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Media debates over the U.S./NATO war in Libya have often amounted to proponents arguing for "humanitarian" intervention while conservative critics worry about Barack Obama's management of the war. But the question of the war's legality should be a front and center concern.
Obama's decided to wage war on Libya without seeking congressional approval. Under some interpretations of the War Powers Act, a president can do this for 60 days, a deadline that passed on Friday, May 20. After this, according to the law, military action without Congress's authorization is illegal.
The approaching deadline attracted little media coverage. The most prominent was a Washington Post op-ed by Yale professors Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway (5/17/11), who argued that if the White House does not get congressional approval, "history will say that the War Powers Act was condemned to a quiet death by a president who had solemnly pledged, on the campaign trail, to put an end to indiscriminate warmaking."
Beyond that op-ed, coverage was minimal. There was a substantive report by Dana Bash on CNN's Situation Room (5/19/11), where she noted that "the president may be on the brink of breaking the law if he continues the mission without Congressional approval." The War Powers Act was also briefly mentioned on Fox News Channel's Special Report (5/13/11).
The Beltway newspaper the Hill had a May 20 headline, "Lawmakers Largely Silent on War Powers Authority in Libya." The same could be said for the media.
The passing of that deadline saw a slight increase in coverage, in part due to the White House's efforts to explain its position. The New York Times (5/21/11) and the Washington Post both reported on the matter (5/21/11), as did NPR's All Things Considered (5/20/11). CNN host Anderson Cooper (5/20/11) read from a statement from Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, and responded: "I mean, saying he's acting consistent with it and yet not actually following it, I don't quite understand what that means."
There are legal questions surrounding the Libya War relating to international as well as domestic law. The London Sunday Telegraph (5/14/11) published an interview with NATO commander David Richards, who stressed his desire to expand the war. As the Telegraph put it: "Richards said he wanted the rules of engagement changed so that direct attacks can be launched against the infrastructure propping up Gadhafi's regime. Otherwise he fears the Libyan dictator will survive in power." Richards spoke of the need to "tighten the vice" on Moammar Gadhafi, adding:
And the following day, a Times report (5/17/11) included a Libyan official's account of the damage to civilian infrastructure:
Mr. Ayad said the network, one of the most advanced in the Arab world, had already suffered more than $1 billion in damage from NATO raids. In a PowerPoint display, he pinpointed areas that had taken the heaviest hits, including several in and near Surt, Colonel Gadhafi's hometown, on the Mediterranean coast.
The Times (4/27/11) had previously reported on this "more energetic bombing campaign" that included an attack "that temporarily knocked Libyan state television off the air." Such actions could be violations of the Geneva Conventions and the limits on targeting a country's civilian infrastructure (FAIR Blog, 4/27/11).
The Times article dwelt on the lessons from NATO's bombing of Serbia, and the understanding that attacking civilian targets--described as "high-profile institutional targets in Belgrade"--were a key part of the strategy. One retired general put it this way: "It was when we went in and began to disturb important and symbolic sites in Belgrade, and began to bring to a halt the middle-class life in Belgrade, that Milosevic's own people began to turn on him." The implication was that NATO should likewise try to "bring to a halt the middle-class life" in Libya--a strategy that would be a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions.
A real discussion of the legality of the Libya War needs to include a serious discussion of these legal matters--regardless of whether Congress, the White House or NATO decides to follow the law.


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Part One – Like a Bolt of Lightning
A/N: This was originally written for the LJ HP-GW Fic-a-fest. Props to LadyG for the pre-beta read!
A cool wind rustled through Harry's black hair. The first vestiges of autumn were approaching and the scent of the air warmed him beyond any of Madam Pomphrey's potions. Leaves whisked past, tumbling along the grass outside the Quidditch pitch and then swirling down towards the lake where they invariably were swallowed up in its frigid waters.
He pushed his fringe up and out of his face and walked purposefully onto the pitch. It was the first practice of the season for Gryffindor and he was more than ready to get back in the air again after having been banned most of last year and locked away at the Dursley's for the summer. It was time to be back where he belonged and his heart was beating wildly with anticipation.
"Ho there, Harry!" called a familiar voice from the bright sky above. Katie Bell was circling above the pitch, Quaffle in hand, tossing it back and forth with the new third year Chaser Bennett Mead and Ginny Weasley.
"Hey, Katie," answered Harry with a wave. "How's the team looking so far, captain?"
She threw the large red ball to Bennett. "Run some drills with Ginny!" she yelled over her shoulder and maneuvered her broom down next to Harry. "We've got a lot of work ahead of us." Katie motioned to the two new beaters who were only a small improvement over Sloper and Kirke. "Losing Fred and George will hurt us the most. Bennett's coming along, Ginny's fabulous. By the way, have you seen her play?"
Harry nodded his head as his eyes tracked her broom in the sky. She was running a drill with Bennett, who was hard pressed to keep up with the petite redhead. A Bludger whisked past her as she dodged low. Bennett swerved the opposite way and had to fly faster to catch her up, but by the time he did, she had thrown the Quaffle at an undefended hoop.
A smile formed on his lips as she flew a wide arcing sweep of the stadium, wind blowing her loose ponytail behind her like a banner. "What about Ron?"
"Ever since we won last year, he's been unstoppable." Katie shifted her weight on her broom and pointed at the goals he was defending from three enchanted balls. "Hisdetermination is unbelievable. If he's set on something, there's simply no turning him off of it."
Harry snorted, remembering how intimidating Slytherin had been the year before. He mounted his own broom and with a glance back at Katie said, "Well, I haven't caught a Snitch in almost a year, so I'm anxious to get going."
He shot into the air and soaked in the familiar feeling of flight, remembering quickly how to command his Firebolt's motion. Flying around the pitch a couple of times to get acclimated, he ran a series of steep dives and flew off towards Katie again to get a practice Snitch. After catching it several times, he finally felt like he was back to his old self in the air, able to turn as sharply as he ever could and actually beat his best goal-to-goal time.
The sun was just going down on the horizon and Harry turned his broom to the ground for the last time when a red blur whizzed in front of him and swept towards the nearest hoop. The blur slowed and came back around towards his now hovering broomstick.
"Heya, Harry! Sorry about that." Ginny flew up beside him, large grin splitting her soft face. "I didn't even notice you flying there."
"Don't worry about it," said Harry casually. "I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going either."
Her eyes were bright and cheerful, holding within them a hint of mischief. Harry stared at them, wondering why he had never noticed how alive they seemed.
"Harry? You all right?" she said, waving a hand in front of his face.
"Huh? Oh...yeah, I'm fine, just a little tired." Harry shook his head as if to clear it and motioned down to the pitch. "Better get in before Ron eats all the food."
She laughed and his heart felt instantly lighter. "Race you!" she said as she bolted towards the ground. Harry chuckled to himself and shot off after her.
Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny skulked along the corridor towards the Astronomy tower where the Marauder's Map showed two dots labeled "Mrs. Norris" and "Argus Filch". It was close to five in the morning and the four of them were on a mission to keep the pranking spirit alive at Hogwarts. Since the twins smashing departure last year, they had been under a lot of pressure to set a good example. Exactly what that meant was the subject of intense debate amongst the four of them.
Hermione resisted and fought with Ron about the importance of keeping the rules as Prefects. Ginny, who didn't have the hang-ups associated with a badge, argued that they had a responsibility to lighten the atmosphere and that it was just as important to enjoy life as it was to get good grades. Coming from the smartest witch in Fifth year, Hermione could only offer a final protest of "As long as we don't get detention..." before they were decided.
The plan was for them to divide and conquer. Ron and Hermione would stun Mrs. Norris and place her frozen form on a pedestal outside the Great Hall, while Harry and Ginny would distract the caretaker by either attacking him directly or simply luring him away from his cat.
"I still don't like this," whispered Hermione. "We can't afford to get caught."
"Shush," replied Harry. "They're moving towards us now." He pointed his lit wand at the map and motioned for Ron to look with him.
