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The Brokerage Firm Effect In Herding: Evidence From Indonesia
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Volume (Year): 34 (2011)
Issue (Month): 3 (09)
Pages: 461-479
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Normally, you expect the governor or lieutenant governor to have the greatest influence over a legislative session. The governor can use his powerful pulpit to highlight issues and introduce emergency items that often make or break a session. The lieutenant governor presides over a Senate of just 31 members, names them to committees, selects the heads of those panels and influences what legislation comes to the floor; the post is often considered the state's most powerful position.
This year, neither Gov. Rick Perry nor Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst left the biggest mark on the Legislature's regular session. The most important figure was House Speaker Joe Straus. His influence was both positive and negative — you couldn't miss it.
The quiet-tempered Republican had his hands full dealing with a raucous House in his first two sessions as speaker. This year, as one lobbyist put it, he went from steering the House to actually navigating its course.
That was not easily done.
The San Antonio representative laid the groundwork for his pivotal session before it even began. He went around the state talking about how this was the session the Legislature needs to get serious. He brought that point up during speeches and interviews, including one I had with him before November's election.
To him, being serious meant getting Texas ready for the year 2030, when our population is projected to hit 33 million. I don't know if there was anything magical about that year, but it was good that he had a specific time frame. That way, legislators could focus on whether their actions were preparing the state for a particular objective.
Finding a way to fund Texas' water supplies was one of his get-serious goals. Perry and Dewhurst saddled up with that aim, but it was largely Straus who made it happen.
He did so in a couple of crucial ways.
First, he put Allan Ritter, a respected GOP lawmaker, back in charge of the House Natural Resources Committee. More than Republican Troy Fraser, his Senate counterpart, Ritter has worked for the last two years to identify a way to finance Texas' 50-year water plan.
Straus gave him cover as Ritter searched for a way to finance and create a new water fund. Fees on bottled water and new home sites previously had been discussed. The visionary Ritter put his eyes on the several billion dollars that were collecting in the state's rainy day fund. They became the vehicle for getting $2 billion for the water fund.
The debate, however, came to an impasse late in the session. The $2 billion investment would have required a vote to raise the state's spending cap. The House was on board, but some senators didn't want that vote on their records. Instead, they wanted voters to approve the project and the money.
Straus took a hard line against the Senate proposal, and he and his lieutenants were right: Legislators should make tough decisions in a representative democracy, not punt them to voters.
At first, Straus dug in. He said the House wouldn't go the Senate's way.
Then he showed the skill of a politician. I say that as a good thing; we have almost lost the art of compromise.
Instead of standing stiff-necked, Straus pragmatically let his chamber negotiate with the Senate. The result was a compromise that should allow Texas to finance the water projects and conservation strategies it will need as the state's population grows and its climate risks more unpredictability.
Second, for all the sway Straus had on water, he had just as much on public education. Except his influence there was negative, if you consider measuring student progress an important part of an education system. Or if you think that the bipartisan work of the last 30 years to raise Texas' education standards has been important for students and the state.
Straus' influence began with appointing Jimmie Don Aycock, R-Killeen, to head the House Public Education Committee. A speaker's power particularly comes through his chairmen and the people he assigns to committees.
The choice of Aycock, who had served on the Killeen school board, signified that he wanted to change Texas' method of testing kids. He also was willing to make it easier for some high school students to graduate.
Aycock pursued both of those aims in his HB 5, the session's most important education bill. Texas high school students must now pass five end-of-course exams to graduate, not the 15 that legislators in 2009 had decided to require. Most of those five tests will come by the end of 10th grade.
HB 5 also removes incentives to take the four years of math, science, English and social studies that many students take today on the recommended high school degree plan. Further, it takes away the assurance of rigor in math and science courses that now exists.
Interestingly, vocal opponents of the new degree plans included minority organizations such as LULAC, Education Trust and the National Council of La Raza. They feared that minority kids would get shuffled into lesser degree tracks.
You would have thought their voices would have influenced Straus. He comes from San Antonio, which has a dominant Latino population. He knows that the state's demographics are becoming increasingly Latino, and he knows his party needs to do better among Hispanics.
Nevertheless, he sided with the superintendents and suburban parents who were driving the anti-testing revolt.
The moment wasn't Straus' greatest. Nor was he at his best when he failed to stop legislation that will make Texas the first state to ask Washington to get out from under testing requirements in grades three through eight.
Those decisions, along with his work on the state's water issues, underscore the outsized influence the speaker wielded over the last five months.
Joe Straus was no ordinary leader in this session.
Dallas Morning News columnist William McKenzie can be reached at
wmckenzie@ dallasnews
.com. He moderates the Texas Faith blog at
dallasnews.com/texasfaith and contributes to dallasnews.com's Education Blog. Follow him on Twitter at @bill_mckenzie.

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" Genre: Fiction / Author: Carol Snow / Paperback / 336 Pages / Book is published 2010-04-06 by Berkley Publishing Group "
Veronica Czaplicki hasn't had the greatest start to the year particularly since her husband Hank told her he had found the love of his life and it turned out not to be her. Veronica's life is made that much harder when everyone keeps mistaking her for new Hollywood starlet Haley Rush. It comes as a surprise to Veronica when Haley's manager, Jay, offers Veronica the chance of becoming Haley's double - attending film premieres, a-list parties and constantly being papped - however after the shock wears off, Veronica immediately agrees. Pretty soon her life has turned into quite a whirlwind, particularly since she also has to balance her new life with looking after her son Ben. But when sparks fly with Haley's alleged ex Brady, just what is a girl to do?
Surprisingly I actually came across Just Like Me, Only Better on a fellow Chick Lit blog when Elle at Trashionista posted up a review about the book. I quite liked the sound of it and after doing a bit of research on Carol, I saw that this was actually her 4th adult novel and one of her novels has the rather imaginative title of Here Today, Gone To Maui, which made me immediately want to read one of Carol's books, so I was thrilled when Carol's publicist Joy offered me a copy of Just Like Me, Only Better to review. It arrived a while ago and I was looking for a fairly quick read earlier today and this jumped out at me so I decided to give it a go.
There are lots of chick lit books published yearly about celebrities but I don't think I've ever read one about a regular person impersonating a celebrity and actually being paid to do so but this is the case in Just Like Me, Only Better. It's definitely a quirky plot which sets it apart from most chick lit and I hugely enjoyed Veronica's transformation from sad single mum to the spitting image of the hottest new star in LA (including changing her hair colour, getting spray tanned and borrowing Haley's wardrobe). Of course Veronica's new job is far from perfect particularly when it turns out that Haley isn't the angel the media are portraying her to be and definitely has a darker side - one that no-one could have imagined.
