demolish them from the perimeter.
5. The loss against Minnesota - possibly one of the worst games I've ever seen.
High points: 1) Jrue having a respectable year as 19 year old playing the toughest position offers reason for optimism; 2) Dalembert having a solid year; 3) Meeks showing that he may have been worth this year's second round draft pick; 4) Green being used the way he should have been all along (combo guard off the bench) and performing pretty well in that role; 5) Brand's performance as a non-starter; 6) another good year from Iguodala.
Low points: well, much of what's left including injuries, the decline of the Sixers as a defensive team, the pauses in the progressions of Speights and Young, Kapono being a non-factor most of the year, and especially you-know-who.
Watching AI9 & Jrue recently as a guard tandem
Sammy coming through as a solid player
A game in December when I realized i, who have never coached a game at any level, would not have made some of the errors that Jordan made.
Seeing Elton Brand was a horrible mistake
Seeing Thad take a major step backwards with a little help from Ayers
My high was the December one-point win in Boston, when the Sixers still had a chance to at least make the playoffs. As we know, it didn't happen.
The worst moment may have been the brutal Dec. 22 loss in Washington (two games after beating Boston).
Here's something quirky:
The Sixers close the season with a game in Orlando, 169 days since Philly opened the season on the road against the Magic. It's the first time since the 1965-66 season that the franchise has both opened and closed the season against the same opponent (and also the last time playing on the road against the same team in both the season opener and finale).
High points:
(1) The win in Boston on 12/18. I was at the game, and the Sixers snapped Boston's 11-game win streak.
(2) Jrue's defense on Mo Williams 12/16 (next year, I want to see him stop Bibby!)
(3) OT win vs. Bulls on 2/3. Brand and Iguodala both score 20 for the first time all year.
Low points:
(1) From a frustration standpoint, it had to be blowing most of a 16-point lead vs. the Wizards on 1/5 in the last 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter, as Jordan brought Jason Smith (who hadn't played until that point) off the bench to (not) guard Jamison. That's when it fully hit me just how historically bad a coach Jordan is.
(2) Having to see Iguodala during several games in January stand around on the perimeter and watch Iverson "do his thing," as if it were 05-06 again.
(3) The quintessential Eddie Jordan quote, after giving up 16-for-31 3's in a 109-93 loss to the Magic on 3/22: "That's what they do. They do it to everybody. It's not like we had major breakdowns on our 3-point defense." [Can anyone find the "they just made shots" quote after opening night? Another good quote, but I couldn't find it.]
1. Team efforts in dismantling Dallas and San Antonio at home. The way we've seen them run better teams off the floor in recent years.
2. Jrue's play throughout the whole year. I think maybe defensively, I'll go with the Mo Williams game in Philly. As far as scoring and complete offense, the two recent Toronto games (one at home, one on the road) were good. He took over the game at the end and made big shots both times. His passing has been good all year. My word of advice for Jrue- Cut down the TOs a little and you'll take that next step. I'm sure he will.
3. The west coast swing in December where Iguodala played 2 lights out games in a row in W's over Sacramento and Portland.
4. Thad's scoring outburst in the 1st half against Golden State. Small on the big scale, but I enjoyed it.
5. EB and Sammy had a couple of real nice stretches. I went to the game against Washington where Sammy had 20 and 20. Jordan's minutes for Sammy is one of the most baffling things I've ever seen. I know he wasn't supposedly a good fit for the offense, but either are the other guys. Sam rebounded the ball very well this year.
1. Jordan. That's all I have to say.
2. Iggy's period in late March where he kept deciding to shoot three after three. Why?
3. EB's rebounding in the later half, he really didn't seem to give a shit.
4. Speights' injury and the team rushing him back. He had a very good start and then he blew up, literally. He also took forever to come back from that thing.
5. There's a lot more negatives that I just don't think are even worth highlighting.
I think this entire season qualifies as a low. The fact that as a fanbase we really stopped cheering for the team was depressing.
As for high points, there were a few that I can pick out.
1. Like everyone else, the emergence of Jrue Holiday.
2. AI going toe to toe with Kobe Bryant in the loss to the Lakers in that 3rd quarter.
3. Brand saying F. U. to Eddie Jordan during the early/middle part of the season.
I mean Brand saying FU as in playing like a monster on the court, not actually saying it (although that would have topped my high points list)
Yeah, that first FU by Brand was what I was talking about as the high. Then he got hurt and his FU took on another form, playing he didn't give a shit.
Yes, rooting for losses was a low I do not want to repeat.
The picture just causes me to reflect on why everyone yells at hurley
Well... I was at the first home game vs Celts. With 3 plus minutes left, more than 1/2 of the remining fans(about 3000) were rooting for Scalabrine. That was a very low point from the gitgo.
Actually, thinking that Jordan learned his lesson when he started using Brand over 30 minutes a game....... No way.
Highest point was feeling great when they lost to miami the other night................ AND when the coach is fired. Hopefully, Thursday!
the highlight of the season for me was the game that AI came back. Also enjoyed when AI went toe to toe with Kobe at the Wach, even if it was only for one quarter.
