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So, here's the thing. I just met Rev. Alfred Williams. He's a retired UCC pastor. At 81, he's still preaching and teaching. He's still asking great questions and pushing congregations to do the same. When I am his age, I hope to be as passionate. Hell, I wish I were as passionate now. With that introduction, I want to share this sermon that he preached on Aug.18 of at Ladera Community Church.
I think this sermon serves to blow apart some of our assumptions about generational differences within church leadership. He preached on Mark 8:27-33.
Prayer: May our minds and our hearts be open to the Spirit's presence within and among us. Amen.
I must confess to you. I have been an ordained minister for more than fifty seven years and for the first time this week I think I have finally discovered the question behind the question: "Who do you say that I am?" The question behind the question is: "What is my name in the epic mythical saga of the external redeemer?"
Though you may not recognize the title, you know the story line: the protagonist leaves a heavenly abode, enters human space, performs a redemptive function, and returns to the heavens. You say you are not familiar with that mythical chestnut? Oh, I think you are. It is the plot of the film Superman, or Wonder Woman if you prefer. It is the storyline of both The Lone Ranger and Shane; and Star Trek if you fancy your cowboy in a space suit. (Funk; Honest to Jesus; p. 309)
Today's Gospel reading is all about the role Jesus plays as the external redeemer in the life of Israel. In today's lesson Peter says, "You are the Messiah." When we get to the Letters of Paul the preferred name is the Lord Jesus Christ. John in Revelations chooses Lamb of God. Indeed within the early church, Jesus' role in the external redeemer saga was so much in dispute that the bishops called two Councils to resolve the issue; the first was convened by no less than the Roman Emperor Constantine. If you take a copy of the Blue Hymnal in the rack in front of you and turn to page 511 at the bottom of the page, you can read the more familiar of those creedal statements, the Apostle's Creed. Note in particular the affirmation about Jesus.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
"Who do you say I am?" The Apostle's Creed answers: Jesus is God's external redeemer. Which is to say: Jesus belongs to a reality not our own and is qualitatively different from us. Indeed, the created world in which we live is so basically flawed that it must be redeemed from without. In other words, evil is stronger than human power and can be overcome only by superhuman intervention. (Ibid)
Take note, please, that the Apostle's Creed says nothing at all about the historical Jesus other than his virgin birth at the beginning of his life and his suffering, execution, and resurrection at the end. Even in those events Jesus plays a passive role. And because there is no mention of the historical Jesus, the ethical dimensions of Jesus' message and ministry are also absent. We believers only have to believe. The Apostle's Creed contains no injunction for us to modify our behavior in any other respect. (Funk; Honest to Jesus; p.43)
At this point I need to tell you that the substance of my message today comes from two primary sources: John Dominic Crossan and Robert W. Funk. Crossan and Funk were the first to make me aware of the significant developments in New Testament studies that have taken place in the past few decades: refinements in textual analysis; increased dialogue between New Testament scholars and non-biblical but related disciplines especially historians, archeologists, and anthropologists. Add to that the discovery of early church manuscripts not included in the canon.
With those tools in hand, Crossan and Funk sought to uncover the outline of what they perceive as a portrait of the historical Jesus. A portrait buried behind the overlay of scriptural and creedal formulations laid down in the first, second, and third centuries. A portrait markedly different from today's conservative and even mainline Protestant portrayals. These are some of the broad strokes of the portrait Crossan and Funk provide.
Crossan and Funk suggest that Jesus was a Jewish peasant born sometime in 4 BCE. That he grew up in Nazareth, a small Jewish, largely agricultural village in Lower Galilee. That he lived his entire life under the iron fist of Roman domination. Aided and abetted by the political, ecclesiastical, and economic elite of Israel. Rome exploited, enslaved, and dehumanized the Galilean peasant farmers and fishermen. The formula was tried and true: impose heavy taxes, force the peasant famers off their land, turn them into share-croppers and then tenant farmers; eventually into poverty and homelessness.
When Jesus began his ministry in the Lower Galilee, he knew all too well the plight of the people. He was one of them. You can imagine his inner struggle: "Under occupation by imperial Rome; captive to systemic/institutionalized injustice and violence; victims of exploitation, demonization, fear, hopelessness, and despair. What am I called to say and to do, most of all to embody in my ministry?" There were two obvious options from which to choose.
One option: Lead an armed rebellion! Gather an army. Overthrow the "evil doers." A second option: Take up the message of John the Baptizer. Say to the people: "Repent and make ready for God's wrathful intervention when God will bring this present age to an end. Put your house in order. Stay awake. Trust God (and the external redeemer). The end is near."
The Gospels inform us that Jesus rejected both of those options. Instead he chose a third, which Mark's Gospel summarizes in these words: Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news." Which is to say: God's Kingdom has come near and is among us now insofar as we accept it, live it, and thereby establish it. In other words, it is time for us to stop waiting for God to act. God is waiting for us to act.
Jesus proclaimed the presence of the Kingdom by inviting all to come and see how he and his companions had already accepted it, had already entered it, and were already living it. The message that Jesus preached is the message Jesus lived. He promulgated a praxis, a communal program, that he himself followed and that he invited others to follow. (Crossan; God and Empire; p. 95)
Jesus did not settle down at Nazareth or Capernaum and then instruct his companions to bring people to him. Jesus went to the people where they were and the stories he told were right out of life: the victim of a mugging on a lonely road; day laborers sitting around on their haunches waiting to be hired; hungry beggars at the city gate; people taking each other to court; homeless, demon-possessed people without caretakers; being rejected by neighbors in his hometown; bankers making loans at usurious rates, a friend banging on the door at midnight. (Funk; A Credible Jesus; p. 11)
The two essential components of Jesus' praxis were free healing and an open table.(Crossan; Jesus a Revolutionary Biography; p,198) The Gospels tell many stories of Jesus healing, Unlike other healers in his time, Jesus did not charge. Rather, Jesus invited those who were healed to heal others. In that sense you might say that Jesus followed the "franchise model." Indeed, Crossan suggests that a person healed by Jesus was not truly healed until that person had become a healer. Jesus did not consider healing as his own unique, special gift. (Crossan; God and Empire; 9.95)
You know of course that there is a difference between being cured and being healed. Crossan references Arthur Kleinman's 1980 book Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture in which disease and illness are contrasted. "Disease refers to a malfunctioning of biological and/or psychological processes, while the term illness refers to the psychosocial experience and meaning of perceived illness. (Crossan; God and Empire, p.96)
Tragically, in the past decade wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have increased the number of paraplegics. Modern medicine cannot cure those young women and men — if by cure, you mean restoring their limbs. Thanks to a host of advance[ments] in a host of related fields, those women and men can be healed in the sense that they can live a more fully human life. In that sense, I would guess we all know people who have been healed of their illness even though they have not been cured of their disease. Thankfully, when curing may not be available, healing is still possible. The testimony of the Gospels is that Jesus was a great healer.
Coupled with Jesus' healing is his insistence on an open table where no one is excluded. It has been said that in Jesus' day – and maybe today as well – the function of a table was to map in miniature the cartography of social hierarchy and discrimination. Places assigned according to status and for many no place at all. Hence Jesus' parable of the king who sends his slaves into the street and gathers any and all to the feast: rich and poor, friend and stranger, male and female, slave and free, pure and impure. At God's table all are welcome. No one is turned away.
Robert Funk once wrote: "The proper object of faith inspired by Jesus is to trust what Jesus trusted. For that reason I am not primarily interested in affirmations about Jesus but to the truths that inspired and informed Jesus. Jesus pointed to something he called God's domain, something he did not create, something he did not control. I want to discover what Jesus saw, or heard, or sensed that was so enchanting, so mesmerizing, so challenging that it held Jesus in its spell." (Funk; Honest to Jesus p. )
"Who do you say I am?" Before you give your answer I suggest you reflect on words written by John Shelby Spong.
Look at him! Look not at his divinity, but look, rather, at his freedom. Look not at the exaggerated tales of his power, but look, rather, at his infinite capacity to give himself away. Look not at the first-century mythology that surrounds him, but look, rather, at his courage to be, his ability to live, and the contagious quality of his love. Stop your frantic search! Be still and know that this is God: this love, this freedom, this life, this being; And when you are accepted, accept yourself: when you are forgiven, forgive yourself; when you are loved, love yourself. Grasp that Christpower and dare to be yourself! That is, I believe, the pathway to God, the God whom I have encountered in the profoundly human Jesus. Shalom! (John Shelby Spong; Jesus for the Non-believer; p. 282)
And I say, "Amen."
