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USA TODAY Opinion: On Religion
Faith. Religion. Spirituality. Meaning.
In our ever-shrinking world, religion touches everything from government policy to individual morality to our basic social constructs. It affects the lives of people of great faith — or no faith at all. This series of weekly columns— launched in 2005 — seeks to illuminate the national conversation.
September 2012
Mormonism's American valuesPosted 9/9/2012
August 2012
Contraception fight not just 'a Catholic thing'Posted 8/20/2012
Dilemma of religious diversityPosted 8/19/2012
Can faith help an Olympian?Posted 8/5/2012
July 2012
Olympics' religious rootsPosted 7/29/2012
Learning to tolerate the tensionPosted 7/18/2012
War on religious gesturesPosted 7/9/2012
Our least Christian presidentPosted 7/2/2012
June 2012
Southern Baptists cleanse pastPosted 6/25/2012
Why Mormons flee their churchPosted 6/18/2012
Use 'terrorist' label carefullyPosted 6/11/2012
Religious rights vs. the public's rightPosted 6/4/2012
May 2012
A Mormon momentPosted 5/21/2012
Banning crosses erases historyPosted 5/14/2012
New form of Christian civic engagementPosted 5/7/2012
April 2012
Church closes racial dividePosted 4/30/2012
Our forefathers got it right no religious testPosted 4/23/2012
When spirituality and religion collidePosted 4/15/2012
Lessons from a Benedictine monasteryPosted 4/9/2012
Romney's problem with evangelicals will endPosted 4/1/2012
March 2012
Evangelicals seek positive changePosted 3/25/2012
A Christian view of American exceptionalismPosted 3/18/2012
Millennials aren't amoral and adriftPosted 3/11/2012
Why Santorum is no JFKPosted 3/5/2012
February 2012
Monks, nuns fight poverty until it hurtsPosted 2/27/2012
Why Romney can, and should, win evangelical votePosted 2/20/2012
HHS mandate still undermines religious freedomPosted 2/15/2012
Islam, interfaith marriage go hand in handPosted 2/13/2012
Give the Arab Spring time to fully bloomPosted 2/6/2012
January 2012
Is compassionate conservatism dead?Posted 01/30/2012
Timothy Dolan: HHS contraception mandate 'un-American'Posted 1/25/2012
Why U.S. politics devolves into good vs. evilPosted 1/23/2012
When Tim Tebow loses, does God, too?Posted 1/16/2012
Why voters should apply a religious testPosted 1/9/2012
December 2011
The atheist who tried to steal ChristmasPosted 12/26/2011
Reduce abortions, realign U.S. politicsPosted 12/19/2011
Does tithing buy happiness?Posted 12/12/2011
Let's put 'Christ'-mas in its placePosted 12/5/2011
November 2011
Founders would agree that 'In God We Trust'Posted 11/28/2011
Why contraception mandate should be scrappedPosted 11/28/2011
How not to win the Jewish votePosted 11/21/2011
Can evangelicals fill John Stott's shoes?Posted 11/14/2011
Christian politics create unholy alliancesPosted 11/7/2011
October 2011
Wedding days are losing their wayPosted 10/31/2011
5 rules for faith and politics 2012Posted 10/24/2011
Founders wouldn't have targeted MormonsPosted 10/17/2011
Christian persecution is a Muslim problemPosted 10/13/2011
Holy texts become unholy weaponsPosted 10/10/2011
In Hosanna-Tabor, government should butt outPosted 10/3/2011
September 2011
Southern Baptist Convention, change that namePosted 9/26/2011
The truth about evangelicalsPosted 9/19/2011
How 9/11 changed religion in AmericaPosted 9/12/2011
August 2011
Why certainty about God is overratedPosted 8/29/2011
Religious freedom under assaultPosted 8/22/2011
For these millennials, faith trumps relativismPosted 8/15/2011
Should believers fear Hell and God?Posted 8/8/2011
As atheists know, you can be good without GodPosted 8/1/2011
July 2011
What monks could teach Washington's politiciansPosted 7/25/2011
Could Catholic leader usher in a new Cuba?Posted 7/18/2011
End gender apartheid in U.S. mosquesPosted 7/11/2011
June 2011
Can social justice effort tame our culture wars?Posted 6/27/2011
Should Islamists have a role in the Arab Spring?Posted 6/20/2011
The sharia myth sweeps AmericaPosted 6/13/2011
You can't reconcile Ayn Rand and JesusPosted 6/6/2011
May 2011
How to put a good face on ChristianityPosted 5/30/2011
A faith debate: Is bin Laden in hell?Posted 5/23/2011
Can Jews meet Jesus? Michelangelo thought so.Posted 5/23/2011
Faith in America: Get ready for changePosted 5/16/2011
How Christianity and capitalism can 'heal' the worldPosted 5/9/2011
America, the biblical (if not Christian) nationPosted 5/2/2011
April 2011
A case in point about our church-state dividePosted 4/25/2011
How Easter and Christianity undermine atheismPosted 4/21/2011
Passover celebrates a different kind of freedomPosted 4/18/2011
Elitist ridicule fuels Palin's faithful basePosted 4/11/2011
Quarantine the hate of Terry Jones, the mullahsPosted 4/6/2011
Muslim teacher's hajj lawsuit an overreach Posted 4/4/2011
March 2011
Even religious freedom has limitsPosted 3/28/2011
What a God-inspired foreign policy looks likePosted 3/21/2011
America's churches can change the worldPosted 3/14/2011
The danger of a Muslim witch huntPosted 3/7/2011
February 2011
When the Bible becomes a weaponPosted 2/28/2011
In changing Egypt, where will faith fall?Posted 2/21/2011
On gay rights, keep fighting or adapt?Posted 2/14/2011
Who will defend Mideast Christians?Posted 2/7/2011
January 2011
A pillar of Reagan's legacy: ReligionPosted 1/31/2011
MLK was a faith visionary, tooPosted 1/17/2011
Churches mustn't neglect the disabledPosted 1/10/2011
Why Catholicism is good for AmericaPosted 1/3/2011
December 2010
In trying times, choose lifePosted 12/27/2010
How Jesus' birth became an 'American Christmas'Posted 12/21/2010
Should schools scrap religious holidays?Posted 12/20/2010
When's the right time to carol?Posted 12/13/2010
Watch your religious language, Mr. PresidentPosted 12/9/2010
Soul-searching in PortlandPosted 12/6/2010
November 2010
Pope Benedict, the enigmaPosted 11/29/2010
Prejudice vs. pluralismPosted 11/22/2010
Obama needs to strike delicate balance on IslamPosted 11/18/2010
Religious people are 'better neighbors'Posted 11/15/2010
Hypocrisy shrouds the gay marriage debatePosted 11/8/2010
October 2010
In God-fearing USA, where is the decency?Posted 10/25/2010
We worship the God of securityPosted 10/18/2010
What the Founders knew: Faith enhances freedomPosted 10/16/2010
Science and religion aren't friendsPosted 10/11/2010
It's time to teach religion in schoolsPosted 10/04/2010
September 2010
Get to know a Muslim, rather than hate onePosted 9/27/2010
Why the GOP needs non-believersPosted 9/20/2010
Why Arthur Walker should win parolePosted 9/20/2010
Spirituality can bridge science-religion dividePosted 9/13/2010
The Tea Party's unifying bogeyman: the socialistPosted 9/13/2010
The problem: Americans don't know the QuranPosted 9/9/2010
Whether Park 51 or burning Qurans, liberty is not proprietyPosted 9/9/2010
Would Oklahoma City have opposed Okla21?Posted 9/6/2010
August 2010
Division vs. unityPosted 8/30/2010
Muslims back mosque for the right reasonsPosted 8/24/2010
What if the end isn't near?Posted 8/23/2010
For Ground Zero mosque, the money mattersPosted 8/23/2010
Obama invites confusion about his faithPosted 8/20/2010
NYC rabbi's offering: Build the mosquePosted 8/17/2010
God and immigration reformPosted 8/16/2010
Eat, pray, love: A new green gospelPosted 8/09/2010
Q: Why religion? A: Because as we learned vividly at Auschwitz, our lives must have meaning.Posted 8/09/2010
How Jehovah's Witnesses helped kill Prop 8Posted 8/05/2010
Mosque is no way to 'build bridges'Posted 8/03/2010
The Muslim veil: Europe vs. the USAPosted 8/02/2010
July 2010
On religious liberty, what would Kagan do?Posted 7/26/2010
Myths widen the science-religion dividePosted 7/19/2010
If gays serve openly, will chaplains suffer? No. The mission is to serve all soldiers, not just those of your own faith.Posted 7/12/2010
If gays serve openly, will chaplains suffer? Yes. Religious liberty is in real jeopardy.Posted 7/12/2010
