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Fall: January 15 [December 15 for international applicants]
Applicants must complete both a University application and a Counseling Psychology Program application. The program application can be obtained at www.temple.edu/education/counspsych.
Applicants with excellent credentials are invited to campus for an interview with faculty and students and a campus tour. Applications received after January 15 are not reviewed.
Number Required: 3
Letters of recommendation should be obtained from evaluators familiar with the applicant's academic or clinical experience/competencies, particularly college/university faculty members and work supervisors.
Not applicable.
A master's degree in a discipline related to the social sciences is required.
Not required.
Applicants are asked to submit two essays, each 1-2 pages in length double-spaced, that indicate their goals and objectives for obtaining a doctorate. The following questions are to be addressed: 1. What are your three major life goals and how do you plan to achieve them? and 2. Why do you want to become a counselor? This statement is evaluated against the program's mission.
The GRE is required. Scores on both the verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE should be above 500.
The GRE Subject Exam in Psychology is required.
Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted:
600 paper-based, 250 computer-based, or 100 internet-based.
Applicants who pass the initial application screening will be invited for an individual interview with members of the faculty and doctoral students during February and March. The interviews will be used to obtain additional data related to admissions criteria (e.g., clarify questions raised by the candidate's application) and to assess communication skills associated with success in counseling psychology training.
A resume is required.
The student's advisor, in consultation with the Director of Doctoral Training, evaluates the student's transcript during the student's first semester of the program and awards advanced standing based on the relevance of the courses taken in relation to the Counseling Psychology program. The maximum number of advanced standing credits awarded is 30.
Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond the Master's: 60
Required Courses:
Cn Psy 698, 792, 797 (3), 795, 790, 764, 789, 668, 793, 794, 799 (2), 701, 791, 796, 798 (2), 995 (2), 999 (2)
Ed Psych 826, 827
Education 899 (2)
For a semester-by-semester and year-by-year description, visit www.temple.edu/education/counspsych.
Internship: An internship is required. Students must complete 2,000 hours of an internship at a site accredited by the American Psychological Association and approved by the program.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
Preliminary Examination:
The Preliminary Examination in Counseling Psychology is designed to help students integrate the knowledge they have acquired across the diverse fields of study in the doctoral program. It will challenge students to analyze and respond to the difficult and complex problems such as they will face as counseling psychologists. The examination requires them to organize an array of knowledge, think cogently, and produce a publication-quality response.
Students take the Preliminary Examination at the end of their second year of the program, assuming that all courses have been successfully completed.
The Preliminary Examination consists of two take-home questions that are to be completed within a 30-day time period. The first question is one that all students complete. The second question is a specialty question that each student works with his/her advisor to develop. In most cases, the specialty question covers an area of interest relevant to the student's area of dissertation research. Each question is to be answered within a 20-page limit.
A committee of three Counseling Psychology faculty members write the common or general question. The composition of the committee varies from year to year. The student's advisor writes the student's specialty question after consultation with the student.
The Director of Doctoral Training supervises the distribution, collection, and scoring of the Preliminary Examination.
Each answer is evaluated by two faculty members who read and score each answer independently of each other. Each answer is graded on a pass-fail basis. If there is disagreement between the two raters, a third is asked to read the answer in question.
The examination is passed when the answers to both questions have been passed and the results approved by the full faculty.
Dissertation Proposal:
The dissertation proposal demonstrates the student's knowledge of and ability to conduct the proposed research. Minimally, the proposal should contain a description of the context and background surrounding the particular research question; a survey and review of literature that shows the reader why the research is being proposed; a detailed methodological plan for conducting the investigation; and a timetable for completing the project. The Dissertation Advisory Committee must initially approve the proposal. Then the proposal must be approved by the Proposal Review Committee of the College of Education. Lastly, the College forwards the proposal to the Graduate School for elevation to candidacy.
The doctoral dissertation is an original and scholarly research work that makes a significant contribution to counseling psychology. The majority of dissertations in our program are empirical, typically using statistical analysis as the means of examining the data that are gathered. Other types of scholarship, such as qualitative analysis, are acceptable also. It is expected that a dissertation will be published in a refereed journal.
The Dissertation Advisory Committee consists of a minimum of three graduate faculty members. Two of these faculty members, including the chairperson, must be from the Counseling Psychology Program. The third member must be from one of the other programs of the College or the University. The Dissertation Advisory Committee oversees all aspects of the student's dissertation, from the proposal to the oral defense. Complete details about the dissertation process are available in the College of Education Dissertation Handbook, available from the Psychological Studies in Education department office. For the most up-to-date University information, see the Graduate School's Dissertation Handbook.
The Dissertation Examining Committee consists of the three members of the Advisory Committee, plus two additional graduate faculty members. One of these must be from a program other than Counseling Psychology. The Dissertation Examining Committee evaluates the student's dissertation and the oral defense.
A student may change an advisor or a member of the Advisory Committee by petitioning the Director of Doctoral Training of the Counseling Psychology Program. If approved, the Graduate School requires notification.
The dissertation must be approved by the Dissertation Advisory Committee before the oral exam takes place. Both the Advisory Committee and the Examining Committee will determine if the research has been carried out thoroughly and accurately according to standard research practices and if the conclusions drawn are reasonable and based firmly on the research conducted for the dissertation and the research in the field. The student is expected to use the knowledge acquired throughout the program to put the research forth as a contribution to the field.
A student will arrange for a date and time that is mutually convenient for all members of the Dissertation Examining Committee. Notification of the time and date must be submitted to the Associate Dean of the College of Education no less than three weeks prior to the oral defense.
The announcement of the date and time of the oral defense will be sent to the Graduate School by the Associate Dean of the College of Education no less than 10 working days prior to the oral defense.
Counseling Psychology Program
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Dr. Gordon M. Hart
Program Coordinator:
Dr. Portia Hunt
Graduate Chairperson:
Dr. Gordon M. Hart
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
The Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program is designed to aid the student in developing as a competent scholar, practitioner, researcher, and person. Students are trained to become professionals who are capable of entering relationships with clients using an integrated theory of counseling; able to understand the counseling psychologist's role; and knowledgeable about ethical responsibilities. Students are expected to be able to assess the client and his/her problems in the client's world; to be competent in the facilitative skills that bring about change; and to possess self-awareness as a component of a professional relationship. Students are helped to develop research skills so they can interpret and critique research findings and conduct research studies, including evaluations of their own work and the work of those psychologists whom they may train or supervise.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 7 years
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before 4:30 p.m.
Counseling Psychology Program
2nd Floor, Weiss Hall (265-63)
1701 North
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Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085
The program encourages interdisciplinary training experiences in addition to meeting the requirements of the Counseling Psychology program.
