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Optimal emission pricing in the presence of international spillovers: Decomposing leakage and terms-of-trade motives
Carbon leakage provides an efficiency argument for differentiated emission prices in favor of emission-intensive and trade-exposed sectors under unilateral climate policy. However, differential emission pricing can be used as a beggar-thy-neighbor policy to exploit terms of trade. Adopting an optimal tax framework, we propose a method to decompose the leakage and terms-of-trade motives for emission price differentiation. We employ our method for the quantitative impact assessment of unilateral climate policy based on empirical data. We find that the leakage motive yields only small efficiency gains compared to uniform emission pricing. Likewise, the terms-of-trade motive has rather limited potential for strategic burden shifting. We conclude that in many cases the simple first-best rule of uniform emission pricing remains a practical guideline for unilateral climate policy design.
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In the aftermath of the disastrous January earthquake in Haiti, the Archdiocese of Miami has announced pastoral initiatives to collaborate with Haitian clergy in recovery efforts. Clergy from the archdiocese will minister in refugee camps and care for orphans will be organized. Volunteers for medical missions are also being sought.
A Thursday press release from the archdiocese reported that within days of the earthquake Haitian clergy from the Archdiocese of Miami went to Haiti to determine the damage and to supervise relief efforts. Those efforts included medical care, food provision, monetary assistance and spiritual care.
Relief efforts conducted with the apostolic administrator and clergy in Port-au-Prince include ministry in medical camps located in or around local parishes. Clergy from both countries will celebrate Mass and administer sacraments while praying with those living in the tent cities, camps and clinics.
To help provide rest for the Haitian clergy, a two-week rotation will be established between priests in Haiti and Haitian priests in the Archdiocese of Miami.
Orphans in existing orphanages will be assisted with monetary contributions. To help keep families together, support will also go to orphans being cared for by relatives.
The Archdiocese of Miami has committed to providing qualified, Creole-speaking volunteer counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists to work in the medical camps. It has also pledged a donation of $40,000 to each of the ten Haitian dioceses to help serve displaced persons.
A multi-purpose center serving as a medical facility, storage venue and secure housing for archdiocesan mission teams is also planned. The center will be the main staging area to coordinate the missions. From it, mobile medical missions and food programs will be dispatched.
Funding for these initiatives will come from the more than $1 million collected during the archdiocese's special collection over Jan. 16-17. No relief funds will be used for administrative costs.
Separately, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has also received $400,000 for relief efforts locally and in Haiti. Of those funds, $200,000 has been reserved to provide emergency financial assistance and counseling to victims medically evacuated or repatriated into the Archdiocese of Miami. The assistance can also go to the families caring for them.
Food vouchers for up to 90 days and $75 in one-time cash assistance will be provided. Another $10,000 has been allocated for the purchase of Publix food cards to be distributed by pastors at three Haitian parishes in the archdiocese.
Catholic Charities has spent almost $175,000 on relief efforts. About 95,000 lbs of food aid, tents, and medical supplies have been shipped to the Diocese of Port-de-Paix for distribution at designated parishes.
The Archdiocese of Miami says it continues to seek volunteers for medical missions to Haiti, including doctors, nurses, LPNs, and Creole-speaking counselors and psychologists.
"Medical personnel trained in particular specialties, such as orthopedics, dentistry, obstetrics, surgery, pediatrics, etc., are needed as are prosthetics for amputees," the archdiocese said.
Three parishes are also collecting medical supplies, water bottles, cooking oil, dry beans and rice, canned foods, new clothes and hygiene items.
Donations to the Catholic Charities Miami can also be made through the website http://www.catholiccharitiesadm.org.


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Every year during the lead-up to the LA Auto Show, the organisers plan a design contest that puts the imaginations of some of the world's leading up-and-coming penman to the test.
This year was no different. The theme of the contest for 2011: "Hollywood's Hottest New Movie Car", where designers were asked to come up with a movie theme and a car integral to the plot.
It's fair to say these are some of the kookiest cars we've ever laid eyes upon, but we'll let you decide.
The Car: Mercedes Silver Arrow
The film: Silver Lightning
The aim of the Mercedes creation is to bring together the underappreciated crash test dummy and the iconic 1930s Silver Arrow race car.
The comic-like theme behind the creation sees two dummies - Hans05 and Franz02 - battling the evil Dr Crash Barrier in an attempt to save their stunning looking car.
The vehicle, described as "a long-slung sculpture on wheels - actually, on hoops" is the work of Hubert Lee, Jackson Luttig, Yasu Sato, and lan Barrington, with the team claiming the concept follows a well-trodden path of inventive creations from Mercedes over the past 125 years.
The car: Honda IH
The film: High Noon
In our opinion, the team from Honda gets the gong for the most imaginative interpretation of the brief with its "Intelligent Horse" concept.
The work of designers Wojtek Bachleda, Taryn Dyle and Raj Rihal finds itself "hundreds of years into the future" in a parched, ye-olde-Western-style environment that is the result of a gigantic comet which has caused widespread drought and devastated infrastructure and technology around the globe.
