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a monthly devotional journal
Issue No. 74
January 1997
In New York City, in 1952, The Today Show premiered with Dave Garroway as host. It was unique for its time. The host wandered around the set with a curious round brace hanging from his neck that held the large microphone pointed toward his face. The camera roved with Garroway, showing the news people working at their desks (many of them puffing cigarettes with what today would be considered frightful elan), and revealing to the national audience the heavy camera cables strewn about the studio floor. When it came time to report the weather, Garroway stood behind a clear plastic outline of the U.S. and drew in the weather with a black marker.
My most vivid memory of watching The Today Show, as a child growing up in the first decade of my life, is of the huge picture window that revealed to the TV audience the street outside the NBC studio--and the people of New York walking by and, occasionally, stopping to peer into the window and into the camera that stood on the other side.
This was the Fifties, remember, and television was still relatively new. The people on the street would stand there, silently gazing through the window, almost embarrassed that they were looking, and, at the same time, being seen. I remember feeling even a little embarrassed myself, at watching them from my living room in Iowa--half a country away.
The attitude of the bystanders there on the sidewalk seemed to be that they should be quiet, and respectful of what was transpiring on the other side of the glass--as if they were seated in rows at the theatre, and should be quiet so as to avoid bothering the actors on the stage. Oh, they might lean over and whisper to each other, maybe smile when Mr. Garroway would address them directly from inside. But the mood overall was subdued and courteous.
Now fast-forward to 1996. The Today Show has returned (after a long absence) to the format of the picture window opening out onto the New York street. Only now the scene is remarkably different.
Through the glass directly behind the hosts we see the crowd of onlookers rubbernecking at the camera, waving their arms and bodies about, lifting small children over their heads, and shouting for attention. When Al Roker, the weatherman, steps outside for his segment, and approaches the crowd, they must be held back by a cordon and a staff of people there just to manage the crowd.
The people come dressed in outrageous costumes, climbing all over each other, clamoring for the camera to attend to them. They scream and shout and bellow their names and their messages. Businesses send emissaries to elbow their way forward, shoving outlandish gifts out to the sometimes nonplused Mr. Roker, in an effort to garner some free publicity.
In fact publicity seems to be the purpose behind the entire distasteful exercise. From the young couple on their honeymoon, or the family on vacation, to the bizarrely-costumed attention seekers, everyone in attendance seems bent on pushing their face into the camera at any cost. And no one seems to be bothered by the fact that while they are screaming and waving their arms in front of the camera, poor Al Roker is just trying to be heard delivering the weather.
The extent to which people will go was demonstrated in a most obnoxious manner during a recent show. For the beginning of the holiday season, the Radio City Rockettes were there to perform a routine as wooden soldiers. A large wooden floor had been set up outside, and the dancers were intently going through their paces to the sound of amplified music.
But for the most part the music could not be heard for all the bellowing and screaming of the crowd that encircled the floor. As the dancers valiantly performed, the attention of the TV audience was repeatedly stolen by people lifting placards over their heads, waving their arms and shouting at the camera. It didn't matter to them at all that just inches away from them were performers trying to do their job. All they cared about was themselves.
A cancer of arrogance and self-promotion is spreading throughout society --obvious enough through the media, but also weaving its diseased tendrils into the relative sanctity of families and churches. An entire industry has even sprung up to service and promote this sickness, as television talk shows parade one person after another to disgorge the bile from their lives before the camera--all for the sake of the attention.
The outward products of this scourge are an absence of civility, of even a rudimentary courtesy displayed toward others, and a gross pleading for attention. But the root of the disease is a loss of basic humility. Humble people would not behave in this manner.
The apostle Paul capsulizes the preferred alternate behavior for us in his epistle to the Philippians.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philip. 2:3
Jesus described Himself using similar words, suggesting that we become like Him.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:29
Regrettably, what one sees in the behavior of those outside the NBC studios each morning is more "selfish ambition" and "vain conceit" than evidence that they are "gentle and humble in heart."
But, to be fair, their behavior is no more egregious than
- the freeway driver speeding up and cutting off the car next to him to get to the exit first;
- the grocery shopper nudging her cart closer to the front of the line;
- the child on the playground snatching a toy out of the hands of another;
- the business executive vying for the CEO's attention around the boardroom table;
- the football player who raises his arms and struts around the field, demanding the crowd's adulation after scoring a touchdown;
- the pastor who expects to always get his way, who expects everyone in the church to do things his way.
The world's system teaches in direct opposition to the ways of Christ. Instead of humility and gentleness, it teaches
- "The Lord helps those who help themselves" (a sentiment not found in Scripture, by the way);
- "Looking out for Number One!"
- "Get ahead!"
- "Climb the ladder!"
- "Claw your way to the top!"
"Of all garments, none is so graceful, none wears so well, and none is so rare, as humility." J.C. Ryle
The Christian is not to gain his or her insight from the self-promoting wisdom of the world, but rather from the righteous precepts of God. This world holds no counsel for the child of God wishing to live a life according to the pattern and example of Christ.
Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee;
Oh, that it may be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.
Not I, but Christ, to gently soothe in sorrow;
Not I, but Christ, to wipe the falling tear;
Not I, but Christ, to lift the weary burden!
Not I, but Christ, to hush away all fear.
Not I, but Christ, in lowly, silent labor;
Not I, but Christ, in humble, earnest toil;
Christ, only Christ! no show, no ostentation!
Christ, none but Christ, the gatherer of the spoil.
Christ, only Christ, ere long will fill my vision;
Glory excelling, soon, full soon, I'll see _
Christ, only Christ, my every wish fulfilling _
Christ, only Christ, my All in all to be.
Mrs. A.A. Whiddington
Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. Luke 22:24
Jesus had just dropped a bomb. It was the occasion of Passover, and His last supper with the disciples, and in the same breath with offering the bread and the cup to His disciples, He had finished with
"But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him." Luke 22:21-22
Suddenly the table began to buzz. What is He talking about? Who is He talking about? Betrayal? Who would do such a thing? It certainly isn't me! Is it you? Are you the one?
They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this. Luke 22:23
Suddenly the furtive glances, whispered suspicions. Suddenly twelve men who had eaten, slept and ministered together for three years were wondering aloud and in the privacy of their imaginations just which one of them could be the one who would betray Jesus.
Perhaps it was only natural--it's a short step from considering the worst to a similar consideration of the best--that their conversation would then move to a dispute over who among them would have top billing. Perhaps in defending themselves against accusations of treachery, some of them began itemizing their personal accomplishments, and value to the kingdom.
Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. Luke 22:24
The disciples had short memories. This issue had been dealt with before when, earlier in their ministry, Salome--the wife of Zebedee, mother of the disciples James and John, and sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus _ had come to Jesus with a singularly presumptuous request:
One day I mustered every bit of my courage and requested an audience with Jesus. You know, it's hard to explain, but ... He always seemed to know beforehand what you were going to say.
There was always in those penetrating eyes of His a mixture of compassion and ... amusement. Yes, as if He was gently amused by our ignorance and couldn't wait for the day when we would all understand what He was trying to teach us ...
