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To Succeed In Digital, You Must Be Magic
There has long been a debate in marketing between appealing to either the "logic" or "magic" parts of the consumer mind. Do I offer them a coupon? Do I appeal to their aspirations? How do I know when to do which? And is there ever a time when I can do both? The very fact of the matter is that logic should matter very little to your brand nowawadays, at least from a messaging standpoint. Whereas logic used to be the "steak" in the marketing and magic was the "sizzle," our immense capacity for logic as a human race has flipped that equation on its head by making the world magical.
When I look at the events over the last several years — Felix Baumgartner's death-defying fall from space (brought to you by Red Bull), the 2012 Olympics, the Curiosity Rover, the first person cured of AIDS, and the rise of the Arab Spring — I realize we live in an inherently magical and inspiring world. You cannot turn on your computer, television, radio or mobile phone without instantly being connected to something awe-inspiring. The simple fact that nearly two-thirds of us turn over in bed every morning to turn off our mobile phone alarm and are instantly connected to the entire world is in itself awe-inspiring.
Logic Has Become the Norm, and We Hate It
Furthermore, as soon as we activate these devices, we are so inundated with deals, tweets, Facebook ads, mobile banners and YouTube pre-roll that the logic has become completely ubiquitous in the digital world. Facebook gets more than a billion page views every single day, and there's at least one ad shown for every single view. The logical benefit, the special offer, the redeemable coupon is becoming diluted at a dizzying rate.
That's not to say it does not have its utility. I absolutely redeem the right offers when they are emailed to me, and there are times when I want to know the simple brand benefit of a product before making a purchase. But it is impossible to say that the amplification of media consumption, paired with the amplification of advertising has made the signal-to-noise ratio in the digital world is so high for brands that to focus on logic — why your brand is better than that one — is not enough to stand out anymore. How many times is digital ad spending going to keep growing year over year before marketers realize that consumers are not buying more stuff because they are advertising more?
"You Have to Learn Certain Skills to Present Magic"
The above is not just a convenient header; it's a quote from David Copperfield, and a truism for marrying magic with marketing. The first skill a brand needs to develop is not really a skill, but more of an act of acceptance. Your brand is not what you sell, it is not what you say it is, it is not why five blades on a razor are superior to four and it is not the tiger in my tank. Your brand is the millions of customers you have served and all of their stories. Your brand is everything they have to say about you. Most importantly, your brand is everything they are going to remember about you. The Internet has extended our memories infinitely backward.
The other skill you have to cultivate to create magic is the ability to tell a story, know which story to tell, how and when. Stories enrich our lives. They enrich our relationships with our friends and family, the places we live and have been, and the things we surround ourselves with. Your brand needs to learn how to become a piece of that connective tissue that holds those stories together.
Note that I said "a piece", and not "the whole story." It is so much more impactful when your brand is associated with a time, a place, a person, a thing. I will never remember the terrifying 11 minutes of watching Felix Baumgartner fall from outer space without remembering the Red Bull logo. I will never be able to remember the 2012 Olympics without seeing those ridiculous neon sneakers Nike used to steal the show, without buying a single advertisement. And I will probably be showing my kids my Instagram Photo Map and telling them about how once, when I was young, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube helped the world access information and topple regimes around the world (hint: those are all great ways to tell a story).
Magic and Sustainability Can Be the Same Thing
I did not mean to imply that if your brand is going to sit on the logic side of the marketing equation that you cannot be successful. Offers will move units, and your brand benefit could very well make product fly off the shelf if it's good enough. But what I am trying to imply is that your brand cannot be impactful in the digital space without giving serious thought and resources to the things that make the magic side of the equation.
Bottom line: If you never create magic, you will never be associated with anything lasting.


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(Update: This video has since been removed from Youtube. Sorry.)
A Yellow Submarine theme park ride? How tacky. We already have a Yellow Submarine ride. It's called "two tabs of acid."
I would expect Robert Zemekis' CGI remake to look far better than this, but the soulless expressions would be the same. If his Yellow Submarine followed the spirit of the hand-drawn original, and became a showcase for the possibilities of the medium, then it could be good. But Hollywood has settled on two visual styles for computer animation: the plastic Toy Story look, and the gritty Transformers look. That's all, folks.
The really ironic thing is that the computer graphics revolution was spearheaded by psychedelic hippies from the '60s. The internet is a boundary-dissolving tool of the collective unconscious. The whole thing is counter-cultural subversion, really, and now it's run by billionaires in suits. Yuck. Remember what Terence McKenna said, kids: "The proponents of psychedelics have figured out that it's acceptable to this culture if you disguise it as electronic entertainment."
Well, this Yellow Submarine CGI cartoon has the "electronic" part down cold, but the "entertainment" is a flop. Zemekis' movie will still earn more money on its opening day that Ponyo will in its entire US run.
Yellow Submarine in CGI
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- Chris Sobieniak said...
In all fairness, the animation in that ride video would work as a video game if nothing more (and why we haven't gotten one, I'll never know, they could put more effort into that than to remake a classic).
I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Zemeckis & Co. can do with this project, and hold our judgment until some pics or even previews come in before we can make our decisions (unless a screening of the entire thing once it's out is also necessary). I still think it would be wise not to go ahead with this at all. The 1968 original needs to be better represented through a re-issue of sorts.
- August 22, 2009 2:43 PM
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Governor Patrick Files Bond Bill Authorizing Investment in Land Conservation, Bridges and Recreation Facilities
Legislation provides unprecedented support for land acquisition, upgrade of park and beach facilities, other capital assets
Governor Deval Patrick today filed legislation making an unprecedented commitment to land conservation and investment in transportation infrastructure and recreational facilities operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).
The $1.4 billion Energy and Environment Bond Bill is nearly double the size of authorization from the last environment bond bill, passed in 2002, and is in line with Governor Patrick's commitments to protecting open space from development and enhancing recreational facilities for all Massachusetts citizens. The funding authorization is based on the Administration's five-year capital investment plan and related debt affordability analysis published in August.
"The Commonwealth needs parks, farmlands, and recreational facilities that are second to none, in order to attract new residents and visitors, and enhance our quality of life," said Governor Patrick.
"This bond bill advances Governor Patrick's priorities - land conservation and upgrading of assets in the care and custody of our state parks agency," said Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles. "It provides the bonding authority to give the citizens of the Commonwealth the great open spaces and the great parks, beaches, and recreation facilities they deserve."
The 2008 Energy and Environment Bond Bill nearly doubles the authorization made in the 2002 environmental bond bill - and more than doubles the investment authorized in assets under the care and custody of DCR, the statewide agency responsible for parks, beaches, and forests, reversing a past pattern of neglect.
