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The annual Davos forum brings together academics, politicians and business and media leaders, and this year there were about 50 national delegations. [Photo/China Daily]
Five years after the financial crisis began, the changes required to make the world's financial structure sustainable have still not been made, says Zhu Min, deputy director-general of the International Monetary Fund.
With "all the debates going on" the financial structure has changed very little, Zhu said at the onging World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Financial institutions and regulators have done much over the past five years, but overall there is a long way to go, he said.
"We are not safe yet."
He cited financial markets that he said have little changed, and more than 200 million people out of work.
China's territorial dispute with Japan, the new Chinese leadership and the country's economic sustainability have been prominent issues at the six-day annual forum in the Swiss ski resort.
China has a low-profile delegation led by the Vice-Minister of National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Xiaoqiang at the gathering, due to end on Jan 27.
It brings together academics, politicians, business and media leaders, and about 50 national delegations. The delegations from Russia, South Africa, Britain and Iceland are headed by their country's leaders.
More than 2,500 participants from more than 100 countries have been attending, with more than 1,500 business leaders from the forum's 1,000 member companies, and what are billed as social entrepreneurs, global shapers, young global leaders and representatives from civil society, media, academia and the arts.
Zhu said that the big issue for the financial sector is that banks are still too big. The banking sector accounting for more than 60 percent of the world's GDP is still too highly leveraged, and financial products are too complicated for outsiders to understand, he said.
"We are making a huge mistake. Five years later we are still debating whether we have too much regulation or too little regulation," he said.
Even as old problems remain unresolved, new challenges are emerging, and care needs to be taken, he said. The debt problem raises questions over financial stability, and low interest rates may make investors take more risk.
"In Europe, the tail risk has been moved off the table, but issues are still there. There is a long way for Europe to go."
Countries such as Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal still face funding pressures, he said.
Zhu's concerns were echoed by others, including Axel Weber, chairman of the Swiss bank UBS.
"We are heading into a very dangerous environment where we have been over-leveraged," said Weber. "We are living now at the expense of the future generation. The established world is trying to solve a problem down the road by making it bigger. It is not going to work."
Paul Singer, principal of Elliot Management, a hedge fund, said policies of monetary easing can be distorting in solving long-term problems.
"What (they are) doing is distorting the price of debt, the equity market and everything related, and giving an excuse not to pursue growth-oriented issues," he said.
Joseph Nye, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School, said he was concerned about security in East Asia. While efforts were being made to contain the territorial dispute between China and Japan, "there are factors what may lead the situation out of control", he said. "That is my major worry."
The US has a stake in the region and wants good relationships with both China and Japan, he said. "This is what the US wants to balance."
Tian Wei, a presenter with China Central Television, who has been in Davos as a media leader and young global leader, said she is encouraged after exchanging ideas and thoughts with participants from Japan.
"This forum is also a note-comparing opportunity for civil society. After talking with two Japanese friends, I have felt some relief," she said.
Her Japanese friends believe that internal politics had exacerbated the dispute between China and Japan, she said.
"I have heard encouraging, refreshing and constructive voices that are different from the political stances and some media reports. I think there is a peaceful way out of this crisis."
Li Jingtian, vice-president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, said there are many encouraging signs that China's new leadership, spearheaded by Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, are doing a good job.
"They have shown concern about sustainable development, people's livelihoods, reform and opening-up, and the rule of law. I have found the leadership is winning trust from the people."
Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said he finds the vision of China's new leaders encouraging, as is their open attitude to the rest of the world. Grimsson said that having met Party chief Xi Jinping several times in recent years, he felt he was a visionary figure.
"So I think China, under the new leadership, can deal well with the outside world and continue the momentum of win-win cooperation with my country and other countries."
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a speech that his country needs to "create a competitive environment, both domestically and globally", including greater political competition, improving business efficiency and services such as healthcare and education.
In a poll of 450 participants at the meeting, 78 percent said good governance should be the Russian government's top priority in the coming years. Medvedev said he is not surprised by the poll because it reflects the dominant global opinion of Russia.
"I'll be frank with you. I voted for a different option." Improving "the efficiency of our public bodies" is one of the nation's top concerns, he said.
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Walter Hicks wrote:
> In the recent past I discovered that my daughter is a YEC. Not so much a
> YEC (science is not on her radar screen) but as a person who cannot
> accept evolution. She understands my point of view and accepts it as one
> with which she can sympathize (as a Christian) ---- but she does not
> believe it herself.
> Now when I read some of the ASA statements, there is nothing to rule out
> YEC as something acceptable to ASA. Yet the posts I see indicate a
> totally different story. Any acceptance of YECs is absent insofar as I
> can see. That is fine, but is it not totally hypocritical to have these
> two standards? If ASA is opposed to YEC why not have integrity to say
> so?
ASA is not opposed to YEC but there would be some truth in saying
that YECs are opposed to ASA. As I understand the history - but I've only
been a member since the late 70s & so am open to correction on this - most
of the YECs bailed out of ASA in the early 60s because it was "soft on
evolution". They weren't kicked out.
ASA is formally open to YECs & some are members. But they are
naturally going to feel uncomfortable in a setting where most most members
disagree with them on this matter & some think their ideas are just absurd.
My own feeling is that in some ways ASA would be more effective if
it could make clearly positive statements about evolution. But that would
mean shucking not only YECs but OECs & perhaps PCs. & where do we stop?
Actually the discussion on this list tends to exaggerate the
importance of YEC in ASA. Some who contribute YEC views here are not
members of the organization, & I haven't heard much in the way of pro-YEC
arguments at annual meetings or seen them in PSCF since I've been a member.
George L. Murphy
"The Science-Theology Interface"
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The galaxy far, far away is huge. It's full of many planets, many people, many ships, many Ewoks, and other species, which means a lot of actors.
Over the past 40 years, famous actors of all generations have appeared in "Star Wars" movies, and some of their roles were so quick that you probably missed them. And some performers made their "Star Wars" appearances years before they got famous, so even if you saw them, you probably didn't know who they were at the time.