On top of all that Veronica also has to juggle her increasingly difficult family life - looking after son Ben, having to put up with living in a friend's backyard and having to keep her new job a secret - causing ructions between her friends. Rumours also begin circulating in Fullerton about Veronica's private life when she begins having late nights out (oh the horror!). Matters are made even worse when Veronica is sent to have coffee with Brady, Haley's alleged ex/boyfriend, and she finds she's attracted to him and it seems he feels the same way. But what will Haley's manager - and essentially Veronica's boss - Jay say and just what will Haley herself say when she finds out the woman hired to act like her is having feelings for her supposed ex? Surely that wasn't in the script?!
Carol Snow has created a really likeable leading lady in Veronica and I really really liked her. She's definitely one of my favourite heroines in the books I've read this year. Sure at the beginning she's sad after her husband Hank left her - insultingly - for an older woman but she's still easy to relate to. She was very self-deprecating ("If I can't keep a man in my prime, then what chance do I have?") but was also very funny with it and she doesn't let the fact she looks like Haley Rush go to her head at all and it's so great to see how her life changes after Jay offers her the job of being Haley. I suppose the other main character was Haley herself even though she's mainly non-syllabic whenever she has scenes in the book. It was clear to see that fame had destroyed Haley in ways that we never really touched upon - it kind of reminded me of what Lindsay Lohan is currently going through minus the lesbianism. I actually really loved Jay, Haley's manager and the man who initially hires Veronica. He can come across as a bit touchy at times but I thought he was a great character. The book only really revolves around those three and I don't think we fully get into anyone else mentioned although Hank, Veronica's ex, makes appearances as well as Brady Ellis, the man Veronica goes out with whilst she's Haley.
I really really enjoyed reading Just Like Me, Only Better and it really did make me laugh out loud. There's one particular scene where Veronica is trying to set up a meeting to meet Haley and it keeps getting cancelled so one piece of dialogue is repeated five or so times and I was in stitches by the predictability of it all. Just Like Me, Only Better is very well written and I was surprised at how quickly the pages were flying by. There's 320 pages in the book and it just flew for me which is the sign of a fantastic book. The end of the book was hugely enjoyable although I did suspect it from the middle of the book so I was pleased to find out I was right!
I was incredibly sad to finish Just Like Me, Only Better as I hugely enjoyed reading about Veronica and her life as Haley. It's a huge shame that this book will only be available to the US market unless you're willing to pay £10 on Amazon. I reckon Carol Snow would be quite a favourite in the UK market if her novels were ever to be published there. I for one would immediately order all of her previous books if they weren't so expensive! I do however hugely recommend Just Like Me, Only Better if you're able to buy it as it was a really great read.


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Thank you, SD and Sparks, for the nice comments. The flying (or trying) isn't far off now. Work and other unavoidable obligations will hinder me from putting it up this coming weekend. I can "smell" the end of it, and it drives me nuts to have to leave it undone when it's this close, but "them's the breaks" I guess. Maybe a little piddling time here and there, if I'm lucky.
The rest of the pack is mounting stiff competition. There are some really appealing and nicely done projects going on right now. My inexperience with Brit-kits and new-comer status to this forum keeps me from posting much (thereby showing my ignorance), but pats on the back are due all around! Some very nice work going on here. Keep it up, boys!
You have been a great addition to this build off David and I have thoroughly enjoyed following your build, thanks a lot for taking part. Waiting with bated breath now for the maiden flight and wishing you the best of luck with it - though I'm sure it will be fine.
The End!
Except for the flying part, it's all done. Controls are checked out, CG is possibly a bit nose heavy, battery is secured... I think I've covered it all. Maiden will probably be in 3 or 4 weeks (along with the Terror), as I don't deal very well with temps from 99 to 102, that doesn't include heat indexes of +5 to 6 degrees. Old and soft, I guess. Didn't used to bother me that bad.
I have developed a yearning to do something smaller and less complicated. Free flight is sounding very appealing right now. Bouncing back and forth between a couple or three. I'll get it figured out pretty quickly and be off again on the next one.
The finished photos...
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Cracking job David, you have really done Phil Smith's classic full justice. Will be waiting eagerly for news of the first flights, but I am confident it will fly like a bird. Thnaks for an enjoyable build thread too.
Something simple and free-flight eh? Is it going to be another Britkit???
Thank you kindly, gentlemen! I've certainly had a lot of fun doing it. I forgot to mention in my last post the finished weight. Wound up at 30.3 oz - and that's including a 3s 2200 lipo. Looks like a 480 would have carried it just fine, but there's plenty of punkin' up front now in power and weight.
I've long had the plans printed up for the Frog Moth Minor, just never did hit me right to start it. I sat down last night and in an hour had all the parts cut out. Most of the time, once that's done, I'm committed.
And so I am... It'll be the Moth Minor, so yes, SD, another BritKit.
OK, I've delayed the sad truth for longer than I should have. For anyone who was, or is interested, the Deacon is no more.
For reasons which included nerves, a marginally windy day and knows what else, I chose to let the club "expert" do the maiden. A 5 second run downwind (with lots of wing flutter), and a 3 second run upwind was all it took to literally fly the wings off of it. Half throttle should have been the max this plane ever saw. The larger motor (for weight up front) was just too much. I suppose that a warning to the test pilot would have been wise thing, but you would think an experienced pilot would have seen the frail nature of the model.
Oh well, obviously no video or pictures, as the 8 seconds of flight were of the "white knuckle" variety! Ultimately, the demise of the Deacon can only be my fault, and good, bad, right or wrong, the deed is done.
I really appreciate all of the encouragement and help offered in this thread (you know who you are). Absolutely great bunch of guys here! Qualifications for the contest were not met, so, "Out I go!"
Oh heck, that's really sad. You obviously chose the wrong test pilot, he must clearly have been one of the type who thinks that throttles only have one position, wide open! And he obviously had zero appreciation of the fact that this was a vintage FREE FLIGHT design which should have been flown as such, not batted around the sky like a pattern or 3D model - even so, he must have been b****y hamfisted to pull the wings off. Even in my very early days of radio flying I NEVER had anyone else test fly my models, I reckoned that I had built them and if anyone was going to crash 'em it was going to be me!
However - just a little bit of good news to offset against the tragedy, as with last year's FROG build off, I specified that the model had to be finished, but not necessarily flown to qualify for the final poll, so your late and very lamented Deacon will be in.
Hope this won't put you off the idea of build offs, or of vintage models, and I hope you are going to finish your Moth Minor.
Not a bad way of looking at it. In hindsight, I could hardly have done worse. It does make me feel better that I at least did comply with the rules of the contest and have one legitimate entry.