Online interactive: A former chaplain and a gay soldier talk about their experiences with 'don't ask, don't tell'Posted 7/12/2010
When sexual freedom trumps freedom of religionPosted 7/2/2010
June 2010
How to sell Christianity? Ask an atheist.Posted 6/28/2010
Are social media changing religion?Posted 6/21/2010
What's the godly way to treat animals?Posted 6/14/2010
American Christians love a good conversion storyPosted 6/11/2010
How serious is the 'predator priest' problem?Posted 6/7/2010
May 2010
Atheists, it's time to play well with othersPosted 5/24/2010
God, the Devil and 'Lost'Posted 5/17/2010
Faith on the court mattersPosted 5/17/2010
Graham's anti-Muslim jabs hurt Islam and AmericaPosted 5/10/2010
Shroud of Turin is real enoughPosted 5/10/2010
Abortion's middle ground? Reducing themPosted 5/3/2010
April 2010
Adultery, in many states, is still a crimePosted 4/26/2010
The Founders wouldn't back HastingsPosted 4/21/2010
Any faith can become violentPosted 4/19/2010
Vatican must confess, apologize and put children firstPosted 4/12/2010
Pope is on the case and has been, in factPosted 4/12/2010
Don't say 'social justice'Posted 4/5/2010
March 2010
Millennials do faith and politics their wayPosted 3/29/2010
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In an interview with BBC, Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari talked about his party's stance on negotiations with Taliban.
The young leader is very clear as he said, "We want to eradicate Talibans from Pakistan."
He said that the PPP supported the government on negotiations with Taliban but six months has passed and there is still no concrete result.
According to Bilawal, our politicians cannot make up their mind on Talibans' issue and they are confusing the nation on purpose by claiming it America's war because they are cowards and scared.
He further said that negotiations without any terms and conditions showed our weakness. But now the dialogues should be on our terms.
Talibans have to surrender and accept the constitution of Pakistan in order to have any kind of dialogues with us.


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The domination of ball over bat during the Australia-India Test series continued at the SCG on Tuesday as both teams struggled to make runs on day one of the second Test.
At stumps on the opening day of the 100th Test at the historic venue, Australia were 3-116 in reply to India's 191, with 13 wickets falling in the day despite clear and sunny conditions.
Captain Michael Clarke on 47no and his predecessor Ricky Ponting (44no) stopped the rot, guiding the home team to stumps with an unbeaten 79-run stand which gave Australia momentum going into day two.
Australia's impressive trio of fast bowlers gave the hosts the early edge after India elected to bat first - James Pattinson, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus all getting among the wickets as the tourists were dismissed shortly after tea.
Pattinson continued his impressive start at Test level, claiming four top-order scalps to have 24 wickets so far in his four-Test career at the incredible average of 14.45.
Gautam Gambhir (0) was dismissed in the opening over, while the prize wickets of Virender Sehwag (30), VVS Laxman (2) and Sachin Tendulkar (41) - still chasing his 100th international hundred - followed as Pattinson finished with 4-43.
Sehwag's dismissal would have been a big relief for Ponting in particular, given he'd dropped the dangerous opener seven runs earlier when presented with a regulation catch at second slip off the bowling of Hilfenhaus.
The burly Tasmanian (3-51) bounced back strongly, claiming three wickets either side of tea as Indian captain MS Dhoni (57no) ran out of partners.
Siddle (3-55) wrapped up the innings when he lured Umesh Yadav (0) to edge through to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, the scalp being the Victorian bowler's 100th in Test match cricket.
But just when Australia thought they were on top, it was the turn of India's Zaheer Khan (3-26) to cause some top-order damage with the ball.
The left-armer dismissed David Warner (8) and Shaun Marsh (0) early before trapping Ed Cowan (14) lbw to leave Australia 3-37.
But Clarke and Ponting wrestled the initiative back in Australia's favour going into day two.


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The Pour House
A Colorado Saloon
de Roberta McGowan
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"The Pour House, a Colorado Saloon," is a photographic journey into one of the West's iconic watering holes and restaurant gathering place. Located in the Roaring Fork Valley on Colorado's Western Slope, the Pour House reminds us all of the wild west history of the region, which in many ways, still exists today.
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- Categoría Fotografía artística
Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
36 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación jun. 22, 2013
Acerca del creador
I am a professional photographer who specializes in people and their horses and a fine art documentary approach to the western life style: ranches, cowboys, cowgirls, rodeos, etc. Here is my Artist's Statement: It's not about the camera or the technology; It's about the fragile whispers of life: Those images that are here and then gone in an instant; The eye that sees them; The visions of the artist; The stories to be told; This is Photography. The images I create are dynamic and thought provoking. Strong colors and tones reflect the tough and gritty lives of the horses, cowgirls, cowgirls and the West where they live and work. My photographs are made from the perspective of the subjects. Viewers are an integral part of the artistic process, hopefully connecting with the subjects emotions, and the subjects in turn appear to be responding to the viewers' reactions.
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Minerals Resource Rent Tax
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Minerals Resource Rent Tax
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Workplace Bullying
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Minerals Resource Rent Tax
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Workplace Bullying
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Minerals Resource Rent Tax
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Age Pension
(Georganas, Steve, MP, Macklin, Jenny, MP)
Minerals Resource Rent Tax
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Australian Natural Disasters
(Neumann, Shayne, MP, Dreyfus, Mark, MP)
Minerals Resource Rent Tax
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Carbon Pricing
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Vocational Education and Training
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Australian Education Bill 2012
Second Reading
- Pyne, Christopher, MP
- Division
- Burke, Anna, MP
- Pyne, Christopher, MP
- Hayes, Chris, MP
- Ramsey, Rowan, MP
- Hall, Jill, MP
- Tudge, Alan, MP
- O'Neill, Sen Deb
- Procedural Text
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- Australian Education Bill 2012
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Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2012-2013, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2012-2013
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Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (16:36): I rise to speak on Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2012-13 and Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2012-13. The two additional estimates bills seek to appropriate funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for additional expenditure requirements which have arisen since the May budget was brought down. In effect, they give effect to the announcements in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, which was brought down around October.
