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"[To] quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink" (Psalm 69:21).
In my opinion some of the subjects of old should be mandatory in schools today. Logic is one of those subjects. Thus I took Critical Thinking as my advanced humanities elective. Our textbook that semester was entitled Introduction to Logic, so I felt I was in the right place.
The professor was, notably, the first and only professor I had who was younger than I. And he began the course with the basics about argument and logic, teaching the class about premises, conclusions, deduction, induction, etc. Towards the end of the semester we got more heavily into the many kinds of fallacious (or false) arguments such as appeal to emotion,[1] ad hominem,[2] argument from ignorance,[3] false cause,[4] complex question,[5] straw men,[6] etc. I think it would be good for any Christian to learn some basics about these things.
One of the things covered in class is how a big cause of problems in discussion and argument is the fact that different meanings are poured into words and terms we all use. This occurs, for example, when a professor begins to argue with a Christian student saying, "How can you support the death penalty when the Bible says, 'Thou shalt not kill'?" Well, of course, there is a world of different between "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not murder." The word translated to "kill" in the KJV would be better translated "murder" as it is in the modern versions. This underscores potential problems that arise with language and definitions.
The problem occurs on many levels for Christians. For instance, when witnessing or evangelizing, a Christian may talk about sin, but the average American does not consider selfishness, gossip, greed, envy, or even premarital sex, as sins. Certainly they do not expect those things to carry with them a verdict of hell (Romans 1:28-32, Ephesians 5:3-5, Galatians 5:19-21, 2 Timothy 3:2-5, Revelation 21:8, etc.) When they think of sin they probably think of murder, pedophilia, racism, intolerance, and even corporate fat-cat greed, but seldom do they consider things they themselves do to be sinful. Also since many non-believers have so little exposure to Christianity and the Bible these days, there is very little understanding of who Jesus Christ is, of what salvation means, of what eternal life means. Think of how many different connotations probably come up when we speak of God as our Father (since there are so many different examples of fathers out there) or when we call Him our Sovereign or King (since most Americans do not know what it is like to live in a nation ruled by a king or a sovereign). What do they think of when they hear us use words like "holy", "just", "election", "peace", or "freedom."
The language and terminology problem also occurs when other quasi-Christians use the same terminology we do, while pouring completely different meanings into those terms. I remember hearing one prominent Mormon in the media saying this one day: "I know some try to say I'm not, but I am a Christian. Jesus is my Savior. If it weren't for his atonement I would not be alive today." Sounds Christian enough, doesn't it? But his definitions of "Savior", and "atonement" were most likely very different than that of orthodox Christianity. The term "Son of God" would have a completely different meaning to a Mormon, a so-called "Jehovah's Witness", a Muslim. All would be completely different than the meanings that Scripture gives them. Thus these are also important things to remember for a Christian.
One of the most important things for anyone to learn about argumentation is that when an argument is made it is usually made up of at least two premises and a conclusion. Example from class: Premise one: God is Love. Premise two: Love is blind. Premise three: Ray Charles is blind. Conclusion: Therefore, Ray Charles is God. In this humorous example it is easy to see that some generally used or accepted statements lead to a silly conclusion. (Believe me, this happens often in life.) But how does one attack or dismantle an argument? Dismantling or countering an argument is done by scrutinizing the premises. If even one premise can be dismantled, the whole argument falls and can be proven invalid. At least it can be proven that the conclusion did not necessarily follow, although the conclusion may still be true. In the case of the Ray Charles argument, we have issues with the word "is." (Where is Bill Clinton when we need him?) We also have different definitions for the word "love", perhaps even for the word "blind." With those starting points a person can begin to counter the argument.
The professor liked to work on dismantling arguments in class. He would put an argument on the board and let the class try to find problems with the premises. If the students couldn't come up with anything, he would usually do it himself. Unfortunately, it seemed to me, he was always attempting to dismantle conservative or Christian positions.
For example, he asked the class to give him reasons why conservatives and the religious right said that homosexuality was wrong. The class gave what they believed to be the five main reasons: 1. It's against God.[7] 2. Homosexuals cannot produce children. 3. If it is allowed, then polygamy and bestiality have to be allowed. 4. It violates the historic definition of marriage. 5. It is unnatural. He then attempted to counter each argument himself: "Homosexuality is against God? This is unverifiable. There are different religions and different holy texts. I'm not saying it's false, although I hope it is. But since it is unverifiable, it's false. Homosexuals cannot produce children? Some heterosexuals cannot produce children, the conclusion that 'therefore homosexuality is wrong' does not follow. Then polygamy and bestiality have to be allowed? This is the 'slippery slope argument'[8] and the conclusion again does not necessarily follow. It violates the historic definition of marriage. The conclusion does not necessarily follow. It's unnatural? What does 'natural' mean? If 'natural' means, 'Does it follow the laws of physics and science?' It does no such thing. If 'natural' means, what the Roman Catholics say it means, 'Does it fulfill the intended purpose for which it is made?' Even if it violates that, it does not follow to say it is wrong. Thus the conclusion is again invalid."
Oh, so much can be said about the above.
I would certainly disagree and argue against his characterization that the polygamy premise was a slippery slope argument. After all, if one erases a set line of morality to include one's own group, on the basis that consenting adults should be allowed to marry, then it is completely arbitrary to redraw the line to exclude other consenting adults. If their argument is that it should only be two consenting adults, then, what would they base that upon? One could then ask if a brother and sister could marry. If homosexuals were allowed the right but then excluded a brother and sister from marrying, it seems arbitrary. If they said, "But a brother and sister might have messed up children because of the gene pool situation," we could ask if a sterilized brother and sister could marry. I believe they lose this argument.
Regarding his last point, above, at first he seems to want to define "natural" as being something that can actually occur in nature. Deciding the question by asking whether it follows the laws of physics and science is ridiculous. Murder would then be perfectly natural as it also follows the laws of science and physics. Polygamy and incest would be natural according to that definition. Even bestiality would be natural by that definition. "If it can be done, it's natural." Even my agnostic-evolutionist friend admits that homosexuality is "an anomaly of nature and would not be of benefit to the species in any way." Of course the usual response to any conservative or Christian, to any counter argument on this subject, is usually an ad hominem attack: "You Christians are bigoted, homophobes!"
And suffice it to say that in his answer to the It's against God premise, the professor set up his own little argument (though not fully expressed). It would be along the following lines: 1. (Understood and implied) Some holy texts say homosexuality is wrong. 2. There are different religions and different holy texts. 3. (Implied) It is unverifiable as to whether any of these religions or holy texts are true, correct, or actually from God. 3. Therefore, it cannot be proven that homosexuality is wrong according to God. (I think his argument would actually have had or needed one or two more premises, but I tried to condense it.) But someone who disagrees with his argument could now counter him by attacking his premises. For instance, I might attack his unspoken premise number 3 and attempt to show that there is a way we can scrutinize the holy texts and begin crossing some off the list. This is how critical thinking works.
