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Launch in the houses of Parliament.
Clark French, Founder and MS Patient, and Faye, Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient, spoke amongst Senior Police officers, experts in drug policy reform, Doctors, MP's, authors, former soldiers and medical cannabis patients from across the globe. We stood together to call for the war on people who consume drugs to end.
It was both an honour and a privilege, huge thanks and respect to
and the Leap UK leadership for arranging this event together and for such a fantastic launch. Inspiring.
US Exec Director of LEAP opened the proceedings talking about how the so called "War on Drugs" had been the most destructive policy since slavery with US prison population rising from 500k to 2.3m with 80% of drug crime inmates being black.
who used to work for MI5 added that during the financial collapse of 2008 without illicit drug money giving them liquidity many more banks would have collapsed illustrating how the Criminal market for drugs now amounts to around $435Bn annually.
spoke up emotionally in support of drug law reform. Coming from a background in Mental Health and as Health Minister for the Liberal Democrats he has seen first hand the damage that the current system of prohibition does to patients already suffering from illnesses and those unlucky few who become addicted and get a criminal record instead of the help and support that they need. He highlighted his parties commitment to the full regulation of cannabis in the UK.
Then we we were taken on a journey from the Poppy Fields of Afghanistan right through to the devastation of lives and families at the other end;
, an ex-officer in the Grenadier Guards fighting in Afghanistan explained how some of the worst fighting took place in Helmand province, where the US army destroyed Opium farms which is the only major industry and economy. The locals and farmers had no choice but to fight back to protect their lives and livelihoods making the war significantly worse.
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then pointed out that there are now 10000 drug related murders in us every year, whereas, Switzerland, who legalised heroin for all addicts has seen ZERO deaths and violence since then and 70% of the public are in full support of this policy. In Portugal where all drugs were decriminalised in 2001 have seen drug harms reduce by around 50% and even those in opposition at the time now support this policy as they have seen how everything the prohibitionists feared have NOT materialised and everything the reformers predicted has been absolutely true. "Legalisation restores order, to the existing anarchy of prohibition"
from LEAP in Germany talked about their experience of opening safe consumption rooms for IV drug users, since which they have seen Zero deaths, 100k needles off the street and no public disorder issues - Highly successful harm reduction
and ex-police officer from Strathclyde noted that drugs have got effectively MUCH cheaper, purer and available since the drug war started in 1974.
"In 1974 we always talked about a £10 deal, which given inflation should now be £147. It's not. We still talk about a £10 deal"
He added that back then Scotland had a finite number (a few hundred) of Heroin addicts all being adequately managed through prescription, but overnight they were all criminalised and had their support taken away. Scotland now has 55k addicts with deaths every day.
Ex-Officer and now Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham,
, spoke about how the our problem with Alcohol costs the UK around £11Bn a year and whilst echoing support for the principal of decriminalising personal possession through the new Psychoactive Substances Act, highlighted how this is going to make an already impossible task for the police even more difficult. He then went on to explain his "
" initiative where consumers are directed to support services rather than through the criminal justice system they are seeing only a 2% re-offending level, which against a national average of 39% represents an incredible result.
Dr Michael Shiner from Stopwatch
explained how rather than helping, "Stop and Search" was a significant source of harm having a disproportionate impact on minority communities and leading to increased risk and violence. Ge also added that in his opinion the path to full drug law reform would have to be achieved through "piecemeal" steps in the UK.
Finally we heard a deeply emotional talk from
Rose Humphry's from "Anyone's Child"
describing how a fear of criminalisation delayed her first child from calling
999 whilst overdosing and how her second son had also overdosed thanks to not knowing the purity due to criminal supply.
A fantastic day in Parliament with intelligence, pragmatism, realism and a great deal of emotion discussing Drug Law Reform has given us all a great deal of hope that times are finally changing and we can look forward to a new world of Evidence Based Policy and a great deal less harm.
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(NEW YORK) — When Katheryn Deprill was just a few hours old, she was abandoned inside a Burger King restaurant in Allentown, Pa., in 1986.
Now married and a stay-at-home mother of three children, the 27-year-old woman who became known nationally as "the Burger King baby" is on a mission to find her birth mother.
Even though Deprill was adopted, she always had questions about her birth family. Five days ago, her adoptive mother suggested that she take her search to Facebook.
She did, posting a photo of herself holding a sign that read, in part: "Looking for my birth mother. Please help me find her by sharing my post."
In an interview with ABC's Good Morning America, Deprill said it "just didn't register" in her head that she was abandoned.
"Everyone wants to know where they came from," she said. "I really want to know. …I want to see someone who looks like me. Maybe I have brothers and sisters. That would be so neat."
She also wants to know more about her family's medical history.
Deprill was found in the bathroom of Burger King on South Fourth Street in Allentown on Sept. 15, 1986. Someone heard her crying and told staffers, who came in and found her lying on the floor.
As a child, Deprill always knew that she was adopted, but it wasn't until she was 12 years old that her parents handed her a scrapbook with newspaper articles about her.
"I opened up the first page, and there's a picture of me," she said. "Then I turned to the next page and there it was, all the newspaper articles — the Burger King baby. My mother who adopted me saved all of the newspaper articles."
People are responding to her plea. More than 15,000 people have already shared the photo on Facebook, helping Deprill expand her search across the globe.
Deprill said she isn't angry about what happened to her. In fact, she wants to thank her birth mother.
"I am so thankful that my birth mother didn't throw me away. She didn't put me in a dumpster," Deprill said. "She could have been very young and felt very scared. …I can't even imagine being in her shoes and being alone and have to walk away from her baby."
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The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has opened tenders to operate, monitor and maintain satellite community phones in remote Indigenous communities.
The fixed phones are part of the $31 million Indigenous Communications Program.
A total of 249 satellite phones have already been installed as part of the program, and up to 300 additional phones are due to be installed before 30 June.
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Bexhill United's footballers suffered their first league defeat since the opening day of the season on Saturday.
The Pirates were beaten 5-1 at home to in-form Haywards Heath Town in Macron Store Southern Combination Football League Division One.
Bexhill manager Marc Munday said: "I was really disappointed with it in the end. They're a good outfit and they were by far the better side.
"I wasn't happy with the amount of goals and that's something I really want to stop. But I do think the result probably did flatter them - 3-2 would've probably been a fairer reflection."
Jamie Weston picked out the top corner in the ninth minute to give Heath a half time lead.
Two goals in four minutes midway through the second half put Heath firmly in command. Freddie Barker steered the ball home from a tight angle to make it 2-0 and Matt Geard curled a shot into the far corner soon afterwards.
I wasn't happy with the amount of goals and that's something I really want to stop.Marc Munday
Bexhill pulled one back on 72 minutes when Munday headed a free kick back across the box and Josh Elliott-Noye tucked the ball home.
