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Some incidents can change the destiny of a nation. I wish Delhi gang rape incidents turns out to be one of them. While the victim girl is battling for life, the war she has started against atrocities on women should carry on. But this war can be won only when we (the privileged class) will hold ourselves guilty for the crime against women, instead of displaying anger on the streets. Anger fizzles out with time but the guilt continues till we repent.
What we are seeing today is a middle class upsurge. That's why, media is playing it up. There is nothing wrong in it. But then, reaction should be similar when a dalit woman is stripped, raped and paraded naked in a village. We have seen such angry outbursts in the past as well. Most recently, it was on the corruption issue but it did not reflect in voting pattern. Criminal and corrupt were elected again in the assembly polls in various states after the Lokpal movement.
Before blaming others, the people should first correct themselves. In a survey conducted in Lucknow, over 90% girls said that they face harassment daily in public transport and places but people around remain mute spectator. Instead of reacting against crime, majority families ask girls to compromise and ignore. This restricts the movements and growth of the girls but emboldens the spirits of the culprits, who move on to commit more severe crime one after another.
It is true that the police and the government is guilty of ineffective administration but if only 10% of the men taking part in protests against the incident take a vow that they will always stand up to rescue a girl being harassed at a public place, 90% of the problem will be solved. The protesters demanding justice for the girl must also realise that unless they start reporting the matter and testify, neither the police can take action, nor the courts can punish the accused.
We should realise the fact both the culprits come from our own families. Hence, we should have the courage to hand over the culprits, even if they are our own children, to the police, if we come to know that they were involved in any crime against women. We must also not forget that people in the police and government also come from our own families. Why don't we mount pressure on our family members to perform their duties honestly and not to indulge in corruption?
At times girls resist harassment but don't get support. Last month, in Lucknow, a boy tore clothes of a girl when she slapped him for stalking her. People did not stop or caught the boy. A woman came forward and covered the girl with her duppatta and escorted to her home. And, when she went to police, she was told by an officer to compromise because by lodging a complaint the girl would get undue publicity and would adversely affect her marriage prospect.
On December 3, 2012, a boy in Mumbai was stabbed to death by culprits when he tried to stop them from harassing a girl in full public view. People on the street did not help the boy. They also did not depose before the police. They had no faith in police because it does not provide security to witnesses. Also, the police reacts promptly when a commoner is accused but is reluctant to act against those belonging to influential families or enjoying political patronage.
Like Mumbai, most of us don't react out of fear of backlash. The police does not act because acting against influential culprits means transfer to an insignificant posting. Many policemen get job by paying bribes or on the recommendations of the political masters. Once appointed, they compromise to `earn' several times of what they have `invested' and to `return favour'. Most cops sitting on the top posts are those who `compromised' with political masters.
The impact of such behaviour is that now policemen are also not safe. In Punjab, a policeman was recently shot dead by culprits, one of them belonging to the ruling political party, when he pulled them for eve-teasing his daughter. In Uttar Pradesh, a policeman was shot at by engineering students when he tried to intervene and resolve dispute between two rival student groups. Such things happen every day in one way or another in different parts of the country.
What we don't realise is that if all those present at the time of the incident collectively take on the goons, the latter can do nothing. Take for example, the Lucknow incident. Only a stare by five men on the street would have forced the boy to flee. In Mumbai case where culprits had knife would have no other option but to run away if all the people around have started pelting stone at them. Similarly, we can make the police work by mounting a collective pressure.
Media also need to correct itself. The Delhi gang rape incident is in media focus because it has happened in the national capital. Otherwise, number of such incidents which we read in vernacular press, never makes it to national media. An eve-teasing in a posh locality makes headline but brutal rapes in rural areas get no or very little space. The incidents happening in villages get attention only when the accused is a high profile person or the incident is sensational.
The media, both print and electronic, looks for `stories' and `issues' which can attract eyeballs and involve viewers/readers in armchair activism. After, the Delhi incident, media has suddenly found that there was no police patrolling and despite ban, the bus had tinted glasses. Media also needs to answer why it has taken up the issue after the incident, whereas they existed for long. And, if they were taken up earlier, why not as strongly as it is being done now.
The culprits who committed the crime would have not become rapist overnight. They would have started with eve-teasing in the neighbourhood and when it went unnoticed, they would have moved further. There are thousands like them in the society including in our families. They are on prowl everywhere — in colleges, offices, markets, public transport, hospitals, slums, outskirts and every part of the city. Why the eve-teasing not highlighted and nipped in the bud?
Here are a few horrendous rape incidents which occured in Uttar Pradesh in last two years but never made it to national headlines. A three-year old girl mentally challenged girl was raped by her neighbour in Lucknow in January, 2011. The urinary tube and rectum of the girl were ruptured, leading to the passage of stool from urinary passage. On June 3, 2012, a 17-year-old girl self immolated herself after being raped by two youths in Shahjahanpur district.
On June 17, 2011, in Kannauj, a 14-year-old was stabbed in the eye when she resisted rape. On June 19, 2011, a 35-year-old widow was gang-raped and later set afire by three youths belonging to an influential family in Etah. On August 6, 2012, a teenage girl in Unnao district was burnt to death after she resisted a rape attempt. All these cases were reported locally but there were no candle march, no protest, no media campaign and no compensation for victim.
Media is now also criticising the fact that the police most of the time is busy providing security to politicians and does very little for aam aadmi's security. Again, this issue is relevant in all cases related to law and order. Why wait for a brutal rape to occur. It needs a sustained campaign till the government provides proper security to the people. Otherwise, every time when a Delhi like incident happens, politicians indulge in rhetoric but nothing changes at the grassroots.
I have met many tribal women in Sonbhadra and Lakhimpur districts of Uttar Pradesh who were first brutally assaulted and raped and then criminal cases were lodged against. Their only fault was that they demanded right to ownership of forest land under the Forests Rights Act and raised voice against the criminal nexus of mafia, police and forest personnel involved in illegal tree cutting and poaching. But mainstream media has not taken up their cause.
We condemn moral policing by hardliners but do not question commodification of women by the film and ad industry? When was the last time we heard a good lullaby in a movie, an inspiring patriotic song and lyrics defining friendship and parents-children and sister-brother relationships? Why sensuous item numbers are promoted without considering their impact on large populace which still has highly patriarchal mindset and its implication on crime against women?
I am not supporting moral policing but pointing towards how a section of people has moved to 21st century leaving behind a huge population in medieval period. While the `liberal' class is exploiting women in the name of modernity, the `medieval' one treats women as slaves. In both the conditions, women are seen as an `object' where men define what makes women `beauty with brains' and `virtuous'. Women are groomed to look themselves with the eyes of men.
Women are being victimised both in the liberal and backward societies. That's why, in 1997, the Supreme Court had to frame guidelines to check sexual harassment at work places. However, the guidelines were not implemented in letter and spirit. A few months back the court again issued directions to implement guidelines. But even after that guidelines are not being followed. In fact, a huge section of men doesn't agree with court's definition of sexual harassment.
Eve-teasing, domestic violence, female foeticide and dowry are some evils for which we are directly responsible. They can be checked easily, if all of us take a stand. As per National Crime Record Bureau, in more than 90% rape cases, the accused is either family member or relatives, neighbours or other familiar person. When we are the victim, we cry foul but if on the wrong side, we try everything from bribing policemen to threatening victim to protect ourselves.
There are more questions which we need to ask ourselves.Why lawyers who charge heavily and succeed in saving their `criminal' clients are considered to be the best? Isn't the corruption in the justice delivery system responsible for poor conviction rate in India (below 20% in all offences). Why doctors indulge in female foeticide. There are many cases where doctors gave wrong reports in rape cases to help accused from influential families and political connections.