Outside of the Allen Iverson reunion tour, it was bleak. Although, who can forget Eddie Jordan trying to sub 6 players onto the floor?
Completely forgot about that. What a tactician!
Watching the coaching staff in general was pretty maddening at times. O'Koren sits there like the punk kid in the back of the classroom, Randy Ayers looks like he's trying to figure out what city hes in.
ESPN is airing the Wizards/Pacers tonight. That's almost as sad as PHI/ORL.
So if we lose tonight we finish 2L from 3rd....


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Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
Interlectric Corp. - Close Out Letter 11/19/13
Department of Health and Human Services
|Food and Drug Administration
900 U.S. Customhouse
2nd and Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Telephone: 215-597-4390
Via United Parcel Service
November 19, 2013
Steven A. Rothenberg
Interlectric Corp.
1401 Lexington Avenue
Warren, Pennsylvania 16365
Dear Mr. Rothenberg:
The Food and Drug Administration has completed an evaluation of your firm's corrective actions in response to our Warning Letter 12-PHI-15, issued on April 13, 2012. Based on our evaluation, it appears that you have addressed the violations contained in this Warning Letter. Future FDA inspections and regulatory activities will further assess the adequacy and sustainability of these corrections.
This letter does not relieve you or your firm from the responsibility of taking all necessary steps to assure sustained compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and its implementing regulations or with other relevant legal authority. The Agency expects you and your firm to maintain compliance and will continue to monitor your state of compliance. This letter will not preclude any future regulatory action should violations be observed during a subsequent inspection or through other means.
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Heat Stress, Sun and Cold
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|Jul 2016
Oregon ESSENCE Syndromic Hazard Report (PDF)http://public.health.oregon.gov/DiseasesConditions/CommunicableDisease/PreparednessSurveillanceEpidemiology/essence/Documents/HazardReports/ESSENCE_Hazards.pdf
Syndromic surveillance is the near real-time monitoring of key health indicators in emergency department (ED) visits, including those related to heat.
|Jul 2014
NIOSH Science Blog: Adjusting to Work in the Heat: Why Acclimatization Mattershttp://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2014/07/14/acclimatization/
Acclimatization is important in keeping your workforce safe and well as temperatures rise. This natural adaptation to the heat takes time, and from a management perspective, it may require careful planning.
|Jul 2014
NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Highlights Importance of Preventing Heat-Related Illnesshttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-07-23-2014.html
A recently released Health Hazard Evaluation Report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is raising awareness of the risks of working in extreme heat. The report, which is based on an evaluation of heat stress at a national park, provides recommendations that can be applied to other worksites where extreme heat may be a factor.
|Nov 2012
Heat Fatalities (Map)http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/map.html
This map shows locations of outdoor worker, heat-related fatalities between 2008 and 2012. It is not an exhaustive list of all worker fatalities from heat exposure during this time period. It includes only those fatalities that involve workers who are covered by either the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Federal OSHA) or a State OSHA plan.
|Jul 2011
OSHA's Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workershttp://osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/index.html
This webpage is part of OSHA's nationwide outreach campaign to raise awareness among workers and employers about the hazards of working outdoors in hot weather. The educational resources on this website give workers and employers information about heat illnesses and how to prevent them.
|May 2007
Outdoor Heat-Related Illness (Heat Stress)http://www.lni.wa.gov/safety/topics/atoz/heatstress/
This page provides access to materials from Washington State Department of Labor and Industries on the topic of heat stress. Included is information on regulations and policy, training materials and hazard information sheets.
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|May 2007
CCOHS Extreme Hot or Cold Temperature Conditionshttp://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/hot_cold.html
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety provides answers to questions related to extreme hot and cold temperatures on the job.
|May 2007
NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Heat Stresshttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/heatstress/
The links below provide access to more information on heat-induced occupational illnesses, injuries, and reduced productivity, as well as methods that can be taken to reduce risk.
|Mar 2003
OSHA Safety and Health Topic: Occupational Heat Exposurehttp://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/index.html
Operations involving high air temperatures, radiant heat sources, high humidity, direct physical contact with hot objects, or strenuous physical activities have a high potential for inducing heat stress in employees engaged in such operations. This page provides information on relevant OSHA standards, hazards and solutions related to heat exposure and more.
Also see Painting and Coating > Hot Environments
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Environmental Health - Toxic Substances
Frequently Asked Questions
The Toxic Substances Hydrology Program supports U.S. Geological Survey environmental health science activities by providing information and tools to address occurrence, behavior, and effects of environmental contaminants, including impacts to susceptible environments and implications for human, wildlife and fish and domesticated animal health.
A: The Toxic Substances Hydrology Program provides objective scientific information on the behavior of toxic substances in the Nation's hydrologic environments. The information is used to improve characterization and management of contaminated sites, to protect human and environmental health, and to reduce potential future contamination problems. More information is available about the program, its mission and approach.