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Pina Colada Gelatin Shot Eyeballs for Halloween. This recipe makes a 12 pack of eyeball gelatin shots for the adults at the party. THe eyeballs look creepy on a bar or buffet.
- 3/4 cup Bacardi frozen Piña Colada drink mix, thawed
- 1/3 cup rum or coconut flavored rum
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin For Cornea and Iris and Bloodshot Veins
- food colors (preferably paste colors)
- water
- 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
- 1 tablespoon sweetened coconut (optional) funnel
- toothpicks
- tweezers
- Makes 12 Gelatin Eyeballs
- The eyeball molds come in a two parts. Lightly spray both parts with cooking spray or brush with vegetable oil and pop the top part of the mold onto the bottom. The instructions come with the molds and set aside.
- Prepare gelatin mixture by sprinkling unflavored Gelatin over the thawed pina colada mix in a small saucepan. Allow gelatin to soften for about 10 minutes. Turn on the heat and stir and cook until Gelatin completely melts and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in the cream and rum.
- Use a funnel to pour the mixture, through the top opening, into the prepared molds. IMPORTANT NOTE: Stir the mixture frequently while pouring -- like before each eyeball, as it tends to separate -- with the alcohol at the bottom (the top when unmolded). Sometimes, they tend to separate into layers anyway, as in the photo, but this works as the gelatinous semi-clear layer add to the creepy realism of the eyeballs, but keep stirring to keep an even amount of Gelatin in each eyeball.
- The instructions that come with the eyeballs instruct you to use small plastic plugs that come with the mold at this point, to seal off the top. We found this to be an unnecessary step, but you can do this if it makes you feel better.
- Chill molds for several hours or until set (sometimes they will set in an hour or so, but I usually like to allow more time for a firmer set).
- Carefully unmold the eyeballs, cutting off any excess from the top stem so that they sit flat when turned over.
- Prepare Cornea and IrisMix 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin into a half cup of boiling water. Use a toothpick to mix in a small glob of paste food color in shade of your choice (we used blue, green and brown -- making a separate batch for each color). Stir until smooth. (If you don't have paste color, use a few drops of liquid food color.) Use either an eyedropper or a small drinking straw that you hold your finger over one end to keep liquid trapped inside. Pick up a small amount of colored Gelatin and carefully, drop by drop, place it into the cornea indentation on the eyeballs. Allow to set for a half hour or so. To make the iris, take a toothpick and dip it into a jar of paste dark colored paste food color (we used purple and brown), then pierce center of cornea to leave behind the dark dot for the iris. Use a clean toothpick for each eyeball in order to not contaminate your food colors.
- Prepare Bloodshot Eyeball Effect (optional)Place 1 or 2 teaspoons of water in a tiny cup or bowl and stir in a small glob of red paste food color (or a few drops of liquid). Stir in the sweetened coconut. Mix well until coconut absorbs the red color. Pour onto a plate with a couple of layers of paper towels to absorb excess liquid. Use tweezers to place the damp coconut strands onto the eyeballs -- the moisture will hold them in place -- it doesn't matter if they're not perfectly flat.
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- Chill until ready to serve. (Note -- add the coconut as late as possible as the red colors can "bleed" into the white part if the eyeballs or the fridge are too moist.)
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Book : "Windows 7 - The technical reference" by Microsoft - for 15 Euros.
I think that's a great bargain, since the book's original price was 79 Euros.
It looks a tiny bit worn out because I think it has been the "presentation book" from the shop's bookshelf, but is still in very good shape nevertheless.
Actually my intuition was very loud and very "outspoken" in this : "Buy it ! Buy it ! You don't know if you'll ever get that chance again !"
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OverviewAfter being on every tourist-accessible peak in High Tatras I decided to go further with a help of Tatras mountain guides. During two days we climbed a ridge of Ľadové štíty and the ridge connecting Pyšný štít with Lomnický štít.
The ridge of Ľadové štíty is quite exposed, but it isn't too difficult. We started at 4:00 from Hrebienok, we went through Malá Studená dolina Valley and Dolinka pod Sedielkom to Sedielko pass (2376 m) - the highest tourist accessible pass in High Tatras. From there we continued to the summit of Malý Ľadový štít (2602 m), then we crossed Ľadová štrbina pass and climbed to the summit of Ľadový štít (2627 m) - the highest point in the main ridge of High Tatras. From there we descend via Ľadový kôň to Ľadová priehyba and from there back to Hrebienok.


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Mr. Miller is revolutionizing the way high school students learn English in an attempt to help them understand how the principles they are learning in class can cross over into the real world. Park city is a culture rich with film heritage. Mr. Miller is using this to his advantage in his class room by having his students work on create a documentary about their classroom neighbor. The students write the scripts and the screen plays, which are submitted in drafts for grading and revision. They then film and edit the 2 min. documentary in class. Upon completion the student's films are shown in class. This documentary activity not only teaches teenagers how English can be applied to mediums they are familiar with, like documentary film, but it also helps them get to know one another as they view the films as a class, subsequently creating a strong learning community. Mr. Miller would love to be able to purchase some additional equipment and editing software to more easily facilitate this learning activity.
Another way that Mr. Miller is applying English to the real world is by having his students create professional writing portfolios that they can use to help with college admissions and/or job interviews in the future. "This is a great way for students to showcase their work and to begin to understand how important the principles they are learning in school will be in their lives," says Miller. It makes them aware and acwej accountable to a world outside the classroom and the teacher. Unfortunately, a lot of the kids complain that other students are getting into their assignments and reading their projects and Mr. Miller does not have the materials to keep graded materials confidential. He would love to use some of the funds from the Golden Apple Award to remedy this problem and to purchase additional supplies for these writing portfolios.
In Mr. Miller's class there are several students who are learning English as a second language (ESL). Because they are still trying to master the language, it is extremely difficult for them to write essays about the literary works they are reading in class. So Mr. Miller has them create captioned storyboards instead to gauge what they understood, where there is confusion, and keep them from being so intimidated about writing an essay that they shut off. Story boards are a great way for ESL students to creatively engage and absorb what they are learning without getting bogged down and frustrated by their inability to express themselves entirely in written English. Mr. Miller recognizes that not all of these students have the needed resources to create a storyboard, things like crayons, colored pencils, markers, etc. and would like to be able to provide these supplies to those who need them.
The Christensen Law Firm recently started the Christensen Law Firm School Supplies Gift Program to help public school teachers get extra classroom supplies without having to spend their own money. Each week the program gives the Golden Apple Award, which is a $100 gift card each week to a deserving Utah Public school teacher and his/her class. Anyone can nominate a teacher for this program: teachers, students, parents and administrators. To learn more about the program and get information on the winners visit: http://www.utahpersonalinjurylawfirm.com/
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Miguel Tejada are among those named in the long-awaited Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball.