The irony is that these things are probably just another mere introduction to endless other blowouts since that time. Since October we have had the Treasurer walk away from a surplus, given up on a surplus. There are no financial accounts which would inform us and the rest of the community, the finance sector, the people trying to do business out there, anyone trying to assess the state of the nation's books, trying to make investment decisions with some confidence, trying to make multi-million or multibillion-dollar investments when no-one has the foggiest idea about what the state of the books is. The government has walked away from it. This appropriation bill is probably a foretaste, a forerunner of more that might be introduced into this place to overcome further reckless spending of this government to further fill black holes. We know of $120 billion in unfunded promises: what else is there? We have got a raft of things here, many of which just happen in the course of normal government, and I accept that, but they are a symbol, if you like, another $1.27 billion symbol of a government that really has become quite inept at in any way managing the books. So much so that here we stand today several months after the Treasurer has stepped away from a surplus with absolutely no idea what the state of the books is. Yet every day we hear in the main chamber in particular, and I presume here and in the other place, cries of 'Where are your costings?'
Of course the costings have been done. What no-one knows, including us, is how any of these things can be funded. What money is there to fund them? Are the government telling us how they are going to fund dental schemes, an NDIS or the Gonski recommendations in education? Are they telling us anything about the funding? Not on your nelly! That is not going to occur. Yet they want some anodyne discussion on the cost of things. We have put out the cost of things, if you had not noticed—so many things. What we are still waiting for, and what the community is waiting for—what everyone is waiting for—is what money is going to be there. What is in the piggy bank? What will be in there? The government do not know themselves. The Treasurer does not know.
Dr Leigh interjecting—
Mr ROBB: There is embarrassment on the other side, and feigned smiles and all the rest. Well, you had better go away and sort out your Treasurer. Get him to release what the books are and what is in the books so that we can have a sensible discussion not only about appropriations but about the general finances of this nation.
This is serious business. No wonder no-one is investing out there. No wonder no-one is taking risks. No wonder there is an investment strike in the business community. No wonder people are not buying houses. It is because there is no confidence. How could there be when they look at a Treasurer who is growing whiter by the day, who stumbles through question time and who one day says on the basis of some shonky legal advice that he cannot tell us what revenue they are going to get from a certain tax and the next day releases it after pressure from the Greens and us?
It is government by mistake, day in, day out, and the community absorb it. They feel it, they see it and they are shaken by it—so much so that many of the problems in the retail sector are because no-one is spending. They are paying back the mortgage and paying back the plastic because they are fearful of spending money and of making any commitments. They are not buying houses as they normally would. The general run of business—the turnover of business—has just stopped in its tracks in many cases in many parts of the country. There is a crisis of confidence, and there need not be. There should not be if there were prudent, sensible management.
The thing is that they have seen the wanton waste in so much of what has been done. People understand that governments spend money. They vote a government in, and they will accept that government will make decisions about expenditure on their behalf. They might not understand it and they might not even like it, but in many cases they will accept that that is the responsibility of government. What they will not accept is wanton waste, and that is what they have seen now for five years. So much of the reckless spending by this government that has taken place has led to irresponsible, pathetic, wanton waste, with no attention to detail and no attempt to implement policies in a considered, rational and prudent fashion. People get fed up to the back teeth with it. They cannot understand it, they are angry about it, they are confused about it and they feel deeply let down by this process.
Through all of this, all we hear as a reason for it—and, again, this is an insult for people; it is adding to that crisis of confidence and it is designed, almost, to undermine people's confidence in the government—is endless crying wolf. 'It was somebody else's fault.' 'The dog ate my homework.' Month after month, parading in through this chamber, the main chamber and other chambers, the Treasurer and his colleagues on that side of the House are saying that it is somebody else's fault. As the Treasurer said, we have here a huge revenue whack, if you like, out of the blue, which has made it very hard to get to a surplus in 2012-13. Instead of crying wolf endlessly, why not take responsibility for their own mistakes? Why not take responsibility for the problems that this government has created?
Of course, the truth is that over the first four months of this financial year revenues were 9.2 per cent higher than in the previous year. This is at the same time that the Treasurer was on his feet saying, 'We've taken a whack out of the blue.' There had been a nine per cent increase in revenue since the budget.
There are a lot of families who would do quite well and be quite satisfied with a 9.2 per cent increase in revenue. But what did we see accompanying that revenue increase? A further four per cent increase in spending—in four months. The record level of spending of this government just continues to go on, year in, year out, despite the sort of spin that we hear. People understand that. They see the waste. They know that four per cent is on top of what was already bloated and unnecessary spending of a massive order, so much so that the government have spent $172 billion, would you believe, more than they have received in revenue.
It does not stop. No bells are ringing. No-one in the government is saying: 'Hang on. We'd better pull our heads in here.' Even if you just stopped new programs, over time it would reduce the proportion of government spending in the budget and take the pressure off, but, no, there are no programs of any order being cut. It is all new program after new program. They say, 'Don't worry about gross debt.' Well, that is what we pay interest on. We are paying $7 billion-plus a year of interest that was not being paid five years ago. We were not paying one cent five years ago. Now it is $7 billion a year. That could pay for seven first-class, world-centre-of-excellence hospitals, if you wanted them, but in one year it is just being given away in interest payments. It is money that could go to fund the NDIS. We would not have all the double backflips and machinations and—I can see it coming down the track—tricky accounting to try and get through how the government are going to fund the NDIS. Future governments will have to fund it, not this government. That is for certain.
So we have got revenue steadily growing, but the government cannot catch up with their spending increases. Why not? What happens—and you can see it over every budget of this Treasurer—is that they deliberately assume unachievable levels of future revenue. I have seen it in business. I have seen CEOs with start-up businesses tell their boards they are going to make millions of dollars in revenue, and they get the boards and investors to commit to a lot of funding. They go and spend it, and then the revenue does not turn up. They do not get the contracts. They make it up. They deliberately assume unachievable levels of revenue.
I look across the chamber each day and see the Treasurer, and I am looking at things I have seen before in another world, in the business world. This Treasurer is no different to some of these CEOs who make it up for their boards and their investors, get commitments of large lumps of money, either borrowed or invested, and then the revenue does not arrive. That is exactly what has happened here. In the budget, the Treasurer makes these politically inspired, deliberately unachievable assumptions of future revenue, and spends the money. Then, when the revenue does not come in, and there is a more realistic revenue stream—which is still increasing; revenue has increased every year—he cries wolf. 'Woe is me,' we hear all the time. Well, take some responsibility for the wanton and gross miscalculation on revenue forecast, the unachievable assumptions that have been made.
We have been saying this for years, at every budget: 'These revenue forecasts are not achievable.' Lo and behold, that is what happens, and yet we hear: 'Woe is me. We've got some write-downs.' They are writing down their own forecasts. It is a joke, but it is just part of the usual spin and management that we see from this government—the media management rather than the housekeeping management, which is really what they were charged to do when they were voted in, or when they assumed a minority government with others, Independents and Greens.
We have a situation which has been created by the government unnecessarily, and they say: 'The world is a difficult place. We've had a global financial crisis.' I accept that.
The government took funding decisions which I think were grossly excessive. If they had not wasted and billions and billions of it, it would have been somewhat better. The fact of the matter is that an inherited strong balance sheet, monetary policy, 3¼ per cent reduction in interest rates, the devaluation of the Australian dollar—it went to 60c in the first quarter of 2009; we had the highest trade result in our history the quarter after the global financial crisis and it brought billions of dollars into our economy and into the pockets of households. In addition to that, we have had the heavy lifting by China—demand. Those were the four things—an inherited economy in great shape, monetary policy, the automatic stabiliser of a devaluation, and China—that got Australia a 150-year high in our terms of trade. We have been so blessed compared with other parts of the world.