"You take the cloak with Hermione and get Mrs. Norris from behind." He turned to Ginny whose face was huddled close to his. "We'll get Filch's attention and run for the library. There's no one down there this time of night and it's the furthest spot from the Great Hall."
Ron nodded his head and said, "Should give us plenty of time to make a sculpture out of our favorite feline and place her where everyone will see."
"Right then," said Ginny brightly. "Let's do this."
They broke away from each other and Ron draped Harry's invisibility cloak over him and Hermione. Harry watched, or rather listened, to his friends bickering silently as they took a hidden passageway that came out behind their target.
As the portrait closed, Ginny cleared her throat and Harry turned to look into her eyes. "What?"
"Nothing," she answered innocently. "You want to check on Filch?"
Harry tore his eyes away from her face and searched for the dot marking his location. "He's three doors down, in the next corridor over from us."
Ginny moved in close to him to see the map. Her hip pressed against his side and produced an oddly warm sensation that radiated throughout his whole body. The scent of vanilla and ginger sent his mind buzzing and he had a hard time concentrating on Mr. Filch's advancing dot.
Harry breathed in lungful of the smell surrounding them and let it out, struggling to not sigh out loud. Ginny gave him a sideways glance and he could detect her smile widening. "So how do you want to do this?"
"Excuse me?" he asked slightly taken aback, but quickly recovered. "You – you mean about Filch?"
She giggled into her hand and nodded her head. "What did you think I meant?"
"Well... I thought... I mean that you were... and I..." Harry stopped trying to explain himself then, preferring instead to leave the question unanswered. It was probably better that way. "I'll get his attention and you hit him with your Bat-Bogey Hex."
She nodded slightly, considering his plan.
"Then we'll both run for it as soon as Ron and Hermione grab Mrs. Norris, otherwise, they'll both just chase after us when we run for the Library. We only want Filch to follow."
A shuffling noise, followed by the distinctive closing of a door filtered down the curving corridor. "Quick!" whispered Harry, folding the map and shoving it into his pocket. "Get behind that column."
He maneuvered her to the wall underneath a large ornate window. They huddled down by the base of the column and waited. Harry found it very hard to not glance at Ginny, who was grinning freely, every other second. She seemed to be having the same difficulty and when the moment came to finally execute their plan, they had to force themselves out of the hiding spot.
Harry shot out of the corner and skidded to a halt in front of a rather ugly painting of Grizelda Moorpark. Filch's eyes went wide and he immediately yelled, "Potter! What devilry are you up to this early in the morning?"
"Just enjoying this fine portrait, Mr. Filch. Have you ever seen a better looking lady?" The woman in the portrait blushed appreciatively and curtsied at Mr. Filch.
The caretaker turned to look at the portrait when Harry saw a movement out of the corner of his eye. Ginny was taking aim with her wand and was just about to let loose with her hex. Mrs. Norris pounced on Filch and he went careening into a nearby plant, sending it flying into the wall. Ginny's hex hit the painting instead and Grizelda was covered in flying bat bogeys, screaming indignantly at the redheaded girl.
"It's actually an improvement," Harry said sardonically before he turned to see Mrs. Norris bearing down on Ginny. "Run!"
Ginny needed no further prompting and she and Harry sprinted in the opposite direction. His Seeker skills came in handy as they flew down staircase after staircase. Ginny was having a harder time of it and he had to slow down to keep from losing her. Amazingly, Filch was still right behind them, Mrs. Norris at his heels.
"Ah!" screamed Ginny as she tripped on a large rug and crashed onto the floor.
"Ginny!" yelled Harry, nearly tripping himself in an effort to get back to help her up. Arriving at her side, he stooped down to grab her and was prepared to carry her if he had to.
"It's no good, Harry, you get out of here and I'll take the blame," she said, holding her knee.
Harry looked at her for a split second and made up his mind. "No, Ginny, I'm not just going to abandon you. Here," he said, holding out a hand. "We'll face it together."
She reached up tentatively and pulled until she was upright again, leaning into him for support. Her left leg was held delicately in the air and they both turned to hear the approach of Mr. Filch.
"You'll pay for that! You attacked me and my poor cat and I'll see you both in detention for a week!" he said, huffing and puffing from his pursuit.
Still holding Ginny close and breathing heavily himself, he wondered what had happened to Ron and Hermione.
Last night's detention kept him up far too late and he had slept in. Three detentions were a small price to pay had they been able to get Mrs. Norris, but it wasn't to be. Ron and Hermione, he found out later, had been "locked" in a broom closet and were unable to make it in time to get Mrs. Norris. Both Harry and Ginny were more than a bit skeptical at their explanation and knew there was likely more to it than that, but both Ron and Hermione were tight lipped about what had happened while Harry and Ginny were being given detention. The only indication that Ron and Hermione were at least partially honest was the black eye that Ron wore the next morning, apparently a result of his attempts to break down the door and flee from Hermione.
As it was, he would barely be able to grab a bite of toast before Potions began. Rushing into the Great Hall, Harry slipped past a gaggle of second years at the entryway and half-sprinted to the Gryffindor table where Ron and Hermione were just getting up to leave.
"There you are," Ron said through a mouthful of bacon. "I tried to wake you, but you were knackered."
"Thanks anyway, Ron." Harry began to put some toast into a napkin and on impulse, grabbed the last two blueberry muffins on the table and rolled them up separately. "I'll see you two in Potions."
"We'll wait up for you, if you want," Hermione offered.
"No, that's all right, I've got to make a stop by Charms first." Ignoring the quizzical looks on Hermione and Ron's faces, he stuffed the two bundles into his robes and huffed out of the Hall to the Charms corridor, book bag thumping at his hip.
When he arrived outside Flitwick's classroom, he quickly scanned the crowd for a familiar face. The fifth years were just arriving for class, and through the array of Ravenclaws and Gryffindors, Harry spied his target. Rushing toward her, he took out the muffins from his robe pocket and grabbed her arm.
"Ginny," he puffed breathlessly. "Here's some breakfast. I know you didn't get a chance to eat anything." She took the bundle in his hand and looked up at him with a curious expression.
"You didn't have to do that, Harry," said Ginny quickly recovering from her shock and a smile forming on her mouth.
Harry hesitated for just a moment, indulging himself in trying to memorize the shape of her lips, and then said, "Well, I'll see you at lunch then." Without waiting for a reply, he strode off to the dungeons to endure another lesson with the hated Potions master.
As he was turning the corner, he heard one of Ginny's friends say loudly, "If that's not enough proof he likes you, then you're more pathetic than I thought."
He halted in his tracks, almost crashing into one of the suits of armor that lined the hallway. They think I like Ginny? Well, of course I like her...it's just that she's Ginny, not some girl. I certainly don't like her that way.
Resuming his march back to potions, he puzzled on this for a time until he was in his seat next to Ron. His friend clapped him on the back and said, "Where'd you go?"
Slowly, Harry turned to his friend, still thinking. "Um... just had to drop something off...."
At that moment, Snape burst into the classroom and began barking orders for their lesson. Try as Harry might, he couldn't seem to get his mind off what Ginny's friend had said. I can't like Ginny! She definitely doesn't like me that way anymore and besides, Ron would kill me!
Andrew Kirke and Jack Sloper were practicing summoning and banishing between the dormitory stairways. They took turns with each spell, sending books, quills and crumpled bits of parchment flying through the air at each other.
Harry got up from his chair and started to walk over to talk with Neville. He was struggling with their Herbology essay and now was as good a time as any to ask the undisputed king of plants.
Just as he was crossing the sofa in front of the fire, Ginny was making her way downstairs, intent on heading for the portrait hole. From the corner of his eye, Harry could see that the summoning and banishing between Andrew and Jack was rapidly escalating into a frenzied bout of dodge, with the flying objects growing larger and larger.
As Ginny and Harry's path intersected, he quickly grabbed her with both arms and tackled her to the floor. A large book bounced heavily off a nearby table and toppled it to the ground.