The program is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Graduates are eligible to sit for a state licensure exam anywhere in the United States. The program has been continuously accredited since 1972 and was one of the first programs in the country to be accredited by the APA.
The Counseling Psychology Program is a graduate program in the College of Education. The College was ranked 15th in the nation in a recent U.S. News & World Report ranking of graduate schools.
The Program is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Additional information about APA-approved programs and approval criteria may be obtained from the APA's Program Consultation and Accreditation Office by calling 202-336-5979, writing 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, or visiting www.apa.org/ed/accred.
Students are prepared to work in a wide variety of settings, including psychiatric and general hospitals; community mental health centers; academic settings, including teaching and counseling center positions; and other mental health settings. Faculty are involved in conducting applied research (and are able to mentor research in) areas that include health psychology, group, individual and family psychology, drug and alcohol addictions, supervision and consultation, diversity issues, and other areas.
Graduates find employment in the direct practice of counseling (assessment and treatment), teaching and research, program administration and evaluation, and supervision and consultation. They find employment most often in direct service positions, as do graduates from counseling psychology programs nationally in both the public and private sectors.
Graduates from the program are eligible to apply for licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after they complete the post-degree requirements specified by the licensing board of Pennsylvania.
Non-matriculated students may complete up to 9 credits prior to admission to the program. With the exception of practice-related coursework, the majority of the courses are open to non-matriculated students, students matriculating in another program within the university, or elsewhere with permission of the instructor of the course, assuming that students have met the necessary prerequisites at the master's degree level.
The Counseling Psychology Program offers three assistantships to aid faculty research and to assist the clinics run by the program. Students are also able to obtain assistantships throughout the university. The stipends, tuition remission, and application process vary according to the particular organization within the university offering the assistantship.
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I'm pretty confident AV would put Kesler between Raymond and Hansen again and will bump Schroeder down. Not the smartest move IMO.Hockey Widow wrote:When Kesler comes back the problem becomes that JS is taken out of his role and placed in a more shut down role. I'd like to see AV keep JS with Raymond and Hansen but we'll see.
Assuming Kassian comes back healthy this is what I would do with the lineup upon Kesler's return:

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First came the knives. Now come the laptops and shoes.
As it eases restrictions on blade-carrying passengers to speed up the airplane boarding process, the Department of Homeland Security also wants to allow more low-risk travelers to breeze through airport checkpoints.
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It's all an attempt to make travel easier for air passengers as the sequester threatens to make lines longer. The push would include a major expansion of two trusted-traveler programs that let prescreened passengers bypass much of the security routine when preparing to board a plane or enter the U.S.
Supporters like Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano say the changes would enhance, not weaken, post-Sept. 11 security measures by allowing the government to focus on the real bad guys.
( Also on POLITICO: Labor targets Obama over cuts)
Not all security experts agree, however. And expedited-screening efforts at the Transportation Security Administration have previously drawn concerns about privacy, with the American Civil Liberties Union warning that the program's expansion could lead to the abuse of passenger data and discriminatory profiling.
Still, Homeland Security has begun the process of growing two programs: TSA's PreCheck for domestic travelers and Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry initiative for those coming from abroad.
"Our hope is that by the end of this year, one in four travelers will be in some sort of expedited traveler program," Napolitano told reporters at a recent Christian Science Monitor breakfast, adding that the move could "take some pressure off the wait lines at the airports."
( PHOTOS: How sequestration could affect you)
The effects can be dramatic — even during a congressional recess when crowds are relatively light at Reagan National Airport.
During a 30-minute period Tuesday afternoon, 10 people breezed through the express lane at one concourse, while the rest of the passengers took 10 to 15 minutes to get through the security line. And while traveling through one major airport during rush hour, TSA Administrator John Pistole — a PreCheck passenger — took seven minutes to pass through security; his aide, standing in the general public line, took 23 minutes.
Beyond trying to shorten lines, the two programs are part of a broader strategy to revamp the way the decade-old agency thinks about security and post-Sept. 11 terrorism threats. It means shifting DHS's security efforts from a "cookie-cutter approach" to a "risk-based" one, Napolitano said.
That was the thinking behind Pistole's decision last month to let passengers bring items like small knives, golf clubs, souvenir baseball bats and hockey sticks onto planes. The rule, which takes effect April 25, triggered a fierce backlash from Democrats and flight attendants, but it's designed to help TSA screeners spend more time searching for explosives that could bring down a plane.
In the same vein, TSA has begun allowing seniors older than 75 and children younger than 12, as well as members of the U.S. military, to use the express lanes. Last week, the agency accepted members of the Wounded Warriors program into PreCheck, which launched in October 2011.
TSA's logic doesn't sit well with security hard-liners, who say that, if anything, the rules should be strengthened. Aviation security consultant Isaac Yeffet, the former head of security for Israel-based El Al Airlines, has long urged TSA to adopt the process he developed there: requiring all passengers to be interviewed by a well-trained agent for two to three minutes before they can get on a plane.


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Data was gathered from LGBT people who live, work and socialise in Brighton & Hove. In 2006 819 people completed questionnaires and 69 people discussed issues in focus groups. These included LGBT people with shared identities, such as older people, young people, Black & Minority Ethnic people, parents, hate crime survivors, Deaf people.
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Finial for a staff. Warring States Period (475221 BCE). Bronze with gold and silver inlay, H. 10 × W. 22 cm. Kong Residence Cultural Relics Archive, Cultural Relics Administrative Committee of Qufu City, Shandong Province.
A landmark exhibition on the extraordinary philosopher, statesman and teacher known as Confucius (551- 479 BCE ) will be on view at
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from February 11 though June 13, 2010. "Confucius: His Life and Legacy in Art" will focus on the teachings and continuing influence of Confucius, who has become increasingly synonymous with Chinese culture. Nearly 100 objects from the world of Confucius and his ennobled descendants will be on exhibition, including hanging scrolls, album leaves, bronze vessels, stone carvings, jade ceremonial implements, wood-block prints and textiles. The works are on loan for the first time in the U.S. from the Shandong Provincial Museum in Jinan and the Confucius Museum in his hometown of Qufu. "Confucius: His Life and Legacy in Art" is the first exhibition in the U.S. to explore the culture of Confucius. The show incorporates images and artifacts that were created to venerate the man himself, as well as the ideas associated with him, loosely called Confucianism. A fully illustrated scholarly catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
Probably no one has influenced more people over the centuries than Confucius. His family name was Kong, and the suffix zi, an ancient term of respect, was added to it so that in Chinese, he is called Kongzi (Master Kong) or simply Fuzi (The Master). The Latinized name Confucius was created when Jesuit missionaries translated Chinese texts for European audiences. Notes Willow Hai Chang, Director, China Institute Gallery, Although he has come to symbolize Chinese civilization throughout the world, little is known about the man Confucius, who was a thinker, teacher and statesman more than 2,500 years ago. This exhibition seeks to create a greater understanding of his role in Chinese culture and to examine why his extraordinary influence continues even today.