Bexhill had George Aston sent-off for what Munday confessed was a 'nasty' tackle, but still had a glorious chance to make it 3-2 only for Jordan Woodley's penalty to be well saved.
Heath added a couple more goals in the closing stages through a Rob O'Toole header from Weston's cross and Nathan Cooper's powerful low drive.
Munday was impressed with the performance of Woodley, who was making his debut after signing from Ringmer. He said: "He looked dangerous and to be honest he was our only dangerman. He won a lot of free kicks and they couldn't really deal with him."
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Yukon's Family Legacy
The Yukon follows in the success of the SR2500 Super Rebel and the Moose, using many common parts and design. Based largely on the original SR2500 platform, the concept of the Yukon was to offer a more affordable platform for builders to purchase, operate and maintain.
Where the Moose covers the heavy end of the spectrum with its fire breathing radial engine and up to six seats, the Yukon's approach is simplicity and functionality. Staying with four seats and a smaller, lighter powerplant, the Yukon can perform big tasks on a small budget. Using the same proven and beloved airfoil as the Rebel, Elite and Moose, the Yukon performance will be stellar with additional wing area to lower the wing loading and allow quicker takeoffs and slower landings.
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The two large main doors and the standard extra large cargo door make the Yukon a real utility airplane. The huge cabin interior (two inches wider than a Cessna 180) easily accommodates bulky or long loads such as bikes, skis, furniture, lumber or camping supplies for four! The Yukon can even be used as a photographic platform with the rear baggage door removed.
Hard points for floats are standard and the wheels are adaptable to oversize tires for short, rough bush strips. You can fly almost anywhere carrying just about anything you want. This is a kit aircraft with great performance and airframe strength, the ability to carry a load and room to stow it.
If a semi-monocoque all-metal 4 seat kit airplane seems intimidating, fear not! The Yukon expands on the Murphy tradition of engineering excellence and simplicity. The Yukon is designed for the first time builder with no jigs required, using pre-punched match hole technology and a well laid out manual that leads you through the construction sequence step by step with CAD illustrations. As you gain confidence, you move from easy, introductory builds into more complex areas of the kit. As with all our kits, the principle of pre-punched holes matching substructures to skins ensures all assemblies are self-aligning. The kit builder is spared the task of critical measurements as all the attach points incorporate our unique alignment system. In most cases, ribs, spars and skins have no 'lefts' or 'rights' until they are assembled, (you ultimately assign and assemble a part to its specific duty on the aircraft)
Engine Options
The Yukon continues its versatility theme with a range of available engine options. The Yukon is at home with the economical Lycoming 360. 180 hp. engine providing affordable acquisition costs and reliable service. Want a little more power? Try the new Lycoming I0-390X engine with 210 HP
The fuselage utilizes semi-monocoque construe-lion. Bulkheads are stamped 6061-T6 aluminum and are self-aligning with the side skins. A sub floor is installed over the lower bulkheads providing a solid base and a flat floor for storing cargo. The cabin area is built over two immensely strong longitudinal spars providing a clean floor from the firewall to the back of the cargo area (120 inches). This cantilevered floor makes it possible for the Yukon to have large cabin doors giving easy entry and exit. Two high back adjustable bucket seats are provided up front and a wide based bench seat in the rear can be replaced with optional bucket seats for total control over your seating arrangements. The back seat gives ample leg and shoulder room, and together with the optional large side windows and cabin skylights, rear seat visibility is excellent.
The centre of the floor has an access tunnel that runs from the forward cabin to aft of the cargo area. All wiring, fuel lines, brake lines and controls are concealed beneath the floor in this tunnel. Loads can be tied down with no fear of jamming controls or interfering in anyway with the normal operation of the Yukon. The cargo area is cavernous and with the back seat removed, the cargo area substantially increases.
The wings are a very straightforward design. The modified NACA 4415 airfoil is a time proven profile providing a large centre of gravity range. The wing has a constant chord with no washout which yields reliable stall characteristics and simple assembly. The wing structure consists of three spars (front, main, rear), 12 stringers and 16 ribs. The stringers help the wing skins transfer torsional loads to the rest of the structure. The leading edge is .032 thick allowing for countersunk rivets if desired.
The first three bays at the root of each wing constitute the Yukon's fuel tank holding 30 US gallons per wing. The builder has the option to expand the fuel capacity to 40 gallons per side for increased range. Wingtips are premolded fibreglass with light aluminum sub structures. The wing is supported by a single custom extruded strut. All attach points on the wing are failsafe (as are all major load bearing members). They are constructed of multiple parts ... should one part fail the other parts continue to maintain structural integrity.
Counter Surfaces
Ailerons and flaps are simple, strong, and easy to assemble. They consist of a main spar, pre-formed ribs and a one-piece formed skin. As with the rest of the kit, no jigs are required and the assembly can be completed in less than 10 hours. This procedure is similar for the elevator and the rudder.
Control surfaces on the Yukon are mass and aerodynamically balanced. This is for two reasons: a mass balanced surface is very resistant lo flutter and aerodynamic balancing allows us to perfectly harmonize the control response.
The Yukon will make you feel at home on your first flight.
Horizontal Stabilizer and Fin
Both horizontal and vertical stabilizers are cantilevered and employ stringers to transfer torsional loads. The horizontal stabilizer has a constant chord with asymmetrical airfoil. Like the wing, the stab is a three-spar design with the fuselage picking up fittings on the main and rear spars.
Fast Build Option
A four seat metal bushplane is a substantial undertaking for anybody, in spite of the lengths that Murphy Aircraft goes to in making the assembly procedure an enjoyable and easy process, time, space or simply, "I'm not into this building thing" put a lot of potential Yukon owners off. So the Yukon Fast Build kit was born. All Fast Build Yukon kits come riveted together and corrosion protected. And are delivered to you with the following structures partially completed. Certain skins which must be removed to allow for inspection, are finished, but held in place with temporary soft aluminum rivets.
Wings - These are complete except for the fiberglass wing tip. Fuel tanks are sealed and pressure tested. Lower main wing skins are temporarily installed and require final riveting.
Tail Feathers - These are complete except for the aerodynamic balances. Bottom skins are temporarily installed.
Ailerons and Flaps - Partially assembled, and in the case of the ailerons, again the aerodynamic balances must be completed. These control surfaces are ready to mount on the wings for final adjustment. Bottom skins are temporarily installed.
Fuselage - Perhaps the most impressive assembly since it's ready to go on its gear, and the wings, including the lift struts, can be bolted in place. The builder can climb right inside and start working in the cabin to complete the installation of the controls, doors, inner floor, seats, windows, and instrument panel.
Fully approved to meet the 51% rule, meticulously assembled by skilled technicians and quality controlled, the Fast Build Yukon kit brings a new dimension to the design philosophy of Murphy Aircraft. Your family bushplane, perhaps something that would have remained only a dream to many, is now an achievable goal, even to the most reluctant builder.