There's an All-Star roster linked to steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs that put a question mark next to some of baseball's biggest moments.
Home run king Barry Bonds, already under indictment on charges of lying to a federal grand jury about steroids, also shows up in baseball's most infamous lineup since the Black Sox scandal.
The report culminates a 20-month investigation by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. He was hired by commissioner Bud Selig to examine the Steroids Era.
It's uncertain whether the report will result in any penalties or suspensions.
Selig plans to hold a news conference later this afternoon to address the report.
Complete coverage on Volunteer TV News First at 4:00, and local reaction tonight at 5:30.
A complete list of players mentioned in the report follows:
Jason Grimsley
Ryan Jorgenson
Jay Gibbons
Jose Guillen
Jose Canseco
Ken Caminiti
Barry Bonds
Glenallen Hill
Manny Alexander
Lenny Dykstra
Wally Joyner
Mark McGwire
Mike Spinelli
Ricky Bones
Alex Cabrera
Juan Gonzalez
Rafael Palmeiro
Miguel Tejada
David Segui
Paxton Crawford
Jason Giambi
Jeremy Giambi
Armando Rios
Gary Sheffield
Benito Santiago
Marvin Benard
Randy Velarde
Bobby Estalella
Larry Bigbie
Brian Roberts
Jack Cust
Tim Laker
Josias Manzanillo
Todd Hundley
Mark Carreon
Hal Morris
Matt Franco
Rondell White
Roger Clemens (215)
Andy Pettitte
Chuck Knoblauch
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David Justice (229)
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Denny Neagle
Ron Villone
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Newark Christmas Fair
Visit our Christmas Fair in Newark House and pick up lovely festive gifts for the holiday season.
On 12 and 13 December we welcome back our Christmas Fair to Newark House. Stalls selling wonderful local gifts can be found all through the house, so this is a great opportunity to pick up those special presents for the festive season.
There will also be a trail in the house for children, and our catering pavilion will be serving some tasty Christmas treats. Finish your visit with a wintery walk in the Newark gardens and estate.
The house and gardens will be open from 11am to 4pm. Normal admission applies, and National Trust members and under 5s come in free.


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You Lose Sympathy...
When you decide to get greedy and flip a kilo of coke. Sympathy is dead, it is no more.
Now you have to deal with it like a man: Either take the jail time or run for mayor of Toronto.
The former Silk Road employee whom the website's founder allegedly tried to have killed has testified in a Baltimore, Maryland court, casting fresh light on the murky inner workings of the now-defunct online drugs market. Curtis Clark Green, 47, appeared in the federal court to plead guilty to charges of drug trafficking, …
When you decide to get greedy and flip a kilo of coke. Sympathy is dead, it is no more.
Now you have to deal with it like a man: Either take the jail time or run for mayor of Toronto.
"....or run for mayor of Toronto." We'll, it seems being Mayor of Toronton and being a druggie is actually a problem, so a more viable option would be to apply for a position with the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry or the drugs enforcement branch of their Policía Nacional (http://en.tengrinews.kz/crime/Italy-finds-cocaine-in-Ecuador-diplomatic-pouch-Quito--7528/).
> When you decide to get greedy and flip a kilo of coke.
He got greedy?
Or more likely, he did $SOMETHINGSTUPID and
1000g a metric shitload of cocaine turned up on his own fucking door step with the FBI's postage stamps on it and all evidence pointing to him.
He's now facing the rest of his life in prison (thankyou WOD). Of course he is gonna sing like a canary to the FBI and make out his life was at risk. They now have a perfect witness willing to say anything.
Sorry mate, but the truith is the first casualty in this story.
Does Mr. Ulbricht not have any teeth?
More punk
yeah i wondered that looks like someone has got funky with an airbrush for some bizarre reason
it isnt defunct anymore. Another Dread pirate roberts has taken charge and brought the site back online.
I dont see how they can stop these sites anymore. It is no different from torrent sites now, and we all know that when 1 closes, 2 more pop up.
Clearly you've not considered either the NSA and friends or the nature of Bitcoins to any significant degree.
Months before they found DPR, they found the server. How did that happen?
If you can figure out how to hide a publicly known server you can make a lot of money. But if you fail, you go directly to jail. Running one for a few weeks is not a problem. Running one for a few years and not getting caught is impossible with the current surveillance systems.
Running one for a few years and not getting caught is impossible with the current surveillance systems.
Then again, drug dealing in real time works pretty much the same way – you could probably get away with it once, but make it your day job and sooner or later the g-men will get a hold of you – and yet there seems to be no shortage of young men willing to go into it to the bitter end.
"drug dealing in real time works pretty much the same way – you could probably get away with it once, but make it your day job and sooner or later the g-men will get a hold of you"
Except they don't get hold of the real dealers do they? They got the guy who accepted a delivery of 1KG of coke to pass on, any idiot could do that. They didn't get the guy who has kilos of coke waiting to drop off to people.
There is no shortage of people willing to step up because they can buy in bulk at a price substantially below the end user value of their product, so it seems like quick, easy money. Big distributors keep it this way because it removes them from the majority of the risk of getting caught.
How many actual SR dealers have they caught?
".....and we all know that when 1 closes, 2 more pop up." Yeah - one hosted by the DEA and one by the FBI.
It's capitalism 1-01: The price adjusts to balance supply and demand.
Capitalism, aka 'free pursuit of happiness'. You want to fight it? Talk to somebody from the Soviet Union, they gave up fighting after some 70 years.
> In his affidavit, he said that while at Silk Road he "could also view administrative Bitcoin accounts controlled by Ulbricht" – which, if true, might provide a source of potentially damning evidence.
> he claims he never knew Ulbricht's true identity. To Green, Ulbricht was "Dread Pirate Roberts,""
So how could his affidavit truthfully claim he could view Ulbricht's accounts, rather than DPR's accounts?
Since Ulbricht outright denies that he is the DPR in question, and AFAIK the only information we have are accusations/hearsay from the FBI, etc., surely it behooves people, and news outlets especially, not to so casually conflate the two identities at this stage.
I believe that it is only after either a confession, or having the evidence produced and an affirmative judgement made in court, that it stops being libel.