In addition, the program is guided by reviews conducted by the National Research Council. The following excerpts from those review reports provide additional information on the program's role:
"Hazardous materials in the hydrologic environment are a problem of substantial national significance The role of the USGS in this arena is to expand scientific knowledge relevant to the behavior of hazardous materials. The generation and storage of toxic chemical and radioactive wastes will be of increasing concern over the next two decades, particularly as aging stockpiles begin to deteriorate. Modeling and monitoring the surface and subsurface movement of wastes at existing sites will be of particular importance. This modeling is vital when contamination poses threats to human health " National Research Council, 2001, Future Roles and Opportunities for the U.S. Geological Survey, National Academy Press, p. 45.
"The USGS supplies scientific information and advice about current environmental issues. This information is used by federal, state, and local agencies in carrying out their regulatory and administrative functions. The USGS is also expected to anticipate emerging environmental issues. Historically, much environmental research has been directed at solving immediate problems. However, this problem-specific approach is limited; it misses the opportunity to use research to create scientific and technological building blocks or core research, which can enhance our future ability to address a wide range of environmental problems. Undoubtedly, the USGS will be asked to address overarching environmental problems in the future. Solutions of these social problems require a broad research program that is capable of developing complex system models and using advanced technology." National Research Council, 2001, Future Roles and Opportunities for the U.S. Geological Survey, National Academy Press, p. 49-51.
"In the United States, a massive effort is in progress to remediate sites at which hazardous materials threaten the environment. The science and technology programs of the WRD [Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey], with a heritage of over 100 years, contribute significantly to the national remediation effort by continually imparting new and credible understanding about soil and water contamination. This report reinforces the widely-held viewpoint that addressing the nation's hazardous materials problems is a large and challenging undertaking involving many entities in a cooperative fashion. Among these entities, the USGS has important roles to play." National Research Council, 1996, Hazardous Materials in the Hydrologic Environment: The Role of the U.S. Geological Survey, National Academy Press, p.1.
"The characterization of processes relevant to the transport and fate of hazardous materials in soils and waters is a significant strength of the USGS. Long-term, field-based studies, for example, have been one of the agency's greatest strengths. This type of research should continue and be expanded to integrate methods to evaluate the effectiveness of remediation efforts. Such an approach will require continued dedication to research together with the development and implementation of new modeling capabilities and decision-support tools. The USGS should lead the effort to perform the long-term assessments that are essential to both technology refinement and informed policy decisions." National Research Council, 1996, Hazardous Materials in the Hydrologic Environment: The Role of the U.S. Geological Survey, National Academy Press, p. 2.


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How important are snacks in my child's
Active children need to adequately fuel their bodies and a good
way to supplement their meals is by supplying them with nutritious
snacks. Try offering your child "good stuff" like fruit and veggies
with dip, yogurt, smoothies, cheese, oatmeal cookies, as well as
popcorn and nuts (if age-appropriate.)
Face it-if you're a parent, you're busy. Some days are so
jam-packed with everything you need to accomplish that your
well-intentioned healthy diet takes a hit. Big time. Those
hoped-for nutritious meals are often replaced by meals you'd be
embarrassed to show your in-laws. Or you're eating out ...
Dallas-based registered dietitian and culinary expert Robin
Plotkin understands. "The challenge is great for most working
parents to put a meal on the table, much less a healthy meal, even
with the best of intentions." The number one reason she hears is
"no time," which she says translates to "lack of planning."
Other excuses include:
Although health and nutrition may be important to you,
convenience often wins. Surveys show even though fewer people are
eating out during this recession, they're not necessarily cooking
at home more. Instead, they're bringing in prepared food and
warming it in their microwave ovens. What's the problem with this?
Total strangers are preparing much of our food, and we lose the
control of the ingredients used and its nutritional value.
Home cooking is a catalyst that brings family together.
A Cornell University study last fall found that being employed
can result in unhealthy eating habits. Lead researcher Carol Devine
found that long hours and shift work were associated with mothers
and fathers depending on mealtime coping strategies. Fathers tended
to skip family meals, eat while working or feed their families
take-out meals. Mothers were more likely to skip breakfast and buy
restaurant or prepared entrees instead of cooking. Overeating after
a missed meal and eating in the car were two additional
Watching your weight? Late last year, a study found that
well-educated women too busy to focus on food, as well as
guilt-ridden dieters and impulsive eaters, are the most likely to
show signs of obesity. Enough said.
Plotkin, who is a mother of one, has some simple tips for busy
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Hi All,
This has been driving me crazy, finally was able to track down the
cause. I have a FTP service mapped through inbound NAT with m0n0wall,
have a firewall rule for this, etc. Everything works fine in active FTP
mode, but sometimes, just out the blue, the "LS" command for FTP will
stop working. Lately it's gotten bad since I upgraded from 1.21 to 1.22
The testing I've done, when the LS command fails and hangs the FTP, I
can FTP on the Internal network to the same server and everything is
great. At first I thought the FTP server was the problem (maybe it still
is), but as far as I can tell, m0n0wall is the only variable when this
happens. I'm using ProFTP for Linux, even have another separate Windoze
box with IIS FTP (different IP address and everything), this one has the
same problem happen to it as well. The only thing common for all of
them is the m0n0wall box in between the ftp servers and the Internet.