Another one of the major arguments the teacher wanted to examine was what he termed "the generally accepted conservative argument against abortion" which he gave as follows: Premise 1.Innocent people have a right to life. Premise 2.It is seriously wrong to kill and innocent person. Premise 3.Abortion is the killing of an innocent person. Conclusion: Therefore abortion is a serious wrong. "As it stands," he said, "this argument is valid. Again, the issue in Critical Thinking, if one disagrees with that conclusion, is to attack one of the premises. A liberal would want to show whether the above argument is sound or not by attacking the premises. If one of the premises can be proven incorrect, then the whole argument against abortion fails." He then assigned homework to the class to read two arguments that attacked premises within the above anti-abortion argument: A Defense of Abortion by Judith Jarvis Thomson[9] and The Moral and Legal Status of Abortion by Mary Anne Warren.[10] Both arguments were written in the early 1970s either right before or right after the Supreme Court declared abortion to be legal. The arguments were extremely frustrating for me to read. I may write about this in my next column in the series.
My main point in this column is to show that even in a class like Critical Thinking, in a class that teaches logic and argument, something every Christian, every citizen, and every thinking human being should learn, even in this class, a left leaning, secular bias, and a consistent erosion of Christian values occurred. The examples were consistently, "Let's argue against or dismantle the generally accepted conservative or Christian viewpoint." There were no exercises dismantling today's prevalent "there's nothing wrong with premarital sex" stances. No homework assignment to read a couple of good arguments against so-called "gay marriage." No arguments against feminism, pornography, prostitution, legalization of drugs, etc. It always seemed that he only wanted the class to see how conservative arguments could be dismantled.[11]
Well, it wasn't as though I didn't expect this when I decided to go back to school…
"Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths! Guide me into your truth and teach me" (Psalm 25:4-5).
Feel free to read my other columns at http://www.examiner.com/christian-perspectives-in-philadelphia/stephen-j...
[1] Example of an appeal to emotion: "Christians say that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. That would mean that all the good people of the world who are Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, etc., would be going to hell. Sorry good people, hell for you." It's an emotional argument, yes, but not proof that Jesus Christ's words in John 14:6 were untrue.
[2] "Ad hominem" basically means "against the person." An example would be: "George W. Bush is an idiot, so of course he would be wrong about education." Such an argument is fallacious as it completely ignores any discussion of George W. Bush's education policy. Another one would be: "Christians are homophobic, so of course they are against gay marriage."
[3] An argument from ignorance would be: "With all the other planets and solar systems in the universe, it's certain that there is intelligent life out there somewhere." The opposite statement would also fall into this category: "Since all the planets, moons, and asteroids we've examined have not had any life on them, we can pretty much know there is no other life in the universe." A lack of evidence does not prove or disprove the truth of a situation. The same can be said for the statement, "I've never seen anyone ever rise from the dead, so I can be certain Jesus never rose from the dead."
[4] "False cause," sometimes known as a "non-sequitur" (meaning "it does not follow"). Examples: "Christianity was the cause of the downfall of the Roman Empire because the Roman Empire fell and never regained its former glory once Christianity rose to prominence in the Empire." Nothing in that statement proves that Christianity was the cause of Rome's fall. A thousand of other factors could have contributed. "A temporal connection is not necessarily factual." Another would be: "Since the rise of the Christian right and the Intelligent Design movement, science scores in our nations schools have plummeted."
[5] "Complex question," also known as "begging the question," is where the truth of something is inferred or presupposed in the question itself: "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" is the most famous example. It's a question that seemingly allows for only a "yes" or "no" answer and it already assumes the person has been beating his wife. Another example would be, "Since you Christians are so good at verbal gymnastics in attempting to explain all the Bibles contradictions, tell me how…" It doesn't really matter how they finish that sentence, they have already made an uncontested statement that the Bible is filled with contradictions and, secondly, that any answer a Christian gives will be "verbal gymnastics."
[6] A "straw man" argument is one where an opponent falsely sets up the other side's argument in a weak or phony way, making the other side's supposed argument easy to destroy. Example: "Christians say they want to go back to having a more Christian country, back to the old days when blacks were second class citizens, when women weren't allowed to vote, when abortions had to be performed in back alleys with coat hangars. But we say they're wrong. The Civil right Movement was a good thing. Women voting is a good thing. Safe abortions are a good thing." They presented a falsehood as being what Christians desire for this country, and then they made a simple case to defeat that falsehood.
[7] Certainly it's against the Laws of the God of the Bible: Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1:24-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Timothy 1:8-11, etc.
[8] The "slippery slope argument" falls under the fallacy of false cause "when one mistakenly argues against some proposal on the ground that any change in a given direction is sure to lead to further changes in the same direction" (page 145 of Introduction to Logic, Twelfth Edition, by Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, copyright 2005, 2002, 1998, and 1994 by Pearson Education, Inc.).
[9] Read it here: http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil160,Fall02/thomson.htm
[10] Read it here: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/warren_article.html
[11] Though I will give him credit that in one early class when there was discussion about what was fact and what was not, and I disagreed with another student who said something about evolution being a fact—to that student's disgust—the professor backed me up, but only to the extent of saying to the other student, "If you mean that evolution is 100% proven, you would be wrong; though it is accepted by scientists as being a fact until someone can prove otherwise."
I think your professor had some good points, but overall it was pretty weak. I think he brought up covservative christian beliefs because they are unfounded. They are based on your faith...in other words, those outside of your faith need not pay them mind. Positions that look to faith specific scriptures for validation will always run into this issue.
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The retail industry is a high capex, low margin business. Both Bharti and Wal-Mart are not 'in the pink of health'. This, coupled with uncertainty in regulation, may have forced them to call off their retail joint venture in India
US retail major Wal-Mart Stores Inc decided to purchase the entire stake of Bharti Enterprises in their 50:50 wholesale cash-and-carry joint venture Bharti Walmart. There are multiple reasons as to why the partners, who joined hands in 2007, decided to part ways. The major reasons are regulatory uncertainty in India and funding.
In May 2009, Bharti Walmart launched its first business to business (B2B), Best Price Modern Wholesale cash-and-carry store, in Amritsar. At present, there are 20 Best Price Modern Wholesale stores located at various places, including Zirakpur, Jalandhar, Kota, Bhopal Ludhiana, Raipur, Indore, Vijayawada, Agra, Meerut, Lucknow and Jammu.
The Indian government could not come up with a comprehensive policy for organised retail. One report estimates the 2011 Indian retail market as generating sales of about $470 billion a year, of which a minuscule $27 billion comes from organised retail such as supermarkets, chain stores with centralised operations, and shops in malls.
While India presents a large market opportunity given the number and increasing purchasing power of consumers, there are significant challenges as well, given that over 90% of the retail trade is conducted through independent local stores. Other challenges include, geographically dispersed population, small ticket sizes, complex distribution network, sparse use of IT systems, limitations of mass media and existence of counterfeit goods.
Uncertain policy environment
Until 2011, the Indian government denied foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, forbidding foreign groups from any ownership in supermarkets, convenience stores or any retail outlets. Even single-brand retail was limited to 51% ownership, with the burden of a bureaucratic process.
In November 2011, India's central government announced retail reforms for both multi-brand and single-brand stores. However, the announcement sparked intense activism, both in opposition and in support of the reforms. Finally, bowing to the pressure from the opposition, the Indian government, in December 2011, placed the retail reforms on hold till a consensus was reached.
Last year, in December, the government allowed 51% investment in multi-brand retail trade. Recently, it made amendments to rules after several retailers expressed concerns on the 30% local sourcing clause, yet-to-be-made changes in Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) rules, among others. Interestingly, while some states decided to allow foreign supermarkets like Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour to open stores, other states were still not ready.