The bond bill provides $665 million in borrowing authority for infrastructure and park assets. This bond authority includes $250 million for design and construction for DCR bridges in dire need of repair and reconstruction. Bridges likely to receive attention under this bond authorization include the Woods Memorial Bridge in Everett and bridges in the Charles River Basin, pending the results of a sequencing study to determine the optimal order of repair and reconstruction. Also included in this bonding authority is $75 million in borrowing authority for urban parkways, and $213 million for other spending on state parks, urban reservations, harbor islands, hiking and biking trails, swimming pools, skating rinks, and campgrounds.
"Every visitor to state parks, forests and beaches has seen the effects of years of underinvestment in these great places, which provide recreational opportunities for millions of residents and draw visitors from around the country," said Frank Gorke, director of Environment Massachusetts and director of the Conservation and Recreation Campaign. "A great state needs a great park system, and restoring our park system to greatness begins with this strong environmental bond bill. The Governor's commitment to DCR in this bond will get us pointed toward clean, safe and accessible parks and beaches."
For land conservation, the bond bill authorizes $355 million, up from $250 million in the 2002 environmental bond bill, allowing the administration to meet its goal of investing at least $50 million per year under the five-year capital spending plan announced in August. The five-year projected spending plan represents a 65 percent increase over annual land protection spending in the past four years, and 24 percent over annual spending from 1993 to 2003, adjusted for inflation.
Spending on land preservation cuts across agencies and programs, but going forward will reflect Governor Patrick's three priorities:
* Commonwealth Urban Parks: visionary urban parks located in neighborhoods where outdoor recreation is lacking.
* Commonwealth Habitat Reserves: saving the remaining large, undisturbed blocs of natural habitat for future generations and as destinations for "green tourism."
* Commonwealth Working Landscapes: preserving agricultural and forest lands as viable enterprises that also maintain the rural landscape of Massachusetts.
State-funded land conservation programs leverage a great deal of investment in land protection by private land trusts and municipalities. Based on past experience, Governor Patrick's commitment to at least $50 million a year in state land acquisition and conservation restrictions should leverage an additional $75 million annually in municipal, land trust, federal, landowner gifts, and other private fund raising. In addition, conservation restrictions obtained by towns and land trusts working with conservation-minded landowners, which may reach 10,000 acres this year, often abut state protected land, adding another $40 million in land conservation associated with state land programs.
"Many communities are seeking to preserve their defining landscapes before they're overwhelmed by development pressures," said Whitney Hatch, Regional Director of The Trust for Public Land. "We find that communities are stepping up to the plate, but more often than not, a state matching grant is an essential piece of the conservation puzzle. We need this bond to replenish those grant programs. We thank Governor Patrick for this wise proposal to invest in our irreplaceable resources, and we hope the Legislature will quickly approve a new environmental bond."
"It is a bold move for the Patrick Administration to file the largest environmental bond in the Commonwealth's history. We especially commend the minimum of $50 million annually dedicated to land conservation," said Mass Audubon President Laura Johnson. "Because we are currently losing more than 40 acres of open space per day, this investment is critical to aid the quickly closing window for land protection in Massachusetts."
"This important proposal will greatly improve the Commonwealth's ability to conserve land and address long overdue repairs in our parks," said Sen. Pamela Resor, Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture. "I look forward to comments on the proposal as we work with the administration to act on this bill."
"This document, our first full bond in six years, sets the stage for our environmental work over the next half-decade," said Rep. Frank Smizik, House chair of the Joint Committee. "The Governor's bill looks comprehensive, is generous in its bottom line, and puts us back on track after years of neglect. I'm particularly pleased to see authorization for subjects like climate change adaptation, land preservation, dam removal, and water supply protection."
The $1.4 billion of authorization sought covers the estimated five-year spending amount and provides a reasonable level of flexibility to fund additional spending for environmental assets in the event that the Administration determines that the financial capacity exists to increase the state's investment in our environment over the five-year period covered by the bond bill.
Source: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=pressreleases&agId=Agov3&prModName=gov3pressrelease&prFile=071220_land_conservation.xml


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Faculty Advisory Board
Richard Kraut, Brady Program Director, Weinberg College, Philosophy
Richard Kraut is the Charles and Emma Morrison Professor in the Humanities. He holds appointments in the Departments of Philosophy and Classics. Having received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, he taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago before moving to Northwestern in 1995. His interests include contemporary moral and political philosophy, as well as the ethics and political thought of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Outside of academia, he tries his hand at the piano and tennis, and enjoys novels, plays, opera, and chamber music.
Professor Kraut will be on leave during Academic Year 2016-2017.
Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Weinberg College, Philosophy
Kyla Ebels-Duggan is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy. She works on issues in moral and political philosophy. Recently, some of her work has focused on the intersection of these areas with questions in the philosophy of education. She is interested in how to understand the interaction between our responsibility for children we raise and their responsibility for themselves, where to locate authority and responsibility for communicating value commitments to the next generation, the sense in which parents and educators ought to aim to foster autonomy, and the role of articulating reasons in moral education and development. She is also interested in the implications of the answers to these questions for broader issues in moral psychology, value theory, and political philosophy.
Professor Ebels-Duggan will serve as Interim Director while Professor Kraut is on leave.
Adam Goodman, Center for Leadership Director
Adam Goodman directs Northwestern University's Center for Leadership, which offers academic and applied leadership development programs for undergraduate students, Ph.D. students and high potential staff. He's a faculty member and teaches leadership courses in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and also teaches leadership coaching in the Kellogg School of Management and teamwork and decision making in the School of Communication. Goodman is founder of Catapult, a spin-off from his research building a data intensive enterprise-wide web portal for leadership, coaching and teamwork assessment.
In addition to Catapult, his current projects include the development of 6 Leadership Questions® (an assessment and learning tool) and training programs for leadership coaching. An active consultant today and for over 25 years, he has advised over 100 CEOs, senior officers, executive teams and boards of directors and given hundreds of invited speeches and workshops in the United States and around the world.
Goodman earned a Masters Degree in management and a Ph.D. in leadership from the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado, where he was a Presidential Fellow.