In order to address the many facets of his life, teachings and belief system, "Confucius: His Life and Legacy in Art" is organized in three parts "The Life and Images of Confucius"; "Confucius as Teacher and Ritual Expert"; and "Venerating Confucius: The Official Cult and the Kong Family Ancestral Cult".
Exhibition Overview
The first section of the exhibition, "The Life and Images of Confucius", includes portraits and illustrations of significant events from his life. Created mostly during the Ming (1368- 1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, long after his lifetime, the images reveal multiple, and sometimes surprising, conceptions of Confucius. Traces of the Sage (Pictorial Biography of Confucius), a Ming dynasty album, illustrates events in Confuciuss life; it attributes supernatural qualities to him, including an ability to communicate with cosmic forces. Bust Portrait of Confucius as a Minister of Justice, a hanging scroll from the Ming dynasty, is one of the best-known representations of him as an official. A wood-block print from a Qing dynasty book depicts a large sculptural icon from the great temple at Qufu, portraying Confucius as emperor. The exhibition includes a pair of charming Song dynasty (960-1279) votive statues of Confucius and his wife; such statues were worshipped by his descendants.
The second section, "Confucius as Teacher and Ritual Expert", gives an overview of Confucius as a teacher who stressed the importance of proper rituals and music, as well as the moral cultivation of the individual. As Julia K. Murray, Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin, writes in the catalogue essay, He believed that ancient sages had created a system of harmonious governance through proper ritual However, rulers of more recent times had lost their moral authority and abandoned these sagely institutions. Instead of leading by example and governing with benevolence, unprincipled local strongmen of his own day sought control through force To restore order and harmony, Confucius believed, the ancient rituals had to be revived, and he devoted much effort to studying and codifying them. To give context to this system of ancient rites, the exhibition includes a number of bronze vessels, jade ceremonial implements and musical instruments.
Among the other highlights of the second section is a funerary slab from the Eastern Han dynasty (25 BCE -220 CE) bearing the earliest known images of Confucius and his disciples. A limestone carving from the second century depicts Confucius meeting Laozi, a ritual expert and Daoist master, together with the child-sage Xiang Tuo. Also surviving from the Eastern Han period are fragments of the Xiping Stone Classics, the first official edition of Confucian texts to be carved on stone tablets under imperial auspices.
The Five Classics and the Four Books became the core curriculum in the education of Chinese literati throughout the imperial period. Among the many examples of these widely published Confucian texts is a sumptuous woodblock-printed edition of the Four Books, a text known as The Analects (or Sayings) of Confucius, which offers the most revealing glimpses of the man himself. Twenty sections provide accounts of his activities; document his dialogues with rulers, disciples and acquaintances; and record his remarks and appraisals, along with the comments of men who knew him.
For hundreds of years after Confuciuss death, emperors of many dynasties came to his hometown of Qufu to offer sacrifices and show their commitment to Confucian ideals of governance and learning. In 1771, on one of several visits, the Qianlong emperor (r.1735-1796) bestowed on the Qufu temple a set of ten ancient bronze ritual vessels, which will be on view in the exhibition. Dating to the Shang (c.1500-1050 BCE ) and Zhou dynasties (c.1027-256 BCE ), they were precious objects to be displayed in Confuciuss honor, representing an idealized antiquity. One vessel is in the shape of a four-legged animal with an opening on its back suggesting its use as a wine container.
The final section of the exhibition, "Venerating Confucius: The Official Cult and the Kong Family Ancestral Cult", illuminates the important role of Confuciuss descendants in maintaining ceremonial sacrifices and preserving images, biographies, genealogical records, ritual utensils and other important objects. Ming and Qing portraits of ennobled male descendants who held the title Duke for Perpetuating the Sage are included in the exhibition, along with their clothing and other elegant accessories. Many emperors conferred gifts on the honored lineage. A seal probably bestowed by an emperor of the Ming dynasty is inscribed: Poetry, Documents [or Books], Ritual [and] Music, referring to four of the Classics that Confucius edited, which an educated person would know by heart. The Yongzheng emperor (r.1723-1735) presented a set of five altar vessels exceptional examples of painted enamelware from the imperial Qing workshop to use in celebrating Confuciuss birthday (now observed on September 28).
Confucius was born into humble circumstances in 551 BCE in Qufu, capital of the feudal state of Lu, which now forms part of the province of Shandong. Although he held a series of minor offices in his home state and for a brief period served as minister of justice (with the responsibilities of a prime minister), he eventually became frustrated with conditions in Lu. In middle age, Confucius left home to travel among the contending feudal states of North China, searching for an ideal ruler who would govern with benevolence and according to proper ritual. After 14 years, he returned to Lu and from the age of 65, devoted himself to teaching and scholarship. After his death at age 73, his most devoted disciples observed three years of mourning for him, as if for a father. Confuciuss own house became a memorial shrine, the precursor to the great Confucius Temple in Qufu today.
Pithy remarks attributed to Confucius have been transmitted from one generation to the next, and his advice still resonates today. Study as if you will never learn, as if you were afraid of losing what you wish to learn, the great teacher once said. He believed in the moral purpose of humanity and in the individuals duty to strive to improve: The only ones who do not change are sages and idiots. Confuciuss practical approach to moral cultivation and his reflections on the personal and social basis of ethics and politics are exemplified in such sayings as Do not inflict on others what you yourself would not wish done to you, Anyone who does not know the value of words will never understand men, and The full life seeks what is in itself; the empty life seeks what appears in others. The humanity of his ideas and their ability to adapt to a great variety of needs and contexts have made Confucianism an enduring force in the cultural heritage of China and the world.
The exhibition is curated by Lu Wensheng, Director, Shandong Provincial Museum, and Julia K. Murray, Professor of Art History and East Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, under the directorship of Willow Hai Chang, Director, China Institute Gallery.
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Confucius and his Descendants
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Hubble/Subaru Composite image of Star-Forming Region S106/
Hubble Space Telescope's high resolution combines with the Subaru Telescope's wide field-of-view to reveal a depiction of star-forming region S106 that is not possible from either telescope alone. The bipolar S106 shows bright gas in two distinct lobes. The faint stars located near the nebulosity are brown dwarf candidates associated with the region of star formation.