Any info or good troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated.
p.s. I tried to attach the config file to the bottom of this message,
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We all need simple responses to the everyday questions and
comments from our children. Quick things we can say to
minimize our frustration while simultaneously validating their
experience. Below are five responses that work well in our
hear you.
All people just want to be heard. They don't always need
to be "right" or "win", they just want someone to validate their
belief system so they know that what they say matters. Even
when my girls are arguing with me about going to bed or watching
another show, I can say, I hear you, and I understand what you
want to do, but it's time for bed. I have no desire to engage
in an argument, and I don't plan on compromising our house rules,
but I do want to acknowledge their words.
2. How
does that make you feel?
Yes, the typical therapist response, but hey, it's
helpful. When the girls get their feelings hurt or when they
do something they are proud of, it's important for them to be
conscious of how they feel and know how to label it (sad, happy,
frustrated, worried). Feelings comprehension and self
expression are the keys to asking for what they need, letting go of
what they don't need, and fully embracing who they are.
3. How
can I help you?
When my girls come to me with a problem, a frustration, or even
when they are hungry, this is my first question. Instead of
asking a million questions and doing the problem solving, I let
them tell me what they need. Very often they don't really
need help; they just want to share their experience.
4. Trust
your body - it's smart and it knows what to do.
I say this when the girls are tired; when they want to play
outside, but their body is saying rest. When they cut
themselves and they are afraid of the blood, or when they are sick
and they are afraid to throw up. Instead of feeling fear, I
want them to trust that the body knows how to heal and it has the
natural smarts to get well again (and they can sleep, take baths,
or in some cases use medicine to stay comfortable and assist the
5. What
do you think?
The girls seek my opinion about homework, what to wear, and what
to do when they are bored. Of course I have an opinion, but
their opinion is just as valuable. I don't want to solve
their problems; I want to teach them to solve their own
problems. I don't want to tell them who to be; I want them to
figure out who they are. It takes practice to think for
yourself, and these are practical opportunities for learning.
Do you have any positive and useful responses? Feel
free to share.
Cathy Adams is a certified parenting coach, yoga instructor and mother to three girls.
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Dear Colleagues, I am announcing that today (October 7, 2006) the CCB has received a change request for the Parameter and Layout section of BCD from Ewan Paterson, the Integration Scientist for the RDR Management. This change request seeks to redefine the ILC layout in which both the electron and positron damping rings are to be relocated in a single common tunnel situated centrally around the IR. While the fundamental designs of the electron source, positron source, damping rings and bunch compressors are maintained "as they have been", the so-called "positron insert" is proposed to be eliminated, 400MeV low energy e+ transport mostly eliminated (immediately boosted to 5GeV), the RTML beam transport lines for both e- and e+ now extending from the DRs (around IR) over 12km along the ML towards the entrance of the bunch compressors near the ML upstream ends. The main aim of this change request is to slash the construction cost of the ILC by eliminating the need for civil construction for one of the tunnel housing and consolidate the facilities for the DRs, although some additional beamline elements (RTML) will have to be introduced. The requester suggested Class 2 as the classification for this change request. The CCB chair tentatively agrees to treat this as Class 2, pending more understanding of the associated cost-delta and impacts. According to the protocol for Class-2 change requests, I am doing the following. - I am assigning D.Schulte, S.Mishra, K.Kubo (all to be confirmed), plus myself, to act as CCB co-reviewers. - I will be: * Holding a "review-mode" hearing session concerning the cost impacts of the change request, in the presence of GDE Cost Engineers. * Sending written inquiries, if any, to relevant AG leaders for e- source, e+ source, DR, RTML and ML sections. - A CCB recommendation report will be drafted within hopefully at most approximately three weeks, and will be sent to EC (with cc: to the entire GDE) for their final decision. Now this request is brought to review by the CCB, and is also open to general discussion. Any members of GDE or GDE-related task groups with comments or questions on this request, please, direct them to ml-ccb@xxxxxxxxxxxx and/or ml-ext-gde@xxxxxxxxxxxx by the end of Friday, October 13, PDT. I also urge the recipients of this notice to share the information and discussion of this change request with non-GDE members within the community, and kindly bring feedbacks to CCB and the requester. My thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding. BCD is available at http://www.linearcollider.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bcd:bcd_home BCD change history is available at http://www.linearcollider.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bcd:bcd_history Sincerely, - Nobu Toge (KEK, Accelerator Lab) email: toge@xxxxxxxxxxxx voice: +81-29-864-5224 fax: +81-29-864-3182
