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Euro slips from 2-week high, Greek debt deal awaited
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro fell from an early two-week high against the U.S. dollar on Friday as investors grew wary about the outcome of Greek debt negotiations ahead of the weekend despite growing expectations of a deal.
But so far this week, the euro has risen more than 2 percent, putting it on track for the biggest weekly advance since mid-October after Thursday's solid bond auctions in Spain and France whetted investors' risk appetite.
An initial agreement between Greece and its private creditors to reduce the country's huge debt load could come as soon as late Friday, sources familiar with the talks said. Any supposed agreement will be followed by technical talks over the weekend.
Analysts said the euro could stay supported in the short term despite Friday's drop as investors await word on the Greek debt talks.
"Over the past few days, the market has taken a more optimistic view of events. The hopes of a Greek agreement have helped, as has better economic data and a more positive, maybe even coordinated, spin by recent European Central Bank speakers," said Ken Dickson investment director at Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh, which has assets under management of $233 billion.
In late afternoon trading, the euro shed 0.3 percent to $1.2927, falling from a peak of $1.2986, according to Reuters data, when it stopped just shy of the key $1.30 level. However, it remained well above last week's 17-month low.
A positive outcome to the Greek talks is expected to boost the euro, although investors would remain wary about the risks of the region's debt crisis deteriorating further. Any negative news could see investors re-establish bearish bets.
"We continue to hold on to downside exposure in euro/dollar ... but at this point, we are looking more for a gradual structural weakening move than an imminent collapse," said Jens Nordvig, head of global currency strategy at Nomura Securities in New York.
He added that Nomura is not ruling out further gains in the euro before the downtrend in the currency pair resumes.
"Hence, we are staying away from short euro/dollar spot positions for the time being."
Against the yen, the euro dropped 0.5 percent to 99.50, off an earlier three-week high, but still comfortably above an 11-year low touched on January 16.
The euro has gained more than 2 percent against the yen this week, and was on track for its largest weekly advance since October.
Investors stacked up bets against the euro after ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded nine euro-zone countries, including France and Austria, late last Friday. Sentiment has since improved though further gains could be difficult.
The ratio of long to short positions in the euro/dollar stands at -1.58 as nearly 61 percent of traders are short, says DailyFX using client data. The ratio was at -2.24 as 69 percent of open positions were short on Thursday.
DailyFX noted on Thursday that short interest was at its highest since October 25, at which point the euro/dollar was trading at $1.3900 and was on its way above the $1.4000 mark.
"Although past performance is no guarantee of future results, such one-sided extremes can often come at major turning points," said David Rodriguez, quantitative strategist at DailyFX in New York.
CFTC data showed net short euro positions hit a record for the fourth straight week in the period ending January 17.
In addition to the risk of a messy Greek default, market players still see downside risks to the euro in coming months due to concerns that the euro zone's economy may slip into recession and limit progress toward fiscal consolidation in the region.
The euro was last little changed against the Swiss franc at 1.2084 Swiss francs.
Switzerland's central bank will keep the franc capped against the euro for an open-ended period of time and will enforce the ceiling with all available means, interim Chairman Thomas Jordan said.
The dollar index .DXY dipped 0.1 percent to 80.150, but off a two-week low of 79.999 hit earlier in the session.
The U.S. dollar fell 0.2 percent against the yen to 76.94.
(Reporting By Nick Olivari and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Jan Paschal)
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Ratings based on 211 Verified Reviews
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for Everyoneby Manny from El Paso, Texas
Very pleasant stay at the Travel Lodge
Posted Dec 3, 2013Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing.....Perfectttt!!!
Location: Location is perfect close to Casino's and Downtown....Stores nearby....etc....
Staff very professional, cleanliness superior in rooms and at the front desk. This isn't our first time at the Travel Lodge....and we will be back to stay again in the future...very happy and pleased with overall accommadations at the Travel Lodge......we recommend 100% !!!!!
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Very terrible customer service. Our restroom did not work. Which was a big inconvenience. I asked for another room, employee said they would get if fixed. I asked to get the room discounted and they said no because the bathroom was going to get fixed. Hotel also locked me out of my room because of their misunderstanding. I had 2 nights reservations and employee only saw one. Breakfast all the yogurts were expired the honey buns were stiff. Will never stay at this hotel again and do not recomend it for anyone either.
for Couplesby A verified traveler
Not bad for the price
Posted Nov 16, 2013Pros: The updated features in the room.
Cons: The outside view.
The front view is actually very misleading. The rooms were clean, updated, and well taken care of.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Cheaper Rate Directly from Hotel
Posted Nov 12, 2013Hotel room was very clean, staff at front desk was very helpful, standard economy room in the area. I will stay at this hotel again, but will book the room directly with hotel since rate was a lot lower.
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OK, not fancy.
Posted Oct 16, 2013Pros: Only one town.
Cons: Not much.
Location: Attending concert nearby.
Just overnight, less than 8 hours in room. TV was best part of room. Heater and fan worked great.
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Only Slept There
Posted Oct 15, 2013Pros: Relatively cost friendly.
Cons: Some of the hotel is old and in need of repair and refurbishing.
Location: Very good location. All of Ruidoso's attractions are within easy reach.
I attended a music festival. So, I only slept there. It was fine for that purpose.
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Travel lodge
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for Everyoneby Biscuits from Texas
Two Nights in the Mountains
Posted Oct 13, 2013Pros: The mattress was excellent. I slept very well. Also, my room was on the back side away from the street, so it was very quiet.
Cons: The pavement all around the motel was in terrible condition. Some of the pot holes looked like potential axle breakers.
Location: The entrance is a bit difficult to find at first. It requires a left turn across a fairly busy highway. It is next to a restaurant.
I went to Ruidoso for the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium, at which I have performed for many years. This year, I was not on the schedule. I just went to enjoy the music, see old friends, and eat some good chuck wagon food.
for Everyoneby petra
Posted Oct 11, 2013Pros: Cleanliness
Cons: Breakfast variety, more coffee, creamer and splenda in rooms.
Location: Close by Bealls, Walgreens and other stores. Everything was available close by.
Just stayed one night and rested well. All was clean and quiet.


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This program used to register suid and sgid files with suidregister(1), but with the introduction of dpkg-statoverride(8), registration of files in this way is unnecessary, and even harmful, so this program should not be used.CONVERTING TO STATOVERRIDE
Converting a package that uses this program to use the new statoverride mechanism is easy. Just remove the call to dh_suidregister from debian/rules, and add a versioned conflicts into your control file, as follows:
Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50)
The conflicts is only necessary if your package used to register things with suidmanager; if it did not, you can just remove the call to this program from your rules file.
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Pool and Cabana
Pensacola Country Club's pool is located just off Pensacola Bay and adjacent to #18 green, offering a spectacular golf and view. The pool is outfitted with high quality lounge furniture as well as tables and chairs for dining and relaxing. The complex includes a cabana offering drinks, pizza, hot dogs, ice cream, candy and chips; and boys and girls locker rooms.