This composite image combines optical and near-infrared astronomical data from the Hubble Space Telescope with mid-infrared data from the ground-based Subaru Telescope, located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Hubble data (H-alpha, J, and H) were taken as part of Hubble Heritage observations of S106 in February 2011. The Subaru data (J, H, and K) were obtained in May 1999.
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slerm wrote:josh gilbertson from rr
Westisthebest wrote:Tyler Haug is most likely the front runner here but i also like the odds of Dylan Johnson on the defensive side of things.
My top five:
1- Tyler Haug Central
2- Josh Loken South
3- Cory Byron
4-Justin Moody(believe he is a senior this season correct me if wrong)
5- Dylan Johnson-central
like i said its wide open i just believe these are the fronrunners as gfc should control the state as usual.
Metal Edge wrote:What about the kid from bottineau who's putting up all the points?
outofstatefan wrote:Metal Edge wrote:What about the kid from bottineau who's putting up all the points?
Thank you for acknowledging that hockey is not the sole possession of the EDC. West region players (and even a Bottineau player) have won Mr. Hockey in the past. It would be short sighted to not consider him in the running this year.
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Rose and Matthew 5 June 2015
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What are the implications of a star systems missing a massive gas giant such as our Solar Systems' Jupiter –it could imply conditions of massive bombardment from comets and asteeoids that would prevent the development of advanced life.
The artist's impression below of the debris disc and planets around the star known as Gliese 581, superimposed on Herschel PACS images at 70, 100 and 160 micrometre wavelengths. The line drawing superimposed on the Herschel image gives a schematic representation of the location and orientation of the star, planets and disc, albeit not to scale. GJ 581's planets have masses between 2 and 15 Earth masses and are all located within 0.22 Astronomical Units (AU, where 1 AU is the distance between Earth and our Sun) of the central star. Minus a Jupiter-like gas giant, a vast debris disc extends from approximately 25 AU to 60 AU.
Two NASA astronomers recently suggested that the size and location of an asteroid belt, shaped by the evolution of the sun's planet-forming disk and by the gravitational influence of a nearby giant Jupiter-like planet, may determine whether complex life will evolve on an Earth-like planet.
Rebecca Martin, a NASA Sagan Fellow from the University of Colorado in Boulder, and astronomer Mario Livioof the Space Telescope Science Institute have concluded that Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass.
"Our study shows that only a tiny fraction of planetary systems observed to date seem to have giant planets in the right location to produce an asteroid belt of the appropriate size, offering the potential for life on a nearby rocky planet," said Martin, the study's lead author. "Our study suggests that our solar system may be rather special."
Martin and Livio suggest that the location of an asteroid belt relative to a Jupiter-like planet is not an accident. The asteroid belt in our solar system, located between Mars and Jupiter, is a region of millions of space rocks that sits near the "snow line," which marks the border of a cold region where volatile material such as water ice is far enough from the sun to remain intact.
When Jupiter formed just beyond the snow line, its powerful gravity prevented nearby material inside its orbit from coalescing and building planets. Instead, Jupiter's influence caused the material to collide and break apart. These fragmented rocks settled into an asteroid belt around the sun.
"To have such ideal conditions you need a giant planet like Jupiter that is just outside the asteroid belt [and] that migrated a little bit, but not through the belt," Livio explained. "If a large planet like Jupiter migrates through the belt, it would scatter the material. If, on the other hand, a large planet did not migrate at all, that, too, is not good because the asteroid belt would be too massive. There would be so much bombardment from asteroids that life may never evolve."
Using our solar system as a model, Martin and Livio proposed that asteroid belts in other solar systems would always be located approximately at the snow line. To test their proposal, Martin and Livio created models of planet-forming disks around young stars and calculated the location of the snow line in those disks based on the mass of the central star.
They then looked at all the existing space-based infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope of 90 stars having warm dust, which could indicate the presence of an asteroid belt-like structure. The temperature of the warm dust was consistent with that of the snow line. "The warm dust falls right onto our calculated snow lines, so the observations are consistent with our predictions," Martin said.
The duo then studied observations of the 520 giant planets found outside our solar system. Only 19 of them reside outside the snow line. This suggests that most of the giant planets that may have formed outside the snowline have migrated too far inward to preserve the kind of slightly dispersed asteroid belt needed to foster enhanced evolution of life on an Earth-like planet near the belt. Apparently, less than four percent of the observed systems may actually harbor such a compact asteroid belt.
"Based on our scenario, we should concentrate our efforts to look for complex life in systems that have a giant planet outside of the snow line," Livio said.
The illustration below shows three possible scenarios for the evolution of asteroid belts. In the top panel, a Jupiter-size planet migrates through the asteroid belt, scattering material and inhibiting the formation of life on planets. The second scenario shows our solar-system model: a Jupiter-size planet that moves slightly inward but is just outside the asteroid belt. In the third illustration, a large planet does not migrate at all, creating a massive asteroid belt. Material from the hefty asteroid belt would bombard planets, possibly preventing life from evolving.
New research based on an analysis of theoretical models and archival observations, including infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, suggests that the second scenario may also be important for the development of life in other solar systems.
The Sagan Fellowship Program is administered by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at theCalifornia Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., whose purpose is to advance the scientific and technical goals of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program.
The Daily Galaxy via http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov
Image credits: ESA/AOES and Hubble/IRTF Composite Image of Jupiter Storms. Credit: NASA, ESA, IRTF, A. Sánchez-Lavega and R. Hueso (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain )
Image credits: ESA/AOES and Hubble/IRTF Composite Image of Jupiter Storms. Credit: NASA, ESA, IRTF, A. Sánchez-Lavega and R. Hueso (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain )


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Subject Matter: Physical Science/Chemistry
National Standards: NS.5-8.1, NS.5-8.2
In the Science Friday video, "Flaming Bubbles", Theo Gray, author of Mad Science, demonstrates that the right mixture of hydrogen and oxygen can result in an explosion – and a chemical change. A chemical change or chemical reaction occurs when the original substance is changed into a different substance. In chemistry, the relative amounts of reactants, or ingredients, also can affect the speed at which a reaction happens.
Clear plastic cups, three for each student
Bottle of three percent hydrogen peroxide, available in drug stores
Bottle of iodine tincture, also available in drug stores
Liquid starch in plastic dishes
Vitamin C tablets (500 or 1000 mg, non-chewable)
Pipettes or droppers, one per student
Measuring spoons (1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon, 1/2 teaspoon)
Chemical reaction or change – a change that leads to the transformation of one substance into a different substance.