The opening of retail industry to free market competition, some claim, will enable rapid growth in retail sector of Indian economy. Others believe the growth of Indian retail industry will take time, with organised retail possibly needing a decade to grow to a 25% share. A 25% market share, given the expected growth of Indian retail industry through 2021, is estimated to be over $250 billion a year: revenue equal to the 2009 revenue share from Japan for the world's 250 largest retailers.
The Economist forecasts that Indian retail will nearly double in economic value, expanding by about $400 billion by 2020. The projected increase alone is equivalent to the current retail market size of France.
In addition, the government, while allowing foreign retailers in the country, added the local sourcing clause. In fact, Wal-Mart in July, was unable to meet the norm requiring it to source 30% of the goods from small industries, said it could source only about 20%. Others retailers such as Carrefour and Metro are expanding in India rather cautiously. Big names such as IKEA, H&M are yet to announce their formal store openings in India.
Money does matter in retail business
The big bang expansion plans of international retailers into fast-growing emerging markets may not fructify at this moment because of investment capital constraints (as is to be expected in a scenario where business in the home country is weak). Wal-Mart, for instance, said in 2012 that it will slow down launches of new stores in China and other Asian markets, indicating a greater focus on operational efficiency.
The business model for retail industry, especially in India is a high cost-low margin. This is the reason why most big retailers have lost money. In fact, Bharti Walmart lost Rs277 crore during 2011.Even Reliance Retail that was launched in 2006, and is supported by India's largest private company Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), showed profit only during FY2013.
The flagship Future Group of Kishore Biyani, which is into retail business through Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, e-zone and Pantaloon brands had a debt of over Rs8,000 crore late last year. Last year, the group hived off its flagship Pantaloon into a separate entity to sell majority stake in it to Aditya Birla Nuvo (ABNL), which agreed to infuse Rs1,600 crore. Biyani also transferred the debt of Rs800 crore to ABNL. Not to forget the risks Biyani took while expanding the Future Group beyond retail and in the process had incurred huge debt.
Biyani, in his book called "It Happened in India", mentioned that he wants to capture every Indians' wallet share, from the ultra-rich to the lower middle-class. It is with this one-track mind that he singularly focused on borrowing massive amounts of money, piling up loans, hoping to be the next 'Wal-Mart'.
A slowdown in discretionary spending (only discount driven sales is pulling customers) and cannibalisation from new stores is limiting growth of most retailers. After all, retailing is a low margin business, a drawback that can only be overcome only with a strong customer pull.
Coming back to Walmart JV, the Bharti Enterprises group has been struggling with a debt of about $12 billion. During June 2013 quarter, Bharti Airtel, the country's largest mobile operator, again reported lower profits. This is the company's 14th consecutive quarter of falling profits.
In a joint statement, both Bharti and Wal-Mart said they have reached an agreement to independently own and operate separate business formats in India and discontinue their franchise agreement in the retail business.
As part of the proposed transactions, Bharti will acquire the $100 million worth compulsory convertible debentures (CCDs) held by Walmart in Cedar Support Services, a company owned and controlled by Bharti. Bharti Retail will continue to operate the 'easyday' retail stores across all formats.
Wal-Mart on the other hand, plans to continue to grow its business while working with the Indian government and interested stakeholders to create conditions that enable FDI in multi-brand retail.
Although there is no weakness on the bourses; reversal may happen anytime
This week which opened with pessimism among investors, has ended on a positive note with a hope of talks on re-opening the US government.
The BSE 30-share Sensex rose 612.6 points (or 3.1%) to close the week at 20,528.6, while the Nifty settled at 6,096.2, up 188.9 points (or 3.2%).
On Monday, the market had a weak opening as US government shutdown was entering its second week with no hope in sight for a near-term resolution. Sensex closed marginally down on Monday. Post the market close, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced measures to improve liquidity. The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate was reduced by 50 basis points to 9% with immediate effect. It was also decided to provide additional liquidity through term repos of 7-day and 14-day tenor for a notified amount equivalent to 0.25% of net demand and time liabilities of the banking system through variable rate auctions on every Friday, beginning 11 October 2013.
The liquidity infusion by RBI had a positive impact on market on Tuesday. Sensex closed with a gain after hitting its highest levels since 23 September 2013. However, analysts foresee the MSF rate cut by a further 0.25%, but also fear a repo rate hike by 0.25% to contain inflation.
On Wednesday, the Sensex was on a gradual uptrend and ended positive for the second consecutive session, after the comments of the RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and the release of the provisional data which showed that India's trade deficit narrowed sharply in September. RBI governor said that the current account deficit (CAD) can be contained at $70 billion this fiscal. He also that he is working to turn investor sentiment positive for India to help boost GDP growth rate. India's trade deficit narrowed sharply to $6.7 billion in September 2013 from $10.9 billion in August 2013.
On Thursday, the market again ended positive after witnessing a volatile session. Globally there was optimism on the signs of progress in ending deadlock in Washington, after news that US President Barack Obama would meet House Democrats and House Republicans. House Republican and Senate Democratic leaders are open to a short-term increase in the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling, according to congressional aides who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Before the market trading hours on Friday, Infosys came out with the September quarter result. The company has raised its revenue guidance both in dollar terms and rupee terms for FY 2014. On the US front, House Republican leaders proposed a temporary extension of the nation's debt ceiling. This led the market to open with high optimism on Friday. The market closed with a gain for the fourth consecutive session.
Back home, among the other indices on the NSE, except for Media which ended flat with a negative bias all the other indices closed in the green. The top two gainers were Realty (9%) and IT Sector (6%).
Among the Nifty-50 stocks, the top five gainers were DLF (11%); Ranbaxy Lab (11%); Tata Motors (10%); Infosys (9%) and Bank of Baroda (8%) while the top five losers were Coal India (9%); Hindalco Industries (4%); Sesa Sterlite (2%); Cipla (2%) and ACC (1%).
Out of the 27 main sectors tracked by Moneylife, top five and the bottom five sectors were:
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IIP growth during August was hurt by weak investment and consumer demand
India's index of industrial production (IIP) growth slowed to 0.6% in August from an upwardly revised 2.75% pace in July, hurt by weak investment and consumer demand.
According to data released by the union government, the general index for August 2013 stood at 165.7 while cumulative growth during April-August was 0.1%.
The IIP for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors were at 114.4, 175.7 and 163.1 respectively, with the corresponding growth rate of -0.2%, -0.1% and 7.2% as compared with August 2012.
Other important items showing high negative growth are:
1. Rice (-38.0%)
2. Stainless/alloy steel (-25.8%)
3. Boilers (-35.7%)
4. Sealed Compressors (-50.4%)
5. Air Conditioner (Room) (-52.3%)
6. Heat Exchangers (-51.7%)
7. 'Earth Moving Machinery' (-45.8%)
8. 'Sugar Machinery' (-36.7%)
9. 'Plastic Machinery Incl. Moulding Machinery' (-33.7%)
10. 'Cement Machinery' (-48.0%)
11. Aluminium Conductor (-31.7%)
12. Generator/ Alternator (-72.7%)
13. Telephone Instruments (incl. Mobile Phones & Accessories)' (-23.9%)
14. Gems and Jewellery (-36.1%)
Some of the important items showing high positive growth during the current month over the same month in the previous year include,
1. Woollen Carpets (67.7%)
2. Apparels (25.1%)
3. Leather Garments (26.6%)
4. Aviation Turbine Fuel (46.2%),
5. Vitamins (75.0%)
6. Ayurvedic Medicaments (80.6%)
7. Steel Structures (25.4%),
8. Tractors (32.2%)
9. Cable, Rubber Insulated (284.5%)
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This upscale casual sports themed grill for sale is in the heart of the city and close to major attractions. It is the place for folks to come to before an event, to catch a game, or just to enjoy a fun, family-friendly atmosphere. It is well-established and has been operating for 10 years. The grill...