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"The Great Gatsby" star had a small role in "Attack of the Clones" as an important character in the series. He portrayed a young Uncle Owen (Luke Skywalker's uncle, Anakin Skywalker's stepbrother). Edgerton recently told Business Insider about his idea for returning to the franchise.
Bill Hader of "Saturday Night Live" and Ben Schwartz of "House of Lies" teamed up as voice consultants for BB-8 in "Force Awakens."
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#1. Save money for funds or have a credit card with a good credit line and get your passport made.
#2. Look up the country's embassy closest to your location and find out the visa requirements to go to the country you want to go to. Is it cheaper to get a visa in your country or a visa on arrival? Plan accordingly. Also decide how long you will be staying for.
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#DarkFantasy #AudioBookReview -- Corruption by Adam Vine -- #Giveaway Inside
A dishonored swordsman running from his past. A city shrouded in dark magic. An antihero born.
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A city shrouded in dark magic.
An antihero born.
Daniel Harper was champion, until a single mistake destroyed his fencing career forever. With nothing left to lose, he flees to Eastern Europe, where he can start over... where he can be someone else.
In the exotic, lantern-lit crevices of a nameless city, Daniel meets two people who open very different kinds of doors than the ones he is searching for: the troubled flower girl Kashka, who holds the key to a nightmarish otherworld; and the enigmatic street magician and self-professed love tourist Ink, who has the power to bend others to his will.
As Daniel plummets into a downward spiral of hedonism and dereliction, he is tormented by macabre visions of a frozen world in endless darkness where an evil tyrant has stolen the sun, where humanity's remnants fight to scrape out a cruel existence underground, and wandering spirits inhabit the bodies of the recently deceased. Daniel is doomed to return to this Night Country every time he falls into a deep sleep. But the longer he spends there, the more Daniel realizes his curse is anything but an accident....
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Adam Vine. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
Nestled within the brilliant prose of this book lies a story of one man's battle with corruption, since "men are, above all things, playful beings" and "are not merely born for games, fighting, war, love, sex, in fact, need them to live and thrive."
We meet Dan, who dreams he is a Visitor in a "dark, frozen" place called the Night Country, where "people are forced to live in tunnels" thanks the thievery of an evil king. Beleaguered with tragedies, the Vermin have united to defeat the evil king.
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Flawed as all humans are, Corruption presents an interesting premise -- "the fall is inevitable, the shadow ever falling over the horizon. You can't escape it, nor should you try." Vine presents a thought-provoking tale, leaving areas open for speculation and wonder by the listener. Some ends are left untidied, yet those ends do not affect the overall story. Vine, accompanied with a skilled narrator, builds a unique and varied world. Wielding his voice and personifying the story's characters, the narrator grasps Vine's vision for an ambiguous society where the sides of the table are turned.
Dark is the best word to describe this story.
Character development: 9/10
Plot development: 8/10
Quality of production: 10/10
Well-paced: 7/10
Thought provoking: 9/10
Entertaining: 7/10
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Men are as vulnerable to sexual harassment as Women at workplace issues: Every fifth worker sexually harassed
NEW DELHI: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's sensational and irate emailed criticism of the Hewlett-Packard board for firing its CEO Mark V Hurd over an alleged sexual harassment charge earlier this month uncovered the basic paradox that has bedevilled a solution to a modern day malaise in the workplace.
"The HP board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago." Mr Ellison thundered, adding, "In losing Mark Hurd, the HP board failed to act in the best interest of HP's employees, shareholders, customers and partners..."
In recent times, high profile exits of top executives on charges of sexual misconduct have been cropping up at regular intervals. For every name that hits the headlines, murky questions swirl around others that do not. But since almost all cases are settled out of court, including the two most well-documented cases involving Indians, Infosys' then US head Phaneesh Murthy in 2002 and Penguin Canada's David Davidar in 2010, consequent gag orders prevent any further probes about either the veracity and extent of the charges or the considerations that led to their ouster.
The fact is, however, that as more and more Indians come into the workplace, sexual harassment in that sphere has become a malaise that cannot be denied or wished away. Part of the problem stems from the forced cosmopolitanism of offices and shopfloors, as people from varied social milieus are thrown together.
Popular culture and mass media add their bit by propagating new 'accepted' modes of conduct that sit uneasily with basic, traditional personal codes. The pressure to conform leads to unwelcome behaviour and body language that often gets lost in translation. Result: Complaints of transgressions, real and imagined.
The results of the ET-Synovate survey appear to bolster that argument as Bangalore, the melting pot of the IT industry, has emerged as the place with the maximum number of people (50%) who said that they have been sexually harassed at their workplace, whereas Chennai with a far less-diverse workforce appears to be the least troubled. Of the 527 executives polled, one in every five said they had been sexually harassed at their workplace.
The startling statistic that 38% of the respondents (more than half of them from Hyderabad and Mumbai) believe men are as vulnerable to sexual harassment as women, shows that improper behaviour, and rules to curb it, can cut both ways.
At the other end of the spectrum, companies have to walk a razor's edge between providing a tension-free atmosphere conducive to productive work and dealing with the consequences of the use and abuse of Supreme Court dictated tenets that, in theory, now guide office behaviour till a law is passed by Parliament. Ellison's gripe is a very real dilemma that companies face at the top end: If a CEO is good for the balancesheet, should all other infractions be condoned? Result: An unhappy trade-off between bottomline losses and pay-out for damages in an imminent sexual harassment case.


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More than 100 descendants of a Warwickshire couple all got together in a long-awaited family reunion last week.
Relatives of Mr Edwin Lewis Lane and Mrs Anne Elizabeth Lane, who lived at Mill Cottage, Preston Bagot, gathered at The Riverside in Stratford for the reunion on Friday August 11.
The couple had 10 children and 28 grandchildren. The guests included most of these 28 cousins, their partners and families.
Many had travelled quite far to be there, with some travelling from as far away as Germany and Spain.
One of the Lane's surviving daughters, Thelma, who lives in Warwick, cut a special celebration cake at the reunion.
Months of organising and preparation by two cousins, Derek Gruszeckyj and Keith Lane, made it all possible.
