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Nestled on the beach, this Castellammare di Stabia hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of MuDiSS Diocesan Museum, Giardini Pubblici, and Monte Faito Cable Car. Stabia Hall Cinema and Campania Mineralogical Museum are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
Catch some rays on Towers Hotel Stabiae Sorrento Coast's private beach, pamper yourself at the full-service spa, or spend the day at a marina.
Room Amenities
All 150 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and room service. For a bit of entertainment, flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can also appreciate conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Beach
- Breakfast
- Pool
- Helpful staff
Towers Hotel Stabiae Sorrento Coast
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Simply step outside to unwind on the hotel's beach. Spend the day at the beach and work on your tan with sun loungers (chaise longues) or relax in the shade with umbrellas. Pamper yourself with a treatment at the full-service spa and enjoy amenities at Towers Hotel Stabiae Sorrento Coast like a marina and an outdoor pool.
Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This beach hotel also offers a health club, a sauna, and a rooftop terrace. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach sun loungers
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Conference center
- Marina on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Outdoor pool
- Sauna
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Total number of rooms - 150
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of floors - 7
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Health club
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Tennis on site
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Express check-in
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Elevator/lift
- Rooftop terrace
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Hair salon
- Luggage storage
- Limo or Town Car service available
- One meeting room
- On private beach
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Spa services on site
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- On private beach
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Slippers
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Shower/tub combination
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Gouache - This beachfront restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A private beach, a marina, and a health club are featured at the hotel. In addition to an outdoor pool, other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include hot stone massages, massages, facials, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and Turkish bath/hammam.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Hot stone massage
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 45.0 per night.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 160.00 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Self parking fee: EUR 5.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 45.0 per night
Hotel Name
- Stabiae Sorrento Coast
- Stabiae Sorrento Coast Hotel
- Towers Hotel Sorrento Coast
- Towers Hotel Stabiae
- Towers Hotel Stabiae Sorrento
- Towers Hotel Stabiae Sorrento Coast
- Towers Hotel Stabiae Sorrento Coast Castellammare di Stabia
- Towers Stabiae Sorrento Coast
- Towers Stabiae Sorrento Coast Castellammare di Stabia
We should mention
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.


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Duda out of starting lineup against lefty Hamels
NEW YORK -- Say, for a moment, that Lucas Duda had control over the lineup card. Say he had a chance to put himself at first base Tuesday against Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels.
"If it was my choice," Duda said, "I'd put [Eric] Campbell in, too."
Duda's self-effacing justification is that Campbell is a sound hitter vs. left-handed pitching and boasts a strong history -- 3-for-6 with a walk -- against Hamels, whose signature changeup devastates same-sided hitters. But if Duda wants to complete his transformation from middling prospect to everyday stalwart, he will need to prove he can hit left-handed pitching.
"Everyone wants to get to that level, but you have to prove it," said Duda, who sat on the bench while Campbell started. "And I haven't done so."
Though Duda already has a career-high 18 homers with an .856 OPS this season, he is hitting .153 against lefties, compared to .285 against righties. Only one of those home runs have come against left-handers.
But the paradox is that Duda cannot improve against lefties if he receives only sporadic playing time against them. Though Duda said he is satisfied with the at-bats he has received against lefty relievers and the occasional starter, he is clearly not an everyday player just yet.
"Pick your spots," was how manager Terry Collins described his strategy of deploying Duda against lefties. "Pick certain guys that you know he's going to have success against. In the past, we know [Hamels] isn't one of the guys."
The Mets face just one more lefty over their next five games, and it's a tough one: San Francisco's Madison Bumgarner on Sunday. If nothing changes, Duda will almost certainly ride the bench that day. But if Duda continues hitting at his current All-Star clip, the Mets may be forced to rethink their strategy soon -- even if Duda actually agrees with the current state of things.
"I've had a lot of opportunities against relievers and stuff like that," Duda said. "Obviously, Cole's one of the best in the game, and we have a more-than-capable first baseman in Campbell, who's hitting the ball really well, too."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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It updates every 7 seconds without reloading the page. I think it'll be fun to have.
I can see it now.....MS and bulletproof will be screaming about the privacy issues presented with this new spy program!!!!! The spying must stop on all PD citizens!!!!!!!
(Really I think its a neat feature. Don't know that I'll use it all that much, but still neat.)
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Thanks to some dialogue with the creator of this mod, it's not modified to where when you click on the link to the thread in question, it now takes you directly to that post within the thread instead of just the start of the thread. MUCH better that way!
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Neil Ashe, president and CEO of global e-commerce was clearly the most excitable person on stage Wednesday at Walmart's 19th annual analysts' meeting. And for good reason.
Walmart created its global e-commerce group two years ago and Ashe joined the company back in January. Wednesday was his first opportunity to participate in the company's annual analysts' meeting and he made the most of it, slipping in a first ever reference to Walmart's online revenues that now total $9 billion.
Ashe appeared giddy as he described how Walmart's unique strengths – a global network of 10,000 stores, 200 million customers weekly and a commitment to building a next generation global technology platform – position the company to gain a disproportionate share of a worldwide e-commerce marketplace McKinsey & Co expects to reach $1.3 trillion by 2015.
"It is a fascinating opportunity that we are uniquely positioned to take advantage of," Ashe said, later adding that he is focused on "how do we do it differently and better than anyone in the world."
Of course, any of his predecessors could have said the same thing over the course of the past decade, but the big difference between then and now is Walmart has shown through its internal actions and acquisitions that it is serious about more aggressively pursuing the e-commerce opportunity. Accordingly, Ashe reeled of a list of recent initiatives and accomplishments in the area of e-commerce, multichannel and social media. He described Walmart's 22 million Facebook fans and an innovative social media contest called "Get on the Shelf," that allowed Facebook fans to vote for products they wanted to see offered at Walmart. He talked about how the company is leveraging advanced analytics to glean new insights from Twitter and Facebook data streams.
The company's @Walmartlabs innovation engine within the global e-commerce group built a new product search engine called Polaris that is improving the conversion rate of searches. A pay-with-cash feature was added that allows people to order online and have product delivered to their home after they pay at a local store. Originally intended as an offering for the unbanked, a surprising revelation has been that many of the transactions are completed in store with a credit card. And, the company is already operating successful and rapidly growing food delivery operations in the United Kingdom and Shanghai.
Perhaps the most intriguing development to date however is a pilot program involving same day delivery of popular products in San Francisco, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The program leverages Walmart stores in those markets by using them as fulfillment centers with UPS executing deliveries of orders placed before noon.
According to Ashe, with 4,000 points of contact throughout the U.S. the service is something Walmart is uniquely capable of executing and he described the company's store network as the envy of the e-commerce world.
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"Sun Boxes is a solar powered sound installation. It's comprised of twenty speakers operating independently, each powered by the sun via solar panels. There is a different loop in each box programmed to play a different guitar note continuously. These guitar notes make a Bb chord. Because the loops are a different length, once the piece begins they continually overlap and the piece slowly evolves over time."
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Fernando Llorente will leave Athletic Club and join Juventus on a free transfer this summer.
Forward Llorente has spent his whole career with Athletic but, having failed to agree terms on a new contract, will depart for Turin on 1 July. The 27-year-old Spanish international has signed a deal with the Bianconeri that could keep him at the Juventus Stadium until at least June 2017.
Llorente has scored 82 Liga goals in 248 appearances for Athletic and found the net seven times as the Leones reached last season's UEFA Europa League final. He has been capped 21 times by Spain and was a member of the squads that won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2012.
Juventus face Scottish title holders Celtic FC in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, with the first leg in Glasgow on 12 February.
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WANDERERS have secured the services of Arran Lee-Barrett until the end of the season.
The former Ipswich Town keeper provided back-up cover for keeper Andy Lonergan whilst Adam Bogdan was out injured, signing a short-term deal in October.
That agreement had been due to end at the end of this month but the club confirmed last night the 29-year-old will now remain at the Reebok until May.


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Every time we return from a vacation and first see our Gene Fisher home, we are delighted by how beautiful and efficient it is.