They were the things that got us through. The government then came along—six, eight or nine months later—with a massive injection of spending on school halls, which was wasted in many cases. They could have done most of that work for half the price. Lots of school in my area were saying that the buildings could have gone up for half or less than what they did. Then we had the pink batts debacle, cheques to dead people—for goodness sake! This is the sort of thing that leaves people just scratching their heads. It is why there is a crisis of confidence. There we are with a situation created, and yet they say to us: 'But it's such a difficult climate out there. How could we get to surplus with Europe going so badly? Europe has pulled us down into the mire. Europe is still hurting us.' Well let me tell you, there are seven other countries—including five in Europe—who are in surplus already. If European countries can be back in surplus, then there cannot be any excuse for Australia, which is at 150-year highs in their terms of trade.
We are still 20 per cent higher in terms of trade today than when the Howard government lost office. They keep telling us that the Howard government benefited from the 'rivers of gold'; well the terms of trade are still 20 per cent higher. They are coming back, but they are still 20 per cent higher! Yet the Treasurer is saying he has got a whack out of the blue. How could that be a whack out of the blue when we still have record levels of terms of trade compared with over the past few years? What is going to happen when the terms of trade come back to more normal levels? I will tell you what is going to happen: we are going to find ourselves in the out years—next year, the year after, the year after that—with growing and increasing structural deficits, all of which have been assumed away by unbelievable forecasts of revenue or are being funded by taxes that turn out not to return any income. Can you believe it? So we have either got unbelievable and unachievable assumptions about revenue, which never materialise, or we have got taxes that have been introduced—27 new or increased taxes—and we even get a tax that does not produce any money.
But not only does it not produce any money of any consequence and leaves a further black hole, which further undermines confidence and worries people deeply, but also people are waking up at 2.30 in the morning all over this country worried about whether they are going to keep their jobs. Why? Because they see a government in total disarray. They see a Treasurer who fumbles and mumbles through question time looking ashen and standing next to a Prime Minister who does no better, who keeps telling us things which you cannot trust, who signed a document and said, 'We won't change the mining tax,'—in black and white—and now, today, virtually admits that they are going to change the mining tax. How can business operate like this? How can people make decisions and feel comfortable that this country is in good hands when they keep seeing this charade of mistake, dissembling and incompetence. It is serious, people! Why is there anxiety at a time when we are so blessed with the resources we have got and the demand out there?
It should not be this way. It should not be this way, but it is, and it is because of the government's incompetence and inability to focus on the job that they have to do: to tell people as it is, to make truthful statements about what they think is going to happen with the books and to stop playing politics endlessly. Stop worrying about your own jobs and worry about other people's jobs out there. That is the responsibility of governments. It is just not acceptable that this would happen.
I should raise my voice! People are cross about it. I am cross about it. But it is not about us here; it is about the people out there. That is what it should be about, and yet here we are. We are going to go through this charade, I know, for months. There will be more dissembling. There will be more suggestions of other people's faults. There will be more misrepresentation of the accounts. There will be more clever accounting tricks, and there will be increases in taxes. We can see it coming.
Some way or other, the super is going to happen. Already there has been so much speculation that people are frightened to invest or spend, go to the movies or do whatever. They are putting the money aside. They are not sure whether they can afford it or not or what is going to happen. We have had another month of speculation. Clearly the government are going to do something on super. They are going to get money from somewhere. They are going to try and tax people who have worked their tail off for years to put money aside. Now they are going to see it taxed. Now they are going to see a threat, a doubt, over their security in their later years.
We will see a change to the mining tax. The government will say: 'How clever are we? We have just raised some more revenue.' But, of course, what they have done at the same time is cause a major problem with sovereign risk. That is forgotten. Forget about business! Don't put yourself in the shoes of people looking to risk billions of dollars!
I went into Asia for a few days before Christmas to talk to business leaders, government leaders and others—investors. I wanted to see: what were the opportunities coming down the pipeline? What was our standing? What was going on? I sat in a meeting with the head of one of the region's major banks, an Asian bank. He said to me: 'Mr Robb, could you explain something to me? Over the last four years, we have backed investments to the tune of billions of dollars into Australia. What has happened since is that there have been lots of rule changes. There have been new taxes which have affected these investments.' And he said: 'The ROI, the return on investment, in nearly all these projects has now been deeply undermined. Could you explain what is going on? Australia historically has been associated with being able to invest with some certainty, in that a deal is a deal. Once things are signed, once contracts are done, once we have reached some accommodation and understanding with the government, Australia historically has stuck with it.' Here I was not being lectured to, but in a way I was, and it is so galling. He was really saying that Australia and sovereign risk are now in the one sentence. That has never been the case.
This is what is happening with this mining tax. This is what is happening when you change things. This is what happens when you change super rules having said you never will, you won't do it, of course you won't, not one dot, not one whatever—no, you will not do any of that!
Government members interjecting—
The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms K Livermore ): Order!
Mr ROBB: You are just undermining the ability and the confidence not only of investors in this country but of investors outside this country, people who have already put big money in here and are confused themselves. You are confusing the world with the way in which you are managing the shop.
Government members interjecting—
Mr ROBB: You can try and shout me down.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Excuse me. No.
Mr ROBB: You can try and shout me down. You will have your turn. You get up and explain.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: And the member for Goldstein will stop using the word 'you', please.
Mr ROBB: Okay. Those opposite will.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: And they will cease interjecting. Let me deal with that. You will continue, in silence.
Mr ROBB: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. That would be nice, thank you. So here we are with a bill which has become almost a symbol of the uncertainty and lack of knowledge that anyone, including ourselves, has on what the state of the books really is. It is just another chapter of many chapters of overspending.
Sitting suspended from 16:59 to 17:12
Mr ROBB: I should bring my comments to a conclusion, given the list of speakers who are following and given that I have made the principal point, which is that, as normal practice, we will not oppose or seek to amend this Appropriation Bill, although it does again demonstrate—and it has become a symbol of—the overspending, unexplained spending and confusion. So much of it could be clarified if the government were to show some transparency. Tell us the numbers and tell us really what the circumstance is, and it is not just 'us' the opposition, but us the community. That is why in this important election year we have again chosen what has been the normal practice: not to rely on the Treasurer and on what have been inflated or misleading forecasts or numbers or dissembling and all of the rest. This budget this year will be the first budget in the history of the parliament which will fall in the middle of an election campaign. We could not trust the last four budgets over the last four years, and so what hope would anyone have to trust what will come out in May this year? In many ways it will be a fiction. That is my expectation. That is why we have to wait and do what the head of the new Parliamentary Budget Office suggested: wait for the real numbers. The real numbers will help us understand the ability we and others have to fund policies that we would like to introduce. Those numbers will best come when Treasury and Finance, independent of the government of the day, come down with their forecasts and state of the books within 10 days of the writs being issued.
When that happens, we will look at the capacity to fund on the real numbers, not on the fictional numbers, and we will put to the people a program which will return this country to prudent, stable, sensible, adult management. We will remove the waste. We will seek to restore the certainty and stability that people need to make decisions and get on with their lives. We will seek to remove the crisis of confidence which so envelops this country at the moment and which is not and should not be necessary given the blessings that this country has. What we need is good government, and the opportunity will present itself this year.