Derek said: "It was the first time ever that all relatives had gathered together in one place.
"It was a fantastic, emotional, busy and fun night, with lots of catching up, dancing and laughter.
"I want to give a big thanks to The Riverside for their superb catering and attentive service, and all their help in making the occasion a great one."


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Leeks are easy to overlook. They tend to come off as little more than overgrown green onions or those things you only think to buy when making a stock. In fact, leeks often seem content playing a supporting role, fading into the background while flashier vegetables steal the spotlight.
As unassuming as they are, leeks do have merits that distinguish them from other alliums: they're sweet and tender (especially smaller, younger ones) and don't pack the bitter pungency and bite of their onion-family relatives. And when cooked gently and carefully—not over or under—they glide and slither like silk. You could even eat them on their own, aided by a simmer in broth or a peppy vinaigrette.
From eggy frittatas and soufflés to rustic and hearty braises, there are plenty of ways to let leeks shine. Here are eleven recipes where they come out of their shell (or, er, stalk) and shed their humble reputation.
1. Carrot, Leek, and Parsley Mash
Leeks are in season from mid-fall through winter—precisely the time for enjoying hot and heavy root and vegetable dishes. You can pair them up with tender mashed carrots, for a side dish that will fit in at any cold weather feast. Get our Carrot, Leek, and Parsley Mash recipe.
2. Braised Leeks
Leeks don't need much to transform into a stellar, standalone dish— a simmer in broth with a knob of butter and sprinkle of herbs is enough to take them to their tenderest heights. Get our Braised Leeks recipe.
3. Pan-Seared Halibut with Wine-Braised Leeks
You could easily pair leeks with a number of different meats, but their delicate character seems especially appropriate next to a light and flaky fish like halibut. Get our Pan-Seared Halibut with Wine-Braised Leeks recipe.
4. Potato-Leek Soup
Potato leek soup is one of the classics—the ultimate example of a plain pureed soup that isn't anemic or flat. The combination of starchy potatoes and ultra-smooth leeks at once is rich and light, providing plenty of body without feeling weighed down at all. Get our Potato-Leek Soup recipe.
5. Olive Oil–Roasted Leeks
If you want to get to the true essence of the leek, try roasting it. Not only does it bring out the stalk's inner sweetness, it concentrates that flavor further, finishing it off with caramelized golden-brown edges. Get the recipe here.
6. Baked White Cheddar and Leek Dip
A creamy, cheese-based dip is a bonafide magnet for crudités and crackers. This leek and sharp cheddar version fancies things up a bit, going above and beyond your standard spinach or artichoke renditions. Get the recipe here.
7. Bacon Brussels Leek Pizza
Bacon may go with everything, but that statement might be exceptionally true when it comes to leeks. The duo steals the spotlight on this pizza, which is rounded out by mozzarella, Brussels sprouts, and a generous schmear of roasted garlic. Get the recipe here.
8. Potato and Leek Galette
The crisp golden brown potatoes that make the top and bottom layer of this galette hide the treat that lies in between: pieces of tender leek, sauteed in garlic and olive oil. Get the recipe here.
9. Leek, Mushroom and Parmesan Phyllo Pies
Leeks and portobellos fill out and bring loads of savory flavor to these phyllo-wrapped hand pies without calling for any meat. Get the recipe here.
11. Chard and Leek Frittata
Is this frittata strictly a brunch dish or could you get away with serving it for dinner? Either way, it goes to show that leeks can be a star attraction at any meal of the day. Get the recipe here.
12. Ham, Leek and Gouda Soufflés
Fluffy and golden and cheesy and lovely: no, it's not a baby animal, but a puffy soufflé, filled with leeks, ham, and gouda cheese. Get the recipe here.
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At a Virginia Film Festival screening of Alan J. Pakula's 1976 movie, All the President's Men on Friday, November 2, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whose investigative journalism formed the basis for that film and wrote the book of the same name, discussed the Watergate scandal and the legacy it left for American politics and culture.
Woodward and Bernstein answered questions posed by former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles, one of the founders of the Virginia Film Festival and now director and CEO of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, which describes itself as "a nonpartisan institute that seeks to expand understanding of the presidency, policy and political history."
'Wrong answers'
Near the end of the wide-ranging discussion, Woodward pointed out that he and other journalists are not always correct in their judgments – "sometimes you get the wrong answers" – and thus need reassessment.
Woodward, who has remained at the Washington Post for more than 40 years as reporter and editor, recalled how he had learned about President Gerald R. Ford's pardon of his predecessor, Richard Nixon, one month after Nixon had resigned in disgrace in August 1974.
Ford, he said, chose to announce the pardon on TV early one Sunday morning. Woodward was awakened by his reporting partner, Bernstein, who asked if he had heard the news.
No, Woodward said, not knowing what the news was.
"The sonofabitch pardoned the sonofabitch!" Bernstein exclaimed, and Woodward needed no further explanation.
'Aroma of a deal'
"For a long time, we thought the pardon was dirty," Woodward said. "Why does the guy at the top get off? There was an aroma of a deal, an exchange of the presidency for a pardon. There was a question of justice: why one guy gets a pardon, forty people go to jail, and so forth."
Woodward asserted that Ford lost the election to Jimmy Carter in 1976 "in large part" because of the pardon and suspicions about it among American voters.
About 25 years later, Woodward wrote a book about Watergate and the legacy it had on the presidencies of Ford through Clinton. He had never met Ford previously, but spent several hours with him, as part of his research, with a specific aim to learn about the Nixon pardon.
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Commitment, it's a word that means so much, to so many people. It's often linked to marriage; but also to our job, our friendships, or our Sunday afternoon football team. We commit to baking something for the company bake sale, or to attending a friend's party.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 7:13 pm
Post subject: Electribe 2 Sending Program Change
Is it possible for the E2 to send via midi cable a program change that would indicate to a Roland TB-3 to change its pattern?
I have 3 pattern sets programmed on the E2 that are chord based (A,D,E) and would like the bass tone of the TB-3 to match these chords as I change the pattern sets on the E2 in a live situation. There are 3 patterns already programmed on the TB-3 with proper tone to match each chord. Just need to be able to make a pattern change on the E2 and have it change the TB-3 also. Right now I have to change it on both units by hand and that's a little tricky the faster the tempo goes.