Gene and his staff worked with us for months to customize our Sky Ridge home, resulting in a residence that came in on time and on budget. More importantly, the house suits us.
We've known Gene Fisher for a long time and expected him to be honest and skilled; he's been building homes, businesses and industrial buildings for nearly 40 years. However, we didn't fully appreciate his creative capabilities. Whether it's sighting a house on a hillside for optimum view, solar, and drainage, designing a Zen front door, or installing infrastructure for the future, Gene seized design and construction challenges with both professional expertise and creative exuberance.
Gene Fisher works with some of the best including Tom Umbau, Durango architect, and Chris Paloukas, job supervisor and indefatigable consultant on everything from towel bars to roof tiles.
Finally, Fisher's cost accounting is absolutely transparent throughout construction. We knew where every cent was going, and he saved us money, allowing us to make upgrades without going over budget.
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By: Dinah Swan
March 28, 2011
Flexibility, technical knowledge, and smart measures to keep costs contained are how I would describe working with Gene and Chris on a recent new home project in Skyridge. We came to GFCH (Gene Fisher Custom Homes) after meeting with several other builders in the Durango area. When we approached them I had a lot and a set of plans. I had developed the plans w/ a local architect and engineer. Having personal experience in construction I knew what I wanted in the home design and I was not going to compromise much.
The flexibility mentioned above came from Gene's ability to look at my plans and change needed technical mistakes that were on the drawings. The flexibility also came when further structural design changes were needed to to accommodate the large southern exposed windows that were part of my plans to allow for solar gain.
The technical knowledge was in the utilization of modern building techniques. Our plans were drawn with R19 walls and an R35 ceiling. Gene recommended a new insulating product that gave use gains in R value in the walls to an R26 and in the ceiling to an R50. Gene also added some other technical improvements in the slab insulation. We finished the house with a 95% efficiency furnace. Even with all of the glass we had designed in we built a highly efficient house.
In regard to smart measures to keep cost contained, Gene looked at my existing plans and recommended some changes to reduce construction costs. Part of these changes came in changing the way the concrete work was designed and part was done in the way the house was framed. With these changes we were able to stay within budget.
With the changes that have occurred in the housing market, I was set on coming in on budget and I was very clear to Gene about this at the onset of the project. I didn't want to go beyond budget and create negative equity in the project. Gene and Chris were really good at working with their local suppliers and subcontractors. This along with the technical changes allowed us to come in on budget. I had past contacts from suppliers in Albuquerque and brought in quotes for much of the higher priced items. The prices Gene obtained from the local suppliers beat my Albuquerque quotes.
I'm not saying building our new Durango home was a flawless experience, it was not. Anyone who has dealt with a sizable remodel or any new construction knows that these types of projects are never finished with out problems during the process. What I'm saying is I would highly recommend working with GFCH on a new construction project. If I ever build again in the Durango area Gene would be first on my list to call
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JHern wrote:If your putter isn't your favorite disc, get a new putter.
JHern wrote:If your putter isn't your favorite disc, get a new putter.
Drowsy wrote:Roc / Buzzz | Whatever feels comfortable. Dx Aviar / SS Wizard?
Do you play backhand or sidearm?
Frank Delicious wrote:I should expand on why I recommended the stalker. You're pretty new so you should be using mids mostly as your drivers but should have a slower driver like a leo/cyclone/gazelle to start messing with. But since you will only have two discs, I think it would be smart to get a disc that has characteristics of both a mid and driver. You can throw a stalker lik gete a buzzz or you can throw a stalker like a teebird, it just depends on your skill level of manipulating discs. Once you get a bit more money you can add an actual mid and an actual driver to your set up and cover a lot of shots.
Frank Delicious wrote:get the DX, r-pro beats in quickly.
You should prob get a mid range disc first, then a driver.
fairway drivers are slower drivers, discs like the cyclone, XL, leopard, eagle, gazelle, saber, CD. They are easier to control and to throw because they are slower and rely on glide more than speed to get their distance. If you go to innova's or discraft's or whichever manufacturer's website, they will usually have their drivers separated by speed.
example: go to http://www.innovadiscs.com/ and go to the drop down menu at the top and mouse over discs. You will see there are distance and fairway drivers, which are then sub-categorized by speed.
On a different note, have you thought about just getting a company starter set from DC or Innova, I think they run under $30 and will give you 3 solid beginner discs.
The floppy putter R-Pro doesn't beat in, ever. Just ask Varsi. And I can vouch for my own P-P1, I don't throw it anymore, having moved on to more overstable molds, but for the first 3 years of my disc golf career it didn't really change at all.Frank Delicious wrote:get the DX, r-pro beats in quickly.
Anode|ION|JOKERi|MD2|FD|TD|PD|LEGENDaParks wrote:If the posts on this forum are any indication, the PD is like a Teebird with sunshine coming out of its butthole so hard that it flies faster.
There really is no upper limit, it all depends on your form and skill. To start with 200+ feet isn't that hard, 250+ will come in time, 300+ isn't really that hard once you develop a knack for throwing and pros can throw them over 400'.pc9460 wrote:How much distance can I get on a mid-range driver?
Any recommendations for one also?
Anode|ION|JOKERi|MD2|FD|TD|PD|LEGENDaParks wrote:If the posts on this forum are any indication, the PD is like a Teebird with sunshine coming out of its butthole so hard that it flies faster.
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Spaceman Spiff, Oct 20, 2010.
OK, that made me laugh.
(the gif version has more charm but too big to post here .)
Rather off-topic but oh so true in this age of blind faith in sat-navs:
This should not surprise anyone but my first thought was: which baseball stadium was that?
Would it surprise you to get an answer? Of all the actual Japanese baseball stadiums that I could find, it seems that only Chiba Marine Stadium matches what's in that picture.
After finding that out (Google-fu failed me for the initial search), I was able to confirm that Chiba Marine Stadium is the one destroyed in Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993)!
My dad would love that one. *right clicks, saves*
This could be useful...
What the hell?
^ Must be meant as a response to the cliché about "Not tonight, I have a headache".
Which is dumb, because sex is good for headaches in women.
Actually, it's men who get headaches after sex...
yep. When they have to pay alimmonies
I wouldn't agree about the sex helps against headaches bit, though. Maybe it's different in you but when I have a headache I want to be left in peace and just stay in bed (very inactively, though not necessarily alone).
I'm not sure this is a thing.
And made one or two, as well...
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Police had to chase a man down Sunday and they charged two other men after they investigated a disturbance on East Philip.
The caller, Roy Delise, 55, told the police that after he and Scott Mehring, 56, argued, Mehring brandished a large knife from a sheath on his hip, threatened to kill him, hit him in the head more than once with the butt and cut his hand with the blade.
Mehring had left, but an officer remembered seeing a man fitting Mehrings description leaving the building as he arrived, so they looked for him.
Brown said they found a suspect outside the apartments a few moments later who turned out to be Anthony Bennett, 37, not Mehring.
Bennett refused to follow the officers orders and ran toward the area of Sun Mart, 601 E Francis. Officers chased and caught him. During a brief struggle, one officer suffered a cut knee when Bennett threw his cell phone at him.
At the same time, police found Mehring east of South Platte Terrace near the entry of Autumn Park Drive. Mehring was detained and following questioning, he was charged with terroristic threats and second-degree assault.
Delise was also charged with assault by mutual consent.
All three men were jailed.
Police also found two plastic bags full of several prescription pills on Bennett when they took him into custody, and he had a clear glass pipe containing a white powder residue of suspected methamphetamine.
Bennett is charged with assault on an officer, possession of a controlled substance - alprazoam), possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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My wife has sickle cell anemia and up until around 2002 she rarely got sick with any pain crisis. The summer of 2002 my brother had a barbeque and one of the hamburgers was not fully cooked. She ate it and since then she seems to get sick every 3 to 4 months. My question is, is it possible that the uncooked meat left some bactieria in her system that has never left and it`s causing her sickle cell to act up?
The bacteria from the hamburger is long gone. I think it is just a coincidence.
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Last month, I profiled President Barack Obama's record on nuclear threat reduction during his first term. I concluded that, while the president has taken impressive initial steps to reduce nuclear stockpiles, secure vulnerable nuclear materials, and retard the spread of nuclear weapons, key elements of his ambitious agenda remain unfinished.