The case against Ulbricht is pretty strong. The feds aren't just throwing around hearsay, they've managed to establish that Ulbricht is DPR. He did make it kinda easy though, seeing as he made a number of jaw-droppingly stupid mistakes such as:
-using an email address of the form "firstname.lastname@example.com"
-using an internet cafe less than 200 metres from his home
-telling the DHS about Silk Road while being questioned by them over a bunch of fake IDs he had ordered
While I concede that some of the evidence is circumstantial, you have to be somewhat delusional if you still genuinely believe that Ulbricht != Roberts.
I was wondering if/when the targets of Ulbricht's attempted assassinations were going to crawl out of the woodwork. IIRC, the second one (whom Ulbricht allegedly coughed up $500k to have whacked) was Canadian. I'll be interested to hear what they have to say...
".....I believe that it is only after either a confession, or having the evidence produced and an affirmative judgement made in court, that it stops being libel." Yeah, we'll, whatever you want to baaaah-lieve, the law works a lot differently. It is an accusation at this point, for which charges have been brought (so they must have some evidence to back their case). It only becomes a libel if it is proven in court not only to be incorrect but also to have been stated maliciously whilst knowing it was incorrect.
Are officers of the law realy allowed to sell you 1kg of coke so they can arrest you ?
i thought this was just as illegal as the crime they are charging you with .
It probably wasn't real coke either
This story would make a very enjoyable movie. much more enjoyable
than the next one that's going to be delivered from JJ Abrams COLON
at the end of next year.
He hired a hitman?!?! Surely it would've been better to use iocaine powder?
So the sysadmin got into a drug deal with some undercover police and then Dread Pirate Roberts takes out a hit on him with another undercover police.
Were there ever any real criminals involved?
Do Americans normally fly the flag in their gardens?
Is it so that people coming along the road know that they have just left America and are now entering, err ...America?
(Confidently expecting this post to go down like lead faggot)
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Every year between Ash Wednesday and Easter, many Christians embark on a 40-day fast to give up worldly indulgences, such as meat, smoking and even social media.
Did you vow to break your social media addiction for Lent? Are you abstaining from Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, LinkedIn or other social media outlet?
If so, we want to hear from you. For an upcoming story, we are interested in talking to people who have given up social media for Lent.
We would love to hear which outlets you gave up, why you are choosing to abstain, how the experience has been so far, and what your plans are for post-Lent media consumption. (If you tried giving it up but couldn't make it through all 40 days, we want to hear from you, too.)
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The Pakistan Peoples Party's Sharmila Farooqui has registered a case against a Pakistani American citizen identified as Ali Mirza on charges of threatening to kill her while they were on an Islamabad-Karachi flight.
A shouting match erupted between the two passengers and the PK301 staff had to intervene to calm them down. After they arrived in Karachi, however, they started fighting again and the airport security had to escort them to the airport lounge.
Farooqui complained that Mirza had suddenly started harassing her and threatening her.
Mirza, who is said to be a member of an influential family, maintained that he neither harassed nor threatened the former adviser. All he wanted to do was inquire about her health. Farooqui shouted at him when he did this. For her part, Farooqui has insisted that security officials arrest him as he wanted to kill her.
The Airport Security Force informed the airport police about the case and they took Mirza into custody. Sources said that he repeatedly told them that Farooqi had slapped him, therefore a case should be lodged against her. In the meantime, his friends and relatives reached the airport and took him away.
Farooqui, who is the secretary of information for the PPP women's wing in Sindh, went to the police station and lodged a case (No. 165) under section 506 B (threatening to kill someone) and 504 (to bodily insult someone). There were reports that the police had taken Mirza into custody but later released him. Airport SHO Ghaffar Korai told The Express Tribune that as they rushed to arrest the man, he escaped with his people.
Quoting the statements of other passengers, Korai said that, "Mirza badly behaved with Miss Farooqui, harassed her and shouted/insulted the character of politicians, which led to scuffle between them in the plane". They are tracing him with the help of civil aviation staff.
Attempts to contact Farooqui went in vain. However, her personal assistant said that she could not comment. He said that the fighting started when Mirza [allegedly] spoke against politicians, especially Asif Ali Zardari, in the first class cabin. "I went to receive her at the airport. The man came out and was shouting saying, 'I am an American citizen and me tumhe dekh loonga' [I'll make you pay]."
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The New Year Is Here, Now What?
I stopped making New Year's resolutions some time ago. It's not that I didn't want to do or be better, or that I didn't want to take the opportunity to use this time of the year (usually accompanied by time off from work) to take stock of my life and figure out what I needed to tweak. I did. But what I usually wound up doing was expending lots of energy for the first 2-3 weeks of January, then falling off and returning back to life as usual. So I quit making resolutions.
How empowering, right? Yeah, no.
This year I decided to make one resolution: more action, less reaction. In looking at my life, I recognized that much of what I did or did not do came from a reaction to what someone else did or did not do or what I thought they may do or do not do. Whew! It's as if I created an entire game of tri-dimensional chess, but I was only playing myself. I've talked and written about being authentic, vulnerable, and a whole person, but how could that be if my behavior(s) were not truly coming from a pure place? Of course we all have actions that are influenced by others, and that's fine. I sometimes wear sequins because my daughter, lover of all things shiny, suggests that it would be a cute day look. But I can't live my life that way.
In looking back, I see that being reactionary has kept me in a bit of an oval-shaped holding pattern over the last couple of years. I'll skim along the edge, accomplish something, go further out into orbit, but then wait to see what happens instead of pushing further, deeper. I am lucky to be surrounded by some amazing folks, both in my intimate circle and on the periphery. Nope, not doing that any more. Or, I'm going to work at not living in that mode any further. The end-goal: having a fuller, deeper, more rewarding life in every area.
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ATLANTA — Two programs the state runs to minimize the cost and inconvenience of nursing-home stays aren't fully effective because of lack of coordination, according to an audit released Monday.
Most patients prefer staying at home, and a Supreme Court decision requires the government to use home-based treatment whenever possible to keep the disabled and elderly from being isolated in institutions. Plus, treating people at home provides taxpayers a significant savings.
But examiners with the state Department of Audits & Accounts concluded the state wasn't doing a very good job at avoiding nursing-home stays.
"In addition to unequal access to typical services, the current structure does not effectively allocate enhanced case-management services to those who may derive the most benefit," the auditors wrote.
Georgia spends $1 billion yearly on nursing-home care for the disabled and elderly who have low incomes. At the same time, it spends $387 million providing home-based services, like assistance with bathing and eating.
Who winds up getting to stay in their homes or those of a family member and who gets shipped off to a nursing home depends on which of the two programs they apply to, auditors found. Since the programs run by different state agencies don't share information, one routinely grants services to patients whose needs aren't as serious as those stuck on the other agency's waiting list.