The vehicle is said to combine "both the character and simplicity of a horse" with "the latest structural and technological innovation". Giddyup.
The car: Subaru Horizon
The film: Divided
Perhaps we spoke to soon of the most creative creation.
The team from Subaru's design is made for a time when Earth has stopped rotating, leaving two hemispheres:
Daysphere and Nightsphere. A team of adventurers based in the Nightsphere have been tasked with an expedition to the pole of the Daysphere in the Horizon vehicle, where it will need to withstand storms and intense heat to collect a rare crystallised mineral - the future world's only known energy source. We'll let the team, lead by Takashi Hagino, explain the rest of the thought process:
"A team of 4, Alcyone- the driver, Maia- the navigator, Merope- the mechanic, and Pleiades- their magical cat, has been formed to venture to the other end of the world, tasked to bring back the crucial mineral. The Ultra Subaru Horizon has been specially developed to take them on their journey. It is to withstand the strong electromagnetic field, chemical imbalances, scorching heat, and raging storms of the Daysphere. The skilled team is off to save their world in this action packed adventure!"
Yep. The "magical cat" gets them across the line.
The car: Maybach Berline
The film: Cinderella and the Maybach Berline
The classy lads at Maybach have rethought the Cinderella fairytale with Berline carriage. She goes by Cindy now, apparently.
Cindy's carriage - powered either by electricity or by hydrogen - is said to be about the size of Benz's biggest SUV, the GL-Class, at 5.7 metres long and 2.0m tall. It's an autonomous vehicle that is "teleoperated via a satellite link to a Maybach Virtual Chauffeur Centre".
The design team - Christopher Ottersbach, Philipp Haban and Jan Kaul - say the buggy reinterprets the original Berline Carriage and uses sustainable materials such as wood in its construction.
One thing Cindy will appreciate over the original: there's no more messy, often smelly bi-products of being towed by a horse.
The car: Hyundai Stratus Sprinter
The film: Countess of Siberia
Hyundai North America designers Tony Chen and Woo Tak Kim must have seen the Twilight series.
Their concept follows the life of Countess Elena, the daughter of Russian vampire parents born in 1829, who's on a mission through time to stop communism (she apparently fought for the South in the Korean war in 1950 after serving as a Russian spy in the second world war).
She has been using her car, the Stratus Sprinter, for her entire life. It features a high-riding stance so it can travel anywhere, and its "magical stealth force" allows it to become invisible during daylight hours.
The car: Smart 341 Parkour
The film: Annie get the Grannies!
Annie Angle is a reporter in a town known for its lack of parking spaces. That's no problem for Annie, though, as her car, the Smart 341 Parkour, can climb the walls of buildings - much like someone who practices Parkour - thanks to its vacuum cups that allow Annie to sleuth out stories no matter where they happen.
The car also features a "typical drive mode" and a flying mode, which allows it to "hover far above the streets".
It can also tip itself onto its snout and park in a motorbike-sized space. That's cool.
The concept, dreamed up by Sylvain Wehnert, Emiel Burki and Phillipp Haban of Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Germany, follows Annie as she tries to track down a bunch of missing Smart Granny Robots.
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The impression given these past few days is that the prime minister has no intention of making life easy for the "peace camp" by switching places with the foreign minister. If his colleagues send him home, Ehud Olmert will drag down the entire government with him.
The impression given these past few days is that the prime minister has no intention of making life easy for the "peace camp" by switching places with the foreign minister. If his colleagues send him home, Ehud Olmert will drag down the entire government with him. The crowds that will rush to Rabin Square should know: Whoever wants to get rid of Olmert must be ready to accept Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman, and to hell with the Annapolis process and the Bush vision. The prime minister will not take this lying down, allowing everyone, including history, to walk right over him.
On the other hand it is possible to make things more difficult: If the prime minister genuinely believes that without a two-state solution "Israel is finished," as he has said, then one would expect that he would sacrifice his personal interest for the benefit of the diplomatic process. Is there no other leader capable of filling his shoes and leading the government in the same direction - with determination, wisdom and courage?
Well, this question was answered by the leaders themselves. According to their testimony before the Winograd Committee, not one of those pretenders to the throne has stood up to the test of leadership.
The failure of the Second Lebanon War has more than three fathers, two of whom have already vacated their posts. The prime minister is certainly the first father, but the first among equals. Elected officials, some of whom are sevenfold more experienced and knowledgeable than Olmert, failed to fulfill their basic duty to their voters. There were those who voted against themselves, and others who knew what to ask but opted to stay silent, while others did not even bother to ask questions. This did not only happen during the final 60 hours of the war. This is how they behaved from the first to the last Katyusha.
Let's start with Shimon Peres, who at the time held the post of vice premier and in the past had served as prime minister, defense minister and foreign minister. "Were it up to me, I would not have gone to this war," Peres said. And what did the most senior Israeli statesman do to prevent the war? "A minister needs to be very, very loyal," Peres explained to the committee. "I systematically avoided being critical, neither directly nor indirectly. I thought that it is my duty not to express criticism."
