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10000:1 Contrast
Lens shift
SSI Technology
Inputs(HDMI,DVI,Digital link).
|Power supply
|100-240 V AC, 5.2-2.0 A, 50/60 Hz
|Power consumption
|460 W (470 VA) (250 W*1 with LIGHT POWER set to NORMAL,
200 W*1 with LIGHT POWER set to Ecosave1, 178 W*1 with LIGHT POWER set to Ecosave2)
(0.5 W with STANDBY MODE set to ECO*2, 8 W with STANDBY MODE set to NORMAL)
|DLP™ chip
|Panel size
|16.5 mm (0.65 inches)
diagonal (16:9 aspect ratio)
|16.5 mm (0.65 inches)
diagonal (16:10 aspect ratio)
|Display method
|DLP™ chip x 1, DLP™ projection system
|2,073,600 (1,920 x 1,080) pixels
|1,024,000 (1,280 x 800) pixels
|Manual zoom (2.0x), manual focus lenses, F 2.0–3.4, f 21.5–43.0 mm
|Throw ratio
|Light source
|LED/Laser-combined (R, B: LED; G: Laser diode)
|Screen size (diagonal)
|1.02-7.62 m (40-300 inches), 16:9 aspect ratio
|1.02-7.62 m (40-300 inches), 16:10 aspect ratio
|3,500 lm
|Center-to-corner uniformity*3
|90 %
|10,000:1 (full on/full off)
|1,920 x 1,080 pixels
(Input signals that exceed
this resolution will be converted
to 1,920 x 1,080 pixels.)
|1,280 x 800 pixels
(Input signals that exceed
this resolution will be converted
to 1,280 x 800 pixels.)
|Scanning frequency
|fH: 27-100 kHz, fV: 24-120 Hz, dot clock: 25-162 MHz
|fH: 15-100 kHz, fV: 24-120 Hz, dot clock: 162 MHz or lower
fH: 15.75 kHz, fV: 60 Hz [480i (525i)]
fH: 31.50 kHz, fV: 60 Hz [480p (525p)]
fH: 45.00 kHz, fV: 60 Hz [720 (750)/60p]
fH: 33.75 kHz, fV: 60 Hz [1035 (1125)/60i]
fH: 28.13 kHz, fV: 50 Hz [1080 (1125)/50i]
fH: 27.00 kHz, fV: 24 Hz [1080 (1125)/24p]
fH: 33.75 kHz, fV: 30 Hz [1080 (1125)/30p]
fH: 56.25 kHz, fV: 50 Hz [1080 (1125)/50p]
fH: 15.63 kHz, fV: 50 Hz [576i (625i)]
fH: 31.25 kHz, fV: 50 Hz [576p (625p)]
fH: 37.50 kHz, fV: 50 Hz [720 (750)/50p]
fH: 33.75 kHz, fV: 60 Hz [1080 (1125)/60i]
fH: 28.13 kHz, fV: 25 Hz [1080 (1125)/25p]
fH: 27.00 kHz, fV: 48 Hz [1080 (1125)/24sF]
fH: 67.50 kHz, fV: 60 Hz [1080 (1125)/60p]
|fH: 15.75 kHz, fV: 60 Hz [NTSC/NTSC4.43/PAL-M/PAL60],
fH: 15.63 kHz, fV: 50 Hz [PAL/PAL-N/SECAM]
|Optical axis shift
|+73%, -48% from center of screen (manual)
|+69%, -46% from center of screen (manual)
|+35%, -27% from center of screen (manual)
|+37%, -28% from center of screen (manual)
|Keystone correction range
|Vertical: ±40 °
|Ceiling/floor, front/rear
|HDMI 19-pin x 1 (Deep Color, compatible with HDCP)
480p, 576p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 1080/60i, 1080/50i, 1080/24p, 1080/24sF,
1080/25p, 1080/30p, 1080/60p, 1080/50p,
VGA (640 x 480)-WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200)*4,
compatible with non-interlaced signals only, dot clock: 25-162 MHz,
audio signal: linear PCM (sampling frequencies: 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz)
|DVI-I 29-pin x 1
Digital: (DVI 1.0 compliant, compatible with HDCP, compatible with single link only)
480p, 576p, 720/60p, 720/50p, 1080/60i, 1080/50i, 1080/24p, 1080/24sF,
1080/25p, 1080/30p, 1080/60p, 1080/50p,
VGA (640 x 480)-WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200)*4,
compatible with non-interlaced signals only, dot clock: 25 -162 MHz;
Analog: (RGB/YPBPR (YCBCR))
|D-Sub HD 15-pin (female) x 1 (RGB/YPBPR/YCBCR x 1)
|Pin jack x 1 (Composite VIDEO)
|M3 x 1 (L-R x 1)
|M3 x 1 (L-R x 1) for output (variable)
|D-sub 9-pin (female) x 1 for external control (RS-232C compliant)
|RJ-45 x 1
(for network and DIGITAL LINK (video/audio/network/serial control) connection,
100Base-TX, compatible with PJLink™, HDCP compatible, Deep Color compatible)
480p, 576p, 720/60p, 720/50p,
1080/60i, 1080/50i, 1080/24p, 1080/24sF, 1080/25p, 1080/30p, 1080/60p, 1080/50p,
VGA (640 x 480)-WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200)*4,
compatible with non-interlaced signals only, dot clock: 25-162 MHz
|Cabinet materials
|Molded plastic
|Dimensions (W x H x D)
|455 x 137*5 x 415 mm (17-29/32 x 5-13/32*5 x 16-11/32 inches) (lens included)
|Approximately 11.0 kg (24.3 lbs)
|Operation noise*3
|35 dB ( LIGHT POWER mode: NORMAL), 29 dB ( LIGHT POWER mode: LOW)
|Operating environment
|Operating temperature: 0-45 °C*7 (32-113 °F*7),
operating humidity: 20-80 % (no condensation)
|Supplied accessories
|Power cord (with secure lock) x 1*8, wireless remote control unit,
batteries for remote control (R6/LR6/AA type x 2),
software CD-ROM (Logo Transfer Software, Multi Projector Monitoring & Control Software)
- * Product numbers vary depending on the market. The general guideline is as follows:
The product number in the Americas and Taiwan is PT-RZ370U and PT-RW330U.
The product number in Europe (except the UK) and CIS is PT-RZ370E and PT-RW330E.
The product number in the UK, Asia (except Taiwan), Oceania, Middle East, and Africa is PT-RZ370EA and PT-RW330EA.
- *1
- In STANDARD/GRAPHIC picture mode. Measured based on the power consumption rate and a measurement method for the TV receiver.
- *2
- When the STANDBY MODE is set to ECO, network functions such as power on over the LAN network will not operate.
Also, only certain commands can be received for external control using the serial terminal.
- *3
- Measurement, measuring conditions, and method of notation all comply with ISO 21118 international standards.
- *4
- WUXGA resolution is supported only when the signals are compliant with VESA CVT-RB (Coordinated Video Timing-Reduced Blanking).