Well, there you go. This thing that churches are wrangling with, this reasoning about why to gather, who we follow as we gather, and what our lives in the world should proclaim, is not a question for a bunch of Gen X malcontents or Millennial upstarts.No. This is actually a conversation that includes the young and old and everyone in between. Al is working it. I found my time with him to be inspiring. Add his voice to the cacophony of men and women who are trying to answer the same question, "Who do you say that I am?"
After receiving a Master of Divinity Degree in 1956 from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Alfred Williams served as a pastor for 11 years in Illinois, as Associate Conference Minister in Illinois and then as Minister and President of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. In 1991 he moved to Foster City, Calif. He served as transitional pastor at Almaden Valley United Church of Christ in San Jose, First Congregational Church in Santa Cruz, First Baptist Church in Palo Alto, Ladera Community Church in Portola Valley, and Arlington Community Church in Kensington.
Tripp Hudgins is a doctoral student in liturgical studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., and associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Palo Alto, Calif. You can read more of his writings on his longtime blog, "Conjectural Navel Gazing; Jesus in Lint Form" at AngloBaptist.org. Follow Tripp on Twitter @AngloBaptist.
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Sunday show round-up: North Korea, the gun debate
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Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation: Sunday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., expressed concerns about the U.S. escalating tensions with North Korea into an unwanted war. "More than once wars have started by accident and this is a very serious situation," said McCain. The senator commented that were a full blown conflict to take place, the U.S. is well-positioned to defeat North Korean attacks, but that the collateral damage in South Korea would be catastrophic. "South Korea would win, we would win, if there was an all-out conflict, but the fact is North Korea could set Seoul on fire and that would obviously be a catastrophe of enormous proportions," he said.
During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," senior Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer said that "the onus is on North Korea to take the step back."
Meanwhile Former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman called Kim Jong Un "a crazy man." Hunstman did stress, however, that the heightened tensions with North Korea provided a rare opening for the U.S. to work with China toward a common goal: "This is a huge opening, believe me, with China, because our interests, for the first time in a long while, are aligned. We both want to get something done and bring the level of tension down on the Korean peninsula," he said.

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As you'll see when you read through this, our third installment of the Survivor's Guide series, the word survival means so much more than picking the right technology to solve business problems and figuring out how to justify the cost. This time it's personal: People are fighting to keep major companies afloat, both at vendors and enterprises. All bets are off when it comes to picking a partner that has long-term viability. Although the adage "Nobody ever lost their job for buying IBM" may be true today, how do you know the same can be said in another three to five years? It's scary out there, folks.
All this gloom and doom talk makes reading this issue, cover to cover, even more important than ever. What makes our opinion so damn valuable? We get to hear it straight from the vendors' mouths: Pinning vendor CEOs to the carpet gives us unique industry insight. Everyone, except maybe your boss, knows you don't have time to research the hell out of every company and technology that comes along. That's why we're here--we do the grunt work so you can make technology decisions that let you survive and, we hope, thrive. If what you read here helps you to be successful, we don't care if you get all the credit, just as long as you keep coming back for more.
So read on and on. This is the information you need to make it through another year. And do not, I repeat, do not, skip any of the sections--whether they're in your area of expertise or not. The more information you have about how all technologies areas tie together (the Big Picture), the more valuable you'll be to your organization. Plus, with IT staff size decreasing everywhere, you might need that knowledge when new things get dumped in your lap.
Speaking of survival, I'll soon be out trying to survive with the rest of you folks. I will be leaving Network Computing the end of this month. It's been a great run over the past 2-1/2 years, an experience I'll cherish, and I'll remain close to the magazine as a contributing editor. You should know that I will never meet a more competent, professional and intelligent group of people in IT or publishing. I wish everyone the best, especially you, the loyal reader, since it's your passion for technology that keeps Network Computing relevant.


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In the 2008 election, "change" has emerged as the new catch-all buzzword. I reported on the God's Politics blog a few of the positive signs of social change I've been observing recently as a religious satirist. When I was interviewed in a recent Living Church article profiling emerging churches, I quoted Diana Butler Bass' astute observations that "she finds vitality and growth in those mainline churches who are mining the resources of their tradition while tapping into a global spirit that infuses religion, politics and the culture at large, transcending organizations and individuals."
Lately, I am noticing a number of emergent church leaders who have interpreted this spiritual sea change by endorsing a particular candidate. While one can say that emergent is a conversation, once you are seen as a published author/pastor/spokesman of any religious enterprise, your words carry weight when uttered in any public forum, be it book or blog.
Something in my bones tells me we're on the precipice of a slippery slope where before we know it, certain groups will be perceived as political pawns. When I was researching my dysfunctional family tree I learned I'm a direct descendent of Rev. Roger Williams, the founder of the state of Rhode Island and a champion of religious freedom. The more I delve into my 12th and 13th great-grandfather's work, I realize we're very similar souls.
So perhaps Williams' writings can provide some added perspective here. Despite constant threats of persecution, book burnings, and other means of oppression employed by the crown, he continued to advocate for the preservation of "soul liberty," a term that means that neither the state nor the church can judge anyone's conscience regardless of their religious beliefs. According to Williams, individual conscience must be free from the tyranny of the majority. As he noted, state sponsorship of religion would yield an unhappy situation wherein "the whole world must rule and govern the Church." The merger of church and state remains "opposite to the souls of all men who by persecutions are ravished into a dissembled worship which their hearts embrace not."
So we don't all get seasick during this sea change, perhaps we should all we heed Williams' wisdom. So, what role should those seen as religious leaders and spokespersons assume during the 2008 presidential election? Should they express their presidential preferences in public forums like blogs and social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace? And on a more personal level, what if a church elder wants to wear a campaign button or T-shirt to the church picnic? How do we walk this fine line between preserving the right to free speech versus the need for the church and those seen as her leaders to be prophetic voices and not political pawns?
This bantering by all the candidates claiming to be the champion of change brings to mind previous campaign slogans such as "Compassionate Conservatism," "Putting People First," and "Kinder, Gentler Nation" that have been utilized to galvanize voters to rally behind a certain candidate. A quick run-through of the politics enacted during any president's term reveals that their rhetoric fell short of their results one they were in office and reality set in.
During the 2006 midterm elections, I commented on The Ooze how "this foolish quest to conform Christ's teachings to the whims of a particular political party has really started hitting the faith and it's been stinking up the local churches big time. I know Jesus was born in a barn but do churches have to smell like one as well? I dunno about you, but I think it's high time we started mucking out the stables." Tony Compolo's infamous quote about the mixing of church and politics should serve as a cautionary reminder here. "Evangelicalism getting wedded to any political party is like ice cream mixing with horse manure. It's not going to hurt the horse manure, but it sure will mess up the ice cream."
Becky Garrison explores how the church can be a prophetic voice without becoming a political pawn in her books The New Atheist Crusaders and Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church.
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July 11. A day that will live in ignominy.
Quaking with grief, Donna Frye, the most popular figure in the city's liberal base, damned the mayor as a serial lecher, a demonic geriatric Viagra ad.
Shortly thereafter, according to a source in Filner's circle who spoke on condition of anonymity, Councilman David Alvarez confronted the mayor and privately demanded that Filner admit he'd done wrong, needed help and was seeking harassment counseling.
In this telling, Filner, in a state of panic, did as he was told to keep Alvarez and union leaders from joining Frye-led vigilantes
Why does this matter?
Because any future sexual harassment claims will no doubt refer to Filner's July 11 videotaped statement, in which he acknowledged he had failed to fully respect women who work for him and vowed to get help.
Was it a sincere apology in Filner's own words, or was it read under emotional duress?
To be fair, this source's rendition can only be partly confirmed.
In a phone interview, Alvarez carefully acknowledged that he and "other leaders" (he would not confirm they were union officials) counseled the mayor in the run-up to taping.
"I did get a chance to see the statement," Alvarez said. "I talked to the mayor about the majority of what was in there."
Alvarez denied he actually produced the statement, which my source believes was the case. However, Alvarez would not reveal who did write it. He said there was no hostage situation — Read this or you're going to die! — though Alvarez conceded he might have cut Filner loose if there "hadn't been any response."
As it played out, Filner's compliance did not keep the Democratic councilman on board for long.