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was quick to recognize the difficulty in achieving a military victory without major losses. She told the committee that the discussion in the international community "should have been held on the second day of the war, and [then] to get out of there." Nonetheless, during the crucial vote, Livni opted to swim with the tide and voted in favor of a ground operation.
Haim Ramon admitted that his personal ties with Olmert influenced his vote in favor of the operation: "Even if you are sometimes uncomfortable with it ... you must always give him [the prime minister] support .... It was required both because of my fundamental point of view and of course the very close relationship with the prime minister."
The previous defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, a rival of Olmert, also voted in favor out of loyalty to his colleagues in uniform. "During war it is of very great importance to say your opinion once, and I did speak my mind, but the second time, you should not come out against the defense establishment."
The former head of the Shin Bet, Avi Dichter, testified that he had reservations about the attack on the Dahiya neighborhood in Beirut, but "it was not a popular thing during that meeting to oppose that attack."
Ophir Pines-Paz confessed: "I thought it was not appropriate at the time when the IDF was fighting to allow a bitter disagreement at the political level [to occur]. Therefore, even though I was dead against the last ground offensive, in the end I abstained."
His colleague in the cabinet, Eli Yishai, who also abstained argued: "If my vote could have tipped the balance, I would even have voted against. But in view of the fact that it could not be decisive, I opted to preserve the solidarity .... My role is to support those at the top, not to tie their hands."
We are left with the present defense minister, Ehud Barak, who at the time of the war carried on with his trip around the world. To his good fortune, no committee was ever set up to examine who was responsible for the deaths of more than 1,000 Israelis and 4,000 Palestinians during the second intifada. Barak, like his successor Ariel Sharon, did not answer for the destruction of the Palestinian Authority. He has also not given up the "no partner" legacy, which carried Hamas to victory.
In no way is Olmert alone. The truth is that, unfortunately, there is no one at the moment in the leadership of the peace camp who is more suitable than him.
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Works great with short or extra tall crew members.Buckels can be replaced on the line so no need to send to a shop to sew anything if they get smashed. Everything is built to last. Like the old FSS packs but these have padding on the shoulders so no more digging in and a pad on the back so helps with anything poking threw. Top pouch works for are wye's and nozzle. Department bought 45 of them and no complaints by anyone besides having to do hoselays.


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Hello I am newibe to JMS , I will use Websphere app server 5.
I think to use the p2p pattern and I have few questions:
is it possilbe to retrieve a messege from the queue and change it?
is it possible to remove a messege from the queue?
is it possible to change a position of a messege in a queue , or to force the delivery whenever you want?
if I have a messege that should automaticly start delivering once a month should I use JMS?
newibe JMS question (2 messages)
- Posted by: ohad assulin
- Posted on: February 13 2004 09:13 EST
Threaded Messages (2)
- Re:
newibe JMS question by Stefan Kleineikenscheidt on February 14 2004 11:40 EST
- Re:
newibe JMS question by Ohad Assulin on February 15 2004 03:56 EST
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Hi Ohad:
- Posted by: Stefan Kleineikenscheidt
- Posted on: February 14 2004 11:40 EST
- in response to ohad assulin
1. It is not possible to manipulate a message on the queue, but you could recieve it, change it, and resend it to the queue.
2. You can use a QueueBrowser to locate a particular message and read its JMSMessageID. Then you use the JMSMessageID in the message selector and recieve the message.
3. I don't think so, but the JMSPriority might help you.
4. If you want to schedule the delivery of a message, JMS is probably not the ideal option. Maybe you'd be better of to store the message in a database and use a scheduler like Quartz to read from the database once a month.
hope this helps,
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newibe JMS question[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Ohad Assulin
- Posted on: February 15 2004 03:56 EST
- in response to Stefan Kleineikenscheidt
what is the queue browser?
in which cases for example would you recommand to use JMS?
is it ideal for heavy processes?


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Situated on the Strip, this hotel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Anderson Mall and within 6 mi (10 km) of Anderson County Museum and Anderson University. NewSpring Church and Tri-County Technical College are also within 12 mi (20 km).
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Event facilities measuring 3000 square feet (279 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers an outdoor pool, a terrace, and barbecue grills. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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- Conference space size (meters) - 279
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On MSNBC this morning, frequent "Morning Joe" contributor Donny Deutsch said that the Occupy Wall Street movement needs a climactic Kent State-like moment. Deutsch prefaced his comments with "I don't want this to come out the wrong way" and pinned his theory on the thesis that America is a "visual society."
"If you think back to the late '60s, what is the most stirring image of all of the rebellion that happened? What do we remember? Kent State," he said. Co-anchors Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski immediately jumped in to try to clarify. Watch below:


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Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: Sept. 4
A packed evening features Ken Burns, a transportation and quality-of-life summit, and KERA throws a party at the Texas Theatre to launch their new film series.