- *5
- With legs at shortest position.
- *6
- Average value. May differ depending on the actual unit.
- *7
- 0-40 °C (32-104 °F) between 1,400 m and 2,700 m (4,593 ft and 8,858 ft) above sea level.
If the ambient temperature exceeds 35 °C (95 °F), the light output may be reduced to protect the projector.
- *8
- Power cords available (x 2) for the PT-RZ370EA/RW330EA.
- 1. Do not install the projector in locations that are subject to excessive water, humidity, steam, or oily smoke.
Doing so may result in fire, malfunction, or electric shock.
- 2. Please observe the following precautions:
• Never place objects on top of the projector while it is in operation.
• Make sure there is an unobstructed space of 500 mm (1 ft 8 in) or more around the projector's exhaust openings.
• Do not stack projector units directly on top of one another for the purpose of multiple (stacked) projection.
When stacking projector units, be sure to provide the recommended space between units.
These space requirements also apply to installation where only one projector unit is operating at one time and the other unit is used as a backup.
• Make sure that nothing blocks the projector's air intake and exhaust openings.
Also, install the projector so that cool or hot air from other air conditioning equipment does not flow directly toward the projector's air intake or exhaust openings.
• Do not install the projector in an enclosed space. If it is necessary to install it in an enclosed space, add a separate ventilation system.
If ventilation is insufficient, hot air will accumulate at the intake opening. This may cause the projector's protective circuit to interrupt projector operation.
• If the projector is placed in a box, ensure that the projector's intake and exhaust openings are not blocked.
Take particular care to ensure that hot air from the exhaust openings is not sucked into the intake openings.
• To install and use the projector via a method that does not use the adjustable feet in a floor standing installation, fix the projector using the four screw holes
for ceiling mounting. (Screw diameter: M4, tapping depth inside the set: 7 mm, torque: 1.25 ± 0.2 N-m)


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Topic: My husband's funeral and a photo tribute...
I'd like to write here about my husband's funeral which took place on 20th January this year. It was such a moving ceremony and it's only now that I'm letting myself dwell on it and remember it vividly. I haven't even read the eulogy again since the day of the funeral. The service itself was so beautiful but, obviously, heartbreaking too. I'm sorry if this gets long.
Diarmuid was a musician so it was very important to me that the funeral service be filled with music. As an introductory piece, we had a family friend, who is a wonderful classical guitarist, play 'Cavatina' (the theme song from The Deer Hunter).
In the middle of the mass the choir from my sons' school did a beautiful hymn: 'He Will Raise You Up on Eagle's Wings'.
After the eulogy came the most moving part of the mass. My brother sang and played guitar. Everyone cried. It was so incredibly moving and while it broke my heart it made me so proud too. His singing was just so beautiful. The song he sang is an Irish song called 'The Night Visiting Song' by a famous Irish singer/songwriter called Luke Kelly. Here is a link to the song with Luke Kelly singing it and the lyrics are below. Chris, my brother, did a superb job and there honestly wasn't a dry eye in the church. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88W14esJulo
The moment the coffin was carried out of the church (by our two sons and my two brothers and Diarmuid's brother and nephew) we rocked things up a bit and a sound engineer friend of ours played 'Carry on My Wayward Son' (by the band Kansas) through the PA. It brought tears and laughter in equal measure from the congregation. The reason we chose this song was because four days before Diarmuid passed away his best friend, Dylan, visited him in the hospice and said that after leaving the hospice he was going to a bar to hear Ian (a DJ we all know) play some classic songs. As he was leaving Diarmuid caught his hand and said 'hey, tell Ian to play Carry on My Wayward Son especially for me' and smiled. So the next time Ian was with Diarmuid he did indeed play that special request, at his funeral. He even rigged up a professional sound system so it sounded just incredible.
The following is the eulogy I wrote for Diarmuid which my sister-in-law read at his funeral. I wanted to say a lot of things but I knew I would break down so I wrote it and she read it for me.
"Diarmuid was my best friend. He was the funniest person I've ever met. Even in the midst of a crisis he had the ability to make me laugh. His wit was legendary and his musical talent was inspiring.
I met Diarmuid at a gig in 1988. His loving nature and sense of humour made me fall in love with him instantly. The fact that he played in a band (or 5!) didn't hurt either!
We got married in 1993. There are too many happy memories to list but I can say for certain that the three happiest days of our lives were the days our children, Emmet, Daniel and Aisling, were born. Diarmuid loved his children at first sight and that love never wavered for a second. He expertly balanced the roles of loving father and carefree rocker!
He passed on to his children a passion for music that they will carry with them their whole lives. Thank you Emmet, Daniel and Aisling for making Dad so so proud and for being the best sons and daughter any parent could ever hope to have.
I am privileged and honoured to have had Diarmuid in my life for 23 years. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your love and friendship.
We love you Diarmuid. We are heartbroken but we will see you again in heaven. Sleep tight my love."
Here is a link to The Night Visiting Song by Luke Kelly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88W14esJulo and the lyrics are as follows:
I must away now,I can no longer tarry,
This morning's tempest, I have to cross,
I must be guided,without a stumble,
Into the arms I love the most
And when he came to his true love's dwelling,
He knelt down gently upon a stone,
And through her window he whispered lowly
Is my true lover within at home.
Wake up, wake up love, it is thine own true lover,
Wake up, wake up love and let me in,
For I am tired love and oh so weary,
And more than near drenched to the skin.
She's raised her up, her down soft pillow,
She's raised her up and she's let him in,
And they were locked in each other's arms,
Until that long night was past and gone.
And when that long night was pased and over
And when the small clouds began to grow,
He's taken her hand and they kissed and parted,
Then he saddled and mounted and away did go.
Here is a link to Carry on My Wayward Son by Kansas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVH-u9gI … re=related and the lyrics are as follows:
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more.
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high.
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say...
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more.
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know.
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say.
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more.
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
The center lights around your vanity
But surely heaven waits for you.
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more.
Finally, I'd like to share with you a photo tribute I did for Diarmuid. Here is a link: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph … 5584912132
Thank you for reading,

subset: commoncrawl


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Depending on your partisan leanings, it was either political calculation or a busy schedule that kept Gov. Bill Haslam away from President Barack Obama in Nashville last week.
Or maybe it was just a crippling fear of setting off the presidential seat warmers again.
Facing criticism over his absence during Obama's recent visit, Haslam said there was nothing political about his decision. The governor, a Republican, told The Tennessean's editorial board he expects to see the Democratic president three times in the next few weeks. He'll go to the White House next week for an event he declined to describe, and he'll see Obama twice during the National Governors Association meeting in Washington later this month.
Haslam said he had planned to greet Obama on the tarmac at Berry Field Air National Guard Base before the president gave a speech at McGavock High School on Jan. 30. But when Obama's schedule changed and Air Force One's arrival was pushed back more than an hour, Haslam decided to keep a dinner appointment on an out-of-state economic development trip instead.