Alvarez received a call from a city staffer. After getting an earful about Filner's allegedly scuzzy behavior, Alvarez joined the critical mass of Dems who are running from Filner as if a dirty bomb is ticking on his chest.
At the same time, Filner's posture changed from sad bad man to mad innocent man.
Lawyered up, he appeared to realize that if he's going to buy time, he has to turn the sordid anonymous charges into a protracted legal struggle (i.e., "due process").
In Machiavellian retrospect, Filner's position would be stronger, legally and politically, if he'd never made that silly tape soaked in fake contrition.
He should have blamed the deep-Fryed fiasco on his "huggy" style, as he has done recently, and not given plaintiff attorneys like Marco Gonzalez a gift that will keep on giving.
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"I don't sleep at all the night before a tour," Poor Moon's Christian Wargo said. "I'm just thinking about what's going to happen and can't get it off my brain."
Wargo, also a member of harmonic quintet Fleet Foxes, said he was traveling with indie-folk rockers Poor Moon from their hometown of Seattle to Spokane for their latest leg of shows.
The one-time Fleet Foxes side-project is going strong, thanks to the release of this year's Illusion EP and a self-titled full-length.
"I think everyone is shocked that we're on tour right now," Wargo said. "This leg kind of snuck up on us. A couple more gas stations, and we'll have our digestive systems in order. But it just feels good to play."
Named after one of Wargo's favorite Canned Heat songs, the recently formed band also features another Fleet Foxes alum, Casey Wescott. With the Foxes on break, Poor Moon released the EP and LP within months of each other.
"Oddly enough, it was all recorded at the same time," Wargo said. "It's interesting to have a group of songs and then make it into both an album and EP. It's something I probably don't want to repeat. They were all such individual universes in my mind, it was difficult to put them in any kind of order."
Part of the difficulty came from the fact that Wargo's songs were all written at different times, and for different reasons.
"They were written over such a long period of time," Wargo said. "Some were written before I was in Fleet Foxes, and I didn't know exactly what my role was going to be in that band at the start. I thought I might actually write some songs for the band, so some of the songs were intended to be possibilities for them. But by the time we started recording, it was apparent that Robin [Pecknold] was Fleet Foxes. And there's such a specific vibe coming from him, it seemed like my songs were just a little too different. So rather than just trash them, I decided to do something with them."
While Pecknold is the undisputed bandleader of Fleet Foxes, Wargo assumes that role in Poor Moon. Having that juxtaposition has given Wargo a unique perspective that helps him in both projects.
"I like doing both things," Wargo said. "I enjoy both taking the lead role and lending support. It's just a different vibe. There's always collaboration. But the writing process for me is definitely an alone time. And right now, I'm getting a real sense of the strength of the live band and taking that into consideration. The musical language with your band is something that takes time, but playing together makes it happen. So I think the next album will try to push the boundaries even farther."
Poor Moon have certainly had plenty of time to perform together. By the time they hit the stage at the Casbah Sunday night, the quartet will have multiple legs for both the EP and LP under it. And the blossoming synergy between band members is only bolstering Wargo's already incessant productivity.
"I don't really watch television," Wargo said. "I'm not that into partying or going to bars. My favorite pastime is sitting down and making songs. I just get a kick out of it."
That enthusiasm has already manifested itself in a new crop of songs for the next Poor Moon project.
"I just go with whatever I'm feeling about something at the time," Wargo said. "And I've already finished some new demos. I'm really excited about what comes next."


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League of Legends Reveals Lissandra, the Ice Witch
A new Legend has joined the League with Riot's latest champion reveal of Lissandra, the Ice Witch. This champion looks like one I will enjoy playing very much as she is a mage who uses mana very efficiently and is designed to kite, crowd control, and lure enemies in to ganks and slow them for kills versus taking damage. I'm sure that she can be built in to some ability power to ensure some kills along with the slows and stuns along with one of the more simple, but effective ultimate moves in the game.
Starting off, we have Lissandra's passive, which gives her the ability (after a short cooldown) to use an ability and have it cost no mana. That's not all though, using a movement impairing ability, which are almost all of her spells, reduces the cooldown. This passive alone makes me convinced that I will be picking her up on release day. Her Q ability, which will most likely be the highest damage ability, is called Ice Shard which throws a spear of ice at her opponents and the first champ it hits, is slowed severely as well as damaging every other champion it hits after that. Ring of Frost is Lissandra's area of effect spell that will root targets in place for a short duration and leave them stunned.
My favorite ability of Lissandra's will be the Ice Claw she can shoot out which is slow moving, but damages and slows enemies hit. Not only is this a strong skill shot, but can also work as a teleport, in that if Lissandra activates her E button twice, she will teleport to her claw. This can be used as a chaser and escape. If you're looking for a mage who can control the battlefield, as far as movement speed is concerned, pick up Lissandra, Ice Witch soon.


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PLAINVIEW - A Hale County grand jury recently indicted Gabriel Rodriguez, 25, of Plainview, on an injury to a child charge after he allegedly beat his 3-month-old son on Dec. 21, leaving the boy with a broken femur and four broken ribs, officials said.
The charge and a subsequent arrest warrant come while Rodriguez is serving a 10-year probated sentence following his injury to a child conviction for hurting his 35-day-old daughter in October 2003, said Hale County District Attorney Wally Hatch.
As of late Tuesday, Rodriguez had not been booked into the Hale County Jail on the new charge, said Sheriff's Chief Deputy David Pool.
Immediately following the first case, involving Rodriguez's daughter, Children's Protective Services took over as the baby's legal guardian, allowing the child's mother to visit under supervision, Plainview police detective Sgt. Stan Brannam said at the time.
What happened since that time is unconfirmed. Darrell Azar, a CPS spokesman, said he could not comment on case specifics but could speak generally on CPS's involvement in such incidents.
"There would be steps taken to restrict or bar (convicted) parental contact," Azar said, adding that the non-offending parent could be held liable for failing to protect the children from further harm.
He also said there is no automatic system that would have informed CPS of the second baby's birth.
Depending on the severity of a child's injuries, CPS's role will vary.
"There's no one rule or process that would cover the cases," Azar said.
Rodriguez's daughter suffered "serious bruising," Brannam said, and she had been hospitalized at Covenant Children's Medical Center in Lubbock. At the time, Brannam described her injuries to include blackened, swollen eyes, "finger bruises" to both her cheeks and chin, and bruises to her buttocks, wrist and knee.
Azar said that speaking generally about what CPS might do when investigating such a set of injuries to a child might come "too close" to speculating about the stance the agency took on this particular case.
He continued to speak generally about what CPS case workers might do in a case where a parent, for the first time, inflicts injuries to a child that do not endanger the child's life. The agency, he said, would attempt to educate parents to help them grow, learn and create a good environment for their children "and then get out of their lives." If a case is closed, and no case worker is monitoring the family, then "something bad could happen again," he said.
With education, treatment and reform, sometimes an offending parent does change for the better, he said.
The more seriously a child is injured the more extreme the parental restrictions become, including separating the child from the family by placing him or her in a foster home. Any kind of parental restriction requires a court order, he said.
"A lot of time when there is a conviction, the parent goes to jail," Azar said. "If the parent perpetrator goes to jail, that would automatically separate the child from that parent."
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The Bottom Line / Bank Hapoalim Doesn't Want the Doctor
D. is a senior doctor, a professor who runs a busy unit at one of the biggest hospitals in central Israel.
D. is a senior doctor, a professor who runs a busy unit at one of the biggest hospitals in central Israel. His wife is also a senior doctor at a leading medical institution. Both also have a prosperous private practice, and naturally, D. and his family live in a nice house in a prestigious neighborhood.
D. and his wife are highly desirable clients at the banks. They are wealthy and yet lack the background in economics to hassle the bank with demands for discounts on fees. Nor do they threaten to move their custom to another bank if theirs doesn't cut 0.2 percent off the interest they pay. That is exactly the sort of customer the banks love.
At least, that is exactly the sort of customer the banks should love. Reality, it turns out, is different.
We received a letter from D. this week, complaining about the way his bank, Hapoalim, treats him. "My account at the bank is the account of a small company practically never in overdraft," he wrote. "The word `practically' qualifies that on three occasions in the last two years, there was a small overdraft of less than NIS 10,000, for less than two or three days.