Lying on top of a very confused Ginny, Harry immediately tried to get up, but found his arms were pinned under her back from his effort to cushion their fall. Instead, he looked into her face and saw that her eyes were wide in shock.
"Are you all right?" he asked with a voice barely above a whisper.
Her eyes resumed their normal size and she said, "Actually, better than fine." She nodded towards the overturned table. "Thanks for saving me, Harry," she finished in a demure tone.
Harry's eyes now widened as he resumed fumbling to extricate himself from the floor and Ginny. A blush began to creep up his neck and cheeks and he felt abnormally hot in the cool air on this side of the common room.
"Well... the book... it... could have...." Harry's mouth was very dry and he couldn't seem to form the words properly. He noticed that Ginny now had the beginnings of a smirk on her face and didn't appear to be making any effort to help them get off the floor.
Just as Harry finally managed to free an arm, he was pelted in the head with a wad of parchment. "Hey Potter, do you mind not doing that in the Common Room?" Sloper was sniggering into his hand as Kirke fell off his chair in a fit of laughter.
Harry finally released his hold of Ginny and jumped off the floor with a look of abject terror on his face. Recovering what little sense of dignity he had left, he deftly offered to help Ginny up as well. Ginny however, was still grinning madly up at him and it took several moments before she grabbed his hand and was pulled to a standing position.
"Look, Ginny...," Harry began, "I'm sorry about that, I just didn't want you to get hurt."
"It's all right, Harry. I understand completely." Ginny stared at him for a few seconds, with the same unwavering smile and then turned on her heel and resumed her march to the portrait hole.
As she exited, Kirke recovered from his sniggering and said, "When you going to ask her out, Potter?"
"What are you talking about? Ask who out?" He knew exactly who they were referring to, but couldn't bring himself to acknowledge it.
"Oh, come on, Harry. We know you fancy Ginny, just admit it and get it over with." They continued to laugh and began picking up the evidence of their mini-war.
Harry's mind was turning. Once again, someone had accused him of liking Ginny Weasley. He didn't know how it was possible, but as he continued to ponder the situation, one thought hit him like a bolt of lightning. He was falling in love with her.

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...slouching toward Bethlehem to be born?
Born this day in 1927, Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci.
C'mon folks, Lucio Fulci! Give it up!
Also, born this day in 1971, The Vicar.
Happy Birthday(s)!
...slouching toward Bethlehem to be born?
Born this day in 1927, Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci.
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 8:17 AM
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Wow, and Joe Piscopo too! Who knew so much greatness was born on one day! Happy B-Day!
My dearest Vicar, congrats on yet another year of walking this mortal plane. Very soon you will shrug off your earthen tethers, whereupon your soul will drift out amongst the darkest corners of the universe, there to join the Ageless Ones in their endless debauchery.
Until such time, continue doing that which you do so well. Incidentally, your birthday gift is running late this year. Apparently, rising gas prices have put a damper on the importing of certain, shall we say, questionable, delicacies.
Happy Birthday to you, liebling Vicar! It is indeed a red-letter day on the Tenebrous Calendar.
I'll be sure to send you something *ghastly* to mark the occasion and will duly drink to your continued health and marvelousness this very evening.
Happy birthday! May your vestments be always free of blood spatter.


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Author, educator, and industry veteran John Huntington has released Show Networks and Control Systems, the completely updated and revised edition of his industry standard reference text, which was previously titled, Control Systems for Live Entertainment. The book includes an in-depth examination of the control and networking technology used in lighting, lasers, sound, stage machinery, animatronics, special effects, and pyrotechnics used in concerts, theme parks, theatre, themed retail, cruise ships, museums, interactive performing arts, and special events.
"With the increasing impact and ubiquity of networking in our market, I felt a new edition with an expanded networking focus was important," comments Huntington. "So, I completely reorganized the content; checked, updated, and expanded the information; and added a lot more information. And, to reflect the changes in the market I also changed the title." There are 30 new pages of material including dramatically expanded show networking technology along with real-world examples for reference and graphical aids have been added to help navigate through the information, as well as a glossary. Huntington has presented the information in a form readable straight through by motivated, independent readers, while also making the structure modular enough to be useful for working professionals, educators, and students. In addition, Huntington is now posting supplemental video lectures for each chapter on his website, www.controlgeek.net
As in the previous editions, he focuses not on gear, which constantly becomes obsolete, but on techniques and standards, because Huntington thinks it's critical that people know not only the 'what' but the 'why' of entertainment technologies. "Though I've tried not to be extremely technical, this is a field of ever-increasing technological complexity," comments Huntington. "It's important for the average technician to learn how to put together reliable systems and make sure the show actually happens."
The well-received book is quickly becoming an industry 'must read' for both working professionals and educators, as noted in much of the praise of Show Networks and Control Systems:
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Strange things sometimes happen to me, and my mother recently reminded me of where this particular curse-blessing (a curse because they often suck, but a blessing because then I can write about them) may have originated.
My mom is currently teaching a seminar on bathrooms. You did not read that wrong. My mom, a respected scholar in her field, is teaching a class on bathrooms at the liberal arts college where she works (I mean, how has this not been on "Hannity" yet?). I assume next semester, she'll lecture on Sour Patch Kids or wainscoting.
However, while we were discussing the social, sexual, economic, and racial history of bathrooms, she reminded me of this story: when I was nine-years-old I had to be rescued from a bathroom.
My family and I used to go to this pizza place called Frankie's in Howard, Ohio, which was on the ass-end of Knox County. To give you an idea of how out in the middle of nowhere this pizza place was, we had to drive fifteen to twenty minutes from our part of the middle of nowhere to this other part of the middle of nowhere just to get pizza. To be fair, it was the best pizza in Knox County, and nine-year-old Steve Markley basically requested it for dinner every night of the week.
Anyway, on this one occasion we went out to Frankie's for a summer dinner. I'm sure I was wearing purple Umbro soccer shorts and whatever YMCA basketball shirt I'd procured the previous season, and I'm sure I ordered pepperoni pizza and a large soft drink, which I brewed into a "suicide." (A "suicide" was when you went to the self-serve pop machine and combined Dr. Pepper, Mt. Dew, Pepsi, and Sprite into one delicious sugar-gorged concoction; my friends and I clearly did not understand the connotations of calling it a "suicide.")
Then I went to the bathroom to pee before the food arrived. The bathroom at Frankie's was one of these unisex, one toilet, one sink jobs that could only be occupied by one person at a time. Because I didn't want any pervs—or worse, girls my age—walking in and seeing my yet-to-be-impressive genitalia, I obviously locked the door. Upon finishing up and not washing my hands (nine-year-old boys wash their hands once a year), I went to open the door back up. When I turned the knob, I felt something in the knob pop, and then it just turned freely without opening the door.
Being the resourceful nine-year-old boy I was, I decided to go pee again. This, I'm sure, was influenced by a certain "video game logic" in which I just went and repeated my steps and hoped the result turned out differently. Plus, I'd sucked down half a suicide so I had to go anyway. After not washing my hands again, I tried the knob, but still it just turned without actually pulling back the latch.
Luckily, there was some guy on the other side of the door who was trying to pee (or just a perv listening to me pee).
"Hey, I can't open this," I told him.
"Let me try," he said, and the knob turned but with the same limp effect.
"Did you unlock it?" he asked.
Yeah man, I thought. That did occur to me. I mean, I'm in fourth grade, not second.
Then he told me to sit tight while he went and found someone. Long story short, the next hour-and-a-half was like some shitty avant garde movie where the entire story takes place with one person in an 8x10 bathroom. I heard some pounding, some weird noises, a bunch of talking, and every once in a while an adult reassuring me that they'd get me out of there.
Right, I thought. I assumed that was the idea.
The door to this bathroom in Frankie's Pizza, it turned out, was apparently the same one they were using to keep the velociraptors in their pens in Jurassic Park, and they had to call the fire department—the motherloving fire department with like the jaws of life or some shit—to get me out of that bathroom.