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By Elizabeth Ygartua, Special to the Citizen 07/06/12
From behind a sparkling silver curtain June 30 emerged Eileen Grant in a red jacket and black fedora, her left hand gloved in silver, dancing and swinging her hips to Michael Jackson's "Bad," while fellow residents of the Emeritus at Deep Run retirement home and community members laughed and clapped.
Grant and other residents, volunteers and community members were participating in the first national Bring Your Talent contest, hosted by Emeritus Senior Living and part of elder care expert Dr. Marion Somers' tour with the 3in4 Association, a non-profit organization working to increase awareness about the planning for long-term care. The 50 city tour will end July 25 in Phoenix, A.Z. and the contest winner will be chosen from all the video submissions and taped tour stops by Aug. 13. The winner could receive a year of free rent or one of 11 week-long stays at an Emeritus community.
Grant was born in 1928 in Brooklyn, N.Y. as Eileen O'Connor, the third-oldest of 10 children in an Irish family. During World War II she traveled with other dancers and comedians and pros such as Mel Brooks and Eddie Fisher entertaining the troops.
"I loved it. I was doing it from the time I was this high," Grant said, lowering her hand toward the floor. "If you're a performer, you're born a performer."
Grant's daughter, Shelley Damion, who attended the show last week but sat on the side so as to not to be a distraction, said she hoped her mother would win.
"She's always been the most entertaining, even at parties," Damion said. "She choreographed my high school production of 'Bye Bye Birdie.' I think it was the best one we had ... I wasn't in it."
Every Friday, Grant, who is a memory care patient, practices ballroom dancing with instructor Phyllis Harris, who helped co-choreograph her dance.
"It's really exciting to see them come out of their shells," Harris said. "It's hard to watch them get older. . . She comes down when she feels like it."
Harris was supposed to perform with Grant the day of the show, but because other entries dropped out, Grant had to perform before Harris had arrived. Filling in for Harris was Nick Nevi, the life enrichment assistant at Emeritus, and one of Grant's biggest fans.
"She's got spunk," he said the day before the contest. "She's very talented. She's my hopeful. I know she could really knock the house down. . . She deserves one year rent free."
Nevi said he hoped that if she didn't win, that one of the other Deep Run residents would.
"When our residents do what they love it, rejuvenates them," he said. "I really admire our residents for doing this."
The Thursday before the contest, Harris and Nevi made a video music video of Grant's performance in case she got nervous the day of or resisted because of her memory.
Private duty caregiver Demetra White said she had seen the end of the videotaping.
"When I saw her get up and these moves, she seemed so much younger, " White said. "My mouth was just open. If she doesn't win, I'll be surprised."
During the practice, Grant pulled White onto the dance floor despite White's protests. By then, Grant had kicked off her shoes and was dancing barefoot with free-style moves, something White said Grant usually did.
Old photos of Grant dancing and acting in the 1940s lined the walls of the dining room, where the stage was set for the performance on Saturday. In one or two, Grant's bare feet could be seen. Grant said she had learned to dance after attending dances with soldiers on Governors Island, where her older sister had a job.
"It was the kind of music where we'd go dancing and the gentleman would swing me over his head, around his back and between his legs," she said. "I was young and had a wonderful time. . . It's been a lot of years, but I had a wonderful life. I loved the life I lived. Isn't that a song?"
In her opening speech Saturday, Somers introduced herself as a girl from a rough neighborhood in East Harlem, N.Y., who grew up in a five-story walk-up filled with seniors. Somers said that there was always something to learn from her elders, especially how to live.
"You don't get to be 80, 90, or 100 years old without knowing how to live," she said.
On a trip to China, Somers met a 104-year-old woman who she asked to share with her one thing she'd learned. The woman responded, "Don't let the bastards get you down."
"I asked the interpreter what she meant," Somers said. "What she meant was, your husbands and kids are going to do what they're going to do, just do what you can do."
Having a balanced and steady approach to addressing long-term care is key, as it is to addressing life, she said.
"I like to say that I have been blessed living with seniors," Somers said. "I live a very blessed life because I've learned not to get obsessed about the nonsense stuff, and when you think about it, most of it is nonsense."
Somers went on to emphasize that everyone is a caregiver at some time in his or her life, whether it is for a little sister or for parents.
"Three in four Americans will need long-term care at sometime in their lives, and we are not ready," Somers said.
Sixteen percent of caregivers die before those for whom they are caring, she said, emphasizing the importance of being organized during the caregiving process. She went through an A-Z list of quick things for care givers to remember; among them: "Trust the elder you're caring for, and trust your basic caregiving instincts," and "Understand that being a caregiver requires patience."
"Talking about elderly care is not a sexy subject, so to remind people is necessary," she said. "Nobody wants to talk about aging or maybe being infirm. It's always over there, another person, but that other person could be you."
FirstComp Insurance Company, Markel Corp. named top insurance carriers
Citizen Staff Reports 07/26/2017 BusinessGeneral News
Two Glen Allen-based insurance carriers have been named among the top such companies in the nation.
Markel Corp. and FirstComp Insurance Company (now owned by Markel) are among 38 carriers recognized on the Insurance Business America list of the top insurance carriers in the country. > Read more.
Walmart honors Citizen's 'Top Teachers' during grand opening
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The much-anticipated new Walmart Supercenter in Eastern Henrico opened to busy crowds last week, and company officials welcomed a special group of shoppers, too. > Read more.
'It's such a blessing'
By Ashlee Korlach, Special to the Citizen 07/24/2017 FeaturesGeneral News
On Independence Day, a Brazilian-born Henrico resident took the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance on the steps of the Virginia Historical Society and felt peace finally settle around her.
Jeanette Hamlett's journey to U.S. citizenship is a story of faith and love, which she told with her husband, John Hamlett, by her side. > Read more.
Preschoolers give pillows to families in need
By Ashley Luck, Special to the Citizen 07/24/2017 FeaturesGeneral News
A group of preschoolers from Chesterbrook Academy Preschool donated 56 pillows to local families in need at the Housing Families First shelter. The shelter is always in need of pillows and linens as, since families take the donated ones with them to their new homes.
Housing Families First provides shelter and support for homeless families and assist them in finding a permanent housing solution. The shelter serves people year-round, said Terri Iguina, operations and volunteer manager at Housing Families First. > Read more.
Dairy Queen's Blizzard sales July 27 to benefit Children's Hospital of Richmond
Citizen Staff Reports 07/24/2017 BusinessGeneral News
Dairy Queen's 13th Annual Miracle Treat Day – Thursday, July 27 – will raise fund to benefit sick and injured children being treated at Children's Miracle Network hospitals throughout the United States. Locally, $1 or more from every Blizzard Treat sold at participating locations will be donated to the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Last year, the event raised more than $14,400 for the hospital. > Read more.
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In an article titled "Is the Target Breach the Chernobyl of Payments?" on our PaymentsViews.com blog, Glenbrook's Allen Weinberg says he's "been thinking that the Target breach has become the Chernobyl of the payments world."
I'm wondering if we, who unlike Europeans and others, can't be bothered to use Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode because "we're protected anyway", may be taking a different view of who we give our payment credentials to after "Payments Chernobyl" and what steps we'll be willing to take to protect our accounts.
Has the Target breach affected your use of cards for payments? Read Allen's article and add your comments - he'd enjoy hearing from you.


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The Pere Marquette Railway was a system which stretched throughout Michigan and also reached northern Indiana and southern Ontario. If you have often wondered how the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway came to operate so much trackage in Michigan and stretched so far northward this is the reason as the C&O gained control of the PM in 1947. Overall the PM was only ever a marginally successful system suffering through a number of reorganizations during its short existence as Michigan's largest railroad. Today, a fraction of the PM remains in operation cut up amongst CSX and numerous shortlines.