"All three times were due to foreign travel and inattention. All the rest of the time, the account was in credit. To avoid the bank not honoring charges on these rare occasions, the bank demanded a credit allocation fee of NIS 600, and another percent of the credit required. That is a fee comprising 40 percent of the total annual fee. What should I do?"
We tried to help him. We suggested he check what other banks might offer. We said that after that he should return to Bank Hapoalim and threaten to jump ship if it didn't lower its fees.
"You are an excellent customer," we wrote to D. "There is no chance the bank won't agree to give you a discount."
"I tried it," D. wrote back. "The bank didn't get too excited about it."
The year 2005 was an excellent one for people who believe in competition between financial institutions. Reforms were instituted and all their dreams came true. It was the year depositors on provident and mutual funds were released from the captivity of the banks, as the funds were sold to others.
It was the year the seeds of objective advice on financial and pension issues were sown, as advisers at the banks lose the taint of conflicted interests. It was the year the banks' power over the capital market was curbed, and new, fresh players entered the capital market, in the form of Markstone and the York Capital management fund.
The year 2005 was a great one from many perspectives, except one. It was the year household and small business bank customers were overlooked.
There is no competition over small customers, or small businesses. They are the sector most burdened by the banks. They are small, they are weak, their financial needs are complex and varied and therefore it is hard to compare one bank with another. They don't interest the media and therefore receive no protection through public exposure. They are just there, subject to the whims of the banks, with nobody competing for their favor, and with no negotiating power.
They might have had some negotiating power with the small ("emerging") banks, but these seem to be emerging mainly in the press, not in practice. They do not pose real competition to the duopoly of the big banks, Hapoalim and Leumi.
Financial reform did begin to chug forward in 2005, but the carriage with the small passengers remained behind, unlinked to the train. That is a dreadful shame, because much time will pass until another reform is carried out, and it will probably touch on severing the credit cards from the banks.
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B.C. selling out taxpayers
The provincial government must start charging more for our water. (FILE PHOTO/QMI AGENCY)
"The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me." - psychologist Jonathan Potter
Have you ever paid $2.25 for a bottle of water? Of course - you can pay a lot more if you go to a Vancouver Canucks game, a concert, movie theatre or restaurant.
So what if you could pay $2.25 not for a 500-ml bottle of water, not for a big office cooler full, but $2.25 for one million litres of water?
Sounds ridiculous given the retail price, but that's the unbelievably low rate the BC Liberal government has given to giant multinational firm Nestle and others to extract fresh, clean groundwater to bottle and sell for exorbitant profits.
The price is so outrageous I have to repeat it - Nestle Waters Canada pays the province just $2.25 for each one million litres of water.
The total estimated price of all the water Nestle will bottle from B.C. in an entire year is - wait for it - just $562 a year.
But, if you can believe it, that's an improvement - because until recently they got it all for free.
It must be nice to have an endless supply of potable water where you can take as much as you like, sell it for an enormous profit and pay a pittance at worst for millions of litres of liquid gold.
Unfortunately, I have to confess a terrible sin - I drink bottled water regularly - and mostly Nestle products.
I pay 50 cents a bottle - and I know I should be drinking tap water in the metal refillable container currently gathering dust in my house.
Don't bother lecturing me - at least I'm drinking healthy water and hydrating myself - but this farce make me really rethink my willingness to line their pockets.
I feel apologetic, but Nestle doesn't for its role.
"We're investing millions of dollars in that plant. We employ 75 people [and] we pay millions of dollars in taxes," said Nestle spokesman John Challinor in 2013.
Cry me a river. And at $2.25 a million litres, they can bloody well afford it.
Time to put a serious smart meter on the bottled water tap and make Nestle and others really pay.
Bill Tieleman is a former NDP strategist. Read his blog at http://billtieleman.blogspot.com Email: email@example.com Twitter: @BillTieleman
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Yes, Prindle...?
It's about Forever and After..
Prindle, even if we can destroy any traces of recorded History, and make everyone forget about what happened in the past.. there's still the possibility of recordings within other realms, detailing these events.. I mean, how can we hold the world for ransom, if we aren't the only ones with the recorded history of the world?
..Then again.. we can always make others believe that history is a lie..
[---New Guard Institute---]
(Case 7 --- Something Honest)
Within the private room of Marknam', after hours of discussion, hours of looking through the veil, even after hours of insanity, the student within black, wearing the normal white Orb pin, finally got a grip of his sanity!
Student-----''Well.. I-I can't say that I'm fixed.. but, I can say that I'll be able to accept this reality, and realization.''
He takes one long, and deep stare at Marknam', and Cassandra.
Student-----''..Thank you..''
He starts to lea-
Marknam'--''Hold it.''
Student-----''What now?''
Marknam' goes through some papers.
Marknam'---''You need to go somewhere.. where you can be distracted from that.. thing you realized..''
Student------''I rather not think about it-''
Marknam'---''Nonsense! I'm sending you abroad! To...''
Marknam'----''...sure, why not?''
Marknam' stands, and gives the student a ticket, stamped two times with black ink. The student is shocked by the ticket!
Marknam'----''Hey, at least up there, you can enjoy the view..''
With a hint of content, the student leaves the room, and the invisible veil like entity started to follow.
..Maybe.. I can.. find the others..
..through him..
''Whoa there you, don't.''
The barely visible entity stops as ordered, and the Teacher, along with the Seviper, gets out of the room.
It does as commanded, and follows the teacher through the school.
And along the way the pokemon and Teacher have a conversation.
Cassandra----''Why iss it..''
Marknam'------''That it did what I ordered?''
She chuckles a bit.
Marknam'------''Prindle has always been easily suggestible to. Lass, him being that now.. makes him even more suggestible!''
Marknam'-------''Fine, it's also due to the way I said it, with such strong emotion, and thought put into the words, the SoCs, unlike the False ones, automatically react to the orders, for the emotion, and thought put into them makes them think that they need to act in the moment.. but, that's not to say that anyone can control them like that.. I mean, they're not mindless.''
Cassandra------''I ssee..''
Ule---''That's it! You're almost there!''
Marknam', and the Seviper stop at a door, and peak through the window of it. From there, they see an enthusiastic bald woman within cream looking as delightful as ever to the sight of the zipper being flawlessly weaving its way through the six discs being held upright by a couple of students within scientist clothing.
Ule-----------''Such.. flexebility!''
Student 3--''Wow, what a somebody!''
Student 4--''Meh, I've seen better.''
After seeing it go on for about an hour, Marknam' bursts through the door with the Seviper, the entity behind her calmly looking about.
Marknam'---''Alright! From that performance...!''
Her scolding look frightened everyone.
Marknam'---''We might just outperform Sevii University for this year's schoolastics competition!''
Ule------------''Didn't they-''
Marknam'---''While I'm still alive, no one dares cancels something like that!.. Now, to the Theater!''
They all start to leave.
I just want you to know, that I think the losing fight could have been described a bit more..
But, that's just me..
protobakurion 4 years ago#163
Wait... Where's Isaac?
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protobakurion posted...
Wait... Where's Isaac?
Last time his party was mentioned.
Traveling the LotSS for something to do.
Now, if I had my way(Which I almost had >.>), he'd be in the [Paris] region, readying to become the guest star of part of case 9.
Changlini posted...
I know.I just didn't feel like writing it.
I don't even know anymore.
TableFlip posted...
Changlini posted...@Tableflip
K, it's fine if you didn't feel like writing it(How I feel for a lot of my first story related posts for each day..).
Goodnight though..
protobakurion 4 years ago#167
Changlini posted...
protobakurion posted...Wait... Where's Isaac?
Damnit Garioshi. He needs to get his lazy bum in here and write.
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TVirusPredator 4 years ago#168
Eventually, the group arrived at Route 1, where Sadie dived in the water, and shifted into Lugia. As everyone boarded her...
"Are you really comfortable with using your own daughter like this?" Sarah asked.
"It's kinda hard to stop her from volunteering." Pryce answered.
"Yeah," Sadie said. "I love doing this."
"Whatever floats your boat." Sarah said. "Come on, Ryu."
"Ryu?" Pryce asked, turning around to see Sasha getting on, with a very angry look on her face.
"For the last time," Sasha said. "I don't appreciate the Street Fighter names!"
"What are you gonna do?" Sarah taunted. "Throw another Hadoken?"
Sasha's face contorted with rage, but then relaxed. "...actually...yes." Sasha then fired an Aura Sphere at Sarah, knocking her off. "Hadoken." she said smugly.