Further, why those chartered accountants who help clients in making black money white and in tax evasion are more in demand in comparison to those who follow the right path? Why we treat corporates as sacrosanct when they have been found to be hand in glove with the bureaucrats and politicians in scams? Why in the name of being `practical' we keep on doing things which are unethical and illegal? I am raising these issues because they reflect our values.
The situation today gives an impression that the jungle law is better than the rule of law being witnessed in the country today. All the animals strictly follow the laws of nature. There are no rapes, no dowry deaths, no sexual assaults, no harassment and no female foeticide. In comparison, there are over 34000 laws, rules and regulation in the country (central and states) to build a civilised society and make India a better place to live but crime rate is soaring.
The impact of our irresponsible, selfish and self-centered attitude is: A study before presidential elections earlier this year revealed that at least 31% of MPs, MLAs in India have criminal cases against them. Of the total 4896 MLAs (4,120 all states taken together) and 776 MPs (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha), 1,450 or 31% have declared criminal cases pending against them in an sworn affidavit before the election commission at the time of contesting elections.
Of these tainted MLAs and MPs, 641 have serious criminal cases like rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery and extortion against them. Six MLAs declared rape charges against them. While140 have murder charges, over 350 -attempt to murder 220 – theft and dacoity and 90 – kidnapping. They all claim to be falsely implicated by rivals but even if 10% charges are correct, it conveys message that character is meaningless before power and money.
After electing such law makers, how can we expect things to change. That's why a rape takes place every 20 minutes in India, a dowry death takes place every 90 minutes and a female foeticide takes places every minute. Equally serious are the rate of child abuse, acid attacks on women and girls, sexual harassment, domestic violence, murders, attempt to murder, theft, rioting, dacoity, robbery, scams, bribery, incest, extortion, kidnapping… the list goes on.
Today, quota for Dalits in promotion in government jobs has divided society on caste lines. Soon there will be demand for Muslim quota, dividing people on communal lines. Voting would be on caste and communal lines. The result: The nexus of criminal, communal and corrupt will continue to rule the country. In such a situation, lets preserve some anger being displayed today to vent it during the elections to vote out the criminal and corrupt from the system.


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Offence: Theft > shoplifting
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206. ROBERT NEWMAN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 13th day of February , six silk handkerchiefs, value twenty-six shillings, the property of Charles Haskew , privily in his shop .
I live in John-street, Oxford-road , I keep a haberdasher's and milliner's shop , I lost six silk handkerchiefs out of my shop, they were lying in the window, and were found on the prisoner; the prisoner came into the shop as I was sitting in the parlour, he asked me to serve him with a halfpenny-worth of black silk, he paid for it,
I heard the cry of stop thief! I am a patrol, I pursued the prisoner and took him, and brought him to the shop directly, and a halfpenny-worth of white silk was found upon him.
I am another patrol, I was along with the last witness, I assisted to take the prisoner; we wear white coats, in Marybon, and a great many people said, you should not be taken by them white angels, they call us white angels on account of our coats; I searched the prisoner and a halfpenny-worth of white silk was found upon him; I heard the prisoner desire the gentleman, from whom he stole the handkerchiefs, to be favourable to him, and he would tell me where he flung them, he said, he flung them under the first stand of coaches, they went to endeavour to find them, and took the lanthorn, and could not find them, he had so many confederates after him; I suppose there were above a hundred people after him.
Did they appear to be friends or enemies? - Some of them seemed to be great enemies.
PRISONER's DEFENCE.
My mother has got a large family of children, and I wanted some bread, and my father has but one leg, and I took the things for bread; the family were all crying for want of bread, and my father was very ill at the time.
GUILTY, Of stealing, but not privately .
Transported for seven years .
Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice GOULD.

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Johnsburg Central School
It's likely the Head Start Program will not be offered in Johnsburg during the 2012-2013 school year because of an insufficient number of eligible children, Superintendent Michael Markwica told the Board of Education on Tuesday, May 29.
Eighteen children are needed for the program to be sustainable, Markwica said. Based on projections, it will be difficult to attain the needed number of children. Markwica advised those who are interested in placing their children in a Head Start program to contact the Head Start office. Placement in the Chestertown or Warrensburg programs may be possible, he said.
On the upside, Markwica told the board that the pre-K program projects have about 25 children enrolling. The large number will necessitate offering a morning and an afternoon session, each about two hours and 40 minutes in duration. Markwica said that length of class is tight but will afford sufficient time to incorporate all of elements of the program.
Board member Mark Richards asked how it will be determined which children are in which session. Markwica said that on the enrollment form there will be a place to indicate a preference. If too many families want their children in one session or the other, and it becomes unbalanced, a lottery system will be employed to determine which children get the most requested session.
Markwica said that assessment scores indicate that the pre-K program in the district is doing a good job in preparing children for kindergarten and he's optimistic that trend will continue under the proposed two-session format.
In other news, board members had a "first reading" of three policy statements that they are considering adopting. The policies were drafted with the help of BOCES and are designed to update the district's policy manual. The three policies are all inter-related and are as follows: "The Dignity for All Students Act," "Code of Conduct on School Property" and "Civility, Citizenship and Character Education-Interpersonal Violence Prevention Education."
All three policies are available for review on the district website at www.johnsburgcsd.org.
At their June 11 meeting, board members will entertain comment or questions regarding the policies from the public. Once it evaluates input from the public, the board will consider adopting the three items as formal district policies.
The board voted unanimously to accept a "stipulation of settlement" in relation to an Article 7 proceeding between the Copperfield Inn, the town of Johnsburg and the Johnsburg Central School District for the 2010 tax year. The settlement reduces the assessment on the inn and therefore reduces the property tax levied on the property for 2010. The Johnsburg Town Council had previously approved the stipulation.
Markwica said he was increasingly concerned that more and more businesses are challenging their assessment and if successful, are potentially reducing the tax base. Richards asked how the lost revenue is made up. Do the other property owners make up the difference?
Markwica said the levy — the amount of property tax to be collected on all the taxable properties in the district collectively — is set.
"The levy is the levy," Markwica said.
The difference between the original assessed property tax on the inn and the amount settled upon in the stipulation is made up by all the property owners in the district, he said.
The Johnsburg School Board next meets on Monday, June 11 at 7 p.m. in room 116 at Johnsburg Central School.


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But Verlander lost his start, showing the Tigers don't always score enough runs.
Speaking of not many runs, some Reds fans are worried about Joey Votto.
They shouldn't be, because a closer look at his stats would make "Moneyball" fans happy.
Votto as of Thursday was batting .277 with just one homer, three RBIs and 14 strikeouts. But his on-base percentage led the National League with 22 walks at .521 (he's gotten on base in every game). With Brandon Phillips and others hitting well, the Reds are OK. Votto is up to three homers after Sunday, by the way.
The Reds, after hosting the Cubs for three at 6:10 p.m. today and Tuesday before ending the series at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, then hope to do better against Washington the second time around with four games with the Nationals through Sunday.
Even the basement-dwelling Cubs had some reasons to be happy this week.
The Cubs' Anthony Rizzo hit the longest home run of the season Friday, according to ESPN, estimated at 474 feet at Wrigley.
Now the Cubs continue their10-game road trip, with three at the Reds before four in Miami over the weekend.
As for the South Siders, the last-place White Sox host Cleveland today through Wednesday afternoon before starting a series with Tampa Bay on Thursday through Sunday.