As much as has been discussed regarding issues of transportation and quality-of-life in Dallas, there are still seemingly more questions than answers. As such, a two-day summit begins at the
Latino Cultural Center Magnolia Theater in the West Village this evening, in order to address the conversation directly, with transportation and walkability activists getting face time with leaders at the local and state level. AIA Dallas is presenting the summit, Choices for a 21st Century Dallas. D's Eric Celeste has already talked up the significance of this weekend's event, particularly the inclusion of Balanced Vision Plan co-author, Alex Krieger, who is also a Harvard professor. Since the event runs even longer on Friday, we should have more for you tomorrow morning.
KERA's collaboration with the Video Association of Dallas has resulted in an interesting new film series called Frame of Mind. Documentaries, locally-sourced feature films, and experimental work will be shown, with a grab-bag that includes such entries as the Texas-centric Ain't Them Bodies Saints, and the work of former Dallas visual artsist, Morehshin Allahyari. A free watch party at the Texas Theatre kicks things off, but the films will also broadcast on PBS. The first program will air at 10 pm.
Speaking of PBS, Ken Burns recently finished his sweeping take on the obviously intertwined lives of the Roosevelt family, specifically Theodore, Eleanor, and Franklin. He'll be appearing tonight at the Winspear in order to preview excerpts from the film, and I do mean excerpts, because this beast is 14 hours long. However, a legacy as rich and complicated as this one is deserving of such a generous running time.
Finally, our theater critic Lindsey Wilson caught Buyer & Cellar at City Performance Hall last night. The production ends this weekend, so she sent along this emergency review:
It only runs through Saturday, but Buyer & Cellar is worth catching at Dallas City Performance Hall. The hit Off-Broadway solo show starring Dallas native Michael Urie (of Ugly Betty fame) is a giddy, sometimes absurd fantasy based on the very real premise that Barbra Streisand has a mall in the basement of her Malibu property. Yes, a mall, which Urie's out of work actor is hired to staff. With an elastic face and infectious charm, Urie casts on and off different characters–including Babs herself–as easily as if he's trying on clothes from the mall's boutique. The show is reminiscent of David Sedaris' twisted workplace comedy The Santaland Diaries, and every bit as wickedly funny.
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"I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked. [Madonna and Gaga are] the perfect fit. I'm as outrageous as they are. I was gaudy before they were gaudy."
-- Dolly Parton discussing why she's ready -- and worthy -- for a duet with Madonna and/or Lady Gaga.
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Mitsy has been on a diet for a while now and has lost a lot of weight. Meine Schwester keeps asking for updated photos, so here you go.
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I've been making an effort lately to try to dress up when I go out. I get to wear jeans and t-shirts every day to work, so I figure I can spend a little bit more time, effort, and money on what I wear at other times. Tonight was a friend's birthday at Tommy's Mexican Restaurant. Had a great time hanging out with everyone. This is what I wore. I don't look all that great in the photo, but some guy on his way out of the restaurant stopped to tell me how much he liked my outfit. It was quite flattering.
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SFGate.com / Associated Press, October 11, 2013
The Arizona Medical Board put patients at risk by failing to properly conduct background investigations on doctors applying for licenses after its executive director told staff to streamline the process in violation of the law, according to a new report. The report from the independent Arizona Ombudsman-Citizens' Aide released Wednesday substantiated 19 of 20 allegations brought by current and former employees and recommended that all physician licenses issued since September 2011 be reviewed by the state auditor. The board issued a statement to The Arizona Republic saying it already made changes to address the concerns.


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LOS ANGELES, March 23 (UPI) -- Joe Weider, who turned fitness into a multimillion dollar business and mentored Arnold Schwarzenegger, has died in Los Angeles, a publicist said. He was 93.
Weider died Saturday of heart failure at his, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Weider, a native of Montreal, built a publishing company that produced such fitness magazines as Muscle and Fitness, Flex, Shape, and Men's Fitness magazines. He created a bodybuilding competition, Mr. Olympia, in 1965 and met Schwarzenegger two years later at a bodybuilding event in Europe.
Weider invited Schwarzenegger to come to Southern California and financed his early development, eventually helping Schwarzenegger land a part in the TV movie "Hercules Goes Bananas."
Schwarzenegger -- who went on to become an international box-office superstar and then was elected governor of California -- told the Times in 1989 Weider built him up for producers, even going as far as telling them the muscular actor with limited English skills had played Shakespearean plays in Germany.
"It was all bull," Schwarzenegger said. "We went to meet these guys and Joe said, 'Don't say anything. I'll do the talking.'"
In a statement, Schwarzenegger called Weider one of the world's "strongest advocates of living a healthy lifestyle" and "a titan in the fitness industry."
"I knew about Joe Weider long before I met him," Schwarzenegger said, "he was the godfather of fitness who told all of us to 'Be Somebody with a Body.' He taught us that through hard work and training we could all be champions.