So where does the Republican nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, stand on these issues? Apart from a major speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) annual convention in July, Romney has said very little about foreign policy, including in his nationally televised convention speech in Tampa this August. What Romney has said, however, does not inspire confidence: Romney's statements and proposals to date on nuclear weapons policy and related issues reflect an obsolete Cold War mindset that, if implemented, would undermine US economic and national security.
Romney on New START. Romney recklessly opposed the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and continues to argue that the treaty disproportionately favors Russia. This view defies the counsel of America's own military and national security leaders from both parties, the overwhelming majority of whom support the treaty. In a fact sheet published on his website, Romney is vague, stating that he will "[r]eview the implementation of the New START treaty and other decisions by the Obama Administration regarding America's nuclear posture and arms-control policies to determine whether they serve the best interests and national security of the United States."
Romney on Iran. US military and intelligence leaders agree that Iran has yet to make a decision to acquire nuclear weapons and is not in a position to make a deliverable weapon -- to say nothing about more than one. These facts inform the widely held belief that a military attack would be premature and counterproductive, and that there is still time for a diplomatic solution -- but only if the United States and Iran are willing to make difficult compromises.
So far, the bulk of Romney's policy proposals on Iran -- tough sanctions, missile defense, and the threat of the use of military force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons -- are indistinguishable from Obama's policies. To the extent Romney has suggested alternatives -- increasing the US naval shipbuilding rate, demanding that any diplomatic deal include a permanent cessation of any Iranian enrichment of uranium, and more loudly trumpeting the threat of military attack -- these alternatives are either financially unaffordable or likely to increase the risk of war.
Romney on Russia. In his VFW speech, Romney claimed that Iran is "the most severe security threat facing America and our friends." But don't forget that, in March, he labeled Russia America's "number one geopolitical foe." This reflects a naive understanding of current threats and a misguided preference for Cold War-era solutions to 21st century problems.
Russia is an important partner to the United States on a range of critical security issues, despite substantive disagreements on other issues. Obama's tough-minded engagement with Russia has yielded numerous benefits, including Russian logistical support for the US mission and troops in Afghanistan, the entry into force of New START, the security and elimination of hundreds of nuclear weapons worth of dangerous Russian-originated material, Russian support for the toughest UN Security Council sanctions against Iran to date, and Russian withdrawal from a contract to sell advanced air defense weapons to Iran. Former President George W. Bush tried a policy of antagonizing and isolating Russia. It failed. A return to this approach won't inspire Russia to reverse behavior the United States finds objectionable nor induce it to permanently reduce the size of its nuclear arsenal; it will unravel the vital security gains Obama has made.
Romney on missile defense. One of Romney's favorite talking points on foreign policy is that the Obama administration unwisely abandoned the Bush administration's plan to put a third long-range missile defense site in Eastern Europe to appease Russia. In reality, by the time Obama assumed office, the proposal to put 10 long-range interceptors in Poland and a supporting radar in the Czech Republic had been delayed to 2018 and had lost the support of the Czech government. As former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testified to Congress in June 2011, "Let's be blunt: The third site in Europe was not going to happen, because the Czech government wouldn't approve the radar." In addition, the proposed interceptors had not even been built, much less tested, and the system would have left most of Europe unprotected from Iran's short- and medium-range ballistic missiles anyway. What the Obama administration did do was devise an alternate plan -- the European Phased Adaptive Approach -- based on existing interceptors and radars and designed to combat existing Iranian ballistic missiles first.
Romney also claims that the Obama administration has underfunded US missile defense programs. On his website, Romney pledges to: "In the first 100 days, begin reversing Obama-era cuts to missile defense and commit to a robust multi-layered national ballistic-missile defense system to deter and defend against nuclear attacks on our homeland and our allies." Does this mean Romney will halt the Phased Adaptive Approach? Restore the Bush administration's European missile defense proposal? Pursue an East Coast US missile defense site? Build more long-range interceptors in Alaska and California? No one, perhaps not even Romney himself, knows.
Meanwhile, the president continues to robustly fund missile defense. The administration's budget request for missile defense programs this year is $9.7 billion, including approximately $900 million for the ground-based midcourse defense system to defend the US homeland. This is, to say the least, an enormous investment -- whether it is a prudent one is a different question. Romney has yet to explain how throwing even more money at missile defense will solve the numerous technical problems that continue to plague many of aspects of the current architecture.
Reason for hope? Despite the hard-line views candidate Romney has taken on the campaign trail, is it possible a President Romney would actually follow in the footsteps of his Republican predecessors and make changes to US nuclear posture for the better? Recall that presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush all negotiated arms control agreements. Both Bush 41 and 43 made significant unilateral reductions to the size of the US nuclear arsenal. And during his second term, George W. Bush negotiated and struck a deal with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program. If Romney is elected, it remains to be seen whether he would side with the far-right fringe on these issues, as he did on New START and has on the campaign trail, or if he would heed the advice of many former Republican government officials and national security leaders, who believe that the United States can maintain a strong and effective deterrent with a smaller number of nuclear weapons at a reduced financial cost. Unfortunately, the early signs are not encouraging.


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history of cannibal controversies
David F. Salisbury
August 15, 2001
is a difficult topic for an anthropologist to write about, for it
pushes the limits of cultural relativism, challenging one to define
what is or is not beyond the pale of acceptable human behavior,"
writes Beth Conklin in her new book, Consuming Grief: Compassionate
Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society [University of Texas Press].
charges of cannibalism were used by European nations to help justify
their colonization efforts. As a result, many historical allegations
of people eating are undoubtedly false. But the fact that such allegations
were made is not sufficient grounds to conclude that all reports
of cannibalism are untrustworthy and should be discounted, Conklin
During the 15th,
16th and 17th centuries, when Europeans invaded the New World, they
saw cannibalism as the quintessential expression of savagery and
evil, and used this as a justification for employing violent means
to subjugate native people. This theme dates back to Columbus' accounts
of a supposedly ferocious group of man-eaters who lived in the Caribbean
islands and parts of South America called the Caniba, which gave
us the word cannibal. In the 16th century, Pope Innocent IV declared
cannibalism a sin deserving to be punished by Christians through
force of arms and Queen Isabella of Spain decreed that Spanish colonists
could only legally enslave natives who were cannibals, giving the
colonists an economic interest in making such allegations.
At the same
time that Europeans were condemning various native peoples as cannibals,
however, they were practicing a form of cannibalism themselves.
Use of medicines made from blood and other human body parts was
widespread in Europe through the 17th century. Europeans of the
period consumed fresh blood as a cure for epilepsy and substances
from various body parts to treat a variety of diseases, including
arthritis, reproductive difficulties, sciatica, warts and skin blemishes.
A primary source for this material was the bodies of executed criminals.
Pieces of mummified human flesh imported from Egypt were considered
a general panacea and were widely prescribed by the physicians of
the day, Conklin reports.
In the New World,
the mania of soldiers, missionaries, explorers and adventurers of
past centuries to see a cannibal in every Indian, was followed by
a counter-reaction on the part of some scholars to refute all claims
of cannibalism, the French anthropologist Pierre Clastres observed
several decades ago. For instance, South American scholars have
pointed out that Columbus simply accepted the assertion of an unfriendly,
neighboring tribe that the Caniba were man eaters without having
evidence that they really were.
More recently
this revisionist view was adopted by the American anthropologist
William Arens at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
In the book The Man-Eating Myth published in 1979, he argued that
cannibalism is a myth with no clear basis in fact. Although he acknowledged
that starving individuals have been driven to eat human flesh from
time to time, he suggested that cannibalism may never have existed
anywhere as a socially accepted practice.
Aren's argument
caused cultural anthropologists and historians to review existing
reports of cannibalism. According to Conklin, there is widespread
agreement with Aren's assertion that many past claims of cannibalism
are suspect. "William Arens made a valuable contribution in
pointing out problems in historical accounts of cannibalism and
in sensitizing us to the dangers of negative stereotypes of indigenous
people as cannibals," Conklin says. "I have great respect
for his work in that regard. But it's going too far to claim that
cannibalism never existed at all, because there is substantial evidence
that consuming human body parts has been an accepted practice in
a number of societies in Europe, South America and elsewhere."