Adam Dunn is off to another slow start in Chicago, hitting.098 with 23 strikeouts in 61 at-bats this season before weekend action, and with Dayan Viciedo on the 15-day DL, runs have been tough to come by. But don't worry, Sox fans, Cleveland's coming to town, and Dunn's been known to get hot vs. Tribe pitching.
Cleveland was swept vs. the Red Sox (helping Boston fans feel better more than just playing "Sweet Caroline"), and lost 3-2in Houston on Friday.
The Tribe, which had lost five games in a row, broke out of its slump by scoring 19 runs Saturday night. A highlight was when Mark Reynolds of the Tribe was batting in the first inning against Philip "Perfect Game" Humber. Reynolds told the home-plate umpire the ball hit him, bu the responded, "You didn't act like it did."
"What do you want me to do? Cry?" Reynolds asked.
Reynolds then hit a three-run homer as part of eight-run first inning.
The Tribe's road trip continues this week with the ChiSox today through Wednesday before moving on Kansas City for four with the Royals Thursday through next Monday.


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JC Chalet is a new boutique hotel located in the tourist hub of Juhu. About a 15 minutes drive from the airport,this chalet is exquisitely done in wooden staircase, kerosene lanterns and world wall Clocks which transport guests to the colonial era.
As soon as you step in, the front desk exhibits Mosaic paintings -- the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of coloured glass, stone, or other materials. It is a quintessential part of the boutique hotel. The wooden bench at the reception area further adds to the charm. Depicting the 1930 era.
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The legislators in Sacramento have done it. Elected to represent the people, they have again said to heck with them and are prepared to have the governor sign legislation that goes against the will of the people.
Jerry Brown tried the same line of restrictions when he was governor before and when he was the attorney general. These new restrictions are nothing more than a tax grab by California-educated bureaucrats who can't even manage their own affairs, much less those of 33 million taxpayers.
So, who will enforce these new regulations? The governor will set up another office to do that because I am sure it will not be the people who enforce the traffic laws, litter laws, cell-phone-use-while-driving laws, HOV lane laws or Fish and Game laws.
So, who will enforce these new laws that will outlaw currently lawful items? The law-abiding will, of course. They will police themselves because the unlawful and those who do not pay taxes already don't care.
Here in Solano, a county full of outdoorsmen, we are represented in Sacramento by state Sen. Lois Wolk. She could care less about the people here. I asked one assemblyman recently about the new firearms legislation. I asked him if he had ever shot a rifle. No. A handgun? No. A shotgun? No. Then, I asked, what gives him the right to pass legislation restricting the lawful use of these items by law-abiding residents of this state? Is it because of shootings we had here?
There were three major shootings in recent times: in the San Diego area McDonald's, the school shooting in Stockton and the shooting in San Francisco, where some madman went crazy with a machine pistol. All of these shooters obtained their weaponry from out of state. Read that again: All of these shooters obtained their weaponry from out of state. What good does all this legislation do to make California safer?
Taxation without representation. The Democrats don't get it and, as a result, Californians don't get it. We are an absolute laughing stock. It is time to recall the entire lot of them. It will be an absolute travesty when Attorney General Harris becomes the lieutenant governor under Gavin Newsome, which is in the cards.
Let us all hope the housing market continues to rise so we can say adios to the developing Republik of Kalifornia.
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Time to look at a trio of new ABC sitcoms which debuted in the last week, none of which have been acquired by a UK broadcaster as of yet. That isn't necessarily a mark against their quality – one looks great, one looks okay, and one delivered a pretty dreadful pilot. Nor is it a sign that they aren't a good fit for the UK – at least one of them would be a perfect pick for E4, for example – and all three are certainly worthy of discussion. Sadly, the ratings for each show are pretty much the inverse of how much I liked each of them, so we'll work our way through them in reverse order, starting with the one I liked the least but got the biggest audience…
And to my immense surprise, The Goldbergs was the worst by a long, long way. I was really looking forward to this one: Patton Oswalt narrates the Adam Goldberg-created show about his family life, growing up in the '80s. Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids) play his parents in what very much seems like a relocated riff on The Wonder Years, with relative newcomers Sean Giambrone (as a young Adam Goldberg), Hayley Orrantia and Troy Gentile playing the family's three siblings. George Segal as their grandfather rounds out the family… and in the pilot they all spend the majority of the time yelling at each other. Like, really obnoxiously, really uncomfortably, really unpleasantly yelling.
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To a certain extent you have to expect that from any show featuring Jeff Garlin (who I probably liked the best in this pilot, and who I like elsewhere), but it needn't be so obnoxious. It brought to mind another family sitcom, not The Wonder Years, but Malcolm in the Middle, another show that I've been watching a lot of recently and manoeuvres well around the problem comparatively. That show sets up some characters as the yellers, but it also has Bryan Cranston's goofball dad, and the cute (near silent in the early goings) Dewey as a counter-balance to the shoutyness elsewhere.
You're also drawn to those characters a lot more than you are to The Goldbergs, they feel distinct and likeable, whereas I found myself flat out disliking most of the characters here. The young Adam Goldberg, who I'm going to assume is the lead, isn't the kind of winning, charming young scamp we want to be introduced to this world by. His sister is ignored for most of the pilot, while the older brother ends up coming off way too broad. He also yells the most of all of them which isn't a help.
I'm still going to hold out hope for the show, because if it can get anywhere near either Malcolm in the Middle or The Wonder Years at their best, then it's going to be a decent show. They have two good comic performers in the parent characters, and I'm sure the kids can do better work if they're given better material. I just really didn't like this opening episode.
I think it might have a lot to do with something we're shown in the closing credits: real life home-video footage of Goldberg's real family behaving in exactly the way we've seen in the show. That's all well and good, and Adam Goldberg gets points for recreating those situations and characters so accurately, but it doesn't make it funny. Maybe when the show feels it has the freedom to shape these characters into what the show needs them to be, rather than what Adam Goldberg's family were like, we'll have a more entertaining sitcom.
I have to admit, I also really hate the trope where we see the real people depicted at the end of anything. It's bad enough in the movies – it immediately takes me out of what I've just seen – but at the end of the pilot of a sitcom that will continue, I hate that they're so eager to point to the artifice of the show. That's a personal pet peeve, but it really did annoy me.
Let's move onto ABC's second new sitcom, and that's the thoroughly middle of the road Back in the Game. Starring Maggie Lawson and James Caan, Back in the Game sees Lawson's single mother Terry – a former promising softball player – agree to coach a little league baseball team for her nerdy son Danny (Griffin Gluck) and his misfit friends after they fail to make the school team. Caan play's Terry's straight-talking, curmudgeonly father, Terry Sr., who clashes with his daughter over whether the kids should be playing to win, rather than just for the fun of the game. Elsewhere Lenora Critchlow (Being Human) pops up as the wealthy mother of one of the other kids in the team, and Ben Koldyke plays the coach of the school team who looks like he's being set up as a romantic foil for Lawson.
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The pilot episode is extremely pleasant, and it passes the time just fine without ever really engaging. Caan's fun in the sort of role you'll feel like you've seen hundreds of times before, Lawson's a likeable lead, and Gluck's not entirely irritating in the way that kids of his age can often be on this type of show. The problem with Back in the Game, unfortunately, is how crushingly mediocre and forgettable it is. It leaves far less of an impact than The Goldbergs did, for example, and despite liking this pilot more than than I did that of The Goldbergs, I'd be far more interested in returning to the latter because it seems like there's more going on there.