Purchase Plans
The Yukon is available either as a complete kit, a fast build kit or in three component sub-kits:
- Tail Kit - Horizontal Stab, Elevator and Rudder
- Wing Kit - Wings, Wet Tanks, Ailerons, Flaps
- Fuselage Kit - Fuselage and Vertical Fin
Each kit comes with everything required to complete the assemblies (parts, rivets, nuts & bolts, etc.) and a comprehensive CAD illustrated manual. The build time for the standard Yukon kit is estimated at around 2,000 hours, while the fastbuild kit reduces this to 1,000 or less. A two-car garage is more than ample room to build your Yukon and a single car garage could be used but completed assemblies would have to be stored elsewhere.
The Yukon offers the builder an all metal 4 place kit aircraft with great performance, unequaled carrying capacity and versatility. There are no special skills required to build the Yukon and its system of pre-punched matching holes assures a perfectly aligned finished product. The Yukon is a joy to fly and will provide you with many years of pleasurable, safe flying.


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Bear down Chicago Bears! Quarterback Jay Cutler is voting for Governor Mitt Romney tomorrow instead of President Barack Obama.
Every week Cutler joins the "Jay Cutler Show" on WMVP-1000, and co-host Tom Waddle asked him Monday whom he is voting for.
"That's a touchy subject," Cutler said initially. "Yeah, I have been following the debates and everything. I do live in Tennessee. I'm voting for Mitt (Romney) this election season."
Waddle is also voting for Romney, while his co-host Marc Silverman will vote for Obama.
Considering Obama has lived his adult life in Chicago, you have to give Cutler and Waddle credit for saying out loud they're voting for Romney. People at Tommy Nevin's (where the show was broadcasting live) booed Waddle, but he added: "That's what this country is all about: choice."
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Multispectral Palmprint Recognition Using a Quaternion Matrix
Bio-Computing Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
The Institute of Automation of Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150090, China
Department of Computer Science, Baoji University of Arts and Science, Xi'an 721013, China
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Sensors 2012, 12(4), 4633-4647; https://doi.org/10.3390/s120404633
Received: 20 February 2012 / Revised: 21 March 2012 / Accepted: 21 March 2012 / Published: 10 April 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hand-Based Biometrics Sensors and Systems)
AbstractPalmprints have been widely studied for biometric recognition for many years. Traditionally, a white light source is used for illumination. Recently, multispectral imaging has drawn attention because of its high recognition accuracy. Multispectral palmprint systems can provide more discriminant information under different illuminations in a short time, thus they can achieve better recognition accuracy. Previously, multispectral palmprint images were taken as a kind of multi-modal biometrics, and the fusion scheme on the image level or matching score level was used. However, some spectral information will be lost during image level or matching score level fusion. In this study, we propose a new method for multispectral images based on a quaternion model which could fully utilize the multispectral information. Firstly, multispectral palmprint images captured under red, green, blue and near-infrared (NIR) illuminations were represented by a quaternion matrix, then principal component analysis (PCA) and discrete wavelet transform (DWT) were applied respectively on the matrix to extract palmprint features. After that, Euclidean distance was used to measure the dissimilarity between different features. Finally, the sum of two distances and the nearest neighborhood classifier were employed for recognition decision. Experimental results showed that using the quaternion matrix can achieve a higher recognition rate. Given 3000 test samples from 500 palms, the recognition rate can be as high as 98.83%. View Full-Text
Keywords: multispectral palmprints; quaternion; PCA; DWT
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I hate anything titled "7 habits of" or " 5 ways to" and the like…but I could not help myself from reproducing the following essay here!
7 signs that employees hate the boss by Leigh Buchanan, Inc.com
There's a reason Dilbert, The Office, and their ilk are so popular. Satire gets old fast, but the appeal of realism endures. And the real world, sadly, is full of lousy bosses. Someone ought to do a study on where these louts come from.
Were they abused by their own bosses? Did they toss overboard the ballast of human kindness to hasten the ascent of their career balloons? Or is this an example of absolute power corrupting absolutely? Such research might also demonstrate how ubiquitous miserable managers are.
The proliferation of boss-bashing screeds with titles like When You Work for a Bully, Nasty Bosses, and How To Work for an Idiot suggests a plague.
A few months ago I enumerated five ways in which bosses could be great. A bookend column about bad bosses would never fit in this space, because while goodness tends to be monochromatic, badness comes in every color of the rainbow.
But bad bosses of all stripes evoke similar responses in employees; consequently, you can often tell that people hate you, even if you're not sure why.Inc. readers, of course, are all purebreds among top dogs. But on the off chance that a misfit manager stumbles across this page, here are seven signs that you are a bad boss:
1.The staff has developed guidelines for dealing with you and quietly passes them to new employees. "Never suggest that there might be another way of doing something," they might say. Or "Act self-deprecating so he doesn't feel threatened."
2.You have one or two fanatical acolytes. Yes, such devotion may be a testament to your fabulousness. But often when a boss is perceived as universally loathed, the staff opportunist offers herself up as sole confidante and friend, seeking power and favor at the expense of more honest, critical employees.
3.You never see people walk by. Employees would rather circumnavigate the entire office to get to the coffee machine or bathroom than take the shortcut past your door and risk being invited in.
4.Your 360-degree evaluations come back short and full of generically positive comments, with one very mild criticism ("Sometimes she works too damn hard for her own good") thrown in for credibility's sake.
5.People don't volunteer for your pet projects. The idea sucks, and they're afraid to tell you, or it's brilliant, but the consequences for letting you down are too terrible to imagine. And, of course, if it's your pet project, you'll probably work on it as well. Which means more time spent…gulp…with you.
6.You have legions of former employees, but they rarely give your name as a reference for new jobs. Either they don't trust you to give them their due, or they worry that because they were so miserable working for you, your recollections will also be dismal.
7.You have legions of former employees, period. If your staff falls away like linty Post-it notes, ask yourself: Is high turnover the problem? Or am I?
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The way we think about and understand value creation has largely been driven by financial measures of success. But what if value was also measured in terms of social and ecological outputs? Today, social and ecological concerns have largely been ceded to governments and non-profits while business focuses on financial outputs. This course proposes a new model: one in which companies, governments, and non-profits all need to create news kinds of value in order to thrive in a changing economy. Products of Social Value will challenge our concepts of business success, social innovation, and the role of the designer. Students will work directly with institutional and business partners to identify, design, and evaluate new types of value.
The goal of this course is to equip students with the theory, methodology, and tactics to create and sustain new kinds of value for organizations and businesses.
Design for Social Value: Frameworks is rooted in a 'learning by doing' methodology. Student teams will work directly with organizations to develop products or services that create new value. A series of guest lectures in the fields of economics, positive psychology, and corporate social responsibility among others will provide students with further opportunities to learn from and work directly with thought leaders in the space.