"He leaves behind a fantastic legacy of a fitter world," Schwarzenegger said.
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How to Identify a Meth Lab (Pics)
In this day and age, it's important for everyone to be able to identify a meth lab quickly so the appropriate authorities can be notified. Study these photos carefully! Be ready!
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The good new is that the video transfer is fine. (The quality of Fox Cinema Archives title varies widely, from gorgeous to appallingly bad.) No extras.
Fredricka talks her father into giving Jeff a job at her father's company, in the bill-checking department. But the company runs so well already there hasn't been a clerical error in nearly three years. Efficiency-obsessed Jeff, bored by this, prepares a report urging the company to eliminate this department in the name of cost-consciousness. All of Jeff's co-workers, some with the company for three decades, lose their jobs and Fredricka now thinks Jeff is a heel. Feeling pretty lousy himself, Jeff takes desperate steps so that his co-workers can get their old jobs back, even if that means losing his own as well as putting the kibosh on his blossoming romance with Fredricka.
Marry the Bo$$'$ Daughter (titled that way onscreen, but as Marry the Boss's Daughter on the posters) is pretty mild stuff. Vaguely similar to but nowhere nearly as inspired as Preston Sturges's comedies about determined but poor young men looking for success (Christmas in July, The Palm Beach Story) and finding golden opportunities in unexpected places, the film never quite goes that extra step into inspired lunacy the way Sturges's (and Wilder's, and Hawks's, etc.) do.
Part of the problem is that an accountant excitedly pouring over balance sheets looking for discrepancies is neither cinematic nor very interesting, though the film tries hard to generate some enthusiasm for this. Bruce Edwards, a minor actor heretofore playing uncredited bits in Fox films, his only other part of any consequence was the third lead in Small Town Deb, a Jane Withers movie, is pretty good as Jeff. Visually similar to a young Robert Walker, Edwards's character is quite likeable in the first half of the picture, but his single-mindedness becomes quite annoying in the second half. His determination isn't self-serving but destructive nonetheless, and his lack of tact more than once gets him into unnecessary trouble. Fox was probably trying Edwards out for bigger and better things, but at the time of the film's release on November 28, 1941, there was a glut of similar leading man types. Ironically, had the film been released a month later, after Pearl Harbor, with so many established stars signing up for war effort, things might have been different.
Top-billed Brenda Joyce, quite sexy here, was briefly a rising star at Fox, but supposedly angered the studio over a sudden marriage in 1940 which resulted in her being punished with B-movie roles like this one. Her career recovered somewhat when, in 1945, she took over from Maureen O'Sullivan the role of Jane in the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film series, a role in which she excelled. Unlike Weissmuller, Joyce did other film work in-between jungle romps but retired in 1949.
Video & Audio
No complaints. The black-and-white, 1.37:1 video transfer of Marry the BO$$'$ Daughter is quite good, sharp and bright. The mono audio, with no accompanying English or other subtitles, is also fine. No Extra Features.
Parting Thoughts
No bad but nothing special, ether, Marry the BO$$'$ Daughter is pleasant enough, but really only worth a Rent It.


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by Dhruin, 2006-08-15 12:34:00Flying Labs' Pirates of the Burning Sea has been previewed at GameSpy with input from CEO Russel Williams from GenCon:
"City of Heroes showed us a couple of things," Williams says. "First, an MMO doesn't have to be based in fantasy to be successful. Second, an MMO can be a great game just by selecting one or two aspects of gameplay and doing them really, really well." Williams cites City of Heroes' combat and costume creation system. He then described the brainstorming process that eventually resulted in Pirates of the Burning Sea. "We wanted to do something that hadn't been done in an MMO before. Vehicular -- that is, ship-to-ship -- combat, along with a really fun merchant-based economy." The selection of the Caribbean in the 17th century seemed to follow logically from that. The historical "golden age" of piracy was all about fighting, mercantilism and money.
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Walnut Banana Cupcakes Recipe
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream.
- Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
- For frosting, in a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Frost cupcakes; sprinkle with walnuts. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 1 dozen.
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"I did not think they were anything special.. I added 2 bananas. I didn't think 1/2 cup would have been enough of a banana flavor. They were moist but bland. Nothing exceptional."
"I made these recently for a coworker of mine and she absolutely loved them! So much in fact that she passed the positive report on to another coworker of mine who has now requested a batch of 25 for this weekend!"
"Very easy to make and very delicious! I doubled the batch, which worked out well considering that half of the cupcakes were gone in less than 24 hours."
"The Nutmeg overwhelmed the banana taste. Moist and light."
"Great recipe to add to my cupcake book..."
"These cupcakes were awesome! They have a great banana flavor and are very moist. The only problem with this recipe is that it only makes a dozen. I will definitely double the recipe the next time I make them. They were devoured by my family as soon as they were cool enough to eat."
"Yjese cupcakes were easy to make and tasty as well. The icing was really good!"