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- From: "Paterson, Ewan" <jmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 16:52:59 -0700Friends, On behalf of the RDR management, the Integration Scientist (jmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) submits the following change request to the Change Control Board. I am copying the affected area and technical syatems at the same time to hopefully avoid any confusion with changes in ILC parameters coming from the many ongoing studies. Ewan CHANGE REQUEST CHANGE OF LAYOUT of the ILC ACCELERATOR COMPLEX Section 1.2 SUMMARY The recent changes to the Damping Ring parameters, from two to one positron ring, allows the possibility of having a single damping ring complex with one tunnel containing both the electron and positron rings. This single tunnel system can then be positioned at the center of the ILC layout along with both the electron and positron injectors. This Central INJ/DR Complex is illustrated in the schematic in attachment (1). A single tunnel housing containing an electron and positron damping is positioned centrally around the IR. The electron injector moves 'as is' to the position shown next to the rings on the positron linac side. The positron production system is unchanged and the 400 MeV e+ are accelerated to 5 Gev in the usual booster which is now next the rings on the electron linac side. The 'Keep alive e+ source' shares the booster as before in the same location. The RTML's for both e+ and e- now extend from the central rings to the beginning of their respective linacs and these 5 GeV low emittance transport lines are now 12 km longer than before. The beam dynamics issues and costs associated with these RTML changes have been analysed by P.Tenebaum (see below). There is no longer a positron bypass line around the IR and down the e+ linac and the 1.2 km insert in that linac for timing corrections and the KAS have been removed. Although the extended RTML lines are more expensive than in the previous layout, the reduction in costs of the overall conventional facilities (dominated by the removal of one complete damping ring complex) is considerable and qualifies this change as Category 2. TEXT for Section 1.2 Draft Text for layout section of BCD is attachment (2) DISCUSSION This is not a final optimization of the central INJ/DR complex as there are several possibilities for further cost reductions through the sharing of facilities such as shafts and support tunnels. It was however recommended that this request be made at this time because these future changes will have to be an iterative process dependent on the acceptance of the "Conceptual Central Injector and Damping Ring Complex" The e+/- timing issue has not been ignored in this layout, just put on hold until the many changes under discussion which affect the length of various subsystems are stabilized. In the worst case where one might still have to adopt a pathlength insert in the linac or RTML, the cost does not change the arguments in favour of the central complex. When and if there is a request for detail cost information, this will be provided by the cost engineers. These will be firmed up at the meeting in Caltech next week. There are really only two areas where there is a technical change brought about by this change of layout. This biggest is the RTML changes which have been looked at by P.T. See attachment (3) The second is the injection and extraction into and from the damping rings. Here there is a lot of flexibility and the geometry of the lines may change to optimize other options but there are no required changes in the optics of the rings in any options under study. The present concept has the injectors and damping rings on a plane approimately 10 m above the BDS. This is to allow them to be radiologically separate and to allow operation of this complex on its own while other areas are open or even under construction. This may allow earlier commissioning than with other layouts, however the whole construcion schedule, including optimization of cost and schedule) is under study and review. So far the CF&S experts see NO negative impacts from this change in layout, only positive, but it is too early to give actual numbers. I have added two more schematics to assist in giving a real scale the BDS, Central INJ/DR, and Linacs.
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BM&F Bovespa, the Brazilian securities, commodities and futures exchange, hopes that listings by Asian corporates will help raise its profile as an international financial centre, its chief financial officer Carlos Kawall has said.
Listings by local subsidiaries of Asian companies, principally commodity exporters, would give investors an opportunity to take positions on the firms equity valuation in the South American time-zone, Kawall told Emerging Markets in Cancun.
The Asia push is a medium term goal, since there are many legal hurdles to overcome, Kawall said. He would not be drawn on a timeline.
As a commodity producer, Brazil is chained to Asian business cycles. Chinas economic rebound and voracious appetite for minerals and commodities have driven a market rally, since spring 2009. Energy and mineral-producing firms have a 43% weighting in the Brazilian index.
But some market participants are sceptical of the Asian focus. Ricardo Kaufman, head of the equity sales and trading at Bulltick Capital Partners, said: More and more foreign companies in Latin America will list on the Brazil stock exchange due to its liquidity and infrastructure but Asian firms are highly unlikely to follow suit.
Kaufman told Emerging Markets that US exchanges unrivalled depth of liquidity, and low transaction costs combined with products that allow investors to punt directly on commodity prices, such as commodity exchange-traded funds and derivatives would provide stiff competition to a push towards Asia from Brazil.
Kawalls bullish comments sit awkwardly with the softer risk appetite for Brazilian shares of late. BM&F Bovespa, the worlds third largest stock exchange by market capitalization, soared 83% in 2009, but investors fear the rally may run out of steam this year.
The exchange, created in 2008 with the integration between the Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) and the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa), closed this week 5% lower from its early-January high amid fears of rising interest rates, lower commodity prices and weaker global risk appetite.
Renova, a renewable energy company in Sao Paulo, pulled an initial public offering on Thursday while a day earlier OSX Brasil, an oil-services company, downsized its initial public offer by 67% and JBS, the worlds biggest beef producer, postponed a secondary share offering.