When the door finally popped open, everyone in the restaurant applauded and patted me on the back like a hero.
One of the (at least) three fireman sent to this emergency tussled my hair. "Least you if you had to go to the bathroom, you were in the right place," he said.
"I just had to take a whiz!" said the mustachioed trucker's hat guy who'd been on the other side of the door. He then bolted into the bathroom.
Frankie's gave us a free pizza, and the entire incident faded from my memory in short time after I milked it for a few show-and-tell sessions at my elementary school, exaggerating the length of my entombment in the bathroom by many, many hours. Over the ensuing years, the incident completely disappeared from my memory, and when my mom brought it up, I had to go digging to unearth all the details. It definitely loomed larger in my mom's mind than in mine, but that makes sense. I remember when I got out of that bathroom, she hugged me and had tears in her eyes.
"I just couldn't hear you, and I didn't know if you were scared," she said, just another testament—among evolutionary history's countless examples—to the fierceness of moms, who will murder everyone in a pizza joint and claw apart the door like a velociraptor if it means protecting their cub velociraptors.
Jeez, Mom, I thought. I was just locked in the bathroom. I'm not a total pussy.
Then I dug into our free pizza with the hands I still hadn't bothered to wash.


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Psychiatric Times July 2005
Vol. XXII
Issue 8
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a severe, chronic condition that affects 2% to 3% of the U.S. population, or 4 million to 7 million people (Weissman et al., 1994). It is characterized by recurrent thoughts, images, feelings or behaviors that persist against the patient's wishes and is usually accompanied by severe anxiety and marked impairment of function.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder was listed as the 10th leading cause of disability worldwide by a World Health Organization study. The total cost of the disorder in the United States is estimated to be over $8 billion (Murray and Lopez, 1996).
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the first line of pharmacological treatment for OCD. Approximately 40% to 60% of patients treated with SRIs alone will have a response. This is conventionally defined as at least a 25% reduction on the widely used Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (YBOCS), with an average of 23% to 43% reduction in symptoms (Greist et al., 1995; Pallanti et al., 2002a). Due to the often incomplete reduction of symptoms in patients who respond to SRIs and those patients who do not show a response, additional treatment strategies are often necessary in OCD.
The focus of this review will be primarily on somatic treatments. In this article, treatment-resistant will be defined as less than a 35% reduction of symptoms as measured by the YBOCS after two SRI trials, with or without cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) (Pallanti et al., 2002a).
Initial Considerations
An adequate trial of an SRI or clomipramine (Anafranil) consists of at least 12 weeks to reach a full therapeutic dose (Table). If CBT has not already been tried, it should be combined with pharmacotherapy at this point, either by a psychiatrist or by referral to a therapist with experience treating OCD.


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Takoon International has apparently filed bankruptcy, more info in this link:
Despite the growth kiteboarding has been enjoying, it's still a small market with many players. It will be interesting to see how things play out by the years end. Of course, this particular instance could be the result of many things - bad management, poor sales, excessive spending, etc.
Where do you think the kite industry is headed?


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A new worm / trojan has been discovered that exploits the RPC flaw from MS Security Bulletin MS03-026:
This one is kind of sneaky so beware and keep your eyes open.This trojan has been found to be widespread among several universities. In these cases, the recent DCOM RPC vulnerablity has been exploited to copy a backdoor trojan (detected as BackDoor-TC since the 4255 DAT files), and the patch for the DCOM RPC vulnerability. Exploited systems are patched, the backdoor is installed, and the Stealther trojan conceals both the backdoor and itself.
The stealther trojan is designed to hide running processes, files, and registry keys. When run, any file name matching CSRS*.EXE will be hidden from the user. Booting an infected system in to Safe Mode, or connecting to it via network share are 2 ways to view the stealth files.
Details of the recent attack are as follows. Compromised systems contain the following files:
%WinDir%\system32\csrsv.exe Stealther trojan
%WinDir%\system32\csrsu.exe ExeStealth packed BackDoor-TC trojan
c:\update.exe MS03-026 patch
The following registry keys are present:
The CSRSPX key is responsible for loading the Stealther trojan, to conceal the presence of any file named CSRS*.EXE (in this case the backdoor trojan, as well as the Stealther trojan). Reports have varied in which TCP Port the backdoor trojan is listening on, and is likely configured by the hacker(s) responsible for these attacks.
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I know this has been making the rounds for a little while, but I need to have it on this blog for as long as YouTube lets it stay up. Because oh, my God. Where to begin?
This might warrant a top ten like the Cookie Video did.
Top 10 Lines in this Video
10."...when we was with the Fightin' Fish..."
9."Youkilis feeds off how ugly he really is."
8."Don't ever leave your helmet off that long during a pitching change, cause the kids were petrified up in the stands."
7. "Ladies love him here, with the big chin, and the big goatee that makes it look even bigger."
6."Ortiz, you know you're not good looking, but with [money gesture] this, you're hot, cause you got that little show beard..."
5."If he didn't have all that money, he might not be as sexy."
4."He's kinda hot if you take away the Mike Dukakis eyebrows."
3."Yeah, Josh is a mulligan."
2."When you have a head that's shaped like a Milk Dud, get [your batting helmet] on as quick as possible."
1."Maybe we can get some, like, Just For Men from Wakefield or something."
The Wakefield line? I died. D-I-E-D. Also, please, please let Josh be the guest in one of these videos someday. Please.
(Many thanks to commenter Jai for the heads up on this vid.)


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1. Lionel Gatford, Public Good without Private Interest (London, 1657), quoted in Neill, Virginia Carolorum, p. 278. [BACK]
2. Bullock, Virginia Impartially Examined, p. 14. Compare Richard Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, ed. Holbrook Jackson (New York: Vintage, 1977), pp. 187, 196–97; Richard Baxter, The Certainty of the World of Spirits (London, 1691), p. 11. [BACK]
3. See Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, p. 204; K. M. Briggs, The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967), p. 115. [BACK]
4. Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea, Or a Discourse of the Polity and Kingdom of Darkness (London, 1681), epistle sig. A4. [BACK]
5. Jeaffreson, ed., Middlesex County Records, vol. 3, p. 278. In Bristol, the mayor and aldermen nearly always took special pains to provide these culprits with protection at the pillory against mob action: Latimer, Annals, p. 255; see also Jeaffreson, ed., Middlesex County Records, vol. 3, pp. 182, 255, 259; CSP (Colonial) (1661–1668), nos. 769, 770. [BACK]
7. See Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, p. 182; Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, p. 472. [BACK]
8. John Josselyn, Chronological Observations of America (London, 1674), reprinted in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 3d ser., 3 (1883), p. 387. I thank Karen Ordahl Kupperman for this reference. [BACK]