"Didn't even get these frosted- loved them"
"Excellent. I doubled ingredients and baked in bundt pan and served at our pinochle party. It got rave reviews amd requests for the recipe from everyone."
"It was an okay recipe. The cupcakes were moist, but I didn't think it had enough banana flavor. Definitely need to add 1/4 cup at least of more banana. Not sure I will make it again."


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Facing the truth of China's 'Cultural Revolution'
Chinese and Western scholars have written extensively about the causes, directions and details of some of the brutalities of the Cultural Revolution, and now estimate that at least 100 million people were persecuted in some way: arbitrary arrests, brutal confrontations, beatings, torture, outright murder, serious injuries, forced suicides, denied medical treatment after beatings, houses looted, forced banishment to remote rural provinces. Top officials were not spared. A half dozen of them committed suicide in the opening overtures of the Cultural Revolution. Deng Xiao Ping's son, Pufang, was thrown out of a window during a "struggle" session and left paralyzed for life.;


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Looks like Don Diego made his best move since the 1986 World Cup leaving a footprint on a fan's hand. That man had it coming. The banner read, "Grandfather, I'm with you, love you, Benja" (referring to Benjamin, Maradona's grandson through daughter Giannina and Sergio Aguero).
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Hart to miss month after appendectomy
SAN DIEGO -- Corey Hart thought he had a stomach ache from some bad seafood. A day later, he found himself under a surgeon's knife. The Brewers' starting right fielder was scheduled to have his appendix removed on Sunday night at Scripps Hospital in San Diego and will miss a minimum of 2-3 weeks. Realistically, Hart will likely miss the rest of August, general manager Doug Melvin said. "Best case is probably trying to get him ready for September," Melvin said.
Hart played Saturday night after complaining of a stomach ache, then reported abdominal pain to the team's medical staff after the game. That raised red flags, and when Hart complained of the same symptoms Sunday morning, he changed out of his uniform and went to the hospital. He was to undergo a procedure called a laparoscopy, Brewers head athletic trainer Roger Caplinger said, a minimally-invasive procedure in which the surgeon makes three small incisions in the abdomen. Hart was expected to remain hospitalized for at least two days and would be completely barred from activity for at least seven days following surgery. "It stinks for Corey and it stinks for the team," said shortstop J.J. Hardy, Hart's closest friend on the team. "He was really starting to swing it." Hart was hitting .329 (25-for-76) over his past 22 games. The Brewers were expected to recall Bill Hall from Triple-A Nashville for Monday's series opener in Los Angeles, but not before Hall started in right field for the Sounds on Sunday night. Hall is hitting .201 in the Majors this season and had just begun a stint in Nashville on Friday designed to give him an opportunity to get more regular at-bats. Hall could start in right field for the Brewers on Monday night against Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, manager Ken Macha said. But left-handed hitter Frank Catalanotto, who started in Hart's place Sunday, figures to see the bulk of starts in Hart's absence. The Brewers also have outfielder Jody Gerut on the bench. "That's nature," Macha said of losing Hart. "He had started swinging the bat pretty well. I don't know what the duration of this will be, but they caught it relatively early." Still, losing Hart came as a big surprise. "I saw him this morning in full uniform," Sunday starter Carlos Villanueva said. "Then I saw him dress and go. He didn't look like he was feeling very good."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It's not often the hype for a main-event prize fight is eclipsed by the undercard.
But that is exactly what's taking place with tonight's UFC 62 bout in Las Vegas.
Few fans and even fewer bookies expect any surprises from the light-heavyweight title bout between Chuck (The Iceman) Liddell and Renato (Babalu) Sobral.
Liddell is expected to punch his way to his third straight title defence against the Brazilian submission specialist who he dropped with a devastating head kick when the two last fought in November of 2002.
So the bulk of the attention has turned to the much-anticipated undercard match between Ultimate Fighter alumni Forrest Griffin and Stephan (American Psycho) Bonnar.
The last time the pair met in the Octagon is still described by many as one of the best back-and-forth slugfests in UFC history. It was voted the 2005 fight of the year by a poll of 19,000 fans of mmaweekly.com.
Bonnar, who's 9 and 3, says that with everyone predicting an easy win for Liddell in the title fight, his rematch with Griffin is garnering nearly as much attention as the main event.
"I know people's expectations are high," says Bonnar, who lost his first fight against Griffin by unanimous decision.
"I know Forrest is favoured in this fight again but people know they're going to get their money's worth. No matter how the fight goes, it's going to be non-stop action. We both like to stand up and trade and I think that's what you're going to see."
If there's any gnawing pressure to put on a show to rival the last, Griffin isn't feeling it.
The aw-shucks Georgia banger is as loose as pants on a skater.
Instead of talking about the rematch, Griffin prefers to crack jokes about his new profession.
"I'd fight for free but you're gonna have to pay me if you want me to make weight," says the light-heavyweight who often walks around at 235lbs. but cuts down to 205 to make his weight class.