Physical reaction or change – a change in which the physical properties (state, size, shape) of a substance are altered, but the chemical make-up remains the same.
Reactant – a substance that reacts with another in a chemical reaction.
Prep: For each student or group of students, prepare a Vitamin C solution ahead of time by crushing 1,000 mg of vitamin C and dissolving in five tablespoons of water.
Click on image above to see full size and download a pdf of this data sheet.
Experiment 1
1. Hand out to each student a clear plastic cup, filled with one cup of water. Have students add 10 drops of iodine tincture into the cup. What happens to the iodine? Did a chemical reaction take place? Students should note their observations on the chart in the appropriate category.
2. Hand out the liquid starch and ask students to describe the color of the iodine and water solution, and the color of the liquid starch. What do they predict will happen when the liquid starch is added to the iodine and water solution?
3. Have students add four drops of liquid starch to the iodine/water solution and stir. Have students write their observations on the chart. Why did the solution change into a different color? Is this a chemical or physical reaction?
Experiment 2
1. Hand out another clear plastic cup, and have students label it with their markers as Cup A. Tell students that they are going to use this solution for Experiment 3, and that they should follow carefully the next set of instructions.
2. Have students place two tablespoons of water and one-half teaspoon of the pre-prepared vitamin C solution into Cup A. Explain to the students what is in the vitamin C solution. What color is the solution?
3. Have students predict what will happen if iodine is added to the solution. Then have them add one teaspoon of iodine tincture. After adding the iodine, have students continue stirring the solution until it turns from a dark color to clear. Ask students to describe or explain what happened. What does the color change tell us about how vitamin C affects the color of iodine?
4. Set aside Cup A to be used for the next experiment.
Experiment 3
1. Hand out a third clear plastic cup, and have students label it as Cup B. Combine in Cup B two tablespoons of water, two tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide, and one-half teaspoon of liquid starch. Are there any reactions?
2. Have students predict what will happen if Cup A and Cup B are mixed together. What are the ingredients of Cup A and Cup B? What did the first experiments tell us about some of those ingredients? Will the resulting reaction be the same now that other substances are involved?
3. In order to make sure all the contents are fully mixed, have students mix the liquids by pouring Cup A into Cup B, and then pouring all the liquid back into Cup A. Observe the liquid carefully for the next one to two minutes.
4. Discuss what happened to the solution with students. Be sure to have students take into account what they know about iodine when it reacts individually with vitamin C and with starch. How long did it take before a reaction occurred? Why did the reaction take a few minutes? How is this reaction similar to the first experiment? How is it different?
A physical reaction or change occurs when the physical properties of the substance change, but the substance itself remains the same. Examples of physical changes include a crushed can, melted butter, or a bottle of juice that has been frozen. All of these substances may appear different from their original shape, but the can is still a can, the butter is still butter and the juice is still juice. In a chemical change or reaction, the molecular structure of the substance changes into a new substance. Examples of a chemical change include iron rusting, milk turning sour, or a gas explosion.
• What are some ways the reaction could be sped up or slowed down?
• How does the amount of water affect the length of the reaction?
• What would happen if you changed the ratios of the reactants?
• What would happen if you added more vitamin C to the bluish-black product?
Do Experiment 2 again, this time using a thermometer to measure the temperature of the liquids before hand. Then see how long the reaction would take if the water were hotter or colder. Create a chart and write down your results. How does the temperature affect the reaction speed?


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Beyonce has celebrated one special fan's recent acceptance to college by penning an open letter to congratulate him on the remarkable feat.
Blind Timmy Kelly, who was born with cerebral palsy – a disorder that affects brain and motor skills, met his idol Beyonce five years ago at the 2007 Grammy Awards, and the pair became friends.
Now the Single Ladies hitmaker has reached out to Kelly in recognition of his strength and determination in overcoming his adversity, following news of his acceptance to the prestigious Temple University in his native Pennsylvania.
In a letter, obtained by GlobalGrind.com, she writes, "The first time I met Timmy Kelly was in 2007, backstage at the Grammys. He was only 13 and he touched my heart with his voice and his love of music and life. He is 18 now and he's just graduated high school – I'm so proud of him!
"Timmy was born blind, and with cerebral palsy. But this never slowed him down – he has proven to everyone, that anything is possible if you believe in yourself and work hard.
"In Philadelphia, he's known as the good luck charm to the Eagles (football team) and whenever he sings the National Anthem before a game they always win. His strength and determination is an inspiration. Timmy was just accepted to the Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance. Congratulations Timmy!"


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Taking a photo with the Easter bunny sounds simple enough.
Taking a photo with the Easter bunny sounds simple enough.
But for children with autism, cognitive disabilities or a low threshold for sensory stimuli, sitting on the Easter bunny's lap can be a difficult, even frightening experience.
That's why members of the Pocono Mountain West High School Leo Club held a "Sensitive Bunny" event on Saturday.
Children met the Easter bunny in a tucked away room at Hughes Library, rather than a chaotic mall. The space was quiet and had low lighting — settings that help ease sensitive children into the picturing taking process.
Members of the Leo Club said that they got much satisfaction in making the kids feel comfortable and in facilitating the photo taking process. And the parents are thrilled.
"Oh my god, I've had parents say to me, 'Thank you so, so much. I never in a million years thought I would get a picture with my child and the Easter bunny,'" said Emily Rosado, 17, a Leo Club member.
Young children were greeted by several club members and other volunteers sitting quietly at two tables. Some kids wore fancy little outfits. A person in an Easter bunny suit was sitting calmly in front of a colorful backdrop near the tables.
Members of the Leo Club didn't tell the children that they needed to go up to the bunny right away. Instead, members were more interested in "warming up" the children — talking to them a little bit. Eventually members coaxed the children onto the bunny's lap.
Leo Club leader Melissa Owens, 31, who teaches students with autism at Pocono Mountain West High School, said it's important to understand why such events are important to people with disabilities.
"A mall, with all its sounds, with all the running and the jumping and the music can be crazy," she said. "A lot of people with autism, for example, can't just tune out all those noises. It all blends together for them and becomes this one big cacophony. Who wouldn't be disturbed?"
Owens said that the Pocono Mountain West Leo Club held a Sensitive Bunny event last year and intends to continue. The group also holds Sensitive Santa events during Christmas.
About 40 children were expected to show up to the event at the library on Saturday.
Leo Clubs encourage young people to develop leadership qualities by participating in social service activities.


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FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- For older Americans who decide to get more physically active, a new study finds that performance often trumps appearance.
