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My mailman, David, is the sunny-faced sort who brightens my block each afternoon, no matter the weather, with a glowing smile.
About 1910, however, a mailman was provided by the post office, though he still worked under the charge of the Chief Librarian.
The mailman, to whom he expressed these sentiments, told him to cheer up.
The distance from Boulia to Springvale is 80 miles, the only traffic along it being the pack horse of the mailman once a week.
They sat on a rock by the roadside waiting for the mailman's auto to come along.
I had a letter from him by the mailman yesterday from Fraser's Gully.
Most days in the winter, the only car to come by was the mailman.
"Here the mailman comes at last," she sighed in relief, as she saw the man turn in at the house next door.
Let's sit here under the pines a minute until the mailman goes by.
A touch of the bruised foot on the floor brought the mailman groaning to his chair again.

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Hume Female (player is male), Bastok Rank 10.
Silveria started playing shortly after WotG was released (~3 months ago) and was invited into my social LS by... someone... before distinguishing himself as one of the biggest leeches on the server. For a guy who's been playing for under 4 months, he already has 2 Astral Rings, a glut of other expensive gear, and Rank 10 whereas most people are unlocking their first advanced job by this point.
Anyway, the true warning about Silveria is that he is extremely selfish and unwilling to devote time or gil to return favors. He's famous for asking for help in /tells so the LS wouldn't catch on. Yet after a few of us started talking, we sat down and compared notes only then realizing exactly how much help Silveria had been asking for. Most of us b-listed him on the spot, since the LS Leader refused to kick him. I held out with a b-listing until he spammed /tells and asked me to leave a Dynamis run to help him with an AF quest >.>
The problem is that my social LS is full of helpfull players, which Silveria has taken complete advantage of. It took the LS awhile to catch on, but as more and more members b-list him I expect he'll be looking for a new main LS to infest soon. If you should see him in yours, don't be fooled by the Rank or the fact that he likes to talk like a more experienced player and pass himself off as an old-timer, he's a complete n00b and a selfish one at that.


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Kate Hanson stepped up to the plate late in the fifth inning.
It didn't matter that her Princeton Tigers' softball team was losing 21-0 to Blaine and that the game would end at the end of the inning because of the 10-run rule.
Hanson stared down Blaine pitcher Lauren Anderson's pitch and, with a crack of the bat, sent the ball sailing over the head of the Bengals' left fielder.
The ball hit the ground and rolled towards the left field fence. Hanson ran and ran until she scored an inside-the-park home run — the Tigers only run of their nonconference season opener.
"I was going to run until somebody told me to stop," Hanson said after the game.
The thing is, nobody ever told her to stop. As she ran to first base, she recalled having no idea where the ball was because it was not in her line of sight as she ran down the first baseline. It was when she rounded first that she knew she might have a hit that was something special.
"I looked up and got a glimpse of left field," Hanson recalled. "The left fielder was running backwards (towards the fence), and I knew that was good.
As Hanson approached third base, the decision was made to not let up.
"I saw Chuck (asst. coach Chuck Young) waving me in," she said.
"That was the fastest I've ever run before. I was nearly out of breath when I got home," she said.
As coach Mandee Allen said, "It was a great hit!"
The home run was the first career home run for the senior left fielder and the first highlight for the home team Tigers. Hanson led off the fifth inning with the home run, the Tigers' first hit of the game. An inning earlier, senior third baseman Haley Ostendorf reached base on a single and later stole second base before the Princeton side was retired to end the game.
It was a rough opener for Princeton on the defensive side of the ball, too.
The Tigers helped Blaine out with 10 errors, three of which came at the glove of second baseman Tobi Turpin and two from Chelsea Lindquist. Hanson, Katelyn Vickers, Sam Hunn and Renee Luedke were also credited with errors — many of which involved balls hitting gloves for apparent outs before popping out and hitting the ground.
The Princeton girls were limited to just 17 plate appearances, going three and out in the first four innings. Blaine's Anderson held Princeton batters to a .118 batting average while recording four strikeouts.
The Tigers gave up one run in the first inning, six in the second, five in the third, three in the fourth and another six runs in the fifth inning.
Senior pitcher Samantha Hanus gave up 16 hits and four walks in five innings. She had two strikeouts.
Blaine batters had a .419 batting average against Hanus, who finished the game with a 7.00 ERA.
The girls host St. Cloud Cathedral tonight at 5 p.m. at the Mark Park softball complex. They are then on the road Friday at Monticello before traveling to Little Falls next Tuesday. The girls are home again next Thursday when they host Milaca in a 5 p.m. game.


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WE were in Bucharest last weekend, and I was intending to tell you all about the Romanian capital, which is a fascinating place, as the country tries to make up for decades of Communist rule. They are making progress but have a long way to go.
I want to tell you about one person of the many we met, all of whom were friendly and helpful.
On Sunday morning our man in Bucharest as it were, Peter Tweedie, asked if we would go along and meet a friend of his.
The young man's name is George and two years ago he was playing in a game of rugby for his club team, when he was involved in a freak accident, and George is now a wheelchair user and has no movement from the chest down.
George is an intelligent young man who speaks some English, a lot more than I speak Romanian, and Peter took us to where he lives in the back streets of Bucharest.
George's parents are not poor, but believe me they are not rich by a long way, and they live with George, his brother and sister, in a small basement flat, reached by going down a narrow flight of stairs.
Every time George goes out, they have to get him up the narrow steps and through a low doorway and back into his wheelchair.
Believe me, if you think some of our streets and buildings are wheelchair unfriendly, then go to Bucharest, where walking the pavements is an adventure.
George's bedroom has been done out by his friends in Romanian rugby as a sort of changing rooms project, but he gets no government funding of note, and people like Peter have organised events and collections to help him.
He has just enrolled in a college course – he is very upbeat and a charming young man. His mother brought out some superb homemade cakes, jam and cheese, and we were made so very welcome.
George and his mum came to the game against the Warriors in the afternoon.
You will no doubt have heard and read about the sad death of Dan James, who was also badly injured playing rugby two years ago, and it's not for me to comment, except that I feel very sorry for his family.
I'll remember a lot of Bucharest but will remember George for much longer than the game, the food, the sights and the sounds, and will be doing something to help him in the future.
If you want to help as well, e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Got back home on Monday evening and on Tuesday afternoon took Wolfie up the Beacon and you get a lot of time to think up there.
I have played sport all my adult life, it has given me a living, it can be exhilarating, exciting, beautiful and uplifting, but it can also be cruel and tragic.
* Dave Bradley is the BBC Hereford & Worcester sports correspondent


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Currently the Sussex director of cricket, the 42-year-old's CV includes leading the county to an unexpected success in the Championship in 2003.
He has signed a three-year deal and succeeds Rod Marsh who is returning to Australia after four years in the post.
Moores said: "I am thrilled to have been given the chance to build on the foundations laid by Marsh."
He beat off competition from a number of well-known candidates believed to have included Worcestershire coach Tom Moody, former England captain Mike Gatting and England assistant coach Tim Boon.
Moores added: "It's a huge wrench to leave Sussex after all that we have achieved in recent years.
"My immediate priority this season will be Sussex but my long term vision for the academy will be based around the same ethos that has operated at Hove - one which involves plenty of hard work and careful preparation.
"It's a terrific opportunity for me to work with quality individuals and play an important part in the development of the next generation of England players."
Former Australian Test wicket-keeper Marsh announced in December he would be stepping down in September to return to Australia to be with his grandchildren.