The pair have landed permanent jobs with the UFC since fighting for the light-heavyweight final in The Ultimate Fighter's first season.
But neither has fallen victim to the spoils of celebrity.
"I sleep in somebody's living room in Vegas now, instead of Georgia," says Griffin.
Never mind that his roommate is UFC ring card girl Amber Miller -- who's dating Griffin's best friend.
Asked whether he thinks a win over Bonnar would put him one step closer to a title shot, Griffin says: "I don't have any goals. My goal is to not have any goals. I just go out and try to punch somebody in the face."
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You crack me up Dan! Glad you stuck around.
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I agree. I don't log on all that often and don't post much. But when I do, I always look for Bob's Dad's posts. Your a real crack up Dan!
G'day mate, and welcome to Pet Talk, Indy is a real beauty.
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Cattlemen Gather in Denver for Annual Convention
DENVER - About 5000 cattle producers from across the nation are gathering at the Colorado Convention Center this week for the cattle industry's largest meeting, the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show. This convention marks the 10th anniversary of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), which was formed in 1996 through a merger of the National Cattlemen's Association and the National Live Stock and Meat Board. In addition to NCBA, the event is hosted by the Cattlemen's Beef Board, American National CattleWomen, the National Cattlemen's Foundation and Cattle-Fax.
Activities kicked off Wednesday with Cattlemen's College®, a full day of hands-on instruction and demonstrations. This year's Cattlemen's College®, sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, was held at the National Western Complex. It featured a demonstration of low-stress cattle handling techniques, as well as breakout sessions on animal identification, calf weaning strategies, feedlot performance, and Natural Resources Conservation Service Programs.
Cattlemen also attended the Cattle-Fax Outlook Seminar Wednesday, getting expert insights on trends driving the industry and the cattle market.
Thursday's Opening General Session will feature Dr. Barry Asmus, one of the nation's most sought-after speakers on marketing and management techniques. This session will also feature the unveiling of the new Beef Industry Long Range Plan, a road map designed to guide the growth and progress of the beef industry into the next decade.
The Long Range Plan will also be one of the topics featured in Thursday's Beef Industry Issues Forums. Other issues scheduled for discussion include the national animal movement database, the 2007 Farm Bill, instrument grading, and retail marketing strategies.
Friday's featured speaker will be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns. Cattlemen look forward to hearing from Secretary Johanns on the upcoming Farm Bill, international trade, animal identification, and a host of other key issues.
"We are very pleased to have Secretary Johanns on hand to address the convention and discuss issues important to cattlemen," said Jim McAdams, a rancher from Adkins, Texas, and current NCBA president. "His appearance is a great addition to an already outstanding program."
Friday also features committee meetings covering specific policy areas. Separate committees governing checkoff-funded programs will also receive program updates and progress reports.
The cattle industry's largest trade show will be in full swing Thursday and Friday at the Colorado Convention Center's exhibition hall. Over 280 exhibitors are on hand to showcase the industry's latest products and services.
The convention concludes Saturday with meetings of the Cattlemen's Beef Board and the NCBA Board of Directors.
McAdams said the U.S. cattle industry is coming off an exceptional year, but always looking for opportunities to grow and improve.
"I've never been more optimistic about the future of this industry, but success and profitability don't just happen," McAdams said. "Cattlemen will continue to make every effort to refine and market our product, and meet the needs of our consumers."
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20 Reflections
After 20 Years
By Walter B. Shurden
Callaway Professor of Christianity
Executive Director, The Center for Baptist Studies
Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
Note: This article was published in Texas Baptists Committed, National Edition, October 1999, p.19
1. The most prophetic line of the Southern Baptist Convention Holy War: We will have a great time here, if for no other reason than to elect Adrian Rogers our president. It came from W. A. Criswell at the SBC Pastors Conference in Houston, Texas, in 1979. It brought the SBC house down with cheers and applause. More pessimistic observers would simply say that those words brought the SBC house down. But they didnt.
2. The saddest moment of the controversy: Oct. 22, 1986, at Glorieta, N.M., when the SBC seminary presidents caved in before the fundamentalist juggernaut. Glorieta marked the end for the moderates. You do not compromise with truth-oriented fundamentalists who think that they have the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
3. The reason for the outcome: passion won; culture played a part; leadership wasvery important.
4. One of the most often-heard and biggest myths during the controversy: The fundamentalists will moderate once they get in power. I stand by what I said regarding the new SBC in my final chapter of the revised edition of Not a Silent People. Theologically and ideologically the SBC has been fundamentalized; ecclesiologically the SBC has been centralized; culturally, in terms of gender issues, the SBC has been chauvinized; ecumenically the SBC has been sectarianized; denominationally the SBC has been de-baptistified.
5. The greatest error history will make in interpreting the controversy: thinking it was a lopsided victory. It was a much closer fight than history will reflect. But history will mark it up as a win for the fundamentalists and a loss for the moderates without paying attention to the very close percentages by which the fundamentalists won the presidency year after year.