But Kawall said investor wariness towards greenfield investments knocked the proposed equity sales of Renova and OSX Brasil.
Clearly global risk appetite is skittish, but none of that is related to fears about Brazil, he argued.
Kawall said that, although global capital flows would not return to the 2006-2007 bull run, Brazils 6% growth has and would continue to drive investor allocations to equities.
Kawall was speaking prior to the March 23 launch by BM&F Bovespa, the Federation of Brazilian banks (Febraban) and the mutual fund industry of a project to market Sao Paulo as an international financial hub and a gateway to Latin American capital markets.


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"I'm sure there is a perfectly rational explanation for this!"
Hehe yeah, It's probably something scientific, like being injected with a ton of super-secret-serum …or acid.
Remember: College! Depending on which one you're at and which psychology department is trolling for volunteers, either one is…well, not "perfectly reasonable," but at least marginally plausible.
that's a joke that should be done sometime…
hard to implement, though
Sadly, it is hilarious at the expense of the students.
Hilarious nonetheless.
The medallion was obviously dripped into LSD.
Obviously aliens kidnapped you genetically spliced you with like a half dozen animals, duh. Have you ever watched Mars Attacks?


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The Beverly Hills Municipal Courthouse might be famous only because of people like Lindsay Lohan, but there's a better reason it deserves some love. Past the metal detectors, to the left of the marriage-license booth, stands an unassuming little wedding chapel, with a resident judge who marries couples every 15 minutes. Rumor has it that's where Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate tied the knot. And as anyone who's planned a wedding knows, the event means just one thing — spending money. Whether it's hiring a florist, photographer, planner or DJ, the cost of today's weddings can be obnoxious, to say the least. But thanks to civil spots like the Beverly Hills Courthouse, the cost of the ceremony can help keep things under budget. The chapel is open only on Thursdays, but a ceremony costs all of $25 ($18 extra if you need a witness). Plus, there's a fake quilted wedding cake, two imitation bouquets on loan, and the courthouse is right next to the picturesque Civic Center — all of which provide plenty of Kodak moments for the ol' wedding album. 9355 Burton Way, Beverly Hills. (310) 288-1310, lasuperiorcourt.org.
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Once you've come to accept — even embrace! — the very graphic reality of Olympic Spa, that you're flopping around butt-naked with the women of Koreatown all day, you'll realize the pampered lifestyle of a much fancier lady isn't so far out of reach. That's right, princess: For the price of one and a half Patron shots, you can fade into a sweet three-tub rotation of jacuzzi, tea bath, cold rinse, repeat. Olympic Spa's $15 cover includes three sauna types: steam, clay and the red-light third room offering purported "oxygen stones" and charcoal formed from 1,800-degree ubame-gashi trees. Freebies, an intrinsic part of bathhouse privilege, abound — a sea-foam bathrobe, awesome-smelling shampoos, towels and flip-flops. It's quiet, light and pretty, almost utilitarian at times — as if a lovely cleanse were a necessity, and a right. Extra rubdowns and treatments are available, but the only thing you really need won't cost more than $2: a pair of yellow exfoliating mittens that, after a rubdown by the trough, will leave you simultaneously delighted at your new lightness of being and horrified that you could leave behind such a gnarly battlefield of dead skin cells. So worth it. 3915 W. Olympic Blvd., Koreatown. (323) 857-0666, olympicspala.com.
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Scorched Earth
Drop: Supremus [??+]
Zone: Black Temple
Approximate Drop Rate: 1 in 33
Vendor: Dawn-Seeker Krisek
Zone: Tanaan Jungle
Faction: Order of the Awakened - Exalted
Cost: 2000 (unlimited supply)
Pet Store
Drop: World Drop
Zone: Wetlands [20-25]
Approximate Drop Rate: 1 in 8,000
Promotion: BlizzCon 2010
Pet Battle: [20-21] Shadowmoon Valley (Outland); [25] Tanaan Jungle
Pet Battle: [13-14] Searing Gorge; [15-16] Un'Goro Crater; [15-16] Burning Steppes; [16-17] Blasted Lands; [22-23] Mount Hyjal
Quest: Mastering the Menagerie [??]
Drop: Big Bag of Pet Supplies
Approximate Drop Rate: 1 in 50
Pet Battle: [15-16] Burning Steppes
Promotion: BlizzCon 2011
Drop: Foreboding Flame [90]
Zone: Timeless Isle
Approximate Drop Rate: 1 in 200
Achievement: WoW's 5th Anniversary
Category: Feats of Strength
Vendor: Zen'Vorka
Zone: Molten Front
Contained In: [Zen'Vorka's Cache] 1 in 65
Cost: 30
Pet Battle: [12-13] Dustwallow Marsh
World Event: Midsummer Fire Festival
Vendor: Midsummer Merchant (Horde) / Midsummer Supplier (Alliance)
Quest: Mastering the Menagerie [??]