Thanks for any input!
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e2 series transmits and responds to program change messages.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 5:28 pm
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I was hoping someone might say that.
Where would I look to find out how to do this? I want each pattern set to send a different message which tells the other unit to change its pattern. I can't find anything in the menus or submenus that looks adjustable for this type of data entry. Maybe there's a "hold some button down while you power the unit up" trick that holds the key?
Again, I'm transmitting through the 1/8" midi out adapter which has a 5-pin midi on its other end. Then into the TB-3 via its 5-pin midi in.
Thanks, John
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It might be something on the TB-3's end.
I sometimes have a Bass Station II hooked up via MIDI so I can program it faster. If I change patterns on the e2, it changes patches on my BSII, and vice versa. (I actually don't want that to happen but can't stop it.)
The e2 has a MIDI filter under Global but I think program changes are always on. You might crack the TB-3 manual for MIDI clues.
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Would those patches be like different instruments, or like different patterns on your BSII?
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 5:58 pm
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Yeah, I think the TB-3 would have to accept program changes as well.
I've noticed when sequencing an Audiothingies P6 from the E2, that the program change makes the P6 patch change to the number that matches the pattern E2 is on. Pattern 40 would change the P6 patch to 40. Something to think about.
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Yeah, if I change patterns on the e2 from 001 to 002, my synth will switch it's internal patch from 1 to 2.
Works the same in reverse. I change sounds on my synth, and the electribe changes patterns.
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Note that if the e2 is like older units, the program change is sent on pattern change and is fixed to the pattern, ie not editable, so you would have to have the corresponding program change set in the tb3. If they are even using the same pc scheme. Might do you well to check your messages in midi ox.
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Thank you all for your replies.
It seems the TB-3 isn't currently capable of changing its patterns via a program change. I'm not sure if it would require a program change or a control change either. Not real midi savvy but enjoy trying. The program change sent by the Tribe might change the patch (sound) by bank and number. It doesn't seem to though. Research on the Roland shows others have a similar issue as I have.
TB-3 is still a cool component in my new synth set-up. As is my Electribe. I have the two mentioned, a pair of Volcas, Keys & Sample, and the Sub-Phatty. They all go to a small mixer and I can either use headphones or go out to a pair of Alto 12" load speakers, which sounds amazing.
That's how I use mine, so far just around home. Cool toys we have guys and girls. Have a good day and thanks again!
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:31 pm
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why not just control the tb from the electribe?
i.e program the pattern into the electribe and send midi to the tb3,that way you dont have to rely on the tb3 to change patterns.
this is what i do,also other midi devices to
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For anyone with MIDI problems on the Electribe 2 it's worth noting that some of the 3.5mm -> MIDI cables may have the wrong polarity and won't actually work.
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Hi Gordon,
You wrote: You can't disprove the existence of the second Cainan merely by
questioning the overall quality of the LXX.
I think in my attempt to disprove the existence of a second Cainan I have
questioned far more than just the overall quality of the LXX. Dick has been
arguing that Luke referenced the LXX when writing his Gospel and, he has
said, that is why Luke included a second Cainan in his genealogy of Christ.
But I have cited much historical evidence, and I can cite more, that copies
of the LXX which existed at the time of Luke did not anywhere mention a
second Cainan. That being the case, it is the opinion of most who have
thoroughly studied this matter that, "his name was introduced into the
genealogies of the Greek Old Testament in order to bring them into harmony
with the genealogy of Christ in St. Luke's Gospel." (Smith's Bible
Dictionary) If these things are so, then the mention of a second Cainan in
Gen.11 of the LXX is meaningless.
You wrote: You seem to imply that the presence of Cainan in Luke's genealogy
is due to the Textus Receptus, which I agree is very unreliable. Most modern
translations are not based on the Textus Receptus but on much better
researched versions of the Greek
text, but even they include Cainan in Luke 3:36.
I realized I had worded that poorly as soon as I sent off that post. I wrote,
"Rather than accept the reading of the oldest and most carefully copied
manuscript of Luke that exists, you prefer to rely on a copy of Luke which
was made 1,000 years later and chosen to be a part of the corrupt Textus
Receptus." I should have added, "and also unwisely included in other
manuscript collections from which most modern Bibles are translated."
You wrote: Incidentally, there is also another interesting but probably
lesser known
textual problem in Luke 3. That is the presence of Admin in 3:33 in a number
of Greek manuscripts but not in others. Some translations include him, and
others omit him. Admin occurs in neither the MT nor the LXX of the
corresponding genealogy in Ruth 4, which may explain why a copyist might have
omitted him in Luke 3.
You wonder why some copyists "might have omitted him [Admin] in Luke 3."
However, It seems to me that it makes much more sense to wonder why some late
copyists included him. For I just checked my copy of the Papyrus Bodmer, "the
earliest known copy of the Gospel according to Luke," which has been dated as
early as AD 175 (The Text Of The New Testament, Its Transmission, Corruption,
and Restoration by Bruce M. Metzger, Oxford University Press, 1992). "Admin"
is not there. I also checked my copy of the Bezae Codex Cantabrigiensis,
which was written a little after AD 500. Again, "Admin" cannot be found. How
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guess. Mine would be that sometime about a thousand years ago a man with the
name "Admin," and a very big ego, was busy making a lot of copies of Luke.
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The Story of Chocolate Production From Cocoa Beans – A Cocoa tour to Mannuthy Agricultural University will provide an opportunity to guest to see the Chocolate production from Cocoa Beans.different types of Chocalates are producing there
Cocoa seeds
Cocoa Beans are the seeds, contained in a cucumber-like fruit, of the cacao tree. The flowers/fruit are borne directly on the trunk (cauliflory) and on thick branches of the plant (ramiflory). The yellowish, reddish to brownish fruits( berries), which are of similar appearance to cucumbers, are divided into five longitudinal compartments, ea(botanically speaking, ch containing up to 10 seeds (cocoa beans). As the fruits start to ripeness, the partitions break down and the seeds are located around the central funicle in a whitish pulp with a sweet/sour flavor.