9. John T. Rutt, ed., Diary of Thomas Burton, Esq., Member of the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell, from 1656 to 1659, 4 vols. (London: H. Colburn, 1828), vol. 4, pp. 253–73; Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers Preserved in the Bodleian Library, 5 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1872–1970), vol. 3, pp. 426, 428, 441, 446, 448, 453, 457, 463, and vol. 4, 159, 162, 164, 168, 170–72, 176–77; CJ, vol. 7, pp. 620, 622; Thurloe, State Papers of John Thurloe, vol. 7, p. 639; DNB, "John Thurloe"; Olson, Anglo-American Politics, p. 38. This case also implicated Mr. Thomas Noell. It was closely connected with similar charges against other prominent figures of the Interregnum put forth by Marcellus Rivers and Oxenbridge Foyle, also Royalists transported to Barbados: Rutt, ed., Diary of Thomas Burton, vol. 4, pp. 253–73; Marcellus Rivers and Oxenbridge Foyle, England's Slavery, or Barbados Merchandize (London, 1659). [BACK]
10. See John Wilmore, The Case of John Wilmore Truly and Impartially Related (London, 1682); John Wilmore, The Legacy of John Wilmer, Citizen and Late Merchant of London (London, 1692); Roger North, Examen: or An inquiry into the credit and veracity of a pretended complete history (London: F. Gyles, 1740), p. 591; North, Lives of the Norths, vol. 2, p. 25n.; John Hawles, Remarks upon the Tryall of Edward Fitzharris, Stephen College etc. (London, 1689), esp. pp. 5, 16–17, 52; Smith, Colonists in Bondage, pp. 75–76. Stephen College, a London joiner and arch anti-papist, was arrested on a charge of treason for riding fully armed to Oxford in March 1681. He was first tried at the Old Bailey, where Wilmore and his colleagues returned a verdict of ignoramus, after which the case was removed to Oxford, where College was convicted. For his actions in the matter Wilmore was imprisoned for fifteen weeks in the Tower on a charge of treason and only released on £9,000 bail. Almost immediately afterward came a charge of spiriting involving a runaway like Farwell Meredith who had begged passage abroad. For Wilmore's own connection to Shaftesbury, see HMC, Fourteenth Report, app. 4, p. 128. [BACK]
11. North, Lives of the Norths, vol. 2, pp. 24–27; Seyer, Memoirs, vol. 2, pp. 531–32; Latimer, Annals, pp. 433–36. The Bristol aldermen were accused of permitting vagrants and even felons to accept transportation to the colonies, a practice which undoubtedly went on, as North makes clear. For an instance in the 1650s, see BRO, MS 04273 (1), f. 45r. [BACK]
12. Richard Baxter, Certainty of the World of Spirits, p. 175. [BACK]
13. William Grigg, The Quaker's Jesus (London, 1658), pp. 37, 38–52; Ralph Farmer, The Great Mysteries of Godlinesse and Ungodlinesse (London, 1655), p. 24; Ralph Farmer, Sathan Inthron'd (London, 1657), p. 28. See also Richard Baxter, The Quaker's Catechisme (London, 1651[?]), epistle; Richard Baxter, One Sheet for the Ministry against the Malignants of all sorts (London, 1657), p. 5. Grigg was a Presbyterian glover in Bristol and a member of the city's Common Council during the Interregnum; Farmer we have already met, above, pp. 222–23, 235–37. At this time he was the Presbyterian minister of St. Nicholas Church in the city, as well as city lecturer. [BACK]
14. Baxter, Certainty of the World of Spirits, p. 176. The idea that the Quakers were possessed people was widespread; see Richard Blome, The fanatick history (London, 1660), pp. 71–121; The Devil turned Quaker (London, 1656), sig. A4a–i; Grigg, The Quaker's Jesus, epistle, sig. A3a–b; Farmer, Great Mysteries of Godlinesse and Ungodlinesse, epistle, sig. A2a, pp. 21–23, 30, 81–87; Farmer, Sathan Inthron'd, p. 2; Ralph Farmer, The Impostor Dethron'd (London, 1658), epistle, sig. Bb, pp. 5–9; Mortimer, Early Bristol Quakerism, pp. 4–5. In general, see Reay, "Popular Hostility towards Quakers," esp. pp. 398–99; Reay, The Quakers and the English Revolution, chap. 4; see also Barry Reay, "Quakerism and Society," in J. F. McGregor and Barry Reay, eds., Radical Religion in the English Revolution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984), pp. 141–64. [BACK]
15. See Barry, "Parish in Civic Life," pp. 158–59. [BACK]
16. The Devil turned Quaker, sig. A2a. [BACK]
17. Farmer, Great Mysteries of Godlinesse and Ungodlinesse, p. 87. See Blome, The fanatick history, pp. 68–70, 87–99; Reay, "Popular Hostility towards Quakers," pp. 388–89, 396; Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, pp. 152, 186–207; Hugh Barbour, The Quakers in Puritan England (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964), pp. 111, 113, 115, 116, 161, 163, 164, 166, 168; Keith Thomas, "Women and the Civil War Sects," in Aston, ed., Crisis in Europe, pp. 332–57. [BACK]
18. Hening, ed., Statutes at Large, vol. 1, p. 532. [BACK]
19. Grigg, The Quaker's Jesus, pp. 35–36. [BACK]
20. Julianus, "Fragment of a Letter to a Priest," in The Works of the Emperor Julian, 3 vols., ed. and trans. Wilmer Cave Wright, Loeb ed. (London: W. Heinemann, 1913–1923), vol. 2, pp. 337, 339. Cf. Julian's remarks in the same letter on demon-possessed atheists, in Julianus, Works, vol. 2, p. 297. [BACK]
21. On this theme see, in general, Hill, The World Turned Upside Down; Richard Ashcraft, Revolutionary Politics and Locke's Two Treatises of Government (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986), chap. 2. This is not to deny that many of them also saw it as a religion of submission to God's will. I owe this point to discussion with J. C. Davis. [BACK]
22. Bishop, A Relation, pp. 15–16. [BACK]
23. George Bishop, An Illumination to Open the eyes of the Papists (so called) and of all other sects (London, 1661), p. 11. [BACK]
24. Robert Purnell, The Way to Heaven Discovered (London, 1653), epistle, sig. B4d. See also Hayden, ed., Records, p. 47. Purnell was a carpet-weaver by occupation. For examples of his support of the Commonwealth, see Robert Purnell, Good Tydings for Sinners, Great Joy for Saints (London, 1649), pp. 73–75; Robert Purnell, No Power but of God (London, 1651), pp. 166–67; Purnell, Way to Heaven Discovered, pp. 197–204; Robert Purnell, England's Remonstrance (London, 1653). For his attacks on the Quakers, see Robert Purnell, A Little Cabinet Richly Stored with all sorts of Heavenly Varieties (London, 1657), epistle; [Robert Purnell], The Church of Christ in Bristol Recovering her Vail (London, 1657). For a general discussion of Baptist views, see J. F. McGregor, "The Baptists: Fount of all Heresy," in McGregor and Reay, eds., Radical Religion, pp. 23–64. [BACK]
25. Purnell, No Power but of God, pp. 89–90; Robert Purnell, The Way Step by Step to a Sound and Saving Conversion (London, 1659), p. 103. [BACK]
26. Purnell, No Power but of God, epistle, sig. A4b. [BACK]
27. Ibid., p. 80. [BACK]
28. Purnell, Good Tydings for Sinners, Great Joy for Saints, pp. 7–8. [BACK]
29. Purnell, Way to Heaven Discovered, epistle, sig. B3b; Robert Purnell, The Way to Convert a Sinner (London, 1652), pp. 20, 33; Purnell, A Little Cabinet (London, 1657), epistle, pp. 167–68; Purnell, Way Step by Step, pp. 62–65. [BACK]
30. Hayden, ed., Records, p. 100; see Purnell, Way to Heaven Discovered, epistle, sig. B3b. [BACK]
31. Robert Simpson to Edward Terrill, 27 June 1664, signed from Newgate, printed in Edward B. Underhill, ed., The Records of a Church of Christ, meeting in Broadmead, Bristol, 1640–1687 (London: J. Haddon, 1847), p. 79. [BACK]
32. Thomas Ewins to "the small remnant that meet this afternoon," (1664?), in Underhill, ed., Records, pp. 80–81; Thomas Ewins to Edward Terrill, 23 July 1664, in ibid., p. 83. [BACK]
33. Bishop, An Illumination, p. 12. [BACK]
34. Purnell, Good Tydings for Sinners, Great Joy for Saints, pp. 26–27; cf. Bishop, An Illumination, p. 19. [BACK]
35. Purnell, No Power but of God, epistle, sig. A4ab; see also Purnell, Way to Heaven Discovered, p. 188. [BACK]
36. George Bishop, Jesus Christ, the Same Today as Yesterday (London, 1655), p. 5. [BACK]
37. For example, Thomas Ewins, called as teacher in 1651 and then installed as pastor in 1662, was a London tailor by trade: Hayden, ed., Records, p. 27. [BACK]
38. Bishop et al., Cry of Blood, p. 102. [BACK]
39. Sewel, Rise of the Christian People Called Quakers, pp. 556–57. [BACK]
40. Hayden, ed., Records, p. 102. [BACK]
41. Acts 10: 34–35. This was a frequently cited passage among the sectaries: see, e.g., Purnell, Good Tydings for Sinners, Great Joy for Saints, pp. 25, 26–27; Bishop, An Illumination, p. 31; Hayden, ed., Records, p. 102. [BACK]
42. Purnell, The Way to Heaven Discovered, pp. 193–94; see also Purnell, England's Remonstrance. [BACK]
43. Purnell, Good Tydings for Sinners, Great Joy for Saints, pp. 62–63, 73–75; Purnell, Way to Heaven Discovered, pp. 191–204; Purnell, England's Remonstrance. [BACK]