The governor noted that he introduced Obama at an education event in the East Room of the White House in September 2011, a gathering that produced photos of the two men standing together.
"It had zero to do with politics," he said of missing the president's Nashville visit. "We actually have worked with them in some really big ways. I don't agree with a whole lot of things; I'll be really clear about that. But the idea that I would just try to, for some political message, not go is just wrong."
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, a Democrat, criticized Haslam's lack of "Southern hospitality" last week, saying it appeared to be "a deliberate slight." The governor also missed Obama's visit to Chattanooga in July.
Haslam was on hand, however, when the president came to Memphis in 2011. That was where he landed in an awkward situation while settling into his seat in the presidential limousine for a ride to Booker T. Washington High School.
"No matter who you are, Air Force One pulls up and you're standing there, it's pretty impressive," Haslam said. "The president bounds off. We start talking, and he says, 'Well, just ride with me in the car.' So the Secret Service comes over. They're very direct. It's a 'yes, sir, no, sir' deal. They say, 'You sit left, facing front. He'll sit right, facing front.'
"I'd hurt my back, so as I get in the car, there's a console between his seat and my seat. I'm kind of lowering myself down there. Well, I accidentally turn on his seat warmers on high. And I see him, and he's at that same time getting in. I'm thinking, 'OK, do I just do nothing? Do I lean over and say, 'Excuse me, Mr. President, I just turned your seat warmers on high'? Or do I casually try to flick them off real quick and act like he won't see?
"So I thought, I'll just punch them off real quick. Unfortunately, they were on high, so it took me three punches. And he looked at me like, 'What are you doing with my seat warmers?' "
If Obama comes to Tennessee again, perhaps neither he nor Haslam will wind up on the hot seat.


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Una Mullally: Corbyn revival shows the media's failings
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Una Mullally: Oireachtas must act urgently on abortion mandate
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- April 20, 2017, 12:00
Una Mullally: We cannot pretend that religiosity is not still embedded in the upper echelons of State-funded healthcare
Una Mullally: Anti-HIV drug must be made available
- Opinion
- April 17, 2017, 05:00
Ireland needs to get serious about PrEP to combat a surge in infection rates
The glamorous life and painful last days of Vincent Hanley
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- April 15, 2017, 06:00
Pioneering DJ Vincent Hanley died of Aids 30 years ago on April 18th. His close friends recall a vivacious personality – and how t(...)
Una Mullally: The Starbucksification of independent cafes
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- April 14, 2017, 12:58
Dublin's artisanal outlets are as complicit in homogenisation of the city as major chains
Once bitten by Crocs, twice shy? It appears not
- Life & Style
- April 14, 2017, 12:00
What's hot, what's not: A comeback by the unlovable footwear is offset by a welcome one from B*Witched
Una Mullally: I keep succumbing to Healy-Rage
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- April 10, 2017, 05:00
The Co Kerry politicians' stance on road safety and drink-driving beggars belief
Waiter, waiter, there's a hand in my salad
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What's hot, what's not: A bit of Stoneybatter moves south; and Deliveroo hits a pothole
How deep is your podcast? 'S-Town' is more than a whodunit
- TV, Radio, Web
- April 4, 2017, 05:00
The new podcast from the makers of Serial investigates not just a death, but life itself. Warning: spoilers ahead
Una Mullally: Dublin's new school for the super-rich
- Opinion
- April 3, 2017, 05:00
High fees are one thing but the Church's grip on Irish education is the ultimate elitism
Una Mullally: Delays to voting age Bill are extremely cynical
- Opinion
- March 31, 2017, 01:00
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have co-operated to push back the legislation by nine months
Una Mullally: Dublin's rising tide sees many sinking
- Opinion
- March 27, 2017, 05:55
Homelessness rises alongside increased affluence in the capital's tale of two cities
Is truth catching up with the Trump White House?
- Opinion
- March 23, 2017, 12:37
FBI director Comey's contradiction of president was a jolt hard enough to freeze the spin
Una Mullally: Cruel summer ahead with no female festival headliners
- Opinion
- March 20, 2017, 05:00
Too few women playing Ireland's big music festivals – and too many excuses
'Make America Great Again is not a good poem. It's a stupid poem '
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- March 18, 2017, 05:00
Donald Trump is the epitome of the bad poet, says Eileen Myles, newly celebrated poet of queer culture, whose work, and take on US(...)
Marfa Myths: a festival in the desert where you watch one act at a time
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- March 16, 2017, 05:30
Defiantly eccentric, this high-end music and arts beano revels in the offbeat and enriching
Ireland Now: The best spoken word in Ireland
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No room for misty-eyed accounts of society in 'The Creative Quarter'
Una Mullally: Trump may learn the hard way you don't mess with Texas
- Opinion
- March 13, 2017, 05:00
Support for that city slicker's wall is ebbing away on the Lone Star Sate's Mexican border
A history of Ireland in 100 great quotes
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- March 11, 2017, 05:08
From 'Dress suitably, and buy a revolver' and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'
Una Mullally: Tuam scandal shines a light on Ireland's darkness
- Opinion
- March 6, 2017, 05:00
The shaming, secrecy and barbarity of the Catholic Church is still in force today
'Demographically, women are going to take over the world quite soon. So, enjoy'
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Grime and grit, humour and truth - the world according to Stormzy
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- March 1, 2017, 14:00
Stormzy deserves his place on the top of the musical pile. Need convincing? Here's a few of his finest lyrics
Una Mullally: Trump turns his bullying on transgender toilets
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LGBT Americans are included in all the other groups targeted by the president
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Fine Gael must beware not to look like a jaded band obsessing over a new lead singer while the audience has already left the gig
Hey Hollywood, check out the box office's Hidden Figures
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Drake review: A spectacular experience of pop craft and graft
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Beware the political ambition of tech billionaires
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Politics is played out over social media. Imagine a White House Mark Zuckerberg
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Make sure you catch The Third Wave but steer clear of the smug shoppers
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Yes to Donegal and Christmas markets, but no to automated airports
Terminator 2: Judgement Day 3D
This is a beautifully scrubbed new edition of James Cameron's gargantuan 1984 hit
Final Portrait
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Andy Martin of the Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders spoke about model trains and demonstrated a steam engine for the Red Stick Chapter of the American Ex-Prisoners of War on Nov. 6 at Hollywood Casino. Bob Schilling assisted him.
Martin explained the different scales of model trains from the larger garden railroad for the outdoors to the HO scale, N scale, O scale, toy and live steam trains. POWs told about their train ride when they were sent to prison camps during WWII.
Martin invited members to go to Jackson on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to see their very large exhibit, which includes all the different scales and a steam engine.