Once Sarah climbed back on, the two resumed arguing. As it went on...
"Are we sure we want these two traveling with us?" Sadie asked Pryce.
"...yes, yes we are." Pryce said, staring intently at the argument with a smile on his face.
"Thirteen yea-- well, seven years for me. But still, they haven't changed." Katherine said, doing the same as Pryce.
As soon as everyone was on, Sadie took off, and landed outside her family's house. After Pryce, Katherine, and Sadie gave everyone the tour, they all settled down for the night, agreeing to check on Mauville tomorrow.
Well, almost everyone agreed to settle down for the night...
Katherine was waiting outside for Pryce, who arrived on the beach with an eager yet reserved smile on his face. Katherine wore the same smile as they both shifted, and dove in the ocean.
They both swam together, frolicking through the waters, observing the Pokémon they were swimming past, the moonlight shining on them both through the waves, and more often than anything, each other. After doing this for some time, they both entered a small underwater cave, at first to rest, but then to do what only they could do...
Afterwards, they both rested on the seafloor, staring up at the moon, Katherine resting her head on Pryce's shoulder, or at least what came closest to a shoulder on a Samurott.
"You know, we should invite Sadie for this." Katherine says, at which point Pryce gives her a very odd look. Quickly, she adds "I mean, for the first part of this, with the swimming. And maybe if she's tired, the resting on the seafloor. The part in between--"
"Yeah, let's not invite her for that." Pryce said, chuckling.
"...I've been thinking. What if we do continue with this league challenge? There's only one champion..."
"I'm not interested in becoming champion. I've got a company to run, a family to raise, and many, many, many forces of evil to violently destroy. What about you?"
"Yeah... I'm not really interested in becoming champion either. Take out the company part, my reasons are the same as yours."
"Besides, in all this, the journeys we took, the old friends we met again, the new friends we made, we lost sight of the two real reasons we even became trainers with Sadie."
"To find out what caused this Mio trouble, and above all else, keep our daughter safe..."
"But now, we're gonna travel Hoenn, and try and fix the damage done by our enemies. Who knows? We might find a clue about the Mio."
"But I can tell your mind's on something else."
"Hm? Oh, nothing. Let's head back."
And with that, Pryce and Katherine returned home, with Katherine carrying secret suspicions...
There's only one way to make sure you're a mature gamer.
Ignore the ESRB rating, and ask yourself: Is this game fun?
TVirusPredator 4 years ago#169
Hard to say, but I think I might have hit 4096 characters with that last post.
And anyway, I don't know which is more disturbing. That I'm turning my dramatic style into a carbon copy of TableFlip's comic relief (no offense, TableFlip. I do love your story, but I know I have a more important role in the main plot than that), or the fact that I don't mind turning it into a carbon copy of that...
There's only one way to make sure you're a mature gamer.
Ignore the ESRB rating, and ask yourself: Is this game fun?
Chandler014 4 years ago#170
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Puddle of Mudd Mix New Album at Ocean Way Recording
A&R Exec Jack Joseph Puig Mixes "Songs In The Key Of Love & Hate"
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Recording "Volume 4" in Vancouver & Los Angeles, Puddle Of Mudd (POM) re-enlisted the talents of Brian Howes, who produced the aforementioned "Famous" and John Kurzweg, who produced 2001's album, "Come Clean." "Even though we hate messing with success, we felt adding newcomer Brian Virtue to the producer mix would be a welcome change," say frontman Wes Scantlin. "What we got is 10 tracks of exactly what we were looking for."
In addition to singer/guitarist Wes Scantlin, bassist Douglas Ardito, drummer Ryan Yerdon and the return of guitarist Paul Phillips on guitars round out the POM line-up. The band's 2001 debut album "Come Clean" generated four #1 alternative and rock radio hit singles ("Blurry," "She Hates Me," "Control" and "Drift And Die"), with "Blurry" becoming the most played track on Modern Rock Radio for 2002 and scooping the ASCAP award for most played song of the year. 2003 saw the release of their follow up "Life On Display," which featured the top 5 radio hit "Away From Me" and the top 10 hit "Heel Over Head."
|Pictured (L-R) in Ocean Way's Studio D are Puddle of Mudd's Paul Phillips (lead guitar), Wes Scanlin (vocals, rhythm guitar), and Douglas Ardito (bass, backing vocals) with A&R executive and mix engineer Jack Joseph Puig. Photo by David Goggin.
The first single from "Volume 4," "Spaceship," was released October 27th and is the #1 most added at radio, all formats. For the video, the band hired Petro Papahadjopoulos to create the visual component that will include guest appearances by Nitro Circus, action sport legends - Travis Pastrana, Jolene Van Vugt, Jim DeChamp, Andy Bell, Erik Roner, "Streetbike" Tommy Passemante, Jeremy Rawle, Gregg Godfrey, and Hubert Rowland.
"It's easy and predictable to say I'm most proud of this record," says band frontman Wes Scantlin, adding "but I think it's more appropriate to say I'm most proud of what we've accomplished as a band to this point. As self-sufficient as ever, we virtually depend on the fans to come through for us - and because of that, this band is built for the future."
The complete Flawless/Geffen album will be released on December 8.
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We had a rainy weekend and yesterday it snowed, again! It was the strangest weather. At first it was raining and then raining and snowing all at once, you could see rain drops and snowflakes at the same time. Then huge snowflakes for almost three hours but there was a lot of moisture and though it started to stick, it wasn't long after that it started to melt. Thankfully the roads are clear.
So, all that being said, soup still fits in with our comfort needs on a chilly night. I found the recipe here at Chef in Training. Nikki, its host, has some wonderful recipes which I enjoyed browsing through. Thank you Nikki for sharing a wonderful meal.
Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 cups milk
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes and jalapenos (I couldn't find them with jalapenos exactly, so I used one that said diced tomatoes with chilies)
1 package (10 ounces) frozen corn
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup choppd bell pepper (I used the red)
1 can (10 ounces) Enchilada sauce
2 whole chicken breasts (I used chicken thighs)
Garnish suggestions:
Slices of avocado
Sour Cream
Crushed Tortilla Chips (we used Snyder's of Hanover Reduced-Fat)
Cilantro leaves, chopped or whole
Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese to sprinkle on top
Hot Sauce
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in the flour and keep stirring until smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat and add the chicken broth and 1/2 cup milk, a little at a time, stirring to keep smooth. Return to heat. Bring the sauce to a gentle boil and cook, stirring constantly, until it thickens.
In a large bowl whisk together the enchilada sauce and chicken broth mixture. Gradually whisk in the remaining milk until smooth. Set aside.
In crock pot combine drained beans, tomatoes, corn, onion and bell pepper. Place the chicken breasts on top of the mixture. Pour sauce over ingredients in crock pot. Cover and cook on low heat for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours.
When you are ready to serve, remove chicken and cut or shred into bite-sized pieces. Add chicken back into the soup, mix together.
Garnish with toppings of choice. Everything suggested compliments this meal beautifully.
I need help with the presentation of my food. Maybe if I had only put three 'petals' on top it would have looked better. They do say less is more don't they? Standing alone this is a very 'pretty' meal.
I realized I had forgotten the cheese. I also forgot to use crushed tortillas, but as we have enough for another meal tomorrow I can use them next time. I also might put the avocados on the side and just use a dollop of sour cream on the top of the soup, along with the crushed tortillas.
Added note: finished this off last night. It was even better the second time round, and the crushed tortilla chips made it even more yummy.


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EU to issue reports on Canada's seal killing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's environment chief will present a report on the "inhumane killing" of seals in Canada in the next few months, his spokeswoman said amid persistent calls for a ban on fur imports.
"Commissioner (Stavros) Dimas is looking into the matter of the inhumane killings of seals and that we are preparing texts to be presented in the next few months to address this issue," spokeswoman Barbara Hellferich said.
Speaking at a daily European Commission media briefing, she did not say whether the EU executive would propose a ban on seal fur imports by the 27-nation bloc.
"I can't give you any details on this proposal ... We are hoping to have it ready before the summer," Hellferich said.
Belgium and the Netherlands last year banned imports of seal products of their own, prompting Canada to launch a trade dispute with the EU as a whole in September.
The EU already bars imports of furs from white-coated pups -- known as the Brigitte Bardot ban after the animal rights campaigner and film star -- because of public revulsion over televised scenes of hunters clubbing pups to death on the ice.