Students will be equipped to:
- Use the course methodology to discover, design, and scale new kinds of value in organizations and communities
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Biodiesel Powered Toyota Landcruiser Competing In Dakar
Two days ago, the 35th annual Dakar Rally kicked off, with competitors from all over the world racing across some of the harshest conditions on the planet. Among the racers is a Toyota Landcruiser 200 powered by biodiesel, emitting 60% fewer emissions over the course of the 5,250 mile race across terrain that is as fragile as it is deadly.
The Toyota team is proudly all Japanese, and the Land Cruiser is an iconic vehicle all over the world. It's the perfect candidate for a race like Dakar, which has racers zooming hundreds of miles per day across sand dunes, mountains, rivers, and barely-populated areas of Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia. It's the ultimate off-road race, and the perfect place to test alternative drivetrains. Hybrid trucks have raced at Dakar before, but none have won just yet.
Also competing are several Toyota Hilux pickups powered by an even-more-powerful Lexus IS-F motor. The biodiesel Land Cruiser is the underdog I'm cheering for though, and we'll know in about two weeks just how well this alt-fuel SUV handles the toughest race in the world.
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I'm Engaged!
She's smart, funny, successful and more importantly, for some odd reason, she likes me! I asked Catherine to marry me at her favorite sushi house with the help of one of the chefs there. He made a special dish with the ring in the middle. It was pretty funny... especially when Catherine overlooked the ring in her desperate search for food. We finally coaxed her into looking inside the lemon in the middle of the plate. It was cut into a little container with the ring inside.


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Premiered November 21, 1972.
On Thanksgiving Day, a squirrel tells his son the story of Jeremy Squirrel and the first Thanksgiving.
British settlers arrive in Plymouth, MA in 1620. The first year is a difficult one, many settlers die. But with help from the resident Native Americans, the colony manages to make it through that first year and the settlers and the natives plan a big harvest feast.
On the morning of the first Thanksgiving, a boy named Johnny Cooke goes out to play "hunter" in the forest.
He's hunting for a turkey when he encounters an Indian boy named Little Bear. They quarrel over which one is the better hunter. Jeremy Squirrel arrives and tells the boys they should be friends rather than rivals. Johnny and Little Bear agree and shake hands.
|Peacemaking squirrel.
Their parents grow worried. A search party of pilgrims and Indians sets out to find the boys. Johnny and Little Bear try to find their way home in the dark, but go in the wrong direction. Luckily, Jeremy finds them and leads them on the correct path. He gets some of his animal friends to accompany the boys on their journey homeward.
Everything seems to be okay until the boys encounter a wolf! It chases Johnny and Little Bear with deadly intentions.
Will the boys be saved? Or will the wolf turn the boys into his Thanksgiving Dinner?
J.A. Morris says:
This is special aired in syndication in the 1970s and 1980s. But I only recall seeing it once, so I don't bring a lot of nostalgia to this review.
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't isn't a great special, but it's okay if you're seeking light holiday entertainment aimed at kids.
The voice acting credits don't really tell you who voiced which character, but this special features some of the greatest voice actors of all time. It's always nice to hear the voice work of June Foray, Don Messick and Hal Smith. I'm pretty sure we hear the voice of Thurl Ravenscroft (most famous for singing "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and Tony the Tiger). Some of the background music here is easily recognizable from other Hanna-Barbera productions. The "chase music" heard near the end was used in countless episodes of Scooby Doo and it's used well here.
|Goofy wolf.
The special also relies too much on recycled animation. I expect to see some of that in old cartoons, but it's ridiculous in this case. Sometimes we see the exact same scene a few seconds after we've just seen it. The special's theme song is catchy, but it's overused. We get to hear it three times during the special's 25-minute running time.
|The Settlers and the Indians search for the boys.
This special is available on dvd. You can find it as a supplement on Casper's Halloween Special. In recent years, it's been shown on Cartoon Network and it's sister channel Boomerang, so check your local listings.
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't is okay, worth watching at least once. Fans of the aforementioned voice actors will want to check out this special.
J.A. Morris's rating:
2 and a half pumpkin pies.
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This animated special has its heart in the right place, but just doesn't gel for me. As J.A. Morris says above, there is a lot of recycled animation used. A LOT! This wouldn't be as big of a deal if the story was better. There is plenty of drama in the real interactions between early British settlers and the Native Americans -- even if some of it wouldn't make for warm and fuzzy family viewing.
The talking squirrel angle, which is intended to be cute and appeal to the child audience this special is aimed at, feels tacked on instead. It's also inconsistent. Why can Jeremy the squirrel be understood by the two boys, but not by the adults looking for them?
Why aren't Johnny and Little Bear more surprised by the talking squirrel? Why on earth should we care about the silly framing device with modern squirrel and human families that have no interaction to speak of? It just doesn't quite work for me! I have no problem with talking animals in cartoons generally, but this just feels unnecessary.
Then there is the song ... which is grating in the extreme, yet the lyrics are oddly unmemorable. It's mildly annoying the first time they use it in this special, but the annoyance factor ratchets up as it is repeated. I think we hear it 3 or maybe even 4 times!
I don't remember ever seeing this special before and I wouldn't recommend seeing it unless you are a huge fan of the voice actors.
RigbyMel's rating:
1 and a half pumpkin pies


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Rome. It's an up hill battle. There are good, bad and memorable moments. I wouldn't call their story line bad or boring, but it felt weak, when it came to the execution as a couple. I found myself fascinated with everything else going on around Cora and Rome, than I did with the main characters themselves. I was therefore equal parts surprised and not so much, when I saw how and when their story ended. It's a cliffhanger that has nothing to do with them as a couple o.O
At the end of this book, Rome and Cora's story is incomplete, but hold a really great line up for Nash. I know that his book is next, but I don't know what to make of the fact that their story isn't finished, while another is about to start.
I developed a strong interest in Asa. So strong, that part way through this book, I stopped to check Goodreads to find out when we would be getting his story. In case your interested, there's two more to go before his turn :)
Could be the interlocking system of this series, or the personality traits of Rome and Cora, but I found that we got more of every one's story of past, present and future in this novel as much as we did the lead characters. I like Rome and Cora together as a couple. They just make sense. I did however, favour Rome's POV over Cora's. She had her moments, but I preferred a day in Rome's life. I think I expected much more depth into both their world's that I got, so I chose the better of the lot and that was Rome's. He had more of a struggle than Cora's childhood fantasies. The guy also made the ultimate sacrifice for his woman, nothing says hot than that!
We reconnected with the Archer's and Margot was a lot more melted than before. I just hoped for more time with Joe. Then again, this being an incomplete story and all, might help shed some light on him in Nash's book.