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Situation Ethics is an ethical theory that was principally developed in the 1960s by the Episcopal priest Joseph Fletcher. It basically states that sometimes other moral principles can be cast aside in certain situations if love is best served; as Paul Tillich once put it: 'Love is the ultimate law'. The moral principles Fletcher is specifically referring to are the moral codes of Christianity and the type of love he is specifically referring to is 'Agape' love. Agapē is a term which comes from Greek which means absolute, universal, unchanging and unconditional love for all people. Situation Ethics is a Christian ethical theory and Fletcher believed that in forming an ethical system based on love, he was best expressing the notion of 'love thy neighbour', which Jesus Christ taught in the Gospels of the New Testament of the Bible. Through Situation Ethics, Fletcher attempted to find a 'middle road' between legalistic and antinomian ethics. Fletcher developed Situation Ethics in his books: The Classic Treatment and Situation Ethics
Fletcher believed that there are no absolute laws other than the law of Agapē love and all the other laws were laid down in order to achieve the greatest amount of this love. This means that all the other laws are only guidelines to how to achieve this love, and thus they may be broken if the other course of action would result in more love.
Situation Ethics is a teleological, or consequential theory, in that it is concerned with the outcome or consequences of an action; the end, as opposed to an action being intrinsically wrong such as in deontological theories. In the case of situation ethics, the ends can justify the means.
Fletcher's 'Three Possible Approaches'Edit
Joseph Fletcher argued that there were only three possible approaches to ethics:
The legalistic approachEdit
Legalistic ethics has a set of prefabricated moral rules or laws. Many western religions, such as Judaism and Christianity have a very legalistic approach to ethics. Pharisaic Judaism approaches life through laws, based on the Halakah oral tradition. Through history, Christianity has focused on Natural Law and Biblical commandents, such as the Ten Commandments of Moses. Fletcher states that life runs into many difficulties when its complexities require additional laws. For example, when one initially establishes that murder is morally wrong, one may then have to make exceptions for killing for self-defence, killing in war, killing unborn foetuses, etc. Fletcher argues that the error of an legalistic approach to ethics has been made by Catholics through their adherence to Natural Law and by Protestants through puritanical observance of the texts in the Bible. As such, Fletcher rejects legalistic ethics.
The antinomian approachEdit
Antinomian ethics, is literally the opposite to legalism, it does not imply an ethical system at all. An antinomian enters decision making as if each situation was unique and making moral decisions is based on the matter of spontaneity. Fletcher argues that the antinomianism approach to ethical decision making is unprincipled so is an unacceptable approach to ethics.
The situational approachEdit
Situation Ethics relies on one principle, what best serves love. Christian love is unconditional and unsentimental. Situation ethics is based on the golden rule "love your neighbour as yourself" and altruism which is putting others before yourself and showing agape towards everyone. It agrees on reason being the instrument of moral judgements, but disagrees that the good is to be disconcerned from the nature of things. All moral decisions are hypothetical, as they depend on what the most loving thing to do is.
Ethical ClassificationEdit
Because of its consequentialism, Situation Ethics is often confused with utilitarianism, because utilitarianism's aim is the greatest good for the greatest number, although situation ethics focuses more on creating the greatest amount of love and it also has different origins.
Having said that, however, Situation Ethics can also be classed under the ethical theory genre of 'proportionalism' which says that 'It is never right to go against a principle unless there is a proportionate reason which would justify it' (Hoose, 1987)
Fletcher's Four ExamplesEdit
Joseph Fletcher famously gave four situations that he used as examples in which the established moral laws might need to be put on hold in order to achieve the greater amount of love. They were all either real situations, or based upon real situations; also he never gave any final judgement for these situations, but rather made people think about the best outcomes themselves.
Here are four cases adapted from J Fletcher's "Situation Ethics"
Himself Might his Quietus MakeEdit
- I dropped in on a patient at the hospital who explained that he only had a set time to live. The doctors could give him some pills (that would cost $40 every three days) that would keep him alive for the three years, but if he didn't take the pills, he'd be dead within six months. Now he was insured for $100,000, double indemnity and that was all the insurance he had. But if he took the pills and lived past next October when the insurance was up for renewal, they were bound to refuse the renewal, and his insurance would be cancelled. So he told me that he was thinking that if he didn't take the pills, then his family would get left with some security, and asked my advice on the situation.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiEdit
- When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the plane crew were silent. Captain Lewis uttered six words, "My God, what have we done?" Three days later another one fell on Nagasaki. About 152,000 were killed, many times more were wounded and burned, to die later. The next day Japan sued for peace. When deciding whether to use "the most terrible weapon ever known" the US president appointed an interim committee made up of distinguished and responsible people in the government. Most but not all of its military advisors favoured using it. Winston Churchill joined them in favour. Top-level scientists said they could find no acceptable alternative to using it, but they were opposed by equally able scientists. After lengthy discussions, the committee decided that the lives saved by ending the war swiftly by using this weapon outweighed the lives destroyed by using it and thought that the best course of action. Were they right?
Christian Cloak and DaggerEdit
- I was reading Gardner's 'Biblical Faith and Social Ethics' on a shuttle plane to New York. Next to me sat a young woman of about twenty-eight or so, attractive and well turned out in expensive clothes of good taste. She showed some interest in my book, and I asked if she'd like to look at it. "No," she said, "I'd rather talk." What about? "Me." That was a surprise, and I knew it meant good-bye to the reading I needed to get done. "I have a problem I can't get unconfused about. You might help me to decide," she explained…There was a war going on that her government believed could be stopped by some clever use of espionage and blackmail. However, this meant she had to seduce and sleep with an enemy [spy in order to lure him into blackmail. Now this went against her morals, but if it brought the war to an end, saving thousands of lives, would it be worth breaking those moral standards?
Sacrificial AdulteryEdit
- As the Russian armies drove westward to meet the Americans and British at the Elbe, a [Soviet patrol picked up a Mrs. Bergmeier foraging food for her three children. Unable even to get word to the children, she was taken off to a POW camp in the Ukraine. Her husband had been captured in the Battle of the Bulge and taken to a POW camp in Wales. When he was returned to Berlin, he spent months rounding up his children, although they couldn't find their mother. She more than anything else was needed to reknit them as a family in that dire situation of hunger, chaos and fear. Meanwhile, in the Ukraine, Mrs. Bergeier learned through a sympathetic commandant that her husband and family were trying to keep together and find her. But the rules allowed them to release her to Germany only if she was pregnant, in which case she would be returned as a liability. She turned things over in her mind and finally asked a friendly Volga German camp guard to impregnate her, which he did. Her condition being medically verified, she was sent back to Berlin and to her family. They welcomed her with open arms, even when she told them how she had managed it. And when the child was born, they all loved him because of what they had done for them. After the christening, they met up with their local pastor and discussed the morality of the situation.
These situations were criticised by many as being quite extreme, although Joseph Fletcher agreed that they were so, because in normal cases, the general guidelines should be applied and it is only in extreme cases that exceptions would need to be made.
Situation Ethics OutlinedEdit
Fletcher outlined his theory in ten principles, which he split into the four working principles and the six fundamental priciples.
The Four Working PrinciplesEdit
There are four presuppositions that Fletcher makes before setting out the situation ethics theory:
- Pragmatism
This is that the course of action must be practical and work
- Relativism
All situations are always relative; situation ethicists try to avoid such words as 'never' and 'always'
- Positivism
The whole of situation ethics relies upon the fact that the person freely chooses to believe in agape love as described by Christianity.