Cocoa bean consists of the seed coat which encloses the cocoa kernel and almost solely consists of the two folded cotyledons, and the radicle. Cocoa kernel is the principal component for the production of cocoa products
Herbal Tourism – Mannuthy 'Plant Nurseries'
Mannuthy is a very important suburb area of Thrissur City of Kerala, south India and very famous for large number of 'Plant Nurseries'. There are around 1000 nurseries selling potted plants, herbs, saplings and seeds in Mannuthy
Annuals are mainly sold in trays (undivided containers with multiple plants), flats (trays with built-in cells), peat pots, or plastic pots. Woody plants and Perennials are sold either in pots or bare-root and in a variety of sizes, from liners to mature trees.
Plants may be propagated by seeds, but often desirable cultivars are propagated asexually by Layering, grafting, budding or other nursery techniques.
It is in nurseries that plants are propagated and grown to usable size. There are retail nurseries which sell to the general public, wholesale nurseries which sell only to other nurseries and to commercial landscape gardeners, and private nurseries which supply the needs of institutions or private estates. Some retail and wholesale nurseries sell by mail.
Nurseries grow annuals, perennials, and woody plants (trees and shrubs). These have a variety of customers: decorative plants for flower gardening and landscaping, garden vegetable plants, and agricultural plants.
Normally Nurseries grow plants in a greenhouse, a building of glass or in plastic tunnels, designed to protect young plants from harsh weather (especially frost), while allowing access to light and ventilation. Modern greenhouses has the facility of automated control of temperature, ventilation and light feeding and and semi-automated watering. Some of them also have fold-back roofs to allow "hardening-off" of plants without the need for manual transfer to outdoor beds.Some nurseries specialize in one phase of the process: propagation, growing out, or retail sale; or in one type of plant: groundcovers, shade plants, fruit trees, or rock garden plants.
Archilogical Musium Thrissur – 27 Kms
Situated in Kollengode Palace an architectural delight. The majestic building houses a gallery of murals from all over Kerala and preserves a rare treasure of Veerakallu, temple models, olagrandhangal, megaliths etc. Veerakallu or hero stones are stone engravings and sculptures of figures and weapons belonging to the heroes of days gone by. Most of these were recovered form the forests of Wayanad and Thrissur. The megalith collection includes earthen pots, urns etc. The temple model cast in plaster of pairs are excellent representation of the ancient temples in the State.
Shakthan Palace Thrissur – A day with HISTORY
At the Shakthan Thampuran place one can come across several interesting aspects of the erstwhile rules of Kochi. The Shakthan Palace, which was recently renovated by the Sate Archaeology Department, houses a good museum.
Bible Tower
The Bible Tower is situated in Thrissur city of Kerala, India. It was inaugurated on January 7, 2007. The tower is the tallest church tower in India and Asia. It is also the tallest structure in whole of Kerala.[1] The 260 feet tower stands tall elegantly behind two towers of 140 feet height
Vadakkumnadan Tample- World Famous Pooram Venue
Thrissur Pooram – god's own extravaganza is a cultural highlight par excellence celebrated in the month of April / May. The two century old festival involves spectacular procession of caparisoned elephants and enthralling percussion performance in a never -ending succession. The 36-hour marathon event is a feast for the eye and the ear, unfolding between 6. a.m. and 12 noon the nest day. Different from the usual temple festival. Thrissur Pooram witnesses people from all religions and caste. This is explained by the genesis of the festival.
Optional visits :-
64 Elephants Fort
Offerings of Sree Krishna Temple Guruvayoor, 50 Elephants are groomed at the Punnathoor Kotta (Kotta means fort). Many elephants are brought as ritual offering to the temple. You can spend a whole day with these huge mammals here. Watching the naughty baby elephants, playful antics is an interesting experience. The place provides you an opportunity to watch how the sick elephants are medically treated in the traditional manner. One can also watch the training given to the elephants for various ritualistic performances. Remember you are in the land where people worship the elephants- faced God Lord Ganapathy. Grooming elephants are considered as status symbol.
Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayoor
Dwaraka of the South, It is one of the most popular pilgrimage destinations in South India. It is said to have been worshiped by Lord Brahma himself at Dwaraka.
Devaswom Museum
There is a museum in the office Annex building at East nada. Many rare offerings by devotees to the Lord are exhibited here. The museum is kept open from 8.00 am to 8.00pm on all days except Tuesdays and other holydays


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Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order the Boulder County Clerk's office to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Suthers' request comes after Boulder Clerk and Recorder Hillary Hall ignored a noon deadline Tuesday to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses and rejected a proposed compromise to jointly ask the Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether she has authority to issue the licenses.
"Regretfully, our office was forced to take action against Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall due to her refusal to follow state law," Suthers said in a statement. "While we would prefer not to sue a government official, Ms. Hall's actions are creating a legal limbo for both the state and the couples whose relationships she wants to champion."
Boulder District Court Judge Andrew Hartman has set a hearing in the matter for 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Thursday evening, Hall said she would continue issuing marriage licenses.
"I believe it is a waste of resources for the Attorney General to keep denying people their constitutional right, but that is his prerogative until there is a Supreme Court case squarely addressing the issue," Hall said in a statement. "I think the least harmful and most sensible solution is to issue marriage licenses and avoid the potential of more civil rights violations while this plays out in court."
Hall's office has issued about 100 marriage licenses to same-sex couples since June 25, when the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Utah's ban on gay marriage. The court, however, issued a stay on its ruling.
Suthers has repeatedly warned that the licenses issued by Hall's office are invalid as long as the stay remains in place.
On Wednesday, Suthers' office filed a motion in federal court asking to have legal proceedings involving same-sex marriage in Colorado suspended while related cases move through the appellate process. The motion, filed in coordination with Gov. Hickenlooper, asked that a stay be put in place, ensuring that county clerks do not begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples until a higher court makes a ruling.