Canada has argued at the World Trade Organization that there is no basis in science or international trade law to justify bans on the import of seal products, which provide an important source of income for many people in eastern Canada.
But the European Parliament last year called for a full EU ban on Canadian fur imports, prompting the Commission's investigations into the cull. Some of its members renewed their calls for the EU to act decisively on Wednesday.
"As the culling season gets under way, the time has come for the Commission to take action," said Neil Parish, a Conservative member of the legislature and head of its Animal Welfare group.
"The slaughter of seals in Canada, including seals that are just a few weeks old, is barbaric and the EU should not condone it," he said in a statement.
(Reporting by William Schomberg; Editing by David Brunnstrom)


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Facing an Armada of Patatas in Spain
By NEIL GLADSTONE
Published: September 26, 2004
MY girlfriend, Wendy, and I were strolling along a street in Madrid, trying to find the Palacio Real when a snack bar marquee caught my eye: ''Churros y Patatas.''
Loosely translated, the phrase means ''cellulite for your pasty thighs.''
Granted, a closer read might be ''crullers and potato chips,'' but the first interpretation sprang into my Atkins-attuned American mind. Then it hit me: Spain, that paella-packed temptress, is a land that low carbs forgot. As we ambled along, I glanced into the windows of fast-food restaurants. Where were the Atkins-approved wraps and salads? Where were the Vitamin Shoppes hawking Ketatoes and fat-burning supplements?
Back home in New York, I am not a strict Atkins-dieter. But in recent months, I've done everything possible to avoid foods that send my blood sugar soaring: Pop-Tarts, fried rice and even my beloved ginger-mango granola. My own dietary proclivities, coupled with current nutritional edicts decrying carbohydrates as culinary kryptonite, has resulted in my attempt to break the record for annual tofu consumption by a United States citizen.
When I happened upon one of the few health food stores I saw in Madrid, I hoped to stock up on protein shakes and powders that I might be able to ration out over what I feared would be a carbo-loaded week.
Yet the protein preachers don't appear to have been spreading the good word in Madrid: meal replacement bars boasted high doses of multigrains, and boxes of bulgur lined the shelves. The tofu was suspended in refrigerated jars as if left behind by high school students who would return when the next science fair rolled around. I didn't have to think hard before leaving empty-handed.
On our first night in Spain, Wendy suggested we search for an innovative tapas restaurant recommended by our guidebook. I agreed, assured that I could satisfy my appetite with fried mushrooms and shrimp.
Unfortunately, the book failed to note that the restaurant had recently been replaced by a shopping center. Staring down a mall cafe's wall of white bread, I agreed to soldier on after ordering a petite tuna-and-egg finger sandwich to go.
The mission intensified with a stinging rain shower, as we marched past grungy pubs and overpriced hotel bars on our quest for just the right bit of Continental charm. Two blocks beyond the Palacio de Comunicaciones (a post office so ornate it could be a monument to a postage war), an Art Nouveau-style boite appeared on the horizon.
The waiter asked something in Spanish. I nodded. I didn't care where we sat as long as the comida arrived pronto. We ordered fried calamari, battered cod and -- just to make us feel better -- a salad. Then came the test, as if great Atkins's ghost was hovering over me: The waiter dropped onto the table a basket of crusty bread (or pan, as he put it). It was a revelation, and I praised the gods of wheat for every morsel.
The next day I expected to pay for my fall from grace with extra flab, but between hiking to the Prado and dragging our luggage to the station to catch a train to Seville, my pants were looser, not tighter.
For all of the empanadas, patatas and pan in their daily diet, Spaniards don't appear to be facing an obesity crisis. According to statistics of the marketing analysts Euromonitor International, Spaniards gorged on 126 pounds of bread per capita last year, while Americans nibbled on a mere 69 pounds each. And yet, where were the legions of elastic pants I'd left on the other side of the Atlantic? During our weeklong stay, my unscientific survey of the native population was remarkably low in cellulite findings.
Expatriates I asked about the difference said Spaniards didn't eat as many snacks or drink as much soda as Americans. That may be why my search for a 40-ounce Gulp-o-Grande was thwarted on every corner.
''Europeans are just more concerned about looking good,'' declared one American who had lived on the other side of the Atlantic for several years. As if vacuuming fat from your thighs and injecting botox into your face doesn't mean that you want to look good?
At the Madrid train station, the ticket salesman told us that the next two trains to Seville were sold out, so we hunted for sustenance. One vending machine offered eight types of potato chips (not one low-carb crunch in the bunch), a Kit Kat bar and a bag of doughnut-shaped cookies slathered with waxy chocolate that for some unfathomable reason was named Filipinos.
We looked toward the food stands, and I eventually settled on a tortilla hoagie (an egg-and-potato omelet on a long roll); and my girlfriend ordered the ''rustica'' sandwich, which was also packed with that most carbacious tuber and mayonnaise.
''What kind of people put potato salad on bread?'' she said.
The kind of people who rioted in Seville in 1652 when facing a shortage of bread. Spaniards seem to be cuckoo for carbohydrates. Later, counting the number of panaderias lining Seville's winding streets, I noted that government officials are prepared to quash any future uprisings with cookies, cake and croissants the size of conch shells.


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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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The Incidental Music, Songs & Choruses
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Arthur Sullivan
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Fiji UNDP Resident Representative, Knut Ostby: Address at the Asia Pacific Launch of the Human Development Report 2011Nov 3, 2011
SPC, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, good morning.
I am very pleased that we could take this occasion of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community to have the Asia-Pacific launch of our global flagship report — the Human Development Report 2011—this year titled, Sustainability and Equity – A better future for all.
The focus of this report ties in well with the seventh conference of the Pacific Community next week where ministers will be discussing managing risks for sustainable development brought about by the impact of climate change on food security in the Pacific.
UNDP's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Ajay Chhibber, speaking about this report has said "There will be no sustainable development if the way we live and grow destroys the ecosystems in which we all live on this planet. There is no Plan B for Planet Earth, and for the people of the Pacific, that message is loud and clear as their very existence is threatened. This report takes a close look at how equitable access to renewable energy, water and sanitation, healthcare—can advance both sustainability and human development."
The report is about human development. It is about how we live, how we relate to each other and to our surroundings. Now that we are 7 billion people living together in this world, more and more we will feel the consequences of everything we do on everything else around us. It is important that we look carefully at what we do and on how it affects our own environment, how it affects others and how it affects future generations.
What world will this seven billionth child grow up to inherit? Will this girl or boy have clean air to breathe and affordable food to eat? Some answers to these questions can be found in the report we are launching today.
The Human Development Report 2011 warns that if we do not take bold steps to invest in improving access to renewable energy, water and sanitation, and reproductive healthcare services to protect the disadvantaged from getting poorer, the future generations will be living in a bleak world.
The current fossil fuel injected growth has left many people outside the development circle. Some have not progressed any nearer to the circle, while others have been flung further from its centre. What is the place for the seven billionth person? Does he or she not deserve to enjoy the same privileges as his or her elders?
What is Human Development?
Human development is "enlarging people's choices," including the ability to be healthy, to be educated, and to enjoy a decent standard of living. Human development and well-being go far beyond these dimensions to encompass a much broader range of capabilities, including political freedoms and human rights.
Since its inception in 1990, the Human Development Report has been intellectually and editorially independent, and often provocative, though always with firm grounding in empirical research. The Report depends on statistics from a wide array of UN and other multilateral agencies, but its analysis and conclusions are the product and responsibility of the Report's authors alone.
With its wealth of empirical data and innovative approach to measuring development, the Human Development Reports have had a deep impact on development thinking around the world. The Human Development Reports have also long stressed the importance of sustainability. The first Report, in 1990, warned already at that time about ozone damage and urban pollution and other environmental hazards. The 1994 Report emphasized the centrality of sustainable development to the human development approach of putting people first, not economic growth as an end in itself. And the 2007/8 Report addressed the consequences of climate change for the world's poor. The 2011 Report, building on that legacy, identifies policies that can advance sustainability and equality simultaneously, locally as well as globally.
What Does this Report Tell Us?
This report is important for the world right now, and with its attention on sustainability and equitable access to global common goods it is highly relevant for the Pacific. This publication demonstrates the integral links between environmental sustainability and equity that are critical to expanding human freedoms for people today and in generations to come.
It illustrates that the remarkable progress that has been made in human development over recent decades cannot continue without bold global steps to reduce environmental risks and inequality.