The Pere Marquette Railway began life through the merger of several smaller Michigan railroads the Flint & Pere Marquette Railway; Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad; and Chicago & West Michigan Railway. The F&PM dates as far back as 1857 when it was chartered to connect Flint, Michigan with Lake Michigan at present day Ludington with its main staple of traffic based in lumber and wood products. Through consolidation with other small lines like the Flint & Holly Railroad; Holly, Wayne & Monroe Railroad; Bay City & East Saginaw Railroad; Flint River Railroad; and Cass River Railroad the F&PM eventually reached its Lake Michigan connection in 1874 as well as such cities as Detroit.
A History Of Michigan's Railroads
Chesapeake & Ohio, "George Washington's Railroad"
Grand Trunk Western, "The Good Track Road"
Ann Arbor Railroad
Escanaba & Lake Superior
Lake Superior & Ishpeming
Pere Marquette (C&O): (Detroit-Grand Rapids, Chicago Grand Rapids/Muskegon, and Detroit-Saginaw)
The DL&N was created on March 16, 1871 as a consolidation of the small railroads the Detroit, Howell & Lansing and Ionia & Lansing. Overall this railroad was rather unprofitable and fell into several bankruptcies before become part of the PM. At its peak the DL&N connected Detroit with Howard City to the northwest. The last component of the PM was the Chicago & West Michigan Railway which was formed through the consolidation of the Chicago & West Michigan Railroad; Grand Rapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore Railroad; Grand Haven Railroad; and Indiana & Michigan Railroad. Overall the C&WM was large system containing some 348 miles of railroad mostly concentrated in Michigan's western regions connected such cities as Holland, Grand Rapids, White Cloud, Muskegon, New Buffalo and others.
The creation of the Pere Marquette Railroad took place on January 1, 1900 as the three systems, never very profitable, chose to consolidate as a means of decreasing costs and increasing profits. The Pere Marquette Railway was formed 17 years later April 1917 when the system was reincorporated after a reorganization. Stretching all throughout Michigan and as far south as La Crosse, Indiana the PM eventually reached southern Ontario including trackage rights as far east as Niagara Falls and Bridgeburg. Along with these expansions the PM also had car ferry operations at Ludington (connecting Milwaukee, Manitowoc and Kewaunee, Wisconsin) and took over the Manistee & North Eastern Railroad in December 1931 giving it additional lines in northern Michigan.
Overall the PM had a tough time earning healthy profits as its predecessors. It went through receivership twice, first in December of 1905 and later as mentioned before in April 1912, successfully coming out of the second in April 1917. Perhaps, though, the PM's most interesting period took place when it came under the control of siblings Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, famously remembered as the Van Sweringen brothers in 1924. These two had also gained control of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis (the Nickel Plate Road) and Erie railroads. The two were successful in turning around the PM's fortunes cutting costs and expanding revenues. As successful as the brothers were at managing railroads their attempts to consolidate the three systems was not allowed by the ICC. If this merger had taken place its interesting to think what may have come from the new railroad and its history as a classic fallen flag (assuming, of course, that it was eventually merged from existence).
In any event, as it were while the Pere Marquette Railway had also come under the control of various railroads over the years such as the Erie itself and Baltimore & Ohio it was eventually the Chesapeake & Ohio which acquired it, merging the PM into its system on June 6, 1947. For several years the C&O continued operating much of the PM including the car ferry but it was particularly during the Chessie era (after 1972) that the railroad began selling off and abandoning large chunks of the railroad. Although the railroad only existed a short time in the diesel era it did operate a small fleet of them before coming under C&O control. It's diesel locomotive fleet was exclusively comprised of EMD models (NW2s, SW1s, BL2s and even E7As) save for three General Electric 70-tonners.
Electro-Motive Corporation/Electro-Motive Division
|Model Type
|Road Number
|Date Built
|80-85 (Delivered with C&O liveries.)
|Model Type
|Road Number
|Date Built
|Wheel Arrangement
|C (Various)
|E-1 Through E-6
|M Through M-3
|P, SP (Various)
|N Through N-2
|Santa Fe
|T (Various)
While the PM may not be well remembered by the masses as part of
our country's railroad heritage it does have a very famous steam
locomotive, 2-8-4 Berkshire #1225 which is fully operational and was the
star in the 2004 hit movie Polar Express. It
should be noted that the C&O did keep alive the history of the PM.
A year before the railroad was merged into the C&O on August 10,
1946 it launched a streamline train serving Grand Rapids and Detroit
simply as the Pere Marquette. Interestingly it was also the
first streamliner to debut after World War II. Following the C&O's
takeover of the PM it retained the train and launched two more
successful versions of it between Chicago, Grand Rapids and Muskegon;
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10 Ways Single Ladies Can Embrace Valentine's Day
When you're single, Valentine's Day—with its flowers, chocolates and all-around coupliness—can feel like a cruel joke the world is playing to rub in the fact that you don't have someone special. It can certainly be doldrums producing—but why let it be? This is one day where you have to take the bull by the horns, and then wrestle it into a teddy bear. After the jump, 10 ways single women can make Valentine's Day into a celebration of awesomeness rather than a tear-inducing stressfest.
- Buy a few boxes of the Valentines you used to give out in school, the cheesier the better. I am partial to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ones, and thought the Darwin one above was pretty great. Now, hand them out to everyone you know. Why did we stop this after elementary school? It was really fun, no?
- Book yourself a massage or spa treatment. Hey, treat yourself to something indulgent.
- Gather your single friends for an activity you love to do. Last year, I went bowling with about 10 other single folks and it was way too much fun.
- Watch a marathon of movies you find truly romantic—not just cheesy rom coms—to remind yourself that love is actually a great thing.
- Cook yourself an epic, many-course meal full of all your favorite foods.
- Cuddle up with a good book and finish it in one day.
- Buy a bouquet of flowers for a friend you feel like could use a little love—someone you know is probably a little down on V-Day. Cheering them up will make you feel amazing.
- Take a nice, long bubble bath while listening to a great album. And what the heck, put on some lingerie after to remind yourself of what a sexy mama you are.
- Go take a salsa lesson. Or go to a yoga or meditation class. The endorphins will make you feel great.
- Make a date with a friend to go out to your favorite restaurant. Instead of being annoyed by all the lovey dovey couples around you, notice how adorable they are and remind yourself that someone amazing is waiting for you down the road.
Single folks out there, what are you going to do this Valentine's Day to make yourself feel wonderful?


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Ruth-Marie E. Fincher, M.D., is Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. After earning her M.D. degree and completing residency training in Internal Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, she practiced medicine for five years before joining the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) in 1984. She served as Director of Student Education for the Department of Medicine before becoming Associate Dean for Curriculum for the School of Medicine in 1992 and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs in 1994.
Dr. Fincher has published extensively in the medical education literature, particularly related to students' specialty choice, clinical assessment, and scholarship of education/teaching. She has been recognized as an outstanding educator as evidenced by receipt of the Medical College of Georgia's "Medical Educator of the Year Award" for eight sequential years, the coveted Alpha Omega Alpha/AAMC Distinguished Teacher Award (1996), and the MCG Outstanding Faculty Award (2000). In 2003 she received the Daniel S. Tosteson Award for Leadership in Medical Education.