DOCUMENT: Read the motion filed in Boulder District Court to halt same-sex marriages in Boulder County
"The motion we filed yesterday seeks to create a cease fire in the battles over same-sex marriage in Colorado," Suthers said. "We encouraged Ms. Hall to join us on that path so that she, like her fellow clerks in Denver, Adams, and Jefferson counties, may be part of the orderly legal process that our system depends upon."
The lawsuit filed in Boulder District Court asks the judge to order Hall to stop issuing the licenses, rule that she does not have the authority to issue the licenses while the stay is in place, and declare all the same-sex marriage licenses issued by Hall's office invalid.


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The Hermit's Creepy Pet
Author: Terry M. West
Publisher: Pleasant Storm Entertainment, Inc.
Tommy summers is an aspiring writer struggling to put words to paper. On a snowy day, his struggle for inspiration is broken by his reclusive neighbor. His neighbor's plight may be just the spark Tommy needs to flourish as a writer.
From the spectacular mind of Author Terry M. West, comes "The Hermit's Creepy Pet" a short story first featured in his collection "What Price Gory?". It is the tenth book released in the Single Shot Short Story series. You might ask what's the difference between the two releases? This release features additional story notes and bonus material not included in the original release. These story notes give the reader a peek into the author's thought process and ideas for the story that may get edited and etc.
What I really like about "The Hermit's Creepy Pet" is that it takes such a legendary subject and puts such a terrifyingly spin on it that I can relate to.
If you have read it before in "What Price Gory?", I'd say go ahead and read this version as well because the extra notes added to the enjoyment for me.


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Amazon Deforestation Rate Reaches New Record Low
In an encouraging sign for the health of the world's largest rainforest and hotbed of biodiversity, Brazil's environmental protection agency is reporting that deforestation rates in the Amazon over the previous year are now the lowest on record.
Following a four year trend in the reduction of forest loss, the pattern shows no sign of slowing. According to the National Institute of Space Research, the agency responsible for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon, between Aug. 2011 and July 2012, 1,797 square miles of forest was cleared. And while that still amounts to an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, it is actually a reduction 27 percent from last year's previous record.Thanks to satellite monitoring capable of recognizing areas of deforestation as they develop and stepped-up law enforcement, it is more difficult than ever for ranchers or illegal lumber operations from clearing the forest without facing prosecution.
Welcome news as it may be, upticks in deforestation rates have been seen before in the 24 years since monitoring began, though hopefully the downward trend will continue until clearing is negligible. After all, given the Amazon's important role as a global oxygen producer, eliminating deforestation shouldn't be a pillar among environmentalists, but everyone that hopes for a habitable future planet as well.


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Chairman Powell, a lot of the stuff we heard yesterday [at the Richmond FCC hearing, February 27, 2003] seems to suggest that we have a really sort of diverse, healthy democratic media right now. Do we really need to change the rules, the ownership rules?
I don't that anything we're contemplating is not going to leave a diverse, healthy media in place. But we have to do things that are reflective of the reality of the media marketplace, and we have to do things that comply with the law. On the first point, I think we have to continually look at our rules to make sure that they are legitimate in light of changes in the market.
Almost every rule that's being considered here pre-dates cable television, pre-dates direct broadcast satellite television, pre-dates the Internet. And I think the courts have become suspect of the choices we make, because we have sort of willfully disregarded those things in making our judgments.
So, what's really at stake here is to take account of those changes, and to follow Congress' mandate to review the rules thoroughly, and produce a result that works. We're as committed as we've ever been to the goals that a healthy and diverse media produce.
I heard you mention in there marketplace realities. I heard you mention the law. Didn't hear you mention however, the things a lot of people seemed to be concerned about yesterday in Richmond, which is the public interest.
I don't think so. That's exactly what I meant to say. As I concluded, I think that the goals that we are attempting to produce are the same as they ever were. I'll spell them out. But that's the public interest. Competition, diversity and localism are important components of the media. It is in the public interest to preserve those goals.
What we're really arguing about is the technical discussions that go on in Washington, and what's the best way to maximize and achieve those objectives. There are lots of different vehicles available to policy makers to try to achieve those goals, and that's what we're working through.
But I can assure you, I don't think there's any failed commitment to continue to pursue those goals, and to continue to preserve the public interest in this regard.
There was an interesting question yesterday. A woman in the audience asked, "I'm an average citizen. What can I do to help give the commission empirical data to help the commission to make it's decisions?"
Well, the input of individual citizens is invaluable. They can file comments and express those views on the record. And we can use them. Part of what they have to count on is us to be their surrogate. I don't think that the average consumer can probably individually produce the kinds of data that the court insists we have.
I'd like to be clear. I've never said that we need exclusively empirical data. I think there's an enormous amount of qualitative and subjective analysis that will take place here. But what I'm dealing with is an O for five record in the courts, partly because there's a belief that we are dealing only with individualized testimony, and that the courts have said, "Show me. Show me that the market really does do that when this happens. Show me that that will be the result."
And so, the exhaustive 12 studies that we've done, and other empirical evidence we've tried to collect, basically, are necessary to validate any rule. So, I think that if you believe in some rules, and some continued regulation, you'd better get the empirical data.
But it's too much to ask that any individual citizen is going to be in their own right able to do that. But that's why we serve the public for them, to do that for them.
You've been portrayed quite a bit in the media as a free marketer, as a sort of-- economic libertarian, I guess. Do you think that's a fair portrayal?
The latter, no. The former, yes. I'm as much of a free marketer as I think every leader in this country, Republican and Democrat, has been. America is a free market country. American capitalism has probably produced more consumer welfare than any other system embraced in the world. And so, I sort of happily accede to that.
But the suggestion that I'm libertarian, I disagree. I wouldn't be in government if I didn't believe government had a valuable role to play. And as an antitrust lawyer, I've blocked many a transaction. I've ruined the days of many a corporation.
And by the way, corporations don't like the free market. It's not a pro-corporate view, necessarily. If they had their way, they'd never have to compete. If they had their way, they'd never have to face the hot breath of competition and invasion, and a disruptive market.