- Personalism
Whereas the legalist thinks people should work to laws, the situation ethicist believes that laws are for the benefit of the people.
The Six Fundamental Principles Edit
- First proposition Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love: nothing else at all. Fletcher (1963, pg56)
- Second proposition The ruling norm of Christian decision is love: nothing else Fletcher (1963, pg69)
- Third proposition Love and Justice are the same, for justice is love distributed, nothing else. Fletcher (1963, pg87) Justice is Christian love using its head, calculating its duties, obligations, opportunities, resources... Justice is love coping with situations where distribution is called for. Fletcher (1963, pg95)
- Fourth proposition [L]ove wills the neighbour's good, whether we like him or not. [[Joseph Fletcher|Fletcher}} (1963, pg103)
- Fifth proposition Only the end justifies the means, nothing else. Fletcher (1963, pg120)
- Sixth proposition [L]ove's decisions are made situationally, not prescriptively. Fletcher (1963, pg134)
Criticisms of Situation EthicsEdit
John Robinson, an Anglican Bishop of Woolwich and Dean of Trinity College started off a firm supporter of situation ethics saying that it was "The only ethics for the man come of age" referring to the responsibility it gave the individual in deciding the morality of their actions, although later withdrew his support recognising that people couldn't take this sort of responsibility and saying remarking that "It will all descend into moral chaos"
Some people say that situation ethics gives people more freedom to make their own decisions (which could be a good or bad thing, as stated by Bishop Robinson) but if you look into it, it has just the same amount of freedom as the next ethical theory; it says that you should take the most loving course of action, showing you the one option you should choose from the many available, which is just the same as many other ethical theories.
Situation ethics is individualistic, which is another thing Bishop Robinson may have been referring to. The problem is that it gives people an excuse for not obeying the rules when it suits them. If someone wants to do something badly enough, they are likely to be able to justify it to themselves. Agape love is an ideal, whereas humanity is a practical species full of selfishness and other flaws.
One of the problems with teleological or consequential theories is that they are based on the future consequences, and the future is quite hard to predict in some cases. For example it may be easy to predict that if you harm someone, then it will make them and those around them sad and/or angry. However, when considering more tricky situations such as an abortion, it is impossible to tell for certain how the child and its mother's lives will turn out either way.
Some point out that although Jesus was known to break the traditions and extra laws the Pharisees had set in place, (as shown in some of the biblical references) He never broke one of the Ten Commandments
One other criticism of situation ethics is that it's quite vague and doesn't help much in the way of guidance. It says that the most moral thing to do is the thing that is the most loving. But then when it outlines what the most loving thing to do is, it says that the most loving thing to do is the thing that is the most just; from where it goes round it circles.
Situation ethics is subjective, because decisions are made by the individual from within the perceived situation thus calling into question the reliability of that choice
Situation ethics is prepared to accept any action at all as morally right and some people believe that certain actions can never be justified.
Upon writing situation ethics, Fletcher claimed that, like it's predecessor utilitarianism, the theory was a simple and practical one, hinging around one single principle of utility which is agape love. However, he then goes on to attempt to define agape love and in the process creates more and more principles. Some would claim this makes situation ethics more complicated and less practical than the original utilitarianism.
Situation ethics is an ideological ethical theory that many people like the look of as a general value, although don't like the smaller components as it is broken down. With it being introduced in the '60's, when everyone was enthused about love, it was a big success, although nowadays is seen as an 'ethic of the age' by many.
But it is nevertheless, a well respected theology with notable values and aims.
Whatever you think of situation ethics, though, 'you can't blame Fletcher for being loving' (Someone famous said this, but I can't remember who - if you know please, then please update this)
Professor Graham Dunstan wrote of Fletchers theory: 'It is possible, though not easy, to forgive Professor Fletcher for writing this book, for he is a generous and loveable man. It is harder to forgive the SCM Press for publishing it'
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- Subjects/Ethics/situation_ethics.htm Faithnet on Situation Ethics An easy to understand explanation of the topic.
- Situation Ethics Article Another good overview and explanation of situation ethics.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy An in depth encyclopedia on all topics philisophical.
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(I first published this last October but thought it could be of renewed interest).
The following documents, obtained by my freedom of information request, refer to a contract signed in early 2008 between General Dynamics UK (the British arm of the US company) and the Libyan government to supply a communication system for its military.
The $165m deal was the first major defence deal between a British company and the north African state since an embargo was lifted in 2004.
The letters provide an interesting insight into the way that the Foreign Office provides help in assisting British business overseas – which is one of William Hague's top priorities.
The redactions are by the FCO, which did not provide the dates of the letter. General Dynamics confirmed that the correspondence refers to the communciations deal.
Letter from General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd to His Excellency, Sir Vincent Fean KCVO, Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Libya
Dear Vincent
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Western Australia's need for workers in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector is set to increase by the thousands, as several world-scale liquefied natural gas projects in the state move from the construction phase into the operation phase over the next five years.
Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) spotlighted the Gorgon LNG and Wheatstone LNG developments as examples in its 2011/12 Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest published Tuesday.
DMP noted in its report: "These projects are generating thousands of employment opportunities during construction. As [they progress] towards operation over the next five years, the LNG operator workforce is expected to rise rapidly."
DMP forecasted that Western Australia's LNG industry will continue to expand moving into this decade, underpinned by Asia's growing demand for cleaner burning fuels.
In 2011/12, the average number of petroleum employees working onshore and offshore Western Australia reached 8,705 persons, DMP said in its report. Around 5,820 employees are located in the state's offshore waters and on LNG processing facilities.
DMP's views are in line with the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) opinion. In a statement published in December last year, APPEA said that the enormous construction effort in Australia's petroleum sector will create more than 100,000 jobs in the next few years. It will be followed by a production phase that will create tens of thousands of jobs in the upstream oil and gas support industries.
Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) had last year revealed statistics which reaffirms both DMP's and APPEA's assessments. In a technology conference which took place in July last year, AWPA said that Western Australia is facing a critical shortage of LNG and coal seam gas process operators. In what is seen as a conservative estimate, the agency remarked that Western Australia will have to beef up the state's number of LNG process operators to 1,500 by 2017/18. In 2012, 180 to 200 LNG process operators were employed in Western Australia.
Western Australia's mineral and petroleum industry recorded a total sales figure of $112 billion (AUD 106 billion), up 4 percent year-on-year. The petroleum sector – which includes oil, condensate, LNG, natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas – accounted for $25 billion ($23.8 billion) of sales. LNG contributed $10.6 billion (AUD 10 billion) to the sector's sales figure.
The Gorgon Project, which comprises of three LNG production trains with a combined production capacity of 15.6 million metric tonnes per annum (mtpa), is slated to produce its first LNG cargo in 2014.