Drop: Big Bag of Pet Supplies
Approximate Drop Rate: 1 in 33
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By Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAY
BALTIMORE Filthy.
In the Boston Red Sox clubhouse, it means the players and coaches are talking about young pitcher Jonathan Papelbon.
"He's got electric stuff that is downright filthy," catcher Jason Varitek says. "His ball has some serious giddy-up out there."
Ace Curt Schilling had some giddy-up in describing Papelbon and his 95-mph fastball and biting slider.
"Filthy, filthy, filthy," Schilling says. "He's just got to bide his time down there until he winds up in the rotation. He's huge down there, just huge."
Down there would be the bullpen, where the 6-4, 220-pounder may find a career change — and wind up in the middle of a closer controversy. A standout starter in the minor leagues and at Mississippi State, Papelbon, 25, is now closing games for Boston. He's taking over for 2004 World Series hero Keith Foulke, who is working himself back into shape after 2005 arthroscopic procedures on both knees.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona says the club would prefer Foulke reclaim the closer role. And if not?
"Pap," Francona says, "can handle anything we throw at him."
After pitching in a non-save situation in Boston's first game, Papelbon picked up the first three saves of his career on the team's season-opening 5-1 road trip at the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles. In his four appearances, he had three 1-2-3 innings, allowed one hit, hit one batter and struck out four of the 14 batters he faced.
"Whenever I get the ball, I'm just going to go out there and try and do my job," Papelbon says. "Whether that's to hold the game where it's at, close the game, start the game, get us back in the game, whatever.
"I'm almost like a utility player."
He got accustomed to that mode of thinking in 2005, when he was called up from Class AAA Pawtucket (R.I.) in the middle of a playoff race. In 17 games spanning 34 innings, Papelbon made three starts, compiling a 2.25 ERA. Working out of the bullpen, he was 3-1 and didn't give a run in 10 of his last 11 outings.
"He competed right away and handled everything," Francona says. "Nothing seems to shake this kid."
Nothing ever has, say Papelbon's parents, John and Sheila.
"He's very adaptable, he's very carefree," Sheila says in a phone interview from their Jacksonville home. "He's a kid who doesn't let a whole lot of things get to him. He can handle most anything that life throws him."
That would include four floods in Baton Rouge before he turned 10, one of which forced the Papelbon house to be rebuilt. As well, Papelbon's twin brothers — Jeremy and Joshua — were born when he was 2, splitting attention three ways.
"When the twins were born, Jonathan wasn't left alone, but a lot of attention had to go to the twins," says Sheila, who played three sports at LSU and was a right-handed pitcher in softball. "Jonathan, at an early age, had to learn to do for himself."
"My parents," Papelbon says, "instilled everything that you see in me today."
So any controversy that comes with being the Red Sox closer won't ruffle Papelbon, nor will losing the closer's job if Foulke returns to his old form on a consistent basis. Foulke looked like himself, circa 2004, when he pitched a perfect eighth inning Sunday against Baltimore, setting up Papelbon's third save.
"If this blows into a huge controversy, you just have to accept it," Papelbon says. "I just have to focus on what I need to do."
Right now the Red Sox need him to be the closer.
"We want to get Foulke back to the guy we want to go to in the ninth," Francona says. "I think our team is set up that if we do that, we're going to have a lights-out bullpen. As for Pap, there is no doubt in my mind that he will be a very good starter for us for a long time — just not right now.
"In the meantime, he's going to help us win a boatload of games."


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Cabinet magazine: Actors at Work
David Levine: Hopeful review in ArtForum October, 2009
Hopeful review in Spike Quarterly Autumn 2009
David Levine
Born 1970 in New York. Lives and works in Berlin and New York
Solo Projects, Exhibitions and performances:
2010 Elegant Solutions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
(as part of Symposium: Audience Experiments)
2010 Hopeful, art-o-rama, Marseille
2010 Habit, Watermill Center, Watermill, New York
2010 Hopeful, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles
2009 Hopeful, Cabinet, New York
2009 Hopeful, Feinkost, Berlin
2009 Venice Saved: A Seminar, PS122, New York
2008 The Gallery will be Relocating over the Summer, Curators Without Borders, Berlin