I could be proved wrong, but I can't foresee a situation where Back in the Game is doing anything drastically different to what it's doing now, and what it's doing just doesn't interest me as much as a bunch of other family sitcoms (Modern Family, The Middle, Suburgatory) already airing on the network. Nor does it compare favourably to Trophy Wife, the network's other new family sitcom, which is unfortunate for Back in the Game, but let's move on now to that show which I liked an awful lot.
Trophy Wife is up there amongst the very best of any of the pilots I've seen so far this year, either on the comedy or the drama side. Malin Akerman stars as the eponymous trophy wife, Kate. When we first meet her she's a young, easy-going party girl, who literally bumps into Bradley Whitford's older lawyer Pete in a club, and the next thing you know they're hitched. But she's not just marrying Pete, she's marrying into his family, and that includes two ex-wives (Michaela Watkins and Marcia Gay Harden), two teenage twins (Ryan Lee and Gianna LePera), and an adopted child from China (Albert Tsai).
It's a really great premise, and the cast is full of fine performers (perhaps the weakest link, LePera, is being replaced by Bailee Madison from here on in), but the early ratings for the show have been woeful, so something's clearly gone awfully wrong in the promotion.
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We can probably start with the title. Trophy Wife. It's awful, and it may be ironic but it does the show a real disservice. Akerman's Kate isn't a stereotypical trophy wife. She's quite the opposite. The relationship between her and Bradley Whitford comes off as loving, sweet, and in no way motivated by superficial reasons on either side. Kate seems like a smart, caring character who really wants to do right by her new family, and wants to get along with her husband's exes as best she can. And Akerman's really fantastic in the role too. She shares great chemistry with Whitford, has a couple of brilliant scenes with Marcia Gay Harden (who plays the sterner of the two exes), and her knack for physical comedy is employed excellently in the pilot. That Akerman's stupendously pretty isn't going to help convince the Nikki Finke's of this world that she's also stupendously funny, but this honestly is one of the comic performances of the season so far.
There would be a lot to miss about Trophy Wife if it doesn't manage to stick around, because even during the brief pilot I found myself intrigued about the number of great character pairings the show could explore. I haven't even mentioned Natalie Morales as Kate's best friend Meg, who in this episode is tasked with looking after Albert Psai's Bert. While still strong, their thread of the story is probably the weakest, but is still good enough to include the best running gag that culminates in an enormous laugh when Bert screams "Horndog!". Trust me, it's really funny.
I'd love to see Kate interact with Bert more, or see her share more time with her best friend, or see the three kids just hanging around together, or see Bradley Whitford and Marcia Gay Harden get their own subplot. If after just one episode a show can have me wanting to see that much more, it's doing something right. I'd be back for Akerman alone, but the rest of it's great too. Come on America, watch Trophy Wife!


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Sheriff Clarence Dupnik went after the tea party this weekend at an immigration forum, saying its members are bigoted.
"We didn't have a tea party until we had a black president," Dupnik said at a forum held at St. Francis Cabrini Roman Catholic church.
Asked how it came up in the discussion, he said, "I brought it up. I think I was talking about how bigotry is alive and well in America."
He said aside from the timing of the movement's birth, he's seen bigoted messages at their rallies.
"I think it bring out the worst in America," he said. "Instead of sitting down and getting both parties to work together, they are part of a movement designed to stop Obama from accomplishing anything."
He said the group is preventing a rational discussion of immigration reform. "Every time you start talking about reform, they start talking amnesty," he said. And although the comprehensive immigration reform effort pushed by U.S. Sen. John McCain failed before the tea parties organized, Dupnik said the chances are far worse now than they were before.
Tea party organizer Trent Humphries was outraged at the comments. "He pegged everybody who supports the tea party as racists," he said. "You don't do that if you're in a position of power."
The local tea party didn't take a position on Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070. Humphries said it was an intentional decision to stay focused on fiscal and taxation issues, as opposed to social ones. He said inviting Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the group's big annual event in October is not a shift from that earlier position, saying it just reflects the fact that many conservatives wanted to hear Arpaio speak.
"I just want to make the point that Sheriffs Paul Babeu and Larry Dever are being held up as potentially guilty of (racial) profiling and there's been all sorts of outrage about it," Humprhies said. "This guy absolutely is profiling. What's wrong is wrong is wrong."
Dupnik said he isn't sorry he made the comments and won't cave to pressure, just like he didn't cave when a group of fellow Democratic elected officials asked him to apologize for saying in May 2009 that 40 percent of the students in Sunnyside Unified School District are in the country illegally.
"I didn't apologize to Raúl Grijalva and I'm not going to apologize to them," Dupnik said. "They have a right to their opinions and I have a right to mine."


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New Zealand Herald August 13th 1866
The fine ship Norwood, Captain Bristow, arrived in harbour on Saturday morning last, after a passage of 105 days from London, bringing a full cargo of merchandize and some sixty-five passengers, all in good health, and under the medical charge of Dr Charles C Chyarth, M D.
The Norwood left Gravesend on the 28th April; sighted St Antonio, one of the Cape de Verde Islands, on the 18th may. Had light N E trades, with fine weather from there to the Equator, which was crossed on May 23rd, in longitude 270 0' W, had very light S E trades, and lost them in latitude 210 S., longitude 340 W., crossed the meridian of Greenwich in June 15th, and on the 17th encountered a heavy gale from the south-west; on the 21st had a perfect hurricane from W S W, during which port-quarter galley, top gallant bulwarks, were washed away, and considerable other damage done. Ran down her Easting in parallel 390 with fine weather for the first part, and heavy Easterly winds the latter the latter part; Passed through Bass's Straits on the 28th July, had Easterly winds to this coast, sighting the Hen and Chickens on Friday last, and arrived in harbour on Saturday morning.
This is the third voyage of the Norwood to this port, she having last visited us some three years ago, when she brought the second draft of the 18th Royal Irish; the previous trip was with Captain Mercer's Battery of Artillery. We have much pleasure in welcoming back Captain Bristow, after another successful passage.
There were no deaths on the passage, but one firth on Friday last, when Mrs Howard, second class passenger, was safely delivered of a son.
The Norwood comes consigned tp Messrs E and H Isaacs. Her cargo list will be found in our import columns. Appended is a list of the passengers' names.
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I bought the Canon 600D along with the kit 18-55mm kit lens from Curry's back in June of 2013. I then bought the Canon 55-250 separately in March of 2014. I did not buy this kit as an all-in-one purchase, however I do own all components so I feel I can give a comprehensive overview.
Firstly, the camera itself. I have had the 600D for almost two years now. I advanced to this camera from a Fujifilm HS30EXR bridge camera. The Fuji was my first "real" camera, not including cheap compacts, however this Canon was my first ever proper DSLR. The change was very very noticeable, the Canon felt much more "true", like I was actually serious about photography rather than just experimenting with the idea. The most satisfying thing about the change for me was having a real true shutter sound, rather than an electronically produced one.
The pictures this camera takes are outstanding. My old Fuji could take some good shots, but nothing compared to the Canon, especially when taking macro and telephoto images. I find the lens combination that I own to be very good at covering all bases of my needs. I do not have a specific thing that I enjoy taking photographs of, so I need to have capability for a large range of focal lengths and this kit achieves that.
The kit lens is what I keep on the camera when not in use, as when I need to grab it for a quick shot it is most likely the one needed to capture it. It is a great all-round lens, I find myself using it most of the time. However, when I am taking nature photography, I tend to switch to the 55-250. It works a charm. Having the extra focal length is necessary in wildlife photography, and this lens performs very well indeed.