The Wheatstone Project, which consists of a two-train facility capable of producing 8.9 mtpa of LNG, is scheduled to produce first gas in 2016. The project will eventually be expanded to a five-LNG processing train facility, with final production capacity planned for 25 mtpa. Both of the projects are operated by Chevron.
Other closely-watched projects include Shell's flagship Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project and the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The two projects are scheduled to start operations in 2017. The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to employ 300 workers on an ongoing basis.
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NEW YORK - Katie Holmes is reportedly returning to the Catholic Church.
She has registered as a parishioner at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in New York City, reports Huffington Post.
"Everyone is thrilled to have Katie join us," a member of the church's choir told the Huffington Post. "She has not yet attended a service, but when she does she will be welcomed with open arms."
The church, located on 16th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, is known for inclusive thinking and its welcoming of many gay and lesbian Catholics.
Cruise, Holmes settle divorce
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes "amicably settled" their divorce just two weeks after Holmes filed for divorce.
While no details of their agreement are public, the former couple said they are "working together" in the "best interests" of their young daughter.
In the June 28 divorce filing, Holmes sought sole custody of 6-year-old Suri. Holmes and Cruise have been married for five years.
Cruise and Holmes just issued a joint statement saying, "We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other's roles as parents."
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Did Scientology play a role in the split?
News of Tom Cruise's split with Katie Holmes and questions about any role that Cruise's status as a Scientologist may be playing in the divorce have a lot of people wondering: What is Scientology, anyway?
What is Scientology?
Scientology describes itself as a religion that was founded in the 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard.
At the core of Scientology is a belief that each human has a reactive mind that responds to life's traumas, clouding the analytic mind and keeping us from experiencing reality. Members of the religion submit to a process called auditing to find the sources of this trauma, reliving those experiences in an attempt to neutralize them and reassert the primacy of the analytic mind, working toward a spiritual state called "clear."
The process involves a device called E-meter, which Scientologists say measures the body's electric flow as an auditor asks a series of questions they say reveals sources of trauma.
"Auditing uses processes - exact sets of questions asked or directions given by an auditor to help a person locate areas of spiritual distress, find out things about himself and improve his condition," according to the Church of Scientology's website.
The church goes on to to say, "Science is something one does, not something one believes in."
Auditing purports to identify spiritual distress from a person's current life and from past lives. Scientologists believe each person is an immortal being, a force that believers call a thetan. "You move up the bridge to freedom by working toward being an 'Operating Thetan,' which at the highest level transcends material law," says David Bromley, a professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. "You occasionally come across people in Scientology who say they can change the material world with their mind."
Bromley and other scholars say the church promotes the idea of an ancient intergalactic civilization in which millions of beings were destroyed and became what are known as "body thetans," which continue to latch onto humans and cause more trauma. Advanced Scientologists confront body thetans through more auditing.
Bromley says the church discloses that cosmic history only to more advanced Scientologists. The church's media affairs department did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.
In a 2008 CNN interview, church spokesman Tommy Davis was asked whether the basic tenet of the Church of Scientology was to rid the body of space alien parasites. "Does that sound silly to you?" laughed Davis. "I mean, it's unrecognizable to me. ... People should really come to the church and find out for themselves what it is."
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Lights. Camera. Action! Did the all-new Mazda CX-3 live up to the challenge and deliver an impressive drumming show? Watch the last part of our Making Of here.
Drumming from the driver seat – Part II
"How fast do we need to drive to make it sound just right?" is a question you don't hear every day - unless there's a challenge involved. Watch part II of our Making Of.
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Count the beat, count the distance, hit it - and now repeat until you get the rhythm right. Watch how this extraordinary musical driving track actually came together.
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A great car in a great location - a tried and tested formula for success. But many challenges await. Will this be enough? Watch part I of our Behind the Scenes.
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- PASSENGERS of First Great Western and CrossCountry train services have been told to expect delays of up to 75 minutes due to a broken down train in Taunton.
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HOUSTON - April marks ten years since the death of NBC News Anchor David Bloom who died from a condition called Deep Vein Thrombosis while covering the start of the war in Iraq.
His widow, Melanie Bloom has since devoted her life to educating others about the condition that kills up to 300,000 Americans every year – more than AIDs and breast cancer combined.
Bloom is now the national patient spokesperson for the coalition to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis or DVT.
Bloom told Local 2's Rachel McNeill that David, an NBC correspondent, was tucked in a tanker, where he developed a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot that traveled from his leg to his lung, killing him.
"So from mentioning sort of casually mentioning legs cramps to death was only two days, so that is why it is important to listen to your body," said Bloom.
DVT can strike almost anyone. Risk factors include being over 40, obese or sedentary. Medications can also cause a risk such as estrogen or birth control pills, or immobility if you've suffered a fracture and have been in a cast, or you've had recent surgery.
Symptoms may include pain, swelling, tenderness, discoloration or redness, and skin that is warm to the touch.
Many times, though, there are no symptoms. That is why experts say it is important to know your risk factors. DVT is treatable, but expert say time is of the essence.
To assess your DVT risk, click here.
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Nicole Urken is Research Director of Mad Money and Jim Cramer's researcher at TheStreet. Nicole analyzes stocks and develops a strategic macro outlook, which she incorporates into segment ideas for CNBC's "Mad Money." Nicole also supports Jim's other endeavors including "Squawk on the Street," RealMoney.com, and his latest best-selling book "Get Rich Carefully." Previously, she worked as an investment banking analyst for the Industrials Group in Goldman Sachs' New York office. Born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Nicole graduated with honors from Harvard College, where she served as executive editor of The Harvard Crimson.
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When we talk about the long-term decline in U.S. manufacturing employment, China often comes to mind. We may consider wage differentials, or perhaps currency exchange rates that accrue benefits to China. What we often don't hear is the proximate cause allowing these forces to cause U.S. trade to be imbalanced.
Recent research has shown that opening up trade with China by granting permanent normal trade relations in late 2000 might be the cause. By examining the cause of those job losses, we might assess whether those lost jobs may come back. The drop in U.S. manufacturing is no secret: Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that U.S. manufacturing employment fell from 19.6 million in 1979 to 13.7 million in 2007 (to use a date that pre-dates the Great Recession). And more than half of those job losses occurred in the years immediately following the relatively mild 2001 recession. Why so many after that downturn?
We have an answer why the job losses occurred at that particular time. Prior to late 2000, when the U.S. granted permanent normal trade relations (NTR) with China, the U.S. had granted temporary NTR. That status needed to be renewed periodically. The threat of increased tariffs in between renewals caused firms in both China and the U.S. to be wary of establishing permanent relationships. Note that the threat of tariffs was a hindrance, not any actual, significant tariffs or trade barriers in place.
But once permanent NTR relations were established, U.S. importers became more comfortable with long-term sourcing arrangements with Chinese firms and began to import more, largely due to the lower wages of lower-skilled labor in China. Chinese exporters, meanwhile, gained confidence that the U.S. would remain a long-term market and began investing more in those export-sensitive businesses. Once companies on both sides of the Pacific began to trade more freely, the job losses in lower-skilled U.S. manufacturing began. Jobs were lost not only at the U.S. manufacturers themselves, but also at their suppliers and distributors. These factors helped explain the well-documented "jobless recovery" following the 2001 recession.