The Wari' case,
which has been studied by Brazilian anthropologists as well, provides
the best documentation of socially accepted cannibalism in recent
times. It is also likely to be one of the last opportunities that
anthropologists will have to study this practice in its cultural
context. Wari' ethnography highlights the fact that different groups
of people had a variety of motives for practicing cannibalism, ranging
from love and respect to hate and anger. "If we listen to what
indigenous people like the Wari' say about how they experienced
funerary cannibalism," Conklin notes, "we begin to see
the narrowness and ethnocentrism of our own views."
Conklin sees
irony in the fact that scholars who insist that all accounts of
cannibalism must be false are actually perpetuating the negative
stereotypes of it. "They seem to assume that cannibalism is
by definition a terrible act-so terrible, in fact, that could only
have been invented by outsiders who wanted to denigrate or exoticize
native peoples. A healthier, more realistic approach would be to
recognize that various peoples, including western Europeans, have
consumed human body substances for different reasons in different
times and places. Let's try to recognize the positive, not just
negative meanings of these practices," she says.
Another area
of debate regarding cannibalism is whether it may spread infectious
diseases. Animal studies have suggested that cannibals may be at
greater risk for being infected by parasites and diseases from members
of their own species than from other prey. One famous study associated
human cannibalism with the spread of a fatal viral disease called
Kuru in highland New Guinea. Carlton Gadjusek won the Nobel Prize
in medicine for discovering a new category of viruses called slow
viruses, which include Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob (Mad Cow) disease.
Part of Gadjusek's research was based on epidemiological research
he did with anthropologists that linked the spread of a Kuru disease
to the practice of funerary cannibalism. According to Conklin, serious
questions have been raised about the validity of this association
and she found no evidence of any disease associated with Wari' cannibalism.
is also controversial in the field of physical archeology. In 1992,
Tim White at the University of California, Berkeley published an
analysis of bones found at an Anasazi site in southwest Colorado.
Using sophisticated statistical and analytical measurements, he
concluded that the bones collected at the site included the remains
of a 12th century cannibal meal. In 1999, Christy Turner of Arizona
State University published a book presenting extensive evidence
for prehistoric cannibalism at Anasazi sites. White and Turner's
research has been highly praised within the field and strongly criticized
by scholars who maintain that it is impossible to determine the
motives of the people who appear to have cut up the bodies of a
number of people, stripped off the flesh and cooked the bones in
a clay pot.
Some members
of the Hopi, Zuni, and other Pueblo Indian tribes, who consider
themselves descendants of the Anasazi, reject these claims as misinterpretations
and slurs on their ancestors, previously characterized as peaceful
farmers who attained astonishing results in engineering, architecture
and art. Last fall, a group of researchers added to the controversy
by reporting biochemical evidence from an Anasazi site that appears
to support the cannibalism hypothesis. They analyzed the fossilized
remains of human excrement from a site containing butchered human
bones and found evidence of myoglobin, a human enzyme that is found
in muscle tissue but not in the digestive tract.
"If cannibalism
did take place at Anasazi sites, it was associated with torture,
murder and mutilation. That's the kind of thing that gives cannibalism
a bad name," Conklin says. "To my mind, the killing and
torture is more abhorrent than the alleged consumption of human
flesh. And it's worlds away from the funerary practices I've studied,
in which consuming the body honored the person who was eaten."
According to Conklin, the challenge is to understand each case in
its own terms, in the social context within which it was practiced.
With this approach, cannibalism starts to look less exotic and more
like something with which other people can identify. "Wari'
elders have told me they can't understand why outsiders are so obsessed
with the idea of eating bodies. They say it's important to look
at the whole picture of what went on in their mourning practices,
not just focus on the one act of eating. I think we can learn something
by listening to them," she says.
of life among the Wari'
cannibalism a human face


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So, the IwoCPO family's all moved in and happy. Children are tucked away and content.
One problem: after a day of intense negotiations, cable will not be installed until tomorrow. I'm listening to the game via Sirius in a garage full of boxes.
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Improving Lives in Kenya through Fair Trade Tea
Guest blog post by Ronald Mutai, Founder of Majani Teas
This blog post comes to us from Ronald Mutai, Founder of Mujani Teas
I was born and raised on a tea farm in Meru, Kenya, a one-street town in Kenya's 'tea country.' I originally came to the United Stated to attend graduate school at Columbia University, in New York City. After completing graduate school, I realized that without my friends and family back home I wouldn't be where I am today.
I grew up surrounded by the aroma and beauty of tea and nature. My parents farmed teas like many of our neighbors. Growing up, we picked tea every day for delivery to KTDA – a Fair Trade certified farmers group that donates all of their earning back to the farmers. My father has cultivated teas since the late 1950s and over the years represented his fellow farmers on the organization's board, being very active there before retiring this year. Since its inception, KTDA has grown considerably, becoming Kenya's biggest exporter and foreign exchange earner. Kenya has also become one of the leading exporters of tea in the World.
Kenyan teas are considered to be some of the best in the world. The robustness and intensity of flavor, with low tannin content, make it smooth and non-bitter compared to other teas. Kenyan teas are famous for their brightness, attractive color, brisk flavor and textures of fragrant leaves. Traditionally used in blending due to their superior quality, Kenyan teas are now emerging amongst specialty markets.
Small scale producers in Kenya grow their teas in high altitudes of 2000-3000 meters above sea level. The farmers straddle the equator where temperatures remain constant throughout the year allowing for year round production and picking. This high altitude and favorable climatic conditions allows Kenyan tea growth completely pest free. Without the use of pesticides, fungicides, or any other harmful chemicals allows for completely natural organic tea production.
Most small scale produced teas are grown on the hill sides in deep, rich volcanic black well aerated loamy soils. The generous rainfall throughout the year is what calls for the cultivation of these robust teas native to Kenya. These teas are carefully handpicked to give you the best tasting and aromatic teas.
This is what motivated me to start Majani Teas; I wanted to give back to the community that raised me. I now promote and sell Kenyan teas in the US, as well as give back the earnings to help tea farming families with their education and healthcare needs. Out of the more than 500,000 small scale tea farmers who make a living directly from tea growing in Kenya, we select the most experienced of them to source our Fair Trade organic teas.


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Three Lincoln County department heads will get a 6-percent raise and another will get a 12-percent increase, the county commissioners decided Monday.
The salaries are just for appointed department heads. Salaries were set a year ago for elected county officials.
Lincoln County Roads Supervisor Jerry Hitchcock will get an increase from $51,000 to $54,060.
Emergency Management Director Dan Guenthner received the biggest percentage increase -- a 12-percent raise -- from $36,000 to $40,560. Guenthner, who gave a quarterly report to the commissioners later in the meeting, also was authorized last year to buy a new pickup and hire a part-time administrative aide.
Veterans Service Officer Paul Cooper received a 6% boost from $35,750 to $38,000 a year. And, Noxious Weed Superintendent Rodney Yost will get $40,280, up from $38,000.
Commissioner Joe Hewgley recommended the new salaries. Willis Roethemeyer said the raises were generally what he had in mind and Duane Deterding agreed.
Noting that the salaries are comparable with a survey of three years ago, Deterding said "I think those figures are what I can live with, you betcha."
Emergency Management
Emergency Manager Dan Guenthner said federal money has been cut for planning, exercises and training to deal with emergencies in south central Nebraska.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency grant was cut from $250,000 to $94,000.
A similar state grant will be cut by 8 percent, Guenthner said. The state agency (Nebraska Emergency Management Agency) will likely keep that much more to offset a cut in federal money.
Nevertheless, Guenthner plans to organize a fully functional exercise in September to replicate a disaster, so emergency workers, hospital crews, news media and others will know what needs to be done if a disaster strikes.
Guenthner thanked the commissioners for allowing him to hire a part-time administrative aide.
This has helped immensely with the workload but not totally eliminated the need, he said.