So, I believe in the market, because I think it's the best way to get dialogue between consumers and producers. But I also believe that markets fail. And government has to intervene. I also think that corporate activity can harm individuals, and government ought to do something about that. I personally believe in ideological temperament. I'm fairly moderate.
But I do believe in the market, as do, I think, most of our country's leaders. And I believe that it is a valuable mechanism to consider when trying to find the best welfare for consumers.
How does the limited nature of spectrum and licenses for broadcast television play into that market idea? Despite the fact that it's a relatively small portion of the population that gets over-the-air television exclusively, it's still a limited resource. So, how does the market interact with that?
It is a limited resource. A very good question. And I think it's been the cornerstone of the way people have approached the way to regulate television. But I think one of the things we have to come to grips with is increasingly, the vast majority of Americans are not watching television using the very air waves you're referring to.
Eighty-six percent of the American populace watches television over cable or direct broadcast satellite, to which they pay subscription fees, to which there is no over-the-air spectrum involved.
Yes, we can talk about what shows are popular. And many of the shows that are popular come from broadcast networks, but they're being watched over a medium that doesn't make use of those infrastructure.
We do worry about those 15 percent. But as we start to go into the future, we're gonna worry about this spectrum issue, because I think TV has shifted dramatically, that the vast majority of us pay for TV. And to the extent we want to preserve free over-the-air TV, I think we have to be very concerned about its continued economic viability as it competes with cable and direct broadcast satellite.
I think one of the things you heard at that hearing that often gets lost, -- if the great resource is free, over-the-air TV, and the government isn't going to subsidize it, we'd better make sure it remains economically viable, or it's not going to be here to talk about.
A lot of these networks, if they chose to, could put a substantial amount of their programming on cable and forget the spectrum. You can have it back. There's a reason the NBA season now, almost has to be exclusively watched over cable. Hockey games, football games-- networks increasingly cannot afford to purchase and maintain that program under their business model.
So, I care a lot about free over-the-air TV. But I also am watching the trends, and I think I am concerned about its continued economic foundations, if we're not careful-- and treating the public trust model, which is all about the air waves, is fine up to a point. But it ignores the reality of the change that's gone on-- among the American citizen, and the American consumers.
We have two different economic interests, though, when we talk about free, over-the-air broadcast television, because we have on one hand, the networks, two of the big four, are gonna lose--
--a lot of money this year. For the past 15 years or so, they've been having a tough time economically.
And then, we have local stations which are running margins, 30, 40, 50 percent. Everyone we've spoken to says, "That's an incredibly profitable business."
Bottom line, from those who oppose lifting say the 35 percent cap is, these are big companies with deep pockets, the networks, that want to get in on the very profitable game, and don't want to have to change their own business model. You think that's an accurate assessment of the situation?
Well, it's interesting. I mean, in some ways, your own question sort of belies the problem. If the networks are the ones having the problem, and the network ownership cap is about-- loosening the restrictions so that they have a better opportunity at revenue that will continue their viability, that's an almost all right argument for looking at the cap carefully.
The facts you postulated might be a strong argument about why not to lift local rules. Since they're already profitable, why do they need more relief? But I do think that if the facts, as you put them, are correct, that the networks are the ones struggling-- it would just seem to me appropriate that you would look first as to whether the constraints are part of the fact that's contributing to that.
Now, I'm not prepared to argue that. I haven't concluded that. But I do think that's the way we look at things. But I want to be very clear for you and your viewers. What the commission doesn't do is try to make people money. I mean, our industry is fascinating, because it's filled with billion dollar self-interested greedy companies. You know, and I don't-- I don't listen very long to any company's pleas about its personal viability.
By the way, the market lets people get killed. If you really are a believer in the market, like I do, you also let the market kill off companies that are not effective and can't adapt. They're not particularly happy about that aspect of the market, but I think it's a natural part of the system.
So, it isn't really about them, it about consumers. And I think that the only way you should worry about the economics of free over-the-air television is, is whether it will effect the continued viability of that medium for consumers. For citizens.
And if it isn't, and consumers and citizens are gonna increasingly be on paid platforms, then we have to begin to sort of migrate the regulatory framework to be more focused on a wider variety of platforms and sources.
I often worry that because there's almost a religious quality, the fight over free over-the-air television that we'll all be-- you know, on the front deck of the Titanic, singing our principles as it slips below the waves-- true to form to the end. But at the end, there's still an end. And that's one of the things that worries me.
When you make decisions about things like this, do you distinguish between news and information programming and entertainment programming, and the effects that rules will have on the two kinds of programming, and how do you weigh them, relatively?
We do indeed. And you really have pointed out what makes it so hard to make policy in this area. Because I think that when you get to the arguments about democracy and citizenship, you tend to get down to the focus on news-- critical information, political information, to which we make informed choices.
But it's also important to remember that the vast majority of programming that's on television in a given moment, in a given day, is entertainment. I don't know what the effect is on democracy if Friends gets on versus The Sopranos at a given hour. I suppose one could make the argument.
But you know, it's very difficult to sort that wheat from the chaff. But we do try to do that. You know, in our studies we go out and look very carefully at formats, and news quantity, and to the extent we can, look at the quality.
But that's a very slippery slope, because one person's sludge is another person's-- you know, adequate information. Which becomes very difficult in a free democracy that's diverse.
I worry about Citizen Kane, but you also better worry about King George. And I don't think the American public, in their First Amendment rights, want to substitute my values for those of a corporate citizen either.
And I think the government shouldn't necessarily-- in the name of the First Amendment, trample on the First Amendment in another way by filtering what people see, and the way they see it.
So, I get very nervous when we talk about the structure of rules, people say, "Well, that's why TV's indecent." Or, "That's why TV is violent." Because I think that's the beginning suggestion of-- then, the government should determine which shows are too violent, and not violent enough.
I don't know about you, but I have a difficult time distinguishing whether Schindler's List or Saving Private Ryan is an acceptable form of violence, or whether Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner are not. And I don't know that three of five unelected regulators ought to be the ones making that decision for the public.
I heard an activist, a community activist, who'd shown up yesterday, say-- "You know, what we're doing is we're watching a government body trying to make a decision based on a history that hasn't been nearly as diverse as the history we have now.