Sara Monoson, Weinberg College, Political Science, Classics
Sara Monoson is Professor of Political Science and Classics and Director of the Graduate Classics Cluster. She is the author of Plato's Democratic Entanglements: Athenian Politics and the Practice of Philosophy (2000) which was awarded the 2001 Foundations Book Prize by the American Political Science Association for the Best First Book in Political Theory. Her research interests include Greek political theory in historical context and classical reception studies, especially the history of appropriations of Greek philosophers in American political discourse (e.g., about abolition, war and peace, labor and industry, cold war, civil rights, education). She is currently working on two projects, Socrates in the Vernacular, a study of the figure of Socrates in 20th century popular media in the US, Canada and Greece, and Socrates in Combat, an account of the significance Plato attaches to military service and return in his theory of justice and in his portrait of Socrates' distinctiveness.
Mark Sheldon, Weinberg College, Philosophy
Mark Sheldon is Assistant Dean in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, and also has an appointment in the Medical Ethics and Humanities Program, Feinberg School of Medicine. He received his PhD from Brandeis University, where he was awarded a Sachar Fellowship to study at Oxford University. Since 1986 he has served as an ethics consultant at Rush University Medical Centerin Chicago. Formerly a member of the Committee on Philosophy and Medicine of the American Philosophical Association, he is currently co-editor of the APA's Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine. He also served as a member of the Task Force on Genetics for the Illinois Humanities Council.


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When I read AFN I particularly notice stories of accomplishment involving Ahwatukee youth. Articles highlighting young athletes, artists, forward-thinking students and their stories of personal accomplishment are the norm. In short, Ahwatukee is known for supporting its youth in many ways and the AFN has always been a part of that effort. I don't recall ever reading such a negative critique of a local teenager for any reason than in the ("Neal's no-show assembly an example of how out-of-hand high school sports have become," AFN, Feb. 26) Brownie Points column by Jerry Brown. To print such harsh language and name-calling regarding such a well-mannered young man from our community is irresponsible and disappointing.
Many people have an axe to grind with the "seriousness" of high school athletics. Brown's commentary used the assembly at Kyrene de la Esperanza for Davonte Neal inappropriately in your effort to remark on this popular topic of debate.
Neal lived here in Ahwatukee and his dad trained multiple teenagers from Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe who went on to rewarding collegiate careers. Now adults, they (and I) have been routing for Neal and looking forward to seeing him reach his goals, which include more than football.
Years of national press written about Neal constantly addresses his personal attributes and service to the community more than his being the fifth recruit in the country. He is also known to be a peer educator and an all-around fine young man. To call him a "diva" was a knee-jerk reaction at best. Did Brown simply fill in the persona of character from some movie or book about high school football fanfare gone awry?
Not every student-athlete will have press conferences, which is a good thing.
However, a few will and the level of support we provide them says a lot about our community.
That must have been a trying day for the Neal family. True concern for the situation could have triggered an article about the pressures on young student-athletes, the complexity of moving forward for high school graduates, friends going separate ways, etc. The opportunities for constructive insight were endless and you missed all of them. You used appalling terminology describing a young man that is widely known to be the very opposite. Your wish that Fox Sports had chosen not to cover a game earlier in the season makes me question the intent of Brown's column. Who cares about the inner workings of Fox Sports coverage anyway?
Why praise Fox Sports so much? Perhaps for Brownie Points?
Local columnists tend to support the teens of their community, encouraging other kids to strive for their own goals. It's an important message that can't be understated.
Negative commentary, especially speculation, should be limited when critiquing the accomplishments of any high school student. To ignore this when writing about a teenager renowned for his service and character is questionable in nature. I really wish AFN had the foresight not to print such a passive-aggressive rant against an upstanding young member of the community.
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During the regular season Joe Kelly went from reliever to fill-in starter for the Cardinals, pitching so well that he grabbed a full-time spot, and now he's starting Game 1 of the NLCS.
St. Louis announced its rotation with Kelly in Game 1, followed by Michael Wacha in Game 2 and Adam Wainwright in Game 3. That means standout rookie Shelby Miller will once again be relegated to the bullpen, where he threw just one inning in the NLDS.
Kelly will match up against Zack Greinke in the series opener versus the Dodgers, setting up a Wacha-Clayton Kershaw duel in Game 2.
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Gimme Presents
Haha, just kidding. But not really.
Anyway, yes today is my birthday. I'm 23 today…woot…
On the plus side, my girlfriend Sarah got my Lego Batman for the PS3!!! My love for Batman seriously knows no bounds. And in case you were wondering if I made it up or not, yes today really is supposed to be Judgement Day according to the Terminator mythos. I thought that was awesome enough to warrant a comic. I don't know if I'll be able to update EVERY Monday and Thursday, but I wanted something to go up today for obvious reasons…and it was late in the afternoon. So yeah, I'm definitely going to have something up every Monday and try to have something up on Thursdays as well. If not, please forgive me, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.
What's funny about this comic is that this was a quick one, because it only took me a few hours to complete when usually it takes MUCH longer. And yet I still managed to put a lot of detail into it…yeah that's me holding back…
Also, I have some new customs up for sale on eBay, so check them out if you're interested and bid often! Like my new Custom Ghostbusters 2 Louis Tully with Bus Driver Slimer!
So anyway, enjoy your day and your weekend and try not to get killed out there!
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Kneading is an instinctual kitten behavior. Young kittens knead their mother's nipples to stimulate the "let down" reflex in her, which causes the milk to flow so the kittens can eat.
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Today's famous naked celebrity is Katherine Webb.
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Sheriff's Office investigating Cole County homicide
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:00:00 GMT —
Update: 9:31 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23.: Cole County Sheriff Greg White said both of the men who were wanted for the murder of Francisco Navarro turned themselves in early Friday morning. Jose Hurtado and Rafael Fuentes were both wanted on second-degree murder charges. Early Friday morning, the men met authorities at a pre-arranged location on Ellis Blvd in Jefferson City. Authorities suspect Hurtado gunned down Navarro during an argument between Fuentes and the driver of a vehicle Navarro was riding in. Witnesses said the argument stemmed from a loud muffler on the truck in which Navarro was a passenger. Update: Thursday, Dec. 22 at 5:45 p.m.:
Cole County Sheriff Greg White confirms deputies have located Fuentes' 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora in California, Missouri.
The car is being processed now.
White didn't give many details about where the car was, he only said it wasn't found in a garage.
Update: Thursday, Dec. 22 at 3:00 p.m.:
Wednesday night Cole County Sheriff's Deputies executed search warrants of Fuentes and Hurtado's homes in California, Mo.
California police also assisted in the search of the homes.
Officials with the police department told KRCG the families of both of the men were at the homes during the search.
Update: Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 3:36 p.m.:
The Cole County Sheriff TMs Office has released photos of the two men wanted in an Apache Flats homicide.