Guenthner said he helped coordinate efforts during the snow and ice emergency in mid-December, when I-80 was closed off and on for more than 24 hours.
A dozen semi-trucks piled up between North Platte and Gothenburg many in the same accident. Guenthner worked with the Nebraska State Patrol and Department of Roads to close the road, inform the public and get vehicles parked.
Also, Guenthner said the statewide Paraclete radio system that allows law enforcement and emergency crews to communicate is working, but he stopped well short of giving it a ringing endorsement.
He said the radios work within 15 miles of an operating tower, but coverage is limited because the signal does not repeat.
If someone has a Paraclete radio, they can act as messengers, receiving a call from any agency and transmitting to another agency. Otherwise, agencies cannot always communicate by radios.
They have their benefits, but they also have some issues, Guenthner said of the radios.
Lincoln County has eight Paraclete radios, he said. NEMA is testing new digital radios that might be better, he said.
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In other action, the board elected Hewgley as chairman for the year. Deterding is vice president.
Individual commissioners also agreed to represent the county in the following groups Hewgley will sit on the Region II Human Services, North Platte Economic Development Corporation, Economic Development Task Force, Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory board, coordinate the American with Disabilities Act compliance and the Front Road overpass project (Birdwood Crossing).
Deterding will sit on the West Central Area on Aging, North Platte Senior Center Advisory Committee, Drug Task Force and be an alternate to the West Central Development District. Deterding will also oversee drug testing of employees, along with Deputy County Attorney Joe Wright.
Roethemeyer will sit on the West Central District Health Department, West Central Weed Management Agency, Sandhills Resource, Conservation and Development district, West Central Development District and continue as coordinator of the Lincoln County Jail Project.
North Platte resident Roland Coker volunteered to represent Lincoln County on the Mid-Nebraska Community Services board, replacing former commissioner Don Haws.
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Someone gave me the movie Teeth for Valentine's Day, and last night I got around to watching it. As they say: I laughed, I cried, as one would when watching a film about a social justice-minded vagina dentata inside a naive, doe-eyed Christian teen. I tried to find some good commentary on it after the film, because I feel like the film ennacts rather than deconstructs the dentata myth: it is meant to instill not moral fear, but physical fear in a man who rapes. But in this case, it's not just rape when the teeth come out, but rather any time there is an 'impure" motive behind the sex--conquest, incest. Even when Dawn O'Keefe (har har) initiates the sex, using the teeth as a weapon against her step-brother, the cartoonishly brutal metalhead who ass fucks his girlfriend while his stepmother is lying near dead in the hallway (necessary to forward the plot? no), the teeth come out. His dog, named Mother, chows on the recently freed cock (apparently which won Spike TV's award for "Most Memorable Mutilation, Oh BiffWorld). Screams of horror all around.
But in the end the amazing Jess Weixler, as Dawn, decides to hit the road, first dude who picks her up on side of the road, it's clear that the moral here is that Dawn is going to move about freely in the world not because it's a safe place, but because she has weaponized something that once made her vulnerable, and thus has a secret advantage. That the whole thing was couched in a narrative about the Christian shame for women's pleasure and the body makes the way the dentata myth works here all the more sad for me: the film plays with, but doesn't ever condemn, the idea that women are "naturally" pure and men "naturally" aggressive, instead it posits a place where the only recourse is violence on both sides: rape and castration. Surely language, culture, civilization come into play, since we can't just be beasts (with teeth)?
In the end, the shirt I wear still reads: Everything I know about the vagina dentata I learned from watching Jaws.


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Lefty Saunders cruises in Seattle's home opener
SEATTLE -- Pitching, defense, timely hitting and good execution make up a pretty good formula in any game, and the Mariners got a healthy dose of all four in Monday night's 3-0 victory over the Astros in their Safeco Field opener.
The Mariners kicked off their home schedule with a picture-perfect opening ceremony -- showing off their impressive new video board and a fireworks display over the left-field bleachers -- and then shut down their new American League West foes from Houston as Joe Saunders threw 6 1/3 sharp innings to pick up his first Seattle win.
The Mariners helped Saunders out with some good glovework, none better than a fully extended diving catch in the third inning by center fielder Franklin Gutierrez to rob Ronny Cedeno of extra bases in the right-center gap.
"Goosebumps moment," said shortstop Brendan Ryan. "Opening Night, he makes the catch like that, the place just roars. That's outstanding. You're hoping someone is going to get that opportunity and come through. Usually it's something on the offensive side that brings everyone to their feet, but he went a heck of a long ways for that.
"That was the Gold Glove stuff everybody knows he's capable of, and that's something that can create momentum, too. We're strong defensively, and he just put the exclamation point on it there."
Though they totaled just five hits, the Mariners made the most of them. Designated hitter Kendrys Morales drove in Seattle's first two runs with a single in the first and a double in the third, continuing his early-season surge. Morales was 2-for-3 with a walk, making him 5-for-7 over his past two games to raise his average to .321.
And a team that beefed up its offense by adding Morales and Michael Morse during the offseason proved capable of executing good baseball as well, with Gutierrez dropping down a beautiful squeeze bunt to bring home a run in the fifth.
"That was very important for us," said Gutierrez. "We need to score as many runs as we can, no matter how we do it."
The win evened the Mariners record at 4-4, while the Astros fell to 1-6 with their sixth straight setback.
Astros right-hander Philip Humber, who threw a perfect game while with the White Sox in his last start in Safeco Field, saw that dream die quickly this time as Michael Saunders singled to left on his second pitch of the game. Humber went six innings with five hits and three runs as he fell to 0-2 with a 3.09 ERA.
This one went Seattle's way from the start. After his leadoff single, Saunders stole second and scored on a one-out base hit by Morales. That combo clicked again in the third when Saunders singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scampered home on Morales' double to left.
"I think we probably could have kept it to a one-run game," Humber said. "Saunders getting to second, both those times he scored, that's on me. I'll hopefully do a better job holding runners next time."
Joe Saunders, who had lasted just four innings in his debut in Oakland on Wednesday, had pitched well at Safeco, but always with a visiting club. The longtime Angels starter is now 7-0 with a 1.91 ERA in 10 starts in Seattle.
The veteran southpaw scattered six hits and a walk over his 6 1/3 innings while striking out five in a 91-pitch outing. He's 1-1 with a 3.48 ERA after signing a one-year, $7 million deal as a free agent.
"I felt good," said Saunders. "My command was better. I was able to feel the ball better. It was just a matter of telling yourself, 'Hey, we've got a lot of fans in the stands tonight. Go out and put on a decent show and turn it into a win.'"
The Mariners had homered in their last six games on the opening road trip and came to a Safeco Field with shortened fences, particularly in left-center. But they used some small-ball execution to perfection instead.
Dustin Ackley, who had opened the season 1-for-21, singled sharply to right-center to lead off the fifth. Ryan followed with a bunt that catcher Jason Castro jumped on quickly, but threw a split-second too late to get Ackley, putting two runners on.
Ackley then moved to third on a fly ball to center by Michael Saunders, then scored standing as he sprinted home on Gutierrez's bunt for the 3-0 lead.
"It speaks to the balance we have in the lineup," Ryan said of the two bunts. "It shows confidence in our skipper that with the experience and repetitions we've had in Spring Training that he feels we can do some of these little things and he can micromanage a little bit."
But when it was all done, Wedge took a bigger-picture view of a game that played out perfectly from opening ceremonies to the final pitch in front of a crowd of 42,589.
"I thought everybody did a great job," Wedge said. "Just the presentation of the ballpark, the fans were in it, it was a great night I think for everybody."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Dan Rowden wrote:Hands up all those who think it would be a great idea for Tomas and Daybrown to have their own blog somewhere? Anyone know of a good blog site?
Then I would have to go and read their posts separately.. daybrown does start to reply on the subject matter at hand. Let "them" have one thread, is real estate on this forum really that scarce? What is the big deal? Make Spam forum maybe where all posts deemed unfit for worldly forum go... I will try to migrate there as well. Problem solved.