As for build quality, that is the only thing I could say negative about this kit. The camera is alright, it isn't super quality plastic, but it does feel robust and I am happy enough with it. However, the two lenses (especially the kit lens) feel quite cheap and are mainly just plastic. While this does make them lightweight, it doesn't feel like they might be able to survive a drop. On the other hand, they are the budget range of Canon lenses, and you're not going to get any better quality without going for an L lens. As long as you take good care of them, they will last long.
Overall, the picture quality is brilliant. The overall range of features on this camera with the two lenses included bridges that gap between beginner and professional. If you are getting serious with photography, this is definitely the kit for you. You will not be disappointed.
I would recommend this camera to anyone who is thinking about getting in to photography. The camera is simple to use and at a good price where it balances price and performance.The camera has several filters which is good if your a bit younger or want things to look a very certain way.If you are going to get this camera I would definitely recommend getting a rode microphone with it because they go together perfectly.The megapixels at 18 mp aren't that high compared to some other cameras at the same price point but no other camera upstages to this cameras awesome video quality which looks crisp colorful and overall perfect.The camera has a flash on the top where if the camera has the ability they can all sync up to the eos's flash.The camera has a frame rate of taking pictures at 4 a second which if your not a tech head, it means 4 pictures per second.If your a very beginner it has all of the autofocus stuff but if you are really going to get this camera I would deeply think about whether it would benefit you enough for the price but this question could be asked about all DSLRs so if you are serious I would recommend this. :)
We set this 'beaut' up for the evening to take photos every 20 seconds of a small, fairly intimate party. Started off fantastically, everyone was in full swing, even the buffet was diminishing at an alarming pace. The Quality was fantastic, you could see every sweaty detail in glorious HD. THEN, things took a sudden turn for the worse, As I first flicked through the photos I was beaming with glee, but suddenly I was confronted by nothing but corrupt treasures of potentially magnificent memories. All in all I would say I would say that this really damped the spirits of the evening.
This is my main SLR i use and it's such a fantastic product!! I bought it for my birthday last year, wow that was longer than I remember.. But omg it's perfect! I saw the 650 and thought meh, i diddn't REALLY need the touch screen, and i diddn't! Sometimes i think it's the person who takes the pictures, and not the camera, and this is fantastic for the price! I actually bought the lens separately for this, i thought i'd wait a little to get it, but boy do i wish i did now because I could have started using it earlier! PLUS it would have been cheaper! I've used this lense for catwalk photography and even though the models were walking fast - in poor light - the pictures came out perfectly!! Sure the quality would have been on the 5D or whatever, but i don't need to spend that much! You only notice differences if you zoom in like crazy!! Overall I cannot fault this camera!! I wish i bought it earlier tbh... i alwyas make the mistake of buying a digital camera thinking they take better pictures.. because they don't!


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Bengals stun Browns 27-17
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CLEVELAND (AP) - A.J. Green caught Cleveland's defense napping for his first career catch, a 41-yard touchdown from backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, giving the Cincinnati Bengals a stunning 27-17 win Sunday to spoil a sloppy debut by the Browns in coach Pat Shurmur's debut. Green was left uncovered by the Browns, who were slow coming outof the huddle. All Gradkowski, on in relief of injured rookie Andy Dalton, had to do was lob the ball to Green. The speedy wideout did the rest, scoring with 4:31 left to shock the Browns and their fans, who watched Cleveland fall to 1-12 in season openers since 1999. The play was equally surprising for the Bengals, who jumped in celebration at the improbable TD. This was the kind of play that has happened to Cincinnati in recent years. Colt McCoy threw two TD passes for the Browns, who were disorganized for much of Shurmur's first game.


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Could not resist this satin bonnet when I saw it was only $1.50 at WalMart. Tried the blow dry method today, amazing! I let my hair air dry for a bit, then plopped into the bonnet and dried on full speed, no diffuser.
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In an interview with Self-Titled, producer and Yeezus collaborator Evian Christ gave some details on what it's like to work with Kanye West.
"Kanye is the one dude who's like, 'This is not experimental enough. This is too poppy. Make something else.' The other guys are like, 'We don't get it.' Kanye is a dream to work with. No one else gives you that level of creative freedom. When he wants you to work to a blueprint, the blueprint is: 'Don't make a rap beat. Anything but a rap beat.'"
He also shared that he's working on the next Kanye album and revealed one specific detail about a beat that may or may not end up on the project:
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The power plant was constructed between November 2013 and March 2014, the grid connection application supported by Clean Technology Partners. Since then it has been generating electricity into the local grid with the energy purchased by Diamond Energy through a PPA agreement. BELECTRIC monitors the power plant online from their global operation center and provides local O&M services.
The Mildura solar power plant has a proven track record of more than 98.5% uptime and serves as a reliable solar power generator. The power plant is featured by BELECTRIC's latest hot climate power option to provide durable solar energy in hot, remote and desert environments. The Mildura solar power plant along with a new large scale solar system built by BELECTRIC in Australia during 2015 proves its competence in the development and execution of large solar projects in Australia. An understanding of the local environment and market along with 14 years of technological experience are the essential factors for serving Australian customers with reliable and affordable solar energy. Although the large scale solar industry in Australia is very small at the moment BELECTRIC was able to gain significant project execution experience and prove the suitability of our latest power plant technology to the Australian hot climate, offering high system reliability. said Nir Dekel, CEO BELECTRIC Australia. With its experience in Australia and other parts of the world BELECTRIC energy solutions are proven in all weather conditions.
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Browns, Steelers Rivalry Featured On WBNS-10TV
The Cleveland Browns will host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at 1 p.m. in a game that can be seen on WBNS-10TV.
The Browns (2-8) are coming off an overtime loss versus the Dallas Cowboys.
The Steelers (6-4) are in second place in the AFC North standings.
The NFL rivalry between the Steelers and Browns has featured 120 games with Pittsburgh holding a 64-56 series lead.
WBNS-10TV has only one game on Sunday and regular programming will be seen in the afternoon following the game.
Because of NFL rules, WBNS-10TV cannot air another game, even on our digital channel, 10.2; or on 10TV.com.
The 10TV programming department has identified several conflicting weeks during the 2012 season when both the Browns and Bengals play. The Steelers also have a strong following in central Ohio and are scheduled when possible after the Browns and Bengals.
Another common question that is asked is why the station doesn't conduct polls on 10TV.com so viewers could decide the games they want to see.
"CBS and the NFL frown on this practice for many reasons, not the least of which are message boards that try and skew the poll to one side or the other," said Frank Willson, 10TV's director of operations. "We analyze the ratings each Monday morning and try to track which teams are garnering the most viewers. This is the most accurate polling we have."
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It's Lime! A tart, yet sweet flavor that is sure to bring a pucker to your lips. Great on it's own or customize it by adding flavor shots.
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An awesome true lime flavor!
Take a shot, lick your salt, puff on your lime, then enjoy the ride
It really is that good
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got it just a few days ago
I created this flavor with a flavor shot of lemon and added sweetner...
I freaking love this flavor!!!!!
I ordered it with 100% PG as the VG tends to make me sick, but next time I think I will adjust it to be maybe a 70/30 mix....but I cannot wait till I can order more!!!!
shipping was fast, I thought it would be a little slow, but it only took a couple of days!
you are clear across the other side of the states from me, and it was only a matter of days.....I ordered some from another company that is like 2 states away from me, and I am still waiting to receive it?!
I will definitely be ordering from you in the future!
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Posted by CH on 5th Apr 2014
I ordered a 5ml bottle of just LIME w/Extra Flavor 70/30pg mix, no added shots and it was Very Good! Reminded me of a green Lifesaver. I look forward to experimenting with other flavor shots, but by itself, delicious !!!