And nursing homes usually admit urgent cases almost immediately while the state's Medicaid providers take several weeks just to conduct assessments, determine eligibility and develop a treatment plan. Those put on a waiting list usually go eight months until they get attention, the study found.
One program is supposed to get referrals from nursing homes themselves, but more than one-quarter of them have never referred the first patient, the auditors discovered.
The two agencies running the separate programs offered no argument with the auditors' conclusions. One of them, the Department of Community Health, said Tuesday it is revamping the way it measures success by tracking patients instead of individual programs. It's also stepping up the way it communicates with physicians and others who inform families of their treatment options.
It also announced Monday that it is among four states getting a federal grant of $57 million to provide web-based training for those making referrals. It will also use part of the money to begin using the same aging and disability resource centers for evaluations as the other program.
"We are extremely pleased to receive this grant funding to create easier access to home- and community-based living arrangements for some of our most vulnerable populations," said Community Health Commissioner David A. Cook.


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'… we have attempted to give the visitor from the West Indies a fair and frank picture, neither too fair nor too dark, of the circumstances he will find on his arrival in this country.'
So begins 'A West Indian in England' by H. D. Carberry and Dudley Thompson. These Jamaican immigrants, both law students at Oxford, were commissioned by the Central Office of Information in 1949 to write a pamphlet about what those considering emigration should expect in 'unknown and darkest England.'
The pamphlet appears in our records in draft form as part of a Colonial Office file entitled 'Publications: Proposed Race Relations Pamphlet' (CO 875/59/1). It followed a previously highly successful similar work, 'England as I saw her' written by S. O. Awokoya, a Nigerian immigrant.
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Nirmala is very well known literature by Munshi Premchand about the dowry system in India. Nirmala, first published in 1928 is a moving tale of a fifteen-year-old girl "Nirmala" whose life is bartered by the very hands of destiny when she is made to marry an elderly widower – a matchless match. Premchand presents a nuanced mockery of the institution of marriage and that of the patriarchal society with a high degree of reformist outline.
The novel "Nirmala" entirely deals about the life and activities of Nirmala. Nirmala as the protagonist and as the victim conveys some sensitive issues which leave the readers choked under the burden of the tragedy. It documents a change that was occurring in the earlier part of the 1900's and is an introduction of the history of women's rights and the status of women in Indian culture. Moreover "Nirmala", though is perceived as a progressive indictment to the debased patriarchal society, it enables the readers to have an insightful idea about the prehistory of `feminist` thinking in India of these days. It will be of special interest for the lovers of Indian culture and history and possibly of the history of women's rights.
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MILAN, Italy, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- An Italian Supreme Court ruling has ended film star Sophia Loren's dispute with tax authorities concerning her earnings in 1974.
The BBC said the Court of Cassation ruled in her favor Thursday.
The 79-year-old actress had been accused of underpaying her taxes by 10 percent nearly four decades ago. The exact amount the government said she owed was not reported.
"A saga that has lasted nearly 40 years is finally over," Loren said in a report in the La Stampa daily newspaper. "I always look to the future and I leave bad experiences like this one behind me."


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TPBM will run errands tomorrow.
TPBM will run errands tomorrow.
"Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen." ~ Orhan Pamuk
No, I'll probably garden some more.
TPBM is putting in massive amounts of flowering plants this year.
Count your blessings!
No, minimal amounts
TPBM is hoping the temperatures warm up.
Yes. And sorry you are having bad days, Gutmutter and BB
TPBM is looking forward to watching TV tonight.
TPBM just read a tabloid while standing in line at the grocery store that says Ashley still has a thing for Bentley.
Hubby said he saw that too
TPBM read Ashley's blogs this morning.
TPBM regularly reads the blogs by Chris Harrison.
not regularly, no
TPBM thinks Bentley has issues.
"Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen." ~ Orhan Pamuk
Not enough space for me to answer that one!!
TPBM doesn't "get it" with regard to Bentley - he's not that cute.
True, not to me, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and Ashley needs a stronger prescription!
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SAN DIEGO -- Early release of Golf Inc. Magazine ipad edition announced that RussellGolf Design's Rayburn Country Golf Club received Second Place in its Renovation of the Year competition. Rayburn Country Golf Course, which is located in Brookeland, Texas, placed above Third Place Pecan Hollow Golf Course by Weibring-Wolfard Golf Design and Pinehurst No. 2 by Coore/Crenshaw, which was given Honorable Mention.
Top nods were given to the Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club by Lohmann Golf Designs. As the article highlighted, this was largely due to the engineering feats achieved to increase the capacity of the golf course to handle rains, which eliminated forced closings and revenue losses.
Randy Russell, American Society of Golf Course Architect's associate member and principal of RussellGolf Design, has said that he is "very proud of what our team accomplished particularly with such a limited budget."
"In taking Rayburn through its $2.7 million dollar renovation, we were given certain 'musts' by the owner, including a $1 million dollar new irrigation, as well as, other infrastructure items" noted Randy. "So in order to create a cohesive look between the formerly disjointed nines originally designed by Robert Trent Jones and Jay Riviere, Bill [Hanna] and I focused on new tee and green complexes with new smaller, clustered bunkering." "We were able to achieve a very dramatic look with only 25,000 square feet of bunkering, which eliminates the use of a mechanical trap rake and the normal issues of turf wear at the entry and exit points and risk of damaging the bunker liners," said Randy.
Since opening, Rayburn Country Club has received exceptional reviews according to head pro Paul Calame. Randy says that he was the most excited by comments on the "variety of shots they get to make in a round" and how that makes [playing Rayburn] "a truly fun experience."
In March, Rayburn Country Club hosted an Adams Pro Golf Tour Series tournament. With a winning score only 12-under par for the 72 hole tournament, Randy said that "this meant that the course held its own against some of the country's better golfers.
In fact, recent Adams Pro Golf Tour Series winner, Michael Arnaud, was quoted in the Port Arthur News as saying: "I'd heard many good things about Rayburn Country since the redesign and it all proved to be on target. The other players were thoroughly impressed. They turned that into a great golf course. It's probably in the top three we'll play. I just thought they did everything right from that magnificent clubhouse to a layout that really makes you think about the shot you are going to hit. The routing was basically the same as the old course, but there are a lot more bunkers, the fairways are terrific and the greens have a lot more undulation. If you miss to the wrong part of the greens, you really get penalized. To turn what they had into that is a huge credit. I would think it will be a regular stop on the Adams Tour for years to come." West, Bob (2012, May 15). Makeover turns Rayburn Country into golf gem." The Port Arthur News. Retrieved from http://www.panews.com.
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The deal includes £30m to help ensure the 11 new local authorities which are being merged from the present 26 won't have to increase rates to pay for the change.