What puzzles me, is that this story stops at 90%. While I never mind the refresher course from 'Rule' and 'Jet', it could have been used to complete Cora and Rome's story. I like complete novels. Even though this wasn't a cliffhanger of Cora and Rome's story directly, it was a cliffhanger nonetheless and not something I noticed much from the novels before. We have always had those what's next ending from this series, but this one was glaringly obvious. It leaves a big what now? o.O
The fact that the next book is entitled 'Nash' I doubt they will be the stars of this show.
This installment held the prefect blend of characters and their issues. Cora and Rome came off so perfect, as a couple, that you just had to pay more attention to the people around them. They were the protectors and as such, they figured out their problems long before the others, even though they had a catalyst or two.
There is a lot of change in this novel and some reminders that I still can't remember witnessing. Guess that's why some series deserve re-reads before you start a new installment. -_-
I wanted more of Rome and Cora issues, but it was good to interact more with Rule again and to witness as him and Shaw try to make a life together. It was also nice that Cora at least, got along with her parent. Their dynamic seemed solid. I initially thought this would be a book strongly focused on PTSD, but I was wrong. I did however like the angle it was taken from.
As always, Remy's memory was kept alive and I really hope that one day Jay Crownover might be crazy enough to give us a book before 'Rule' when Remy was still alive.I love his character without ever meeting him and getting a chance to interact with Lando makes me feel like it would make for a great read! Honestly, I too miss him and wish he was alive.
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17798233-rome


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Inside The Young Voices Soundscape
Left in the dark, one needs to explore what is heard: a hubbub of voices filling a space. There is an inability to distinguish individual voices, to make out their identity and what each voice is saying. It is not at all what is expected.
When listening, one usually expects to have something visual to accompany and make sense of the sounds we hear, as the visual fleshes out the sound. But here, the hearing is full of doubt about the heard, as a swelling of disembodied voices fills up the room.
Going further into the space, with the guidance of dim lighting that creates an uncanny effect, not only is one in doubt of the heard but also of what is to be seen. The voices are like ghosts travelling around the space, slinking around humanlike figures, making one doubt if the bodies are real or unreal.
The disembodied voices move in on the figures from all directions, creating their silhouettes with an amorphous breeze.
However, what perplexes one's mind is that the figures are still, mute and numb to any auditory engagement, yet at the same time the voices are 'alive' and buzzing all around the space. The voices do not belong to the figures, which is not what a person would expect.
In this case, one cannot but wonder if there are other people in this room too. As vision becomes stable and one's eyes become familiar with the lighting in the space, it is clearer that the silhouettes are only mannequins, with 'voice boxes' at their feet.
There are more people in the soundscape, travelling around the space, listening as a mode of exploration, an approach to walking through the soundscape. Although these voices differ from one another in volume and tone as well as in the frequency and length of pauses, they combine to form a harmonised pandemonium of voices.
A sense of instability in the listener is caused by the simultaneous occurrence of voices that vary in pitch, creating an unsettling tone, colour or timbre.
Distance and proximity transform one's perception of the soundscape as the closer one moves towards the mannequins, the more easily distinguishable individual voices become. When focusing merely on one voice, the rest of the pandemonium is muted, almost silent.
One's auditory engagement becomes numb towards the rest of the voices until the process of listening is repeated with another voice.
It is not only as though the remaining voices are muted, but also as if they have become part of 'the sound of silence', a component of the background sounds, as if they are echoes of the room's vibrations.
In The Young Voices Soundscape, I exhibited an existing collection of oral history materials created from the 'remains' of my previous artistic research within the project Young Voices – An Applied Theatre Project, Aiming to Bridge the Gap Between Youth and Adults (2010-2011).
The 'remains' from this project included a collection of sound recordings of young people's personal oral accounts, in which they discussed concerns about their own social inclusion.
Through an exploration of the 'anxieties' and 'moral panics' often associated with young people, as well as an interrogation of how such associations might lead to social exclusion, my research within this project examined how different performance forms might facilitate youth inclusion.
Within The Young Voices Soundscape, I extended the idea of exploring performance forms as a means of disseminating oral history materials within the setting of a sound installation, in which a series of mannequins with 'voice boxes' (mini speakers and mp3 players) were placed within the gallery space.
These mannequins were used to represent each of the young people, with each corresponding mp3 player being attributed a different oral history account from the sound collection.
These accounts were then played simultaneously throughout the exhibition. The project was presented at the University of Bristol's Department of Drama on the 20 November 2012 and ran from 15:00 – 21:30.
When entering The Young Voices Soundscape, participants were issued with instructions to explore the different voices, selecting one that they felt most drawn to by holding the tangible form of the particular voice (mini speaker and mp3 player) in their hands.
Following this, they were told to find somewhere in the space to stand still (acting as one of the mannequins) and focus upon their chosen voice intently. This process could be repeated as many times as the participant felt inclined.
By holding the tangible form of the voices, the participant thus stepped in for the young people as if they were themselves embodying these young voices.
By listening intently to the young voices, whilst holding the object from which the voice emanated, the participant became an active agent within the soundscape. In this way, the participants acted as 'belated witnesses' to what the young voices were telling them.
Through issuing the participants with instructions on how to interact with the soundscape, it was my intention to evoke the sense of belated witnessing I experienced when I originally interviewed the young people.
This meant that by selecting a voice that they felt drawn to, the participant simultaneously took on the role of both interviewer and interviewee, constantly shifting by performing these two contrasting roles.
The concept of the participant embodying the journey of both interviewer and interviewee was established before entering The Young Voices Soundscape, since each participant was initially made a custom mask from plaster of Paris.
Since plaster of Paris has the ability to adopt facial characteristics, the inside of each mask became specific to the person it was created for.
By contrast, the outside of the masks remained expressionless in order to provoke a sense of temporary detachment and physical anonymity for the participant from their facial identity.
The participants' experience of outward physical anonymity thus became reflective of the mannequins' expressionless faces within the soundscape. This device was used to provoke a sense of empathy between participant and young voice.
Upon exiting the soundscape, the participants were then instructed to remove their masks and attach them to a rail using string.
By doing this, the participants were invited to symbolically detach themselves from the layers of identities and voices that they had possessed within the soundscape and, in turn, to have their own personae reinstated.
In this way, the participants' facial identification was captured as their physical characteristics became imprinted inside the mask.
It is upon this condition that they were granted access to the archive.


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Hello Rich,
I should have answered sooner, but was "fatigued". Anyway... I like your hypotheses a lot, and this is the way to go. To grok it all (as the term is - understand and savour) I need to find my biochemical textbooks and time, and even then part will be beyond me, but then I did arrive at some parts you arrived at in 1986, but in less detail, and with far less relevant knowledge than you have.