Many disadvantaged people carry a double burden of deprivation. They are more vulnerable to the wider effects of environmental degradation, because of more severe stresses and fewer means of coping. Forecasts suggest that continuing failure to reduce the grave environmental risks and deepening social inequalities threaten to slow decades of sustained progress by the world's poor majority, and even reverse the global convergence in human development
Investment needs for environmental protection and adaptation in poor countries are great, but far less than recent global spending on financial sector bailouts.
This report shows that fossil-fueled growth is not a prerequisite for a better life, as defined in broader human development terms. The right social investments that improve equity—in access to renewable energy, water and sanitation, and reproductive health—could advance both sustainability and human development.
What does this report Say about the Pacific?
Turning to the Pacific, the report has some indicators for which this region can be proud. Palau scores highest in the Pacific, followed by Tonga as the only other Pacific island country in the High Human Development Index category. Between 1980 and 2011, Palau's life expectancy at birth increased by an impressive 12.6 years and expected years of schooling increased by 0.2 years. Tonga showed progress in each of the Human Development Index indicators. Between 1980 and 2011, Tonga's life expectancy at birth increased by 4.8 years, mean years of schooling increased by 3.0 years and expected years of schooling increased by 0.9 years.
Yet overall, the report shows that the Asia and Pacific nations are the most vulnerable to projected sea-level rises, with more than 100 million people at risk in the decades ahead. Since 1870 the average sea level has risen 20 centimetres, and the rate of change has accelerated, threatening to swamp populous, low-lying areas in, for example, Bangladesh, as well as island nations in the Pacific.
Rising sea levels will displace people and inundate low-lying lands. Island countries with a low mean elevation— such as Tuvalu (1.83 metres), Kiribati (2.0 metres) and the Marshall Islands (2.13 metres)—are seriously threatened by the possibility of a 0.18–0.59 metre sea level rise by the end of the 21st century.
Health effects may be severe as well. Kiribati, as only one example, can expect a 10 percent drop in rainfall by 2050— reducing fresh water 20 percent. Moreover, salt water intrusions are increasing due to sea level rise and frequent coastal flooding, further contaminating ground water wells, the primary fresh water source for its rapidly growing population.
Globally, around 45 million people— at least 6 million of them women— fish for a living and are threatened by overfishing and climate change. The vulnerability is twofold: the countries most at risk also rely the most on fish for dietary protein, livelihoods and exports. Climate change is expected to lead to major declines in fish stocks in the Pacific Islands.
In fact, climate change is predicted to reduce fishery resources in the Pacific Islands by as much as half by 2100 and to drastically reduce coral reefs. Research commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme emphasizes the centrality of fishing to livelihoods in the Pacific region for both subsistence and cash.
What can we do to ensure that the seven billionth person has clean water to drink, clean air to breathe and clean energy to cook with?
Looking beyond the Millennium Development Goals, the world needs a post 2015 development framework to reflect equity and sustainability. The "Rio+20" conference next year will provide a new opportunity for the world community to reach a shared understanding about how to move forward. The Report advocates for global sustainability policies that take equitability and long-term human development progress fully into account, including through needed legal and political reforms.
These would include more systematic consideration of the distributional effects of green economy policies, enforceable rights to a clean and safe environment, and mechanisms to hold decision-makers to account and promote wider public participation in policymaking. Giving poor individuals and countries a greater voice in decision-making at the local, national and global levels is a prerequisite for ensuring that development becomes both more equitable and more sustainable in the decades to come.
The Pacific Island Forum Leaders in a joint statement with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, highlighted the importance of sustainable economic growth for long term development in the Pacific.
The financing needed for development—including environmental and social protection—will need to be many times greater in upcoming decades than current levels of official development assistance. Spending on climate change adaptation and mitigation is around 11 percent of estimated need. Private sector funding is critical but needs to be supported and leveraged by proactive public investment. Closing the financing gap requires innovative thinking.
This report outlines a major innovative source of finance that can be a new currency transaction tax. Beyond raising new sources of funds to address pressing environmental threats equitably, the Report advocates global reforms to promote equity and voice. Financing flows need to be channeled toward the critical challenges of unsustainability and inequity—and not exacerbate existing disparities.
Stronger accountability and democratic processes, in part through support for an active civil society and media, can also improve results. Successful approaches rely on community management, inclusive institutions that pay particular attention to disadvantaged groups, and approaches that coordinate budgets and mechanisms across government agencies and development partners.
This report argues that incremental changes are not enough. Aside from the transaction tax, it also calls for Swift implementation of the UN's Universal Energy Access Initiative – It urges a Global campaign – to develop clean energy at the country level and Support for national low emission, climate-resilient development strategies.
The General Assembly declared 2012 the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has set a goal of Sustainable Energy for All by 2030 has three objectives:
• Ensuring universal access to modern energy services;
• Doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency;
• Doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
Pacific Island countries are talking positive steps in embracing renewable energy. To mention two important examples, Tonga needs to be commended for its Renewable Energy Roadmap, and the State of Kosrae in the Federated State of Micronesia has started work to be powered 100% by renewable energy.
This report calls for bold action to break the destructive link between environmental degradation and economic growth that has tainted much of the development experience of the past half-century and threatens future progress. It illustrates how human development can become environmentally sustainable and more equitable. Its policy agenda helps to redress imbalances that simply cannot persist.
There are alternatives to inequality and unsustainability. Investments that improve lives, ensure that families have access to clean and affordable energy, have safe water that they can drink, and healthcare they can depend on – all of these investments can advance both sustainability and human development.
As the report states, "If the world fails to act now, future generations may remember the early 21st century as the time when the doors to a better future closed for most of the world's poor."
Thank you.


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The C.A. six tips of the day for Sept. 15
By Bonnie Adams, Government Editor
Region – Today is Monday, Sept. 17, the 261st day of 2012.
On this day in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia.
On this day in 1908, Orville Wright was piloting a plane with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as his passenger, when the plane crashed. Selfridge became the very first person to die in an airplane crash.
And on this day in 1983, Vanessa Williams, Miss New York, became the first African American woman to become Miss America. She was forced to give up her crown a year later when nude photos of her were published in a men's magazine.
Today's birthdays include – the late John Ritter (1948); the late Hank Williams Sr. (1923) and race car champion Jimmie Johnson (1975).
Here are six tips for the day –
1. The Rotary Club of Westborough will be presenting its second annual "Living with Diabetes (Type 2)" symposium tomorrow, Tues., Sept. 18, at 6:30 p.m., at the Mill Pond School, 6 Olde Hickory Path, Westborough.
2. The Northborough Food Pantry has put out an urgent plea for non-perishable donations.
3. The Westborough Planning Board will be holding a public hearing on large scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations at the Forbes Municipal Building, tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.
4. The Friends of the Shrewsbury Senior Center, Inc. will kick off the new year Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m., with Steve Henderson's program, "JERRY ATRIC – The Older I Get."
5. The public is welcome to attend a free Grief Recovery Support Group at the Marlborough Hospital starting tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 18. ?http://communityadvocate.com/2012/08/30/marlborough-grief-recovery-support-group-starts/
6. It's not uncommon for motorcyclists to get together and go on a long ride. Recently a group in Marlborough did just that – to raise money in memory of a man who died much too young.
Short URL: http://www.communityadvocate.com/?p=26384


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Monroe (Conn.) Masuk quarterback Casey Cochran has visited UConn and Rutgers recently, and he spoke with Rivals.com about each school on Wednesday evening.
The 6-foot-1, 227-pound pro-style quarterback has an offer from Boston College. While he is high on the Eagles he also wants to find out what other options he's going to have.
"I've been to junior days for UConn and Rutgers," Cochran explained. "I also took an unofficial visit this past weekend to Rutgers.
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"With UConn, coach (Paul) Pasqualoni recently took the job and I think that's a very big move for them. He's a very good coach. He was with the Dolphins and Cowboys the last couple of years and I think he'll do big things for their program.
"I really liked it at Rutgers as well. I liked both places. I feel like both are very interested. I got to talk to coach (Greg) Schiano at Rutgers and that was great."
Cochran said he will be visiting Princeton on Friday. Beginning in April he will start to visit schools such as UVa, Duke, Penn, Penn State and Notre Dame.


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In Dawn of War II you'll notice right away that the Space Marines are stronger than many of the other faction units, they however suffer a higher cost when they lose a squad. The requisition and power cost to bring out these units is a lot higher. This particular article looks at the units of the Imperium's finest and marks the first of the four faction guides to the up-coming Dawn of War 2.