Moores will be expected to guide the next generation of international cricketers with a clear objective that 95% of England's cricketers will have been through the academy by 2007.
Several members of the current England squad have been through previous academy intakes.
The most celebrated graduates are batsman Andrew Strauss and paceman Steve Harmison.
Popular all-rounder Andrew Flintoff also spent a brief spell at the academy, while James Anderson and Robert Key are others to have come through the system.


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In this article, it is inquired which reasons are decisive for acting in accordance with divine commands, and whether these can be regarded as moral reasons; the emphasis lies on Christianity. To this effect, the position of God as a – basic – lawgiver is expounded, with special attention to the role His power plays. By means of an account of the grounds given (in the Bible) to obey God, the selfish motives in this respect are brought to light. It is questioned whether any other elements can be discerned, particularly from a meta-ethical perspective.
An appeal to 'good' and 'bad' actions in religions is evident. Stealing, e.g., is considered to be wrong, whereas giving to the poor is prescribed as good. In this article, I will examine to what extent it may be maintained that such moral elements are indeed inherent in divine commands or exhortations; I will focus on the Christian faith. In section 1, two positions are outlined. Those who indicate some things to be good or bad as such, irrespective of God's ruling, and the thinkers who emphasize God's radical power and who state that God decides these matters, thus arguing a radical omnipotence, are juxtaposed, although their positions may not differ greatly from an ethical (or meta-ethical) viewpoint.
Section 2 is focused on the consequences of these alternative outlooks. If there are such things as good and bad actions, it is important to find out whether these are respectively prescribed and abhorred (subsection 2.1). A number of Biblical passages may illustrate the reasons to display a certain behavior. Subsection 2.2 briefly explores the second perspective stated in section 1.
Section 3 presents an alternative; the goal is to be as critical as possible in analyzing the reasons to adhere to the commands one is to obey. In particular, it is inquired which role selfishness plays; is an act of altruism possible? I have not limited the research to religion here, but have tried to find a broader scope. In section 4, some relevant remaining meta-ethical questions are dealt with. Some Christian philosophers have, e.g., appealed to intuitions in order to account for the existence of goodness.
In this article, I attempt to approach matters with an open view, not dismissing any position a priori. This should lead to a consistent whole and to credible results.
1. The nature of 'goodness' from a religious perspective
The main question addressed in this article, whether moral acts can be performed within a religious scope, raises the subsequent one on what basis goodness can be acknowledged to exist. Whether this can exist at all is a more fundamental question, which will be dealt with later, though it is connected with the issue of the source of goodness, which is the subject-matter of this section.
In Christian philosophy, two positions can rudimentarily be distinguished. On the one hand, it is stated that goodness exists as such, God's commands reflecting this. On the other hand, it is deemed to be at God's disposal to determine which acts are good and which aren't, rendering goodness contingent in this respect. (The issue already, in nuce, receives attention from Plato; in an early work, the question is put forward whether something is approved of by the gods because it is pious, or, conversely, pious because they approve of it.[1]) Of course, middle positions are also possible and have even been defended, but as this is of minor relevance to this article, I will merely deal with the two options mentioned.
Bonaventura's line of thought is an example of the first position. He limits God's power by stating:
"God is omnipotent, but in such a way that no culpable acts are attributed to Him, such as lying and wanting evil." ("[…] Deus est omnipotens, ita tamen, quod ei non attribuuntur actus culpabiles, utpote mentiri et malle velle […].");[2] "God's will is so right that it can in no way stray." ("[Voluntas Dei] sic est recta, ut nullo modo potest obliquari […].")[3]
A (or the) right way to act is presupposed here, independent of God's decisions. Further,
"The divine omnipotence, through everything, is irreprehensible, since it only prescribes, prohibits, or suggests justly; it merely acts in a good way, and permits nothing unjustly." ("[Divina omnipotentia] per omnia est irreprehensibilis, quia nihil nisi iuste praecipit, prohibit, vel consulit; nihil agit nisi bene, nihil permittit iniuste.")[4]
This presupposes a (or the) just way to proceed, again independent of God's decisions. In a similar vein, Thomas Aquinas indicates some acts to be good or bad by their kind. ("[…] Quidam actus sunt boni ex genere […]; quidam vero sunt actus mali ex genere […].")[5]
Even Damiani, famous for his emphasis on God's omnipotence,[6] maintains that God can't perform an evil act:
"It is clear that God is unable to do something bad, just as He is ignorant in this regard. For He is unable to lie, or commit perjury, or do something unjust, nor does He know how to." ("[…] Videlicet quicquid malum est, sicut non [Deus] potest agere, ita nescit agere. Non enim potest aut scit mentiri, vel peiurare, vel iniustum aliquid facere.")[7]
It would not contribute to God's power to engage in such actions, so His being unable to perform them does not conflict with His omnipotence. From Damiani's presentation it appears that his view is similar to Bonaventura's with regard to the existence of goodness (and evil). Leibniz presents an additional argument:
"If it were the case that the works of God are merely good because of the formal reason that God has performed them, God, knowing that He is their creator, would only have to observe them afterwards, and deem them good. […] Furthermore, by saying that things aren't good by any standard of goodness, but by God's will only, one destroys, is seems to me, without thinking, the entire love of God and His entire glory." ("Dieu sçachant qu'il en est l'auteur, n'avoit que faire de les regarder par après, et de les trouver bons […]. Aussi, disant que les choses ne sont bonnes par aucune regle de bonté, mais par la seule volonté de Dieu, on détruit, ce me semble, sans y penser, tout l'amour de Dieu, et toute sa gloire.")[8]
Leibniz, then, emphasizes the content of goodness and on that ground wants to cling to an absolute standard by which God abides.
By contrast, one may argue that God's power is not limited in this
respect, nor should it be, God Himself determining what it is for something to
be good at all.
"[…] There can be nothing whatsoever which does not depend on God. This applies not just to everything that subsists, but to all order, every law, and every reason for anything's being true or good. If this were not so, then […] God would not have been completely indifferent with respect to the creation of what he did in fact create. If some reason for something's being good had existed prior to his preordination, this would have determined God to prefer those things which it was best to do. But on the contrary, just because he resolved to prefer those things which are now to be done, for this very reason, in the words of Genesis, 'they are very good'; in other words, the reason for their goodness depends on the fact that he exercised his will to make them so."[10]
It is difficult to assess the merits of these positions with regard to their claims on God's options and (possible) limitations. This would require a more intricate metaphysical theory than I would pretend to be able to proffer here; moreover, these thinkers do not, perhaps with the exception of Leibniz, really produce arguments why their position should be correct and, even if they had done so, in the absence of a covering, or – as is pertinent to this issue – God's eye view, the matter can't be resolved with a metaphysical analysis.
It is, however, possible to evaluate the positions from a meta-ethical point of view.[11] According to the first approach, good and bad exist as absolute standards.[12] An account is needed why it is good to, e.g., give almonds to the poor, or bad to lie. In the next section, a number of Biblical sections will be explored in order to find out whether an answer to this question can be found there. According to the second approach, in which God determines what 'good' and 'bad' actions are, an external criterion to obey Him is not available as it is supposed to be in the first approach, so the question why this should be done presents itself.
2. The two options explored
In this section, I will try to establish the tenability of the two positions outlined in the previous section. Firstly, I will, in subsection 2.1, evaluate the claims of those who argue that goodness as such exists from a religious (mainly Christian) point of view, and that it may provide a basis for acting. Secondly, the basis of God's position as a fundamental lawgiver, to which the defenders of the second position adhere, will be investigated in subsection 2.2. Admittedly, the Bible – presumably having been written in an accessible style – doesn't convey a philosophical message,[13] but that doesn't mean that the texts should not be analyzed critically.