Beautiful Full Service Restaurant #471648 posted Jul 7, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $449,000
Upscale and updated full service restaurant/bar/lounge business for sale in the Pittsburgh, PA region. This business is located in the eastern suburbs and has been operating for many years. This well-known restaurant provides a great menu along with an atmosphere that is warm and inviting. A new owner...
Recession Proof with Brand Name Recognition #471478 posted Jul 4, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $208,000
This is one of the largest chains in its industry, with national brand name recognition. Highly Confidential Sale – send an email for specific details on this company. This established, family owned company offers both repair and services to consumers and commercial accounts. No experience is required...
Nat. Recognized "Exec. Managed Co." - Pittsburgh #468472 posted May 16, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Available On Request
This business is inside an industry that is booming and is estimated to be over $100 billion this year. This well-established, executive model business fits a business owner who can manage people and tasks. A salaried GM or the new business owner will run this high-volume company. The Nationally acclaimed...
High Volume Beer Distributor #468312 posted May 13, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $750,000
Retail...Retail.....Retail.... Most buyers interested in a beer distributorship place an emphasis on a healthy retail business as a percentage of total revenue. This business is 100% retail and does not have any commercial accounts to be concerned with. A highly desirable beer business! This profitable...
Truck Accesories Business #467897 posted May 6, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $1,450,000
A well-known business and leader in the truck accessory business is for sale in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region. This thriving accessory business draws customers from all over Western Pennsylvania and is an outstanding opportunity to own a turn-key very profitable and well established business that...
Drive Thru Convenience Store (New Price) #467749 posted May 4, 2017
- Warren, Ohio, United States
- $35,000
This is a well performing drive thru business that has been in business for over 5 years selling beer, wine, soft drinks, ice, snacks, tobacco products, and groceries. It is clean, well-stocked, and enjoying consistent double digit margins the last two years. This store has seen growth this past...
High Demand, Recession-Resistant Service #466019 posted Apr 5, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $450,000
A leader in the industry with fragmented, weak competition. 60% residential work, 40% commercial work. Repeat customer base with a high average ticket in excess of $2,000. Most competitors charge lower prices. Pricing is NOT a key differentiator for this business. The business has relationships...
Budget Blinds Franchise Resale #464998 posted Mar 21, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $100,000
Profitable Budget Blinds Franchise Resale business for sale in the Pittsburgh, PA region. This home based business is priced to sell and is a member of one of the best known franchised systems that service the homeowner. As posted on their website, their average sales volume per territory in the United...
Well Known Gas and Food Station #463595 posted Feb 27, 2017
- Alliance, Ohio, United States
- $1,300,000
We are located on the north entrance of our community, six blocks south of the University of Mount Union. Main Street Marathon is a family owned and operated convenience store/gas station located in Alliance, OH. Our number one priority is to provide lasting relationships with our customers so that...
Multiple Location Limited Cooking Food Business #462306 posted Feb 4, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $269,000
Multiple location limited cooking food business for sale in the Pittsburgh, PA region. This business is part of a franchise system that is a leader in the industry. The products sold are predominantly pretzels, party trays, cheesesteak, hot dogs, sausages, frozen drinks, etc. In 2016, revenue was $513,072...
Price Drop/ 50+ Year Established Convenience #461232 posted Jan 18, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $195,000
Price Drop - Seller is motivated to sell. Established and profitable Convenience Store and Gas Station business for sale in the Pittsburgh, PA general area. This neighborhood store is priced to sell! It is located in a very heavily populated and fast growing area just west of Pittsburgh. The 1400 square...
Speech Therapy Rehabilitation /Large Client Roster #460274 posted Jan 3, 2017
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $499,000
Specializing in Speech Therapy this business is the only game in town with zero competitors. Started in 1983 they have continuously grown the business and has a huge client roster with long standing clientele. Approximately 700-800 clients, some being large clients. There is plenty of room for growth...
Service - Pressure Washing #454882 posted Sep 29, 2016
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $89,000
Price Reduced. Updated February 2017. Seller will consider providing owner financing to a qualified buyer. Great opportunity to buy a profitable service business that closes during the winter months. This pressure washing and reconditioning business for sale is located in the Pittsburgh, PA Region....
Specialty Service Contractor for Com/Ind/Res. #453237 posted Sep 6, 2016
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $2,400,000
This highly regarded specialty contractor is hoping to partner with much larger organization or strong buyer in order to facilitate growth and expansion. Owner is open to a myriad of deal structures. Ideal add-on for GC. - 20 non-union employees - substantial hard assets - proprietary systems 2015...
Arnold & Bimbo Bread Route, Washington #451762 posted Aug 16, 2016
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $250,000
Arnold & Bimbo Bread Route distributorship for sale $250,000! Company financing with an estimated $115k down! Currently grossing an estimated $580,389 per year in sales and nets $107,274! Distributorship and "protected territory" are purchased through independent distributor and contracted through Bimbo...
HighTech Business Solutions Center Industry Leader #450700 posted Aug 1, 2016
- Erie, Ohio, United States
- $250,000
Established state of the art full-service marketing company. This company is one of the leaders in the world of signage, graphics and visual communications. This business model is among the most successful in all of the franchising – for many good reasons. The model provides significant income and equity...
Under Contract / Drive Thru Beer Distributor #406291 posted May 3, 2016
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $250,000
Under Contract/ Profitable beer distributor business for sale in the Pittsburgh, PA region. This long established turnkey beer distributor is a high volume business with $1,800,000 in revenue. The business includes a drive thru building as well as two (2) trucks and all furniture, fixtures and equipment...
Dental Practice for Sale South of Pittsburgh #403757 posted Mar 29, 2016
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Available On Request
Wonderful state of the art general practice for sale located approx 20 miles south east of Pittsburgh. 4 operatories with room to add one additional 2400 sq ft. Annual collections over $400K
Profitable Carpet Cleaning Business #401618 posted Mar 1, 2016
- Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
- $75,000
Profitable carpet and upholstery cleaning business for sale in the Pittsburgh, PA area. This business is priced to sale as the owner wants to retire. This business would be a solid platform for a new owner who wants to buy a reputable business and wants to grow the business in to a much...
Price Reduced - Disaster Restoration Firm #398472 posted Jan 17, 2016
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- $229,000
Price Reduced in August 2016. The owner of this business is interested in selling and has lowered the asking price. This is a great opportunity to buy a reputable disaster restoration service business that is for sale in the Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania area. This profitable business has...
Niche Service Business #393785 posted Nov 7, 2015
- Darlington, Pennsylvania, United States
- $299,000
This is an established business, this is Not a new franchise or start-up opportunity. Now is your chance to be part of the largest surface refinishing company in the nation, with over 135 franchises all across the United States and Canada. This well known, national franchise has over 30 years in...
Pittsburgh (North Suburb) PA Practice for Sale #384061 posted Jun 22, 2015
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Available On Request
Well established DC/MD/Physical Rehabilitation practice collecting $2,080,196.00. Dr take home pay before taxes $824,349.00. Exceptionally equipped and staffed. Beautiful facilities. Ideal locations. High visibility/high traffic/easy access. Up-to-date compliance. All protocols in place – perfect...