The boost in body functioning that older adults gained from about six months of exercise proved more satisfying than any change in appearance, especially among men, according to the research. This suggest that with advancing years, a shift in emphasis may occur, one that puts a premium on a well-functioning body over a "hot" body, experts said.
"If we can get older adults to become more physically active, there are other benefits related to quality of life," said study author Renee Umstattd, assistant professor of health education at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. While many adults think of exercise as helping to prevent or delay chronic disease, Umstattd said her study shows there is much more to it than that.
Her study, published online in the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine, looked at more than 1,800 men and women, average age 69, enrolled in the Active for Life program at 12 sites across the United States. None of them had exercised regularly before the study, and they participated in motivational sessions by phone or in classes throughout the trial.
Participants were asked to do 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise most days of the week through any activity of their choice, including walking, for the duration of the program, which lasted either five or six months.
At the start, most participants reported being "a little dissatisfied" with their body's appearance, but at the program's conclusion participants liked their bodies more -- or at least disliked them less. They reported, on average, an almost "neutral" feeling, meaning they were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with their body appearance, Umstattd said.
And when paticipants asked about how well their bodies functioned (as opposed to appearance), at the outset most were either dissatisfied or neutral. After the program ended, the average response was ''almost a little satisfied'' with body functioning, Umstattd said.
Gender seemed to influence older people's views on their bodies. Men thought that having a body work well was more important than women did, and men also cared less about appearance than did women, the researchers found.
Overall, greater improvements in satisfaction with body function were associated with younger age, better health at the outset of the program, reduced body mass and greater amount of physical activity.
Previous research has linked declines in body function with reduced self-esteem and identity, the researcher said. And this study confirmed that as satisfaction with appearance and function grew, symptoms of depression declined. But the mental-health boost was even greater with perceived gains in bodily function than with changes in appearance, the study found.
Whites were more likely than blacks to report greater satisfaction with body functioning and appearance at the study's conclusion. The reasons for this were unclear but might be because the whites tended to have more room for improvement, the study said.
The overall study findings make sense to Colin Milner, founder of the International Council on Active Aging.
"You may not be as vain as you were before," he said of older exercisers. With age, many people come to appreciate that their body is functioning well. They are likely to say: "It is more important that I am able to get up and walk and play with my grandkids than my overall appearance," he said.
And even if you are still carrying a few extra pounds, he said, you are probably happier ''because you are able to do what you want to do."
More information
For more on active aging, visit the International Council on Active Aging.


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Texas A&M International University's Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center and Planetarium will celebrate its fourth anniversary while observing the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009 with "Rock-It Fest 2009," Saturday, April 18, from 1 – 10 p.m. on the TAMIU Green, in front of the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library.
Rock-It Fest 2009 is free of charge and open to the public.
From 1-6 p.m., families can participate in fun games including face painting, moon bounce, interactive games, and prizes. Children ages 4-5 and 6-7 will have a chance to participate in a coloring contest with the winner receiving a star registered in her or his name.
The Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium will premiere the movie "One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure," giving children the opportunity to explore the night sky with their favorite friends from "Sesame Street," all inside the Planetarium's 45-foot dome. The movie will be shown five times consecutively starting at 2 p.m. Children's tickets will be $4 and adult tickets $5 . They can be obtained at the Planetarium's box office.
From 7-10 p.m., live bands including Fallen on September and Automatic Weekend will rock the stage. Fun, food and games will continue, and another star registry will be awarded to an individual who can do the best Michael Jackson's "moonwalk." Audiences will also have the opportunity to explore the Planetarium through free tours that will include a 10-minute montage of different planetarium shows.
The Planetarium will also showcase its latest entertainment show, "enTRANCEd," which combines digital animation and live-performed visual effects. This show will be similar to past shows that featured memorable bands such as U2 and Pink Floyd. Tickets for "enTRANCEd" will be $5.
"Our goal is to showcase the Planetarium's facilities. We are fortunate to have this type of Planetarium," said Gerardo Pérez, Planetarium director, "When we first opened, this was only one of 19 planetariums of its kind in the world. I often hear people complain about not having much to do here in Laredo, but here at the Planetarium, we offer a variety of shows for audiences of all ages."
Rock-It Fest 2009 is one of several events hosted by the Planetarium to commemorate the IYA 2009. IYA is a global celebration of astronomy, which honors the 400th anniversary of Galileo's discovery of the telescope.
The Planetarium events will join global celebrations in 135 other countries.
For more information, please call 326.2444 or visit tamiu.edu/planetarium
(This press release and marketing initiatives for this observation are the effort of TAMIU students enrolled in Public Relations Campaigns, under the direction of TAMIU Assistant Professor of Communication Dr. Lynda S. Brown.)
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and interviews should contact the Office of Public Relations, Marketing and Information
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An American Tradition: The Valentine's Day Card
While the writing of love letters and cards for Valentine's Day pre-dates our Nation's birth, it was American Esther Howland who turned the Valentine's Day card into a visual artform. Learn more about Howland and the evolution of the Valentine's Day card through these articles on Chronicling America:
"The Story of a Valentine Postcard," The Ogden Standard. Ogden City, UT. February 16, 1918, 4 P.M. City Edition, Magazine Section.
"Started Fancy Valentines," The Sun. New York, NY. March 17, 1904.
"Inventor of Valentines," Willmar Tribune. Willmar, MN. June 20, 1906.
We encourage everyone to search Chronicling America for other Valentine's Day-related articles and tweet their findings: #dpavalentine.
Happy Valentine's Day from the Division of Preservation and Access!


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Oil prices down amid sagging Europe retail sales
BANGKOK Oil prices fell Thursday after disappointing retail sales figures in Europe dampened investor appetite and reports showed crude stocks still running higher than usual for this time of year.
Benchmark crude for January delivery was down 9 cents to $87.79 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 62 cents to finish at $87.88 per barrel on the Nymex on Wednesday.
Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, said Wednesday that retail sales across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro fell 1.2 percent in October, double September's decline. The figures provide further evidence that households remain gloomy over the economy and are reluctant to spend. Analysts at CME Group said the retail figures were weaker than expected.
U.S. oil inventories are well above average for this time of year, according to the Energy Information Agency, even though supplies fell 2.4 million barrels last week, more than the 1.25 million barrel decline expected by analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
Separately, the American Petroleum Institute said oil supplies dropped 2.2 million barrels for the week ending Nov. 30.
Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, rose 4 cents to $108.85 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Analysts said concerns that Syria might be readying chemical weapons for use against rebels trying to overthrow the regime of President Bashar Assad could see Brent prices swing higher.