Now that we have dozens, if not hundreds, of channels of television in the home, now that we have the Internet, are any of the standards we had in the past adequate to figure out where we should be going now?"
In other words, this activist was arguing, "Shouldn't we have 30 or 40 companies providing this instead of seven or eight companies controlling the vast majority of the audience, on cable and broadcast."
Well, I think I would first-- not having heard the activist directly, but I think I would agree with part of what the individual is saying, which is I do think that we have kind of an explosion in number of outlets and diversity, and that we have to come to grips with that. And I would agree that we need new tools.
I mean, I think that if there's only one message-- I am less concerned with what specific outcomes we achieve. I hope we achieve a very specific set of new tools and methodology for me, and future chairmen, and future commissioners to effectively use-- that would be judicially sustainable, that allow you to make those judgments.
And I think the way we looked at in 1960 or 1950, or 1970, which is what most of these rules are based on, that we replace that with something that's more faithful to the current realities.
But should there be 30 owners? I mean, there's one problem we're always gonna have here. And I think that everyone will just have to sort of grapple with in their own way.
Which is-- television is private and commercial. It could be different. We could have the BBC, like they do in the U.K.-- virtually every other democracy deals with this in a very different way. It chooses to have government-sponsored television.
But as long as television is commercial, and it's dependent on free over-the-air advertising, and the way you get free over-the-air advertising is you have to deliver the most eye balls, and it doesn't matter how passionately those eye balls like the show, they just have to be raw numbers, then there's always this sort of bland quotient.
It will always play to the largest swath of audience possible. And I think that that's why you find more diversity on cable, and you find more diversity on DBS, because as you have more channels-- and pay subscription, consumers can express their preferences. I'm willing to pay for this, but not for that.
So, would there be 30 [owners]? There has to be-- the amount of revenue in the system has to be capable of supporting 30. Because there is no subsidization. So, you're going to get the number of network providers that the market will sustain.
By the way, I don't necessarily rest on the laurels of six [major media companies]. But I always giggle a little bit as an antitrust attorney, would I love to have six competitors in so many other markets in the United States?
I'd love to have six auto companies making cars in the United States. I'd love to have six home depot competitors in my local hardware, home improvement market, or six grocery stores.
I do agree with people who say, "Oh, well-- but TV's different. This is key to our messages." I agree. But I think part of what gives us anxiety is not that there are only six, but that they're big.
And-- a big versus smaller-- perhaps more radical or independent kinds of programming. I think that's a fair argument. But we should distinguish between whether we have enough of people, or whether we just have an anxiety about their size, and the power that they wield as a consequence of their size. But they do compete with each other. They do compete pretty heartily.
Do you think that size matters? I mean, do you think that some of the people who are concerned about size are right to be concerned about the size of these companies?
I think they are. But the only thing that I sort of encourage citizens to do is-- you have a right to be concerned, but you should also be intellectually honest, and count the benefits. You know, if we switch the discourse to broadband or something, you'd hear a lot of people talk about the digital divide.
Part of what they're talking about is if I live in rural Montana, I want to see the same great stuff they see in New York City. There are a lot of people would be very upset if they don't get HBO, or they don't get Sopranos, or they don't get some of the quality shows that some of that size is able to deliver. Or, even news programming.
Because we have strong evidence that a lot of times local independent-run stations cannot afford to bring quality local news. Sometimes when a larger entity takes over, their resources are available to put that back on the air.
The problem is, it's just not a simple question. You can't say big is always bad, and you can't say it's always good. But we have to weigh both the benefits and the burdens before you make a judgment.
And all I know is there's an enormous amount of product on TV today that is in part a consequence of the resources and size of some of the providers that I think the country would be sorely remiss without.
I'll just leave you with this name. Another democracy on this planet, whose TV system you would substitute for ours? We are the envy of the world in our medium, in its depth, diversity, breadth, information sources, indeed, most of our stuff is the source for the rest of the world. I think that's in part because we do enjoy the benefits of size.
Is Finsin (PH) even on the table here? Some people in Hollywood are trying to get it on the table.
You know my view about that-- it's very premature, because we've heard about people trying to get it on the table. The question is, it is not a part and parcel of the current proceeding. It is a separate distinct question than the structural ownership rules.
The proceeding we're doing now is specific to the statute, which says to look at the ownership rules. That's what's at issue in this proceeding. Any party or set of industries can petition the government to consider new rules. I'm not sure, I don't think that's happened yet. If it happens, I can only say that we'll give it consideration. But it is not part and parcel of the proceeding that you're covering, that you're hearing so much about.
Thanks very much.
Thank you.


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When my sister and I were kids, my Dad used to take us to short film programs at the state museum and elsewhere. I have a distinct - and apparently very formative - memory of a documentary about a group of people whose feet shared a deformity. Thanks to Google, all I had to do was search for "two-toed people" to bring that image back to life...
These are members of the Vadoma tribe of Zimbabwe, Africa, less formally known as the "Ostrich people." Because it is their custom not to marry outside the tribe, their relatively small gene pool preserves the mutation of ectodactyly, in which the 3 middle digits are absent - the same condition noted in both the hands and the feet of the Lobster Boy.
The Vadoma 1st encountered Westerners in the 1950s by Charles Sutton, who had joined the British South Africa police:
"From the light of a burning fire I could see astonishment written all over the man's face, especially looking at myself, as he later revealed that I was the first white man he had seen, and the first to come to that area. When he gained our confidence as we drank, he beat a drum and several of the tribesmen appeared from nowhere - they just arrived on all sides, men, women and children....During daylight the next morning a number of them came to see who we were. I could see one of them with only two toes on each foot, in a V-shape similar to an ostrich's foot - others had web-like feet."Rusty Theobald, who served in the Rhodesian Air Force between 1966 and 1971, heard about this "ghost tribe" whose ability to disappear when one's back was turned was ascribed to running as fast as ostriches. In fact, the condition slows their walk, but is said to make climbing trees easier. Another veteran of the Rhodesian military reports that the trait - and/or the tribe itself - will vanish, since they have begun marrying outsiders.