I will mail you today, and will then try my best on the glorious and no doubt also gory detail, for that is precisely what I wanted to ask you and so far did not do.
But this IS the way to go, and - in case anybody says "XMRV" - you are concerned with actual processes that have a fair to very good chance of being involved in the problems of ME, which is on another level, and in no way contradicts the hypothesis that XMRV may be the cause ot it all, nor will it be upset if XMRV is not the cause (but e.g. a passenger).
And of course you know this, and I hope you will get research funding a.s.a.p. because your theorizing seems very rational and sensible to me, and deserve good funding and good testing. Also, if you are right - as you very well may be - some forms of appropriate therapy are just around the corner, and also not expensive, so that too is good AND an additional reason for having your research funded.
Thank you very much for all the hard work, solid real science and intelligence you invested into this! Very much appreciated!
Best regards,


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Hi. Does this icing harden, how long will it last and does it need refrigeration? Thank you!
Chef's Answer ~ No, this dog treat icing will not dry hard. It is a fresh frosting type topping that is meant to be served right away.
The icing should keep fresh in the refrigerator, in a tightly sealed container for about a week. You will want to put a layer of plastic wrap directly on top of the frosting because the bananas will begin to oxidize once they are mashed. If they are exposed to air for an extended period of time they will begin to turn brown.
Yes, this icing needs to be kept in the refrigerator or made and used to decorate a dog cake that will be served within an hour.
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Delta Nixes Promotion of Gadget JacketTravel News — By John Curran on October 14, 2010 at 10:00 am
When you advertise a game-changing product, it's not surprising that the industry most likely to suffer won't be too keen on promoting the new product. Case in point: the Revolution Plus jacket –a new piece of outerwear from ScottEVest with more pockets than spaces on Batman's utility belt — is something you won't find in Delta Airlines Sky magazine.
It really does resemble what Batman would wear, if he were skiing at Whistler perhaps. The shell jacket includes 26 pockets and an integrated network system, according to CubicleBot, meaning you manage all of the wires for your gadgets and keep them tangle-free.
At $200, the Revolution Plus jacket isn't exactly cheap, and therefore it's likely the company wants to market it to frequent travelers who will be interested in a product that allows them to keep their carry-on baggage filled with clothes and travel-sized toiletries.
Again, you won't find it promoted by Delta, or any other airline for that matter that tacks on baggage fees. If you don't feel like ponying up the $200 for the one jacket with 26 pockets, you do have another option. Layering your outerwear can give you a number of storage options for your gear, and you can always stow a jacket in the seat in front of you. Plus, you'll be able to deal with the variable hot-then-cold-then-hot temperatures onboard the airplane a lot more easily.
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I've been seeing a lot of goals and monthly recap posts floating around the blogosphere. Goals are good to have, good to set, and good to accomplish. I thought, why not? Let me make some goals for December!
This December, I will…
Start running again. After running/walking the 10K, it reaffirmed the fact that I don't really hate to run. I actually enjoy it once I hit my second wind. And it was really fun being around other runners, even seeing people bigger than me running! It really doesn't matter what size you are, everyone can run! (Provided the doctor OK's it, you know…) My mom and I are going to try to do a 10K every other month so I'll be searching for a 10K to do in January/February. And it's an easy way to lose weight!
Stick to the program and lose more weight. In December 2007, I was doing Weight Watchers and made a goal of losing 5 pounds before Christmas hit. And I did manage to lose that amount. But then things hit a downward spiral and the rest is history. I have weigh-in tomorrow, which I'm very nervous about as I totally went off the program for Thanksgiving (and the week after…). But I enjoyed it and was willing to pay for a gain on the scale. My goal is still to lose 5 pounds in the month of December. It's a lot to ask but I think if I buckle down and get serious, I can do it. I did it before.
Start writing again! As everyone knows, I failed NaNoWriMo miserably. But I think I forgot how crazy November is for a college student. This is my last week of classes before finals start. Life has been so crazy with papers and tests and presentations. Basically, I have an entire month off from school. And I want to use my free time to really get to work on writing. The story I was thinking about writing for NaNoWriMo needs a lot of character development and I realized I'm a girl who needs firm outlines to write. I can't just sit down and write what comes to mind…I need to plot it out on paper first. My goal is to get the character development and a semblance of an outline written before December's end. It would be awesome if I could actually get a story going, as well!
Finish my 101 in 1001 days. I'm only up to #50 on this list and I'm having a hard time figuring out 50 (50!) more things I want to accomplish. I've even been scrounging around other people's lists to steal some of their ideas. But I definitely want to finish it to start in 2010.
Start a strength-training program. Lately, I haven't been exercising much. When I do exercise, it's always cardio. I have been doing my Biggest Loser DVD on Sunday mornings which gives me the best workout of the week. It's so intense! But I'd really like to establish my own routine. I have an exercise ball and I have weights. And Shape magazine gives tons and tons and tons of strength-training exercises. Some of them use equipment that I don't have but for the most part, I can do the exercises with no problem. Because I want Kelly Ripa arms, fo' sho.
What goals do you have for December?


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British soldier Lee Rigby was murdered and beheaded on a London street by two Muslims. Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson have assured the world that the attack had nothing to do with Islam. Yet the Qur'an clearly states that the penalty for "making mischief" in a Muslim land is death (5:33), and Rigby had served a tour in Afghanistan and was actively recruiting more soldiers for the British Army. How can Western leaders deny the obvious? --David Wood
David, once again goes to the teachings of the Qur'an to expose the blatant lie of Islamic apologist and British Prime Minister David Cameron, who follows in the footsteps of George W. Bush and Col. Allen West in claiming that Islam has been hijacked and that true Islam would never seek to justify such actions. After all Muslims like Rep. Keith Ellison and even Barack Obama have assured us that Islam is peaceful (though they deliberately rip passages out of their context from the Qur'an to do so).
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David has taken this approach before to expose the deception of political leaders as they seek to give cover for the enemy, Islam. If you missed it, David let the Qur'an speak for itself in the wake of the Boston bombings and brilliantly shined the light on the dark teachings of the murderous, thieving pedophile, Muhammad.
In this clip David refutes the asinine comments of British Prime Minister David Cameron and points to Sura 9:73:
O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them...
He then quotes Sura 9:111:
Surely Allah has bought of the believers (Muslims) their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain...
In other words, the Islamists who murdered Lee Rigby in cold blood were simply following the teachings of Islam. They murdered and then they waited around to be killed.
Chapter 9 of the Qur'an is the final revelation given by Muhammad to his followers and according to Wood, "is one long call to jihad and one long condemnation of Muslims who refuse to fight unbelievers."
Wood says that Sura 9:81, 94-95 "say that even Muslims who make excuses for refusing to fight the unbelievers will burn in Hell."