Posted by Mindy Czech on 21st Oct 2013
I got the lime with the extra sweetener, and on its own it tastes a bit like a margarita. But if you put a few drops of vanilla in there, bam, you have a key lime pie! I prefer it either way, but if you buy this one, definitely get an extra shot of sweetener.
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I ordered a create-your-own with 60% lime and 40% amaretto. The lime definitely takes the center stage and is pretty delicious- like Rose's Lime Juice, more than a real lime, but that's exactly what I wanted. I really like sour flavors, but it's a little too strong for an all-day vape. I think if the lime were to be balanced out with something mellower, it could definitely be an ADV, but for now it's a nice occasional treat. I definitely wouldn't get it with extra flavor!
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I have had this flavor by itself and with sweetener added and I could not figure out which one I liked best. Lime alone tastes like a lime snowball or a green life saver. With sweetener it tastes like a lime pixy stick! Ended up getting 15ml of each and combined it together in a larger bottle and it's the best of both worlds. Great vape taste right out of the mailbox with no steeping at all.
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Right out of the bottle this flavor is weak. After only a few days of steeping however, it has instantly become my favorite. Good throat hit, nice flavor, and decent vapor. I did add sweetener to mine and it tastes just like a pixie stix. Awesome
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I got this one with a shot of lemon and sweetener. It tastes like candy. This one is great by itself, and a very tasty addition to many other flavors that I already have from ecblend.
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SAC Capital Advisors LP, Steven A. Cohen's $14 billion hedge fund, is closing its Chicago office that housed four investment teams.
"We regularly review our operations, and given the limited opportunity in the region we didn't believe it made sense to have a separate office," Jonathan Gasthalter, a spokesman for the Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund, said in an e-mail.
The office closing was reported earlier today by Dow Jones.
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Sky Movies to launch dedicated James Bond channel for 50th anniversary
007 HD will carry all 22 Bond films for the month of October to celebrate half a century of the franchise
Bond fans will have the chance to enjoy the entire 007 back catalogue throughout the month of October as Sky Movies launches a dedicated channel to the spy series to celebrate 50 years of the franchise.
Sky Movies 007 HD will carry all 22 Bond films as well as independent productions Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again. The channel will broadcast 24 hours a day from 5 October until November 4, and will also show a number of Bond-related programmes to punctuate the feature films.
All content will also be available to viewers without commercial breaks on-demand through Sky Anytime+ as well as on Sky Go, the broadcaster's web-based service available on home computers, tablets and mobile phones.
The first screening on 5 October will be Dr No, the first Bond film, released in cinemas on 5 October 1962 – exactly fifty years earlier.
The new Sky channel follows the broadcaster's acquisition of the rights to show the franchise in April of this year. Previously, ITV had enjoyed the Bond rights for 38 years, having paid £850,000 to show the first six films in 1974.
Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Movies, said: "We're delighted that our customers will have the best Bond movie-watching experience ever with Sky Movies – uninterrupted, in HD, on demand and on the go."


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Jack White has never been straightforward. While his previous projects like The White Stripes and The Raconteurs managed accessibility and abstraction, White's first solo release, Blunderbuss, fully embraces the strange.
To be blunt, White's first solo offering may be his strangest release to date; however, his abstraction doesn't prove fully problematic. With an inherent schizophrenia woven through each track, White presents a departure from the musical landscape listeners are familiar with. In lieu of familiarity, White puts forth some of the most bizarre and ambiguous songs to date.
White's incorporation of everything from 70's arena rock to experimental progressive rock make for a truly broad whole. Aside from instrumentation, White's vocals are top notch. By rooting some of the more unusual musical concepts with adept vocal melody, White is able to weigh down some of the album's weirdness. But where vocal melody helps to ground the album, White's lyricism truly explores the vast unknown.
Though it may seem to be a challenging record, Blunderbluss is exactly what a solo record should be, a deviation. White offers new sounds and dabbles in the weird instead of rehashing previous stylings. There are no White Stripes B-sides, or anything of the sort. Here, there are only fully engaging, sometimes challenging, and often charming songs that will keep listener's coming back.


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Having reminded the Colossians of the importance of his apostolic "spirit" (2:5) and of the christological traditions they have received from him (2:6-7), Paul returns to restate the problem of sophistry in a more urgent way (see 2:4). He begins with the warning "Take heed!" or, as the NIV puts it, See to it. The peril of sophistry is that believers can be taken captive by an eloquent teacher who advances a sophisticated philosophy that is nevertheless hollow and deceptive in spiritual effect: the human traditions on which it is based compete against the christological traditions of the gospel. The philosophy in view draws upon the principles of this world and is therefore contrary to the apostolic "spirit" of Paul within the community, which reminds his readers of the Christ-centeredness of God's salvation.
The verb take captive (sylagogeo) is found only here in the New Testament and suggests an illegal kidnapping. The word sounds very much like synagogue, and Wright suggests that Paul intentionally chose this rare word as a "contemptuous pun" to warn believers not to be taken in by a philosophy with roots in the esoterica of Colossian Judaism (1987:100). In addition, Paul may use this verb to recall the conversion motif of 1:13, where he spoke of salvation as God's rescue operation. The peril of the Colossian error is thereby highlighted: believers, who are rescued by God's saving grace from darkness and brought into the light, are now threatened by an enemy that seeks to recapture them and enslave them once again to the darkness of false teaching. In fact, the word darkness is used elsewhere as a metaphor of false teaching that closes the mind to the gospel truth (see Jn 1:5).
To be taken captive by a philosophy need not mean to accept a form of truth (that is, "philosophy") that is inherently flawed. Rabbis, for example, spoke of biblical teaching as "philosophy," because philosophy helped them organize biblical teaching into coherent and meaningful systems of truth. Paul himself has nothing against "love of wisdom," which is what philosophy literally means (compare 1 Cor 1:30). In this letter's opening thanksgiving, Paul agreed with other ancient philosophers in contending that "the word of truth" will produce good fruit (1:5-6). Yet now he uses the word more precisely to denote a system of integrated ideas that is promoted as gospel truth but whose result is hollow and deceptive—that is, spiritually useless.
My son, who works with computers, uses a slogan—"garbage in, garbage out"—to label ineffective programs. If you do not feed information to a computer in the proper format or language, then even the most powerful computer will be unable to run your program and find your solution. In the same way, even though a philosophy consists of fine-sounding arguments, if its content is garbage it will not produce workable solutions to the daily struggles of faith and life. According to biblical Christianity, true religion is measured by what it produces as much as by what it teaches (see Jas 1:26-27; 2:14-26).
In the case of the Colossian congregation, the troublesome philosopher is advancing a system of wisdom based upon human tradition—a phrase that Paul will use again in 2:22 to describe the ascetic morality that is also being promoted among the Colossians. Now, whether it is the source of a religious philosophy or a moral code, a sacred tradition is not a bad thing. As a Pharisee, Paul had been steeped in oral and written religious memories from his youth. As Christ's apostle, he continues to speak of those traditions as a witness to Jesus Christ in order to mature faith in him (2:6; compare 1 Cor 11:23; 15:3). The problem lies rather with a particular kind of tradition which is not sufficiently christological in content. Paul contends that if a congregation's religious heritage does not depend on Christ, its source must be human imagination rather than divine revelation. The yield of such a tradition is finally spiritually useless.