Pittsburgh (Allegheny Co) PA Practice for Sale #377879 posted Mar 31, 2015
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Available On Request
22-year family practice collecting $474,710.00. Dr take home pay before taxes $299,000.00. 5,460 total visits. Open 3 days weekly. Family oriented community with swimming pools, boat rentals, golf courses, parks, nature trails, ski slopes and much more!! Exceptionally staffed and equipped with four...
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Skip to comments.Reid to reimburse more campaign funds for gifts
Posted on 03/27/2014 7:50:36 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
March 27, 2014, 10:07 am Reid to reimburse more campaign funds for gifts
By Rebecca Shabad
The amount Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to reimburse his reelection campaign jumped from about $16,000 to at least $31,000, according to reports.
On Tuesday, Nevada journalist Jon Ralston reported that 2016 campaign funds were given to Reids granddaughter, Ryan Elisabeth Reid, which she used to buy gifts for donors.
The younger Reid sells jewelry in Berkley, Calif.
In the initial report, Ralston reported that the amount was more than $16,000.
On Wednesday night, he discovered Reids campaign paid his granddaughter at least $14,000 more in 2012, bringing the total to about $31,000.
Reid said in a statement, after the initial report, that he would reimburse the campaign for the amount spent on thank-you gifts made by his granddaughter.
Asked about the additional expenditures on Wednesday, Reid reiterated to Ralston that he would reimburse the campaign, and said his granddaughter was being harassed.
My granddaughter has been the target of harassing phone calls, strangers tracking her down and knocking on her door, and negative, unwanted attention on the Internet. This has gone too far and it needs to stop now. I deeply regret any role I had in creating this situation but now, as a grandparent, I say enough is enough, Reid said, according to Ralston.
Last Friday, the Federal Election Committee sent a letter to Reid asking him to explain the expenditures from a 2013 campaign filing.
Itemized disbursements must include a brief statement of description of why each disbursement was made, the letter said.
Reid is not up for reelection until 2016, but announced he began planning for another campaign last October.
I live for the day when these corrupt people are wearing orange and staring out from behind the locked doors of the Graybar Hotel.
harry reid's accountant to harry ... don't worry harry, an accounting trick here and there and you will not lose any money out of your pocket. We'll use campaign donations, as we always have in the past. Don't worry harry. I've got this!
Hey Harry, I had a source tell me your GrandDaughter committed Income Tax evasion by not claiming that money as Income.
Sorry, just reimbursing isn't enough. He should be PROSECUTED like Republicans are when they are caught in criminal activity!
Reminder: Approved by the US government, several trillion was bilked from the US citizens by Wall Street banksters since 2007, and not one person has yet to be indicted.
Okie dokey, can someone, anyone please "F'n" explain to me how what dingy harry did is somehow "more different" than what Former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell is being accused of.
Because if you asked me, Bob McDonnell didn't do a damn thing wrong, but this thing with dingy harry...this is criminal behavior.
So either they both are worthy of an incitement or neither are, IMHO.
"So either they both are worthy of an incitement or neither are, IMHO."
I'll lend you a "d".
I still want to know why the Mormon Church has not excommunicated Dingy Harry????????
Maybe Harry can ask Mitt Romney for advice on his taxes...
From the well of the Senate.
haha, GD spell check, it always changes what I meant to say.
let's see some tax returns...especially from his granddaughter
Instead of "Dingy" Harry, can we now start calling him "Dirty Harry?"
It would be the icing on the cake if Mr. Reed were investigated then thrown OUT of the Senate.
That would be degrading to Mr. Eastwood.
"I still want to know why the Mormon Church has not excommunicated Dingy Harry????????"
Answer: They would loose their considerable investment. The Mormon Church paid for Harry's education (well the Mormon Church and the Mustang Ranch Brothel). Hum, two "houses of worship," who knew?
Reids granddaughter, Ryan Elisabeth Reid....
It figures Reid would have a granddaughter with a boy's name.
In other words, Reid is proving his philosophy is 'I did nothing illegal if you don't catch me. Then, if you discover it, I can pay it back and the owned media will give me absolution, so screw you, America.'
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Brazil: Labour & Employment 2016
In this chapter, 16 experts in the field of management, labour and employment law are recognised.
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|Estêvão Mallet
|Mallet Advogados Associados, São Paulo
|Alexandre de Almeida Cardoso
|TozziniFreire Advogados, São Paulo
Veirano Advogados tops our research in this area, garnering an impressive three listings. In the firm's São Paulo office, national practice group leader José Carlos Wahle receives widespread praise for his all-encompassing practice and is particularly adept at handling contentious issues and internal investigations. One source notes that he is "hands-on and responsive". In Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Guilherme Migliora is "a leading authority on Brazilian labour law" with an impressive track record in labour litigation. The "first-rate" Maria Luisa Soter da Silveira is equipped with "a fantastic working knowledge of Brazil's labour laws" and counsels both domestic and international clients on labour-related issues such as outsourcing, overtime, collective bargaining agreements, terminations and drug testing.
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados is represented by two outstanding nominees. Sólon de Almeida Cunha is one of the country's premier labour and employment lawyers. Respondents repeatedly praise his "strong commercial awareness" and "pre-emptive approach". Vilma Toshie Kutomi is an excellent employment lawyer proficient in a whole host of matters including labour disputes, as well as collective bargaining and labour issues arising from M&A transactions.
Labour boutique Mallet Advogados Associados' name partner Estêvão Mallet is a "key player in the local market" providing clients with "top-of-the-range service" across both contentious and non-contentious matters.
At TozziniFreire Advogados, Alexandre de Almeida Cardoso is a highly sought-after litigator known for his "professionalism, precision and efficiency".
Mannrich Senra e Vasconcelos Advogados' name partner Nelson Mannrich is an "intelligent lawyer" specialising in individual and collective labour relations. One client praises Mannrich's advocacy skills, maintaining that he is "both informative and compelling in equal measure".
Rodrigo Seizo Takano of Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is praised for his "ability to accommodate diverse parties during tough and difficult negotiations".
Luiz Carlos Amorim Robortella at his own firm is regarded as a "font of knowledge in labour and social security law issues" with one client commending his "tireless work ethic".
At Mundie e Advogados, the "excellent" Nadia Demoliner Lacerda da Silva is known for providing clients with "clear and effective advice".
At Machado Associados, labour and tax employment group head Fabio Medeiros is commended for providing clients with an "immense working knowledge of Brazilian labour law and employment-related tax issues".


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A blog that reviews and comments on horror, science fiction, and fantasy entertainment, from the creepy to the kitsch--particularly movies, TV shows, video games, comic books, toys, and other forms of visual art.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Crayola Encourages Budding Kaiju Fans Through Its Create 2 Destroy Toy Line
Imagine this holiday shopping scenario: You're a life-long fan of giant monster movies and want to foster an appreciation of such entertainment in the next generation of geeks--your kids, your nieces and nephews, or both. However, you think that they're too young to grasp the finer points of such giant monster mashes such as Godzilla, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe and Pacific Rim, so you have no idea what to get them for Christmas. Well, never fear because Crayola has got your back this year with its Create 2 Destroy line of playsets.