Prosecutors already charged Rafael Fuentes, 23, and Jose Hurtado, 22, with 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of Francisco Navarro. The victim lived in the Apache Manor Trailer Park, which is where the shooting happened Sunday night.
In a Wednesday afternoon news conference, Sheriff Greg White said Fuentes and Hurtado are considered armed and dangerous and if anyone comes across them, they should use extreme caution.
It TMs believed the two are traveling in a 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora with Missouri plates DF0-R8N. The vehicle is either tan or gray in color with heavily-tinted windows.
Surveillance video caught the car on camera. This is a look at the actual vehicle officers are searching for|
White said his department has alerted all the states that border Missouri and the Mexico border to be on the lookout for Hurtado and Fuentes. The sheriff TMs office isn TMt sure if the pair is from Missouri, Mexico or somewhere else.
If they aren TMt from Mexico, they are from somewhere even more south.
Sheriff White said the men did not live in the trailer park where the shooting happened. Records show the men having California, Missouri addresses as recently as 2008 and 2010.
Update: Wednesday, December 21st at 11:20 a.m.:
While authorities are searching for the two men they believe killed a man in Cole County, the prosecuting attorney's office has filed charges against them.
In a probable cause statement a deputy with the Cole County Sheriff's Department, Detective Ryan Petty said Jose Hurtado, born in 1989, and Rafael Fuentes, born in 1988 were invovled in Sunday night's shooting.
Hurtado is charged with second degree murder and Fuentes is charged with second degree murder and hindering prosecution.
The probable cause statement said witnesses who were interviewed told detectives the two men were at Apache Manor Trailer Park when a physical altercation between Rafael Fuentes and another man, Jesus Hernandez broke out.
Witnesses then said the victim, Francisco Navarro, 26, was going to help his friend, then Hurtado shot him, a gun shot wound that later killed him.
Court documents said Fuentes is also charged with hindering prosecution because he helped Hurtado avoid arrest by driving him away from the crime scene.
Fuentes is currently on parole for unlawful use of a weapon in which he shot a gun into a police officer's house.
Pictures weren't immediately available.
Update: Wednesday, December 21st at 10:45 a.m.:
The Cole County Sheriff's Department is holding a news conference Wednesday afternoon to update the media and the public on the case of a fatal Sunday night shooting.Sheriff's Department officials would not say if any arrests had been made.KRCG will be at the news conference, and bring you all the details.
Update: Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 3:00 p.m.:
The search is still on for two people wanted in the death of a man.
Cole County Sheriff Greg White said deputies have not arrested anyone for killing Francisco Navarro. The 26-year-old died in a shooting Sunday at the Apache Manor Trailer Park.
White said his office knows of a possible suspect, but he TMs not naming that person at this time.
White also explained that the sheriff TMs office has several good leads deputies are following to try and track down the people responsible.
Update: 10:30 a.m. Dec. 19: Cole County authorities have released the name of the man who died in an Apache Flats shooting Sunday night.Police said Francisco Navarro, 26, died in the shooting. He was a Mexican national who was a resident of the mobile home park.The Cole County Sheriff's Office said the call came in about the shooting at 9:37 p.m. at the Apache Manor Trailer Park on Bus. 50 W.Witnesses at the scene told the sheriff's office that Navarro was riding in a pickup truck with another Hispanic male coming into the mobile home park when they were met by a pair of Hispanic men getting into a grey four-door late model sedan. Authorities said the men getting into the sedan were complaining about the loud muffler on the pickup truck and a fight broke out between the two drivers of the vehicles. When Navarro left the pickup truck to stop the fight, witnesses said the passenger of the sedan got out and fired three shots, hitting Navarro with one. He was taken to St. Mary's in Jefferson City and then life-lighted to Columbia, where he was pronounced dead at 11:27 p.m.The passenger of the sedan shot Navarro with a 9mm handgun. Authorities are looking for the grey four-door sedan which was last seen leaving the trailer park headed westbound. The two men involved are described as latin males in their mid 20s to early 30s.Anyone with information about the men or their vehicle are asked to call the Cole County Sheriff's Office at (573)634-9160 and ask for Aaron Bollinger. Update: 12:10 a.m. Dec. 19: The Cole County Sheriff's Office has confirmed they are investigating a homicide in Cole County near Jefferson City.Cole County Sheriff Greg White said it happened in Apache Flats Sunday evening. He said three rounds were fired and one of them killed the victim.White said they are not releasing the name of the victim because they are waiting on notification of next of kin. Information about the shooter was also not released.A news conference is planned for late Monday morning regarding the shooting. It happened at the Apache Manor Trailer Park just off Bus. Hwy 50 about a mile out of Jefferson City.Original Story:Law enforcement are on the scene of a shooting at the Apache Manor Trailer Park.
A victim has a reported wound to the upper right shoulder and torso.
He is being flown to University Hospital in Columbia right now.
Authorities are looking for two men, possibly Hispanic driving a light brown or grey Oldsmobile Alero with dark tint on the back windows.
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Quality Gas Appliances
The front panel is tan with two black lines and one black line framing the title and company name and address. The back panel has a circular logo with the Liberty Bell in the center and Made in Philadelphia The world's greatest workshop in two lines around the bell. The title page also has a rectangle and triangle combined as one with "Quality" plus service inside. The copyright date and Revised price list is below that. In the lower left corner is A. G. 701. The pages cover information on cafe ranges; ventilating wall canopy; sausage griddle; cake griddle; toaster; combination waffle, griddle, broiler and toaster; waffle baker; griddle broiler and toaster; restaurant cookers; blueprints for the dimensions of the restaurant cookers; table stoves, and laundry stove. There are line drawings for the products and the blueprints are in traditional blue with white lettering.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Roberts & Mander Stove
Publisher: Roberts & Mander Stove Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
12 p.
21.6 x 14 cm
Language: English
Key term: Catalogs
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Citation: Quality Gas Appliances. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=3381


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I never got Christmas presents in my childhood. Did you?(108 Posts)
I have just read "Kids' presents", which makes me feel quite guilty as we cannot afford expensive presents. We have two children and if we spend £30.00 in total, that would be perfect. They do get toys throughout the year so they do not grow without toys and I hope they can understand it. One problem is that they often ask for useless toys. They tell us how much they want something and then after a few days the toy is forgotten.
I grew up without hardly any toys. We had a Christmas tree but never presents. I do remember getting a present for my birthday perhaps once or twice. There were three of us and our parents did not earn much. Never theless, I did not ask for presents. I was very understanding at that time. It is now that I think that they could have actually prepared something, even a tiny one.