44. Purnell, Way Step by Step, pp. 101–2. [BACK]
45. Purnell, Good Tydings for Sinners, Great Joy for Saints, epistle, sig. A2b. On this subject, see Barry, "Parish in Civic Life," p. 161. [BACK]
46. Bishop, Mene Tekel, pp. 4, 30–31. [BACK]
47. Bishop et al., Cry of Blood, pp. 106–7. Foord's case shows how quickly a purely economic matter could become a religious cause célèbre. When called before the magistrates by the milleners, Foord showed them "his unmannerly carriage…in ye Tolzey by keeping on his hatt on his head though commended to take it of." For this he was ordered to find sureties for his good behavior. At Quarter Sessions he reappeared to clear those who stood bond for him, and the whole matter reopened again when the town clerk, Robert Aldworth, asked him if he was sorry for keeping strangers. He said "he had committed no evill, therefore he hd no cause for sorrow, nor had he broken any Law." For all this he was recommitted to Newgate: BRO, MS 04417 (1), f. 20v; Bishop et al., Cry of Blood, pp. 132–34. [BACK]
48. Bishop et al., Cry of Blood, pp. 9–10. [BACK]
49. The common practice in Bristol in dealing with newcomers to the city, as a condition of allowing them to stay, was to take certificates from them that saved the parish harmless from supporting them on the poor rates. The Quakers seem to be referring to this practice in their defense of the migration of strangers into the town: see Sacks, Trade, Society and Politics, vol. 1, pp. 231–32; Latimer, Annals, pp. 13–14. In general, see Philip Styles, "The Evolution of the Law of Settlement," University of Birmingham Historical Journal 9 (1963): 35–42; A. L. Beier, "Vagrants and the Social Order in Elizabethan England," Past and Present, no. 64 (August 1974): 3–29. [BACK]
50. Bishop et al., Cry of Blood, p. 10. [BACK]
51. Bishop, A Manifesto, pp. 21–22. [BACK]
52. Bishop et al., Cry of Blood, p. 2. [BACK]
53. For evidence that this is just what servants were doing, see Galenson, White Servitude in Colonial America, pp. 102–13; Menard, "British Migration," pp. 106–9. [BACK]
54. R. H. Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study, 2d ed. (New York: New American Library, 1960), esp. pp. 11–20; see also Christopher Hill, "Protestantism and the Rise of Capitalism," in Christopher Hill, Change and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century England (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974), pp. 81–102. [BACK]
55. On the significance of this position for the later development of capitalism, see Max Weber, "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism," in H. H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, eds., From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology (New York: Oxford University Press, 1946), p. 312. For discussion of the roots of this position in Quaker thought, see Isabel Grubb, Quakerism and Industry Before 1800 (London: Williams and Norgate, 1930), pp. 9–46; Richard Bauman, Let Your Words Be Few: Symbolism of Speaking and Silence among Seventeenth-Century Quakers (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983), chap. 7. [BACK]
56. Charles Marshall, Sion's Travellers Comforted, and the Disobedient Warned: In a Collection of the Books and Epistles of the Faithful Minister of Christ Jesus, Charles Marshall (London, 1704), pp. 14–15. [BACK]
57. Matthew 5:38. [BACK]
58. George Fox, "A Cry for Repentence unto the Inhabitants of London," in George Fox, The Works of G. F., 8 vols. (Philadelphia: M. T. C. Gould, 1831), vol. 4, p. 100. [BACK]
59. John Bunyan, Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War, ed. John Brown (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1905), pp. 23, 31, 34, 37, and 118–25, esp. pp. 124–25; for discussion of this work, see Christopher Hill, A Tinker and a Poor Man: John Bunyan and His Church, 1628–1688 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989), pp. 231–39. Richard Baxter, while permitting some bargaining and variation in pricing according to circumstances, also agreed on the whole with the principle of the fixed price: see Richard Baxter, A Christian Directory: Or, A Summ of Practical Theologie and Cases of Conscience…in Four Parts (London, 1678), part 4, pp. 97, 103–6 [misnumbered as 206] see also part 1, pp. 353–62 [misnumbered as 382]. On these themes, see Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, pp. 183–87; Grubb, Quakerism and Industry, pp. 28–29. [BACK]
60. John Locke, "Venditio. 95," dating from 1695, in his Commonplace Book of 1661, as printed with modernized spelling in John Dunn, "Justice and the Interpretation of Locke's Political Theory," Political Studies 16 (1968): 84–87; see also Dunn's discussion of this document in the body of his article, pp. 68–84. [BACK]
61. Raymond de Roover, "The Concept of the Just Price: Theory and Economic Policy," Journal of Economic History 18 (1958): 418–34; Raymond de Roover, San Bernardino of Siena and Sant'Antonio of Florence: Two Great Economic Thinkers of the Middle Ages (Boston: Baker Library, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1967), esp. pp. 16–23; Raymond de Roover, "Monopoly Theory Prior to Adam Smith: A Revision," in Raymond de Roover, Business, Banking and Economic Thought in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, ed. Julius Kirshner (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974), pp. 273–305; Raymond de Roover, "Scholastic Economics: Survival and Lasting Influence from the Sixteenth Century to Adam Smith," in ibid., pp. 306–35; Raymond de Roover, "The Scholastic Attitude Toward Trade and Entrepreneurship," in ibid., pp. 336–45; see also John T. Noonan, Jr., The Scholastic Analysis of Usury (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1957). It is possible that Locke was familiar with some of the scholastic literature on economic morality to which de Roover refers in his important articles. For example, Locke's account of the moral obligations of a merchant bringing food to a famine-stricken market is virtually the same as the argument put forward by San Bernardino: see de Roover, San Bernardino of Siena and Sant'Antonio of Florence, pp. 20–21. [BACK]
62. Malynes, Lex Mercatoria, p. 67; for Malynes's debt to scholastic economics, see Raymond de Roover, "Gerard de Malynes as an Economic Writer: From Scholasticism to Mercantilism," in de Roover, Business, Banking and Economic Thought, pp. 346–66. [BACK]
63. For a good account of how such a market operates in practice, see Clifford Geertz, Peddlers and Princes: Social Change and Economic Modernization in Two Indonesian Towns (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963), pp. 28–47. [BACK]
64. The system of regulation in Bristol is discussed in detail in Sacks, Trade, Society and Politics, vol. 1, chaps. 3–4; for an overview of economies run by "custom and command," see John R. Hicks, A Theory of Economic History (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969), pp. 9–24. [BACK]
65. Marshall, Sion's Travellers Comforted, p. 14. [BACK]
66. Thirsk, Economic Policy and Projects, esp. chaps. 1, 5–7; see also Lorna Weatherill, Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in Britain, 1660–1760 (London: Routledge, 1988), esp. chaps. 1–4. [BACK]
67. Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations and States (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1970), esp. pp. 3–5, 21–43; Albert O. Hirschman, Essays in Trespassing: Economics to Politics and Beyond (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981), pp. 211–65; Albert O. Hirschman, Shifting Involvements: Private Interests and Public Action (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982), esp. pp. 92–120; Albert O. Hirschman, "Exit and Voice: An Expanding Sphere of Influence," in Albert O. Hirschman, Rival Views of Market Society and Other Recent Essays (New York: Viking, 1986), pp. 77–101. [BACK]
68. Underdown, Pride's Purge, chap. 9; Blair Worden, The Rump Parliament, 1648–1653, esp. chap. 7; Austyn Woolrych, From Commonwealth to Protectorate (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982), esp. pp. 223ff. [BACK]
69. Hirschman, Essays in Trespassing, p. 244. [BACK]
70. Marshall, Sion's Travellers Comforted, p. 15. [BACK]
71. Fox, "A Cry for Repentence," pp. 100–101. [BACK]