The Create 2 Destroy playsets aren't strictly kaiju merchandise, but they might as well be because half of the playsets involve giant monsters trashing a city, a shopping mall, and a suburban community. These playsets make up the Dino Destruction sub-series, where kids use Morphix (Crayola's answer to Play-Doh) to mold cars, buildings and trees that the included dinosaurs can stomp with their feet and crush with their jaws. Some of the dinosaurs have spring-loaded tails that kids can use as catapults to launch Morphix-molded boulders into nearby targets.
The other Create 2 Destroy sub-series, Fortress Invasion, are designed to have kids build fortresses, castles and walls with the goal of knocking them down by using the included catapults. While these playsets don't include any monsters, adult fans of King Kong can buy their kids a Dino Destruction playset and a Fortress Invasion playset that so they can imagine dinosaurs tearing through the enormous protective wall on Skull Island. This is the kind of stuff that brings geek families closer together during the holiday season!
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Painting Giant Robot Model Kits Anime Style
I love detailed miniature replicas of monsters, robots and spaceships from my favorite horror and sci-fi franchises, but the ability to competently assemble model kits of such replicas has always eluded me. I particularly admire those who can paint kits of robots, spaceships and other machines in a way that makes them look used (exposed to the elements, battle damage, etc.). In fact, I frequently regarded this kind of modeling skill as a remarkable achievement ... and then I saw this:
Yes, this really is a photo of a plastic model kit.
From what I read on Kotaku, a talented model builder in Japan has painted a Valkyrie kit from the Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series (which is known to some as Robotech) in a cel shading style that makes the model appear as if it was pulled directly out of the Macross cartoon.
This makes sense, actually--since the Valkyrie design was originally intended for animation, why not paint a Valkyrie model kit like it was part of a cartoon? The picture below provides an overview of how each piece of the kit was painted to achieve the comprehensive anime look.
Click here to see the article about this kit on Kotaku. Click here to see the original Japanese post of this kit, which features many more pictures of the finished product.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Alien Franchise Update: Reboots, Sequels, and a Prequel Sequel
As a horror and sci-fi nerd, I do what I can to keep my franchise scorecard up to date. Right now, Star Wars and the superhero universes of DC and Marvel are currently developing a selection of movie and TV releases, while many other franchises are stuck in some form of reboot--either making another reboot sequel (Star Trek), preparing to release a reboot (RoboCop), or starting pre-production of a reboot (Terminator). I've also been keeping current with developments in the Alien franchise, which has a number of projects in development but only one movie in the works. Read on for more details about what 20th Century Fox has in store for the horror franchise where no one can hear you scream.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Shogun Warrior-Sized Bender Challenges You to Bite His Colossal Metal Ass
Good news, everyone! Futurama may be officially cancelled (for now), but its merchandising license lives on in a variety of collectibles. This month, Toynami is releasing a limited edition Shogun Warrior version of Bender that's 24-inches tall and includes spring-loaded arms for fist-firing action. I'm not sure if this version of Bender has any other features, so I don't know if this chest panel opens or how many points of articulation he has. Nevertheless, if you're willing to pay the $150 price for this collectible item, you can have Bender pick fights with other Shogun Warrior robots and terrorize 6-inch scale Futurama action figures.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Network Television was Better Off with Better Off Ted
I have to give Netflix credit: Because of its wide selection of television titles, it's a great resource for me to find high-quality but short-lived series that somehow escaped my attention when they were originally aired. (This is a welcome change from most television syndication arrangements, where only popular shows are aired repeatedly on channels other than the one that originally aired them.) In fact, it was thanks to Netflix that I found Better Off Ted, a wickedly intelligent satire of corporate culture that aired for two 13 episode seasons on ABC from 2009 to 2010.
Better Off Ted is a half-hour sitcom that takes place in the offices of Veridian Dynamics, a monolithic mega-corporation that engages in all sorts of odd and amoral activities to increase worker productivity and maximize profits, often at the expense of everyone and everything else. The characters consist of the titular Ted Crisp (Jay Harrington), a single father who heads Veridian's research and development department; Ted's intimidating, hyper-competitive boss Veronica Palmer (Portia de Rossi); and Ted's underlings, product tester Linda Zwordling (Andrea Anders) and product development scientists Phil Myman (Jonathan Slavin) and Lem Hewitt (Malcolm Barrett).
While the interplay among the characters provide the plots for the episodes, most of the jokes in Better Off Ted are targeted directly at the behavior of modern-day corporations and their approach to people and science--or, as Lem puts it in one episode, "the place science goes to bend over and grab its ankles". Throughout the series, various Veridian products become the subject of absurd and dark humor, such as its revolutionary cure for baldness (that is also a parasite) and a sound device that can deliver messages straight into a person's brain (and can also cause uncontrollable, explosive vomiting when set at high frequencies). In a way, Veridian is less openly violent but just as misanthropic as Omni Consumer Products, the devious military-industrial conglomerate in Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop. Indeed, notorious mad scientists such as Frankenstein, Jekyll and Moreau would feel right at home in the laboratories of Veridian Dynamics.
I love Better Off Ted and if you love comedy that is smart, sinister and strange, then you should check it out too.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
After Nearly Three Decades, Blockbuster Goes Bust
I'm sure you heard the news by now that Blockbuster, the one-time reigning champ of the home video rental business, is finally closing for good. After winding down for years with increased competition from rivals such as Netflix and Redbox, all Blockbuster stores will be closed as of January 2014.
During the heyday of home video rentals, I didn't have access to a Blockbuster store. The nearest one was almost an hour away, so my VHS rental choices were limited to the local video stores in the town where I lived. What this meant for me--and as I'm sure it meant for others who lived in remote rural locations--is that Blockbuster represented the best of VHS rental selections. The video stores nearest to me were able to keep up with the high-profile theatrical releases of the 80s and 90s and they introduced me to low-budget curiosities such as Equinox and The Flesh Eaters, but their overall selections of films from the 1930s up to the 70s were extremely poor. Thus, if I wanted to familiarize myself with the works of noted horror film talents such as Ray Harryhausen, Val Lewton and Vincent Price, I would have to go to Blockbuster.
The closing of Blockbuster represents the end of one form of film distribution and its inherent limitations, so I'm kind of glad to see it go. Newer services such as Netflix, Redbox or Hulu have their limitations as well and I've noticed that some films that aren't being carried by those services can sometimes be found on YouTube (particularly foreign horror movies and American made-for-TV horror films). Nevertheless, digital distribution through the Internet and formats such as DVD and Blu-ray have made life so much easier for film buffs--particularly horror film fans such as me.
Regardless, I can't let this kind of milestone that's so closely attached to the VHS format go without celebrating one of the most memorable aspects of VHS rentals: the colorful and gaudy box cover artwork. Click below to see a selection of VHS cover art that I pulled from sources such as VHS Collector and VHS Wasteland.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Kenner's Imperial Troop Transporter Gets Lego-ized
As I mentioned in a previous post, the upcoming Star Wars: Rebels animated series will incorporate some of Kenner's classic Star Wars toy designs as part of the series' selection of vehicles and weaponry, such as Kenner's Imperial Troop Transporter toy. Thus, it makes sense for avid Lego hobbyist BaronSat (a.k.a. Eric Druon) to make a Lego version of the Troop Transporter that's in scale with official Lego Star Wars minifigs. Check it out:
BaronSat's Lego Imperial Troop Transporter (above) and Kenner's original toy (below).