I make fun of DH's hoarding tendencies wrt toilet roll and ketchup and other random household stuff and his family were very poor when he was growing up. Never made the connection before.
I always do him a stocking now because they never had them when they were young.
I always had presents, great ones before my parents split up and after that my mum couldn't afford much and my dad never got it right but hey!
I was brought up mainly by my father who was never very good at remembering to buy new clothes when the old ones were grown out of / worn through or toiletries like sanitary towels and deodorant etc and I was too (shy? Scared? I don't know!) to ask him for anything.
As a result my dc have the best of everything. I would go without myself if necessary to avoid them being embarrassed by their clothes etc.
This thread has me thinking of my wonderful mum who had a very difficult deprived childhood and yet made every christmas special for myself and my brother- not excessively with expensive gifts and 'stuff' but just by doin what most families would probably consider the 'basics' of christmas- especially as she done it all on her own. I didnt realise until i was older how alien it must of been to her to treat us well and be a loving supportive parent as she was never shown this consideration herself. She truly is a wonderful woman, this thread has reminded me of that- i thank you all. I am making a mental note to spend more time with her and tell her how great she is this xmas.
I'm still finding this thread really shocking. I feel extremely saddened that there are children that literally get no presents at Christmas and don't think Father Christmas is real as they don't get a stocking. I thought we were poor because we didn't have cakes and biscuits and squash etc in the house. Food was never 'free flowing' and we had to ask if we wanted anything from the kitchen other than water. Every fluid oz of milk was accounted for and my mum would make the cereal in the mornings because she had so little of everything that she needed control over the kitchen food/budget. However, we always had presents at Christmas. Not loads, but something.
We got small presents, nothing expensive mind - Kirkby grips, pencils, new knickers and either a doll or when we were older a record. My mum had literally not a penny spare and I know it took a lot for her to get us the presents she did. Christmas wasn't really a happy time though, not for me anyway, I hope I managed to make it fun for my little sisters though. My mum was always deeply depressed and had been most of her adult life, it got worse when my dad left and she just withdrew completely. She would try but she just couldn't engage. My mum worked in a Chinese restaurant and worked every Christmas day ( double time) so she would be gone from mid morning till about 10pm - she always brought home a big bag of Chinese food though and we would all wait up for her coming home with our 'feast'. My mum would just sit and watch us devouring the food like there was no tomorrow with a sad smile.
DH is an only child and the first Christmas present he ever recieved was from his girlfriend when he was 16. He spent every Christmas looking after his alcoholic mother who saw Christmas as an excuse to drink even more than usual.
The adult mr and mrs lovestotravel have cupboards full of food, toilet roll, soap etc etc, I can't bear to run low on things. DH insists we save a % of our salary every month - he is terrified of not having savings ( they often went without food as there was no money to buy any and he recalls hiding from the various debt collectors that came calling). We also spoil our DD in over compensation.
DH has no contact with his mum any more which is a decision he made a long time ago. My lovely mum found happiness late in life and married a lovely man who treats her like a princess - she deserves it and she is an amazing grandmother but I do feel sad that we weren't enough for her, we could have been so happy
We didn't have much money when we were growing up. I didn't particularly notice at the time although there were things you just didn't ask for, so I guess I must have realised on some level.
We did get presents at Christmas though - usually a thrilling heap of them, though none of it would be expensive. The "big" toy would be a board game or an art set and every year there was a tin of toffees and a book.
OP - I can't splurge money on useless toys either. Small things individually wrapped will be exciting for your DCs to open. I hope you have a lovely Christmas
Yes, we had a lot for a long time. Then hard times struck when I was a teenager and my Mum had nothing to give so gave me a bracelet of hers I'd admired. I felt dreadful and didn't want to accept it as it was hers and I wanted her to have it. She said it would give her more pleasure if I had it.
I've tried to give it back to her many times over the years but she won't take it. It makes me sad every time I look at it.
I've read this thread with a lump in my throat and want to hug each and every child who didn't get presents at Christmas / birthdays
Mum and Dad were poor when we were growing up - working alternate shifts to try and make ends meet, (Mum walking 2 miles back through Leeds at midnight during the time when the Yorkshire Ripper was around for eg), but they always put us first and made sure we had something, no matter how cheap.
By contrast they are now quite comfortable and so spoil their GCs.
DH grew up in a very wealthy but dysfunctional family, where they were given lots but he and his siblings had to care for his alcoholic mother as his father worked abroad.
My DH never had a christmas growing up. His DM enjoyed playing bingo to much. His favourite christmas memory was one year when he was about 7 and his older siblings (who moved out as soon as they turned 18) came down with a food hamper as they knew there would be no food in the house and money for the meter (electricity had ran out a few days before) and a few christmas presents for him.
Even now he rarely buys himself anything and its not because he's mean, I think he's just never gotten used to the idea of being able to buy himself things. But he makes sure our children never go without. He never wants them to have to worry about money the way he had to in his childhood.
I feel so sad for all who never got anything, as a single parent, in the late 70's I couldnt of imagined not buying mu Ds a christmas present.
I started buying small things in January, and paid into Park Hampers a 50p a week (which was a lot to be honest, I seem to remember CB was about 1.75 a week or there abouts then.
I was a TA, which has never paid much, and never had maintenance (pre CSA), but I guess I managed my money well.
DS never had big things, but there was always presents.
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We had tons of presents but it didn't make us happy at all. My mother made sure we all knew how hard she had to work to cook the fucking turkey. Never mind that my Dad was working 15 hour days to pay for everything she was buying. And she always had chocolate biscuits every day, and we were only allowed plain ones. A packet of milk chocolate digestives was the first thing I bought with my student grant. And my kids can have a fucking chocolate fucking biscuit whenever they want.
I had 2 toys when growing-up a doll and teddy. We would get money that "would go into the bank". I hated the last day of school when you brought a toy to play with in because I didnt have any (oh how I wanted Guess Who ). I hated it when I was older and I had horrid clothes jumble sale clothes (no uniform) and was bullied.
I never bothered to ask to go on school trips as they just wouldnt pay for just to go. (they could afford 60 a day fags and a few cheeky beers at the weekend though).
Christmas was just anothe day in our house, birthdays too. I think that is why I make such a big fuss now.
Money is tight but I save up and use Ebay where I can, my DC will have loads of presents under the tree, some presents and some boring stuff they need like pj's, sponge etx. They get nothing from my parents even now.
I am the same as another poster I worry about spending money even when I had some and rarely bought things for myself and worry about money.
Gosh I've read this thread with a lump in my throat. It's so sad to read that people got literally nothing at Christmas - or had their presents taken back and sold.