"We could see Brent crude trading higher if Syria and the West move into a dangerous negotiation period -- Syria knowing very well the repercussions of it actually using the weapons but the West equally uneasy about the prospect that the regime is desperate and might miscalculate," said Peter Esho, chief market analyst at City Index Group in Sydney.
In a commodities report, Goldman Sachs forecast the average price for benchmark crude in 2013 at $105.50 per barrel and at $99 per barrel in 2014.
In other energy futures trading on the Nymex:
-- Heating oil rose 0.6 cent to $2.996 a gallon.
-- Natural gas fell 1.3 cents to $3.687 per 1,000 cubic feet.
-- Wholesale gasoline fell 0.1 cent to $2.636 a gallon.


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With the first two-goal game of his career, Bernardo Anor delighted thousands of Crew fans in the team's home opener on Saturday. But as he celebrated with teammates in the locker room at Crew Stadium, Anor took a photo he hopes will help inspire millions.
With the first two-goal game of his career, Bernardo Anor delighted thousands of Crew fans in the team�s home opener on Saturday. But as he celebrated with teammates in the locker room at Crew Stadium, Anor took a photo he hopes will help inspire millions.
A native Venezuelan, Anor has been keeping a watchful eye as political unrest has claimed the lives of more than 30 people in the past two months back home. Powerless to do much but pray, Anor dedicated his performance against Philadelphia � for which he was named Major League Soccer player of the week for the first time � to his countrymen.
�I�m proud of my country,� an emotional Anor said. �I�m proud of the people that are fighting for it. Having that on my shoulder, it feels amazing. It feels like they were there with me in the game.�
Once the game ended, Anor reached the Nordecke cheering section, where he accepted a Venezuelan flag from season-ticketholder Jerry Legend. The flag remained draped around Anor�s shoulders during postgame television interviews.
At some point, Anor gathered his teammates for a photo with it, which he then posted on Twitter with the message,
There�re things in life you wish you could fight for. Although not present, always in my thoughts.�
Crew coach Gregg Berhalter can relate. He was on a bus in London headed to face Everton while playing for Crystal Palace in England during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Berhalter had family in the New York area at the time, he said, and his sister was flying back from visiting him in London when her plane had to turn around.
�It was difficult, being from the New York area and not being there and hearing the stories,� Berhalter said. �I can imagine what Bernardo�s going through. Knowing what his country is going through right now, you feel for him.�
Anor spent part of his offseason back home training but returned to Columbus when the Crew gathered in mid-January for the start of the preseason. He speaks with his parents daily, he said, and uses social media to help keep tabs on his friends and family, all of whom remain safe.
�It�s tough for me to be here not doing much,� Anor said. �I feel powerless, somehow trying to help and not finding the way. Right now, the social media is probably our unique outlet. That�s the only way we can manifest and express to the whole world about what�s going on back home. Those little, small details, they count.�
Anor said his family has encouraged him to stay here and continue his career.
Legend said he caught wind that Anor wanted fans to take Venezuelan flags to the game, so he had one custom-made in Cincinnati for $40. One of at least three in the crowd at the game, it caught Anor�s eye.
�If he keeps scoring goals like that, I�ll gladly buy him a flag every game,� said Legend, of Erlanger, Ky. �Anytime he would glance over and see one of the flags, you could tell even during the game it meant a lot to him. It may have even been that extra bit of motivation.�
For the 80 minutes he was on the field, Anor said, he was able to let go and just play the game.
�I think a lot about everything before the games, but I know once I step on the field I�ve got to leave it behind and focus on what I have to do,� he said. �When I got off the field, right away my first reaction was to grab the flag. That was the main purpose. I don�t let it affect my game.
�In practice, I try to stay here as focused as I can and then I�ve got plenty of time during the day to dedicate that to my family and see if everything is OK.�


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What is your relationship to stories? I grew up in a home filled with other peoples stories. Yes my parents told me stories of their ill spent youth, but my family was poor in personal mythology or fables handed down from previous generations. Yes – I had Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs. I had piles of children books that my parents read to me, but my parents were poor in stories that they could pass on to me from my ancestors.
If I was poor then Lyn Ford was rich beyond description. In her book Affrilachian Tales she has chosen to share this wealth with the world. I can count the number of storytellers on one hand who tell stories on a daily basis that come from with in their family linage.
I am proud to count Lyn Ford among that select group of American storytellers who are telling stories on stage in front of audiences that they learned at a relatives knee at the age of six or seven.
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When conservative Congressman Todd Akin a few months back suggested that liberalism was a "hatred of God," I postulated that given the overwhelming support for liberal and progressive values in the Judeo-Christian Bible, perhaps he had never bothered to actually read the Bible. With Rick Santorum's recent comment that Obama's agenda is "Some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible. A different theology," I am now beginning to wonder if Santorum, Akin, and other conservatives are just reading a different Bible entirely than the one I read.
Because here's the thing: while you can — if you really work hard to do it — find verses here and there supporting a more conservative political point of view on certain specific issues, there is simply no way to read the Bible I read and not come to the conclusion that it is overwhelmingly supportive of helping the poor, showing mercy to the weak, refraining from judging, treating others as you would treat yourself, calling on the wealthy to give their money to the poor, and all kinds of other liberal, lefty, progressive values. You would have to ignore a great deal of Genesis and Exodus, with their talk of being our brother's keeper and bringing justice to the poor, oppressed slaves in Egypt; you would have to skip over a great many of the verses of Psalms with its poetry about justice and mercy for the poor and the widow; you would have to avoid the books of the Prophets almost entirely since so much of what they are angry about is the Israelite society's mistreatment of poor people and immigrants in their midst. Then there is the New Testament, where between St. Paul, the relatives of Jesus, and the big guy himself, there are so many verses on these subjects that it is virtually impossible to ignore them.
In fact, as I noted in my piece about Todd Akin, Jesus talks about mercy to those in trouble in 24 verses of the Gospels, tells people not to judge in 34 verses, tells people to love and forgive even their enemies in 53 verses, tells people to love their neighbors as themselves and treat others as they would want to be treated in 19 verses, and specifically tells people to help the poor and/or spurn riches and the wealthy in 128 verses.
That is a lot of verses, 258 by my count, where Rick Santorum's savior and George W. Bush's favorite philosopher sounds like a tried and true, solid to the core, far-out, lefty liberal. And all those where Jesus sounds like a conservative? I couldn't find a single one. He never once condemns abortion, even though it was very common in ancient times. He never speaks against homosexuality, even though the ancient Greeks before him and the Romans living in those times openly practiced and celebrated it. He called on the Romans and the Jewish establishment to treat the poor better, not condemn an adulteress to death, and to take the moneychangers out of the temple, but he never once asked the Romans to lower their taxes or lessen their regulations on over-burdened businesses. He never celebrated the greatness of the invisible hand of the market, and never discussed the virtues of selfishness, as conservatives today are so fond of doing.