I did come to believe. It happened gradually--almost taking me by surprise on that horrible, dark day I stood with His mother beneath the cross. We all felt so helpless. It seemed our whole world was coming apart. It seemed . . . all was lost. Some lost their faith that day, but for me, it was the day my faith began. And three days later my faith was confirmed when we went to His tomb and found it empty--just as He had told us it would be.
Well, there I was, standing before Jesus with my two sons. I took a deep breath and blurted it out: "When You are in Your kingdom, command that my sons will sit, one on Your right and one on Your left." After I said it, my heart was beating so fast I thought I would faint. Jesus had every right to reward my impertinence with His wrath. Instead, He looked at me--and my sons--and said quietly, "You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" It was James who answered. "We are able!"
Ambition is often a sign of weakness, of insecurity. It betrays the feelings of inadequacy most of us have. John was a man of quiet confidence--a man who knew his relationship with the Savior. James didn't have this assurance. He was close to Jesus and didn't even know it. Jesus included my James in most of the inner workings of the group, but he was so busy trying to prove himself that he didn't notice: To Jesus he was already proven.
So I spoke up for him. Any mother would. And he learned a priceless lesson in the answer of our Lord. James continued to mature, and after our Lord returned to the Father, he traveled about the land, sharing the news of the salvation of Jesus.[1]
Human nature being what it is, the disciples were at it again, comparing notes on which one of them should be considered the greatest.
"The fuller the ear is of rice-grain, the lower it bends; empty, it grows taller and taller." Malay Proverb
It is easy for us, with well-practiced hindsight, to be critical of these small-minded men. With the advantage of the printed chronicle, we can take them to task for behaving so selfishly when Jesus' arrest and crucifixion were in sight. Because Jesus is a more distant Savior to us --because we have been spared the privilege of being with Him when He ate, when He slept, when He grew weary from the rigors of traveling the paths of His ministry--we can stand aghast at the temerity of these men to think themselves somehow worthy of such honor in the presence of the very Son of God.
So in our humility we can confess that under similar circumstances we may have behaved as foolishly as the twelve. They didn't know that in just a few short hours Jesus would be tried, scourged, then nailed to a tree; they didn't yet know the significance of this last supper with their Master; and they didn't know He would very soon be returning to His heavenly home.
But if holy Scripture is here for our enlightenment, then we should not quickly pass over the lesson from this scene.
The disciples demonstrated profound arrogance in their pursuit of such honor--as well as proof that they had not been learning the lessons of Jesus' life. To them, Jesus had said
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." Matthew 7:12
"The greatest among you will be your servant." Matthew 23:11
"If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." Mark 9:35
In their presence, He had
- healed lepers, and other outcasts;
- dined with 'sinners';
- and explained how He would be offering His life for the lives of others.
Yet the disciples--even if they had understood the lessons from His life--had not applied those lessons to their own. If they had, they would not have been arguing over rank.
"I imagine there may be some of you ready to say, 'Sir I am nothing.' Then I shall reply, 'You are a young Christian.' "There will be others of you who will say, 'Sir, I am less than nothing.' And I shall say, 'You are an old Christian,' for the older Christians get, the less they become in their own esteem." Spurgeon
Perhaps not every disciple of Jesus was guilty of a self-centered devotion to their own accomplishments. Andrew, the younger brother of Simon Peter had a reputation for bringing people to Christ.[2] Beginning as a disciple of John the Baptist,[3] Andrew felt led to follow Jesus instead, and throughout His ministry he is seen bringing others to his Master.
Filling in the blanks of his life, we can imagine how a conversation might go between Andrew and his sister, as he demonstrates for her that he, at least, is grasping the lessons taught by Jesus.
The Time: Near the end of Jesus' Ministry
The Place: Capernaum
[Enter Andrew and his sister Rebekah. Rebekah is a few years younger than Andrew and both are younger than their brother, Simon Peter. Andrew is a calm, friendly person who enjoys bringing people to his master, Jesus. Rebekah is an easily excitable young woman who is having a difficult time understanding the ways of her brother.]
So tell me more of what happened!
It wasn't that big a thing--
That's what you say. Because of you more than five thousand people were fed from a boy's lunch? And you say it's no big thing.
You're getting it all wrong. (matter-of-factly) I brought the boy to Jesus; the boy gave his lunch to Jesus; Jesus is the one who fed five thousand from the little boy's lunch. I had nothing to do with it.
But you brought him.
Could have been anyone else.
Andrew, you are never going to make anything of yourself in this world. You've got to have more self-respect, more ... pride.
You don't know--
Why must you always be standing in the shadow of someone else? You are important, too.
But Rebekah, you don't understand--
You're always talking about our brother, Simon--
Oh, did I tell you? Jesus gave him a new name! He is now called Simon Peter, (proud of his older brother) the Rock!
You see, there you go again! Always Simon this, and Simon that. I love our brother as much as you, but you seem to care nothing for yourself. Always bringing others to Jesus--always giving someone else first place.
Rebekah, I don't think you've really been listening to the teachings of Jesus. None of us is more important than the others.
Even when you were a disciple of the baptist you--
There, you see! John was the perfect example of a servant. Everything he did pointed others to the Lord, not himself. (pause; seriously) Maybe I learned more from John than I thought.
Yes, and we all know what happened to him.
Dear sister, listen to me, and profit from the words of Jesus. One day while we were on the road, Jesus spoke to us of this very thing. He said, "Whoever among you wishes to be great, he must be your servant; and whoever wishes to be the first must be your slave."
That doesn't make any sense!
Ah, but He went on to say, "This is just as the Son of Man"--He was speaking of Himself, you see--"did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
His words are meaningless to me.
Well, you're not alone. I'm just beginning to grasp it myself. Earlier that day, Jesus was talking about what was going to happen to Him--as He had before. "The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes and they will condemn Him to death, and will deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up." It's hard for us to imagine such a thing. Our master ... to die? And He already knows of it? Sometimes He tells us stories, and some think this is just another of His parables. But I'm not sure. I think this is more than a story.
But whatever happens, I'm beginning to understand what He's saying. There will be some purpose in His death. Somehow, others will profit by His sacrifice. I know it makes no sense to us. But you should see into His eyes when He speaks of it ... Then you would believe.
The words of your master are not proven by history.
He doesn't speak of the past. He speaks of the future.
And what of all these servants? Where is their reward?
He said it a long time ago: "Blessed are the humble, for they shall inherit the earth."
And that's why?
I'm not the way I am because of some future inheritance. You know very well I have always deferred to others. I was always happy in the shadow of Simon. But I know that now--and in the future--Jesus will need followers who are simply ordinary people. People who place the welfare of others before their own.
[Andrew smiles reassuringly at Rebekah, placing his arm around his sister as they exit.]
And if there is some inheritance for that, it will be the reward of having lived a life for Him.[4]
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover." "Where do you want us to prepare for it?" they asked. He replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with mydisciples?' He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there." They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. Luke 22:7-14
"The scene before us occurred in first-century Jerusalem. Paved roads were few. In fact, within most cities they were unheard of. The roads and alleys in Jerusalem were more like winding dirt trails, all covered with a thick layer of dust. When the rains came, those paths were liquid slush, several inches of thick mud. It was the custom, therefore, for the host to provide a slave at the door of his home to wash the feet of the dinner guests as they arrived. The servant knelt with a pitcher of water, a pan, and a towel and washed the dirt or mud off the feet as each guest prepared to enter the home. Shoes, boots, and sandals were left at the door, a custom still prevalent in the Far East. If a home could not afford a slave, one of the early arriving guests would graciously take upon himself the role of the house servant and wash the feet of those who came. "What is interesting is that none of the disciples had volunteered for that lowly task--so the room was filled with proud hearts and dirty feet. Interestingly, those disciples were willing to fight for a throne, but not a towel." Swindoll[5]
It's hard for mere mortals to live a balanced life--and there is possibly no profession in which this is more difficult than the ministry. Pastors, especially, seem to always be struggling to balance the different responsibilities of their calling. And many, try as they might, never achieve that balance.
Some ministers are spellbinding speakers, but not very effective counselors; some teach and explain the Scriptures with a profound clarity, yet have a hard time consoling someone in the hospital; others are wonderful friends, one on one, but their preaching is lackluster, rarely able to put into words what they feel in their heart.
One pastor in my youth had a powerful personality and delivery behind the pulpit, but when he would step down from the platform, I always felt like he was angry with me. Another pastor of my youth was a terrific guy --someone to play ball with--but could rarely hold my attention with his sermon.
I've known pastors who were like CEOs, pastors who were like janitors, pastors like professors; I've met preachers who could stop my heart from beating with their eloquence, yet could not reach me in any other way; and I've known shepherds for whom I would walk through fire, but whose sermons put me to sleep.
One pastor of a church I belonged to was only a fair speaker, but I marveled at his willingness to pitch in and get his hands dirty. Every Wednesday night you could find him helping out in the kitchen with the church supper--and if he wasn't there, he'd be out setting the tables or unfolding chairs. One time I helped him take a load of newspapers to a collection point. We opened the storage bin only to discover that ants were swarming all over the stacks. Without hesitating, the pastor set to the task, doing what was necessary to move the newspapers into the truck. He had a true servant's heart, yet his expositions of Scripture often left me with more questions than answers.
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. John 13:3-5
Jesus didn't have a problem with balance. He was just as effective speaking and teaching, as he was serving. And no one could illustrate his point better than Jesus.
With the disciples' words of contention, arrogance, and pride still swirling about His head, Jesus silently rose from His place around the table. He rolled up His sleeves and, one by one, washed their dirty feet.
Very often this scene is reenacted today in churches, where, for example, the pastor might wash the feet of the deacons. When I've seen this, the moment is treated almost ceremonially, with the pastor dribbling the water over the deacons' feet, then dabbing a little with a white towel--never actually coming into contact with the object of the cleansing.
Jesus, the only one truly worthy to place Himself above everyone else, stooped with one knee to the dirty floor, and scrubbed the feet of these men. This was no ceremony--no Jewish rite instituted at Mount Sinai, no delicate dabbing at feet already clean--but an everyday, practical way of keeping the dirt of the street out of the interior of the house. The feet were filthy, and in those days the way to clean them was for a real live person to bend to the task and do the job with his bare hands.
Any of the disciples in that room who were paying attention had to be cut to the quick by their Master's simple, yet profoundly eloquent illustration in answer to their foolish behavior. In this instance, His actions spoke volumes that mere words may not have addressed.
Jesus wanted every one of them to know that the pathway to the heights is traveled on one's knees--that true greatness can only be found in abject humility.
Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 1 Peter 5:5-6
Bob was a friend, a colleague, almost a business partner. We would often work together at my studio in downtown San Diego. I was a fashion photographer, shooting (mostly) beautiful women all day, and he was a journeyman photographer who would shoot just about anything else. We shared joys, discoveries, mischief, and sometimes sorrow. We knew each other better than some brothers. We would consult with each other--not only professionally, but about life's rich panoply of crises, both little and large. We had much in common: photography, Iowa heritage, and stints in the Navy.
One day Bob spied a stack of cassettes in my living room. They were sermon tapes of Pastor Bowser that Mom had sent from home. Each tape's label boldly announced "Tapes for Christian Living" and was accompanied by an image of the cross. As he was going out the front door, Bob said, offhandedly, "Oh, are you a Christian?"
That remark cut into me deeper than any knife. For years I had worked and played with Bob, shared intimacies, confided my deepest aspirations --and he hadn't an inkling that I had, at an early age, given my life to Christ; he hadn't a clue, from my actions and words and desires, that I was a Christian. For quite a few years I had been away from the church, and for some of that time I had been away from God. I had turned off the sound of His voice, the nudging of His Spirit; I had become insensitive to my daily sins and had quickly lost all of my Christian distinctives. Over time, I had conveniently blended into the culture until Bob could say, with surprise, "Oh, are you a Christian?"
Does the person sitting at the next desk know you are a Christian? Do the people who work with you every day know that you know Christ?
If so, do they see in your behavior a servant's heart--or do they see someone who always wants to be in the limelight, someone who demands that they receive the credit, who wants to always be first?
If my friend Bob had known I was a Christian, what kind of believer would I have been? Would I have demonstrated to him that Christians were arrogant and self-serving, always insisting on having their own way, always pushing to the front of the line--or would he have known that Christians were really servers, who didn't mind at all letting someone else receive the attention?
Here is how Chuck Swindoll describes the world in which we live:
"The art of unselfish living is practiced by few and mastered by even fewer. In [this] fast-paced world . . . we shouldn't be surprised. It is difficult to cultivate a servant's heart when you are trying to survive in a chaotic society dominated by selfish pursuits. And the greatest tragedy of such an existence is what it spawns: an independent, self-sufficient, survival-of-the-fittest mentality. As I view the future, I see nothing on the horizon that offers any hope for change. Nothing external, that is. Grim as it may sound, we are on a collision course, and the travelers are both lonely and confused. Some are downright angry. They offer cynical advice: 'Look, you can't change the world. Just look out for number one, hold on, and keep your mouth shut.' We are surrounded by those who embrace this philosophy."[6]
The Christian, however, need not take his or her cue from this society, for we have the person of Christ standing before us, leading the way. In the life of Jesus we have our supreme example for living a life of humble service--not only humility before our God, but before our fellow man as well.
Where are your hands?
Are they lifted up high for attention, saying, "Me! Me! Pick me!"? Or are they maybe stretched out in selfish expectation, wanting to be filled with the world's goods? Are they held up in defiance, or out against those vying for the same attention as you? Or are they busy pointing fingers of accusation at those around you?
Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. 1 Cor. 10:24
The example of Jesus teaches that our hands should be stretched out to help others. If held open, they should be empty of possessions, and offering instead the grace and love of Christ; if clenched, they should he held in defiance against sin and corruption, and the self-serving philosophies of the age.
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you were called-- one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephes. 4:2-6
Jesus Christ has shown us how to have humility--not just from an object lesson used to make a point, but from the entirety of His life.
From His unselfish act of coming to earth to be born into flesh, to His unselfish, sacrificial death upon the cross, Jesus demonstrated humility and a true servant's heart.
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philip. 2:5-11
Who's on first?
Issue No. 74
January 1997
[1.] Taken from You Will Drink of the Cup, (Copyright 1985-1996 David S. Lampel), order #MON6 in the His Company Catalogue. (return to footnote 1)
[2.] John 1:41; John 6:5-9; John 12:20-22. (return to footnote 2)
[3.] John 1:35-40. (return to footnote 3)
[4.] Standing in the Shadow, (Copyright 1985-1996 David S. Lampel), order #SK8 in the His Company Catalogue. (return to footnote 4)
[5. Charles R. Swindoll, Improving Your Serve: The Art of Unselfish Living (WORD, 1981), p163f. (return to footnote 5)
[6.] Ibid, p.210. (return to footnote 6)
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At the Clark Fork River Market in Missoula, you can find Dan Dubuque, chin down, completely immersed in the task at hand: plucking the strings of his lap slide guitar to make the notes quiver and bend, and thumping the instrument's hollow body with resonating beats. He can't read music, but he can hear a song and play it almost immediately. He plays originals and often he covers the classic rock and metal he grew up with on the Flathead Reservation: AC/DC, Tool, Metallica. Other times he plays pop or folk music he's discovered from reading music articles–at the moment he's into the Gorillaz song "Plastic Beach" and hip-hop bands like The Roots.
For the last three years, Dubuque has been making a living entirely off of his music. He lives out of his 2009 Honda Civic and makes copies of his CD demos with press packs at the Missoula Job Service. He spends his days marketing himself—calling up bars, farmers' markets and concert venues to book a show wherever he can, so that he doesn't have to resort to a part time job. And it's not easy.
"I've been traveling around in my car almost three years now after my girlfriend dumped me and kicked me out," he says. "I actually deserved it. I'm very flawed and I can't do simple things. But music, I've always had that."
Dubuque's mother is Bolivian and his father is a white Montanan who grew up in Billings. The family spent Dubuque's early years in Washington, D.C., where he ran around with a wild crowd. His dad decided to move the whole family back to Montana when Dubuque was 11.
"My dad was sick of me getting into trouble so we came out here, to Polson," he says. "So I grew up with all the rez boys–I could pass as one of them—and the rednecks on Flathead Lake, listening to grunge and fishing with nightcrawlers."
Dubuque learned to play guitar and dobro by listening to the heavy, sludgy rhythms of Soundgarden and Pantera. When he started playing in public or at parties, nobody wanted to hear anything original. Instead, everyone requested the classic rock and metal they heard on the radio.
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- Dan Dubuque grew up on the Flathead Reservation and now lives out of his 2009 Honda Civic. He makes a living off of playing his lap slide guitar. "I'm very flawed," he says, "and I can't do simple things. But music, I've always had that."
"You had to know how to play that or you'd get ripped on hard as soon as you tried to get on stage," he says.
That was okay with Dubuque, because it was music he loved, too. But then he heard Ben Harper play slide guitar on the popular song "Pleasure and Pain," and he was floored by the sound. He almost immediately bought a Weissenborn lap slide guitar from a Canadian instrument maker to try to emulate the same sweet sounds Harper made. At the same time, he incorporated the shredding quality he had learned with playing classic rock. And he never cared about the lyrics no matter what they were.
"I don't listen to lyrics. I don't feel them," Dubuque says. "Bob Dylan, too, I don't feel what he's saying at all. I sure love his music, like 'Don't Think Twice.' I hear the notes—what makes the song—and, boom, I can play it. I bet I can play it better."
The times he has worked other jobs—as a firefighter, a porn delivery driver, a grocer—he's felt completely incapable. Even when he was playing music he dealt with a lot of rejection, most often from locals in Polson who, he claims, were jealous that he was able to make money off his music. He was also rejected from cowboy bars in small towns that either didn't like the unconventional sound of his music, or didn't like him because of his dark skin.
Dubuque oscillates between loving and despising his situation. He feels lucky, he says, that he can make a living off of music. He feels bad complaining when he knows that his mother, who was forced to work farmland in Bolivia, lived under horrible conditions that don't even compare. But at the same time, he's alienated from the rest of the world—partly because his obsession with music interferes with his relationships, partly because of racial issues and partly because he's shy.
"The problem is, as much as I like to play, it's just a drug," he says. "I'm using it to escape. I like to keep people distant. I don't mean to scare them away but it just happens and I hate myself for it. I'm not a badass as far as getting girls. But that's why I can play too. I get better because I'm sometimes miserable."
Dubuque is starting to make a name for himself. This summer he has almost five shows a week booked across the state, from Missoula to Hot Springs to Bozeman to Billings, and places in between, as well as Jackson Hole, Wyo. His recent win at an open mic contest at the Buffalo Jump Casino in Gallatin Gateway got him several hours of recording at a studio in Bozeman. And this week, for the second year in a row, he plays with 50 other bands for the Love Your Mother Earth Festival at Rock Creek. A few weeks ago, even in the rain, he made $450 at the Clark Fork River Market in just two hours. And he hopes that soon he'll be able to winter in Venice Beach, where he has friends, and where he can play on the promenade of Santa Monica for twice the amount he makes at the market. But for now, he's trying to keep his emotions in check.
"I'm pretty sensitive at times. But I feel like my music keeps getting better," he says. "And when I can tell people are digging it, that they're happy, I'm happy too."
Dan Dubuque plays the Love Your Mother Earth Festival at Rock Creek Lodge Friday, June 11, through Sunday, June 13. Go to www.loveyourmotherfestival.com for schedule info. $50.


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Fifteen people were killed and nearly 70,000 people were forced from their homes as tropical storm Aere pummelled the Philippines, the government said Tuesday.
The death toll from Aere, which hit on Sunday, was raised from nine, with six more people reported killed in floods, landslides and road accidents, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center said.
However, after two days of heavy rains across the main island of Luzon, the storm had weakened and was exiting the northern Philippines on Tuesday morning, according to the national weather bureau.
"(The storm) is moving away from the country in a north, northeast direction," the bureau said, adding it was expected to move close to Japan's southwest coast by Thursday.
It said Aere's maximum sustained winds had fallen to 65 kilometres (40.3 miles) an hour, from 85 kilometres (52.7 miles) an hour on Sunday.
The disaster agency said that nearly 70,000 people had been forced to leave their storm-hit homes on Luzon, and the initial estimate of damages to the farming sector was more than $2.7 million.
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Service Aerien Gouvernemental, Quebec's helping hand to the world
Using water bombers, Challenger jets, Bell helos and a Dash 8 TP, SAG suppresses forest fires, combats crime and saves lives.
Supersized tankers
Since fires occur in a wide range of environments, no aircraft can be considered the perfect match for every conceivable firefighting scenario. For this reason a number of companies are producing firefighting aircraft for niche applications.
In this arena, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the quantity of retardant available per sortie has a quality all its own-a reality that has given rise to a new generation of large firefighting aircraft.
Of the most recent arrivals, the big daddy of them all is undoubtedly the Supertanker, a converted Boeing 747 offered by Evergreen Aviation of McMinnville OR.
Supertanker is able to carry up to 24,000 gal of fire retardant-the equivalent of 7 times the drop capacity of the largest aerial firefighting aircraft in use today-the Lockheed P3.
Unlike most air tankers, which must fly at 200 ft or below to best employ their gravity drop systems, Supertanker launches its payload under high pressure, allowing operation at 400-800 ft.
At these higher altitudes, drops may be performed at night, when wildland fires enter a level of dormancy and are easier to fight.
The aircraft's entire tank capacity may be dispensed in one pass-what Evergreen calls "overwhelming response"-or it may be parceled out in a series of segmented drops spread over multiple sorties.
Even with 24,000 gal of water, slurry, foam or gel aboard, Supertanker is still 150,000 lbs below MTOW, and all firefighting missions are conducted well within the aircraft's normal flight envelope, according to Evergreen.
Retardant drops are conducted in wheels-up landing configuration at around 140 kts, providing a 30% cushion over the 747's stall speed.
To keep the aircraft within its prescribed G-load limitations, its retardant delivery system is calibrated to prevent a sudden surge of destructive forces against the airframe-a problem facing the current generation of air tankers.
And, like all 747s, Supertanker is pressurized, allowing it to fly at a jet airliner's altitudes and airspeeds to reach fires around the US-and overseas-quickly.
In operation, though, Supertanker would likely forward deploy to the 8000-ft runway nearest to the fire. Loading of the pressurized tank system can be performed in as little as 20 minutes, assuming the required ground support infrastructure is in place.
While Supertanker is unlikely to fall into the low-cost category, Evergreen is adamant that the fire threat justifies a significant investment.
According to the company, had the aircraft been available to fight 7 catastrophic wildland fires that destroyed more than 6.9 million acres in 2002, it might have saved the US government more than $100 million in suppression and rehabilitation costs alone.
Supertanker isn't for sale-rather, Evergreen plans to offer a turnkey service, most likely to the US federal government. "Our next phase is to go operational and collect the data we need in order to gain full approval," says Dir of Sales and Marketing Jim Baynes.
Hot choppers If the Supertanker spirit exists in the rotary-winged world, it's probably in the form of the Erickson Aircrane, a development of the Sikorsky S64/CH54 Skycrane-one of the largest and most powerful helicopters ever produced.
Erickson owns the type certificate for the Skycrane and its current production model incorporates more than 300 design changes and improvements.
Powered by twin P&W turboshafts producing 9600 shp, Aircrane has a 25,000-lb load capacity and features an aft-facing pilot station, allowing an unobstructed view of the load during delicate hover and placement operations.
The latest firefighting variant of Aircrane features a 2650-gal tank that gives it a retardant capacity similar to that of fixed-wing air tankers. In operation, the pilot may select among 8 coverage levels, which may employ water, foam/water mix or chemical retardant.
The tank can be refilled in just 40 sec using a flexible snorkel, from lakes as shallow as 18 inches. Erickson recently debuted a new water cannon for Aircrane, seeing it as a precise way to attack fires in high-rise buildings.
The cannon shoots more than 160 ft, drawing 300 gpm for a constant stream lasting up to 8 min. The cannon can also be used to dispense foam on structures near a fire to prevent ignition.
Once the smoke clears, Aircrane can then be used to dispense Hydro-mulch, an application that prevents erosion and jumpstarts forest regrowth.
In addition to building and operating its own fleet of Aircranes, the company is marketing them to other customers, including foreign firefighting services.
Its biggest deal to date has been with Italy's State Forestry Corps, which signed a $92-million sales agreement for 4 Aircranes (with options on 2 more), fully outfitted with the latest firefighting gear, electronic flight information systems and upgraded automatic flight control (autopilot) systems.
For operators not needing the Air_crane's massive load-carrying ability, Connecticut-based helicopter manufacturer Kaman is marketing a helitanker version of its nonetheless huge K-Max utility helicopter, a slingload specialist in wide use in logging industry support.
Equipped with a new 700-gal fixed tank system developed by KAWAK Aviation Technologies, the FireMax is aimed squarely at big-budget urban firefighting agencies needing "high and hot" performance and rapid response.
Kaman plans to develop its own specialized water cannon for FireMax, designed to shoot water directly from the front of the helicopter into high-rises, other tall structures or private homes. -Paul Richfield
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HONG KONG, March 12 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start modestly higher on Tuesday, helped by Wall Street gains, with several companies expected to post earnings later in the day.
Ajisen, Sino-Ocean land and China Oil and Gas are among companies due to post their 2012 full year earnings later in the day.
On Monday, the Hang Seng Index closed flat, surrendering its midday gains. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong shed 0.4 percent.
Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei was up 0.4 percent, while South Korea's KOSPI was flat at 0056 GMT.
* Loss-making China COSCO Holdings Co Ltd , which operates the world's largest dry bulk cargo fleet, said it plans to sell its logistics unit to boost earnings and reduce the risk of the firm being suspended from trading in Shanghai.
* Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Monday it has suspended a $6 billion potash project in neighboring Argentina that has been plagued by cost overruns, a decision that could renew trade tensions between South America's two largest economies. Vale said its Rio Colorado potash project in Mendoza province was no longer "in line with Vale's commitment to discipline in capital allocation".
* China Life Insurance Company resumed trading in Hong Kong following a suspension earlier on Monday that resulted from comments made to the press by Yang Mingsheng, the chairman of the board. Yang's comments about the likelihood that the company's profits would improve this year were his own opinion and should not be construed as an earnings forecast, the company said in a filing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Every four years, the Iowa caucuses loom into view and one can't help but wonder just what it is about US presidential elections that sucks us in.
While others ponder the form of athletes before the London Olympics, I'm among those settling in for the political marathon that will take place on another continent altogether and run until election day – November 6, 2012.
No other people do democracy like the Yanks.
Maybe it's because they don't have to vote that those who do care deeply and loudly and in an incredibly showy way that would be cringe-making if it happened here but is oddly endearing when it's happening over there. It's easier to be intrigued by a nation's politicians if you don't have to be governed by them.
I'd imagine that election campaigns that stretch for close to two years, if you include the jockeying among the nominees, would get a bit wearying if played out every night on the evening news.
But from afar the combination of American hoopla and the power and money that makes it all possible is irresistible. There's the little things that help draw you in. Like the names. We have Julia and Tony. They have Obama, Mitt and Newt.
For me, foreign accents have also played a role, melding with paint fumes to create a heady mix that dates back to the 1976 presidential election. My father spent much of that long ago November weekend up a ladder, painting the carport.
On the ground next to the ladder was his constant companion, the paint-speckled portable radio, and it was, rather impressively I thought at the time, broadcasting the result of the election all the way from the US where
So it's fair to say my interest predated The West Wing by some decades. Maybe it's genetic, a quirk I inherited from my father, a truly intelligent man who was interested in just about everything worth wondering about. And when it comes to presidential elections, there is plenty to wonder about.
Like many weddings, the denouement in the election process, the part where the two nominated candidates face off at the ballot box, is usually pretty boring, spectacle-wise. The best fun is in the contests that determine who will get their party's nomination.
In this country we're lucky if there is occasionally a bit of pre-selection biff, or some old-fashioned branch stacking surfaces in a battle for a safe seat. But it's not much of a spectator sport. Compare it then with the US primaries and caucuses, which are a money-fuelled, elongated version of the Whacky Races.
While our political leadership battles are endless analyses of who's thinking what, in the US there are no no-go zones and plenty of opportunities for candidates to dig their own grave with endless debates and zillions of photo opportunities.
Sometimes they get tired and sometimes they've clearly drunk too much of the Kool- Aid. In this contest, social media is a gift.
Forget about the great vote-harnessing power of the internet and concentrate on those online indiscretions.
These people are jockeying to be leader of the free world but a good proportion are so kooky you simply can't help but be intrigued. Every campaign is full of colour and movement and passion that makes our federal elections seem about as exciting as a white sandwich loaf.
So what of the 2012 contest? Well, we can't complain. We've already had the quiet pleasure of being introduced to Michele Bachmann and her lovely family.
Pizza king Herman Cain (look up his ode to pizza on YouTube) has regrettably pulled the plug, but there are still seven Republican candidates campaigning like crazy ahead of the Iowa Republican caucuses on January 3. A week later it's the New Hampshire primary and then there will be a furious frenzy as the candidates zip around the states.
Super Tuesday falls on March 6 and once all the state action is done, we still have the conventions to look forward to. There are 322 days to go until November 6. Prepare to be entertained.
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(CNSNews.com) - A favorite of conservatives, Republican Bret Schundler Tuesday failed to attract enough middle-of-the-road voters and went down to a resounding defeat in the New Jersey gubernatorial race.
With most of the vote counted, the former mayor of Jersey City trailed Democrat Jim McGreevey, 57 to 41 percent. McGreevey is the current mayor of Woodbridge.
In conceding the race, Schundler issued a challenge to McGreevey.
"I challenge him not to raise state taxes. He told me he is committed not to raise taxes. We will hold him to that."
Virginia Littell, a former New Jersey Republican Party chairwoman, implied that Schundler's conservative views, including his pro-life stance, dictated the results.
"I think we have to speak more clearly to our voters. We have to show we have the right issues, not what divides us but what brings us together."
Rick Santorelli, a Republican voter from Mercer County, said Schundler's defeat was "a shame." He added that Democrats "had more money" and "distorted Bret's message."
Schundler's conservative credentials alienated many members of the state GOP establishment, including Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco, who refused to even endorse the Republican candidate.
"I blame DiFrancesco," Santorelli said. "He didn't stand with Bret. Our president stood with Bret. Giuliani stood with Bret. Our own governor didn't lift a finger to help Bret.
"They say we Republicans have no party unity. Bret tried to unite Republicans. It's a damn shame our own governor didn't feel the same way. It's a disgrace."


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Although menopause symptoms can indirectly affect sexual responsitivity (see Table 4), as with aging, menopause does not represent an end of sex.(5) Declining estrogen and testosterone levels may be associated with a flagging sex drive, but in light of Basson's recent model of the sexual response pattern, this may not be as important an occurrence as once thought.(14) If desire is not the motivating force for sexual activity for many women, as Basson contends, then the loss of spontaneous desire may not have very much impact on a woman's sexual life at all if her partner is still interested in engaging in sex.(2,3)
- Decline in desire
- Diminished sexual response
- Vaginal dryness and dyspareunia
- Decreased sexual activity
- Dysfunctional male partner
Recent studies suggest that the hormonal changes that occur during menopause have less of an effect on a woman's sexual life and response than do her feelings about her partner, whether her partner has sexual problems, and her overall feelings of well-being.(4,5)
For instance, analysis of data from 200 premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal women with an average age of 54 from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study II (MWHS II) showed that menopause status had less of an impact on sexual functioning than health, marital status, mental health, or smoking.(4) Satisfaction with their sex life, frequency of sexual intercourse, and pain during intercourse didn't vary by women's menopausal status. Postmenopausal women did self-report significantly less sexual desire than premenopausal women (p<0.05) and were more likely to agree that interest in sexual activity declines with age. Perimenopausal and postmenopausal women also reported feeling less aroused compared with when they were in their 40s than premenopausal women (p<0.05). Interestingly, the presence of vasomotor symptoms was not related to any aspect of sexual functioning.
Declining Estrogen Levels
The loss of ovarian production of estradiol at menopause can result in vaginal dryness and urogenital atrophy, which can affect sexuality.(15) In the MWHS II, vaginal dryness was associated with dyspareunia or pain after intercourse (OR=3.86) and difficulty experiencing orgasm (OR=2.51).(4) On the other hand, a study by Van Lunsen and Laan found that sexual symptoms after menopause might be related more to psychosocial issues than to age- and menopause-induced changes in the genitals.(16) These authors suggest that some postmenopausal women who complain of vaginal dryness and dyspareunia may be having sexual intercourse while unaroused, perhaps a longstanding practice (linked to their unawareness of genital vasocongestion and lubrication) before menopause. They may not have noticed the dryness and pain because their estrogen production was high enough that it masked a lack of lubrication.
Moodiness or depression associated with the hormonal changes of menopause also can lead to loss of interest in sex, and changes in body configuration can be inhibiting.(15)
Declining Testosterone Levels
By age 50, testosterone levels are reduced by half in women compared with age 20.(16,17) As women enter menopause, the levels remain stable or may even increase slightly.(18) In women undergoing removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy), testosterone levels also drop by 50 percent.(18)
Effects of Disease on Female Sexual Response
Although psychosocial factors are the focus of much discussion today in the pathogenesis of sexual disorders, physical factors remain important and cannot be dismissed (see Table 5). A variety of medical conditions can directly or indirectly affect female sexual functioning and satisfaction. For instance, through lack of adequate blood flow, a vascular disease such as hypertension or diabetes might inhibit the ability to become aroused.(21) Depression, anxiety, and conditions such as cancer, lung disease, and arthritis that cause a lack of physical strength, agility, energy, or chronic pain also can affect sexual functioning and interest.(3,14)
TABLE 5. Medical Conditions That Can Affect Female Sexuality(21,26)
Neurologic Disorders
- Head injury
- Multiple sclerosis
- Psychomotor epilepsy
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
Vascular Disorders
- Hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases
- Leukemia
- Sickle-cell disease
Endocrine Disorders
- Diabetes
- Hepatitis
- Kidney disease
Debilitating Diseases
- Cancer
- Degenerative disease
- Lung disease
Psychiatric Disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
Voiding Disorders
- Overactive bladder
- Stress urinary incontinence
In the MWHS II, depression was negatively associated with sexual satisfaction and frequency, and psychological symptoms were related to lower libido.(4) Hartmann et al. also showed that women who suffer from depression are more likely to indicate low sexual desire than those without depression. (5)
Procedures such as hysterectomy and mastectomy also may have a physical, as well as an emotional, impact on sexuality. Removing or altering female reproductive organs may lead to discomfort during sexual encounters (e.g., dyspareunia) and leave women feeling less feminine, sexual, and desirable.(22) In recent years, however, studies have suggested that elective hysterectomy may actually result in an improvement in rather than a deterioration of sexual functioning.(23,24) Oophorectomy, on the other hand, leads to a deterioration of functioning, at least initially, because of the sudden cessation of sex hormone production and the onset of premature menopause.(25)


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In a Village Far from Home
My Years among the Cora Indians of the Sierra Madre
Catherine Palmer Finerty
207 pp. / 6.00 in x 9.00 in / 2000
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What do most career women do after a successful run on Madison Avenue? Catherine Finerty watched her friends settle into the country-club life. She opted instead for Mexico.
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She insists that 'It's not a story,' but she's wrong. It's quite a story, that of a sixtysomething, retired magazine executive who finds a place where she can be both useful and appreciated. . . . Heat and bugs and no electricity or running water are soon brushed impatiently aside: what Finerty did and what she learned in late middle age is simply mesmerizing and, sometimes, both touching and funny. Brava.
This gem of a book will keep you spellbound as you follow the author through the daily routines, festivals and traditions of the village people. Little by little, she becomes as one with them and gained their respect and love. In the process, Catherine Palmer Finerty discovered what it was that mattered in life.
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60-year-old widow loaded up her car and headed south, what she found at the end of the road was far from what she expected. Finerty settled into a comfortable house just outside of Guadalajara and, although not a Catholic, she soon immersed herself in Franciscan volunteer work. It wasn't long before she found herself visiting small settlements hidden in the tropical mountains of western Mexico, and it was in Jesús Maríaso isolated that one could only get there by mule or small planethat she found her new calling: the village nurse.
With its bugs and heat, no phones or running water, the tiny town was hardly a place to enjoy one's retirement years, but Finerty was quickly charmed by the community of Cora Indians and mestizos. Armed with modest supplies, a couple of textbooks, and common sense, she found herself delivering first aid, advising on public health, and administering injections. And in a place where people still believed in the power of shamans, providing health care sometimes required giving in to the magical belief that a hypodermic needle could cure anything.
Finerty's account of her eight years in Jesús María is both a compelling story of nursing under adverse conditions and a loving portrait of a people and their ways. She shares the joys and sorrows of this isolated world: religious festivals and rites of passage; the tragedy of illness and death in a place where people still rely on one another as much as medicine; a flash flood that causes such havoc that even less-than-pious village men attend Mass daily. And she introduces a cast of characters not unlike those in a novel: Padre Domingo and his airborne medical practice; the local bishop, who frowns on Finerty's slacks; Chela, a mestiza from whom she rents her modest two-room house (complete with scorpions); and the young Cora Indian woman Chuy, from whom she gains insight into her new neighbors.
Blending memoir and travel writing, In a Village Far from Home takes readers deep into the Sierra Madre to reveal its true treasure: the soul of a people.
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NBC's Kelly O'Donnell: "Congress has not passed a specific law" on Bush wiretap program
Research ››› ››› RAPHAEL SCHWEBER-KOREN
In reporting on President Bush's "argu[ment]" that "he had legal authority" to order warrantless domestic wiretapping, NBC News White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell in a December 20 online article uncritically repeated the Bush administration's false claim that "Congress had not passed a specific law" on the subject.
In fact, as has been widely reported and as Media Matters for America has repeatedly noted, Congress has passed such a law: the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which requires the government to obtain a warrant to wiretap U.S. citizens and legal residents inside the United States. The Bush administration's apparent violation of FISA has given rise to bipartisan condemnation.
The administration has argued it has the authority to conduct warrantless wiretaps despite FISA's prohibitions.
From O'Donnell's December 20 online article titled "Bush ready to move past 2006 'thumping' ":
Government secrets revealed
One of the president's secret programs made big news when it was leaked to the New York Times. The National Security Agency had been conducting wiretaps inside the U.S. without court approval. The president argued he had legal authority even though Congress had not passed a specific law.
The administration gave the operation the name "terrorist surveillance program" in an effort to increase public support and reduce fears that the government was spying on ordinary citizens. Critics expressed concern about the civil liberties and questioned whether the president went beyond the powers of the executive branch.
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|Archaeology field school students recover artifacts from the Cherokee mound site located on Western's campus near Forsyth and Killian buildings.
CULLOWHEE – In the shadow of Western Carolina University's academic buildings, students are sifting through dirt, one spoonful at a time, to learn about the lives of the Cherokee who once inhabited the Cullowhee Valley.
An archaeological dig got under way on Western's campus in May, when students enrolled in the university's archaeology field school began excavating three four-foot-deep pits located near Forsyth and Killian buildings.
Taught by Jane Eastman, Western Carolina assistant professor of anthropology, the field school is focusing on the remains of a Cherokee village and mound that once stood intact on the campus. The work represents a valuable opportunity for the 10 students enrolled in the course to take part in an actual archeological dig, Eastman said.
The mound was leveled in 1956 to make way for an academic building. The goal of the current excavation has been to dig down through layers of soil to the re-deposited mound fill, and then to dig down even deeper, into soil that has never been disturbed, to look for remains of Cherokee village structures and gain knowledge about the day-to-day activities of the people who lived in the area.
The intact mound was thought to have been examined by researchers in the 1880s, and based on that detail, the university leveled the mound to begin construction on what is now the Killian Building, Eastman said.
The current archaeological dig is not the first to be conducted on the campus. In 1972, the field school excavated a Cherokee structure from the area where the Ramsey Center is now located, Eastman said.
The Cherokee sometimes built earthen mounds to serve as platforms for their council houses. Often, for ceremonial reasons, the council house would be burned down and another council house built on top of the former one. That would result in the mound increasing in size, Eastman said.
The mound on Western's campus is not believed to have been a "burial mound," but important Cherokee leaders were often buried in the floors of the council houses. No human remains have been found in the re-deposited mound fill during the current dig, Eastman said.
The excavation pits measure 2m by 2m (~6ft) across and 4 ½ feet deep. The open pits have revealed layers of soil easily distinguished by varying colors and textures. After digging through a top layer of topsoil, students worked their way through a second layer consisting of clay fill that can be traced back to a 1970s construction project. The third layer holds gravel from a 1960s parking lot, and the fourth layer is the actual mound fill, East said.
The fifth layer used to be surface soil that was cultivated by Dave Rogers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Underneath that layer is the undisturbed soil of centuries past, Eastman said.
Artifacts recovered from the mound fill include fragments of Qualla pottery, spearpoints, small pieces of burned animal bones, small arrowheads and a 1935 buffalo nickel. The nickel provides clear evidence that the mound fill was disturbed and re-deposited in the current excavation area, Eastman said. Others layers of soil have revealed much more modern artifacts, including the heel of a boot, plastic foam coffee cups and pocket combs.
Eastman said the most important items found have been evidence of intact structural remains that indicate that there was, in fact, a Cherokee village at the site. "The most significant thing is the potential to have intact structural remains," she said. "We can learn a lot about what happened in the past from the structures."
With the archaeology field school coming to an end, Jane Brown, co-supervisor of the excavation has enlisted the help of North Carolina high school juniors and seniors enrolled in Western's Summer Ventures program to continue the excavation project through mid-July. Throughout the process, Eastman has been in close contact with officials from the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
When the field work is done, Eastman will classify and analyze the artifacts, incorporating that work into a course she will teach in the fall on archaeological lab methods. Even before that, some of the artifacts will be put on display in Western's Mountain Heritage Center, as part of a display on Cherokee-related cultural resources on campus. The collection also will be on display in the McKee Building archives.


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Sometimes being a bit of a birder has its rewards. Another little tumbler rolling through the region affords a perfect opportunity to explore the achievements of Lifetime Ward of the State Lucy Jones and her crew of well-fed knight-errants at Caltech on one of the world's longest-running and least-fruitful research grants.
Yesterday afternoon, happily, I had a chance to compare Caltech's work in earthquake prediction (choke, wheeze, cough) against a murder of crows in the deodar cedar across the vale.
The crows appeared startled by life itself, and suddenly flapped high above the deodar into the sky above it---an unusual ascent for them, as they typically swoop low from tree to tree in the ravine. A few seconds later, we felt the quake.
Do crows know? Maybe, maybe not. But we don't hand them over billions of dollars over generations to tell us that there was an earthquake (which we were just dying to know), that there may or may not be another one (ditto), and that this particular one was eight miles below the surface. All these things we could compute with three well-placed seismographs and a slide rule, as they did it in 1971.
Caltech knows the public doesn't want answers, only bread and circuses. We've given much for fifty years, and they still can't tell us what might happen, only what has happened. Even a crow does it a little better.


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The Labor Department reported that the economy created 114,000 new jobs last month, tipping the unemployment rate below 8 percent for the first time in a long time. But, the really interesting news was in the revisions to previous numbers. Last month, you may recall, the Labor Dept. said that the economy in August added only 96,000 new jobs, prompting shrieks from Mr. Romney and his party. The revised number is 142,000. As well, it turns out that instead of the relatively good 141,000 jobs originally believed to have been created in July, the final revised figure is a robust 181,000.
Romney will need some new talking points. And, if the pattern holds, on the Friday before the election, we will see these numbers adjusted upwards as well. Given the choice of a good debate performance and a good jobs' report, I am sure President Obama is happy to have the good jobs' report.
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Commencement: Dr. Lou shares his rules for a happy life
By Megan Sexton, email@example.com, 803-777-1421
Longtime football coach Lou Holtz shared his three simple rules for a happy and successful life with graduates at the University of South Carolina's winter commencement ceremony Monday.
- Do the right thing and people will always trust you.
- Do everything to the best of your ability and people will want to associate with you.
- Never miss an opportunity to let people know you genuinely care.
"Those are the only three rules you need. If you follow those three rules, you'll make good choices. If you make good choices you'll lead a happy life," Holtz said. "When your life comes to an end, you'll have absolutely no regrets. And to me, I think that's a successful life."
Holtz, who was USC's head football coach from 1999 to 2004 and is now an ESPN commentator, delivered a commencement address that was part inspirational message combined with a large dose of humor. He also received an honorary doctorate of education at the ceremony – with USC President Harris Pastides congratulating him as "Dr. Lou."
"Want to be happy for an hour? Eat a steak. Want to be happy for a day? Play golf. Want to be happy for a week? Go on a cruise…Want to be happy for a year? Win the lottery. Want to be happy for a lifetime? Make sure people know how much you care," Holtz told the crowd, who gave him a standing ovation following his remarks.
Cathy Novinger, a retired executive of SCANA Corp., community leader and philanthropist, received an honorary doctorate of public service. Wenliang Wang, chairman of Rilin Enterprises Ltd., a global construction and logistics firm based in Dandong, China, and a major benefactor of higher education programs that focus on U.S.-China relations, received an honorary doctorate of business administration.
USC awarded more than 2,700 degrees to baccalaureate, master's and professional-degree recipients from all eight campuses at the commencement ceremony.
For students walking across the stage Monday, commencement offered a chance to remember, celebrate and look forward.
Kendall Jenkins of Conway, S.C., will be heading to Montgomery, Ala., in February. The electrical engineering graduate has accepted a job as an engineer with International Paper.
"It feels excellent to be graduating. It's a milestone a lot of people don't get to see. And as one door closes, another opens," he said.
Chelsea Strivelli of Ocean Township, N.J., was receiving her degree in biology. She hopes to attend dental school next year.
"I spent a lot of time in the library – I really did – and I met a lot of good friends, too."
One of those was Heather Baron, of Oakland, N.J., was receiving her degree in exercise science. She is applying to occupational therapy school and plans to work with geriatric patients.
She said the commencement ceremony felt "surreal. It feels like I'm saying goodbye to the best four years of my life."
For the first time, international students who received their degrees from Carolina were able to wear sashes to commencement, representing the flags of their home countries. USC is home to 1,400 international students from more than 100 countries.
"We all met at orientation and everyone was so scared and apprehensive. It's wonderful to get together again two or four years later to see everyone's accomplishments," said Alice Valdetaro, a student from Brazil who earned her master's in mass communications Monday. "This university has provided us with a community. USC has made this our home away from home."
Graduate Jamie Hicks of Florence, S.C., will also be on the road soon. The broadcast journalism graduate accepted a job last week as a reporter with WCTI in New Bern, N.C. She starts Dec. 31.
"I'll walk across the stage, I have a week to pack and then move on to the big girl world," she said.
Hicks was wearing a mortar board thanking her mom and dad.
"My parents are my rocks. If I had a dream they used every tool they had to help me accomplish it. I'm walking today for myself, but also for them."
USC commencement, by the numbers
- USC Columbia: two associate degrees; 1,216 baccalaureate degrees; eight law; two medicine; 33 graduate certificates; 495 master's degrees; five specialist degrees; 177 doctoral degrees.
- USC Aiken: 211 baccalaureate degrees; 10 master's degrees
- USC Beaufort: four associate degrees; 75 baccalaureate degrees
- USC Lancaster: 36 associate degrees
- USC Salkehatchie: 12 associate degrees
- USC Sumter: 31 associate degrees
- USC Union: 15 associate degrees
- USC Upstate: 446 baccalaureate degrees; three master's degrees
- Total all campuses: 2,783
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Cornell University;University of Edinburgh
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- June 05-07, 2009
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- International Conference ???Relativity, Inequality and Public Policy??
- Location:
- Edinburgh, campus of the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Subject:
- In economics, ???relativity?? is the idea that it is position relative to others that motivates behavior and determines individual and therefore social wellbeing. This idea has distinguished pedigree, going back in modern times to Duesenberry??s relative income hypothesis, and even further back to Adam Smith??s claim that ???a creditable day-laborer would be ashamed to appear in public without a linen shirt?? . However, in the last two decades research has accelerated on relative concerns and their interactions with inequality, and their implications for public policy. Conventional welfare economics with interdependent preferences has progressed alongside new departures in theoretical and experimental behavioral economics, and in the economics of happiness. Progressivity in taxation can be seen in a new light if inequality interacts with relativity to produce socially inefficient outcomes. At the same time, the debate between paternalism and libertarianism is also sharpened if people have feelings of envy towards their fellow beings because of their relative positions in society. With this background, Cornell University and the University of Edinburgh are hosting a major international conference ??? ???Relativity, Inequality and Public Policy?? ??? to take stock of where we stand and to highlight the open questions. [gem?_?? den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information]
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