6. A warning to all from the controversy: The Southern Baptist Church has replaced The Southern Baptist Convention. Moderates must work at carrying their emerging connectionalism lightly. The community in Baptist life is primarily the local church. This is neither Landmarkism nor sectarianism. It is historic Baptist church polity.
7. The bad news coming out of the controversy: It was worth doing then. It will be worth doing again when Baptists have forsaken their Baptistness.
8. The biggest casualties of the war: little girls born into SBC churches during the struggle who would grow up wanting to be a part of the SBC ministry in the 21st century.
9. The most appropriate biblical text for the Holy War: Acts 19:32. Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
10. The most surprising outcome of the controversy: the belief, as Fisher Humphreys said, that the Bible alone is Gods word was unaffected by the controversy. Moderates believe that as much as fundamentalists. Nothing has changed regarding the place of the Bible in Baptist life. Difference in interpretations of the Bible continue, as they always have.
11. The most forgotten dimension of the controversy by the moderates: that moderates are defined by the two decades of struggle. One understands the moderate longing to get beyond the controversy, but the truth of the matter is that moderates are who they are because of what they both resisted and affirmed in the controversy. Moderates will forget or get beyond at their peril.
12. A moderate hero who should never be forgotten: Cecil Sherman. He was right more times in more ways on more issues than any other single person. I am grateful for him, for his courage, for his tenacity, for his wisdom, and for his leadership.
13. The most overlooked dimension of the controversy: the doctrine of God. Alan Neely, another of the many moderate heroes of the war, said correctly that the controversy was fundamentally an argument about God. He meant, I think, that fundamentalists were mired in a concept of God that was exclusive, intolerant and legalistic, while moderates pleaded for Gods inclusiveness, forgiveness and acceptance.
14. One of the biggest victories for the SBC fundamentalist leadership: the triumph of creedalism in SBC life. Even some moderates, under the influence of that triumph, long for a statement of what we believe. It is a dangerous itch. Let it itch. Dont scratch it.
15. The most pathetic people in the controversy: those who said, plague on both the fundamentalists and the moderates and who serenely stayed out of the line of fire. Next to the most pathetic are those megachurch pastors who waited to see who would win before they cast their sails toward the winning fundamentalists. If moderates had won, these ambitious pastors would have gone with moderates.
16. People who have never heard enough thank yous from moderates: old- line SBC leadership that helped launch the new moderate organizations and then gladly stepped aside: Duke McCall, Grady Cothen, Jimmy Allen, Carolyn Crumpler, Foy Valentine, Randall Lolley, and a few others who have been too often derisively labeled the the good old boys (and girl). They were indeed a group of good old boys and girl.
17. Im glad to be done with the fundamentalist leadership of the SBC that transformed some good, basically conservative denominational agencies into a bastion of fundamentalism. The new SBC is not even close to my Baptist identity. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and The Baptist Alliance are much closer. It feels good to be able to embrace the larger Baptist tradition and the larger Christian community.
18. I hope moderates will grow more and more into issues of social justice while keeping their Bibles open and their hearts warm. My prayer is that moderates will take seriously what Jesus took seriously. Baptists of our ilk have been big on missions and big on personal devotion, and that is very good. We need to become bigger on justice issues.
19. I hope moderates will not dumb down our worship simply because dumbing down is the fad and draws crowds. I hope moderates will never get stuck again on issues of size, but I also hope that we will explore the possibility of being Baptist with other Baptists, especially American Baptists, Canadian Baptists, and some African-American Baptists.
20. The biggest nonsurprise of the controversy: Historic Baptist principles regarding the importance of the individual, the centrality of the local church, religious liberty and the separation of church and state, anticreedalism, and the priesthood of all believers, may be more important at the turn of this century than at any time since Baptists began in 17th-century England.


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What does it really mean to Like something on Facebook? Marketing
Back in May this year, Facebook claimed there were 50 million "Likes" made every day. But does the word "like" really describe what people mean when they click the button?
I expect most of us have seen some instances where the word "like" seems inaccurate to some degree. For example, around 3000 people have "liked" a news article about the crash that killed IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon. And with the status update below, what exactly do the 5 people mean when they state that they "like" this Facebook status?
As far as I can see, when someone clicks "like" somewhere on Facebook, it is for one or more of the following reasons:
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So, does expressing the fact that you "like" something equate to each of the above?
- If you find something funny, does that mean you like it? I find it funny that a friend of mine missed the last train back so had to wait at the station for 4 hours in the middle of the night, but I'm not sure I'd say that means I like that they had to do that… So I am expressing that I find it funny, not that I like it.
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- If you are a fan of it, does that mean you like it? Yes.
- If you like something, does that mean you like it? …
So the Facebook "Like" covers off 4 and 5…but 1, 2 and in some ways 3 are left wanting. Facebook needs a word that truly encompasses all of the above. As far as I'm aware, that word hasn't been invented yet, so they have free reign to invent a whole new word…
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