She brings national perspectives to her local activities as a result of service as president of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM; 1991), chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Step 2 Medicine Test Material Development Committee (1996-98), chair of the AAMC's Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee (1995-96), chair of the Group on Educational Affairs (GEA; 1997-98), and chair of the GEA Scholarship Project (1999-2003). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Alpha Omega Alpha, the core committee of the International Institute for Medical Education, and governor of the Georgia Chapter of the American College of Physicians (2003-2007).
Michael E. Whitcomb, M.D., received his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University (1961) and his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati (1965). He completed an internal medicine residency and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Walter Reed General Hospital. He served as chief of the pulmonary disease services at Tripler Army Hospital and Walter Reed General Hospital before leaving the Army Medical Corps with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1974.
From 1974 to 1977 he was a member of the pulmonary disease division at Boston University. From 1977 to 1982 was chief of the pulmonary disease division at The Ohio State University. During that time he also served as associate chair of the department of medicine.
In 1981 he was appointed associate dean for clinical affairs, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and medical director of the University Hospitals. During the academic year 1984-85 Dr. Whitcomb was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow of the Institute of Medicine (Congressional Fellowship Program). He subsequently served as assistant vice president for health services at The Ohio State University (1985-86), and as dean of the schools of medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia (1986-88) and the University of Washington (1988-90).
He returned to Ohio State in 1992 to establish the university's Center for Health Policy Studies. In 1994 he moved to the American Medical Association as director of the division of graduate medical education; he assumed his current position at the Association of American Medical Colleges on 1 March 1995.
In November 2001 he assumed the additional responsibility of serving as editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine. He has recently been appointed as the director of the AAMC Institute for Improving Medical Education. Dr. Whitcomb has published over 100 papers covering a wide range of topics (clinical medicine, medical education, and health policy issues).
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Boom batsman Chris Lynn and cleared quick Cameron Gannon have been injected into Queensland's Sheffield Shield squad for their clash with Tasmania starting on Wednesday.
The Bulls will be without Usman Khawaja and Ben Cutting after they were called up for this week's Australia A showdown with England in Hobart.
However, Queensland will still be backing themselves at the batsman friendly Allan Border Field against a Tasmanian outfit captained by Test aspirant George Bailey after snapping up Lynn and Gannon as replacements.
After steering Queensland to victory in their stunning recent one-day final win over NSW, Lynn backed up by thrashing 104 and an unbeaten 61 in the invitational Western Australia XI's drawn tour match with England in Perth.
And Gannon also has a new lease on life after bouncing back from being reported with a suspect bowling action during the 2012-13 Shield final against overall winners Tasmania in March.
The 24-year-old fast bowler was forced to undergo a lengthy off-season remediation process that eventually resulted in him getting the all-clear.
Gannon made his official return to cricket for the Brisbane Heat in the recent underwhelming Champions League Twenty20 campaign in India.
Lynn and Gannon replacing Khawaja and Cutting are the only changes to the Bulls outfit that grabbed first-innings points in their Shield opener to South Australia in Adelaide.
Queensland have retained Cameron Boyce after his second-innings haul of 7-68 against South Australia - the best by a Bulls leg-spinner since Brian Fynn took 8-148 in 1953-54.
Bulls squad: James Hopes (capt), Cameron Boyce, Joe Burns, Luke Feldman, Peter Forrest, Cameron Gannon, Ryan Harris, Chris Hartley, Nathan Hauritz, Chris Lynn, Greg Moller, Nathan Reardon (12th man to be named).


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For those of you who have never moved... for those of you that have never had to start over.... for those of you who have had the same friends, the same shared history for the majority of your lives...for those of you who can actually identify where "home" is... This post is not meant for you.
It is meant for people like me: People who have spent their lives in transition, constantly starting over, making new friends, explaining their story, trying to communicate where they're "from"... and still never knowing what to call "home."
It may sound strange but for people like me, it is immensely significant to say:
"I grew up here"
Instead of "not here." (which is what I feel like I've been saying my entire life).
Coming back to Lusaka is, by definition, strictly business. I'm here on assignment - Gathering information regarding agricultural value chains which might prove useful in an upcoming bid for USAID (for those of who you may not be well acquainted with the development world, that's the international development arm of the American government). This bid, when it comes out, will be worth roughly $24 million...needless to say, the pressure is on.
But, despite the pressure, being here in Lusaka is more than just work. This is where I grew up. And, in a strange way, coming back felt a little like coming home. I say "strange" because its not as though my family is still here. When my plane landed at the airport, my dad wasn't standing on the welcome balcony and waving like he used to do when I was little. I also don't have many friends here any more. In fact, I only really know one person still in Zambia - one of my childhood friends who is now a law professor at the University. In fact, very little about Lusaka is how I remember it at all. There are far fewer potholes. There are malls. There are fast food restaurants and chain clothing stores and coffee shops selling chocolate cake and bagels! (My childhood self had to be indulged) So.... yeah... its a little "strange" to say that coming back to Zambia felt like coming home.
But it did.
And it felt good.
In fact, it smelled like "home" ... or at least, the smell I associate with feelings of home (In case you were wondering: scorched, burnt earth sunshine, and cooking fires ... which, I'm told, is also what Kenya smells like).
But Zambia isn't "home." At least not in the permanent sense. Zambia is one of the many "homes" I have been fortunate to have over the course of my life. And while it was nice ... great... wonderful, in fact, to finally say "I grew up here," going back to Zambia allowed me to see just how far I've come. To see just how much I've grown up.
Its good to look back - to go back - but life is about moving forward. And that's what I'm going to do now.
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I am not sure why he was forgotten, but am very glad that The New York Review has rescued Carpenter from obscurity.
What literature stands the test of time to emerge from obscurity?
"I would like to rest, and welcome the possibility of reveling in obscurity," he told reporters as he left office.
Meet the civil rights crusader who rescued him from obscurity and made the movie 12 Years a Slave possible.
As Spitzer seemed to fade mercifully from the public consciousness, Davis was in danger of slipping back into obscurity.
Cold with dread I gazed at him in the obscurity of the tent.
The life that passes in penury must necessarily pass in obscurity.
The etymological origin of this epithet is already lost in obscurity.
The tumult and obscurity were such that Napoleon did not witness the casualty.
In some places, owing to the obscurity of the original text, I have had to amplify the translation.
late 15c., "absence of light;" 1610s with meaning "condition of being unknown;" from obscure (adj.) + -ity; or else from Middle French obscurité, variant of Old French oscureté "darkness, gloom; vagueness, confusion; insignificance" (14c.), from Latin obscuritatem (nominative obscuritas) "darkness, indistinctness, uncertainty," from obscurus.


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If your orphan ancestor was around during the 1880 census, he or she may have been listed in the special schedule of "Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes." You can download a PDF guide to finding these records from FamilyTreeMagazine.com.
For an orphanage run by a religious group, search online for denominational archives. You also may find historical records of homes affiliated with churches or other private organizations at state and local historical societies, local libraries, or on Family History Library microfilm.


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Items where Year is 1974
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Number of items: 24.
Chase, HP and Starzl, TE (1974) Portacaval shunt and lipid synthesis. Pediatric Research, 8. p. 379. ISSN 0031-3998
Cox, Richard J. (1974) Public Records in Colonial Maryland. American Archivist, 37. pp. 263-275.
Earman, John (1974) An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to "The Problem of the Direction of Time". Philosophy of Science, 41 (1). pp. 15-47. ISSN 0031-8248
Earman, John (1974) Covariance, invariance, and the equivalence of frames. Foundations of Physics, 4 (2). pp. 267-289. ISSN 0015-9018
Glaser, Ellen Rassas and Burke-Thompson, M and Fenton, E R (1974) A Pilot Study of Short Term Auditory Memory Span in Normal and Articulation Disordered Children, Ages 4-10 Years. In: New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association Annual Convention, 1974.