I remember as a child being disappointed that we had little compared to others and being embarrassed when people asked what I got. As I became a teenager I realised we could have been a bit better off if my parents hadn't smoked and if they weren't heavy drinkers. I think that's why I always made sure that my own children had piles of presents, as do my grandchildren.
However, I now know that I was very lucky to be given gifts every Christmas. We didn't get much in comparison to others, but we always got a few gifts. Always. This thread has made me realise that.
God bless you all and I hope, whatever you have/have not, you all have a wonderful and happy Christmas.
I think its a bit sad you didnt have any presents,like not even one,they could of made you something!We were spoilt but i feel it was for my mums benefit rather than ours,she was never nice to us,buying stuff was her way of being nice,i think i would rather her spent time with us doing stuff.
Oh my fucking god.This thread has made me so depressed.I cannot fathom the reasoning behind parents who treat their kids like shit.Like the ones who have special biscuits whilst the kids have plain.Why the fuck do they do that? lovestotravel- your post really struck a chord.Why weren't you enough? Why did it take a nice man to make your mother happy? How selfish.Jesus,next time my DH moans about Christmas presents for the kids I'll show him this thread.
More than half of what I have bought this year has been from the second hand shops. We got a lot of toys at Christmas, but it was always one of my least favourite times of year because Dad was more drunk and there was always tension in the air. Guilt toys I think, mum wanted to have a better life than she and equated that with two parents, just didn't bargain for one of them to be a violent abusing drunk.
Yes it is a sad thread.
My childhood ended when I was 10 pretty much. Lots of reasons. My mothers mental health problems for one.
My dh always had nice Christmases. I didn't. He doesn't really understand my need to make it nice for our children.
I never want my kids to go through what I did. It's not about gifts, toys etc...
It's about being "normal" whatever the hell that is
This thread is making me sad. I hope everybody has a fantastic Christmas even if they don't have much cash to spend.
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I had presents as a child but my parents were not well off. I don't remember getting presents other than at Xmas or on birthdays though. My DS now gets quite a bit through the year although some comes from charity shops. We don't spoil him though at Xmas or on his birthday as he gets presents from relatives too.
Ps matey bubble bath is the best bubble bath I have tried for children. Have recently rediscovered it and it smells of sweets and is very bubbly
It's that sort of thread mrsdv...
I may be 40 now but we are all, to some extent, prisoners of our childhood
Must get some matey.....
Yes, we did. We got a 'main' present and a few other gifts that were usually cheapo stuff we needed - socks, gloves, toiletries - or stuff like stationery or pens. My mum was a top bargain hunter, though, as she was a skint single mum. We also got a stocking with very cheap little bits inside - sweets, nuts, a sastuma and pencils?, rubbers, hairbands etc.
I do find the spending culture at Xmas grim, tbh. We arent badly off, but I refuse to buy piles of crap for my kids. They got a couple of presents that they really want and a stocking with stuff like books, CDs, sweets. They do nicely out of it, but it isnt bank breaking stuff.
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I think guys in some pastels look really sexy, including shades of lavender. Pink I do have a problem with only because it's a cultural 'thing' I suppose.
I can tell you there are probably a LOT of guys who walk around wearing pink briefs though, not because they purchased them that way, but because they did their own laundry.
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You chose to respond to an article about the release of a man who had raped 40 women
by talking about prison crowding. I posted your response in full, along with the link. No twisting is necessary. Your words speak for themselves.
You haven't addressed any of the arguments I raised or questions about your initial or subsequent post. You move from one lame excuse to another. I never said rape was only a problem in America. Sweden is just now beginning to take rape seriously. Yet here you are arguing that jail isn't the solution for rape. That is the most repulsive statement that reveals profound disregard for victims of one of the most comment violent crimes. If rapists in this country went to jail for two years for each count, it would be a miracle. That would have resulted in a term of 80 yrs for the released California serial rapist. Most rapists, however, never see prosecution at all, and if they are convicted misogynist judges let them off, going so far as to blame 11 year old rape victims for seducing 40 yr old men. That is the fruit of the rape culture you insist doesn't exist or somehow makes "excuses." (the absurd lack of reasoning in such a claim defies comprehension).
Prison isn't the answer for rape? It hasn't been tried. How the fuck would you know if it's the answer? Is it the answer for women who make false rape accusations? Is it the answer for women who kill men? Or should they be left unprosecuted as well? We all know your answer to that.
If jail isn't the answer, what is? Legalize rape? Deprive human beings, mainly women, of the basic right to determine who they have sexual relations with?
Few rapists ever go to jail, so to argue prison isn't the answer is like saying rape isn't a crime. We aren't talking about a public health issue like drugs. These are violent felons. To suggest they shouldn't go to jail reveals a complete disregard for the lives of their victims and public safety more broadly.
You lament the fact that women don't face jail terms as long as men, when the fact is their crimes are less likely to be violent. Prison isn't the answer for violent felons. Instead, you whine that women aren't imprisoned for longer periods of time for NON VIOLENT crimes. You insist some sort of parity in prison terms based on gender rather than the severity of crime. That is not a rational argument.
It is perfectly clear that the last thing you care about equality, Your entire argument is built around increasing inequality, on disregarding women's lives and letting men get off for violent crimes, on establishing some sort of statistical parity between non-violent criminals and violent felons just because the latter are more often men and the former more often women. That is not equality. That is punishing women for being women.
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Love might be in the air across the MENA region today [2]but if it were up to the Salafis of Egypt, Cupid would be banned. On 14 February, the most romantic day of the year, [3] loved-up Egyptians have been busy picking out the perfect present to show their other-halves just how much they care but it seems some of their more conservative countrymen aren't feeling the love. According to state-run news website, Ahram Gate, [4]two of Egypt's conservative Islamist parties have hit out at Valentine's Day for being sacrilegious. Spokesman for the Al-Watan party [5], Ahmad Badei, told the site that the romantic holiday is about "vice", claiming that it goes against the traditions of Islam and Christianity. Egypt's ultra-orthodox Nour Party [6]soon joined in the hate fest, with their spokesman, Abdullah Badran, passing on the message that it shouldn't be celebrated by Muslims. But unfortunately for these Salafi-Scrooges, couples across the country are still embracing the romance and heading out tonight to enjoy a bit of couple time. Do you agree that Valentine's Day goes against religion? Or should Egypt's Salafis lighten up? Share your comments with us below!
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Arlo Mountford and Charlie Sofo in conversation
Artists Arlo Mountford and Charlie Sofo talk with curator Justin Paton.