For years ministers had insisted that none of the costs of the upheaval – due to come into effect in the next 15 months – would be met by Stormont and would have to come out of the councils' own coffers.
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The total also includes £5.2m which is to cover some costs of the 11 councils when they are operating in 'shadow form' alongside the current 26 for a year following the elections, which are expected next May. First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness agreed the cash handout in a prolonged meeting with Environment Minister Alex Attwood.
Immediately afterwards, the proposals were put to the Executive which agreed to meet the "actual" costs.
A further £1m is for the appointment of 'change managers' who will be below the chief executive level, as well as around £600,000 for training and a further £500,000 for "winding up" costs.
The package does not include cash to finance a severance scheme for council workers expected to face redundancy.
Mr Attwood had repeatedly bid for around £38m in the most recent quarterly spending rounds, but had been spurned three times.
It is understood the bids at that point did not include money for the 'rates convergence' which has now been subsumed into the agreement.
Letters being sent out to council chiefs today will also emphasise they must play their part in finding more money.
As the Belfast Telegraph revealed, the crunch meeting was also attended by Finance Minister Sammy Wilson, who has also agreed to look at whether further funds can be found in future quarterly monitoring rounds.
Mr Attwood said he was satisfied that councils would receive the necessary funding "because the project would have proved impossible without it".
He added: "Now it is up to everyone involved to come together and continue the work to make this thing happen."
Mr Attwood's department will still have to find just over £20m to pay for 11 transition committees.
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Creating the right kind of environment for a person to receive help is essential for individuals, families, and churches. This addictive society and the deception it perpetrates are hurdles that well-meaning parents, teachers, ministers, and church workers all face. In this chapter we will discuss various helping skills to overcome hurdles.
In the previous chapters we have talked about the maze of deception and three main contributing factors: delusion, isolation, and secrecy. The helper can easily become a part of the problem instead of a part of the solution. Helping a friend or family member who is controlled by a mastering problem will be a spiritual battle. Although prayer and concern are essential, it is important to use common sense in dealing with a person who is being influenced by this addictive society.
Whether it is a son on drugs, a daughter with an eating disorder, or a husband hooked on pornography, the helper must remember that recovery is a process. Paul said, "I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow" (1 Corinthians 3:6). Do all you can and trust God to bring appropriate people into the person's life. You may be the planter of help and see no change in the person's life. Do not give up. Pray and ask God to bring an Apollos helper to water your work. Planting and watering creates the environment for God to work in your friend's or loved one's life.
Communicating With People in Delusion
People who are enslaved to a stronghold are difficult to communicate with because denial has led them to blindness of their condition. Jim Holwerda and David Egner in their work on addiction state:
The fantasy world of an addict is more important to him than the real world. As he lets his thoughts go, he becomes convinced that the scenario he constructs to support his addiction is true. When shoplifters are caught, for example, they are often startled. The reality of the truth that they were stealing had been distorted. They had not realistically considered that they might face arrest or jail or embarrassment--the real consequences of their behavior. . . .
Along with distortion is a breakdown in logical thinking. The addicted person, for example, refuses to link alcohol abuse with impaired driving. Or sexual sin with a threat to his marriage. Or compulsive spending with bankruptcy.
The Lord was crystal-clear in the Scriptures in setting forth the principle of sowing and reaping. But the addicted person won't accept it because he isn't thinking straight. He may often say when caught, "I can't believe it was me doing this. . . ."
The addicted person actually begins to believe the lies he tells himself to justify his habit (7).
Communication with those who have life-controlling problems is extremely important because with each communication there is a chipping away of the person's denial system. Communication is more effective when it lessens the defensive mechanisms of the person with a stronghold yet communicates the truth in a caring way.
Careful Confrontation
After concluding his sermon on Wednesday evening, Max was greeted by Martha. With tears in her eyes, she requested an appointment for her and her husband, Ed, to discuss their son, Gary. He was home from college for the summer, and his behavior was causing these Christian parents much pain.
On the following day, Ed and Martha revealed to Max that Gary's grades had plunged near the failing level. The university was about to remove his athletic scholarship for many rule infractions, and the clincher was when he came home intoxicated last Friday evening. Gary was considered a leader in his church youth group and had been a top-notch student in high school. He was respected by his peers and coaches, so these events in Gary's life over the past year concerned his parents.
An appointment was made for Gary to talk with Max. Although Gary honored the appointment, he did so with a great deal of indifference toward Max. Over a period of nine sessions, Max and Gary met together with Max care-fronting Gary concerning the downward spiral of his life which appeared to be because of the development of an addiction. Max used the care-fronting principles by David Augsburger which include focusing feedback on: the action, not the actor; observations, not conclusions; descriptions, not judgments; ideas, information, and alternatives, not advice and answers; what and how, not why (Augsburger, 54-56).
Feedback on action, not the actor. Max complimented Gary as a person but focused his discussion on his behavior. He did this to give Gary the freedom to change without feeling personal rejection. Max was careful not to criticize Gary as a person; instead, he focused on his coming home intoxicated, poor grades, and discipline infractions which were threatening his football scholarship. When Gary tried to attack Max with a war of words, Max always brought the discussion back to the facts of Gary's behavior. It is important to focus on the person's behavior versus the person as an individual. Emphasis should be placed on what he does rather than on attacking him personally.
Feedback on observations, not conclusions. Max focused on statements of facts instead of what he thought or imagined. Max noticed Gary would not look at him, was not giving him his full attention, and seemed anxious for the discussion to conclude. Observing these actions, Max brought them to Gary's attention. A conclusion that Gary was a drunk without respect for his parents was never suggested. Focusing on what the helper has actually seen or heard from the other person can serve as a guard against interpretation of behavior. When a helper interprets the behavior of the one seeking help, the helper may be seen as jumping to conclusions.
Feedback on descriptions, not judgments. Max never judged Gary's behavior as being good or bad. Communication lines remained open with 20-year-old Gary because Max never placed a value judgment on his behavior. Communications were directed toward the descriptions of Gary's behavior in neutral language. Max described in detail each of the behaviors Gary confessed over a period of nine weeks thereby helping him see the clear facts of the downward spiral of his life. By giving descriptions, the helper is more likely to be seen in a neutral role as reporting on what has been seen rather than on the behavior as right or wrong.
Feedback on ideas, information, and alternatives, not on advice and answers. During the last three meetings, Max began to focus with Gary on the various options open to him. Continuing to drink alcohol was an option Gary could select. Max explained the steps of the addiction process, and Gary noted he was in the latter part of stage three. Although he told his parents he had been intoxicated only two times in college, Gary disclosed to Max he was drunk in excess of thirty times during the school year.