72. For surveys of the transformation of the Quakers after the Restoration, see William C. Braithwaite, The Second Period of Quakerism (London: Macmillan, 1919); Reay, The Quakers and the English Revolution, pp. 103–22; Christopher Hill, The Experience of Defeat: Milton and Some Contemporaries (New York: Viking, 1984), pp. 129–69. For comments on the Baptists in the same period, see Hill, A Tinker and a Poor Man, pp. 101–53. On the history of the dissenters during the Restoration in general, see, along with Hill's Experience of Defeat, Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, pp. 278–91; Greaves, Deliver Us from Evil; Hutton, The Restoration; see also Barry, "Parish in Civic Life," p. 161. [BACK]
73. See Mortimer, ed., Minute Book, pp. xviii–xxv, 76–77, 87, 88–89, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 108, 117–18, 124–25, 153–54; see also Grubb, Quakerism and Industry, chap. 5. For an account of the operations of this system in Philadelphia, see Frederick B. Tolles, Meeting House and Counting House: The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia, 1682–1763 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1948), pp. 73–80. The Baptists were somewhat less active in this regard, but see Hayden, ed., Records, pp. 55–56, 121, 128–29, 187–88, 191, 202; see also Barry, "Parish in Civic Life," p. 161. [BACK]
74. See Bauman, Let Your Words Be Few, pp. 95–119, esp. p. 98; Craig W. Horle, The Quakers and the English Legal System, 1660–1688 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988), pp. 49–52, 238–42; Gerald R. Cragg, Puritanism in the Period of the Great Persecution, 1660–1688 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957), p. 51; in general, see Hill, Society and Puritanism, pp. 382–419. [BACK]
75. Mortimer tells us that issues relating to marriage occupied about a quarter of the business of the Men's Meeting in Bristol; apprenticeship, while not taking as much time, was also important: Mortimer, ed., Minute Book, p. xxiii; for evidence on apprenticeship, see ibid., pp. 1, 2, 3, 6, 41, 59, 60, 69, 70, 74, 76, 80, 84, 85, 107, 143, 178, 183, 215, 221. References to marriage matters can be found on nearly every page. [BACK]
76. On officeholding as recognition of one's worthiness and honor, see Phythian-Adams, "Ceremony and the Citizen," esp. pp. 62–64. [BACK]
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88. Matthew 5: 34. [BACK]
89. James 5: 12. [BACK]
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95. Bishop, A Manifesto, p. 2. [BACK]
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|April 26, 2013, 01:59 PM
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Training or Practice?
Any different when you are training and when you practice. To me it's basically the same. Haven't looked each word up but when I'm shooting my Glock gen 4 22 I feel I'm doing both but have seen others state they're doing only one. Confuses me, can someone enlighten me?
|April 26, 2013, 02:55 PM
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In my mind they're about the same thing as well.
Everyone has different goals ...with handguns / some shooters want "bulls eye accuracy" at 25 yds / some shooters want "tactical accuracy" in their drills / some shooters want to improve their speed - out of holster to 1st shot, reload drills and split times .../ some guys want to work on better trigger control using a big revoler in double action....or all of the above..
some guys just want to be able to fire 5 shots reasonably quickly( say in under 10 sec ) and hit a 7" circle consistently ...
Learning each step in the process ( trigger control, how to draw a gun from a holster safely, when does your off hand go out to meet the gun as it comes up and out of holster, where do you hold the gun as you drop a mag and reload (muzzle up, on same plane as when you're firing, etc), what grip to use, thumb position on semi-auto vs a revolver, how much strength in your off hand.../ and you can think of a dozen or more little things in the stance, grip etc that someone wants to work on.
So in general, what I want to do is set goals for a range session:
a. say improve my draw - gun position as it comes up and I start firing - say my par time is 3.0 sec out of holster to 1st shot...can I do it 100% at 9 Ft, 12', 15'....30' / should I drop my par to 2.8 sec ..or 2.6 sec...etc...
so I may run that drill in and out of holster ( and 1 shot ) ...at each distance...3 times ( if I miss at a distance --- I go back to the previous distance and do it over, then move on ....until I run the drill clean ( 3 shots at each distance from 9' - 30' under my par time and 100% on target for tactical accuracy ( like the A section on an SJH target).
I may run that drill with my primary practice gun (say a 1911 in 9mm )...then I may run it with my primary carry gun (say a 1911 in .45 acp)...then I may run the same drill with an N frame S&W 4" in .357 mag...
That's Practice ...with a goal ...and I'm Training...
My target in these drills might be the blank side of a T-2 target ( 8 1/2" by 12" or so ), or an IPSC A zone , or a SJH A zone.../ or maybe I tape an 8" by 8" piece of paper on a silhouette target to try and tighten up my shots...
Maybe the course of fire my buddies and I run one evening a week ...is to draw from holster - 2 shots - reload - 1 shot in under 6 sec. So my practice that week ...was working on one aspect of that course of fire.
I might repeat my drills ( draw - 1 shot - reload - 1 shot )...and I want to keep my draw speed up that I worked on before ...but I also want to keep that reload split time down to 2.5 sec or less ....
and everybody should set their own par times ( I'm 63, have some arthritis in my hands, poor eyes, so I know I'm slower than one of my kids in their 30's with good hands and good eyes). But to me, its about taking some aspect of your shooting that you think is weak ...and practice it / break down the steps / maybe ask a buddy for advice, etc....and then develop a plan to work on it.
Just putting up a target at 30 Feet....and slow firing 100 rounds at it may be fun ....but if you don't have a goal ...it's just ammo downrange. Now maybe that's all ok ....if you're having trouble with a trigger reset on a new gun or something.../ not everything has to be run to a timer, to be good practice.
But that's my perspective.
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|April 26, 2013, 03:13 PM
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Implicitly, training and practice are basically the same thing. It's the idea of reinforcing skills through repetition.
However, at least for me, and several others I know, the difference is more of a mindset. Practice, for me, implies target practice. It means I'm going to the range, I'm going to set up a target, and shoot at it a whole bunch.
Training, on the other hand, is working multiple skills, both alone and together. Transitioning between target, drawing, point shooting, weak hand and one handed shooting, reloads, malfunction clearing, etc.
I realize that my definition isn't completely correct, but it's how I personally look at things. Practice is fine if I just want to have fun shooting at stuff. But training is what I do if I want to get better.
Really, it's a matter of semantics. I'm well aware that they are similar in function, but for me it's a matter of mindset and content.
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Training is more a general term. It may include tactics and strategy as well as technique. It may also include NEW techniques, tactics, and strategy to be learned.
Practice usually only involves technique and to an extent tactics. But it usually is over things one has been exposed to already and not new information.
I practice my shooting technique and I train to learn new methods of shooting as well as my current techniques.
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|April 26, 2013, 08:23 PM
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Well, for whatever its worth, in my mind, training is the learning experience. That is, a novice shooter is trained in the fundamentals of shooting, usually by another person.
Practice is the exercise of that knowledge.
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|April 26, 2013, 10:19 PM
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|April 26, 2013, 11:24 PM
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Shooting can be training, practice, for utility, or just plain recreation. Some of it depends on what the shooter is doing, some on how the shooter is doing it, and some on the shooter's mindset during the activity.