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Philosophy studies the basic beliefs that support all of our thinking and living. These beliefs are about the nature and existence of the universe, God, persons, free will, space/time, and causality; about evidence, theory-testing, and rational judgement; and about justice, the good person, and moral education. The curriculum emphasizes the history of philosophy as well as recent philosophical work concerning religion, science, business activity, and environmental protection.
Philosophy students will develop skills to evaluate critically what they read, to examine and to write clearly about what they believe, and (through response group and class discussion) to think in a cooperative way. These skills are useful in most careers and in graduate and advanced professional study. Majors often select an area of philosophy for independent study. All majors take advanced courses in other disciplines related to their philosophical interests; many double major in another academic field. The Department offers innovative tutorial courses to prepare students for study at Regent's Park College, Oxford University.
Philosophy graduates will demonstrate:
- a basic understanding of the history of western philosophy from the ancient world through the modern period;
- a basic understanding of formal symbolic logic and its application to arguments in ordinary language;
- a basic understanding of one or more areas of philosophy related to the student's interests;
- successful application in a major independent project of fundamental research skills related to philosophy, including synthesis and critical evaluation of arguments, clarification and critical evaluation of one's own beliefs, and values, logical argumentation, organized written and oral presentation of ideas, and critical analysis of cultural trends.
(B.A. degree) Thirty semester hours required, including PHI 152, 201, 203, at least one upper-division history of philosophy course (315, 412, or 435) and either 440 or 450.
Eighteen semester hours required, including PHI 152, 201, and 203.
150. Basic Philosophy. (3 hours) Introduction to typical methods and problems of philosophic thought, with emphasis on forming and evaluating a personal world view. Fall and Spring
151. Ethics. (3 hours) Introduction to the nature and grounds of moral obligation, virtue and the good life from both ancient and modern ethical perspectives.
Fall and Spring
152. Logic. (3 hours) Introduction to principles of sound reasoning with emphasis on formal and informal techniques for evaluating arguments. Fall and Spring
195. Discovering Vocation. (3 hours) This course introduces the idea of vocation through reading, discussion, writing and research. "Vocation" is a term of art referring to the integration of practice and intellect with moral and spiritual calling. The interdisciplinary readings in this course will acquaint the student with representative and historical models of reflection on vocation. This course will be offered only as a Foundations 112 course. Spring
201. History of Philosophy I. (3 hours) Survey of the development of Western philosophical thought within its cultural contexts from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages. Exploration of foundational approaches to questions of reality, virtue, knowledge, God, faith, and reason. Fall and Spring
203. History of Philosophy II. (3 hours) Survey of the development of Western philosophical thought within its cultural contexts from the Renaissance through the eighteenth century. Exploration of issues foundational to contemporary philosophy, theology, and the sciences. Fall and Spring
315. Existentialism and Idealism. (3 hours) A study of the emergence of existentialist philosophy and literature in the nineteenth century as a response to idealist philosophy. Major figures to be covered are Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Kafka. Prerequisite: one course in Philosophy. Odd Falls
325. Business Ethics. (3 hours) Introduction to both the moral issues involved in business management and the ethical concepts and analytical skills relevant to resolving those issues. Fall and Spring
335. Theories of Economic Justice. (3 hours) Introduction to the moral and political issues raised by the facts of absolute poverty and economic inequality in both international and domestic contexts. Contemporary theories of beneficence and distributive justice will be explored. Even Springs
345. Environmental Philosophy and Ethics. (3 hours) Philosophical exploration of the concept of the natural environment, including a survey of ethical positions that guide human habitation in nature. Prerequisite: one course in Philosophy. Even Falls
355. Philosophy of Religion. (3 hours) Philosophical exploration of the classical issues of theistic religious thought, such as the reality of God, the problem of evil, religious language, life after death, and the pluralism of religious traditions. Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy; one from REL 231, 233, 235, 237. Odd Falls
365. Social/Political Philosophy. (3 hours) An examination of the major political philosophies of our time, with same attention to the historical precedents. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. Odd Falls
370. Topics in Philosophy. (3 hours) The study of a special topic in philosophy, announced at advanced registration. Recent offerings include Postmodernism, Feminist Philosophies, and Friendship and Love. Prerequisite: one course in Philosophy. Fall and Spring
375. Tutorial Topics. (3 hours) The study of a special topic in philosophy using a one-on-one tutorial method of instruction adapted from humanities courses at Oxford University and Cambridge University. Please check with department for a list of current offerings. Prerequisites: one course in philosophy and permission of the instructor. Fall and Spring
385. Medical Ethics. (3 hours) Philosophical exploration of the moral issues involved in the practice and management of medicine, including a basic introduction to the moral concepts and analytical skills relevant to resolving these issues. Prerequisite: one course in Philosophy. Odd Springs
395. Seminar on Vocation. (3 hours) This course introduces the idea of vocation through readings and discussions. The readings include scripture, biography, theology, and philosophical texts. The purpose of the course is to develop the student's understanding of vocation as a reflective theme and to have access to rich sources for exploring the idea of vocation. Spring
412. American Philosophy. (3 hours) Survey of the most influential American philosophies from the colonial period to the present: Puritanism, Deism, transcendentalism, pragmatism, and process philosophy. Prerequisite: one course in Philosophy. Odd Springs
435. Contemporary Philosophy. (3 hours) A survey of leading 20th century philosophers. Russell, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Husserl, Moore, Davidson, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida represent some of the figures to be considered. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy. Even Springs
440. Independent Study. (3 hours) With the approval and permission of a member of the Philosophy faculty and the chair of the Philosophy Department, students may undertake independent reading and research on a philosophical topic of their own choosing. Prerequisite: one course in Philosophy. Fall and Spring
450. Seminar. (3 hours) Class presentation of research on a philosophical topic, announced at advanced registration, with the guidance of a member of the Philosophy Faculty. Prerequisite: one course in Philosophy. As needed


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Pirates stun D-backs with unlikely comeback
Bucs score eight runs in final two innings; Mercer delivers go-ahead hit
PHOENIX -- There are a lot of people waking up around Pittsburgh this morning who will be stunned when they turn on their phones, boot up their computers or pick up the morning newspaper.
Yes, folks, the Pirates did beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-4, Friday night. This was the same game you had probably turned off with dismay around midnight, and hit the pillow with your Bucs trailing 4-1 going into the eighth, and apparently lifeless.
"There are games where, at times, I'm sure you think, 'Well, how much of a shot do you have?' We always think we got a shot until we're finished," Clint Hurdle said after the Bucs' late-game lightning had zapped the D-backs.
The Bucs didn't just roll to this comeback. They bulldozed to it, scoring eight of their runs and getting 10 of their 13 hits in the last two innings.
They definitely rubbed the Diamondbacks the wrong way. All it took was one errant pitch in the ninth by Ernesto Frieri to lead to an odd postgame scene: members of both teams milling on the field, hashing -- not brawling -- things out.
Arizona first-base coach Dave McKay called out Frieri for having hit Paul Goldschmidt on the left hand with an 0-1 pitch in the ninth.
"Oh, the first-base coach was saying some things, but I just moved on," Frieri said. "I didn't care about that. We won the game, that's the only thing that mattered."
Pittsburgh catcher Russell Martin expressed his regrets about the errant pitch, and there was a bit of pushing and shoving.
"I don't think anybody on their side was happy that Goldschmidt got hit," Hurdle said. "I just think something was said, and everybody kind of kept a calm head and walked away from it."
Actually, it was hard to find a single Pirates player who felt calm after a comeback Neil Walker called "about as good as any we've ever had. That was something."
The Pirates' stealth weapons went off with both barrels late Friday, and so the Bucs again became a bullpen's worst nightmare.
Andrew McCutchen, hidden by a slump for two weeks, and Pedro Alvarez, lost on the bench since the All-Star break, torched a furious tying rally in the eighth and the Pirates closed the deal with another rally in the ninth for the comeback, and come-back-to-life, victory.
McCutchen drove in the first run of the three-run eighth with a double -- his third extra-base hit in 14 games. Alvarez drilled a two-run, pinch-hit double off left-hander Eury De La Rosa -- his first pinch-hit since July 3, 2012 -- to make it 4-4.