Max was careful not to use scare tactics, give pat answers, or even specifically advise Gary what to do. When Gary finally asked Max for help, Max directed him first to the Lord to mend this relationship. Next he provided Gary with positive options from which he could choose. These options included continued meetings with him, a meeting with his parents in Max's presence, attending a college in his hometown, and entering a support group at church.
When the helper is providing ideas, information, and alternatives, the receiver of the help is free to select options. When the helper gives advice and answers, the one seeking help may not accept personal responsibility. It may restrain the freedom of the receiver of help to chart a personal course of action because of dependence on the advice of another person. The seeker may also resent the helper who insists on giving advice and answers.
Feedback on what and how, not on why. Max was careful not to ask Gary why he was intoxicated over thirty times during the school year or why he would disgrace his Christian parents with such deviant behavior. Max knew using the word why would only serve to raise Gary's defenses and make it more difficult to penetrate his state of delusion. Open-ended sentences using what and how were used in Max's communications with him so Gary would not feel his motives or values were being critiqued.
Observable behaviors can be described by words such as what, how, when, and where. Why may break the communication because it may serve to raise the other person's defenses by questioning his motives. Although his motives may be wrong, his delusion can be penetrated best by observed facts presented in a nonthreatening way through a helper who is depending on the Holy Spirit's guidance.
Care-fronting is a way to help communicate the truth in love thus creating an environment for healing and growth. Paul writes in Ephesians 4:15: "Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ." Helpers should avoid trying to convict a person with a life-controlling problem to produce changed behavior. Conviction is a work of the Holy Spirit. In regard to the Holy Spirit, Jesus says in John 16:8: "When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment."
John 8 records the account of the woman caught in the act of adultery. The scribes and Pharisees tried to use the law of Moses to trap Jesus by insisting she be stoned to death. Jesus responded to them by saying "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her" (v7). Her accusers then left one by one. After they left, Jesus care-fronted the lady and said, "Then neither do I condemn you" [caring] . . . "Go now and leave your life of sin" [confronting] (v11).
The person enslaved by a stronghold is already under condemnation. The victim needs freedom in Christ, not further condemnation. John writes in 3:17: "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." David Augsburger in his work on careful confrontation states:
Truth and love are the two necessary ingredients for any relationship with integrity. Love--because all positive relationships begin with friendship, appreciation, respect. And truth--because no relationship of trust can long grow from dishonesty, deceit, betrayal; it springs up from the solid stuff of integrity.
"Confrontation plus caring brings growth just as judgment plus grace brings salvation," says Howard Clinebell, Jr., a well-known pastoral counselor. . . .
Judgment cuts, even kills. If God dealt with us only in judgment, who could stand? If God reached out to us only in love, it would be a cheap grace without integrity. Mere divine permissiveness. "Anything goes" as far as heaven is concerned. Not so!(20)
Care-fronters and the convicting work of the Holy Spirit go hand in hand in freeing a person from a life-controlling problem.
I-Messages versus You-Messages
You-messages tend to increase conflict by enhancing the other person's defense mechanism. These messages may cause the other person to feel put down, rejected, resistant, or unimportant. Examples of you-messages include: "You just don't care"; "You are a problem"; "Can't you . . . ?"; "You are so . . . " These types of messages hinder communication with addicted persons because they may feel attacked, labeled, or worthless.
I-messages are more effective than you-messages. I-messages tell what a person feels or how the other person's behavior is affecting him or her. This type of message helps to communicate feelings regarding the other person's behavior and the effect of it without strengthening the defenses of the other person.
I-messages deal with facts versus evaluation. They help to communicate honesty and openness. I-messages are less likely to cause harm to the relationship because the self-esteem of the other person is not attacked. An I-message is different from a you-message in that the speaker takes the responsibility for personal feelings. Examples of I-messages include: "I feel very angry because . . . "; "I feel rejected"; "I feel hurt." Paul writes in Colossians 4:6: "Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." I-messages are tools to be used when the other person has strong feelings or a life-controlling problem. It is important to use nonjudgmental messages when dealing with people who are in delusion.
Active Listening
Active listening is perhaps the most important communication tool in helping people. It demonstrates that the helper is a caring person. It shows that the helper accepts and respects the other person. Empathetic understanding is shown by the helper.
Restating what the other person said conveys that he or she is being heard and that the helper is listening. Being a mirror, reflecting back to the person with a dependency, clarifies distorted thinking. Summarizing pulls together the other person's message and draws it to a concluding point based on what the helper has seen and heard in the conversation.
Active listening is effective in building new relationships. The helper can better understand what the person is saying by being a good listener. This helps to build the trust level and assists the person who is experiencing numb feelings to get in touch with personal emotions. Communication by active listening is a way to build up persons with a life-controlling problem by showing them they are accepted. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 10:8: "For even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than pulling you down, I will not be ashamed of it."
Active listening is not effective when the person with a stronghold is out of control (intoxicated, severely depressed) since immediate action may be needed. Biblical values and rules should never be betrayed in favor of active listening.
Effective listening is giving full attention to the person seeking help. It involves an active reception of the person's message without being passive. A helper may need to wait during periods of silence or even tears to get to the real pains the person is experiencing. Eye contact with appropriate receptive gestures will help the person know the helper is giving full attention. James writes in 1:19: "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."
Benefits of Leveling
As Max met with Gary over the nine-week period concerning his alcohol use while away in college, Gary gradually leveled with him. At first he would not admit to having a problem; however, Max continued to listen actively to Gary using care-fronting principles. Max penetrated his delusion by using I-messages which did not raise Gary's defenses. Layer-by-layer and step-by-step, Max carefully led Gary to the realization that he had a serious problem with alcohol. Seeing his powerlessness to overcome his problem without the Lord and caring friends, Gary began to level.
Leveling is the key to breaking out of delusion. The helper should assist the person with a dependency in leveling with God, self, and others. Luke provides the account of the tax collector leveling with God: "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner' " (18:13). Because the tax collector leveled, God granted this man justification. The opposite of leveling is covering up or using defenses to protect oneself from the truth. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
When a person enslaved with a stronghold shoots straight with the helper, the person is leveling. Vernon Johnson in his work on alcoholism states:
To respond openly to being confronted is to level. We level when we take the risk of being known by spontaneously reporting our feelings. For example: We level when we let someone know we are hurt--or afraid--or angry.
Using these feelings as an example of leveling is probably useful for two reasons. Anger bottled up, or fear that is kept hidden seem to lead to more relapses than any other feelings. Also, anger and fear (along with affection) are usually the hardest feelings for us to report. . . .
If, instead of leveling, we respond without naming a feeling, we are hiding (136).
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