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[A Low-Carb Diet Works—If It Suits You]
Still, there's plenty of evidence from those animal studies to suggest that restricting calories—either by a consistently reduced food intake, skipping meals, or fasting—might be good for humans, too, says Mark Mattson, a neuroscientist at the National Institute on Aging who was also an author of the asthma study. He says there are at least two possible mechanisms. Eating less cuts down on the production of free radicals, which damage cells and can lead to disease. He also says that there's a cellular response similar to what happens when we exercise. Like working out, going without calories is mildly stressful to the cells at the time, but beneficial over the long run. "Dietary restriction is about the best dietary advice I can give you," says Levitsky. "We don't know about living a longer life, but all the markers are in a favorable direction."
[Do Your Genes Determine Which Diet Means Weight-Loss Success?]
You may have noticed, though, that the bottom line to any of these meal skipping or reducing techniques is cutting down on the overall number of calories you eat and thus losing weight. That is never easy, but for some people, skipping a meal or two a week or taking a day every month away from food, or eating a lot less during a given meal or on every other day may be more appealing than simply cutting calories all the time.


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New approach needed in green policy making
A new report into green behaviour, undertaken by the European Commission (EC), has advised that policy makers should do more to encourage the public to lead greener lifestyles.
Published yesterday (25 October), in the EC's Science for Environment Policy research, 'Green Behaviour' is the fourth in a series of reports, which seek to 'provide an accessible overview of emerging areas of science and technology to help inform evidence based policy'.
By looking at psychological research, the report found that though people often express concern about environmental issues, they often struggle to 'relate [their] own individual consumption and behaviour to large-scale problems'.
Accordingly, the EC recommends the use of psychological 'nudges', or behavioural tools, designed specifically to influence behaviour. These are 'perceived as less paternalistic, so increasing public acceptance and lessening the administrative and regulatory burden'.
The report states that in 2001, households accounted for 26.2 per cent of total energy consumption in the EU. This statistic has been tackled by one particular 'nudge', whereby energy companies started comparing consumption behaviours between householders and their neighbours.
However, though these techniques are useful, evidence found by the report suggests that other approaches are often more appropriate in 'certain situations'. One of the most successful of these was found to be using a number of different approaches combined into one 'bundle'. This could involve employing methods that occupy a middle ground between encouraging and enforcing, by means of 'carefully targeted measures, such as financial incentives, taxes and 'nudges''.
'There is strong evidence-based support for the use of a mixture or 'bundles' of tools to encourage green behaviour. Combinations of push and pull strategies may be useful, and this could also include choice-editing, i.e. the removal of unsustainable choices', reads the report.
Policy makers were also advised to take advantage of the 'window of opportunity' regarding the public's reaction to certain behaviours, citing the UK's 'public resentment against four wheel drive vehicles in urban areas' as an example of enabling the introduction of taxes for these larger vehicles.
In terms of practical policy making, the UK Government's Behavioural Insights Team are currently conducting a number of trials 'to research the impacts of incentives designed to encourage green behaviour'.
These trials include making the installation of loft insulation easier, by offering a free loft clearing service. According to the Behavioural Insights Team, though financial incentives have failed to increase uptake, this service has reportedly seen an increased uptake of 2.89 per cent.
The report concludes that transforming the behaviour of a population is a complex task.
'Policymakers will need to strike a balance between including the increasing range of scientific and theoretical insights whilst maintaining a practical approach that is transparent to stakeholders.'
Read the EC's 'Green Behaviour' report.


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Having children is an ever learning process. I learn something about my babies every day and they change every day. Over the last few weeks our schedule with LB and Daisy is ever changing. It seems as if they are going through a growth spurt or something and are super hungry and LB has returned to his 5 a.m. wake up time ready to down a bottle. So, I am having to learn how to feed them 3 meals a day along with their bottles. (Obviously, these are very small meals). The key to sleep for my babies is making sure they have taken in enough calories throughout the day that they are full for the 12 or so hours they normally sleep. We are also dealing with the idea of having to start weaning from the bottle over the next couple months. LB and Daisy are 11 months old today! I cannot believe it! I know our life is only going to continue to change but I am very excited about it!
LB and Daisy at 1 week old.
On to today…
Today Lew and I were both wanting toast but there were only 3 pieces left. Since we both eat very filling breakfasts one piece of toast is not enough. So, I made Lew two pieces of toast. (One with peanut butter, one with earth balance "butter" and cinnamon) For me I made one piece of peanut butter toast and a big green smoothie.
Green Smoothie
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- 1 cup vanilla coconut milk
- 1 frozen banana
- lots of fresh spinach
I loved this smoothie! However, I did not intend on buying coconut milk at the store. I meant to buy almond milk but they had put a new brand of coconut milk where the almond milk normally is . It is definitely not my favorite but I am not going to let it go to waste.
Today's workout was upper body day. I love working on my arms, shoulders and back. I think because it is where I see the most improvement so it makes me happy . I also like upper body day because it always seems easier than the other days. Don't get me wrong, it is a GREAT workout, but it is nice that it's a little easier.
I am trying REALLY hard to not let food in our house go to waste. So, even though I hardly ever cook pork bacon we had a few slices left over from Sunday night so I decided to make breakfast burritos.
I ate two burritos and am having to keep myself in the living room for a few minutes because something about them just did not satisfy me. They were tasty thought.
Each burrito had scrambled eggs (a mix of one egg and three whites for four burritos), a little shredded cheddar cheese, and one slice of bacon.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing mad over a story ran in British tabloid paper News of the World last week claiming the couple were on the verge of a nasty split. The Guardian UK says
Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie today began a privacy action against the News of the World over a story that alleged the couple were separating.
The couple's London lawyers said today: "The News of the World has failed to meet our clients' reasonable demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets. We have advised them to bring proceedings, which they have now done.
We can confirm unequivocally that the allegations published by the News of the World are false as well as intrusive," the firm said.
Of course they're not splitting up! Why, Brad and Angelina's love is as real as… as real as Bar Refeali's breasts. Which, incidentally, I happened to have fifteen pictures of right here. I didn't think it would be fair to draw that kind of visual analogy without giving you a proper frame of reference. I'd hate to be responsible for a disconnect between writer and reader.
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CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Members of "Speaking and Teaching" and several other registered student organizations will present the third annual "Carbondale Youth Showcase November 14 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The showcase will be in the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Center Ballrooms.
Speakers at the event will include: Chancellor Rita Cheng, Mayor, Joel Fritzler, Dean of Students, Dr. Peter Gitau, District 95 Superintendent, Michael Shimshak, and many others.
There will also be various Student Organizations introducing groups at the event, as well as over 150 children performing, from kindergardners through seventh graders. Lastly, they will have special performances from our communities very own Carbondale High School.
Among the events at the showcase, will be a school supply-drive, in which all supplies provided will be donated to several after school programs in the Carbondale community as well as school's in Bangladesh, Kenya and many more. All donations will be intended to assist in providing children with classroom necessities, as well as to assist them in pursing their education and dreams. The S.I.U.C football team will also be signing autographs for the children at the end of the showcase. Organizers will also have a raffle in which they will be raffling off a brand new pair of pro-beats by Dre. These have a retail value of $399.
The proceeds will be donated to Perry Jackson Child Advocacy Center and the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center.
Organizers say they are hoping to showcase the talents of children with this event. They say they want this to be an inspiration to all children, and show them how important it is to recognize their gifts.
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He was wanted in connection with a shooting along the 500 block of West Green Street last April. Police believe Booker left town and went into hiding in Florida. They were later tipped off that he was back in the Ithaca area.
A team of investigators found Booker at an Ithaca hotel and took him into custody without incident.
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Digital Leaders – the story so far
Last November while attending the UK Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum, I had a conversation with Daniel Stucke@mrstucke and watched him present about Digital Leaders at his school – he has written about this here. Talking to him and Kristian Still led to a conversation with @chrismayoh and @ianaddison about how this idea could also work in primary schools.
Chris and Ian began their digital leaders projects in their schools not long after this, and for me it was great reading their posts and looking at what they were doing. Ian has blogged about his project here and the blog from the digital leaders at Bowling Park here.
We started ours by asking the children who were interested in becoming a digital leader at school to apply – stating what skills they had, why they were interested n the project and what they were hoping to learn. I was opened up to Year 5 and Year 6 children and was staggered to receive 80 applications from the possible 160 children! These were narrowed down to 15 and the digital leaders project began.
We meet twice a week during lunch times and from Easter to half term, the children looked at software, websites that they were interested in and we all find out new things from each other. Some of what we have been looking at include; Google Sketch up, 2DIY, pivot stick animation, 2 Publish and Scratch. These sessions were great as the children 'played' and found out things from each other.
I have shown them how to record from the screen as well as giving them guidance where needed, although to be perfectly honest they have often guided me more! The aim behind these sessions was that the children became more confident using tools they wanted to explore and they are currently working on guides and help videos.
They also wanted to re-start the school blog, something that had been left as we began to move to an MLE – so together we created a school blog using primary blogger, now during one of our sessions each week, the children update the blog! They come up with ideas for posts, write and research them! This was most successful when the Year 5s headed to Glasbury for activity week, and the digital leaders who went kept parents updated throughout the week, the Year 6 Digital Leaders will be doing the same during this coming week when they visit Santander. The blog can be found here – if you are reading this it would be great if you could leave them a comment!
As well as updating the blog once a week, the Digital Leaders also run 2 ICT clubs during the lunchtimes, for all years. They choose the focus of the sessions and they are passing on their skills that they have picked up – so far we have had sessions on Pivot Stick and we are currently exploring 2 DIY.
For me working with this group of children has been a pleasure and a real learning experience for me – watching them grow in confidence and work with other children to pass on their skills has been fantastic. Their skills are also being transferred into the classroom, if teachers are unsure on how to use a program then the digital leaders are on hand to help.
The aim is to continue this for the rest of this term and continue in the new school year. In the next four weeks, they also want to take responsibility for the displays in the ICT room and I am hoping that they will create a short film about the school that we can put on the blog.
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Huckabee's Mischief
I agree with half of Gov. Huckabee's statement. We should not "try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view." That would be as presumptuous as it would be futile. But I fervently disagree with any assertion that we should amend the Constitution so that it "embodies God's standard." Although raised in the context of a debate about the nature of marriage, his remarks on their face raise the specter of more wide-spread mischief.
First, whose God and which standards? In our incredibly pluralistic religious landscape, we Americans worship many different Gods and some worship no God at all. Our Constitution should not be amended to permit the majority — even a super-majority that would be required to amend the Constitution — to pick and choose the preferred God and the proper standards. When it comes to religion, what the majority thinks doesn't matter.
Second, much of what God requires — at least as I, a Baptist minister, understand it — can readily be implemented under the Constitution. While the Establishment Clause protects against passing "religious laws," many of our laws reflect morals found in our religious tradition. For example, laws prohibiting murder, theft and bearing false witness are perfectly constitutional, as well as embodying three of the Ten Commandments in the Jewish and Christian tradition. We can (and sometimes do) pass laws that help the poor, the homeless, the hungry — to do the work required by Jesus' teachings. These laws have a demonstrable secular purpose, and they do not have the primary effect that advances or inhibits religion. They reflect broad moral principles that do not require adherence to a particular interpretation of "God's standard." In this sense, an amendment would be unnecessary.
Third, I believe God wants us to come to faith freely and voluntarily — without compulsion or restriction. Both of the First Amendment's religion clauses and Article VI's ban on religious tests for public office already ensure that freedom. An amendment seeking to ensconce God's law guts protections for religious freedom and establishes a theocracy or something close to it. This would fundamentally alter America as we know it. It would also undermine the religious freedom that we enjoy and that has served to make this country one of the most religious and the religiously diverse nations on the face of the earth. Such an amendment, paradoxically, would undermine the religiosity that Gov. Huckabee presumably wants to promote.
Finally, and importantly, the amendment would thwart the right of upwards of 30 million American citizens not to be religious. Without freedom from religion — at least state-sponsored religion — we can not truly have freedom of religion.
So, yes, Rev. Huckabee, the preacher, is free to try to Christianize American culture; but Gov. Huckabee, the candidate, should not seek an amendment to try to establish a Christian government. Heaven forbid.
J. Brent Walker
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I would first like to say that your comment seems off topic to the discussion at hand. But I will briefly respond.
First, "Compulsion and restriction" is not the same as telling someone about something. I can tell you where to get some food, but I shouldn't shove it down your throat.
Secondly, the quote simply says "God wants us to come to faith..." It doesn't make claims to a specific religious tradition. Captain Cook (an odd example, but I will go with it) met many people who practiced many faiths. If they were practicing them freely and voluntarily, perhaps they were pleasing to God.
As far as what Brent Walker said, this statement could be true. But returning to my original point, Rev. Walker wasn't talking about evangelism or universalism versus an exclusive Gospel, he was talking about religious liberty in the United States as guaranteed by the Constitution.
It just occurred to me that maybe you are making a different point all together. Perhaps you are a Christian and you are saying that SINCE people in other countries don't come to the Christian faith without being told, we should not have religious liberty because we need people to be told how to properly worship God. In that case, it's very Inquisitorial of you.
Posted by: Matt | January 30, 2008 9:21 AM
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"I believe God wants us to come to faith freely and voluntarily — without compulsion or restriction."
If this is true, why are there no documented cases of humankind coming to faith without the benefit(?) of being proselytized?
For example, during Captain James Cook's voyages of discovery across the Pacific in the 1700s, none of the peoples he encountered had knowledge of the God of Abraham. Why not?
Posted by: Anonymous | January 29, 2008 6:55 PM
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Rev. Marshall:
The only place I know of currently where there are more than two in the marriage party is within a particularly religious sect in Southern Utah.
My gay cousin, his significant other, my gay co-worker physician with his significant other--I don't see them as a threat to "family values." Both couples are involved with raising a child (adopted) and are very much contributing members of society. I expect they've contributed to society's "betterment" as equally as you have. Why a consitutional amendment proposal to disrupt their existance? What threat are they to you?
I'm beginning to wonder, I'd love for you to support your statements with statistics that are verifiable. It's getting harder and harder to take you at your word. "Overwhelming majority...???"
Posted by: Jeff P | January 29, 2008 2:34 PM
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Anonymous let me correct a few things for you. The point of my post was that Jesus, the Christ, the Only begotten Son of God, was not some sort of super pacifist. Nor was he in favor of violent revolutions.
When he asked the disciples if they had any swords among them the answer was two. His response was, in the vernacular, that'll do. This would have been sufficient only for the disciples to protect themselves from thugs and brigands but certainly not enough to over throw the Roman government. But it would also imply that he not only understood that those swords might have to be used but that those using them might well have to kill someone with them.
Posted by: Garyd | January 27, 2008 1:50 PM
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Oh cool. Now we've got the violent Jesus Christians and the nonviolent Jesus Christians. It gets better all the time. LOL I think the the violent Jesus Christians will have the upper hand in the government takeover.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 26, 2008 8:46 PM
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Mr. Stephens why then did Christ, in Luke, ask the disciples if they had any swords among them and when told yes why did he not tell them to get rid of those things? Was it not Christ who made a whip and drove the money changers from the temple?
Where anyone gets the idea that Christ was a nonviolent person is beyond me.
Posted by: Garyd | January 26, 2008 4:32 PM
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Longtime Baptist:
Real easy. Lies that cause people to believe are moral. If elected Huck can do like all before him, lie about "upholding and defending the constitution."
The Bible on which he puts his hand is the word of Devil anyhow, Lucifer the biggest Devil of them all. All politicians have guardian devils, (little tykes) that whisper in their ears and help them when they need to tell a little lie or two don't they? The one with the smartest guardian devil wins, only if he's righteous of course.
I'd wager that Clinton crowd has some pretty smart devils on their side, at least one on each shoulder. Don't you expect? All this worrying about Huck and Mitt and the rest of them constitution abolishers is academic anyhow.
Anybody been thrown out of your church for voting Democrat lately? The Devil Lucifer has the righteous on His side.
When enough good Baptist etc are in hell Lucifer can raise another army and attack God again. He almost won last time but he didn't have "pride of the Marines" Lt. Pat Robertson who will be there sooner or later. Right now Pat is busy recruiting for Lucifer, blasphemes, says Lucifer, the crispy critter in the burning bush, the one Moses made the deal with is God.
It's my understanding that there room in hell for at least 86% of Americans that all blaspheme by thinking of the being in the burning when they utter, "under God" while reciting the pledge. Is there any wonder why things are as they are today, emergency and huge rate reductions by the Fed, government mailing everybody a check...? America honors the biggest Devil of them all by calling Him God and thus blasphemes, committing the only deadly sin, blasphemy every time the pledge is recited.
Ignorance of God is no excuse.
Posted by: BGone | January 26, 2008 3:26 PM
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Refreshing analysis for a Baptist. None of the examples of law cited, however, are uniquely Judeo-Christian.
The President of the Southern Baptist Convention declared publicly that he would "...kill or die for my family, kill or die for my country, and kill or die for God."
Jesus never killed anyone, neither did he advocate killing anyone, nor did he sanction killing anyone. He had the power, even on the cross, to annihilate mankind, yet he laid down his life rather than kill in humble obedience to the will of God. He commanded his disciples to follow his example.
Physician, heal thyself.
Posted by: John Stephens | January 26, 2008 11:46 AM
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The phrase 'an establishment of religion means the government can't tell you when, where, and how to build you church building it says nothing about creating a whole knew religion.
Posted by: Garyd | January 25, 2008 11:43 PM
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Rev. William L. Marshall:
Should we pass a law saying that "the Constitution is open to re-definition" as one or more neochristian(s)desire?
Posted by: Roy | January 25, 2008 2:20 PM
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How would Huckabee be sworn in as president if elected. He can't swear to "uphold and defend" a document he regards as incomplete and/or in error. He can't even cross his fingers behind his back with one hand raised and the other on the Bible.
Posted by: Longtime Baptist | January 25, 2008 1:42 PM
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After the debate last night I'm convinced that Huckabee is as good a candidate as any of the others. And, he's much better than any of the rest for "Saturday Night Live" except for Ron Paul maybe.
The question I have is about the instigator, did Huck volunteer or was he volunteered to make the ridiculous statement about amending the constitution? I blame no candidate for seeking support wherever s/he can find it. I include Mr Bush on that point. If I was running I would be so righteous in all the right places no one would recognize me.
If anyone is to blame it's the blasphemers better known as evangelicals. Either we take the vote away from them or expect they will be courted. I can't help but notice that no one has really done anything they, the evangelicals want yet even though they get promised every election -a great source of humor for me.
Just a reminder, ( http://www.hoax-buster.org/sellyoursoul ) the supernatural being in the burning bush has been identified and "IT" wasn't God. Blaspheme all you please. The soul you lose will be your own. Count me out but don't be surprised when candidates for high office say they're with you.
Churchill said he would Allie himself with Devil to beat Hitler. He welcomed the Godless communist Soviets to join in the fight on his side. It's a matter of the fierceness of the enemy at the gate. Think how bad it will be if those immoral Democrats reoccupy the white house and simply realize you're already allied with the biggest Devil of them all, Lucifer.
If that had been God in the burning bush there wouldn't even be a Democrat party, no doubt.
Blasphemers and evangelicals are synonyms you know.
Posted by: BGone | January 25, 2008 10:57 AM
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When Huck talks about "changing the Constitution to be more in line with the word of God," he's treading Establishment ground.
I understand that he opposes abortion and same-sex marriage. But if he wants to amend the Constitution regarding these matters, it needs to be because there is a valid secualr reason for doing so, not because the deity he worships thinks it's icky.
Since there is no universal consensus on when the soul enters the body, or even on whether the soul exists, you can't make a Constutional amendment based on the idea that destroying a non-sentient blastocyst is the equivalent of blowing an infant's head off in its crib.
Even late-term abortions up to the point of delivery are sometimes valid. Despite a textbook-perfect pregnancy, my delivery went haywire, and my daughter and I both almost died. If it had come to the point where my doctor could only save one of us, I believe that I should have the right to instruct her to save me, even if it meant killing the baby in the process. I thank the gods that it did not come to that.
She's a teenager now, and there is no law that says I must risk my life to save hers if she is in danger. I would do so, but if the law doesn't mandate that I do so after she is born, why should it mandate that I do so before she was born, or even as she was being born?
As for same-sex marriage, I have yet to see even one logical reason to not allow it. The main reason I hear is that marriage is supposed to be for the production and rearing of children. When we met, my husband was sterile and I was in the early stages of menopause. We couldn't make a baby if the fate of the free world rested on our spawn. Furthermore, he has never had any desire to be a parent, and I had no desire for more children after my daughter. No one at the clerk of courts's office asked about our fertility or if we had plans to adopt. All they asked for was picture ID and exact cash. Despite the fact that we have no childern together, nor will we ever, we have the same legal rights regarding each other that married couples with children do.
Some same-sex couples are rearing children. Why should those children not have access to the same benefits by virtue of legal recognition of their parents' relationship that children of straight couples do? And it doesn't matter that the same-sex couple didn't produce the child from their own DNA's. Children in step-families have the same legal rights by virtue of their parents' marriages as those whose biological parents are married to each other.