The phrase basic principles of this world is more difficult to interpret; the meaning of basic principles (stoicheia) remains unclear. In context, the word is Paul's rubric for the content of the hollow and deceptive philosophy. Luther thought that stoicheia was a Pauline pejorative for Jewish law, since Torah-observance was equated in his own experience with works righteousness, and works righteousness with human rather than heavenly merit. More recently, Banstra has come to understand Paul's use of stoicheia in the context of Jewish Wisdom. In this light, the false philosophy teaches that this world is ordered by impersonal forces (such as natural laws); thus, to be reconciled with God means to live according to these forces (Banstra 1964). The codes of conduct, even the spirituality, that might result from such a natural philosophy would have seemed excessively secular for Paul. With this in mind, Reicke argues that the meaning of stoicheia is best discerned in the context of Hellenistic Judaism, where it is used of angelic mediators of divine revelation, whether in writing Scripture or through religious experiences such as visions or oracular speech (Reicke 1951:259-76). If Reicke is correct, Paul's reference to stoicheia would indicate that his Colossian opponents say their sophistry is validated by angelic sources.
With most commentators, however, I prefer to understand the basic principles of this world as referring to earth's four basic elements (earth, water, air and fire) and so to translate stoicheia as "elements" rather than "principles." The erroneous philosophy at Colosse may well have taken shape within the larger milieu of religious thought in the Hellenistic world. The Greeks commonly divided all things into an invisible spirit world, generally considered good and sacred, and a visible material world, generally considered frivolous and profane. A version of Christianity shaped within this religious environment would tend to understand devotion to Christ as a negative response to earth's elements—that is, as an ascetic lifestyle, which demands strict injunctions against the earth's elements (see 2:21).
Paul probably uses this phrase, then, as a vague reference to this feature of dualistic religion, which denies the material world as "worldly" and spiritually counterproductive (compare 2:18, 20). In fact, ascetic conduct is an external index for measuring a person's spiritual status. Within the community, the result is an ethos of legalism and judgmentalism in which spiritual vitality is diminished by the terror of breaking a strict moral standard.
This same tendency toward moral asceticism continues to influence conservative Protestant Christianity as well as many modern religious movements, where spirituality is excessively inward, the private reserve of one's feelings and intellect, and has little positive to do with one's public life (see introduction, under "Paul's Message for Today"). For Paul, Christ's lordship over all things material and spiritual (1:15-20) produces a worldview in which our spiritual devotion is integrated with our material obligations. There is no division between "spirit" and "body."
Whenever Christ's lordship over all things pertaining to life and faith is diminished, the result is stunted spiritual growth that can even imperil one's salvation (see 1:23). In fact, the practical results of a religious philosophy like that found at Colosse are a moral asceticism (2:20-23) that actually rejects God's creation as bad, and a visionary mysticism that replaces life in Christ with visionary experiences of angel worship (2:18). Such a spirituality makes the experience of God's liberating grace a real impossibility.
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"Grand Paris is too small" for Érik Orsenna
The city of the tomorrow will take shape as the Grand Paris project unfolds. Here, interviewed by Henri Balsan, GDF SUEZ's Grand Paris Mission Director, is Érik Orsenna, writer and member of GDF SUEZ's Urban Strategy Council. He answers some of the questions that have arisen over the course of this venture. How can this new Paris be given form and substance? What will this metropolis look like? And how can GDF SUEZ help make this vision a reality?
Henri Balsan: For more than a decade, you've been roaming the planet and then telling us about your experiences, everything you've seen and heard, in your "brief manuals of globalization." Being someone who sometimes introduces himself as a "professional rambler," what is your view of the Grand Paris project compared to what's happening everywhere else in the world?
Érik Orsenna: Grand Paris is a fascinating subject, because it raises the issue of the increasingly apparent conflict between federal and municipal bodies. In fact, what I've found striking over the course of my extensive travels throughout France and the world is the rise of cities, sometimes to the detriment of states. State governments are weakened almost everywhere because public funds are drying up. Meanwhile, cities are seeing a surge in energy that seems to prove at least some sort of discord with the central state entity, which gives them ever-fewer resources and imposes an ever-increasing number of restrictions.
Many cities in France appear to be moving toward greater independence, especially as they have the means, particularly the energy means, to extract themselves from the 1945 centralization scheme. One could compare this situation to that of the Middle Ages, when the state was bled dry by the many wars and there was a conspicuous rise in municipal independence. Today, the economic war is what's bleeding states dry.
H.B.: This vast project is, in fact, part of a democratic age, as opposed perhaps to other eras when the state was stronger and very centralized, periods during which Paris was also undergoing major development projects. Naturally, the 19th century comes to mind, with the extensive work led by Haussmann under Napoleon III, but also, closer to present day, Charles de Gaulle asking Delouvrier to "straighten this mess up." In both cases, the objective was to renovate, modernize, rationalize Paris.
What are your feelings about this latest project, which will require a tremendous amount of both skill and consensus?
E.O.: To my mind, this brings up a contradictory question: How does one align the democratic necessity of reaching a consensus on the one hand with, on the other, the Republic's need to carry out a common project that doesn't take centuries to complete?
It's as though we cannot agree on a joint project when there's too much democracy. Further, in the case of Grand Paris, I think we're faced with a metropolis that's still struggling to position itself, because it's also home to a state that believes itself to be among the strongest. So there's a contradiction between the city's desire for independence and dynamism and the state that still wants to have a major say in the decisions while its means are on the decline.
H.B.: What would be the relevant size of a city today?
E.O.: In today's world, a metropolis is about 300 kilometers in diameter. There are already major urban hubs, such as Lille-Brussels-Antwerp-Rotterdam-Amsterdam, which are at once economic centers and transportation and infrastructure hubs. There are other major systems found in northern Europe, around Hamburg, for example. A Mediterranean cluster, including Marseille, could also emerge. But these still are not homogeneous spaces: There are naturally smaller hubs within these larger conglomerations.
It's all the more necessary to pay attention to neighborhoods, to people. But in system- and energy-related terms, the world's major cities are built on this model of extended hubs. In that way of thinking, Paris, Rouen and Le Havre should be part of the same urban cluster. And that means one thing to me: Grand Paris is too small!
H.B.: Is this really a question of semantics?
E.O.: By being confined to a modest Grand Paris, the point of the project is missed entirely. The problem is that we didn't define the term "grand." Using the expression "Grand Paris" paralyzes us. We're wonderstruck at having said, and thus thought, "Grand Paris," meaning a Paris that stretches beyond the "périphérique" beltway. It's as if, by having the audacity to use this expression, we'd already done half the work. But the project is taking a long time to be implemented and I think ambition already seems to be lacking. Aren't we already hearing excuses of helplessness and delay?
Further, as I see it, every year of inertia equals 10 years lost compared to the rest of the world, which is moving forward at top speed. I'm afraid that Paris is falling behind the others in terms of infrastructure, transportation, appeal, intellectual influence. Not to mention, less directly, the quality-of-life standpoint, especially with respect to jobs.
We must move forward very quickly, but quick action doesn't seem to be on the agenda.
H.B.: What can a group like GDF SUEZ Group bring to this massive project? Do you see any strategies – particularly in terms of cooperation – that could address this urgent need for action? ?
E.O.: GDF SUEZ has core businesses that know how to work together and share restrictive burdens. When you have know-how in the fields of energy, water, sanitation, you have a very practical approach to the reality of the city. GDF SUEZ is also made up of people, people who are out there in trucks, who know the condition the networks are in, who are required to achieve certain results.
This Group has a very strong field methodology that means it can forge collaborations while offering differentiated solutions tailored to each city. To think in terms of a broader space while allowing the smallest hubs of the Ile-de-France cities to increase their independence within this space. And that also means cost savings. It's the Group's job to tell the elected officials, "More things are possible than you might think."