Is this the case now, with a recovery hallmarked by relatively few jobs created caused by trade with China, whether due to NTR, wage differentials or currency exchange rates? U.S. manufacturing employment since the end of the Great Recession in June 2009 has been basically flat, increasing by roughly 300,000 jobs to 11,950,000 in January 2013, which is not a statistically significant change. But manufacturing output, according to a Productivity and Costs report from the BLS, increased by an average annual rate of 5.2% since the end of 2009, far greater than the average annual growth of real GDP of 2.1% in that period. Productivity gains have allowed U.S. manufacturers the ability to increase more with fewer inputs of labor hours.
China may have been responsible for the drop in manufacturing employment prior to the Great Recession. But since then, this competition likely prompted a heightened need for productivity gains by U.S. manufacturers to keep costs controlled. As a result, U.S. manufacturing has emerged as a more competitive global force, particularly in high-value added products rather than those dependent on lower-skilled labor.
This has benefited the U.S. economy and the country's position in global trade and exports, but it hasn't resulted in many jobs. The people U.S. manufacturers do need are workers with more technical skills with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math, including computer programmers to operate high-tech equipment. That shift in the type of workers needed is an arguably equally large shift in U.S. manufacturing employment trends as is the shift in global trade. The bottom line: Those lower-skilled factory jobs might not come back any time soon.


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Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian's Island Escape
Teen sensation Justin Bieber and glamour girl Kim Kardashian met cute at the White House Correspondents' dinner, and the Twittersphere went wild. But when they meet again on the Bahamas' sun-kissed beaches, the pop star plays it sweet.
Sixteen-year-old Justin Bieber's star literally went pop—straight from a 2007 YouTube video (posted by his mom) of him singing Ne-Yo's "So Sick" to a record deal with LA Reid's label the following year; a No. 1 Billboard album, My World 2.0; gigs on Saturday Night Live and American Idol; a People magazine superlative ("World's Biggest Pop Star"); and a whole new breed of fan: screaming, crying, fainting, fawning, 'tweening, Twittering "Beliebers," who could make the running of the bulls look like a geriatric walkathon. So when Bieber met 29-year-old bombshell and reality star Kim Kardashian at May's White House correspondents' dinner and tweeted a flirty picture of them together—with the caption, "Look it's my girlfriend"—the mob organized. "I started to get death threats from 10-year-old girls, saying that I stole their man and they were gonna come find me," Kardashian says. "So I Twittered Justin and let him know that his Beliebers want to kill me." Faced with the tough decision of letting the world believe he was dating the raven-haired pinup of his dreams or placating his fans with the innocent truth, Bieber took the high road. "ladies calm down," he tweeted. "@kimkardashian is a friend. a very sexy friend but a friend. no need 4 threats. Let's all be friends and hang out often ;)." To reward his fan loyalty, ELLE gives the teen idol another day in paradise.
Click here to watch our exclusive behind-the-scenes video of Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian cooling off on Paradise Island.
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Summary of tax-advantaged college savings options
|Federal tax-deferred-growth and tax-free earnings when withdrawals are used for qualified education expenses:
|529 Plans
State tax benefits may also apply for those who invest in the state plan where they reside.
|Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA)*
Allows saving for elementary and secondary school (K-12), as well as college. You establish an individual investment account and select the underlying investments for your contributions (i.e., stocks, mutual funds). Depending on the financial institution, there may be fees associated with opening and/or maintaining a Coverdell ESA.
Income limits restrict who can open an account, and the maximum contribution allowed per year is $2,000.
State tax benefits may also apply.
|U.S. Savings Bonds (Series EE and Series I)
|For the bond's earnings to be exempt from federal income tax, you must meet income limits in the year you redeem the bond (the proceeds are added to your income for this determination). The earnings on federal savings bonds are always exempt from state income tax. Typically, there are no fees and expenses, except for the possibility of brokerage fees if the bonds are purchased through a broker.
|Earnings taxed at the child's tax rate, but no special treatment for withdrawals to pay education expenses:
|Custodial Accounts
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) and Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) custodial accounts are established for the benefit of a minor child and managed by you or another custodian you designate. The exact type of property that can be held in the account, although generally quite broad, depends on whether your state has enacted UGMA or UTMA. Depending on the financial institution, there may be fees associated with opening and/or maintaining a custodial account.
Assets transferred to the account are irrevocable gifts to the child, and withdrawals can be used only for the child's benefit. When the child reaches age 18 or 21 (depending on state law), the custodianship ends and the child receives full control of the remaining assets.
Earnings are taxed each year at the child's tax rate, but children under 19 years old and full-time students under age 24 (who do not earn more than one-half of their support) are taxed at their parents' tax rate on any earnings over a certain amount according to the kiddie tax rules.
*The provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 that raised the annual contribution limit for Coverdell ESAs to $2,000 will expire on December 31, 2010. Unless Congress extends the law, after December 31, 2010 the annual contribution limit for Coverdell ESAs will revert to $500, the limit in effect prior to January 1, 2002.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses associated with 529 plans carefully before investing. More information about 529 plans is available in the issuer's official statement, which should be read carefully before investing. Also, before investing, consider whether your state offers a 529 plan that provides residents with favorable state tax benefits.
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NJ DEP Warns Of Possible Water Shortages [AUDIO]
With power still out in many parts of Jersey, the State Department of Environmental Protection is urging all Garden state residents to conserve water and make sure they have an ample supply of drinking water.
DEP spokesman Larry Ragonese says everybody is being asked to "ease up on their use of water – even in places where it looks like you're doing fine because there are still issues for many water companies across the state about powering their systems. Many of the systems are on back-up generators, back up fuel systems – they do not have power and as they wait to get restoration the fuel sources get a little lower, the back-up battery packs start to decline a little bit and we could get to a situation where there could be some water supply issues."
He says, "What we're trying to do while we get power restored and while the whole fuel situation on the east coast gets back to normal is, we're asking people across the state to please reduce your use of water like you might do during say a drought situation in the summer so that we don't stress the system."
So what does that mean?
Ragonese says, "If you're taking a shower, please don't take a 30 minute hot shower- make it a couple of minutes, limit your flushing of toilets. If you're using the dishwasher or washing machine for clothes, make sure you do limited washes and fill them up…Don't use water for non-essential things."
He adds, "If your water supplier runs out of power, the back-up systems don't work or fail for a the short term – you want to have stuff available – you want to have- make sure you have bottled water, you want to have maybe your bathtub filled up with water – just be sure you have supplies you can use for drinking…Limit your water use if you can – it will help us out a lot."


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Crosley Table Alarm Clock Speaker
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Construction spending was flat last quarter as engineering work came off record highs, though a pick-up in home and commercial building could be a sign that lower interest rates are starting to feed through.