Jordy Mercer's double off Bo Schultz with one out in the ninth drove in Josh Harrison with the go-ahead run. The Bucs kept on keepin' on. Pinch-hitter Michael Martinez and Martin singled for runs, then Travis Snider singled for two more.
"The late flurry was just a team effort, from the start," Hurdle said. "We just keep playing the game."
Both late rallies were triggered by the usual reveille-blower, Harrison, who had tripled with one away in the eighth, then doubled with one down in the ninth. This followed his four-strikeout game of the previous night, prompting this question to the former utility man:
"Had you had a four-strikeout game a couple of years ago, how long would it have been before we saw you again?"
And Harrison replied, beaming, "Thank God it's two years later."
McCutchen had started the game with four hits in his last 33 at-bats, a nine-game lull that had spiraled his average to .304. With his double, Alvarez picked up his first RBI since July 12, and we were now in August.
Arizona had built is 4-0 lead on Ender Inciarte's three-run homer off Edinson Volquez in the fifth and Volquez's run-scoring wild pitch later in that inning.
After having been limited to McCutchen's first-inning infield single through the fifth, the Bucs finally dented left-handed starter Vidal Nuno, ever so briefly.
With one out, Mercer doubled, and with two away Gaby Sanchez chased him home with a single.
Although Volquez's bottom line did not change, the no-decision was the result of one bad pitch, the one Inciarte turned into his second big league homer in his 200th at-bat.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Glass Mind Theatre's Brainstorm Festival Returns 1/27
Glass Mind Theatre's interactive Brainstorm festival returns! The production will morph into a one-night-only Pub Lab edition for Brainstorm 4: Of Myth and Legend. Local artists come together for an infusion of monologues, scenes and more generated from the ideas suggested by friends and supporters of the company.
Based on our season theme of "Classics Resketched", Glass Mind asked supporters to Facebook, Tweet or e-mail us the classic characters or personas they'd like to see inspire a new piece of art. Liam Flynn's Ale House s hosts the one-time event on Sunday, January 27 at 7pm. The company will be joined by such personas as Boris & Natasha from hit show "Rocky & Bullwinkle," Hal 9000, Aaron Burr, Nurse Ratched, Les Miserables' Javert and more!
Glass Mind's Artistic Director, Andrew Peters, will direct the festival. I'm really excited to bring the atmosphere and energy of our Brainstorm festival to Liam Flynn's Ale House," he says. " I'm glad to take Performance Kitchen's and CENTERSTAGE's Pub Lab concept into new territory with a one-night-only play fest. Bars are where we go to share stories about all sorts of characters, so it's fitting to take a festival inspired by classic characters and really feed off of that pub setting."
Baltimore Performance Kitchen and CENTERSTAGE have joined forces to create a platform for Baltimore performing artists and companies to showcase, workshop, and explore new artistic ideas-beer in hand. These events are all held at Liam Flynn's Ale House, 22 W. North Avenue, and are free and open to the public. No tickets are necessary, but please arrive early to buy a beverage and snag a primo seat.
The night features a cast of GMT company members and friends. The playwrights are: Peter Davis, Brent Englar, Jessica Murphy Garrett, Kate Gillespie, Sarah Ford Gorman, Andrew Patrick and Rebecca Wyrick.
To follow the conversation, check out the company at www.facebook.com/GlassMindTheatre or follow GMT's Twitter @GlassMindThtr and use the hashtags #B4 #GMTS3. You can also learn more at cheand www.glassmindtheatre.com


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If we start the season like the preseason we might get...
Jadeveon Clowney.....rebuild !!!!!!
If we start the season like the preseason we might get...
Jadeveon Clowney.....rebuild !!!!!!
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oh, wait... you are talking about fans who watched this mess and are dealing with reality.
I kid.. but seriously, all this "relax, trust the team will be fine is laughable" it looks like we are sloppy and unprepared, just like last season.
It won't matter, in DL system he will sit his first two years anyway.
And we will still me number 1 in defense and last at where it really counts.
Its a good thing we are practicing so many FG's. Those kickers will need to perfect their 27 yd FG's as we will be kicking them a lot. 4th and 3 inside the 10 and chip the FG in instead of practicing short yardage runs. Seems odd to me that on one hand the Steelers care so little about a preseason game that they practice runs and short passes the entire time to protect the QB, but when they get to 4th and 3 inside the 10, rather than take that time to practice short yardage goalline runs, we bring in a kicker for a chip in he could make blindfolded.


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Tabby was living in unspeakable conditions with her siblings Simba and Kitty Bear before Paw Prints rescued her. Despite her previous treatment, she loves and trust humans. She is a very affectionate and friendly kitty. She will run to greet you and immediately give you head nudges and leg rubs. She loves food and is even more happy to see you if you are bringing treats. Tabby loves her brothers, but she won't hesitate to let them know that she is the boss. Tabby needs a loving home and deserves a best friend who loves and pampers her. Tabby is healthy and up to date on her vaccines. For more information and to complete an online application, please visit www.pawprintsrescue.org
Rescue and Adoption Program. We are dedicated to finding forever homes for displaced or abandoned dogs and cats and educating the public about pet over population and the benefits of spaying and neutering. Paw Prints accepts into its Rescue and Adoption Program stray cats, kittens, dogs and puppies from the general public as foster space permits.
Prior to adoption, foster animals are tested, vaccinated, microchipped, treated for various parasites, and sterilized (if age appropriate). They receive individualized love, socialization, training and observation in their foster homes to ensure that a perfect match is achieved when adopted into their forever homes. These cats and dogs live in volunteer foster homes until we find them a loving permanent home, however long it takes. Paw Prints makes a lifetime commitment to each animal it rescues and places through adoption. We never want these animals to be homeless again. Accordingly, our adoption contract requires any individual who adopts an animal from our program to return it to us for re-homing should they ever find, for any reason, they are no longer able to provide it with a home. In addition, we are committed to doing all we can to stem the tide of homeless animals by requiring that all animals adopted from our program be sterilized.
Feral Cat Colony Management Program. In addition to its Rescue and Adoption Program, Paw Prints assists citizens maintain several feral cat colonies in the Triangle area. Maintenance of a colony includes providing daily food and water, building and maintaining shelters, sterilizing and vaccinating the cats, and providing veterinary care for conditions such as abscesses, respiratory infections, mouth and gum disease. Where possible, Paw Prints helps secure donated or low-cost cat food and veterinary services to assist caretakers. Paw Prints also offers advice and assistance to individuals and other groups with respect to non-lethal feral cat management. Friendly cats and kittens are often discovered living in feral cat colonies. A large percentage of young kittens in a colony can be tamed with proper handling and attention. Friendly adult cats are occasionally identified; more often than not, recently abandoned at or near the colony. When foster space permits, these friendly cats and kittens are pulled from their colonies to enter Paw Prints' Rescue and Adoption Program.
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Our Favorite Moments from Last Year's Sportsman's Expo
Last year's Sportsman's Expo was so much fun that we had a hard time picking out our favorite moments to share. There was good food, great people and the crazy zipline folks dangling above our heads. We also rocked out to some great music and met a few celebrities along the way.
The 2013 Louisiana Powersports Sportsman's Expo is just a few weeks away, and in anticipation for the biggest and best Sportsman's Expo yet we decided to share last year's highlights with you to get you psyched for this year's event.


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Pigmented lesion on an elderly man's lip
Pigmented lesion on an elderly man's lip
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The Case
An 89-year-old hemiplegic man is seen for a routine physical examination. Major right brain stroke produced permanent dense left-sided motor deficit years ago. Has related vascular dementia. Completed full isoniazid prophylaxis for newly positive PPD skin test 2 years back; underwent concomitant pyridoxine repletion. Has benign prostatic hyperplasia, urolithiasis, and esophageal reflux disease. Takes 14 medications, including warfarin, sotalol, tamsulosin, tizanidine for spasticity in the left hand, and quetiapine.
More History/Physical
Man whose smile is evident and winning, notwithstanding left central facial palsy. Scabbed 1 cm basal cell carcinoma on right temple (neither he nor family wants it treated). Left hemiplegia. Flexion contracture at wrist, with padding and splint to prevent injury and retard progression. Verbal output sparse but mostly appropriate. Mouth as shown. Dentition and gums unremarkable for age.