2007 The Barber Trial, Documenta XII, Kassel
2007 2 Forms of Endurance, Galerie Magnus Muller, Berlin
2007 Bauerntheater, Biorama-Projekt, Joachimsthal
2007 Actors at Work, Cabinet Magazine, issue 25
2006 Stranger, Gershwin Hotel, New York
2004 'Night, Motherfucker, Gavin Brown's Enterprise@Passerby, New York
2003 Babylon is Everywhere, Schaeberle Theater, New York
2002 The Devil You Know, Dixon Place, New York
Group Shows:
2010 Love Letters to a Surrogate, Torrance Museum, Los Angeles
2010 VIDEODROME, AUTOCENTER, Berlin
2010 ArtBrussels, Feinkost Booth
2010 YOU ARE FREE, Tape Modern, Berlin
2009 Sleeper, Feinkost, Brown, London
2009 Exhibition June 13, Exhibition (NY)
2008 No Food for Visitors, Appartment22, Rabat, Morroco
2008 All I Wanted was a Pepsi, West Germany (Berlin), Malkasten (Dusseldorf), Elektrohaus (Hamburg)
2008 The Practice of Everyday Life, Feinkost, Berlin
Selected Plays (director):
2005 Messalina, by Gordon Dahlquist (premiere), SPF Festival, New York
2004 Futur de Luxe, by Igor Bauersima (workshop), Public Theater/LabyrinthTheater Co., New York
2003 Night Just Before the Forest (premiere), by Bernard-Marie Koltes, Ohio Theater, New York
2003 Romola & Nijinsky, by Lynn Alvarez (premiere), Primary Stages, New York
2002 The Flu Season, by Will Eno (workshop), New York Stage & Film
2002 Shoppers, by Denis Johnson (premiere), Vineyard Theater, New York
2001 Shoppers, by Denis Johnson (workshop), Sundance Theater Lab
2001 Hellhound on my Trail, by Denis Johnson (premiere), Atlantic Theater, New York
1999 Richard 3, Ludlow Street Municipal Parking Lot, NYC
1997 Black Samba, by Mick Collins (premiere), Soho Rep, New York
Nikki Columbus, Double Play, Artforum.com, June 1, 2010
Michael Rush, Interview with David Levine, Art International Radio, May 7, 2010
Jennifer Landes, Post-Postmodern Habits, The Easthampton Star, May 6, 2010
Tom Sellar, The City's Best (and Not So Best) Progressive Theater, The Village Voice, Jan 5-12, 2010
Ana Texeira Pinto, "Susan Boyle, C'est Moi" [review], Von Hundert 010, 2009
Naoko Kaltschmidt, "Hopeful" [review], Spike, Autumn 2009
Dominikus Mueller, "Hopeful" [review], Artforum, October 2009
Ana Finel Honigman "Critic's Pick: Hopeful", Artforum.com, August , 2009
Dominikus Mueller, "Hoffnung auf Erfolg," TAZ, July 8, 2009
Kari Rittenbach, "Keeping the Hope Alive", Art in America.com, July 8, 2009
Ana Finel Honigman, "Inside the Actors' Portrait Studio," Interview.com, 18 May, 2009
Helen Shaw, "Venice Saved: A Seminar ", Time Out New York, April 2-8, 2009
Jason Zinoman, "The Audience has its Say during the Performance", The New York Times, April 1, 2009
Tom Murrin, "Stage Notes: Venice Saved: A Seminar" Paper Magazine Online, March 19, 2009
David Cote, "Politics as Unusual at PS122", Time Out New York Online, March 19th, 2009
Alexis Soloski, "Mr. High Concept", The Village Voice, March 17-24,2009
Gary Winter, "Venice Saved: A Seminar", The Brooklyn Rail, March 2009
"Christian Hawkey in conversation with David Levine," The Believer, Winter, 2009
Kimberly Bradley, "The Battle for Berlin;' Manhattan, Nov/Dec 2008
Saatchi Gallery Online, The Practice of Everyday Life, August 19, 2008
Astrid Mania, "Berlin Dispatches," Art Review #25, September, 2008.
"Bauerntheater Production Diary" in Theater, 2008
"Hopefuls," in Cabinet, Issue 31, 2008
"Actors at Work," in Cabinet, Issue 25, 2007
"Bad Art & Objecthood," in Art/US , Issue 13, May-June2006
"Re-Public," in Theater, 2005
"Babylon is Everywhere," in Theater, 2004
Marvin Carlson, "David Levine's Bauerntheater: The Return of the Matrix" TDR, Fall, 2008, 52:3
Alix Rule, "David Levine in Conversation with Alix Rule," Saatchi Gallery Online, July 2008
Walter Robbins, "Art Opening as Theater in Berlin", Artnet, June 24, 2008
Hanne Seitz, "Alles nur Theater oder Wirklicher als die Wirklichkeit?", Paragrana, Spring 2008
Geoffrey Scott & Aaron Cedolia, "David Levine & Bauerntheater", BOMB, #100
Thomas Irmer, "Auf fruchtbarem Boden" Shakespeare (Norway), Maska (Latvia), Didaskalia (Poland)
July 2007, October 2007, May 2008,
Wolfgang Behrens, "Wer Erntet die Dickste Kartoffeln?" Theater der Zeit, June 2007
Anja Quickert, "Das Kartoffel-Konzept" TheaterHeute, June, 2007
Daniel Volzke, "Ertragreich," Tagesspiegel , May 21, 2007
Florence Gould Foundation Commissioning Grant for Venice Saved, 2008
Etants Donnés (French-American Fund for Performance) Commissioning Grant for Venice Saved, 2008
New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship for Cross-Disciplinary/Performative work, 2007
German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes), Commissioning grant for Bauerntheater
Director, Studio Program, European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin