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Drew Clark: How the rule of law resolves differences among courts on marriage
RanchHand Huntsville, UTJuly 9, 2014 8:12 a.m.
No, NOBODY has "changed their sexual orientation". They can hide it, suppress it, smash it into itty bitty bits, but they can NOT change it. Seriously, if you think that it is so easy to "change your sexual orientation", why don't you give it a try for a year and let us know how well you succeed. I can testify to you that I tried for over 30 years to change and it isn't possible.
And we do not "suffer" from ssa; it isn't a disease, nor is it a horrible thing.
RFLASH Salt Lake City, UTJuly 8, 2014 5:07 p.m.
This shouldn't even need to be decided by law! If people would actually live their religion and have love for their fellow man, this would not be an issue! You know, after living for fifty years, I know enough about myself to realize that there is nothing wrong with me because I am gay! If others choose to treat me like I am anything less than what they are, then that is their choice, but I want to say that it is bogus! There is no need to treat us like people do and we deserve the same rights as others! Yeah, people forget the basic concept of their faith, which is love! Maybe a few people should look at the 11th article of faith and ask yourself if it applies to gay people! We have a right to worship God how we feel is right and you know what, I think God would agree.
Tiago Seattle, WAJuly 8, 2014 9:00 a.m.
@HIGV - re: "People have actually changed there orientation"
There is no therapy or spiritual fix that will change people who are fundamentally exclusively attracted to men to become fundamentally attracted exclusively to women.
Gay men can be celibate or choose to marry a woman and try to make it work, but there is no evidence that fundamental orientation can be changed.
2011 - Warren Throckmorton, Professor of Psychology, former supporter of Sexual Orientation Change Therapy stated: "Whatever else is true, it is hard for me to see these situations as categorical (gay to straight) changes. The changes were certainly perceived to be beneficial but if words have any meaning, these descriptions cannot be considered as a "complete change in orientation." The participants views of themselves and their behavior have changed but they continue to disclose attraction to the same sex."
2012 - Alan Chambers, President of the largest "Ex-gay" organization, Exodus International apologized for the previous Exodus slogan "Change Is Possible" and stated: "The majority of people that I have met, and I would say the majority meaning 99.9% of them have not experienced a change in their orientation." Exodus closed in 2013.
ordinaryfolks seattle, WAJuly 8, 2014 6:14 a.m.
I think being homosexual is a bit different from watching porn. I know you would not agree, but most of us do.
Yeah, you can marry someone of the opposite sex if you are homosexual. You might even act like a heterosexual. However, you are still probably gay on the inside. And that probably leads to a less than perfect union with an opposite sex mate. It is a cheat. The spouse of the "reformed" gay will never have a complete union, since he/she is never the true subject of sexual attraction.
Let it go. Gays and lesbians can make great families and raise great kids. It is your religious preference to be a Mormon or a Methodist. Ever consider changing that if you let go your prejudice against homosexuals? It is a choice after all.
Testimony Philadelphia, PAJuly 8, 2014 5:23 a.m.
You said, "People have actually changed there orientation" This is largely a myth. What we do know is this:
Some people are not strictly heterosexual or homosexual, but bisexual.
Bisexuality is not necessarily 50-50 hetero/homo, but can be 80-20 to 20-80.
Female sexuality is more fluid than male, perhaps due in part to the role of arousal in male sexual performance.
The "success stories" you cling to are probably 35-65 cases who can make do with the 35% of their nature that's heterosexual, although one wonders who they're fantasizing about during sex, and whether that's either fair to their partners or a formula for long-term success.
And, as far as "controlling behavior" goes, that's called celibacy (not a natural human condition, although valuable to the Catholic priesthood).
Actual homosexual males are no more fluid or flexible in their sexuality than actual heterosexual males. "Struggling with SSA," is a peculiar phrase, one I've only heard used by Mormons. Psychoanalysts would say, "struggling with self-acceptance," which is more to the point. Marriage equality should make the latter easier.
higv Dietrich, IDJuly 7, 2014 9:37 p.m.
@Marxist People have actually changed there orientation, and many people that suffered from ssa are happily married. As many people have left faithful spouses and went with a partner. Not everyone chooses to change but regardless of Orientation you can control your behavior same as you can choose not to get angry, steal or watch pornography.,
LDS Liberal Farmington, UTJuly 7, 2014 3:33 p.m.
Gambling is legal - I do not feel my religion is threatened.
Drinking is legal - I do not feel my religion is threatened.
Smoking is legal - I do not feel my religion is threatened.
Coffee is legal - I do not feel my religion is threatened.
Tea is legal - I do not feel my religion is threatened.
Coke-a-Cola is legal,
Bikinis are leagal,
ear piercings are legal,
tatoos are legal,
open toed-sandals are legal,
shopping on Sunday is legal,
Look, my point is there many things MY relgion disagrees with which are legal,
and none of them are threatening my Religious convictions at all.
marxist Salt Lake City, UTJuly 7, 2014 1:56 p.m.
Re: HIGV " Some people may struggle with same gender attraction. Don't need to act on it."
You don't understand that homosexuality is a natural state. You don't understand this any better than people of your persuasion understand the origins of race.
marxist Salt Lake City, UTJuly 7, 2014 1:21 p.m.
Everyone needs marriage - including LGBT. By opposing same sex marriage the Deseret News perpetuates the maladjustment of this population. They feel forced to try conventional marriage often to the destruction of all involved. The Deseret News perpetuates the pain these people (and their loved ones) feel continually. Think about the suicide rate in this population which exists in large part because they believe they can never "fit." You're going to lose this debate. If you could retreat, allowing same sex marriage, it would be an act of great charity. Please think these things over carefully.
USU-Logan Logan, UTJuly 7, 2014 12:09 p.m.
"one or two corrupt activist jurists in the federal judiciary…"
Your math skills are really failing, there are 20+ separated court rulings, an unbroken streak, not just "one or two" in favor of SSM, and not even one of these rulings are on your side.
Some of those "activist judges" are appointed by Republican presidents; some, like Judge Shelby, Judge Jones III were praised by conservative Senators like Mike Lee and Rick Santorum. That fact itself is already very telling.
@Light and Liberty
I would like to respond your reply, but Stormwalker already had a very good rebuttal. So you go ahead and dispute that first.
But you did not answer my question: It is comical that you put slavery is wrong and states' rights in the same passage. Don't you know people in the South used to claim that slavery and segregation are states' rights?
Baccus0902 Leesburg, VAJuly 7, 2014 11:53 a.m.
Today's Washington Post published the article : "Children of same-sex couples are happier and healthier than peers, research shows" based on a recently research conducted by the University of
Melbourne, Australia.
Since the State of Utah's based most of their position on the welfare of children, I wonder how a study like this will affect Utah's argument against SSM.
I also wonder if the AG Office and the Governor of Utah will be objective enough when considering all evidence for and against their claims.
Darrel Eagle Mountain, UTJuly 7, 2014 11:24 a.m.
We can discuss the merits of a gay/homosexual lifestyle AFTER they are treated equal before the law.
Unless those opposed to their rights can show harm to society, we have no right to deny them the rights everyone else enjoys.
"All children are entitled to be raised by their mother and father" That is a great and novel idea, but reality differs. Many homes are destroyed by divorce, some children are placed in foster care because of abuse or neglect. Single mother's do not have their children taken away, and they can even adopt. So this idea is inconsistent at best. Studies have shown that same sex couples can and do raise healthy, productive children; just like hetero couples can produce unhealthy, unproductive children.
Religious objections cannot be used under the first amendment. Congress (and by extension the States under the 14 amendment) cannot favor one religion over another. Some teach it is alright, others condemn it. All are free to preach their points of view. If you believe we are turning into Sodom and Gomorrah, start preaching and thumping your Bible. Doctrine and Covenants teaches us to use "persuasion...or Amen to your Priesthood".
Testimony Philadelphia, PAJuly 7, 2014 10:38 a.m.
You puzzle me. If, as you seem to profess, you are a member of a monotheistic religion that believes in God, you should know that there is only one God. To not believe this in your heart and soul is sacrilege. No matter how anyone else worships or doesn't worship, your belief should not waver. There are no other gods. If someone worships God by some other name or names, in your heart you should know that that is the same God, the one and only God. If they see multiple nature spirits, or a pantheon of lesser gods, you should know in your heart that they are worshiping the one and only God, although they see Him in many separate aspects.
As a monotheist, the burden and responsibility is on us to believe only in Him, and not to worry how others see or do not see Him. Even atheists live under His loving Grace, whether they know it or not. It is our responsibility to believe that, and to love our brothers and sisters, as He loves them.
Stormwalker Cleveland , OHJuly 7, 2014 10:35 a.m.
We are a constitutional republic, not a theocracy.
Laws are based on reason. Different people may have different views, leading to debate and compromise. But reason is still the base of the laws passed.
Reason does not include:
"God said..."
"The Bible says..."
"It is a sin..."
Your opinions are welcome. We don't, however, have to accept or even acknowledge your particular brand of mythology or claims that your myths are "real" or a basis for public policy and law.
If you wonder why, take a look at the current events in the Middle East.
From here the difference between the new Islamic State and the radical right is narrow and getting narrower as time goes by. The recent Hobby Lobby decision and the subsequent rulings in the days after show, in my opinion, how close we are to sliding down the very slippery slope into theocracy.
And, by the way, remember that GLBT citizens are 2% of the population, much like Jews and Latter-day Saints.
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTJuly 7, 2014 9:47 a.m.
Re: "Your god is irrelevant and has no business in our laws."
Yeah -- apparently only secular, liberal [anti]gods have any place in our laws.
And, it's clear that their followers adhere to the dogma that the price of these deities' favor is snarky, accusatory, often unintelligible, always counter-intuitive sophistry, regarding belief in any other deity.
Ultra Bob Cottonwood Heights, UTJuly 7, 2014 9:06 a.m.
We are a nation of laws. The problem with that statement is that all the laws were made by men. The fallacy of the argument is that the men who made the first laws, which we tend to consider as sacred, lived in a different world than we do today.
Many organizations and businesses have constitutions, mission statements, and rules set down at their origination. But few of those would let the original rules govern their actions in a new and different world. Even religious organizations are changeable when the need becomes important to their survival.
Those who would ram the words of the original law down our throats are more concerned with the words themselves rather than their intent. And their goal is not peace on earth and good will toward men, but the racking up of power and wealth.
Stormwalker Cleveland , OHJuly 7, 2014 8:09 a.m.
@Light and Liberty:
"Slavery was wrong despite any sources cited about the bible..."
"Excuses to the contrary, God doesn't change His Word and conscience can't be eradicated easily!"
For generations Christians used the Bible to justify slavery, and, after the Civil War, to justify segregation and Jim Crow for another century.
You say that, despite clear Bible passages supporting slavery, today "everybody knows" that they were wrong.
You then state, without any sense of irony, that citing Bible passages against gay people and same gender marriage is absolutely correct "because God doesn't change..."
That was said before the Civil War. That was said after the war. That was said through the Civil Right era and a decade beyond.
One thing you are right about. Bigots continued to claim "God said" on race for a century after the end of slavery in this country. And like-minded people will continue to say "God said" on gay marriage for decades after we have marriage equality.
And, in a few decades, virtually everyone will be saying that "everybody knows" anti-Gay bigotry is wrong, no matter what the bible-thumpers say.
ordinaryfolks seattle, WAJuly 7, 2014 7:12 a.m.
Our country is not "divided" because abortion is legal, or that same sex marriage may soon be legal in all 50 states.
Our country is "divided" because a rather noisy minority can not accept that their vision of God and religion trump that of most of us. Most of us know that abortion is a sad choice for women, and that choice should be between them, their family, their medical profession and their vision of the divinity. No one forces anyone to have an abortion. And most of us know that same sex marriage is about civil equality, and that not all religions see it as a perversity. No one is forced to get gay married. Both are choices.
Unless those who fail to see that there is a distinct difference between the liberty of the individual to pursue their choices outside of another's religious perspectives, we will have a "divided" country.
RanchHand Huntsville, UTJuly 7, 2014 7:10 a.m.
Your god is irrelevant and has no business in our laws. Period. The First Amendment, remember?
LGBT citizens are also "we the people", in case you've forgotten. It doesn't matter how many of you "voted" on our rights, YOU DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO.
As for rights that are "actually there" in the Constitution, the 14th Amendment clearly states that ALL citizens are to be treated equally by the government; not just heterosexual citizens.
A Quaker Brooklyn, NYJuly 7, 2014 6:40 a.m.
@lib1: You said a number of things that need correction.
"counter-majoritarian" -- Wrong. Nationwide, proponents of civil equality are the majority. This, by the way, is in part thanks to patently unreasonable, winner-take-all tactics, like Amendment 3.
"hip, urbane" -- Dude. I'm in my 60's. I'm a Quaker. I've been married for most of my life to the one and only woman for me. The 17th Century religious testimonies I follow are Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community and Equality. So, now I'm "hip?"
"religious freedom" -- What about mine?
"proponents of traditional marriage" -- Sorry. You must have meant, "virulent opponents of LGBT civil rights." Your market-tested PR phraseology isn't cutting it anymore. We see you.
"bullying" -- Ha. Sure. You're also "bullied" by common civility into not using the N-word in public.
"ugly, coercive" -- We live in a civil society. If you insult or threaten others, others are free to point this out. If you commit actions that violate laws, you must accept the consequences. If you violate your employer's policies, ditto.
"live and let live" -- You know? If you'd only do this yourself, your imagined difficulties would disappear.
RBB Sandy, UTJuly 6, 2014 11:58 p.m.
That is the great thing about technology. 146 years after the 14th Amendment was passed the judges were suddenly able to find the right to gay marriage in there despite the overwhelming vote of the citizens of Utah to contrary. Government of the people, by the people and for the people has become government of the judges, by the judges and for the judges. Mind you, it is the same judiciary that routinely ignores the 10th Amendment, and allows NSA spying despite the 4th Amendment:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
The true art is finding rights which are unstated in the Constitution while ignoring the ones that are actually there.
marxist Salt Lake City, UTJuly 6, 2014 11:33 p.m.
How can the United States remain unified with two systems of marriage?
Light and Liberty St. George/Washington, UTJuly 6, 2014 11:13 p.m.
USULogan and the Wraith: better reread my post carefully to understand your response. Slavery was wrong despite any sources cited about the bible or anything else that advocated for it! It is obvious that whoever lived in the south, be it Christian bible thumper, or atheist, it was wrong! Period! People make poor decisions. People are blinded by their own greed or evil nature! There is nothing new about that! No research needed! Lincoln was Lincoln because he finally came to the conclusion that slavery must be eradicated! Gay marriage is on the same track as abortion. 50 million lives have been flushed down the drain, but the issue is still before the electorate! Excuses to the contrary, God doesn't change His Word and conscience can't be eradicated easily! Gay marriage can become legal in all 50 states; it will divide our nation further until it is either accepted as something moral and justified, or it is not! The middle ground is gone!
southmtnman Provo, UTJuly 6, 2014 10:26 p.m.
I support traditional marriage! I strongly believe that marriage between one man and one woman is ordained of God to further His Plan of Happiness.
And I also support marriage equality. Same sex couples have every legal and moral right to legal and lawful marriage on equal social, political, and economic grounds as opposite sex couples.
Why is that a problem?
Laura Bilington Maple Valley, WAJuly 6, 2014 9:30 p.m.
@higv writes, "Since the Devil wants us to be miserable"..
Your source for that information, please?
"people that engage in (SSM) will still be miserable"
Your source, please? SSM has been legal in MA for a decade. Please tell me what percent of married SS couples told you (or anybody else) that they are miserable?
"Legalizing behavior won't make (STD's) go away"
SS relations have been legal nationally since Lawrence vs Texas eleven years ago. What's the rate of STD's among gays who have applied for marriage licenses? Do you know? If not, why are you making these claims?
Daedalus, Stephen ARVADA, COJuly 6, 2014 9:03 p.m.
The columnist says: "..two circuit courts differ on the very question of whether same-sex marriage is a "new right" [8th Cir.] or the same "right to marry" that has existed for centuries [10th Cir.]
Apples and oranges do not a circuit-split make.
The phrase "new right" does not appear in 8th Cir. opinion in Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning. Instead, the opinion makes clear that "Appellees do not assert a right to marriage or same-sex unions." The question faced by the 8th Cir. was a bank-shot by a same-sex couple, applying the limited SCOTUS precedent they had at the time, Evans v Romer (1993) to claim Nebraska's SSM ban deprived them of equal access to the political process. Faced with that narrow question, 8th Cir. did not find the 'animus' SCOTUS found in Colorado and upheld the ban under rational basis review.
The 10th Cir. applied Windsor (2013) decision to find marriage (of any sort) is a fundamental right under the substantive due process protection of the 14th Amend, and thus any law that infringes upon that right is subject to strict scrutiny, under which Utah's SSM ban fails.
Ranch Here, UTJuly 6, 2014 6:34 p.m.
Very few straight people are monogamous and statistically, 50% of them leave their spouses and get divorced. Straights have high rates of STDs. We should then ban straight marriages because, clearly, straights are unstable.
I stand for "traditional marriage". I also support marriage equality. Why do you celebrate bigotry and the bigots?
Twin Lights Louisville, KYJuly 6, 2014 6:33 p.m.
Several prominent abolitionists were religious. Including Anthony Benezet, Henry Ward Beecher, Sojourner Truth, Harriett Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. I am sure there are others.
A Quaker Brooklyn, NYJuly 6, 2014 5:57 p.m.
It is an established fact that Christians believe that sex within marriage is more moral than sex outside of marriage. In fact, we call cohabiting "living in sin."
It is also an established fact that sex within a same-sex relationship is perfectly legal in all 50 states. So, whether you believe that is moral or not, you must accept that the Supreme Court has determined (in Lawrence v. Texas) that it's not a matter of public interest, and, being a private matter, it's not anyone else's business.
SO, we're left with this. If you believe that marriage makes for a more moral relationship than merely living together, and if you prevent same-sex couples from marrying by throwing legal prohibitions in their way, that additional immorality that you heap on them is entirely your doing, not theirs, and hence belongs entirely to you. Their "sinning" is victimless. Yours is absolutely not.
higv Dietrich, IDJuly 6, 2014 4:13 p.m.
@kevinJKirkham interpretation of the scriptures to justify what you choose to believe. Religions have a right as a body to speak out on moral issues. 1st amendment applies equally to them. One religion does not have a right to have priveleges another does not. @Ludwig no one in the lbgt community is not allowed to vote, drive, live or work where they want. They are not executed for there behavior, Though there behavior does cause a lot of diseases in the community. And who says they are born that way. Choose to think that, but many left opposite gender partners so can't say born that way. Some people may struggle with same gender attraction. Don't need to act on it. God made me have a violent temper, dabble in pornography, shoplift, do a number of other things. That is what you are saying. God does not give us any disposition to sin. And so called same gender marriage will never be allowed in the eyes of maker, and those that say otherwise or try to change it will have to face him on the issue.
Really??? Kearns, UTJuly 6, 2014 3:07 p.m.
Do you think there could possibly be a correlation between monogamy and a right to marry? You see, for generations same-sex couples were not allowed by law to marry. Anyway, your argument that very few gay people are monogamous as a reason to deny marriage is ridiculous. After all, we don't apply that same logic to all of the heterosexual couples who have not been monogamous and want to marry.
lib1 Provo, UTJuly 6, 2014 3:05 p.m.
I fear that soon, it won't be enough for religious liberty proponents to "live and let live" when it comes to gay marriage. We see with the brouhaha over Duck Dynasty, the Mozilla CEO, Chick-fil-e, the New Mexico Bakery and the Coyote Restaurant in LA.. These show the ugly, coercive side to the Gay rights movement, which increasingly resorts to bullying to silence advocates of traditional marriage.
I admire the courage of those willing to stand for Traditional Marriage because of their personal religious convictions. Today, it is much harder to be on that side of biblical marriage than it is to stand with the hip, urbane counter-majoritarian elite advocating gay marriage.
ludwig GREENVILLE, SCJuly 6, 2014 2:56 p.m.
It is cruel and unusual treatment of the LGBT community at large to tell them that they can get married and then put a stay on the ruling. They have waited for over 200 years for this day just as Black people have waited for come 100 Plus for their full civil rights after having them denited by Southern White Bigots. Time was the LGBT community could be executed (murdered is a more proper word here) for simply being born the way thatthe good Lord made them. Being an LGBT person is NOT a lifestyle (that is a chose way of life for instance a Golf lifestyle)but the way someone is born that is determined at the moment of conception.
higv Dietrich, IDJuly 6, 2014 2:35 p.m.
For those that say the tide is turning, man cannot make moral what God declared immoral. Since the Devil wants us to be miserable and knows we will if we misuse our creative powers will try to pressure people to think it is ok and marriage will make it legal. However people that engage in that behavior will still be miserable and since the Devil does not support those that listen to him in the end the recent expirement of so called same gendered marriage will collapse under the weight of it's own iniquity.
Besides why do they demand marriage when many have left opposite sex partners and very few gay people are monogamous. High rate of STD's among them. Legalizing behavior won't make it go away any more than a law against gravity would make it go away.
Henry Drummond San Jose, CAJuly 6, 2014 2:33 p.m.
The editorial is correct. It only take four justices for the Supreme Court to take the case. Go for broke.
Pitchfire Petersburg, AKJuly 6, 2014 2:20 p.m.
The author cites the Constitution as the source of these apparently ambiguous "principles" and then closes by saying that it's really court precedent that matters. I would love to know which principles and where they are found.
@Light and Liberty,
Some of us could read your arguments clearly and some of us could even see how right they are. We could also see how what some people have done "in the name of God" is different than what God adjudges as right and wrong. Further that inasmuch as our view of God and His desires is correct and we comply, we prosper, and inasmuch as we contort, misconstrue or set His will at defiance, we harm ourselves and each other.
Morality has a source people.
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTJuly 6, 2014 12:56 p.m.
Re: "This momentum is reflected in conservatives now clinging to the hope of a patchwork system . . . ."
It's not conservatives that have produced this patchwork system. Rather, it's disingenuous LGBT activists that, although they know that the Supreme Court has clearly held that the law does not protect same-sex marriage, actively seek out the one or two corrupt activist jurists in the federal judiciary that are willing to abrogate their oath of office and support their rhetorical sophistry.
They hope to sway the Supreme Court's corrupt leftists, and one or two of its clearer thinkers.
They'll fail.
The Wraith Kaysville, UTJuly 6, 2014 11:32 a.m.
@Light and Liberty
If, as you say, the South as defying god by wanting to keep slavery then why were so many of their pro slavery arguments founded on the bible and the belief that slavery was a divinely appointed institution? You really should do some actual research and read the arguments the South put forward to defend slavery. They drip with references to god and the bible. In their view getting rid of slavery was an insult to god.
Had you been born in the South in the early 1800's you would have likely thought the same.
Allowing same sex marriage to become legal will not defy gods law or any other universal law. Guess what will happen when same sex marriage is legalized. Nothing. The world and America will move on and we will be a better, stronger nation. There will be no fire from the sky, no destruction from above. What will the religious right say when all of their dire projections prove false?
USU-Logan Logan, UTJuly 6, 2014 11:29 a.m.
@Light and Liberty,
It is almost comical that you put slavery is wrong and states' rights in the same passage. Don't you know people in the South used to claim that slavery and segregation are states' rights?
People may buy your "activist judge' argument, if some of the 20+ separated court rulings on this issue rule in your side of favor, but unfortunately, not even one of these rulings are on your side, including Republican appointees. That fact itself is already very telling.
In Kentucky, lawyers for the state argued heterosexual marriage leads to a stable birthrate and economic stability. Judge John Heyburn (a George H.W. Bush appointee) said, "These arguments are not those of serious people."
In Pennsylvania, Judge John Jones III (a George W. Bush appointee) wrote, "In future generations, the label 'same-sex marriage' will be abandoned, to be replaced simply by 'marriage.' We are a better people than what these laws represent..."
In Michigan, Judge Bernard Friedman (a Reagan appointee) wrote, "Many Michigan residents have religious convictions whose principles. . .inform their own view points about marriage. Nevertheless, these views cannot strip other citizens of the guarantees of equal protection."
Pitchfire Petersburg, AKJuly 6, 2014 11:00 a.m.
And just where in the Constitution are these principles articulated?
I find a few principles in the Declaration of Independence, but by and in large the principles upon which our nation was built are to be found (as the 1892 Supreme Court stated in "The Church of the Holy Trinity vs. the U.S.,) in Christianity. That is the basis of the systemic problems we are now encountering, the failure to secure any founding principles (the Constitution is really just procedural).
That, to me is very self-evident to the objective party.
Stormwalker Cleveland , OHJuly 6, 2014 10:59 a.m.
@Light and Liberty:
Perhaps you have read some science-fiction alternate history story. The defense of slavery was almost totally based in the claims that the Bible advocated and endorsed slavery, that Africans had the "Mark of Cain" and were inferior.
A century of institutionalized and legal racism and segregation were based on the same claims of "what the Bible says."
Even the most cursory reading of speeches and sermons and statements from about 1810 to the 1970s will show how strongly mainstream Christianity supported and justified racism and segregation as God's will on race mixing and an orderly society. The Southern Baptist Convention came into existence because southerners felt missionaries should be able to own slaves; Falwell's "Moral Majority" originated 125 years later to resist integration of schools.
Those who fought against slavery and segregation were radicals and liberals who were willing to reject the traditional teachings and claims about the Biblical basis and justification for slavery.
On the really important issues of equality for all, "the Bible says" and "God's will" have been on the wrong side every single time in the last 200 years.
E Sam Provo, UTJuly 6, 2014 10:44 a.m.
Sorry, but the Nebraska case was pre-Windsor. I do think it's possible that SCOTUS will grant cert, though. They like to put their mark on the biggies.
Ranch Here, UTJuly 6, 2014 10:41 a.m.
Is your own marriage recognized when you travel across the nation, from state to state? Are you single in one state, married in the next, single again when you cross another state line? No?
Then why should the legal marriages of LGBT Americans be treated differently?
Bigotry, Drew, is a moral issue. Discrmination, Drew, is a moral issue. LGBT Marriage isn't.
LL says:
"...the universal rule of law which states that marriage is only between a man and a women ..."
"Universal rule of law" states that? Ha, ha, ha. Not. Your god is irrelevant as we are not a theocracy. If you want to live under a theocracy, move to Iran.
The 14th Amendment is a part of the US Constitution.
False. That is their job; determine the Constitutionality of laws.
Kevin J. Kirkham Salt Lake City, UTJuly 6, 2014 10:21 a.m.
The issue boils down to this – When we "liken the scriptures (or the 14th Amendment) unto ourselves", should we adopt the overarching principle or should we only apply them if our circumstances mirror those addressed by the scriptures/law? SSM opponents assert the latter (at least concerning SSM).
1Cor10:29/D&C 134:4 forbid using morals as justification to infringe upon the rights of others. SSM opponents say that 1Cor10:29 applies only to religious liberties. This "narrow" view can stated marijuana isn't against the WOW since it isn't mentioned. Porn is OK since we aren't looking upon a woman to lust after her. We're looking upon paper or pixels. Narrow interpretations lead to detailed do's/don''ts in the Law of Moses and in our current secular laws. Some have stated that the 1st Amendment's free speech clause originated due to political speech, that the 1st only applies to that and not free expression in general. 2nd Amendment opponents often assert that it only applies to muskets and not AK47s.
D&C 101:78-80 wants maximum freedom to maximize agency. Let this be our view.
Really??? Kearns, UTJuly 6, 2014 9:46 a.m.
I appreciate that you brought up the Nebraska case in the 8th Curcuit, but some details of that decision need to be looked at a little bit more. The courts decision was made based on the idea that sexual orientation is not a suspect classification, meaning that ones sexual orientation does not set that individual up be victims of discrimination. I believe that the current political climate can prove that judgment to be false.
Another problem with this case is that nine of the eleven judges in the 8th circuit at the time of the ruling were nominated by Republican presidents. While I like to think that all judges keep their own personal opinions from making decisions based on rule of law. it's hard to think that doesn't happen when there is a big imbalance like this one in the court.
A lot has changed since 2006, and every state in the 8th Circuit, except Iowa and Minnesota, have same-sex marriage lawsuits pending. It would be interesting to see what changes in that part of our country before we claim that there is a split.
Jeff Harris Edmonds, WAJuly 6, 2014 9:21 a.m.
Nice try Drew, but there really is no split. This ship has already sailed. The ruling in the 8th circuit from 2006 predated the Supreme Court's Windsor 2013 decision that overturned portions of the misnamed Defense of Marriage Act. All of the recent district court's and the 10 Circuit Court's rulings that overturned anti-gay state laws cited Windsor as the binding precedent in their decisions. The far-right's great anti-gay hope, the Supreme Court's refusal to hear Baker v. Nelson in 1972, was shot down when the high court ruled in Windsor.
In the decision you referred to, but didn't name, Equal Protection v. Bruning, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit (2006), cited Baker as its precedent. Every court decision since Windsor make it clear that the Supreme Court found a federal question in anti-gay marriage statutes, something that didn't exist in 1972, rendering Baker moot.
The Supreme Court is unlikely to revisit the question unless one of the circuit courts decides differently post-Windsor. It might happen, but I wouldn't count on it.
higv Dietrich, IDJuly 6, 2014 9:01 a.m.
Courts overturning voter approved inititives is violation of States rights a Constitutional Amendment would not violate states rights as they have to approve constitution. And if passed that means people could not use the 14th amendment as reason for so called same gender marriage at expense of 10th amendment. No hypocrisy there.
10CC Bountiful, UTJuly 6, 2014 8:50 a.m.
The Supreme Court doesn't rule on social issues in a vacuum. They're aware of how issues are seen by the voting public, and often their rulings reflect society around them.
Dred Scott, Plessey vs Ferguson, Brown vs Board of Education, Loving vs Virginia... all took note of existing social norms, and often broader movements across the nation.
Would Brown vs Board of Education be possible in 1880? No. Loving vs Virginia? Hardly. Our nation was ready for these changes, even though the immediate culture in those locales was less ready.
The issue of gay marriage is very rapidly evolving, before our eyes. Whether it happens in 2015 or the Supremes wait a few years, it appears opinion among our people is headed one way - toward equality. (Even among young LDS, this issue is seen very differently than among their parents.)
This momentum is reflected in conservatives now clinging to the hope of a patchwork system of state law, when 10 years ago they preferred federal prohibition of gay marriage, outright.
Sal Provo, UTJuly 6, 2014 7:59 a.m.
The Supreme Court should take the case simply because the circuit courts are arriving at the same decision: upholding same-sex marriages, but based on different reasons.
This shows clearly that these judges are activists determined to impose their own subjective prejudices rather than ruling on established precedent as required by the Constitution.
ordinaryfolks seattle, WAJuly 6, 2014 6:50 a.m.
You fail to mention that the newest Appeals Court decision relied on a more current judgments by the US Supreme Court. This substantially alters the calculus you expound upon. And you fail to point out that judgements have been rendered under the jurisdiction of the 8th District Court of Appeals that are in conflict with that original Nebraska judgment. These judges used the logic of newer Supreme Court decisions.
There may or may not be further decisions from Appeals Courts soon that will better clarify how the Courts will be in accord with the many, many Federal District Court judgments that allow same sex marriage. Those opinions will serve as the basis for a US Supreme Court ruling or lack thereof.
This seems like a DN opinion that clutches at straws. All of the Courts so far, and the majority of the entire US populace has moved on from the restricted view of marriage. It is time the DN did as well.
Light and Liberty St. George/Washington, UTJuly 6, 2014 6:35 a.m.
No matter what happens, despite the rule of law, the ruling will either defy the universal rule of law which states that marriage is only between a man and a women or it will reject it! By rejecting what is right, Americans will become more split, just as slavery split our nation. No matter what argument the south put forward, it was wrong, States' Rights to the contrary! The argument before this nation is not whether states should define this or the Federal government or courts, it is whether we want to defy God in the same way the southern states defied Him by wanting slavery to continue! Gay marriage is wrong because it strikes at the very heart of God's plan for the happiness of His children and the continuing unfolding of His plan. It doesn't matter whether you are an atheist or not. Slavery was wrong; so is Gay marriage!
Hugh1 Denver, COJuly 6, 2014 2:14 a.m.
Do you hear wedding bells? In 2004 George Bush ran on a platform to pass a federal marriage amendment to limit marriage to one man and one woman, and now that the tables have turned, anti-gay activists are saying that marriage is a state's rights issue and that the federal government has no business defining constitutionally protected rights of its gay citizens. Stunning hypocrisy. The writing is on the wall however, this is not going to be a state's rights decision, too much water has passed under that bridge, even for this right leaning Supreme Court. Count on the 14th Amendment and Loving v. Virginia for precedent (overturning interracial marriage prohibitions, 1996). The recent decision in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, with one dissenting justice, did not appreciably exacerbate disagreement on the matter (especially considering the unprecedented string of state court gay marriage victories), it essentially consolidated findings and precedent, a necessary step on the path to a Supreme Court finding. I also wouldn't hang my hat on the 8th Circuit decision, remember the reversal of Hardwick by Lawrence. So, do you hear wedding bells? I do.


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Configuring Microsoft SharePoint Hybrid Capabilities
by Jeremy Taylor, Neil Hodgkinson, Manas Biswas - Microsoft Press , 2016
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Microsoft System Center: Extending Operations Manager Reporting
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How to extend the reporting capabilities within System Center Operations Manager. By using this information, Operations Manager administrations will have a more comprehensive approach to providing custom reports tailored to their environments.
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Cloud Design Patterns
by Alex Homer, et al. - Microsoft Press , 2014
The book contains design patterns and related guidance topics that articulate the benefits of applying patterns by showing how each piece can fit into cloud application architectures. It includes code samples and general advice on using each pattern.
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Microsoft System Center: Building a Virtualized Network Solution
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This book is geared to private and hybrid cloud architects preparing to design and build a virtualized network solution based on Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1, or later. Written by experts on the Microsoft System Center team.
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Microsoft System Center: Troubleshooting Configuration Manager
by Rushi Faldu, et al. - Microsoft Press , 2013
This book focuses on troubleshooting Configuration Manager, which is used to manage a wide range of Microsoft client platforms, server platforms, and mobile devices. Authors provide concise technical guidance as they step you through key tasks.
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Microsoft System Center: Configuration Manager Field Experience
by Rushi Faldu, et al. - Microsoft Press , 2013
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Microsoft System Center: Designing Orchestrator Runbooks
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This book delivers a focused drilldown into designing runbooks for Orchestrator workflow management solutions. The authors provide concise technical guidance as they step you through key design concepts, criteria, and tasks.
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Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes
- Microsoft Corporation , 2013
The book contains practical guidance for migrating to and unit testing with Microsoft Fakes. Practical walkthroughs allow you to navigate basic and advanced concepts, giving you a confident start in implementing Microsoft Fakes as a mocking solution.
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SharePoint 2010 Administration and Development
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Exchange 2010 SP1 - A Practical Approach
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Microsoft Small Basic: An introduction to Programming
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The SysAdmin Handbook
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The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
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- Microsoft Press , 2009
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Microsoft Application Architecture Guide
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Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
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TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Corporation , 2008
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A NIGHT of exquisite beauty in honour of Mary, who inspired all of the music.
The program was a mix of ancient and modern – the main work being the Mass Euge Bone by Christopher Tye, which was interspersed with 20th century pieces by Britten, Taverner, Stravinsky and Górecki.
The opening piece, by a teenage Britten, set the tone perfectly for the rest of the evening. The choir was on excellent form as they sang across the church in two groups; one singing in English and the other Latin, before giving the opening of the Tye Mass.
A glorious, rich sound and a great sense of calm and tranquillity flooded over us. A short Ave Maria by Stravinsky was the first interjection, before we returned the Mass. The most effective cut-in was John Taverner's Hymn To The Mother of God, for which the choir again moved into two groups, emphasising the canonic nature.
They have also been experimenting with a mixing up of all the singers, and it seems to have worked well.
The first half closed with a sumptuous Agnus Dei from the Mass with fine contrasting dynamic sections.
The Górecki Totus Tuus set the scene beautifully for the second half. A return to Ockeghem, Taverner and Byrd made up the rest of the evening before the final work by Bax.
The Farrant singers are fast becoming one of Salisbury's best choirs. If you haven't heard them yet, you should definitely get to their next concert.
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Ke$ha Continues To Make Our Eyes Roll… And Our Stomachs Churn: Ke$ha has solidified her dirty girl status with her latest admission, which will reportedly be seen in her MTV documentary series, "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life." According to The New Zealand Herald, the singer dished about some of her antics in the movie, telling BBC Radio 1, "[The movie has] all the things you would want to see and all the things you wouldn't really want to see – making out with dudes, drinking my own pee," she reportedly said. So Ke$ha, why would you do this? "I was told drinking my own pee was good, I was trying to be healthy … Somebody tried to take my pee away from me and I said, 'That is mine!' So I snatched it up and took a chug and it was really gross so I don't do it anymore," she continued. But fear not, the singer doesn't just consume her own body fluids in the movie, she also is seen "jumping out of a building, jumping out of airplanes, swimming with sharks."
Enough Already, Taylor!: Here is Taylor Swift shooting scenes for her new music video "22"… looking a lot like ex-boyfriend Harry Styles. As if the dig during her Grammys performance wasn't enough, check out this beyond-on-the-nose moment, HERE!
"Shahs of Sunset" Star Gets Naked For Playgirl: He teased about baring all during a recent appearance on "Watch What Happens Live" and now "Shahs of Sunset" star Mike Shouhed – who is known for showing off his goods on the Bravo reality TV series – has lost his pants for Playgirl. Check out Mike's assets, HERE!
Kim Snubbed By Fashion Houses: Kim Kardashian might be a fashion week fixture lately, but when it came to dressing her for her recent Elle Magazine shoot, some houses of couture gave Kanye's baby-mama-to-be the cold padded shoulder. "People wouldn't lend me the clothes. But that's fashion snobbery," stylist Nicola Formichetti told the mag, about dressing Kim. Luckily, some designers (Tom Ford, Oscar De La Renta, and Roberto Cavalli) supplied Kim with clothes for the shoot. See her look, HERE!
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I thought this was going to be a thread talking about taking our guard figures to Toy Fair to have ToyGuru sign them.
That is very, very stange and interesting. I wonder what it says? Does anyone read Chinese here?
As usual, we're behind in both current events and figures over here but my sets of palace guards arrived today along with a not-broken-goddess, which is a first for me.
Not really willing to admit how much I actually pose my figures in different ways around my apartment, but I feel I had to share this little discovery. It's probably already been discussed at length in some other thread, as often is the case, but I made an effort to take these pics so...
Twisting the waist on one of my guards I saw a smudge... that turned out to be someones autograph, I think. There's some chinese and what I think are numbers.
...I hope I won something...
I thought this was going to be a thread talking about taking our guard figures to Toy Fair to have ToyGuru sign them.
That is very, very stange and interesting. I wonder what it says? Does anyone read Chinese here?
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He got tagged by punk Eternian vandals! And it says: "Belt goes on waist." You don't have to be smart to be in the Eternian Guards...
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
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It reads "Im a small child in a factory, save me from Mattel! PS : This figure may contain lead paint, dont eat!". Just in case you wanted to know.
"We are the tools of our own imagination, constructing temples and cathedrals in which our most outlandish dreams become truth." - Samael
I have a PHD in Chinese. It says a seal is between a fish and a dog.
Poor Assembly guy. After building up enough nerves to ask Sheila for her phone number he realizes he has no paper to write it on. Reaching for a Palace Guard waist to write the phone number down would later be revealed as the BIGGEST MISTAKE HE EVER MADE. Ferio and Sheila. Happily ever after. The End.
You don't stop playing because you grow old you grow old because you stop playing. George Benard Shaw.
This aint the first time a MOTUC figure has surfaced with Chinese symbols on them.
I can't read those hieroglyphics, but I'm sure this guy could:
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It's an eternian fortune guard
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I have painted 10,000 of these @#*!ing things and I just can't take it anymore. By the time you read this, I will have jumped off the roof of my apartment building. Goodbye cruel world.
SKELETORTILLA...It's taco night at Snake Mountain!
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pretty sure those are the missing instructions as to how to properly construct roboto's shoulders.
So... how many people went and checked their guards' belts after reading this post?
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It reads "Teela is Captain of the Guard" on one side, and "Between the sheets...LOLZ" on the other side...
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This is what its all about, folks.
Not in the mood to joke, so I won't. In factory production, each employee is made to sign their name, or employee number to each part that they work on, so that their work can be traced back if necessary. There is a solution that takes the ink off quickly, and each part is supposed to be stripped of it's employee information. I'm pretty certain that's what you've got there. Interesting find though. You should try and contact the employee, and tell them what a wonderful job they did/didn't do, depending on your satisfaction level. 0-0
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- In what might be the most heralded IPO's since Facebook (FB) went public last May, the push by Malkin Properties to take the Empire State Building public continues.Malkin acquired what might be one of the most famous buildings in America in 1961 for $57.5 million, and now has a 15.4% stake in what is part of an ownership group of 2889 (as of Dec. 31) known as Empire State Building Associates L.L.C. In order to proceed with the offering, which would also include several other New York City buildings, the Malkin contingency needs the approval of 80% of the current owners, which it is still pursuing. There are few buildings more iconic than the Empire State Building, which was completed in 1931 at a reported cost of about $41 million. Prior to the completion of the World Trade Center in 1972, it was the tallest building in the U.S. The building itself occupies the entire block front between 33rd and 34th street on Fifth Avenue. With 102 floors and 2.248 million square feet, it's an incredibly valuable piece of real estate, with a recent appraised value of $2.53 billion, located in one of the most desirable and expensive real estate markets in the U.S., and perhaps the world.
According to Empire State Building Association SEC filings, the building was 69% occupied by 256 tenants as of year-end 2012. (Empire State Building Associates does not operate the property, but subleases it to Empire State Building Company L.L.C. owned by the estate of Leona Helmsley.) Total 2012 revenue was $34.4 million, with net income of $10.6 million. The building, land and improvements are carried on the books at $149.6 million net of depreciation.


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Today @NCCapitol (April 18): McCrory to announce transportation remake while lawmakers pick over his Medicaid plan
Posted April 18, 2013
Raleigh, N.C. — Good morning and welcome to Today @NCCapitol for Thursday, April 18. This is WRAL's roundup of what you need to know about North Carolina state government today.
FIRST UP: There are two important committee meetings at 8:30 a.m. this morning, as well as announcement scheduled by Gov. Pat McCrory at 9:30 a.m.
MEDICAID: House and Senate budget writers will take a look at Gov. Pat McCrory's plan to privatize much of Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor and disabled. This will be the first formal review by the Joint Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee and could give the first indications of whether lawmakers are willing to go along with the remake. This meeting is at 8:30 a.m. in room 643 of the Legislative Office Building. WRAL.com will carry it live. Check the Video Central box on our home page.
VOTER ID: After the House Elections Committee approved a voter ID proposal after much debate last night, the House Finance Committee is scheduled to take up the bill this morning at 8:30 a.m. If the committee signs off, the bill would next go to the Appropriations Committee. House leaders have said they want to have a floor vote on the bill April 24.
TRANSPORTATION: Gov. Pat McCrory will make a "Major Transportation Policy Announcement" at 9:30 a.m. at the N.C. Museum of History downtown.
The Wrap @NCCapitol (April 17) WRAP: Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie and reporter Mark Binker wrap up Wednesday's news from the legislature and look ahead to today in The Wrap @NCCapitol.
SENATE: The state Senate will meet at noon today. Among the bills the chamber will be taking up will be a measure changing how Wake County residents elect their school board members. The plan, approved by the Redistricting Committee Wednesday, would switch elections to the primaries of even-numbered years. It would also allow every voter to choose one representative from one of seven local districts and another representative from one of two "regional districts." Those regions would be divided between a donut-shaped outer-ring that takes in the county's rural areas and an inner urban ring representing the cities.
Senate lawmakers will also take up a bill that would require drug testing for those seeking welfare benefits and a measure allowing car insurance companies to offer different kinds of discount programs.
WRAL.com will carry this meeting live. Check the Video Central box on our home page.
HOUSE: The state House will meet at 1 p.m. Among the bills on its calendar is the chamber's education reform measure. The bill, which deals with career status for teachers and the grading of schools, runs counter to a similar measure that has passed the state Senate.
OTHER NEWS: Other stories we were following Wednesday included:
DOGS: A bill filed Tuesday in the North Carolina House would restrict ownership of six dog breeds and mixes deemed "aggressive." House Bill 956 would create a new "aggressive dog" classification for pit bulls, Rottweilers, mastiffs, chows, Presa Canarios, and wolf hybrids, as well as any mixed-breed dogs "that are predominantly of" those breeds.
EDUCATION: A bill approved Wednesday by the Senate Education Committee would end a decade-old policy of restricting classes in kindergarten through third grade to no more than 24 students.
EDUCATION CABINET: Gov. Pat McCrory met with his education cabinet for the first time Wednesday and said afterward various education leaders to speak with one voice on matters of policy and budget. And while he did not endorse a specific proposal, he did say that the state's teacher tenure system needs to change. "I do believe that the current system is not as effective as it should be," he said. "If we don't change, we're going to get the same results. So, I'm looking at new ways to help evaluate not only individual teachers, but schools and universities."
REDISTRICTING: More than half of the sitting members of the state House have co-sponsored a measure that would put the job of redrawing legislative and congressional districts into the hands of nonpartisan professional staff.


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Recently he even did away with the Raspberry Pi and reports to MarineTraffic just with dAISy and an ESP8266 WiFi module running an Arduino sketch. This is based on the auxiliary serial output and definitely needs some tinkering, i.e. for advanced users only!
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For tinkerers, an auxiliary serial data stream is broken out on the PCB. With a bit of soldering, advanced users can combine dAISy with a Bluetooth module to receive AIS on wireless devices, or connect a data logger like SparkFun OpenLog.
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"When you drink a sugary beverage, you're consuming a large number of calories, but it doesn't make you feel full and it doesn't have a lot of other nutritional value," says study co-author Gitanjali Singh, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. Plus, all that sugar can disrupt your body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels. The result is a lethal combination: Not only are you packing on extra pounds, but you're also screwing with your blood sugar, which can set you up for diabetes.
The American Health Association recommends cutting yourself off after you've consumed 450 calories from sugar-sweetened beverages each week. "Ideally, it would be better to limit consumption as much as possible," says Singh.
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Since the beginning of 2011, AT&T has added 34 new cell sites in the Philadelphia area to improve its service in the region, according to a press release.
You can check out the locations of the upgrades on this map, a service that the company provides which we reported on last year.
Based on our report, it appears that the company has grown its network back-end capacity, added two new cell towers and improved broadband speed capacity.
From 2009 to 2011, AT&T says it has invested more than $350 million in 1,825 wireless network upgrades in the Philly region up from 961 recorded last August.
The carrier was recently featured in CNN Money for its roughly $20 billion in national network upgrades resulting in less dropped calls, though the article notes that consumers are still slow to change their opinion on what was once "the most hated wireless carrier in America."
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Does Michael B. Jordan Being Cast In 'Black Panther' Officially Mean The End For Fantastic Four?
With Fantastic Four not meeting the expectations both critically and financially that Fox had in mind, the thoughts for a sequel were assumed to be thrown out the window. Many fans felt however that with he right creative direction, Fox had the car that they needed to make a pretty awesome and fun F4 film, although it seemed unlikely. There have been multiple fans reports of Marvel reacquiring the rights to the Fantastic 4, which is something that most people want to see. While they did not get the rights to the franchise, they were able to work out a deal for one of the film's bright spots, Michael B. Jordan. It was reported earlier today that rising star Michael B. Jordan has been cast in Black Panther in the role of the villain. This coming merely hours after produce Simon Kinberg said that a sequel to Fantastic Four was still entirely possible with Fox. With this blockbuster casting by Marvel, are any hope for a Fantastic Four sequel completely out the window?Is A Fantastic Four Sequel Completely Dead Now?I must admit, as bad as I thought Fantastic Four was, I still saw the potential that it had. With the right creative direction and the right director, I think Fox could have made something really special with this franchise. Unfortunately, I believe that Marvel's casting of Michael B. Jordan signals the end for the already dying franchise. It is clear that Marvel wants the rights to Fantastic Four back, especially before Infinity War, and I think that this casting is a clear indication that the grass is in fact greener on the other side at Marvel.Should Fox Give Marvel The Rights Back?
I think this battle that will not end well. On one hand, it will be hard for Fox re-invent the franchise and actually instill confidence in the viewers. On the other, the fans deserve a great Fantastic Four movie and Fox feels that they are the ones who can deliver. Unfortunately, I don't think that they are. Fox has had two shots to get Fantastic Four right and both times have been quite lackluster. I think they could do something similar to what Sony is doing with Spider-Man, you aren't giving up the rights, it's more of renting out the rights to the character and getting prophet. I think that F4 will end up back in the hands of Marvel sooner or later so Fox may as well do the fans a service and let them help out in Infinity War.


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Prediction, Optimization, and Learning in Repeated Games
This paper shows that, in many infinitely repeated games, if players optimize with respect to beliefs that satisfy a diversity condition termed neutrality, then each player will choose a strategy that his opponent was certain would not be played. This is an obstacle to formulation of a learning theory in which Nash equilibrium behavior is a necessary long-run consequence of optimization by cautious players.
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Expect the unexpected
The first time I read The Black Swan, I must confess I read it very quickly. I had to introduce Nassim Nicholas Taleb at our OpRisk USA conference and had run out of time. So this summer I've picked up his book again and found in its pages some real surprises.
In the field of operational risk, Taleb's land of 'Mediocristan' is expected loss. 'Extremistan' is unexpected loss, and is the bit of operational risk that most people are really interested in. Unfortunately for op risk execs, Taleb's conclusion is that the Extremistan 'Black Swan' losses are impossible to predict, no matter how much data we have and how fancy our models are. Taleb adds that attempting to predict these losses can be harmful, as the process of forecasting could blind firms to where losses might come from. Particularly when statisticians, economists and analysts are involved.
Now, Taleb's seeming dislike of professional prognosticators is very entertaining - one of my first jobs was tracking equity analyst predictions for a newsletter, and I remember how low the hit rate was. But if we can't predict what will happen in the face of terrifying potential losses, what is the point of operational risk?
Taleb goes on to say that, although "the probabilities of very rare events are not computable; the effect of an event on us is considerably easier to ascertain ... we can have a clear idea of the consequences of an event, even if we do not know how it is likely to occur ... You can build an overall theory of decision-making on this idea. All you have to do is mitigate the consequences."
This seems like such sensible advice to me. This is what business continuity executives do - they focus on having a disaster recovery plan in place that will work no matter what actually happens. What can firms put in place to manage and mitigate large operational risks - no matter what loss event occurs?
I'll stick my head above the parapet even more ... What can firms put in place to prevent large operational risks happening, no matter what type of operational risk event it is?
Basel II's advanced measurement approach is perhaps focused too much on historical loss events and highly latent internal data. For operational risk to move forward, we need to turn this focus on data on its head, and perhaps go for a swim with a Black Swan or two.
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An enterprise image viewer is your organization's connection among stakeholders, linking radiologists with referring physicians, patients with doctors, and clinicians at home with specialists across the country.
It's understood that the most crucial aspect of every radiology diagnostic report is the image. Yet referring physicians and other clinicians typically see only words—the written reports and conclusions dictated by radiologists.
An enterprise image viewer – also known as an universal image viewer – bridges the gap, displaying images of many types—not just DICOM—and other clinical data such as JPEG photos, videos, ECGs, and scanned PDF clinical documents. A new white paper, "Enterprise Access Viewer", explores and explains the requirements for an effective universal image viewer.
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According to the EPA, hazardous waste is any substance that is dangerous or potentially harmful to our health or the environment. A hazardous waste can be a solid, a semi-solid, a liquid or a gas. Hazardous waste is harmful because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics. Chemical companies, paper mills, plastic manufacturers, steel mills, oil refineries and textile manufacturers are among the facilities that generate enormous amount of hazardous waste.
Industrial Solvents
These form one of the most common categories of hazardous waste. Solvents are utilized by a variety of industries to clean and degrease machinery and mechanical parts. Electronic-equipment manufacturers use industrial solvents to clean circuit boards and machinery in their units. The U.S. Air Force uses solvents to clean and degrease aircraft engines and parts. An example of a widely used industrial solvent is trichloroethylene, or TCE. The industries often dump spent TCE onto the ground, where it seeps through the earth and contaminates water supplies.
Dry-cleaning stores use a solvent called perchloroethylene, or perc. Usually, clothes are soaked in a bath of this solvent. Many dry-cleaning operations dispose of perc by simply draining it onto the ground. This eventually contaminates the drinking water and may lead to serious health problems if this water is consumed for long periods.
Heavy Metals
This category of hazardous waste can pose serious health hazards for the public. Lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, arsenic, copper and nickel are some examples of heavy metals that are used in diverse industries for manufacturing various products. These industries often dispose of the heavy metals in an improper manner, contaminating the soil and water. Lead and cadmium are used in paint manufacturing. Mining companies often leave sandy deposits of heavy metals piled on the ground, which later drift and spread into the environment. Exposure to lead through contaminated water or the routine inhalation of small amounts of metal dust may lead to kidney damage, high blood pressure, problems with memory and other serious health problems.
PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are a class of oily, human-made chemicals that are hazardous for the environment and human health. They were used in many industrial and commercial applications. Though the manufacture of PCBs was banned in 1979, they are still found in industrial waste. This is because disposal of older machinery or equipment--manufactured when PCBs were prevalent--results in the disposal of the PCBs inside them.
Dioxins are formed as useless byproducts during certain chemical processes that involve chlorine. Dioxins are long-lasting, toxic compounds that can be carcinogenic and pose other health hazards. Paper mills are a major source of dioxins, because they use chlorine to bleach paper and release dioxins in the process.


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The number of sharemarket trades hit a record high in December, capping off the best year for the New Zealand stock market since 2004.
Typically a quieter time of year for the sharemarket, December has seen more than $3.25 billion worth of securities traded - the best December since 1986, when records began.
NZX records show the closest December in terms of trades was in 2006, when $2.4 billion in trades took place.
BT Funds Management analyst Matt Goodson said the December record was ''no surprise'' given the level of activity which had occurred.
Topping the list for December's big deals was the sell-down of the remaining 51% of Trade Me, owned by Australian media company Fairfax, which saw $769 million worth of shares change hands.
The biggest takeover deal to happen this year - Haier's bid for Fisher & Paykel Appliances - was also finalised in December,
$741.6 million in shares being sold.
The NZX 50 index has risen more than 20% this year (23.8% up until December 24) - its best performance since 2004, when the index rose 21.17%.
Hamilton Hindin Greene director Grant Williamson said low interest rates were key to the strong sharemarket performance.
''There are a big number of investors out there not happy with the returns in the bank that have had to take the jump into the equity markets.''
New savings from retirement savings scheme KiwiSaver had also pushed the market up, as well as foreign investors seeing New Zealand as a good place to put their money, Mr Williamson said.
''We've had the perfect storm this year. Demand has outstripped supply.''
Both capital raisings and new stock market listings were down for the year.
Total capital raising including existing companies raising money and new security listings is likely to be around $4.5 billion - less than a third of the $15 billion raised last year.
And despite the strong year for the sharemarket there were very few initial public offerings. Beer-maker Moa was the only pure equity listing, while units in the newly listed Fonterra Shareholders Fund attracted $525 million.
The much-promised partial listing of Mighty River Power was put off until 2013. Mr Williamson was unsure of a repeat performance next year.
''I don't think investors should expect the market to perform as well, but at the same time I don't see conditions changing.''
He expected interest rates to remain low, while new money coming into KiwiSaver would continue to feed into the exchange.
''What we should see is additional supply.''
Mr Goodson said the partial floats of the state-owned power companies seemed likely to get across the line in 2013, giving retail investors more options as well as more capital raisings from existing listed companies.
''We've already seen the property companies raise money. I'd expect to see more there.''
Conditions were also right for new listings outside of the SOEs, particularly in the small and mid-cap-sized companies, Mr Goodson said. A back-door listing of the Mad Butcher has already been set for the new year.


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JERUSALEM (May. 17)
Prime Minister-designate Yitzhak Shamir requested and promptly received Thursday a 21-day extension of his mandate to form a Likud-led government.
The mandate he received from President Chaim Herzog on April 27 expires Friday.
Negotiations with likely coalition partners seem to be going well and have reached the stage where Cabinet portfolios are being assigned.
But while Likud sources said Shamir already commands sufficient Knesset votes to set up a narrow coalition with the religious and right-wing parties, he does not appear in a hurry.
He told reporters at the presidential residence that he hoped to have his government in place before the next three-week deadline expires. He refused to say categorically that he would present it to the Knesset next week, as many Likud supporters insist he could.
That has given rise to reports that Shamir favors a unity coalition with the Labor Party and still hopes to form one.
A convivial meeting Wednesday night in Jerusalem with Labor Party leader Shimon Peres, which took place at the wedding of the granddaughter of former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef triggered a new flurry of speculation that a unity government was in the cards.
But Shamir told reporters "it is not practical at this time."
Political observers say Shamir would consider an alliance with Labor only if former Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin replaced Peres as Labor Party head.
Rabin has publicly challenged the incumbent chairman. But a showdown between them expected at the Labor Party's Central Committee meeting this weekend is not likely to materialize.
The committee had been scheduled Thursday to get the report of a commission set up to find out why Labor made a poor showing against Likud in the 1988 Knesset elections. But the panel asked for a postponement Wednesday, saying it was not ready to present its findings. It is now due to be released May 27.
According to leaks from the panel, blame was heaped on Peres and his aides who controlled the campaign machinery.
Rabin was expected to cite the report as one reason why Peres should be replaced.
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Artist Book: partitur
New artist book entitled partitur, originally part of the project Fra Vestfjorden. 147 pages score for violin based upon the shape of a mountain.
They're numbered (limited edition of 57), signed and for sale; 130 NOK/ €15/ $20/ £13 (shipping included). Send your requests to cbjordheimATgmailDOTcom.
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Ginger girls gotta stick together!
Nicole Kidman touched down at the airport in her native Sydney, Australia on Tuesday. Despite the long flight, the Oscar winner, 44, was radiant as she toted some very precious cargo: Faith Margaret, her daughter born via surrogate exactly six months ago, on Dec. 28 of last year.
In the rare shot of Kidman's youngest with husband Keith Urban, the adorable celeb tot showed off chubby cheeks and her world-famous mom's trademark red hair. In her left hand, Kidman held onto Faith Margaret's big sister Sunday Rose, who turns 3 next month.
The Rabbit Hole actress was back in her country for a visit with her family -- including her older, lookalike sister Antonia, who gave birth to son Nicholas in December.
Kidman (who also has daughter Isabella, 18, and Connor, 16, with ex Tom Cruise) admitted that she and singer Urban went through a "rollercoaster ride with fertility" trying to conceive Faith.
"We were in a place of desperately wanting another child. I couldn't get pregnant," Kidman told Australia's 60 Minutes.
But now that Sunday is here? "It is beyond thrilling!" Kidman told Us Weekly back in January.