Glaser, Ellen Rassas and Burke-Thompson, M and Fenton, ER (1974) Short Term Auditory Memory Span in Normal And Articulation Disordered Children, Ages 4-10 Years. In: American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, 1974, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Groth, CG and Hathaway, WE and Gustafsson, A and Geis, WP and Putnam, CW and Bjorken, C and Porter, KA and Starzl, TE (1974) Correction of coagulation in the hemophilic dog by transplantation of lymphatic tissue. Surgery, 75. pp. 725-733. ISSN 0039-6060
Groth, CG and Kashiwagi, N and Husberg, B and Putnam, CW and Halgrimson, CG and Penn, I and Starzl, TE (1974) Notes on some immunosuppressive agents and their use in human liver transplant recipients. In: Liver Transplantation: 1st International Symposium of Liver Transplantation.
Groth, CG and Kashiwagi, N and Torisu, M and Schroter, G and Gustafsson, A and Corman, J and Iwatsuki, S and Starzl, TE (1974) Some aspects of the protein metabolism in human liver transplant recipients. In: Liver Transplantation: 1st International Symposium of Liver Transplantation.
Haberal, MA and Picache, RS and Husberg, BS and Bakshandeh, K and Starzl, TE (1974) Late spontaneous rupture in homografted kidney: A case report. Archives of Surgery, 109. pp. 824-826. ISSN 0272-5533
Husberg, BS and Starzl, TE (1974) The outcome of kidney retransplantation. Archives of Surgery, 108 (4). pp. 584-587. ISSN 0272-5533
Ishikawa, M and Popovtzer, MM and Iwatsuki, S and Johansen, T and Starzl, TE (1974) Halothane hepatitis with renal failure treated with hemodialysis and exchange transfusion. The Japanese Journal of Surgery, 4. pp. 212-215. ISSN 0047-1909
Lilly, JR and Starzl, TE (1974) Liver transplantation in children with biliary atresia and vascular anomalies. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 9. pp. 707-714. ISSN 0022-3468
Murphy, B E and Clark, S J and Donald, I R and Pinsky, Michael R and Vedady, D (1974) Conversion of maternal cortisol to cortisone during placental transfer to the human fetus. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 118 (4). pp. 538-541. ISSN 0002-9378
Penn, I and Corman, J and Gustafsson, A and Halgrimson, CG and Putnam, CW and Schroter, G and Groth, CG and Starzl, TE (1974) Experience in orthotopic liver transplantation: Indications, results and future prospects. In: Liver Transplantation: 1st International Symposium of Liver Transplantation.
Starzl, TE and Chase, HP and Putnam, CW and Nora, JJ (1974) Follow-up of patient with portacaval shunt for the treatment of hyperlipidemia (Letter). Lancet, 304 (7882). pp. 714-717. ISSN 0140-6736
Starzl, TE and Chase, HP and Putnam, CW and Nora, JJ and Fennell Jr, RH and Porter, KA (1974) Portacaval shunt in hyperlipidemia. Lancet, 304 (7891). p. 1263. ISSN 0140-6736
Starzl, TE and Ishikawa, M and Putnam, CW and Porter, KA and Picache, R and Husberg, BS and Halgrimson, CG and Schroter, G (1974) Progress in and deterrents to orthotopic liver transplantation, with special reference to survival, resistance to hyperacute rejection, and biliary duct reconstruction. Transplantation Proceedings, 6. pp. 129-139. ISSN 0041-1345
Starzl, TE and Krebs, HA and Schmid, R and Bissell, DM and Bucher, NLR and Putnam, CW and Price Jr, JB and Whittemore, A and Kasuya, M and Fodor, P and Voorhees Jr, AB and Chiu, HF and Phillips, MJ and Popper, H (1974) Symposium on portal hepatotrophic factors. (Special article) Roche Symposium. Gastroenterology, 66. pp. 1225-1226. ISSN 0016-5085
Starzl, TE and Pappas, G (1974) Repair of posterior aortic anastomotic leaks. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, 139. pp. 91-92. ISSN 0039-6087
Starzl, TE and Porter, KA and Halgrimson, CG and Husberg, BS and Penn, I and Putnam, CW (1974) A decade followup in early cases of renal homotransplantation. Annals of Surgery, 180. pp. 606-616. ISSN 0003-4932
Starzl, TE and Porter, KA and Husberg, BS and Ishikawa, M and Putnam, CW (1974) Renal homotransplantation. In: Current Problems In Surgery. Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, pp. 1-59. ISBN UNSPECIFIED
Starzl, TE and Putnam, CW (1974) Renal transplantation. In: Scientific Foundations of Surgery. William Heineman Medical Books LTD, London, pp. 82-89. ISBN UNSPECIFIED
Starzl, TE and Putnam, CW (1974) Transplantation of the liver in human subjects. In: Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 6th Edition. Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, pp. 1247-1271. ISBN UNSPECIFIED


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Plumbing, Heating, and Refrigeration - AOS Degree
The two-year Plumbing, Heating, and Refrigeration program consists of the first-year courses from the one-year certificate program in Plumbing, Heating and Pipefitting and the courses from the one-year Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning certificate program. New students are accepted for the Fall semester only and can choose to begin their studies with Plumbing and Heating (Curriculum Code 1159) or Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Curriculum Code 0957).
Plumbers install and repair the water, waste disposal, drainage, and gas systems in homes and commercial and industrial buildings. Plumbers also install plumbing fixtures—bathtubs, showers, sinks, and toilets—and appliances such as dishwashers and water heaters. Pipe fitters install and repair both high-pressure and low-pressure pipe systems used in manufacturing. Plumbers must be able to follow building plans or blueprints and instructions from supervisors, lay out the job, and work efficiently with the materials and tools of their trade.
Air-conditioning and refrigeration systems consist of many mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, such as motors, compressors, pumps, fans, ducts, pipes, thermostats, and switches. Technicians must be able to maintain, diagnose, and correct problems throughout the entire system. To do this, they adjust system controls to recommended settings and test the performance of the system using special tools and test equipment. Technicians often specialize in either installation or maintenance and repair. They also may specialize in doing heating work or air-conditioning or refrigeration work.
Career Options
Job opportunities are expected to be very good, as demand for skilled plumbers and pipe fitters are expected to outpace the supply of workers well trained in this craft. Workers with welding experience should have especially good opportunities. For those who would like to advance, it is increasingly important to be able to communicate in both English and Spanish in order to relay instructions and safety precautions to workers with limited understanding of English.
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Each year, Delhi skilled trades students build a unique house design for a customer. Plumbing and Heating students work alongside Carpentry and Electrical students on the house project.
SUNY Delhi uses Refrigeration Service Engineers Society training manuals in all its Refrigeration courses. Membership in the RSES Student Chapter is included in the textbook cost. Students take the RSES certification exam as a part of their program.
Faculty with Areas of Expertise.
Delhi Plumbing and Heating and Air-Conditioning faculty are veteran instructors and experienced tradesmen who remain active in their field.
Admissions Requirements
Successful applicants are high school graduates with a minimum of a 73% overall average or a minimum 2500 GED test score. A 70% or higher on the Math A regents exam is highly recommended.
Admission Requirements
HS Average: 70
Algebra Regents (recommended): 70
Transfer GPA: 2.0
SUNY Curriculum Code: 1159
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