H.B.: Quite often, water, energy and transport infrastructures can be pooled between two districts, two cities, two regions. Infrastructure becomes a catalyst for connection and sharing. A network of pipes is the means, and the means is the actor, the pretext for bringing living spaces together.
E.O.: Those are great examples of integration proposals. Moreover, GDF SUEZ can offer unification solutions, like decentralizing energy, because it has a broad spectrum of expertise, such as its network division, energy production division…
H.B.: How can such a Group serve as a driving force to help a project like Grand Paris move forward?
E.O.: GDF SUEZ cannot and should not take the place of elected officials. The best thing it has to offer is cross-disciplinary expertise. It can offer a number of options for the city and leave the responsibility of actually choosing to those in government.
When you think of a city, you can see that there are many interesting interactions taking place: between climate and urban development (if you opt for a given type of building without planting any trees, temperatures rise by 3°C); between transportation and safety (take the example of Rennes, where improving transportation caused a decline in safety)…
In my opinion, GDF SUEZ knows how to merge these dimensions to help the mayor grasp the implications of the various decisions he might make and help him create his own vision.
That being said, it's just not true that a city comes down to a sum of solutions. In my opinion, for a city to function properly, there are three rules that must be followed: It must make life easier, it must be attractive, and it must be balanced, meaning it cannot be a collection of ghettos. A city must be woven: It must weave together the people, the religions, the generations…
And GDF SUEZ can provide solutions for those three points.
But there are two dangers to be avoided. The first is falling into what I call "silos." Meaning confining oneself to a single domain skillset. If you are stuck in silos, you only think in terms of transportation, safety, meteorology, all separately. The second danger is providing a "turnkey" city. Because there are very inefficient cities, even when each domain is handled perfectly. But the Group's increasing involvement in the city's design also forces it to break down those "silo" walls internally. The various domains have no choice but to communicate and work with one another.


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Doing The Poznan. Turning your back on your troubles.
It's approaching midnight deep inside the bowels of the Municipal Stadium in Poznan and Shay Given hasn't gone yet.
That's why he's still here.
He hasn't gone yet.
The Republic of Ireland's most capped player not only had to face the Croatian front two of Mandzukic and Jelavic on the pitch, he also got a good chasing from the people in doping control.
Given was chosen for the random drug testing after the match, and in a room off the corridor nearest the Ireland dressing room, he waited and waited… and waited.
Sometimes, as the Irish found to their cost last night, it's hard to perform when everyone is watching.
Despite taking in quite a few drinks it just wasn't happening for Shay. Eventually, accompanied by the drug testers, he returned to the dressing room to shower and change and then again went back to doping control.
When the sample was finally produced, Shay was free to go, but before doing so he spoke to me about the disappointment of defeat in the opening game of Ireland's European Championship campaign.
"We're up against the so-called best team in the world next in Spain, so we're just going to have to get a result," he said, before revealing how desperately sorry the whole squad was for letting the fans and the country down.
However, the good news from an Irish perspective is that he said he felt no ill effects of his recent injuries and the hope is we don't see a night like the one in Poznan again.
Given was one of the players that Ireland were relying on for these championships. He, along with several others, were bringing to the table the benefit of experience. Or so we thought.
The Republic of Ireland has the oldest squad at the Euros.
At 73, Trapattoni became the oldest coach at a finals, the previous record holder was the 71-year-old Otto Baric, who coached Croatia at Euro 2004.
With the benefit of certainty, Ireland lined out against Croatia numbers one to 11 as per the official squad list. How often does that happen in modern tournament football?
Between them, John O'Shea and Richard Dunne now have over 150 caps.
Though he's only 26, Aidan Mc Geady, Ireland's only ever-present in qualifying, reached a half-century against Croatia. If he plays in all three games, Damien Duff will become a centurion in the final group game against Italy.
Kevin Doyle, who some will claim was the fall guy for Ireland's woes, being hauled off after Ireland went 3-1 down (as if it was his fault), will achieve 50 appearances for his country if he plays against Spain, and even Whelan and Andrews now have 70 caps in total.
That's a lot of game time.
But the daddy of them all is captain Robbie Keane.
This is a man with 53 goals for his country in 117 appearances. This is the man who scored seven goals in qualifying and who has carried himself and his country with great dignity and honour in the lead up to the championships.
Yet collectively it seemed that Ireland suffered stage fright.
There was an electric charge flowing down with the rain from the stands.
After the long build-up and the air of giddy excitement created by the fans at home and in Poland, the stadium was brimming with emotional intensity.
The well wishes of the president and his people, one of the best renditions of the anthem in any arena, all this weighed heavily on green shoulders.
The occasion, it seemed, got the better of them.
Croatia manager Slaven Bilic spoke to me afterwards and acknowledged that his side's experience of tournament football stood to them.
They have competed in four of the last five, winning each of their group games last time out. None of this is new to them.
Luka Modric spoke to RTÉ as well and claimed that nothing that Ireland did was unexpected. They knew exactly what was needed to counter our crude tactics.
There was no shortage of effort on Ireland's part but technically we came up short.
Blood, sweat and tears is simply not enough at this level, the elite of European international football.
As one member of the UEFA staff said last night: "This all seems new to Ireland. You must remember, you're in the big time now."
Tony O'Donoghue is RTÉ's soccer correspondent


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Extra Magazine....Where do you carry and How?
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I always carry a spare mag for my Glock 26, though usually in a pocket rather than on my belt. My pistol might malfunction. The mag might get knocked out of my gun in a fight. I might run out of ammo and need to reload.
I have to dispute Leadcounsel's statements:
"A) you're a really really bad aim, in which case you need more practice"
Skill degradation in gunfights versus "practice" has been estimated by many authorities to be in the 50%-80% range. This means that even a well-practiced shooter who scores 100% on a qualification course may only shoot half that well when under deadly stress.
"B) you are severely outnumbered and have no business drawing your gun, you should leave the situation immediately
"C) you are severly outnumbered and should draw your gun and leave the area immediately"
If I am severely outnumbered, I am MORE likely to need my gun (and maybe a spare mag), not less. Obviously, if one can safely withdraw from a situation, one should, but this applies
to situations where one faces a hostile individual or a gang.
I also find this "I can hear the DA now" stuff pretty amusing coming from the guy who, in another thread, says that he:
* wears a threat level IIA vest regularly (I can hear the DA now, asking why a mere citizen needs body armor like that used by police)
* uses a Glock 35 .40 with a 15 rd clip (I can hear the DA now, asking why a mere citizen needs a high-capacity pistol firing high-powered police rounds)
* suits up with pistol, flashlight, phone, vest and electronic ear protectors when there's a noise in the house (I can hear the DA now, asking why a mere citizen needs to outfit himself like SWAT cop to confront a teenage burglar)
* uses hollowpoint Corbons (I can hear the DA now, asking why regular or police-issue bullets weren't deadly enough for this mere citizen)
My point is that this fear of hearing what a politically-motivated prosecutor MAY say to a jury seems pretty silly. I am willing to bet that neither Mas Ayoob nor Leadcounsel can produce a case where a defender was convicted in an otherwise righteous shooting simply because he was carrying a spare magazine.
Recycled scare stories about courtroom theatrics from anti-gun DAs helps fill Massad's monthly columns, and probably sells issues of "Combat Handguns" to lots of petrified, underconfident new shooters. I'm not sure they should materially affect the choices of serious gun carriers, whether the issue is carrying spare magazines, wearing body armor, or anything else.
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