Today's figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed construction spending dipped 0.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year to $51.8 billion, following an upwardly revised 1.9 per cent increase the previous quarter.
Yet spending on home building rose 1.7 per cent and work on commercial building, from shopping centres to hospitals, increased by 2 per cent.
"The detail is arguably more positive than the headline suggests," say analysts at Westpac. "The better-than-expected upturn in building - residential activity in particular - suggests the required 'rebalancing' in growth drivers towards interest sensitive sectors may be proceeding better and earlier than expected."
The Reserve Bank of Australia cut rates by 125 basis points last year in large part to breathe life into the dormant housing market so that it could help take up the slack when mining eventually cools.
The importance of mining was clear in spending on engineering, ranging from mines to ports and railways. While that dipped 1.3 per cent in the fourth quarter it followed a string of very strong gains and spending was still up almost 20 per cent on the same quarter of 2011.
The data were an appetizer for a crucial report on business investment due Thursday, which could yet decide whether the RBA cuts rates further at its March policy meeting next week or holds off for another month.
Investors are pricing in only around a one-in-four chance of a cut at the RBA's meeting on March 5, but that could change of investment proves much weaker than expected.
In particular, any further pullback in future spending plans by firms would argue for further monetary stimulus to cushion the non-mining economy and offset the drag from a stubbornly high Australian dollar.
Analysts generally estimate business investment rose 1 per cent overall last quarter, though this is a volatile series and the range of forecasts is very wide.
The report will also include forecasts for spending for the fiscal year to end June and a first guess for 2013-14.
The figures will be a key input into gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter, figures for which are due next week.
Analysts are hopeful the economy could have expanded by around 0.8 per cent in the quarter, in part driven by rising export volumes, which would keep growth for the year at a healthy 3.2 per cent.


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Did you know that most American's eat sushi the wrong way? Many of my friends put the ginger slices on the sushi or sashimi itself. Your actually supposed to eat a piece of ginger in between different sushi bites to cleanse your palette. Sometimes this concept is good for audio too!
In between songs the placement of a random melody, FM radio chatter or even an orchestra tuning up can make the song that follows have more impact, more color. Many great albums use this technique of course. As an example Depeche Mode inserts snippets of chants or synth drones often between songs.
Random adds an element of the unknown to the otherwise commonplace pitch parameter. The Chance control denes the likelihood that an incoming note's pitch will be changed by a random value. You can think of it as being something like a dry/wet control for randomness. – Ableton Live User Manual
Because my own music styles range from electro all the way to hardcore on my first album Manic Panic I put actual answering machine messages I received in between songs. Today I use Ambrosia's Wiretap Studio to record snippets of audio from weird things I find on Youtube. You will hear some of my findings on my next album for sure.
Here's a quick example of something you could create as a pallete cleanser. Grab a vintage drum machine loop. I used a loop I got free from Rhythminmind.net. Next I put on Fabfilter's Twin, turned up the Noise generator and put Ableton's Random Midi Effect before it:


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Al Jazeera Network is pleased to announce that Al Anstey has been appointed as Managing Director of Al Jazeera English, the award-winning international news channel that currently broadcasts to more than 100 countries around the world. In this role, Anstey will lead the channel in its next phase of evolution and will be responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations across its 65 international bureaus.
Anstey brings with him extensive experience working within the Al Jazeera Network as well as valuable knowledge of the media industry through his work in the United Kingdom, India, Australia and the United States. Anstey was one of the founders of AJE and was a key member of the channel's start up team. He ran AJE's News Department after the launch of the channel in November 2006 until earlier this year when he took on the position of Director of Media Development for the Network. His appointment as Managing Director signifies Al Jazeera's continued commitment to positioning AJE as a global leader in international news and groundbreaking content.
"As Al Jazeera continues to grow, Al's achievements within the Network and his proven leadership style will help to ensure that Al Jazeera English solidifies its place as one of the world's most influential international news outlets," said Wadah Khanfar, Director General of Al Jazeera Network. "I'm confident that Al's experience in the newsroom at Al Jazeera English as well as his success in growing the Al Jazeera brand globally will further propel the channel in its mandate of journalism of depth in international news for our audiences across the world."
In his most recent role as Director of Media Development for the Network, Anstey made great progress in developing a strategy for distribution and new media while expanding AJE's reach worldwide. In his new position he will continue to oversee Media Development responsibilities.
Commenting on his appointment, Anstey stated: "I'm delighted to take on my new role in AJE, a channel that has gained international acclaim and worldwide recognition as an invaluable resource for international news. I look forward to working with my colleagues at Al Jazeera to build upon the many journalistic achievements and to grow the channel by expanding our resources around the world, breaking into new markets and exploring new platforms and technologies to bring our content to additional audiences."
Prior to joining Al Jazeera in 2006, Anstey served as Head of Foreign News at ITN in the United Kingdom after many years in the field as Senior Foreign Editor. He also ran ITN's American operations for two years after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Anstey started his career as a Producer at CBS News and then moved to the start-up of Reuters/GMTV as a Reporter and News Editor. He then joined APTN based in New Delhi and then Sydney, before taking on the position of Asia Editor with responsibility for APTN's bureaus and coverage in the region.
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Little Drifters / Vancouver
Over the weekend we held our "Little Drifters" picnic at Trout Lake, here in Vancouver, and it was a total blast! Thank you all for coming out and making my day! Take some time to really enjoy the photos below and then jump over to The Vancouver Sun gallery for more! Thanks to everyone who sent me photos! Thanks to Jenelle Schneider for shooting photos for the newspaper! Huge thank-you to Maurice Li for snapping the first 15 photos you see below! Enjoy!


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Despite being located underground, it is no secret that Body English is one of Las Vegas' most beautiful spaces for intimate live entertainment.
Guests walk down a long flight of stairs which leads to the main entrance of the club. The first focal point that catches the eye is a larger-than-life million dollar, color-changing crystal chandelier that hangs over the main dance floor, offering a touch of elegance while simultaneously offering just enough lighting to create an intimate ambiance. Around the perimeter of the upstairs level are the main bar and a number of VIP godfather booths, ideal for elite groups. On the main dance floor, additional VIP booths made of elegant black leather circle the room, giving guests the best view of all the action.
Complete with its own DJ booth, bar and waitress staff, the room known as The Parlor, which is adjacent to the main dance floor, also offers an intimate experience for separate parties.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Gov. Rick Scott's Florida Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform is in its "brainstorming" stage.
The panel met Thursday at St. Petersburg College to continue seeking comment from business people, parents, students, faculty members, administrators and others. The agenda included a session on "brainstorming" and evaluating recommendations.
Scott has made job creation the centerpiece of his administration. He appointed the task force to propose ways for making Florida's colleges and universities more efficient, transparent and accountable.
The panel is about halfway through its task. It is scheduled to present final recommendations to Scott on Oct. 30.
The Republican governor has been at odds with university officials and faculty on several key issues including tuition, course offerings and tenure.
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