The 2011 Anne Landa Award for video and new media arts offers a series of 'unguided tours' through some rich imaginative territory.
Arlo Mountford updates one of Western art's most famous riddles, using computer animation to give life to Jean-Antoine Watteau's famous paintings of lovers arriving on or departing from a mythical island called Cythera. Adding motion to the scenes, Mountford poses afresh the question that viewers have long asked: Has the journey just begun, or just ended? Is this a scene of joy or lament?
Charlie Sofo goes walking in neighbourhoods near at hand, looking for the extraordinary in the ordinary. Paying attention to places that are usually glimpsed from the passenger window, Sofo's videos propose a fresh way of understanding the landscape of the city – not in a car and in a rush, but on foot and on the lookout for small discoveries and lyrical connections.
Justin Paton is the guest curator for this year's Anne Landa Award, Unguided tours. He is the senior curator at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu in New Zealand.
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OverviewWhile its higher neighbours to the north and south, Lassen Peak and Brokeoff Mtn., attract most of the attention from peakbaggers visiting Lassen Park, Mt. Diller may be the best climb of the three. The peak's SW Face consists of 35° snow when in condition, followed by a short class 3 scramble up a steep, rotten summit pinnacle.
This is an easy but enjoyable climb in winter, offering a relatively alpine feel for a modest drive from the Bay Area and a short approach, and so the route description here is written assuming an ascent in this season. In spring/summer, the route presumably melts out to leave an ugly scree slog behind--and frankly, at this time of year, one can find more appealing options in the Sierra.
Getting TherePark at the parking area/Hwy 89 road closure just beyond the SW Entrance to the park (see the main page for details), and hike along the road to Sulphur Works. Leave the road here, and make your way up along the west side of West Sulphur Creek. When your path starts to turn west towards Ridge Lakes, leave the creek and continue heading north towards the base of the peak.
Route DescriptionAn obvious chute splits the southwest face of the peak. It is a relatively consistent 35° snow climb, with a couple of short steeper bulges at the bottom and top of the couloir. Climb the chute to a small notch along the ridge.
The summit is the pinnacle to the left (west) of this notch. Traverse around its left (south) side on a narrow catwalk until you reach an obvious class 3 wall. Climb this broken wall to the summit, taking your time to enjoy the spectacular Cascades rock quality. You'll find a small register (jammed shut when I visited), and some great views.
As a variation, it appears to be possible to bypass most of the chute in favour of cruddy class 2-3 ledges to its left, most or all of the way up to the summit pinnacle.
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This Team Never Goes Away
by Paul on 02/02/12 at 08:15 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
After months of debating the three-team race in the Central Division among Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis, the men from the Music City have muscled their way into the conversation.
Well, that's what 13 wins in your past 15 games can do for you, right?
"Right now, we've got really good team chemistry," Preds coach Barry Trotz told ESPN.com on Wednesday. "Talk about a group that just comes to play. We're getting great goaltending but, really, contributions throughout our lineup. ... Everyone is playing with a purpose."
Trotz, in fact, credited the incredible competition in his division as a factor in his young team's rise. He feels the standard is so high when playing against the Wings, Blues and Blackhawks that his team has no choice but to try to keep up.
His team feeds off those challenges. Much like the Preds look forward to a tough test Thursday night in Philadelphia in what is ESPN.com's Game of the Week, teams separated by two points.
"Philly's a really good measuring stick for what the league has to offer as a top team," Trotz said. "There's also a couple of ex-Predators on that team. We don't play them a lot but they're always good games."
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You bet they never go away!
Poile is an excellent GM and an excellent judge of talent. He does a great job in the draft.
Barry Trotz may be the best coach in the NHL.
They finally got the monkey off their back when their former owner left for Minnesota. (Good luck, Wild fans!)
The Presds are consistently an excellent team, and we can look for greater results in the future.
Posted by w2j2 on 02/02/12 at 10:12 PM ET
LOL, the team never goes away? They've mostly never shown up. And when they did, they lost in the first round every time except last year beating the Ducks. Another couple seasons like that and they'll be the new San Jose Sharks. All teeth, no bite.
Posted by Puck from San Francisco, CA on 02/02/12 at 10:27 PM ET
He feels the standard is so high when playing against the Wings, Blues and Blackhawks that his team has no choice but to try to keep up.
And that kind of pressure will either make or break a young team in the long run – and let's not forget that January isn't March or April. I have nothing but respect for Barry Trotz. As w2j2 suggests, the guy has done more with less than any other coach in the league. But they haven't proven a thing yet.
The Central Division, now and even more so after the restructuring, is the Gold Standard for the rest of the league (representing four of the top seven teams so far this year). If the Preds make it past the second round this spring, then everyone can get excited. Until then, they're nothing more than the team that "goes away" after the first round almost every year.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids, MI on 02/02/12 at 10:41 PM ET
...a relatively new team with great management, coaching, and community support.
They've been around for 13 years. They're well past even "relative" new team status. And if they really did have "community support," they wouldn't be a cash-strapped franchise that lines up at the "free money" trough every year taking handouts from successful teams like the Wings.
And a bunch of Wings fans can continue to piss on everyone.
When they stop taking the free money, we'll stop pissing on them.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids, MI on 02/02/12 at 10:56 PM ET
Sure, the Predators might not be best team in the Central—and for that I'm grateful—but I still believe respect is due here.
Posted by some kid on 02/02/12 at 08:03 PM ET
Respect is earned, not given.
Sorry, but one playoff series win in how many appearances?
Exactly. The Minnesota Wild franchise is two years younger than the Preds, and they've been to a Conference Final.
Earned, not given. I appreciate what Nashville has done to an extent, but I will not respect them as an opponent until they've earned it. They are not any REAL threat in anyone's mind, nor will they be until they stop operating on a hobo's budget.
Posted by Primis on 02/02/12 at 11:42 PM ET
Sure, the Predators might not be best team in the Central—and for that I'm grateful—but I still believe respect is due here.
My respect is for the head coach, not for the organization. Barry has done a masterful job with what he's been given. No head coach has done better. But the organization itself is a joke. And everyone will see that when Tick Tock signs Suter to a seven-year contract on July 1st.
But, hey, the Preds will still have the whistle-tooter in the stands for the next five years or so. Woo-hooo. How lucky can you get.
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The principleApr 6, 2012 By Steven R. Peck
One of the biggest, most-convenient targets of political conservatives is the American Civil Liberties Union.