In my opinion, it can all be training (or at least it can all have some training value) if the shooter always approaches it with the proper mindset and imposes at least some structure on the activity.
That could be as simple as keeping track of one's shooting performance and the circumstances of each situation, making a genuine effort to determine why one range visit/hunting trip/plinking outing yielded better results than another and finally making use of the lessons learned the next time one shoots.
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|April 27, 2013, 06:23 PM
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There both the same in that your improving your skills but for me Training is more toward improving my self defense skills and practice is putting holes in paper to improve my grouping and work on loads.
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|April 29, 2013, 08:12 AM
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Training is the lesson of ..
specific routine for using / deploying a firearm from an instructor,
training is your personal recitation of what you were taught, till it is a "rote" routine.
|April 30, 2013, 01:24 PM
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Training and qualification are very different, (at least in a civil tort.) I suppose you can practise your training. An example of practise may be shooting on a static line at a twenty five foot target. Training may be something like standing in front of a target at 7 yds and then you draw, move and shoot or move, draw and shoot or draw, shoot move, stand facing left or right and turn draw and shoot... You get what I mean. I know people despise this reference but action shooting like IDPA/USPSA is more training than what most people do at the range, (yes I do mean tactics! If you follow the basic premise of IDPA and use cover, tactical reload, multiple targets, movement...) You don't have to game it when you do action shooting. Use a real gun and holster and sharpen your skill set.
|April 30, 2013, 09:45 PM
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Training is the initial instruction. Practice is the continuance of what you learned. IMO.
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The problem with that view is that every technique we are taught, someone, at some point, had to learn on their own to begin with. That is, someone had to train themselves to do it first before anyone else had figured it out.
That tells us that it is possible for us to train ourselves. If it weren't, any technique that hasn't been known for all time could have never been learned.
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|April 30, 2013, 10:53 PM
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I have taken an interest in trying Bullseye pistol shooting with my GP100, so at home I have been training my stance and dry firing for trigger control, next step is to take that training to the range and apply it to practicing and see how much difference it made. I want to get the slow firing down.
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|May 1, 2013, 07:05 AM
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Training is the process of bringing a person to an agreed standard of proficiency by practice and instruction.
As an example from the Gunsite home page:
If you're watching a classroom video then you're in training.
If you're reading a book on shooting fundamentals then you're in training.
If you're sitting in a classroom listening to a firearms instructor then you're in training.
If you're on the range with an instructor being instructed then you're in training.
If you're on the range attempting to maintain or improve your proficiency at things you've previously learned, then you're practicing.
Training consists of both practice and instruction.
|May 1, 2013, 10:18 AM
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I always thought of Training as being trained in new skills and Practice as practicing those skills.
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Training involves instruct in ways to do things. Practice is repetion to make those ways automatic.
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Wanted to convert a single light switch to a combination plug and switch. Thinking I have replaced and or installed many wall plates this should be a 20 minute job. NOT!Before buying (as I always do) I checked out the other reviews. It appeared that if their was one complaint, it was inadequate directions and high level of difficulty to install. Thinking, well how hard can it really be.....as I said I have installed several wall outlets before. I found out....like everyone else that mentioned the directions and installation....it is a bear!After several attempts...(blowing the breaker more than once) I came to the conclusion "I didn't know what the heck I was doing with this "simple" switch/outlet!"Lucky for me it was not to expensive as now I have my original switch back in and the combo one thrown out in the garage....useless!Recommendation : have an electrician on retainer!
I inadvertently bought this item without noticing that it is rated at 15 Amps. But I need one rated at 20 Amps (all of our house circuits are 20 amps) and I could not find that Lowes carries one.
Works as expected... nice to have switch for light and outlet for power tools in basement...


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'Downton Abbey' Season 3 Cast Photo - First Look!
Check out this first look at the official cast photo for Downton Abbey's highly anticipated third season, debuting in the United States on PBS on January 6, 2013!
Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Brendon Coyle, Hugh Bonneville, Joann Froggatt, series creator Julian Fellowes, and season three guest star Shirley MacLaine made an appearance at the PBS portion of the 2012 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday (July 21) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The cast chatted about the upcoming season and also celebrated the 16 Emmy nominations they received earlier in the week.
30+ pictures inside of the Downton Abbey cast at the Summer TCA Tour…


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If there was one thing that was going preety steadily on my nerves in VS2005 was region collapsing/opening with mouse.
So i was determined to find a shortcut for it.
And I found so much more...
Every shortcut there is in Visual Studio 2005 is listed here.
All SSMS keybard shortcuts are listed here.
These two pages are the holy grail of fast development if you ask me :))
oh and by the way.... collapsing/opening a region is CTRL + M + M. Yes, hit M twice while holding CTRL.
And do try CTRL + I... it's pure pleasure. a hint: Incremental Search :) <-- select text (works in VS and SSMS)
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Rib eye doesn't just have a manly name—it's also got a taste so spectacular it'll knock your socks off. Not to mention the socks of whoever is lucky enough to be joining you for a meaty feast with it as the centerpiece. Combine with the proper appetizer, sides, wine and dessert, and it just might knock a few other things off a female dining companion. For all the prep tips you'll need, read on.
1. Know Your Cut
One of the tenderest cuts of beef, rib eye boasts a beautiful red color and impeccable marbling—a lot of it—which gives the meat its flavor. That also makes it one of the most expensive cuts on the market, to the tune of up to thirty dollars per pound. But trust me, it's worth it.
Rib eye can be served either bone in or bone out. Without the bone, it's called Delmonico. I suggest you go for bone-in. There's much more flavor that way.
2. Drop Some Trivia
As you've probably guessed, it's called "rib eye" because of the rib bone attached to the meat. However, rib eye can be served either bone in or bone out. Without the bone, it's called Delmonico. Of course, I suggest you go for bone-in. There's much more flavor that way.
3. Prep Shrimp, Spuds and Suds
A great way to start a rib eye steak night is with a spicy shrimp cocktail. If you can get U10 shrimp, that's the best way to go. "U10" means the shrimp are so big that less than ten of them make up a pound. Mix some cocktail sauce with a generous teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce for optimal spiciness. As for sides, I like to serve a rib eye with two things: potatoes Lyonnais and creamed spinach. For the former, sauté some onions with olive oil and salt, then roast red potatoes in the pan with slices of garlic at 325 until they turn golden brown. Drink-wise, go with a super Tuscan wine like Ornellaia. It's full-bodied, flavorful and fruity, the perfect complement to this cut of beef.
4. Whip Up Some Creamed Spinach
Creamed spinach is a little more involved. You need:
1 box frozen, chopped spinach
2 oz. whole butter
1-1/4 quarts heavy cream
2 cups grated Reggiano Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. white pepper
2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. fresh grated nutmeg
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp. cold water
Make it:
Thaw and squeeze the spinach until all the water is removed.
Heat the heavy cream and butter in a pot until the butter melts.
Add seasoning and spinach.
Heat this mixture until it boils.
In a separate bowl mix the cold water and cornstarch.
Add the cornstarch mixture to the spinach mixture, stirring slowly until it becomes thick.
Add the cheese and the seasoning (pepper, salt, nutmeg) to taste.
5. Rub and Broil
Those who have been following this series—parts one and two here and here—know that I like to keep it simple. After all, are you cooking top-shelf meat because you want to taste the sauce or because you want to taste the steak? A great way to bring out the flavor in any steak is to massage it with olive oil, then rub in some kosher salt and fresh black cracked pepper. When it comes to cooking, broil the steak, turning each piece just once, if possible. Use a meat thermometer to make sure you bring the internal temperature 120 on the inside. Then you've got yourself a perfect rib eye, medium well, the way this steak was meant to be prepared.
6. Let Them Eat Cupcakes
While I'm generally an advocate of fresh-baked desserts and treats, I'm going to cop out on this one. Just go find the best bakery in town and pick up some cupcakes. A rich chocolate cupcake is a great way to follow this meal. No one has to know you didn't bake 'em fresh that afternoon.


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