Click below to see more pictures of BaronSat's Lego version of the Imperial Troop Transporter, along with a new Lego Hoth playset that he recently produced that draw inspiration from Kenner's short-lived Star Wars Micro Collection line.
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"We are always, as a committee, keeping our eye on critical matchups; those games where two teams have a lot on the line. We look for those to make differentiations between teams that might otherwise have similar credentials. While we don't want to weigh a conference tournament game any more heavily than we would any other game during the season, they do represent opportunities for two teams to play with a lot on the line. So, it is a good opportunity to assess what the differences might be between two teams. I do believe the last 10 games of the season are important and, clearly, those games in the conference tournament are part of those 10 games."
How much do you think a team's seeding can bounce up or down because of one game late in a conference tournament?
"I couldn't quantify how much they could go up or down. That will depend on what is happening to other teams around them that have a similar portfolio of achievement. Every game that is played, even the games where the finals are played on Sunday, we do everything we can to take the outcome of those games into consideration. Due to those finals, we sometimes have to go into the seeding and bracketing process with a contingency plan."
How much does the committee take into account injuries, especially, if a team has a, potentially, critical injury to a player? How do you go about judging whether they will be healthy for the tournament?
"There are some very good examples right now of some high profile players that have varying degrees of debilitation as a result of injuries. We try and draw upon the best medical information that we can get. It comes from conference offices and comes from institutions. We recognize that they both have a vested interest in it and we take that into consideration. But, basically, if a team has an injury to a player that causes him to miss the rest of the season, we are going to assess that team without that player in the lineup. Likewise, if we are not able to determine that player will be available or full-strength, it could very well cause consideration as to whether they deserve to be in the tournament if they are on the bubble or how high they are seeded. I don't think you would look for us to unduly penalize a team if we couldn't get definitive information. But, on the other hand, you are not going to be rewarded when there is a significant cloud as to whether or not that player is going to play."
You mentioned that the last 10 games are important. Does the committee distinguish between two teams that end up 5 and 5 their last 10 games, but one team wins their last 5 while the other one loses their last 5?
"Certainly, we would. I don't want to make too much of the last 10 games, but it is one thing we look at, like we do the RPI and how a team has done on the road, how they have done against people above and below them in their conference, what was their strength of schedule of their non-conference games. You are looking for trends, but you also have to take into consideration who those five losses were to and who the five wins were to. They may have been the top 5 teams in the league and the 5 bottom teams in the league. One of the things the committee does in a very meticulous way is look at the portfolio of each team. It isn't about here's the 7th team in the SEC. It's about here's team A and this is what they have done relative to the other candidates for the last few spots in the tournament."
There is a chance that South Carolina and LSU will play in the SEC Tournament. Both have lost key players for the season. Is that a game, due to the injury criteria you gave earlier, that will have more meaning as to whether they will get in?
"I really don't want to get into specifics on any particular team. But I think that teams that are struggling, particularly the last third of the season, they probably need to demonstrate that they are getting over it. If you have players that are out for the season and that is part of the reason why they are struggling, we have to take that into consideration as to who makes the tournament field."
Do you look at how many teams from different leagues get into the conference?
"We don't spend much time talking about what league gets how many teams into the tournament. Each institution that ends up with a slot in the NCAA Tournament is there because of the evaluation of that team versus the other potential candidates yielded them as been in and someone else out."
There is a lot of speculation that both Kentucky and Mississippi State both been contenders for a number one seed. How plausible is it if both of those teams were to meet in the final, they would both get number one seeds, even though one would win and one would lose?
"It seems to me I recall my first year on the committee we had that situation in the Big 10. I believe it was Illinois and Michigan State that were going to meet in the finals and there was a potential to have both of them on the top line (number 1 seeds). I think, especially, relative to the top four lines of the tournament, that honor of being one of the top seeded teams in the tournament comes from a season long effort and we take into account the last 10 games and we take into account the last game. The loser of that game is not going to be seeded ahead of the winner of that game. There is no doubt about that. But it is conceivable that one could be seeded on the right side of the top line and one on the left side of the top line. That is not implausible at all, especially with two institutions that have had the kind of years that they have had. Having said that, however, I think there are probably 7, 8 or 9 institutions that could make a case at one level or another for being a number 1 seed and there is a lot of basketball to be played. Somebody is going to play themselves in and somebody is going to play themselves out, but I don't think two teams playing in a final of a conference tournament, necessarily eliminates one of them from a possibility of a line one."
What is the protocol for you when your school, Iowa, is talked about?
"I am out of the room. I am not allowed to discuss my school. I have to leave the room."
In the SEC there are 4 teams with 8-8 records. Obviously they will be compared against one another because of their similarities. How will you be able to distinguish between those teams?
"We will look at how they got to their league record. Some of those records may be them beating all the teams below them and losing to all the teams above them. Some will be a mixed bag. There are some conferences that have some one plays, some conferences that have some no plays. And there are some conferences that play a full double round-robin. Conference records are more viable when it comes out of a double round-robin conference where everybody has played everybody else twice. While the records may be the same, the manner in which they achieved those records could be quite different. We may not only look at how they did with teams below them and above them but how they did against the top two teams in each division. We'll call upon the committee member who has the surveillance responsibility for that conference to describe to us which ones are the best in the league and which ones are the poorer ones in the league."
You mentioned some of the criteria being RPI, Strength of Schedule, last 10 games, road victories. Which is more significant and less significant in the seeding process?
"If you were to ask committee members and poll all of them, you would probably get some deferential in what they say. We know that seven out of ten games in college basketball are resolved in favor of the home team, so, for me, if I get to a point where I can't slide a piece of paper between two teams in terms of their resume, I look at how they played on the road because that is a demonstration of how tough they are and how they do in hostile environments."
When you are down to those last few teams and you have an institution from a major conference that has had numerous opportunities against nationally ranked teams, teams with very high RPIs or whatever tool you want to use and have had some wins but not a lot. How do you compare that school to someone who is from a smaller conference that hasn't had as many at-bats as the other team? Is there a point where you having an X number of shots start working against you if you don't connect on some of them?
"That's a fair question. Is it better to have done well against a schedule that doesn't have the marquee matchup or it better to have played them than lost or not won as frequency as you should. I do think that could work against an institution if the latter happened. But, that differentiation is very, very difficult. I wish there was an imperical way you could crunch the numbers and say that I'm absolutely sure this team is better than the other one."
Do you ever seen you going to more of a computer type situation in the future?
"I think the consideration that goes into the selection and seeding and bracketing of the NCAA basketball tournament uses the best of technology with the best of personal observation. It is not possible with this system to take the subjectivity out of it in its entirety. I will tell you that it is a largely objective process with an appropriately measure of subjectivity. That may sound kind of wishy-washy, but I think if you had the opportunity to go through the process you would understand what I am talking about. The 10 members of the basketball committee cared deeply about the fairness or the process and they care fundamentally about identifying the most deserving teams to be represented in the tournament. We go to great lengths to make that happen. I would hate to see the day when we ran some sort of numerical computation and mailed in the bracket. I think the tournament loses a tremendous amount when that happens. The other thing I would tell you, in addition to being the selection committee, our committee has the responsibility to help manage the first and second rounds of the regionals. There is a lot more to this than just selecting the teams. The committee members are deeply engaged in all the aspects of the basketball tournament."
After you meet Thursday, how many of the at-large bids will still be up for grabs?