From the days of George H.W. Bush calling Michael Dukakis a "card-carrying member of the ACLU" in a 1988 presidential debate, the organization routinely bears withering attacks from conservative politicians. It's seen by some as the personification of wimpy, bleeding heart permissiveness, coddling and defending causes that don't deserve protection.
Anyone who pays attention knows that the ACLU belies that cliche routinely, and this week it happened in Wyoming.
A group called WyWatch, a crusading anti-abortion organization, had received permission to post a series of posters at the Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne. They packed a graphic punch, combining text and pictures to illustrate the physical realities of abortion.
A liberal group this isn't.
But when a state government official decided unilaterally that the signs couldn't be seen in the prominent parts of the Capitol and moved them to a tunnel far beneath the building, WyWatch protested.
The protest didn't get far until a cooperating agency offered to intervene on WyWatch's behalf.
It was the ACLU.
The intervention worked. As detailed in a story today on page 3, the State of Wyoming acknowledged that it violated WyWatch's first amendment rights by denying public access to the Capitol. The state must pay WyWatch's legal fees and a nominal penalty.
The money isn't the issue. The principle is, and the ACLU is a group dedicated to principle ahead of politics. It's true that the ACLU tackles more cases that can be labeled liberal than conservative, but that's a reflection of outside forces, not the agency itself.
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Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society?
How well integrated were Jews in the Mediterranean society controlled by ancient Rome? The Torah's laws seem to constitute a rejection of the reciprocity-based social dependency and emphasis on honor that were customary in the ancient Mediterranean world. But were Jews really a people apart, and outside of this broadly shared culture? Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? argues that Jewish social relations in antiquity were animated by a core tension between biblical solidarity and exchange-based social values such as patronage, vassalage, formal friendship, and debt slavery.
Seth Schwartz's examinations of the Wisdom of Ben Sira, the writings of Josephus, and the Palestinian Talmud reveal that Jews were more deeply implicated in Roman and Mediterranean bonds of reciprocity and honor than is commonly assumed. Schwartz demonstrates how Ben Sira juxtaposes exhortations to biblical piety with hard-headed and seemingly contradictory advice about coping with the dangers of social relations with non-Jews; how Josephus describes Jews as essentially countercultural; yet how the Talmudic rabbis assume Jews have completely internalized Roman norms at the same time as the rabbis seek to arouse resistance to those norms, even if it is only symbolic.
Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? is the first comprehensive exploration of Jewish social integration in the Roman world, one that poses challenging new questions about the very nature of Mediterranean culture.
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"As is characteristic of Schwartz's scholarship, this book will prompt scholarly debate. I have learned much from it at the same time that it has raised questions with which I will wrestle long after having written this review."--Benjamin G. Wright, Journal of Jewish Studies
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Revision Date: November 2012
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Scope and Target Population
Adult patients age 18 and over in primary care who have symptoms of low back pain or radiculopathy. The focus is on the acute (pain for up to 7 weeks) and subacute (pain for between 7 and 12 weeks) phases of low back pain. It includes the ongoing management, including indications for spine specialist referral within the first 12 weeks of onset.
- Improve the evaluation and reevaluation of patients 18 years and older with acute and subacute low back pain diagnosis.
- Reduce or eliminate imaging for non-specific low back pain diagnosis in patients 18 years and older in the absence of "red flag" indicators.
- Delay imaging in patients with radicular pattern pain until after six weeks to allow for resolution that usually occurs within this period.
- Increase the use of a core treatment plan as first-line treatment. This includes activity, heat, education, exercise and analgesics for patients 18 years and older with low back pain diagnosis.
- Cautious and responsible use of opioids in the presence of acute or subacute low back pain.
- Increase the utilization of validated pain and function scales to help differentiate treatment approaches in order to improve the patient's ability to function.
- Increase the use of collaborative decision-making to allow patients to make more informed decisions about their care. Focus on shared decisions related to imaging, interventions and surgery for radicular pain diagnosis.
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- Low back pain assessment should include a subjective pain rating, functional status, patient history including notation of presence or absence of "red flags," psychosocial indicators, assessment of prior treatment and response, employment status, and clinician's objective assessment.
- Reduce or eliminate imaging for diagnosis of non-specific low back pain in patients 18 years and older.
- First-line treatment should emphasize patient education and a core treatment plan, that includes encouraging activity, use of heat, no imaging, cautious and responsible use of opioids, anti-inflammatory and analgesic over-the-counter medications and return to work assessment.
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2nd May 2012, Brussels, Belgium.
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In spring 2009 a group of experts was established with the aim to develop a Cloud Computing vision for Europe and future research directions. The results were published in the report "The future of Cloud Computing" [ 2MB ] in January 2010. Since then, technology for supporting cloud computing has made considerable advances. As part of this development, also our understanding of the concept and hence expectations towards the cloud environments have changed accordingly. In order to capture the changes and maintain a state-of-the-art view on cloud computing technologies, its position in and its relevance for Europe, the group of experts was re-convened in 2011.
The aim was to address the technological progress made during the last few years in the domain of cloud computing, to ensure that the current state of the art is reflected accurately and to identify the major gaps and necessities for future research and development in cloud technologies. The outcome of the group's work will be presented in this event on 2nd May 2012.
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East Texas Woman Wants to Find Emu a New Home
Looking for an emu? The owner of an emu named Big Bird in East Texas wants to find him a new home.
Teresa Moss has owned 'Big Bird' for three years after Troup, TX, police corralled him and asked her to hold him. Moss offered to house the emu until the owner was found. However, no owner was ever found.
"I didn't know if it was male or female, so I just called it Big Bird and it comes to me."
So, Moss kept Big Bird on her property with some of her other animals. At first, the emu was kept in the backyard, but after pecking the back door of her house, he got moved to her field.
"One day, it'd come up, and start pecking my french doors," explained Moss. "So, I chased it with a broom and it didn't have any problem at all running across my backyard. So I figured, 'okay, it's time for you to go out to the field.'"
Moss says Big Bird is a nice emu, looks over your shoulder to see what you are doing and follows the more interesting kid around the yard.
"It follows me around when I'm out there, looks over my shoulders whenever I'm trying to do something out there," Moss shared. "I have grandkids seven down to two. Big Bird will follow the two-year-old around out in the pasture, seeing what she is doing and when she stops to look at a flower or something, the bird will stop at look at it with her."
However, the emu's owner needs to get rid of the bird and preferably to someone who already owns one.
"It hasn't ever laid an egg in two years, so it must be a guy. So, yeah, it'd like some girly chicks probably," Moss noted.
How many people want Big Bird? Moss tells 710 KEEL she's gotten over 20 responses in the first 24 hours of the listing being posted.
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