Posted by: lepidopteryx | January 25, 2008 10:48 AM
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Lepidopteryx - "Any time you speak of wanting to change the Constitution to make it more closely align with a particular scripture, you're talking about Establishment." Says who? Context is not important to understanding what someone said!?!
In that case, I condemn your views for "wanting to change the Constitution to make it more closely align with a particular scripture" - your own words. How dare you push your narrow-minded ideology on the rest of us?
Perhaps Josh H. has endowed you with special abilities to understand the hearts and motivations of men. He understands what Mike Huckabee can and cannot comprehend and is authoritative enough to declare that a 16 year Governor of a secular state is really a "fundamentalist."
Reactionary non-arguments completely separated from the facts as they can be known - when did this become the standard for debate?
Posted by: Brian | January 25, 2008 10:48 AM
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All should know that first of all Mike is not talking about changing the constitution to enforce any of God's laws. That could not be further from the truth. This was taken out of context regarding his stand on right to life and the institution of marriage.
Mike even did not want to run the entire Baptist Org. Which Floyd now controls. His primary reason for not really going after it, was because he has said on many occasions, he is not the person to tell anyone how to be a Christian. He says he is only responsible for his actions.
That hardly sounds like someone trying to change our country to his God laws.
Finally, as for keeping God out of the gov. Whether people like it or not, everything we do is based on the teachings of Christ. The knowledge of this is represented on our money, in our pledge and in several historical archives from our founders and former leaders.
Mike does not believe that his faith should be forced on anyone else and he would run this country on his political convictions, which any candidate will.
Posted by: vanessa | January 25, 2008 9:40 AM
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All of the arguments Dr. Walker makes here are accurate and valid. However, Gov. Huckabee will not understand or even hear much of what Dr. Walker or other like him have said or debated. The problem is Gov. Huckabee's mind set or point of view. His process for understanding government and the presence of God in the world is based on a form of literalism. He can't comprehend how a nation can pass laws, or fails to pass laws, which disagree directly or indirectly with his interpretation of God's Law and not "change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view." The two are directly connected for him. Like many fundamentalists, he has never truly understood what it means to have a clear separation of church and state. I base that ascertain on this statement and other from his campaign. His mind set is still stuck in pre-secular state government philosophy.
I'm very disappointed to read that Gov. Huckabee said this statement, and he's probably lost my vote for good. Suggesting an Amendment undermines the First Amendment as much as changing and creating gun laws undermines the Second Amendment. We must remember that our Constitution was only ratified with the Bill of Rights and not with out them.
Nothing Dr. Walker wrote here convinced me that way, he's merely stating the facts. I read this article because I like Gov. Huckabee, but his own words have worked against him.
Posted by: Josh H. | January 25, 2008 9:21 AM
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The context of Huck's statement is really not important. Any time you speak of wanting to change the Constitution to make it more closely align with a particular scripture, you're talking about Establishment.
If Huck had been a practitioner of a faith other than Christianity, and had said that he wanted to make the Constitution more in line with the word of God, Christians would be up in arms about the idea of our government pandering to [insert non-Christian faith here]. And yet so many Christians don't understand why such statment upsets us non-Christians.
Posted by: lepidopteryx | January 25, 2008 9:11 AM
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Ken P. Did you not yourself write "we need . . . to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view."? YOU are like the Taliban!
Of course, it would be unfair of me to claim this from your statement. Yes, you did write those words - the record proves it - but context makes it obvious that your full intention is not what I construed it to be.
Likewise, when viewed in the context of the speech Huckabee made, his comments relate to a certain public policy position he holds. To rip them out of context and twist them to mean something far beyond what was intended is a function of political spin, nothing more.
Are you suggesting that simply because a person has religious reasons for supporting a public policy that the policy in question becomes invalid? My religion explicitly commands me not to murder. Should murder now be legal since one religion has specific teachings regarding the practice? Religious abolitionists were instrumental in establishing the philosophical basis for the 13th Amendment. They did this through specifically religious arguments. Shall we repeal it?
If people do not like Huckabee's policy positions, fine - they should debate them and disagree all they want. But to take his words out of context, twist them beyond all intended meaning, compare him to the Taliban, and oppose him simply because some of his positions are informed by his religion is unwarranted and bigoted. Your Heinlein quote equally describes anti-religion secularists.
Posted by: Brian | January 25, 2008 1:57 AM
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The majority of people in this country would overwhelmingly vote in an admendment to ban gay marriage nearly the same majority would vote to permit civil unions. The Difference? Marriage is seen by the overwhelming majority as a religious ceremony rather than a civil ceremony. Please note while the constitution states you are perfectly free to pursue happiness it possesses no guarantor that you will ever catch it.
Posted by: Garyd | January 24, 2008 11:41 PM
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Sorry about the repetition of the quoate for Heinlein. I should have previewed my message before posting.
Posted by: Ken P. | January 24, 2008 10:11 PM
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Brian, are you saying Huckabee did not say "we need . . . to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view."? If you are, you best go back and look at the records! Whether that is an attempt to establish a "Southern Baptist Theocracy" is open to speculation and opinion!
If we pass such an amendment, where will it end? Do we amend the constitution to mandate all citizens to "tithe" to their particular church or do we just let the government collect and distribute that "tithe" to the selected group that satisfies majority opinion?
I have to agree with Randall Fields that amending the Constitution to embody "God's standard" is precisely what the Taliban would want if they had their way in American politics. I also must agree with It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics: -Robert A. Heinlein, "It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics". Sad to say, Christian groups are guilty of the above, just the same as any other religious body.
Posted by: Ken P. | January 24, 2008 10:06 PM
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Brian: An analysis of our civil liberties protected by the Constitution and its amendments is not conclusive as to the entire scope of all freedom. Indeed, the "truths we hold self-evident: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" acknowledge the existence of rights and liberties outside of those explicitly protected. A law that proscribes certain behavior that is not explicitly protected by the Constitution does not mean that no liberties are restricted. For example, a law banning married couples from purchasing contraception was struck as violating the right to privacy. Privacy is one of several rights not enumerated in the Constitution but acknowledged by just about everyone to deserve Constitutional protection. Reaching this conclusion does not require circular argument as you suggest.
One is free to seek historic clarity, but even finding such clarity fails to address the present questions at hand. "Original intent" is largely an academic discussion and certainly not the only jursiprudence in town. We should look to the past for guidance. We must not slavishly follow the positions taken 225 years ago when attempting to craft answers to current questions of civil society.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 24, 2008 8:38 PM
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No one has actually propose amending the Constitution to turn America into a Southern Baptist theocracy, including Huckabee.
He made no mention whatsoever about establishing any version of theology or belief system as the law of the land. He in no way proposed forcing the conversion of anyone. He never advocated making his faith the only version of faith in America or preserving a particular view of faith. I wonder if any of you even know what he actually said and the context in which he said it.
Rev. Walker obviously knows what Huckabee said and the context, for he refers to the context before spinning wildly off into an argument that has nothing to do with Huckabee's actual comments. What is his real purpose in doing so?
As for the idea that upholding the traditional definition of marriage somehow "reduces" people's civil liberties - this is begging the question. One side has the same right to attempt to clarify the historic understanding at the legal level as the other has to challenge it.
Posted by: Brian | January 24, 2008 8:07 PM
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Rev. Marshall: Should we pass a law saying that only two people of seperate gender may marry? In either hypothetical, decent people certainly disagree, but those who share a view do not do so for the same reasons. Like it or not, religious doctrine, commands, scruples (call it what you want) are among several of the justifications claimed by the respective apologists.
The Constitution is not a text to preserve a particular religion any more than it was created to support a view justified only on the basis of religious belief. While your views on the many issues concerning non-traditional marriage may be founded in your religious faith, such a faith finds its authority outside of our own answers to normative questions. We do not speak for God and cannot broad brush social issues under the rubric of of His name.
The Consitution and all subordinate laws serve our society throughout its diversty. Amending the federal Consitution to _reduce_ the civil liberties of the citizens is without precedent and, arguably, inconsistent with the nature of our federalist system and the Constitutional Convention. I do suppose that the amendment process could result in a vote by the citizens to surrender their rights, but even the act of campaigning for such a proposed amendment seems contrary to how we are instructed to value human freedom. Our history reveals that every generation to find its contemporary villains. History teaches to view such devaluing of a class or category of people with more than a skeptic eye.
My favorite bumper sticker of the week: "Oppose gay marriage? Don't marry one."
Posted by: Anonymous | January 24, 2008 7:44 PM
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Randall Fields: Always precede fringe with IDIOT when referring to the religious.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 24, 2008 6:27 PM
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Rev. Walker is right. Rev. Huckabee is obviously pandering to the extreme right-wing fringe of religious fundamentalism in the United States. I hope that no one in their right mind would seriously propose amending the Constitution to turn America into a Southern Baptist theocracy, but you never can tell. Rev. Huckabee needs to be reminded that amending the Constitution to embody "God's standard" is precisely what the Taliban would want if they had their way in American politics.
Posted by: Randall Fields | January 24, 2008 5:59 PM
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A brilliant analysis of Mr. Huckabee's tragic effort to make his faith the only interpretation of faith in America. Brer' Huckabee, a good man in many ways, has come down with a doggone terrible case of denominational amnesia. He has forgotten his Baptist unbringing, his Baptist heritage, and his Baptist ancestors, those wonderful people who suffered at the hands of Christians who wanted to impose their faith on others. I have read that Mr. Huckabee attended Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. If so, he never had a course in Baptist history. And if he did, I can assure you that W. W. Barnes, Robert A. Baker, and W. R. Estep, all marvelous Baptist historians at that school, are all turning over in their graves and puking straight up!!!
Brent Walker keeps getting smarter and smarter, more and more prophetic, and more and more Baptist!!
Posted by: Walter B. Shurden | January 24, 2008 5:01 PM
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Mr. Walker:
Should we pass a law saying that "marraige is between any two individuals or three individuals" as one or more free person(s)desire?
Posted by: Rev. William L. Marshall | January 24, 2008 4:42 PM
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Mischief? Boy can one agree with that.
God only evicted Adam and Eve from Eden.
God only banished Cain for murdering his brother.
God only struck the builders of Babble with a confusion of tongues.
And Jesus saved the adulteress.
But those who said Lucifer was God were cast into, "a sea of fire" that is the fire that burns but does not consume to burn forever and ever. That's hell.
Did Huck mean this false God, http://www.hoax-buster.org/sellyoursoul the one that Moses made the deal with? We know Huck and 86% of Americans mean that false God when they recite the pledge and thereby commit the same sin as the fallen angels, blasphemy. Blasphemy is the only "deadly" sin isn't it -the only one God will not forgive.
Pay attention: Jesus was fathered by the supernatural being in the burning bush, the one that forgave all those sins. Does Lucifer have the power to forgive blasphemy? Does the real God forgive sins Lucifer forgives -are repentant sinners really forgiven by the real God? What are sins in the eyes of the real God? How can we know?
Which God's standards is Huck saying he'll implement -make the law of the land? Is the public entitled to know before they vote?
Mischief is hardly sufficient to describe blasphemy. Don't you think?
Posted by: BGone | January 24, 2008 10:54 AM
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AMEN, AMEN. Finally a Christian with their head on straight. I always wonder why Christians are taught that electing officials is a time to SHOW what we believe. Of course we all desire trustworthy people to lead us and decide what direction our country should pursue, however, to make election time their big opportunity to make God's commandments the law is not really in line with Christ's ways. Obedience despite social pressures is the "straight and narrow" path. If Christ wanted it any other way He would have taken over the government in Jerusalem and pressured the people into hearing his words. This was not his way. Romneys speach on Faith in America, which was touted by James Dobson, is spot on regarding how religion has played a role and should continue to play its role without supporting any one group, believers or non-believers.
Posted by: Todd Martin | January 24, 2008 10:03 AM
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Amen! I was less than impressed by Mr. Huckabee right from the start, as he was making far too much of his faith. I need to know what politicians plan to do about the issues facing the country and how they intend to abide by the Constitution. For Huckabee to even consider for a moment such an idea as this demonstrates he has no concept of the proper role of religion in the public arena.
Posted by: Leon the Baptist | January 23, 2008 10:07 AM
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Cipher machines were more secure than the book systems that they replaced and they encoded/decoded faster. The main players in the international market were the well known Enigma machine in its commercial version and the products of Boris Hagelin, mainly the ''small Hagelin'' C-36 and ''large Hagelin'' B-21/211.
The French armed forces purchased a small number of Hagelin machines ( C-36 and B-211 ) in the early 1930's.These systems proved secure during the period of the Phony war and the Battle of France.
After hostilities ended however the cryptanalysts of the Army signal intelligence agency Inspectorate 7/VI (later OKH/GdNA) managed to acquire these cipher machines and they found ways to break the messages. Although their research was of a theoretical character since no new traffic was intercepted on these systems once the Free French forces of General De Gaulle started using them again they were in a position to benefit from their earlier research.
In the case of the C-36 the methods of solution were successful against field traffic. Messages of the large Hagelin B-211 however could not be solved. The reason was that the French had anticipated the German efforts to read their codes so they physically modified the B-211.Still it seems the Germans were able to read some messages on it due to operator errors :
Thanks to the solution of the C-36 the Germans were able to decode French traffic in North Africa and Italy in the period 1942-44.The Anglo-American authorities however were aware of the insecurity of French codes so they provided the M-209 (American version of Hagelin C-38) to the French forces fighting in Italy :
In Ticom reports the French M-209 is called BC-38.This was a version of the C-38/M-209 with a keyboard.
Apart from the Army agency In. 7/VI the Signal intelligence agency of the Supreme Command - OKW/Chi seems to have successfully solved the C-36 . The methods of solution are given in Ticom I-45 ''OKW/Chi Cryptanalytic research on Enigma,Hagelin and Cipher Teleprinter machines'' (found in Frode Weierud's Cryptocellar)
Details on all the information mentioned so far are available from these sources :
Mettig was head of In. 7/VI from November 1941 to June 1943.Then second in command of OKW/Chi from December 1943 to April 1945.
With the opening of the offensive in May 40, the French began to use ciphers in increasing quantities. The Germans soon felt an acute shortage of forward cryptographers and were therefore unable to undertake much work on the French forward ciphers. As a result, the forward units concentrated on the two French cipher machines, the B-211 and C-36. Progress was slow, but as a result of research on two captured C-36 machines, Army Group C was in a position, by Jul 40, to undertake satisfactory reading of the traffic. Likewise it was impossible to break the B-211 machines in time for that information to be of any value.Nevertheless the research undertaken during this period was to justify itself later.
Referat France
This section lost a lot of its importance after the campaign of 1940. It concentrated on watching the communications of the VICHY Government which was supposed to inform the Germans of their cipher procedures. Breaches of regulations committed by the French were reported to the Disarmament Commission at WIESBADEN and rectified. The retention of captured French documents and the further investigation of the French cipher machines C-36 and B-211 justified itself in that the initial de Gaullist WT traffic in NORTH AFRICA for 1942-43 was undertaken through those methods. It was possible to read all these techniques at the start but how far the success was maintained during 1943 PW cannot say.
From I-160 Homework by Sonderfuehreer Kuehn of Gen. D. N. A. On General Organisation and Work of French Referat ,p6
Hans Wolfgang Kuehn was head of the French Referat of In. 7/VI from 1941 to February 1945.
French Machines
1. French "C-36" Machine. This machine was worked on and frequently broken in Wm. Doering's machine section. As far as I know and can judge, the content was moderate, to good, but mostly too old.
2. French "B-211" Machine. This machine was worked on in Wm. Doering's machine section without, the slightest 'success . This machine was pronounced unbreakable by Doering and his colleagues.
3. French "BC-38'' Machine. This machine was worked on in Wm. Doering's machine section. According to reports, only messages with the same or nearly the same indicator group were breakable. Under favorable circumstances the appropriate day's traffic could be broken from this. Such compromises were very rare. They were of no particular importance as the messages broken were too old.
From I-58 "Interrogation of Dr. Otto Buggisch of OKW/Chi ,p3 and 5
Otto Buggisch was a cryptanalyst in Inspectorate 7/VI (In 7/VI).Transferred to Wa Pruef 7/IVe in summer 1944
C-36 - The theoretical analysis of this in 1940 developed two theoretical methods.
1) Based on frequency of K. as word separator.
2) Statistical - various, depending on the most usable feature of the traffic, low, high letters, etc. The studies made by B. et al. were used by Oberinsp. Kuehn to forestall the introduction of the device into the German Army, as advocated by Major JUNG.
B. says the statistical method was later used in practice and needed 300 letters. He makes general statements about considerable later success with C-36, from 1942 on. (Not pinned down on this.)
B-211 - B. studied this in 1942 in detail, using the traffic of two years before. A theoretical solution was developed and back traffic actually solved. However, the method did not work in practice when B211 traffic was again encountered actually, and B, did not mention any new methods devised or any idea of how the machine may have been changed.
The modification is mentioned In ''European Axis Signals Intelligence'' vol1 chart 1-2 : Cipher machine employing fractionation, substitution and recombination (used 5x5 square,had 6 wheels and 2 sets of plugs , ''modified'' version had 10 wheels and 4 sets of plugs)
p3 :
Roughly end of 42 or beginning of 43. Reappearance of C 36 messages in De Gaulle traffic. Decoding by means of the method developed earlier by Dr. Denffer; likewise B 211 messages appear, which however do not decode according to the theoretically worked out method.
Winter 43/44 ……C-36 messages with complicated encyphering technique, solved in the spring (Le zouave du pont d'Alma a dit).
From I-92 Final Interrogation of Wachtmeister Otto Buggisch (OKH/In 7/VI and OKW/Chi) ,p3
3. Complications in C36. Buggisch could recall no "complicated enciphering device," unless he had meant to refer to the new indicator method introduced in January of 1944. The old indicator system, changed in its details in 1942, had been a letter substitution table, which had been simple. The new system was based on numbers, but he could give no details. Relative internal settings continued to be recovered and a high percent of the traffic solved on cribs and statistics (for any message over 400 letters) until the indicator system was broken in the late summer of 1944. About the same time in 1944 the French had adopted a system of sending internal settings by mean of an ordinary sentence for each wheel, of which the first so many non repeating letters gave the active lug positions. This system was first reported in a broken code message; the knowledge that it existed was of academic interest only, as no keys wore gained from other systems.
Buggisch spoke especially of the successful solution of C36 in 1943, on de GAULLE traffic to CORSICA. He also said that the Southern France landings were largely given away as to date and strength of force by broken C36 traffic.
I-23 Interrogation of Major Ernst Hertzer, German Army Signals Intelligence Service (KONA 1) ,p2
''The French Hagelin C-36 was read in it's entirety ''
I-18 Interrogations of Oberst Muegge, O.C. of NA 4 and NA 7 of German Army Sigint Service ,p5
Muegge was asked about work of NA 7 on the large French Hagelin. He knew nothing about this, but said they "had captured a small French Hagelin and therefore were able to read all the traffic". This was used on the big links only, in the summer of 1943. They had good success but the content was not interesting. He believed they read all the traffic. We asked what methods were used, and Dr. FRICKE broke in to say that they could read all messages from 1940 on in Berlin, and they sent the keys out to NA 7. They did not need depths, as they knew the common beginnings and K was used as a word spacer. This machine was the C-36 with fixed lugs on the drum. For the American Hagelin with moveable lugs, depth was needed. The American machine was broken only occasionally.
Finally report FMS P-038 ''German radio intelligence'' mentions the C-36,BC-38 and B-211 although not by name :
XI. Sicily and Italy (1943 - 45)
Only the French went their own way in cryptographic matters, and their systems could be easily solved. They used a small cipher device, probably of Swedish origin, the results of which were not difficult to solve. It was even possible to break the large French cipher device under certain circumstances
The large Hagelin is definitely the modified B-211 .It seems that some messages could be read probably as a result of operator mistakes ( messages in depth?) .
The small Hagelin was the C-36 in 1943 and the C-38/BC-38 in 1944.According to report ULTRA/ZIP/SAC/G.21 the Allies equipped the French Forces in Italy with the M-209 (US version of C-38) in 1944.
In conclusion we can say that the French did not fare well in the cryptologic field during WWII .The Germans considered their methods outdated and the western Allies were constantly irritated by their security compromises.
In conclusion we can say that the French did not fare well in the cryptologic field during WWII .The Germans considered their methods outdated and the western Allies were constantly irritated by their security compromises.
During the 1930's and up to the Battle of France their high level codes were read by the Germans. In N.Africa and Italy their low and mid level codes compromised Allied plans. Moreover it seems that they continued to use weak cryptosystems even after the end of the war up to the 1960's.
The best thing that can be said about the French is that although they lost the cryptologic war ,by facilitating the Polish success with the Enigma they fatally compromised the basis of German communications.


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Movies/Films with Food-Related Themes
Posted 17 April 2002 - 02:44 PM
I have others to add: Mystic Pizza (yucky film, but good pizza), Vatel, Frankie and Johnny, Diner, The Joy Luck Club, Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe (HOW did this not get on the London list?), I Love You To Death, Waiting (see info at www.waitingthemovie.com).
On a related note, (should this be a separate thread?) did anyone get to the Slow Food on Film Festival in Italy last week? Winning films can be viewed at www.slowfood.com.
Do food films make you hungry? Do they drive you to the kitchen? Have you ever shown or been shown one as "dessert" at a dinner party? Have you a favorite food film? (Yes, Hannibal counts!)
Posted 17 April 2002 - 03:30 PM
I was decidedly NOT hungary after watching Delicatessen, though I thoroughly enjoyed it. However I did happen to see this at one of those theaters that serves food and beer. I ordered the hot wings with Dave's Insanity sauce and bucket of beer.
Posted 17 April 2002 - 03:39 PM
Posted 17 April 2002 - 04:22 PM
The Big Night. I loved the simple breakfast scene at the end.
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. Also Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet.
"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.
"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."
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Posted 17 April 2002 - 06:16 PM
Posted 18 April 2002 - 12:30 AM
Posted 18 April 2002 - 01:11 AM
Babette's Feast is an interesting meditation on the unifying power of food but is a little too arty and aesthetic to really work as Food Porn-maybe Food Erotica instead-more intellectual but not half as much fun.
Hitchcock's Frenzy has a running theme whereby the policeman's wife is doing a Cordon Bleu course and is always serving him up "fancy" French food when all he's dreaming of is a plate of Bangers and Mash.
Posted 18 April 2002 - 07:10 AM
Posted 18 April 2002 - 07:23 AM
l'Americaine. Boyer is a waiter who takes over the management of Victor's Cafe in NY, while searching for Jean Arthur, who has left her nasty husband ...
Posted 18 April 2002 - 08:21 AM
They wouldn't have used butter today. They'd have used FloraWhat about Last Tango in Paris?
Posted 18 April 2002 - 08:28 AM
Confession - I've never seen it. They did screen it a college but I was so fr**in bored that I walked out after 1/2 hour.They wouldn't have used butter today. They'd have used Flora
Posted 18 April 2002 - 08:42 AM
That's my favorite food film as well, because of the sumptuousness of the colors and the depiction of the repeated visits to the same restaurant.'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.' That's all I'm going to say.
Posted 18 April 2002 - 08:57 AM
Posted 18 April 2002 - 08:58 AM
Also, the recent film "Chocolat" with Juliette Binoche playing a chocolatier (or is it chocolatiere?) in a small French town, will get your juices flowing if you like sweet things.
Posted 18 April 2002 - 09:41 AM
Wilfrid, I agree about "Chocolat"--I was practically desperate for some of that hot chocolate! The scene where Juliette Binoche gets Judi Dench to try it is wonderfully amusing.
Posted 18 April 2002 - 10:30 AM
Yes, my first choice, too -- not just for the food, but for the attitude toward it: an expression of the redeeming power of food, as art and sustenance and therefore, true spirituality contrasted with the spiritual emptiness of the "religious" true believers. It's one of my favorite movies.My number one choice in that category is "Babette's Feast".
Posted 18 April 2002 - 10:47 AM
This isn't a food-related movie, but my absolute favorite moment in the Red Dwarf series is when Lister orders breakfast from the somewhat faulty vending machine in the hallway. "I'll have a milkshake." "What flavor?"
I recently saw Bandits on a cross-country plane flight. I got really annoyed at the uneducated food stuff in there. There's this woman cutting up vegetables for a mirepoix in such an unsafe and ridiculous manner...and then later an idiotic discussion about saffron being the secret to somebody's pasta sauce. Didn't the scriptwriters have a food geek they could ask about this stuff? This annoys me as much as my partner Erin (who is a choral conductor) gets annoyed at watching actors' efforts to "conduct." We're real fun to watch movies with.
Diary of a Cooking School Student
Foodblog: 34 Hungry College Girls
Foodblog: Expecting a Future Culinary Student
Lots of Everything
Posted 18 April 2002 - 11:53 AM
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Posted 18 April 2002 - 01:44 PM
Another good resource is the Internet Movie Database
And welcome to eGullet, Scout!
Posted 18 April 2002 - 02:53 PM
Posted 19 April 2002 - 06:05 AM
Am still waiting for Dinner Rush to be released...
Give a man a fish, he eats for a Day.
Teach a man to fish, he eats for Life.
Teach a man to sell fish, he eats Steak
Posted 19 April 2002 - 06:09 AM
Dude. Why didn't I think of that? I've wanted to try to make a rose-petal sauce ever since I saw that movie. The cream fritters sounded amazing too.How about Like Water for Chocolate?
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Posted 19 April 2002 - 06:14 AM
And, "Shawshank Redemption", one of my favorite films (the food scenes are not the reason I like it; more the theme of perseverence). It contains scenes in which prison politics are played out in the form of bullies' handling of the protagonist's food and the significance of seating arrangements in prison cateens.
Posted 19 April 2002 - 07:44 AM
Wonderful film."Raise the Red Lantern" by Zhang Yimou. The food scenes in this move are very limited, though.
I actually did make spinach with tofu after watching it.
"Behold, I teach you the ubermunch. The ubermunch is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the ubermunch shall be the meaning of the earth!" -Fritzy N.
"It's okay to like celery more than yogurt, but it's not okay to think that batter is yogurt."
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Posted 19 April 2002 - 07:52 AM
Posted 19 April 2002 - 10:22 AM
You may now officially start posting jokes, Scorsese-type casting decisions, and Scorsese-like dialog for this movie.
Deniro (as Wonka): Do... you... want a chocolate bar? DO YOU WANT A CHOCOLATE BAR?!?
Posted 19 April 2002 - 10:36 AM
Posted 19 April 2002 - 11:19 AM
European films in the 60s&70s by left wing film makers,such as Bunuel and Pasolini, often used food as a metaphor for the excessive consumption of the Bourgeoisie, and treated the process of eating and drinking with ironic disgust.The British film "The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover" continue this tradition.
Eastern influenced food films such as "Tampopo" and "Eat Drink Man Woman" stress the unifying and harmonising power of food,as doesthe sweet(in the best sense of the word) film "Big Night".
Food used to be a political issue in films. Is it now?
Posted 19 April 2002 - 03:51 PM
markstevens, I believe that Dinner Rush has come quietly and gone already to video. A friend saw it on a British Airways flight back in March.
robert brown, sorry, but it's Cookbook Lady, not Checkbook Lady. (Although my husband might disagree.) As a Canadian, I would have to be "cquebklady" to be Chequebook Lady. Besides, I usually pay cash.
My favorite food film is Frankie and Johnny - endless shots of the greasy spoon kitchen never fail to drive me into my own kitchen and dive into a fry-up.


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Haley wrote WACH, a Fox affiliate, "is a tabloid news station and has no concept of journalism." The criticism came in response to a story posted on MidlandsConnect.com about a book from political advisor Will Folks, who says he had an affair with Haley prior to the 2010 election.
Haley has refuted the claim saying she has been completely faithful to her husband.
WACH FOX station management is now calling for a retraction of the Facebook post and a public apology from Gov. Haley.
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