Laboratory Findings
INR, 2.8 (target therapeutic range for this patient, 2 to 3).
What's Your Diagnosis?
• Addison disease
• Basal cell carcinoma
• Mucocele
• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
• Organic psychosis
• Venus lake


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FDIC Consumer News
Winter 2012/2013
For More Help or Information on FDIC Insurance
Use "EDIE," the FDIC's online tool for analyzing your insurance coverage, at www.fdic.gov/edie. "EDIE is ideal for verifying your deposit insurance coverage for existing deposit accounts as well any new accounts you might consider opening at your bank," said Calvin Troup, an FDIC Senior Consumer Affairs Specialist. EDIE can be used for all but a few deposit categories, such as complex trust deposits.
Watch the 30-minute FDIC video "Deposit Insurance Coverage." It is available in both English and Spanish at www.youtube.com/user/FDICchannel.
Read the FDIC's two main consumer publications about deposit insurance. Go to www.fdic.gov/deposit/deposits to read and order free printed copies of "Deposit Insurance Summary" (a two-page overview) and "Your Insured Deposits" (a more in-depth guide).
When in doubt about your deposit insurance coverage, you can always contact the FDIC. Call toll-free 1-877-ASK-FDIC (1-877-275-3342), send an e-mail at www2.fdic.gov/starsmail or write to the FDIC, 550 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20429.
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Happy toddler zone
Everything parents need to know about raising happy, healthy little ones. more
While everyone should eat well to stay healthy, women have changing nutritional needs at different stages of life and need to understand which particular foods that will do the most good for us.
Here are the top ten foods all women should eat:
Salmon is high in omega-3 oils and protein, low in cholesterol and contains B vitamins , calcium, zinc, iron and magnesium. Two servings a week of this super-food will give you a wide range of health benefits.
We all know that omega-3 oils are good for us, but did you know that pregnant and breastfeeding women can pass on the benefits of omega-3 oils to their growing baby? Eating plenty of oily fish like salmon during the third trimester can also protect you from the baby blues. Post-menopausal women can also benefit from fatty fish like salmon as it protects the heart from heart disease as oestrogen levels drop.
Find out more about the health benefits of salmon here, as it's one of Kidspot's five feel good foods.
This often-overlooked seed is high in omega-3 oils anda disease-fighting compound called lignans, an important type of fibre for women. To benefit from the wonders of the flaxseed you need to eat 1-2 tablespoons of crushed flaxseeds a day - whole seeds are hard to digest so crushed or ground seeds are the most beneficial.
Research has shown that 40 grams of crushed flaxseeds have a significant impact on the number of 'hot flushes' women get through menopause. Flaxseed has also been shown to lower bad cholesterol and the golden variety of flaxseed may play a role in fighting breast cancer.
Flaxseed can also play a role in preventing stretch marks and some mums recommend using it in home remedies for colds and flu.
Cranberries are a great source of vitamin C and dietary fibre. The potential health benefits of cranberries have been documented as improving dental hygiene and preventing cancer and heart disease. Usually considered too bitter and too sour to eat fresh, cranberries are usually juiced before consumption.
Women are much more vulnerable to urinary tract infections than men, and when it comes to UTIs, nothing beats cranberry juice . The antioxidants in cranberries prevent bacteria from sticking to the bladder walls which forces the bacteria to be flushed from your system. The fact that cranberries also act as a diuretic, mean that the flushing of the bladder happens quickly!
To find out more about urinary tract health for women, read this or the details in our pregnancy glossary
Greek yoghurt contains twice as much protein and less sugar, salt and carbohydrates than most yoghurts. And because of the higher protein content, Greek yoghurt makes you feel fuller for longer.
Studies suggest that 30% of all calories should come from protein - and most women don't come close to this number. When a higher proportion of calories come from protein, weight loss, muscle maintenance and healthy aging are more sustainable. Generally too, women should be consuming more dairy products each day to protect themselves from osteoporosis and Greek yoghurt is a good choice because not only does it deliver a big serve of calcium, it is also full of good bacteria that promotes colon health.
To find out more about the health benefits of eating Greek yoghurt, read Kidspot's Five Feelgood Foods story.
Tomatoes are rich in vitamins A and C and a good source of calcium, phosphorus, potassium and sodium. To get the maximum benefit from the tomatoes you eat, it is best to eat them immediately after cutting them open as they oxidise quickly.
Being a rich source of lycopene and biotin, tomatoes help prevent cancer, particularly breast and cervical cancer. These phytochemicals may also protect us from cardiovascular disease. Research has shown that cooking tomatoes and adding a little oil, makes it easier for our bodies to access the lycopene and other antioxidants.
Kidspot has an abundance of meal ideas and recipes containing tomatoes, including:
Pumpkins are rich source of potassium, magnesium and fibre, and its bright orange flesh is packed full of beta-carotene, which is an important antioxidant that fights free radicals in our body, and therefore protects us from cancer.
Aside from being small on calories, the antioxidants in pumpkin have been reported as helping to prevent breast cancer, and its high fibre content ensures digestive health.
Digestive health and fibre intake is extremely important, as women are at high risk of bowel cancer as they get older - read Kidspot's 5 ways to prevent bowel cancer to find out more.
Kidspot has plenty of tasty recipes containing pumpkin, including:
Lean red meat trimmed of visible fat is not only a good source of protein and energy, but also has benefits in avoiding heart disease. Not only packed with protein, red meat also contains good levels of iron, zinc, B vitamins, selenium, vitamin D, and is recommended 3-4 times a week.
Women generally don't have enough iron in their diet - and iron supplements don't deliver iron to the body nearly as efficiently as red meat does. While all women who menstruate need a regular source of iron in their diet, iron-rich food is of particular importance for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Recipes using lean meat include:
Mangos are an excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin C. They also contain iron, nicotinic acid, and potassium. The high doses of vitamin C in mangos act as a powerful anti-inflammatory agent which can decrease asthma symptoms.
One mango provides women with 100% of their daily requirement of vitamin A (beta carotene), 95% of their vitamin C, 40% of their fibre and about 30% of their vitamin E. But aside from providing a very efficient (and tasty) way to get the day's hit of vitamins, mangoes also provide protection against cervical and colon cancer, as well as reducing the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease.
For recipe ideas using mangoes, head to our Best Recipe section or try:
Spinach is extremely rich in antioxidants. It is also a rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, iron, folic acid and omega-3 fatty acids.
Spinach is a super-food, protecting against a vast array of conditions as wide ranging as osteoporosis, heart disease, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, and arthritis. Of particular note for women planning a pregnancy, spinach is an excellent source of folic acid, a vital mineral for healthy foetal growth and development. To get the greatest folate benefit from spinach, it is best to quickly steam the leaves rather than boil it. For more spinach recipe ideas, try:
Sesame seeds are a great source of calcium, copper and zinc - minerals all associated with bone health . While ¼ of a cup of hulled sesame seeds will deliver about 35% of your daily calcium requirements, unhulled sesame seeds will give you about 85%.
As osteoporosis and general deteriorating bone health is a huge health risk for women as they age, foods such sesame seeds that can deliver vital minerals for bone health should be eaten regularly. Additionally, the high levels of copper in sesame seeds can reduce the swelling and pain associated with arthritis.
Recipes containing sesame seeds include:
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot, Australia's best family health resource.
Last revised: Friday, 4 June 2010
This article contains general information only and is not intended to replace advice from a qualified health professional.


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Following last week's Dishonored coverage, we've added new screenshots and concept art to the game's official Facebook page and Flickr collection.
For more on the game, tune into X-Play tonight at 6:30 ET. During the show, you'll be able to catch in-game footage from the game, as Morgan Webb interviews the game's creative directors, Harvey Smith and Raphael Colantonio.
Elsewhere, Gamespot has a new Dishonored video featuring visual design direction Viktor Antonov, art director Sebastien Mitton, and lead level designer Christophe Carrier. Watch it below.
That's everything for now. As new details on Dishonored surface, we'll keep you updated.