[9:81] Those who were allowed to stay behind rejoiced at remaining behind and not accompanying the Messenger of Allah. They were averse to striving in the Way of Allah with their belongings and their lives and told others: "Do not go forth in this fierce heat." Tell them: "The Hell is far fiercer in heat." Would that they understand!
[9:94] They will put up excuses before you when you return to them. Tell them: "Make no excuses. We will not believe you. Allah has already informed us of the truth about you. Allah will observe your conduct, and so will His Messenger; then you will be brought back to Him Who knows alike what lies beyond perception and what lies in the range of perception and will let you know what you have done."
[9:95] When you return to them they will surely swear to you in the name of Allah that you may leave them alone. So do leave them alone;94 they are unclean. Hell shall be their home, a recompense for what they did.
Wood then points out that this is why the Islamist said that the Qur'an "forces him to kill."
Cameron is not the only one covering for Islamists. London Mayor Boris Johnson says, "It is completely wrong to blame this killing on the religion of Islam." Perhaps it's completely wrong to blame his hair being a mess because he didn't use hairspray too, right? Apparently the Mayor did not take the time to listen to the perpetrator of the crime who expressly stated that Islam had everything to do with it.
These men will apparently continue to bury their heads in the sand until the Islamists cut them off!
Sura 5:33 – The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement.
For a fuller explanation of this passage and its context, listen to Wood expound it here.
Interestingly enough, the Qur'an expressly says what should be done to those "making mischief" in Muslim lands, such as Lee Rigby and others were doing by waging war there.
Sura 8:12 - I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.
But then again, after the evidence is presented, even with the words from the criminals own mouth and the criminal teachings of Muhammad, the London Mayor and British Prime Minister are still clueless... or are they?
In Wood's own words, there is just one recipe here. "Take one cup of the Qur'an, add a tablespoon of mischief making... stir it all together and wait for the attack."
"So Mayor Johnson," Wood says, "saying that the teachings of Islam and British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan have nothing to do with the massacre of Lee Rigby is like saying that flour and sugar had nothing to do with the biscuits you were probably munching on for your afternoon tea while Rigby was being slaughtered like an animal in the city that elected you mayor."
While Johnson says that the reason for the murder lies completely and wholly in the "deluded mind" of the one that did it. Perhaps the real delusion is in the mind of Mayor Johnson and Prime Minister Cameron.
While Cameron has stated, much like George Bush and Barack Obama have, that England would "never give into terror," Wood points out that they already have "the moment you decided to protect an ideology that calls for the annihilation of your civilization and the violent subjugation of your citizens."
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Don't turn unis into shopping centres
Brendan Nelson's desire to change university student unionism from compulsory to voluntary is rightly seen as largely politically motivated, but let's explore the underlying economic considerations.
The primary motivation seems clear: the former Liberal student politicians in the Cabinet want to settle old scores with the Trots, Marxists and Maoists of the Labour Club who used to control the student representative councils' purse-strings and vote themselves trips to North Vietnam.
Cabinet could ban SRCs from spending compulsory fee money on external political activities or it could make membership of the SRC voluntary, but it's insisting on going a lot further and disturbing all student union activity - sporting, cultural and welfare - along with the political.
Why? This is where Nelson switches to an economic argument. Why should students who don't wish to take part in broader union activities be forced to subsidise those who do? Why not put everything on a free-market, user-pays basis and let students choose what they want? How could that be bad?
Well, we could start with the question of whether a university constitutes a "community", with obligations to correct disadvantage for particular members - those needing childcare or counselling, for instance - and provide equality of access through a general tax to finance the provision of services to those who need them.
The very nature of a tax is that it creates cross-subsidies because the tax you pay bears no relation to your degree of use of the services offered. We happily define countries, states and council areas as communities and give them the power to tax. Why exclude universities?
Economists tend to depict cross-subsidies as bad because they distort price signals. But this can go too far because, for one thing, cross-subsidies are ubiquitous in the private sector. This suggests they may have some legitimate, if subtle, role.
As John Quiggin of the University of Queensland reminds us, employers often provide fringe benefits of various kinds and - explicitly or implicitly - reduce wages accordingly. Sometimes employees get to choose, but often it's part of the standard contract - take it or leave it.
Employers may subsidise cafeterias and social clubs, sponsor employee sporting teams, subsidise gym memberships or maintain corporate boxes at sporting venues. Is this very different from what university unions do?
Firms often bundle products or services together for sale the way a university union bundles all its services in return for a single fee. Other firms choose to sponsor sporting teams or the opera, which you and I pay for in higher prices.
Newspapers and free-to-air radio and television are paid for by advertising, the cost of which is built into the prices we pay for the things we buy. And the extra we pay may bear little relation to the use we make of the media.
Even economic theory finds a place for cross-subsidies in certain circumstances. For services where there are high set-up costs but low marginal costs, and services where you need to provide a high level of capacity because demand is highly variable and uncertain, economists advocate "Ramsey pricing".
That's where you charge a higher price to those consumers whose demand is more inelastic. An alternative is two-part tariffs: a membership fee (or flag fall) and then a low fee for service.
The likelihood is that when you break student unions up into a collection of unsubsidised businesses providing food, bars, gyms, sporting, cultural and political activities - when you turn universities from a community into a shopping centre - you push up costs, discourage participation and reduce the choices available.
And if you reduce student participation in campus life, you lose something of intangible but real value. You diminish "positive externalities", as economists would say.
Humans are social animals who gain satisfaction from being part of and identifying with clearly defined groups or "communities".
This is part of the student experience. And Andrew Norton of the Centre for Independent Studies says extensive American research finds that socially integrated students are less likely to drop out.
What's more, it's possible our universities would become less attractive to full-fee paying students from overseas, thus affecting a major source of university funding and an important export earner.
Universities used to be - and should still be - places where the formal learning is accompanied by much informal learning as students take part in clubs and societies and just sit around in the union drinking coffee and arguing with each other.
Many graduates will tell you that much of what they learnt at uni was gained outside lectures and tutorials. The value of this extra-curricular learning is the justification for having courses where the formal requirements add up to a lot less than 40 hours a week and courses that could be crammed into two years but are spread over three.
The informal learning at universities makes them kindergartens for tomorrow's leaders. Think of all the student politicians who've ended up in Parliament, the student editors who've become journalists (you're looking at one), the student debaters who've become barristers, the student actors and musicians who've gone professional.
To the extent that these positive externalities persist under a voluntary, more fragmented and commercialised system, you've still got a problem because the market will always undersupply positive externalities.
That's because the externalities have the characteristics of "public goods": they are "non-rival in consumption" (my consumption can't use up the supply and so diminish your consumption) and "non-excludable" (it's hard to stop people who don't pay for the benefit from enjoying it).
In other words, public goods suffer from a problem with "free-riders" (people who want to enjoy without paying - sound like any kids you know?), which is why a free market will always undersupply them.