"It varies a lot from year to year. I think the number will be lower this year than it has been in the past. Anybody who gets the appropriate number of votes goes up on the first ballot. That number has been in the low 20's occasionally. And it has also been down in the teens. Because of the number of teams under surveillance this year, I'm going to guess that it is going to be a little lower than usual this year, probably in the teens."
Does it every seem like committee members (teams) get preferential treatment from other committee members even though they leave the room? If so, do you try to guard against that?
"I know that has been the perception at times. We do try and guard against it. Human nature is you don't know what is going on behind closed doors and there is always some assumption that the fellowship is going to take care of one another. I would suggest to you that the opposite is true. I really think if Iowa plays itself of being on the bubble, I think the committee will have to make sure (Iowa) look better than the people that (they) are being compared to because they know very well there is going to be scrutiny of it for the exact reason you have alluded to."
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The Infinitesimal Calculus : How was it imported into Europe?
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C. K. Raju holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute. He taught mathematics for several years before playing a lead role in the C-DAC team which built Param: India's first parallel supercomputer. His earlier book 'Time: Towards a Consistent Theory' (Kluwer Academic, 1994) set out a new physics with a tilt in the arrow of time. He has been a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study and is a Professor of Computer Applications. This paper questioning the origin of calculus was proposed by him at the Indian Mathematical Congress held at Delhi in January 2009
The calculus has played a key role in the development of the sciences, starting from the "Newtonian Revolution". According to the "standard" story, the calculus was invented independently by Leibniz and Newton. This story of indigenous development, ab initio, is now beginning to totter, like the story of the "Copernican Revolution". The English speaking world has known for over one and a half centuries that "Taylor" series expansions for sine, cosine and arctangent functions were found in Indian mathematics/astronomy/timekeeping (jyotisa) texts, and specifically the works of Madhava, Neelkantha, Jyeshtadeva etc. No one else, however, has so far studied the connection of _these Indian developments to European mathematics.
The relation is provided by the requirements of the European navigational problem, the foremost problem of the time in Europe. Columbus and Vasco da Gama used dead reckoning and were ignorant of celestial navigation. Navigation, however, was both strategically and economically the key to the prosperity of Europe of that time. Accordingly, various European governments acknowledged their ignorance of navigation,while announcing huge rewards to anyone who developed an appropriate technique of navigation. These rewards spread over time from the appointment of Nunes as Professor of Mathematics in 1529, to the Spanish government's prize of 1567 through its revised prize of 1598, the Dutch prize of 1636, Mazarin's prize to Morin of 1645, the French offer (through Colbert) of 1666, and the British prize legislated in 1711. Many key scientists of the time (Huygens, Galileo, etc.) were involved in these efforts: the navigational problem was the specific objective of the French Royal Academy, and a key concern for starting the British Royal Society.
Prior to the clock technology of the 18th century, attacks on the navigational problem in the 16th and 17th c. focussed on mathematics and astronomy, which were (correctly) believed to hold the key to celestial navigation, and it was widely (and correctly) believed by navigational theorists and mathematicians (e.g. by Stevin and Mersenne) _that this knowledge was to be found in ancient mathematical and astronomical or time-keeping (jyotisa) texts of the east. Though the longitude problem has recently been _highlighted, this was preceded by a latitude problem, and the problem of loxodromes.
The solution of the latitude problem required a reformed calendar: the European calendar was off by 10 days, and this led to large inaccuracies (more than 3 degrees) in calculating latitude from measurement of solar altitude at noon, using e.g. the method described in the Laghu Bhâskarîya of Bhaskara I. However, reforming the calendar required a change in the dates of the equinoxes, hence a change in the date of Easter, and this was authorised by the Council of Trent in 1545. This period saw the rise of the Jesuits. Clavius studied in Coimbra under the mathematician, astronomer and navigational theorist Pedro Nunes, and Clavius subsequently reformed the Jesuit mathematical syllabus at the Collegio Romano. Clavius also headed the committee which authored _the Gregorian Calendar Reform of 1582, and remained in correspondence with his teacher Nunes during this period.
Jesuits, like Matteo Ricci, who trained in mathematics and astronomy, under Clavius' new syllabus [Matteo Ricci also visited Coimbra and learnt navigation], were sent to India. In a 1581 letter, Ricci explicitly acknowledged that he was trying of understand local methods of timekeeping (jyotisa), from both Brahmins and Moors, in the vicinity of Cochin, which was, then, the key centre for mathematics and astronomy, since the Vijaynagar empire had sheltered it from the continuous onslaughts of raiders from the north. Language was not a problem, since the Jesuits had established a substantial presence in India, had a college in Cochin, and had even started printing presses in local languages, like Malayalam and Tamil by the 1570's.
In addition to the latitude problem, settled by the Gregorian Calendar Reform, there remained the question of loxodromes, which were the focus of efforts of navigational theorists like Nunes, Mercator etc. The problem of calculating loxodromes is exactly the problem of the fundamental theorem of calculus. Loxodromes were calculated using sine tables, and Nunes, Stevin, Clavius etc. were greatly concerned with accurate sine values for this purpose, and each of them published lengthy sine tables. Madhava's sine tables, using the series expansion of the sine function were then the most accurate way to calculate sine values.
Europeans encountered difficulties in using these precise sine value for determining longitude, as in Indo-Arabic navigational techniques or in the Laghu Bhâskarîya, because this technique of longitude determination also required an accurate estimate of the size of the earth, and Columbus had underestimated the size of the earth to facilitate funding for his project of sailing West. Columbus' incorrect estimate was corrected, in Europe, only towards the end of the 17th c. CE. Even so, the Indo- Arabic navigational technique required calculation, while Europeans lacked the ability to calculate, since algorismus texts had only recently triumphed over abacus texts, and the European _tradition of mathematics was "spiritual" and "formal" rather than practical, as Clavius had acknowledged in the 16th c. and as Swift (Gulliver's Travels) had satirized in the 17th c. This led to the development of the chronometer, an appliance that could be mechanically used without application of the mind.
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This message is directed to any Developer or anyone else who has a working WSJT in LINUXI'm running r1313 on Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 using the library versions of numpy etc..
What Version of LINUX are you using? i.e Debian-Lenny; Ubuntu-9.10 etc
What Version of numpy are you using? The default that is in the Repositories; have uninstalled the default and downgraded to numpy 1.0.4.tar.gz or have upgraded to numpy 1.4.0 rc1.tar.gz
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Yes, I happen to have made a .deb file that will install WSJT 7.04 r1313 on Ubuntu 9.04. I made it last August as a learning tool; I had never made a .deb installation package before. It seems to work fine, and you can download it from http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjt_7.04r1313_i386.deb In the directory where you have saved the .deb file, you should then execute the following command: $ sudo dpkg --instdir=. -i wsjt_7.04r1313_i386.deb You might see messages about missing packages. If so, use the Synaptic Package Manager to install them, and then re-execute the above command. On a clean installation of *ubuntu 9.04 you will probably need to pre-install these packages: python-numpy python-tk python-imaging-tk libsamplerate0 You can install these with apt-get or with the Synaptic Package Manager (or another tool of your choice... there are many). To start WSJT, enter the commends $ cd WSJT_DEB $ ./wsjtYou may have to use the "radiovonv" dodge to get samling to work. Just put the attached file, edited apropriately (cardnumber must be equal to your actual HW - you can see that in the terminal when you call wsjt) in the /home/xxxx folder as a hidden file, and select "radioconv as your sound devices.
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