The Space Marine Units
The Scout Marine
The cornerstone of any good offensive operation is data, tactical data at that and the Space Marine Scouts are the best at providing that data for the Imperium. They gain a number of useful abilities and they're cheap to bring out.
- Requisition: 210
- Population: 9
Scout Marine Abilities
Infiltration: Granted when the Scout unlocks either the Shotgun or the Sniper Rifle. For an energy cost the Scout is able to remain cloaked and spy upon the enemy, attacking enemy troops, getting too close or using abilities will break this effect.
Frag Grenades: The Frag Grenade is a useful tool to attack enemies behind cover or in buildings, since it ignores both. It does a decent amount of damage as well. It is unlocked when the squad has a Sergeant.
Repair: Allows the squad to repair a targeted allied vehicle/structure.
Scout Marine Upgrades (Wargear)
Shotguns: A formidable close combat weapon, this powerful addition to the Scout's arsenal allows them to knock back enemies and also grants the use of their Infiltrate ability.
- Requisition: 40
- Power: 20
Scout Sergeant: A highly trained Scout Sergeant joins the squad. This unlocks the use of the Frag Grenade and provides a bonus to the Scout Marine squad.
Sniper Rifles: Long distance killing power coupled with a stealthy muzzle signature. The Sniper Rifle unlocks Infiltrate and allows the Scout Marines a greater range of fire with which to engage their enemies at distance.
- Requisition: 100
- Power: 80
- Tech Level: 2
Tactical Marine Squad
A versatile squad that can be upgraded with several weapon configurations. The Tactical Marines are a solid and dependable force on the battlefield, able to engage infantry and vehicles depending on the selected Wargear.
- Requisition: 500
- Population: 15
Tactical Marine Abilities
And They Shall Know No Fear: The inspirational presence of a Sergeant unlocks this ability. The squad cannot move but they gain a bonus to their ranged weapon damage.
Tactical Marine Upgrades (Wargear)
Flamer: This weapon sends out jets of Promethium that ignite and burn the enemy. It is an excellent weapon for use against infantry in cover or buildings.
- Requisition: 75
- Power: 20
Sergeant: The presence of a Sergeant bolsters the troops and grants the use of And They Shall Know No Fear. The Sergeant is an excellent melee combatant and excels in close quarters.
- Requisition: 50
- Power: 25
- Population: 5
- Tech Level: 2
Plasma Gun: A weapon that excels against infantry and heavy infantry, the Plasma Gun propels a bolt of deadly energy at enemies and strikes with a fearsome blast.
- Requisition: 65
- Power: 30
- Tech Level: 2
Missile Launcher: A formidable weapon against heavy infantry, better against vehicles. The Missile Launcher has a slightly longer fire/reload time but packs a punch when it tracks onto the target.
- Requisition: 80
- Power: 40
- Tech Level: 2
Devastator Heavy Bolter Squad
The Devastator Heavy Bolter Squad is best used for suppression. It has a limited firing arc and requires some setup time. The squad is excellent against infantry and can turn the tide of battle if you're being overwhelmed by a superior number infantry force, like the Orks.
- Requisition: 345
- Population: 12
Devastator Heavy Bolter Squad Abilities
Focus Fire: In a hail of explosive Bolter shells the squad opens fire, removing the suppression effect but increasing the damage that the Heavy Bolter does by a significant amount.
Devastator Heavy Bolter Squad Upgrades (Wargear)
Targeter: This upgrade unlocks the Focus Fire ability.
- Requisition: 20
- Power: 10
Assault Squad
These are the Angels of Death, marines that can cross large sections of the battlefield via the use of jump packs. They are close-combat specialists and they can ambush/surprise an enemy who is dug into cover. They can be upgraded to take on vehicles and enemies in buildings.
Assault Squad Abilities
Jump: The Assault Squad can jump into the air, soar over the battlefield and land with a knock-back effect on any enemy that are in the vicinity.
Melta Bomb: This highly explosive device can temporarily immobilise vehicles. It causes a good amount of damage and is excellent versus vehicles. It is unlocked with the Thunder and Lightning Wargear.
Blind Grenade: This grenade is akin to a flash-bang. It is used when attacking buildings and temporarily blinds enemies and disables their ranged weapons.
Merciless Strike: A vicious explosive melee strike that is unlocked when a Sergeant is in the Assault Squad.
Assault Squad Upgrades (Wargear)
Thunder and Lightning: This equips the squad with Melta Bombs and Blind Grenades.
- Requisition: 30
- Power: 15
- Tech Level: 2
Sergeant: A melee specialist armed with a power sword. The Assault Sergeant is a highly capable close quarter's combat expert and gives the squad the Merciless Strike ability.
- Requisition: 50
- Power: 25
- Population: 5
- Tech Level: 2
Devastator Plasma Cannon Squad
A squad armed with a massive Plasma Cannon. This marine squad is capable of destroying troops that are dug in. It has a limited fire arc and requires some setup time to bring to bear. It is highly effective against vehicles and most troops.
- Requisition: 400
- Population: 12
- Tech Level: 2
When the Imperium needs to send a message and show its power, it brings forth the Dreadnought. This is a terrible and awe-inspiring fighting machine/walker that has fearsome melee combat abilities as well as an upgrade that allows the use of devastating Assault Cannon blasts firing explosive shells at the enemy. The Dreadnought inspires nearby troops when it is seen killing enemies.
- Requisition: 500
- Power: 9
- Population: 15
- Tech Level: 2
Dreadnought Abilities
Emperor's Fist: The Dreadnought slams its massive metal hands into the ground, this causes area effect damage and stuns nearby enemies for a while.
Assault Cannon Barrage: This looses an area effect rapid fire assault from the cannon. The Dreadnought peppers the zone with explosive shells that can also kill your allies.
Dreadnought Upgrades (Wargear)
Assault Cannon: The fearsome Assault Cannon can tear enemies to shreds. It unlocks the Assault Cannon Barrage.
- Requisition: 45
- Power: 45
Note: The AC removes the Emperor's Fist, the inspire effect and reduces the Dreadnought's melee ability.
Dark Age of Technology: The whispers of the Adeptus Mechanicus and their rites bring forth the power of the Machine Spirit. The Dreadnought gains a boost to its overall health and an even greater inspirational effect from melee attacks.
An armoured troop transport, the Razorback is a swift way to get your marines to the thick of combat. It can fire smoke shells to provide a cover area for nearby troops and is good against infantry and light vehicles. It can also be used to reinforce nearby squads/allies.
- Requisition: 240
- Power: 40
- Population: 10
- Tech Level: 2
Razorback Abilities
Smoke Launcher: This launches a smoke canister out that deploys and creates a blanket of thick smoke. It provides a cover bonus for units within the area of effect.
Razorback Upgrades (Wargear)
Reinforced Armour Plating: Extra metal armour plates are added to the transport. This increases the units overall health.
- Requisition: 15
- Power: 15
Predator Tank
A massive battle tank that rampages across the battlefield. It can take down infantry, heavy infantry and vehicles at range. It is a devastating mechanised unit that is the backbone of the Space Marine assault. It is a fearsome sight when it comes smashing through a wall or two towards a group of units taking them down with volleys of cannon fire.
- Requisition: 450
- Power: 125
- Population: 18
- Tech Level: 3
Space Marine Specialised Units
Through Drop Pods and teleporters the Imperium can bring down additional support from the orbiting Battle Barge. These range from Terminators armed with Assault weapons to a configurable Terminator squad. Lastly of course is the Venerable Dreadnought, a powerful upgraded version of the standard model that is even more inspiring and deadly than its counterpart.
Space Marine Overview
These are a squad that's highly suited to players who prefer a small number of units. The maximum standard size for most Space Marine squads is 3. With the additional Sergeant this can be bumped up to 4. They excel at providing a spearhead into enemy held territory and with numerous hard-hitting options they're great for a dragged out fight. The downside is that they are fewer in number and take heavy losses when they are killed.
Join us later in the week for a look at the Ork faction and their Art of WaaaaaaaaGH!


text: It's not too early to start planning your summer car show must-attends. One of those events is the Carlisle All-Chrysler Nationals from July 7 to July 9. Featured this year are a school of 'Cudas including a 1971 with a Hemi as well as a Six- Pack-equipped car. There will be a showdown o ... Read more