2.1. The basic 'goodness' as a motivational element
There are a number of Biblical passages in which 'good' deeds are prescribed and 'bad' ones are forbidden. I will argue that the basis for complying with the norms according to which one is to behave and abstaining from those one is to avoid has a different basis than an acknowledgement of their being 'correct' (or 'right') respectively 'wrong'.
The revelation of the Ten Commandments is an obvious place to start. These are presented as the fundamental directives God imposes upon man. According to the first option, there would be something inherently 'good' in obeying these commandments, or inherently 'wrong' in disobeying them. It is clear that adhering to most, or possibly all of them would contribute to a stable society. The interdiction to murder (Deuteronomy ), e.g., will, if observed, lead to a peaceful society in which people can prosper. It is, however, difficult to support the claim that the Commandments are supposed to represent moral values.
Some of the Commandments are not motivated but simply postulated; they can't be helpful to this inquiry. In the case of blasphemy, conversely, a reason is given. This consists in the fact that "[…] the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain." (Deuteronomy 5:11). In this case, then, the (concealed) penalty which is to be bestowed upon the blasphemer is the basis for keeping to the norm. Similar accounts are given in Deuteronomy 28:15-68, where the curses for disobedience are described.
In the New Testament, the negative effects of failing to comply are, on the whole, less pungent than in the Hebrew Bible and are presented more subtly. Still, the basis analysis is the same. Matthew 7:1-2 reads: "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." The second verse gives the explanation – one shouldn't judge because of the negative effects for oneself – but even the first verse points to this: there is a necessary connection between the imperative and the consequence by the use of the conjunction 'that' ('hina').[14] It is hard, then, to evade the conclusion that self-interest is the motivation to comply. This is also the way the 'golden rule'[15] is to be interpreted.[16]
There are also passages in which the negative element is stressed – e.g., Matthew 26:52 ("[…] All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.") – but the analysis is the same here: don't partake in 'bad' or 'wrong' actions because they will reflect on you.[17]
The positive elements, i.e., those which point to rewards, evince the same analysis as the penal ones outlined above. To commence again with the Ten Commandments, the Fifth is "Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." (Deuteronomy 5:16). In this case, the reason for keeping to the Commandment appears to be that a reward will follow. No intrinsic reason is given[18][19] (which may be impossible at any rate, but that will be dealt with further on).
The general motivation is presented in Deuteronomy 29:9: "Keep […] the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do."[20] The reward for believing and acting as God commands lies in being saved (e.g., Matthew 6:1-6, , -22; Romans 10:9).[21] It is stated in Luke 6:35: "[…] Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again […]." This seems not to appeal to any positive results for the actor. Still, the passage continues "[…] and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil." As the conjunction connecting the sections is a neutral one in this case ('kai' ('and')), not introducing a final clause (as in the case of Matthew 7:1 mentioned above), one might argue that there is no necessary link with the agreeable consequences. It would be difficult, however, to find another reason than this for someone to be so kind to his enemies as is prescribed. One would have to appeal to some sort of 'goodness' or altruism, both of which are problematic, as will be pointed out in sections 3 and 4, respectively. First, the second possibility, 'good' actions being such as a result of God's decree, needs to be examined.
2.2. God as the basic legislator
The interpretation of the 'good' and 'bad' actions of the previous subsection amounts to the conclusion that the basis for acting or refraining lies in the penalty or reward which may result from it. The question is whether the second position, according to which God decides what it means for something to be 'good' or 'bad', may provide another analysis.
A basic given is God's power to both reward and punish (Deuteronomy -28).[22] God's power is continuously implicit in this interpretation; if the Ten Commandments do not attest of values which are good as such (as in the first interpretation), their enforcement is an all the more pressing issue. It is, then, incumbent on man to fear God (Deuteronomy 6:2, -13; Matthew ). One may argue that Abraham, when commanded by God to sacrifice Isaac (Genesis 22:2-10), intended to do so on the following basis: "Why […] does Abraham do it? For God's sake and – the two are wholly identical – for his own sake. He does it for God's sake because God demands this proof of his faith; he does it for his own sake so that he can prove it."[23] Nevertheless, it is the fear of God that is presented by God as the crucial reason: "And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." (Genesis 22:12). Finally, even the man at the cross beside Christ who showed remorse[24] refers to the fear of God (Luke -42).
The problem is evident: if the reason one is to obey God lies in His position as a legislator (and final judge), there doesn't seem to be a moral criterion. It is simply God's power, and not His or another goodness, which is decisive.[25] His authority would be analogous to that of the human legislator. This is an important given which is to be explored in section 3.
3.1. Selfishness as the pivotal element
Now that the two positions have been explored, it is time to evaluate them, as will be done in this subsection and the next. The problem with the first position appears to be that no explanation is given why something is good. The Bible mentions the knowledge of good and Evil (Genesis , 3:5), but this isn't explicated. One might try to appeal to a common sense-approach, which may have been discounted in the places referred to in subsection 2.1. The fact that the consequences for the actor are mentioned should then be ignored, but it is worthwhile to inquire whether this may be a viable option.
It seems obvious that, e.g., it is a good thing to give to the poor and a bad thing to commit murder. If the reasons why one acts or abstains are investigated, however, the issue may turn out to be more intricate than it may seem to be at first. In this case, the self-interest I made explicit in the previous section (where, e.g., the rewards given by God are decisive) is not at stake, as I already indicated not to focus on it for now.
A first option is that one simply gives to the poor because one may at some point in the future be poor oneself; for that reason, one wants others to remember one's deed so that they (themselves having acquired enough means in the meantime) will reciprocate, perhaps for the same reason one oneself gave in the first place. The act then becomes one of insurance, really; one isn't sure whether one will fall on bad times, but should such a situation arise, it is nice to know there is a chance one won't be deprived of the basic[26] needs. The situation is, of course, optimal if one doesn't have to rely on the other party's willingness to return the favor or contributing for another reason and one lives in a society with a relatively stable system of distribution.
Such a system of distribution has been implemented and expanded in the developed countries.[27] In this case, one merely contributes (e.g., through taxes) because of the safety-net which is provided for oneself. (There are those who are rich enough not to have to worry and whose position might only be in danger in case of an emergency, but they don't have the option not to contribute. They simply pay because their voice isn't strong enough or, put differently, their view isn't represented to a great enough extent in the political process.)
A second option consists in giving to someone one cares about, like a friend.[28] Is self-interest at stake here? The difficulty lies in the qualification of 'self'. I won't expound a discourse here that would diverge too much from the current theme, but the question whether one considers a friend (or, e.g., one's wife, or a family member) as exhibiting a special position is a relevant one. The sort of relation there is to another person seems, in many cases, to matter to one's attitude towards him or her. One may argue, then, that in this case self-interest is displayed, albeit not self-interest in the sense that only the actor is at stake (abandoning his friend, wife or family member if that should prove to be most advantageous) but in the sense that one is connected to another person and on that basis wants him or her to prosper.
This does, of course, call for a division within the notion of 'self-interest'; this variant may be dubbed 'indirect self-interest' rather than direct self-interest (by 'direct self-interest' I understand the self-interest which is at stake when one intends to serve one's own needs).[29] After all, the action isn't directed at a random person but just at someone whose interest one wants to promote. In other words, it is in one's (indirect) self-interest that the (direct) self-interest of the other party is served. This even extends to dying for one's friends (John ), which means that one considers one's indirect self-interest more important than one's direct self-interest. Of course, it is conceivable that someone (aspires to) include everyone in his or her circle of intimates, but this is immaterial to the analysis: it merely means that many beings are involved; the motivation is no different than in cases in which a small number of beings are at stake.