The existence of public goods is the classic economic justification for identifying communities and giving them the power to cover the cost of providing such goods by taxation rather than a user charge.
The trouble with the primitive "free-market" economics taken up by people who are really just espousing the political philosophy of individualism is that it's too reductionist.
It cuts away everything supposed to be extraneous but in the process casts aside factors that, though subtle, are germane. That's why more advanced economics pays attention to identifying externalities and other instances of market failure.
When you take account of the externalities generated by the activities of student unions - of the value of informal as well as formal learning - you realise there's no justification for separating out the costs of "student amenities" and treating them as an optional extra.
It would be sensible for such costs to be added back in with the costs of formal tuition and included in the Higher Education Contribution Scheme's income-contingent loans.
Ross Gittins is the Herald's Economics Editor.


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"Sanctification is that gracious and continuous operation of the Holy Spirit by which He purifies the sinner, renews his whole nature in the image of God, and enables him to perform good works" (Berkhof, Summary of Christian Doctrine).
Sanctification is the necessary and inevitable fruit or consequence of justification. If true faith is present, there is a change in one's actual nature that manifests itself in good works. It is impossible for a converted person to remain unchanged. This truth serves as a warning to those who hold the view that it is possible for people to be converted to Christ yet never bring forth good fruit or change in behavior. This is the idea of "the carnal Christian."
In a certain sense, Christians are "carnal" throughout their lives – in the sense that we have to struggle with our sinful flesh until we enter into glory. But if someone makes a profession of faith, yet remains unchanged, then this individual is not a carnal Christian but a carnal non-Christian.
We tend to seek instant gratification. We want to know how we can be sanctified in three easy steps, but there are no three easy steps. Sanctification is a life-long process (with peaks and valleys) that involves an enormous amount of labor. Scripture nowhere teaches that we should expect an instant cure for sin or a victorious Christian life by means of a special dose of the Spirit.
Paul writes to his fellow Christians: "work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13). Sanctification [unlike regeneration] is a cooperative process in which God works and we work. In fact, we work for God's good pleasure because He first works in us.
Activism is the self-righteousness attempt to obtain sanctification by your own efforts.
Quietism is the view that sanctification is exclusively the work of the Holy Spirit. Christians do not need to worry about doing anything, only to "Let go and let God."
Legalism adds man-made rules to God's law, such as forbidding Christians to dance or to go to movies.
Antinomianism teaches that because Christians are under grace, they have no need to obey the law of God.
"A truly godly person understands he is no longer under bondage to the law, yet still loves the law of God and meditates on it day and night because therein he discovers what is pleasing to God and what reflects God's character."
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text: Of all Telugu actors, Stylish Star Allu Arjun has got highest fan following in Kerala. All his movies have been dubbed in Malayalam, released in the state and registered very good collection at the Mollywood Box Office in the past. Bunny is now gearing up to release his upcoming Telugu film Race Gurram. The buzz is that this movie will also be dubbed in Malayalam and will be released simultaneously with the original version. #13;Race Gurram is a mega-budget film, which produced by Nallamalapu Srinivas (Bujji) and Dr Venkateswara Rao. The makers of the movie have registered the title - Lucky - The Racer for its Malayalam version, which will be distributed by PRT Enterprises in the state. The producers have planned to release the movie in a record number of screens in the state on the same day of it releases in Telugu. #13; #13;Directed by Surender Reddy, Race Gurram is a family drama with a right blend of action, romance, comedy, music, beautiful costumes and locales. The movie features Allu Arjun and Shruti Hassan in the leads, while Shaam, Saloni Aswani and Prakash Raj play important roles in it. SS Thaman has composed some of the best songs for the film. Released on March 16 in Hyderabad, the audio has garnered wonderful response from the music lovers.


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Data governance has become increasingly vital to enterprises, especially as data is being collected by a multitude of stakeholders, some even unknown. Preserving the integrity and consistency of your organization's data is crucial since this information is used to gain business insights. However, establishing a digital governance plan – managing multiple stakeholders, an increasingly complex marketing technology stack, and dealing with a changing regulatory environment – can be a challenge. With the right education and tools, the job can be made a lot simpler. In this slideshow, Mollie Panzner, SME on Digital Governance & Vendor Analysis at Ghostery, has identified 10 steps organizations can take towards establishing a proper data governance plan.
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|Former Rugby star Mike Pyke became the first Canadian to play in the AFL
Mike Pyke was born in Victoria, British Columbia (24th March, 1984) and represented his country at the highest level of rugby playing for the Canadian national team. On the advice of a friend Mike submitted a DVD showcasing his skills to an AFL player agent and in August of 2008 Mike Pyke was signed by the Sydney Swans. After solid performances in the '09 NAB cup Pyke eventually made his official senior debut against Richmond in round 6.
In mid-2009 as the Ontario Australian Football League (Canada) launched it's second division competition the league decided to honour the first Canadian to have played in the AFL by naming the Division 2 Premiership cup the 'Mike Pyke Cup'. The Quebec Saints went on to win the premiership that year and whilst in Sydney, Australia in January 2010 I had the opportunity to present Mike with a Saints jersey and fire off a few questions.
LA: How did you stumble across our wonderful game of Aussie Rules?
Mike Pyke: I already knew Aussie Rules existed when the possibilty of playing was suggested to me. I think alot of people in Canada are aware the game exists. They just perhaps don't understand the finer details of the sport.
LA: How do you feel about having a cup (OAFL Division 2 Cup) named after you?
Mike Pyke: Ah, (smirks) very flattering!
LA: I guess you can boast to your teammates none of them have a cup named after them.
Mike Pyke: It still amazes me that 'Roosy' (Paul Roos, Sydney Swans Coach) has a bronze statue of himself out the front of the SCG while he's still alive!
LA: First impressions of living in Australia?
Mike Pyke: It's different. The area I live in is beautiful with alot of gorgeous parks, great cafes and restaurants.
LA: You know we are the Quebec Saints and we're from Montreal. We know you're a BC native so the big question is what NHL team do you support?
Mike Pyke: Ha! Well you probably guessed it but I am a Canucks fan. Although I do have a soft spot for the Montreal Canadiens.
LA: Thanks Mike, good luck for the year
Mike Pyke: Thanks guys, my pleasure.


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Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1 #539B
Losing Hope
Rel: Jun 29, 2011 - Pub: Aug 2011
Action, Adventure, Super-Heroes
Modern Age | Color | USA | English
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Written by KIERON GILLEN Penciled by IBRAIM ROBERSON Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA Variant by DAVE JOHNSON Hope has been kidnapped and there is only one mutant who can track her down: Wolverine! And when Mutankind needs their messiah more than ever, will Logan do what's necessary to find Hope? Will the source of his animosity for the red-headed savior finally be revealed? 32 PGS./Rated T+
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