A third option is to focus on the situation rather than on the quality of the relation. One may experience sympathy when one observes how someone one doesn't even know suffers as a result of his or her lack of means. Does this point altruism? The etymology of 'sympathy' is helpful here. The word 'sympathy' is a compound of 'sun' ('together') and 'pathos' ('feeling' or 'suffering').[30] If one takes this seriously, it is the suffering of oneself in observing the struggles of someone else that is at stake; the person in distress and the observer both suffer (albeit in different respects). This means that it is really one's own suffering one wants to alleviate. No 'good' deeds are involved.[31]
3.2. A Satanic Stance
If God is the propagator of 'good' and 'bad' and if His power is the decisive element (cf. subsection 2.2), a number of confronting questions are raised. Hobbes's stance is helpful in this regard. In his view, the reason to abstain from malicious acts is that these may have negative effects for oneself: "The institution of eternal punishment was before sin, and had regard to this only, that men might dread to commit sin for the time to come."[32] 'Good' and 'bad' are interpreted as subjective[33] until the legislator creates an – artificial – standard.[34]
As Hobbes maintains that man only acts in his own interest,[35] it is not surprising that it is God's power which is decisive:
"The right of nature, whereby God reigneth over men, and punisheth those that break his Lawes, is to be derived not from his Creating them, as if he required obedience, as of Gratitude for his benefits; but from his Irresistible Power."[36]
In subsections 2.1 and 3.1, the problems with the criterion which focuses on the content of the norm to which one is to adhere were brought to light. If the criterion (God's position as a legislator) also fails to display a moral element, why would it be moral to obey God? In fact, if the power criterion is determinative, one might argue that it would be incumbent on man, acting in his self-interest, to obey Satan, if he should prove to be more powerful than God. Just to be clear, this is not what I myself propose. After all, if the Christian doctrine is correct, God is more powerful than Satan (cf., e.g., Job , Revelation 12:8-9); and if it is not, I am not inclined to such a course of action on the basis of any conviction. In fact, with regard to the question whether God (or Satan, for that matter) exists, I must suspend my judgment as I have no means to establish His existence or non-existence. It may be objected that such a conviction is present in some who on that basis still find a reason to act in accordance with God's dictates; they are presumed to simply grasp that it is good (or bad) to do something and to find a directive on that basis. I will try to counter such an objection in section 4.
4. Meta-ethical considerations
In order to attempt to unnerve the results reached in the foregoing, one might try to appeal to 'good' and 'bad' (or 'evil'). Don't the issues mentioned attest of these notions? Isn't it, e.g., simply good to give to the poor? From an ethical point of view, this may indeed be argued. At that level, the pivotal question is: 'what is good?'; one seeks to do good things. The meta-ethical question, and that is the one at stake here, is: 'what is 'good'?' The meaning (if any) of the ethical notions is concerned.
One may adduce that it is not because of the agreeable results that one acts but, conversely, that rewards are sought because they are considered good.[37] In a similar vein, it may be stated that
"it is necessary for evil men to be unhappier when they have accomplished what they longed for than if they might be unable to implement the things they long for." ("[…] Infeliciores esse necesse est malos cum cupita perfecerint, quam si ea quae cupiunt implere non possint.")[38]
Augustine indicates that happiness is only attainable for those who do not seek after evil.[39]
The problem in these accounts is that they presuppose the existence of good and evil; it isn't clarified how this may be maintained and what it means. If these notions can't be maintained for that reason, does that also mean that the difference between doing something out of selfish motives and for a moral reason is cancelled, reducing the latter to the former? Abelard makes the following distinctions:
"[…] Repentance at one happens out of love for God and is fruitful, at another because of some penalty with which we do not want to be burdened […].";[40] "Daily […] we see many about to depart from this life repenting of their shameful accomplishments and groaning with great compunction, not so much out of love of God whom they have offended or out of hatred of the sin which they have committed as out of fear of the punishment into which they are afraid of being hurled."[41]
Assuming one acts out of love of God, if one does, it is not the direct self-interest which is concerned (as would be the case if one were to act to avoid punishment), but the indirect self-interest (cf. subsection 3.1). One simply prefers acting out of love of God to sinning. Of course, it may be objected that one has faith without being able to know (through reason) whether one will be rewarded or punished. Doesn't this evince the righteousness of the believer? Firstly, if this is his position, his faith is blind; he has no ground to believe in anything rather than in anything else and any conviction (if one may call it that) he has is random. The religion to which he adheres is interchangeable for another, precisely because of the fact that he has no reason to cling to one rather than to another.[42] Secondly, this course of action doesn't appear to differ from insuring one's possessions (not knowing whether something may happen to them), where paying the premium is similar to performing the 'good' deeds. By contrast, if one is able to know whether a reward or punishment will ensue, the major premise of the objection is cancelled.
The objection that one acts from an insight into what is 'good' and 'bad' can still be proposed. One acts in accordance with the Ten Commandments, e.g., because one acknowledges their value. I can't prove that those who have an intuition of this sort are wrong. It is, however, doubtful whether their position is tenable. Is there such a thing as an intrinsic good quality? The Bible isn't helpful here. In the statement that "The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble […]." (Nahum 1:7), is 'a strong hold in the day of trouble' the reason why He is good? If so, the positive effects of His actions are simply posited and 'good' should be understood as 'agreeable' or 'useful'. If not, no reason for His goodness is given.
Leaving the Bible aside, it is difficult in general, having analyzed the elements involved in actions, to find 'goodness', especially if one considers accounts such as Mackie's argument from queerness, indicating that it is hard to see how moral qualities would fit with the things with which one is acquainted.[43] It is, then, up to those who appeal to intuitions, to inquire whether these really pertain to 'good' and 'bad' elements or whether they may be reduced to other elements than these.
In this article, I have attempted to ascertain whether moral elements may be present in religion, having focused on the Christian faith. A number of results were reached which may be perceived by some as radical. It was my intention to inquire as critically as possible, not eschewing any conclusion a priori. Still, the outcome doesn't necessarily lead to far-reaching practical changes. In particular, no reasons not to adhere to Christianity (or any other religion) were brought to the fore. By contrast, I have concentrated on the specific motivation to do so. This culminated in two perspectives.
If one is to act on account of an acknowledgment of the (inherent) goodness or wickedness of some things, it is important to find out whether such qualities may be said to exist at all. The reason frequently given in the Bible (a reward or punishment which is to follow) merely points to a selfish perspective and discounts an alternative explanation.
The same analysis can be applied to the situation in which God's power is the central issue. Selfishness may be advanced in general as the basic drive to act. A meta-ethical inquiry also poses some difficult questions (not only to religions, but to a number of philosophies as well) which can't be ignored. This is not necessarily detrimental to the position of religions; it does mean that some of the doctrines pertaining to reasons for adhering to them may be up for critical revision. Still, it will mean that the followers of religions will be able to maintain them in a world in which their tenets are ever more critically questioned.
P. Abelard, Ethics (Scito Te Ipsum). Translated
by D. Luscombe.
De Conceptu Virginali et De Originali Peccato. Complete
works, vol. 2.
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De Natura Boni. Œuvres de Saint
Augustin, vol. 1. Edited by B. Roland-Gosselin.
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Bonaventura, Breviloquium. Complete Works, vol. 5. Florence: Ad Claras Aquas, 1891
R. Bultmann, Die Geschichte der synoptischen Tradition. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1979
P. Damiani, De Divina Omnipotentia. Edited by A. Cantin. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf, 1972
Descartes, Meditations on First
Philosophy (Meditationes de Prima Philosophia). The
Philosophical Writings of Descartes, vol. 2. Translated by J. Cottingham, R.
Stoothoff, D. Murdoch. Cambridge et al.:
Th. Hobbes, De Cive (the English version).
Th. Hobbes, Leviathan. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984
Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling (Frygt og Bæven).
Kierkegaard's Writings, vol. 6. Translated by H. Hong and
G. Leibniz, Discours de Metaphysique. Complete Writings and Letters: Philosophical Writings, vol. 4, part B. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1999
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C. Gebhardt.
[1] Plato, Euthyphro, 10a.
[2] Bonaventura, Breviloquium, pars 1, cap. 7 (p. 215). In each instance where I have translated a section myself, I have included the original texts. The spelling of the original texts in English and French has been preserved, even if this conflicts with the present spelling.
[3] Bonaventura, Op. cit., pars 1, cap. 9 (p. 217).
[4] Bonaventura, Op. cit., pars 1, cap. 9 (p. 218).
[5] Th. Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, 1a2ae, q. 92, art. 2 (p. 161).
[6] E.g., P. Damiani, De Divina Omnipotentia, 612 A, B (p. 448/449).
[7] P. Damiani, Op. cit., 597 C (pp. 390/391, 392/393) (cf. 600 A (p. 400/401), 610 D (p. 442/443)).
[8] G. Leibniz, Discours de Metaphysique, § 2 (p. 1532).
[9] G. Biel, Collectorium circa Quattuor Libros Sententiarum, Book 3, Distinctio 38, Quaestio unica (Art. 2, Concl. 2), G. (pp. 649, 650).
[10] R. Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Sixth Set of Replies, p. 294.
[11] Meta-ethics deals with the basic notions in ethics, e.g., what 'good' and 'bad' mean (if anything). The next sections will present a more elaborate account than this one.
[12] Of course, it is argued that evil things are nothing, as they don't proceed from God (P. Damiani, Op. cit., 609 B (p. 436/437), 610 C, D (p. 442/443)), and that evil is to be considered an absence of goodness (e.g., Anselm, De Conceptu Virginali et De Originali Peccato, Cap. 5 (p. 146)); cf. Augustine, De Natura Boni, XVII, 17 (p. 454/455)).
[13] B. Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, Cap. 13 (p. 167).
[14] This Gospel is possibly a translation of an Aramaic or Hebrew text which is lost.
[15] Matthew 7:12: "[…] All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."
[16] Cf. R. Bultmann, Die Geschichte der synoptischen Tradition, p. 107.
[17] Cf., e.g., Sura 16:104-111.
[18] Cf., e.g., Sura 43:74, Sura 44:51-57.
[19] Hinduism, e.g., in which reincarnation into a new body by the soul after one has died is a central tenet, and the concept of God (if one may qualify it as such) differs greatly from that of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, proffers a different explanation from a metaphysical point of view, but it may be argued that the way one's deeds in life (Karma) are the basis for one's misery or fortune (or, rather, in Hinduism, the degree of misery), and one's attempt to reach 'Moksha' (the release from life) can be qualified in the same way from a meta-ethical point of view.
[20] Cf., e.g., Deuteronomy 8:1.
[21] Cf. Sura 19:60-61.
[22] Cf., e.g., Sura 3:189, Sura 5:40.
[23] S. Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, pp. 59, 60.
[24] Matthew 27:38-44 and Mark 15:27-32 report that neither of the two men who were crucified together with Christ repented.
[25] Cf. Mackie's observation that resorting to the position that God's commands supply the prescriptive element in morality undermines morality itself (J. Mackie, The Miracle of Theism, p. 256).
[26] One may debate which needs are 'basic'; I won't deal with that in this article as it is not a crucial issue here.
[27] There
are varying degrees to which the basic needs can be supplied, the Scandinavian
countries at present realizing a more elaborate program than, e.g., the
[28] There is no a priori limit here – animals could also be recipients – but for convenience's sake I'll limit the account to human beings.
[29] The demarcation between direct and indirect self-interest may be difficult or even impossible to find, but that is not a problem for the analysis which is proposed here.
[30] The phoneme /n/ has changed to /m/ through regressive assimilation.
[31] Incidentally, the motivation to sympathize with other beings in Hinduism (with both human beings and animals) is based on the fact that one thinks 'Âtman' (one's soul) is actually identical to 'Brahman' (the whole of things) so that the explanation can be used here, albeit in a somewhat intricate way, too.
[32] Th. Hobbes,
[33] Th. Hobbes, De
Cive, Ch. 3, § 31 (p. 74); cf. De
Cive, Ch. 12, § 1 (p. 146). Significantly,
Hobbes also states: "[…] There is no such Finis ultimus, (utmost ayme,)
nor Summum Bonum, (greatest Good,) as is spoken of in the Books
of the old Morall Philosophers." (
[34] Th.
[35] "[…]
Of the voluntary acts of every man, the object is some Good to himselfe." (Th. Hobbes,
[36] Th.
[37] Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, 4, 3, 7 (p. 109).
[38] Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, 4, 4, 3 (p. 113).
[39] Augustine, De Trinitate, 13, 6, 9 (pp. 286/287, 288/289).
[40] P. Abelard, Ethics, p. 76/77.
[41] P. Abelard, Ethics, p. 78/79.
[42] In fact, this is my position. This is the reason why I suspend judgment with regard to the issue which religion is the right one (if any) and consider myself an agnostic.
[43] J. Mackie, Ethics. Inventing Right and Wrong, pp. 38-42.


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Volunteering in Sihanoukville
(Excuse the long entry but this covers 4 weeks)
After Bangkok it was time to enter the 6th country on my travels, Cambodia. It was also here that I chose to spend 4 weeks volunteering at a school in the coastal city of Sihanoukville. In previous months I had heard mixed things about the country, mainly that the people are nice but it can be very dangerous. I couldn't wait to settle down and find out for myself.
Upon crossing the border (and paying a fine for overstaying my Thai visa - naughty me) I found that I had missed the last minibus but a friendly chap was all too keen to call in his friend who would drive me where I wanted. Alarm bells were ringing and when the taxi appeared it was a regular unmarked private vehicle. After negotiating the price down and asking to the remaining half on arrival I hesitantly entered the vehicle alone. The next 10 minutes were spent trying to ingratiate myself to the driver in the hope that he wouldn't dump me in the middle of nowhere with just the clothes on my back. At this point the car filled with a Thai man and a further 2 tourists and my fears subsided. It turned out that the driver was just a nice guy doing his job - who would have guessed?
Entering Sihanoukville I realised that had I not been volunteering I would have only spent 2 nights there max. It's main attractions for the casual tourist are drinking, lying on the beach and the many western style cafes/bars. As a result the typical visitor is either fat, white and middle aged or a flourescant vest wearing douchebag (trying not to generalise here). The people who kept me sane were the locals. I have to say that Cambodians must be the happiest, friendliest and cheekiest nation of people I've ever encountered. Cambodians I met through the school and in casual encounters were generous with smiles and I felt very welcome. The ability to laugh at yourself is certainly required as they are not shy of teasing or highlighting any sore points you might have. Apparently I have a long head and small ears???
During my stay here I volunteered at a school for poor and 'at risk' children called 'Let Us Create' or CCPP for short, after it's former name of the Cambodia Children's Painting Project. The project aims to teach children of all ages English and art skills while providing a safe environment in which they can receive food and health support that they don't get at home. Finished artworks are then sold in the school's shop with proceeds coming back to help those in need. Please check out the Let Us Create Facebook page for more details.
(All photos in this blog entry are taken from the Facebook page due to the necessary restrictions surrounding child safety)
It was an absolutely brilliant experience working with the children. They have a real desire to learn and attend school, appreciate the value it has and nearly always arrive with a beaming smile. This is all the more outstanding when you see what kind of home life these children have. Sharing a bed with your whole family and living in what is really just a wooden shack is common among the children. Having 1 or no parents is not unusual. Going on a home visit and learning about their lives really puts things in perspective. The school also undertakes social care work - regularly meeting high risk families, giving rice and paying rent where necessary. While I have to admit that the town and volunteer experience weren't what I thought they would be, seeing the needs of the kids and the good work occurring I was determined to make a difference for them in whatever I could achieve in 4 weeks.
This really was the hottest place I've been to so far. Scorching heat every day and working most the day in an air-con and fan-less school meant at least 3 showers a day were in order. The volunteer house only had cold showers but these were always welcome.
One highlight activity of my time here was participating in a Khmer cookery class where I made traditional dishes such as a fish amok (coconut based curry) and lok lak (beef in a flavoursome tomato sauce). These 2 dishes will go superbly amongst my current repertoire of stir fry chicken, spaghetti bolognaise and oven pizza.
One weekend the school took part in the annual city carnival where various organisations would transform trucks into floats based on a certain theme. This year it was road safety and HIV awareness! Hence our slogan: Always wear a helmet. Our truck went with a 'Stop' and 'Go' theme with 2 big hands as the indicator.
By the end of the 4 weeks I was really sad to say goodbye to the kids and the great people I'd met in my first stop in Cambodia. It was also quite exhausting trying to maintain a 6 day work schedule and busy nightlife so moving on was very much welcomed by my body. It felt very strange getting back into the routine of finding accommodation and booking buses. Routines are very easy to get into. When I started travelling I felt the way of life came quite naturally to me and when settled down for 4 weeks I felt the way of laziness was just as becoming.
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Information – Here you will find some great suggested reading. You may want to see if your local library carries any of these titles so you can get swept away with Jazz.
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In message <45A55104 dot 7030001 at videotron dot ca>, Guy Boisvert
<boisvert dot guy at videotron dot ca> writes
>Chris Buechler wrote:
>> On 1/10/07, Ulrik Lunddahl (PROconsult) <ul at proconsult dot dk> wrote:
>>> Hello list!
>>> I have a customer who has a transaction server, the server recieves
>>> small UDP packets and sends small UDP packets back to the requesting
>>> device.
>>> He asks if he can use m0n0wall as a firewall, but im not sure.
>>> He has arround 10.000 firewall rules premitting UDP packets for the
>>> customers public IP adresses, how will m0n0wall handle this on modern PC
>>> hardware.
>>> Is the session table, or xlate or what is's call large enough to handle
>>> this.
>> That has no relation to the number of firewall rules. The max is 30K
>> states - networks vary too widely for me to even venture to guess how
>> many states that's using.
>> With 10,000 firewall rules, loading the rules page is probably going
>> to take forever and a day. The worst I've ever tried was about 150
>> rules on a 4801 (266 MHz), and it took nearly a minute to fully load
>> the rules page. Granted a 4801 isn't a fast box by any means, but even
>> on a fast box it could take a couple minutes to load the rules page
>> with 10K firewall rules. I'm not sure if anybody has an install using
>> nearly that many rules.
>> My first reaction to anyone that says they have 10K firewall rules is
>> that they're not optimizing their ruleset, so I would definitely look
>> for ways to shrink that list substantially (for reasons other than
>> performance). It may not be the case here, but I've yet to see even a
>> large complex network that needed remotely close to that many rules on
>> a perimeter firewall.
>I have several firewalls in production and never saw that much rules on
>a firewall. I'd imagine that this is a typo! If this is real, i'd be
>very curious to get a picture of the way the ended up having that much
>rules! Is it because of a lack of knowledge or is it a really weird
I can't imagine trying to find a specific rule, let alone manage that
many rules!
I can only imagine that he has 10,000 customers and has added a rule for
each one with their IP address. That could potentially be solved by a
single rule and one alias that points to multiple IP addresses. Anyone
know if that's possible with the FreeBSD 6.x based m0n0?
But then you have the problem of managing an alias with 10,000 IP
Neil A. Hillard E-Mail: m0n0 at dana dot org dot uk


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MERCED, CA. — Stanislaus County native Samuel J. Traina, Ph.D., a highly respected environmental scientist, has been appointed as Founding Director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California, Merced.
Prior to beginning his UC Merced duties on July 1, 2002, Traina was a professor of soil physical chemistry in the School of Natural Resources, a professor of environmental science, a professor of geological sciences and co-director of the Environmental Molecular Science Institute at The Ohio State University. In addition, the Patterson native was awarded a Soil Science Society of America fellowship in 2001.
Supported by more than $8 million in federal grants over his career to date, Traina's current research focuses on the fate and impact of pollutants in soils, sediments and natural waters and remediation of contaminated soils and sediments. Most recently he was named as co-principal investigator for Ohio State's new $5.8 million National Science Foundation center to study soil, sediment and aerosol pollutants and received several grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to research methods to clean up soils contaminated by nuclear weapons production.
"Sam Traina comes to UC Merced with superior credentials as both a teacher and researcher in the natural and environmental sciences," said UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey. "He brings a proven ability to develop partnerships for research, an interdisciplinary approach and a thorough understanding of the environmental issues facing our region, all of which are critical to the successful establishment of our first signature research institute."
As director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI), Traina is working closely with the Deans of Engineering and Natural Sciences to recruit the faculty who will hold appointments in the academic divisions and will have affiliations with UC Merced's research institutes, including the SNRI. According to Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Ashley, the visibility of the SNRI has been a particularly strong attraction for many prospective faculty in both the Natural Science and Engineering Divisions.
Related priorities are recruiting students for Institute-based research activities and contributing to the development of graduate programs compatible with the Institute's areas of research. Exploring the public and private funding sources to support future research projects is another of Traina's responsibilities.
His initial goals also include building and expanding relationships with University of California research units, UC-managed Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and state and federal natural resource and agricultural agencies for collaborative research and education. Primary among UC Merced's existing partnerships for regionally based research is that with Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Efforts are under way to develop similar relationships with agriculture and natural resources groups in the San Joaquin Valley.
"The Sierra Nevada and the San Joaquin Valley form a wonderful, natural laboratory with a wealth of geological, ecological and cultural diversity within a relatively small area," Traina said. "This enables UC Merced to create new knowledge which will be based on research conducted in the region and broadly applicable to a range of environments around the nation and world."
Envisioning a wide array of Institute-based research, Traina said the public can expect to see a concerted effort by UC Merced to focus study on local ecological and environmental issues that directly impact their lives. Quality of water and air, land-use impacts, soil quality, impacts and timing of control burns, and the effect of population growth on agricultural and natural ecosystems offer a sampling of potential topics for study. Additionally, the SNRI will serve as a nexus for investigators from around the country who wish to pursue research in the Sierra and the San Joaquin Valley.
According to Traina, the Sierra Nevada Research Institute is poised to explore such new frontiers of scientific research as the role of the global carbon cycle in climate change, which is garnering strong interest from federal agencies.
"Extensive research has indicated that carbon dioxide may have a major effect on climate change," Traina said. "Further study of the natural carbon cycle could indicate methods to store carbon in soils or other parts of natural and agricultural ecosystems, slowing climate change and positively impacting those ecosystems."
He plans to organize the Institute around an earth-systems science model and to employ a broad-based approach to research, building innovative teams that blend investigators from an array of disciplines. These teams of students and faculty will work on issues pertinent to sustaining California's agricultural and natural resources.
"The opportunity to cultivate a natural culture of multidisciplinary education and research at UC Merced and the opportunity to create a brand new research institute at this campus are very attractive. I am doing the kind of work I love and I can't imagine a better place to do that work than UC Merced, which has brought me back home to my family in the Valley and to the Sierra Nevada, where I used to spend part of my summers," Traina said. "As a UC alumnus and former UC research assistant, I have a strong affinity for the University of California and am pleased to be in a position to give back to the system."
Traina received his bachelor's degree in soil resource management and his doctorate in soil chemistry from UC Berkeley, where he also served as a graduate research assistant and graduate teaching assistant. Immediately following, he moved to UC Riverside to conduct postdoctoral research and work as an assistant research soil chemist in the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences.
First hired by Ohio State as an assistant professor of soil physical chemistry in the College of Agriculture, Traina also served as director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences, chair of the University Research Committee and chair of the Graduate School Curriculum Committee during his tenure at the university.
Among the honors he has received, Traina was named as a Cox Visiting Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University and received the Distinguished Multidisciplinary Team Research Award and the Distinguished Research Award from the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. He has authored several book chapters and monographs, as well as approximately 100 refereed publications.
Traina also has served on several research panels for the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Academy of Science/National Research Council and has a strong record of society service.


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But the following story, detailing the world blacks have created in Chester, Pennsylvania, is undeniably unsettling because the prescient reader will realize this is the future for a white minority in America.
[Black Deaths Matter: Why is it so hard for families of color to get justice when a loved on is murdered?, Mother Jones, May/June 2015]:
Founded as the settlement of Upland in 1644, Chester once thrived on industry—its shipyard supplied Union soldiers, its steel mills sustained residents through both world wars, and factories, including a Ford plant, offered good jobs for black and white residents through the 1950s. Residents flocked to movie theaters and nightclubs, and legends like Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played streetball at "The Cage."
But in the 1960s and '70s, companies left Chester for other parts of the county, and the city starved for jobs and tax revenue. Toxic-waste processing plants were among the few businesses moving in as middle-class families headed to the suburbs, leaving the city with nearly half its postwar population. And in the '80s, Chester, like nearby Philadelphia, became a hotbed for organized crime and drug trafficking.
Today, smoke still drifts from the stacks of the Kimberly-Clark plant on the Delaware River, where workers make Scott tissue and paper towels. Up the hill are clusters of well-kept redbrick houses around Crozer Medical Center, the city's largest employer.
Across Chester Creek are boarded-up homes and the city's Ruth L. Bennett and William Penn housing projects. Some 75 percent of Chester's residents are African American, a third live below the federal poverty line, and unemployment is at 7.5 percent, nearly 2 points higher than the national average. In 2013, the homicide rate here was more than four times that of Philadelphia and Chicago. And in a city of a little more than 34,000, each death sends ripples throughout the community.
There are at least 120 churches in Chester, including the Temple of Brotherly Love, presided over by the Reverend Calvin Williams. Williams lost a son and a nephew to gun violence, and over the last decade, he and his wife, Patricia, have been visiting crime scenes as often as possible, offering prayer and reflection behind the yellow caution tape. "When brothers and sisters can't get jobs, or this little guy is trying to take care of his mother, he's going to find a way," Williams says. "So it becomes territorial. He's trying to make a living, so he's going to do whatever's he's gotta do."But shouldn't all of these churches be a repellent against criminality, since "loving thy neighbor" is a message resounding in the 120 venues of faith in Chester?
There are few articles you can read detailing America's future under the ruling ideology of Black-Run America (BRA) as this one from Mother Jones, with Chester, Pennsylvania as a perfect microcosm for the ruin of all the nation...
If nothing changes in the United States of America, Chester represents the future for the entire country.


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I am a magnet for the Redbox douchebag. The one jackass that knows that you are behind him yet feels the need to peruse every selection at least twice and then must read each description of every movie. I want to scream, "It's Scooby Doo, Douche, and it has four teenagers, a dog, some drug references, and a big green van. Move out of my way!"
It doesn't matter which Redbox I go to, I feel like I have won the lottery if I can get to the screen before anybody else does. It warms the cockles of my heart and keeps me from throwing elbows. I stood at a Redbox for about 8 minutes before I gave up and went home today. I didn't need to get a new movie for tonight, but it sounded good. Instead, I will be snuggling up to my Netflix. The irony of this story is the man and woman who were occupying the Redbox were ragging on how Netflix has nothing to watch. With that said, it reminded me of all of the movies I had in my queue and I went home.
I think the potential for Redbox is awesome, but I hardly ever have been able to walk up to one without an idiot somehow hovering in front or behind me. If they are in front of me, I know that I should pull up a lawn chair, a beer and a good book. If they are behind me, I know that the clock is ticking and soon enough I am going to hear them pacing behind me, heavily breathing, and mumbling under their breath.
The question is, "How do I get to have a pleasant Redbox experience?" I have two solutions. One is to go to Redbox at midnight and hope I don't get mugged or have an idiot installed on the box. Maybe a person would have to walk up and answer a question that people with common sense could answer. Similar to Jay Leno's "Jaywalking", where Jay goes up to people, asks them questions that seem to be common sense questions and then the people just blow the answer so badly they end up on TV looking like complete morons.
Maybe I can start a timer behind the Squatter loud enough for them to hear that they just took up my precious time debating whether to rent "The Thing" and "Eurotrip". At this point I have lost a handful of brain cells and everyone knows that "Eurotrip" is the way to go.
Maybe Redbox has thought of this already and that's why they launched the pre-ordering of your Redbox movie(s). That's a fantastic idea, yet I don't think the morons will ever catch on to it, so I am still screwed waiting for them to get out of my way.
Maybe I am the jerk. Maybe I do have "Redbox Rage," but walking up to a Redbox is like walking up to the rudeness meter. People stand too close, lean on people's cars that are parked on a curb and say rude things under their breath. I have yet to become confrontational about this behavior, but I think I may just be one DVD away from losing it completely. Next time, I am just going to go in wearing full goalie hockey gear and push my way through. I will show them the difference between being rude and being dumb.


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Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many regiments have remained unamalgamated throughout their history. [189711]
Mr. Caplin:
I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
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Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what action she is taking in conjunction with other public agencies to strengthen protection of intellectual property in the creative arts. [189775]
Estelle Morris: I refer the hon. Member to my written ministerial statement of 19 July 2004, Official Report, column 2WS.
The Creative Industries Forum on Intellectual Property had its first meeting on 19 July 2004, jointly chaired by myself and my noble Friend the Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, and agreed to focus on three main areas of work: Piracy and File-sharing; New Business Models; and Education and Communication. The Forum is due to meet again in late November 2004.
The Department also supports a range of initiatives being taken forward by the Patent Office, an executive agency of the Department for Trade and Industry, in this very important area of work.
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding (a) has been committed and (b) will be made available through the Renaissance in the Regions programme to (i) Armley Mills and (ii) other museums in Leeds. [190004]
Estelle Morris: Under the Designation Challenge Fund, which is part of the Renaissance in the Regions programme, grants of up to £202,300 have been awarded to Leeds Museums and Galleries, which includes Armley Mills.
Leeds Museums and Galleries is also a partner in the Yorkshire Regional Museum Hub, one of the nine regional hubs funded through Renaissance in the Regions. The total allocations to the Yorkshire Regional Museum Hub under Spending Review 2002 are as follows:
It is difficult to specify what resources each hub partner receives, since much of the funding goes on general programmes that benefit all hub partners. It is for the hub to determine how much is allocated to cross-hub programmes and how much to individual hub partners.
Decisions on Renaissance funding beyond 200506 will be announced later this year.
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much private finance has been attracted to the royal parks in each of the last seven years. [189197]
Mr. Caborn: In answering the question I have taken 'private finance' to encompass Public Private Partnership (PPP) or Private Finance Initiative (PFI) arrangements entered into by the Royal Parks, the agency which manages the Royal parks in London.
It is the Royal Parks' normal practice, under the terms of their contracts, to make their concessionaires responsible for the maintenance of the buildings they occupy. The Royal Parks do not normally have information about the expenditure incurred by concessionaires on maintenance or improvements. However, during the last seven years there have been three instances where concessionaires have made significant investment in the buildingsPembroke Lodge in Richmond Park; Inn The Park in St. James's Park; and the boathouses in Regent's Park. The Royal Parks estimate that a total of £3.3 million of private finance has been invested in these ventures over the period. The Royal Parks does not have a breakdown of expenditure by year for these concessions.
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many households there are in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland; and how many are in possession of a television licence. [189764]
Estelle Morris: The table shows how many households there are in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland:
|Parliamentary constituency
|Belfast, East
|Belfast, North
|Belfast, South
|Belfast, West
|East Antrim
|East Londonderry
|Fermanagh and South Tyrone
|Lagan Valley
|Mid Ulster
|Newry and Armagh
|North Antrim
|North Down
|South Antrim
|South Down
|Upper Bann
|West Tyrone
TV Licensing, who administer the television licensing system as agent for the BBC, are not able to provide breakdowns by parliamentary constituency of the number of licences issued. However, I understand that
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at 31 March 2003, the total number of television licences in force in Northern Ireland was approximately 560,000.
Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many households have been visited in each Northern Ireland parliamentary constituency in the past 12 months by staff investigating those who do not hold a current television licence. [189765]
Estelle Morris: TV Licensing, who administer the television licensing system as agent for the BBC, are not able to provide breakdowns by parliamentary constituency of the number of investigations into possible evasion. However, I understand that TV Licensing made 37,000 visits to homes in Northern Ireland in the 200304 financial year. This figure includes repeat visits to some addresses.
Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in what circumstances (a) a person aged 75 years or over and (b) any other person allowed a concessionary television licence may take out such a licence additionally for a second or further property occupied by them; and what conditions (i) of residence or (ii) otherwise are required. [190018]
Estelle Morris: Free television licences for people aged 75 or over are available only for a person's sole or main residence. The £5 accommodation for residential care concession is available in respect of qualifying accommodation in which a retired person aged 60 or over or a disabled person is ordinarily resident, but does not extend to any other properties which such a person may own or occupy. The 50 per cent. reduction in the licence fee for registered blind people is available for any premises that are a residence of the individual concerned.
Mr. Caton: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the construction of the new Wembley Stadium of the sacking of engineering construction workers by Fastrack Site Services; and what discussions Ministers have had with the Football Association on this. [189686]
Mr. Caborn: The industrial action at Wembley National Stadium was resolved in mid-September, when Hollandia, a sub-contractor of Multiplex at the Wembley site, offered to re-employ all of the sacked men.
We have been monitoring the situation carefully, working closely with all those involved in the stadium development, including the Football Association.
I am reassured that the stadium remains on target for completion in January 2006 and to be built within budget.
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Mr. Keith Bradley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families resident in the City of Manchester claim child benefit for a student aged 18 years. [189457]
Dawn Primarolo: There were 1,320 such families at November 2002. The number of child benefit recipients in each local authority and constituency at November 2003 will be published on 14 October 2004, by Inland Revenue under National Statistics.
Mr Battle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the number of trips abroad by UK residents made in (a) 1975, (b) 1980, (c) 1990, (d) 2000 and (e) 2003. [189926]
Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Battle dated 11 October 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning the number of trips abroad by UK residents made in (a) 1975, (b) 1980, (c) 1990, (d) 2000 and (e) 2003. (189926)
The estimated numbers of visits overseas' made by UK residents in the years requested are shown in the table.
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The KOKUA Program arranges for qualified American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters and Captioners for students who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing that are registered with KOKUA. This service is also available for campus events and for faculty and staff.
Unfortunately we are not available to assist with Interpreting &/or Captioning requests that are not related to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. For assistance with appropriate Interpreting &/or Captioning services for non-UH Manoa events, please contact Hawaii Interpreting Services (http://interpretinghawaii.com/).
Request Process for UH Events
- Please submit a request to KOKUA by telephone at (808) 956-7612 or by email at email@example.com at least 2 weeks prior to an event.
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We regret that late requests for interpreting &/or captioning may not be possible to fill.
For more detailed information about Sign Language Interpreting &/or Captioning on the Manoa campus, please call KOKUA Counselor Vanessa Ito at (808) 956-7612.
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All current KOKUA students are required to meet with their KOKUA Counselor prior to start of each semester/summer session to discuss their disability access services. At that time, you must provide your KOKUA Counselor with detailed information about your Interpreting &/or Captioning need and you must review and agree to sign a copy of KOKUAs Interpreting & Captioning Procedures and Policies.
Students should also refer to KOKUAs Interpreting & Captioning Procedures and Policies.
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KOKUA students are asked to communicate their need for interpreting/captioning to their KOKUA Counselor well in advance of the semesters start. When this request has been submitted to KOKUA, KOKUA staff will then begin working to secure a Vendor for the dates needed. Student preference for Interpreters/Captioners will be considered by KOKUA. In some instances, KOKUA will utilize the assistance of Hawaii Interpreting Services.
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For all assignments arranged by KOKUA, Vendors will be asked to:
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KOKUA will then email confirmation paperwork to the Vendor which will include:
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NEW YORK (Mar. 2)
The S.S. Marine Shark, twelfth DP boat to arrive at a United States port with refugees admitted under the DP Immigration Act, docked New York today from Hamburg. Its 549 immigrant passengers included 312 Jews. Representatives of the United Service for New Americans and EIAS were at the pier to ### the Jewish immigrants.


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'Unthinking' devotion to the Democratic Party
May 12, 2014
Mr. Byron York, regarding your opinion piece published on May 1, I say this: You obviously are enthralled with the ultra-liberal Ms. Warren, since you describe Ms. Clinton as "over-centrist like her husband."
Your implication, then, is that Ms. Warren will excite the most-liberal wing of the Democratic Party as Ms. Clinton did not.
Guess what, though: you give discussion of the qualifications of neither Ms. Warren, nor of Ms. Clinton.
Why? Perhaps because you can think of no reason that either is qualified to be president of the United States other than the fact that they are liberal female Democrats.
Hardly what a thinking public should consider when electing anyone to the position of president.
I would expect that a reputable columnist would present a more interesting evaluation of candidates besides simply stating the obvious: "Democrats are going to realize the precariousness of their unthinking devotion to a single, flawed candidate," whoever that might be.
Maybe you should even evaluate the potential Republican candidates. But you wouldn't want to do that. You might disrupt, in your words "the unthinking devotion" of the members of the Democratic Party.
Norton Lehner
Grass Valley