The anti-immigrant conservative has to ignore Leviticus, which says: "Don't mistreat any foreigners who live in your land. Instead treat them as well as you treat citizens and love them as much as you love yourself." The pro-death penalty conservative has to ignore Jesus who told the Pharisees that he who is without sin should cast the first stone. The anti-labor conservatives have to not worry about Jesus' brother James (the undisputed first leader of the early Christian church according to most historians) saying "Now an answer for the rich. Start crying, weep for the miseries coming to you ... Laborers plowed your field and you cheated them: listen to the wages you kept back, they are calling out: realize the cries of the workers have reached the ears of the Lord." Conservative anti-class warriors have to pretend that Jesus' mother Mary never said about her son: "The hungry he has filled with good things, the rich sent empty away." Conservatives like Mitt Romney who say the housing market has to hit bottom need to avoid thinking about Jesus very first sermon, where he called for a year where all debts would be forgiven. And the anti-welfare conservatives? You guys are in big trouble, as verse after verse condemns you. The one time Jesus specifically talks about how the last judgment will go down, he says, "All the nations will be assembled before him and he will separate them one from another as the shepherds separates sheep from goats." Who gets to go to Heaven in this story? The nations and people who fed the hungry and welcomed the stranger. The ones who didn't go straight to Hell.
These are not isolated verses: there are thousands of examples of them, and they are in every book in the Bible.
Now, look: people have every right to believe whatever they want to believe about God, Heaven and Hell, sin and salvation, the soul, and all sorts of theology. Adherents of multiple religions believe the founder of their religion ascended physically to a heaven somewhere in the sky. Fundamentalist Christians of many varieties believe that God created the world in six days about 6,000 years ago, and that there really were talking snakes and donkeys. Mormons believe the founder of their religion discovered special glasses sent by God that allowed him to read and memorize sacred texts that no one else could read. Just because I don't personally think those things happened doesn't mean I have anything against the faith of those who do; they are welcome to believe whatever they want to. And if you want to believe in a God who doesn't care about the poor, loves the wealthy more than anyone else, and wants you to be selfish, feel free. But when you claim to fervently believe in the holy words of the Judeo-Christian Bible, and your political philosophy is violently opposed to most of what is actually in that Bible, I have to call you out on that. When Rick Santorum says that Obama follows a theology not based on the Bible, I have to say this: either he is not reading the same Bible I do, or he is not reading the Bible at all, because Rick Santorum's political views are in direct, fundamental opposition to the Bible he claims to follow.
I will go so far as to say that the modern conservative faith is the direct opposite of what the Judeo-Christian Bible teaches: modern conservatives argue that everyone should take what they want and devil take the hindmost, that we are all on our own, and that if you are rich it means that a Darwinian selection process allowed you to succeed, and that you owe nothing to anyone else. Modern conservatives are far more faithful to Ayn Rand, who openly rejected Christianity because of its values of helping the poor and caring for others. Give her credit for one thing: at least she was honest. Conservatives like Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich celebrate we're all on our own selfishness, and are happy to let the poor starve and the ill die from lack of health care, yet they proclaim their Christian holiness and denounce Obama's theology. As Jesus would have put it: you have to take the log out of your own eye before you can take the speck out of your brother's, you hypocrite. Mr. Santorum, if you don't know the Bible any better than you do, you should be careful calling other people anti-Biblical.
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I would caution you to avoid making the same mistake that Christians do everyday by assuming that Jesus would agree with some common practice in today's terms. Jesus was not a Republican or a Democrat - both would have seemed quite foreign to him. At no time did Jesus question Imperial rule by Rome or their local governor. Jesus was apocalyptic and was much more focused on preparing for the coming of the kingdom which was presumed to be imminent. So, quite frankly, he didn't care about politics.
You can pick out things like his attitudes for the poor (in some Gospels, especially Luke). But that would be pretty selective because there are other verses that say to follow the Jewish Law even more rigorously than the Pharisees (so...to the exact letter). He is an odd, eccentric figure who sometimes said progressive things, but let's not view him through a modern lens (assuming he even existed). That would make the same mistake as Christians thinking they are following the will of a clearly Jewish teacher and somehow not committing what that character would call heresy.
1. Assuming Jesus existed as a singular historical figure (there seems no doubt that with a name as popular as Jesus and the popularity of the claims to be some sort of messianic character, I wouldn't doubt that at least once they would overlap)
2. Assuming the canonical Bible as it is accurately portrays the ideology, political and moral stance Jesus took.
3. Finally, if you're going from text alone and are not concerned with history or criticisms of the text but only with what it says, the Bible is not interpreted wrong by the majority, it was picked out by the majority to best represent what they believe and what they place priority on. Interpretation is some elaborate, convoluted conspiracy, if it were chances are it would have seeped its way into the actual text rather than being an idea held vaguely in the mind contrary to what is written in the actual text.
I think the point is being slightly missed here. Whether Jesus existed or not is irrelevant to the text. I think Mike is saying this is what they profess to believe in yet they do the exact opposite.
Oh no. Didnt you hear - There's no such thing as a liberal Christian. Sorry Jesus.
@Colin....Thank you! Wow folks. Don't ridicule the title without reading the article. The title Jesus Was a Liberal Democrat was not meant to be taken literally. I should've stuck with the title of the original article but sometimes to get things going you need to stir the pot. @Jason...making me lol as always! Thank you sir!
This is a very interesting debate. I once studied the bible daily, and was oblivious to the sections that promoted slavery, demeaned women, and sanctioned killing. I chose to read the "good" parts and "believe" they were what God wanted me to know. I think it is good to realize that lots of people calling themselves Christians do this, based on what their personal ideas are about what is right and applying them to the bible verses they like. Santorum's comments about what is in the bible are ridiculous as the article says, there is much about the poor and our responsibilities to them. But what is so new about Santorum saying ridiculous things? His comments lead me not to trust him, his faith, the workings of his mind, or anything else he represents. I am literally afraid of what would happen should he be elected. It is unthinkable.
My bad. I forget sometimes that you have to read more than just the title and a few paragraphs to get an idea of a thing.


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New Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch 1.5.2 Release Now Available
Today Cisco made a new version of its Nexus 1000V virtual switch available for immediate download. The newly available Nexus 1000V 1.5.2 release can be downloaded for a 60 day free trial from here. As most of you know because you've been reading all my blog posts over the last year, the Nexus 1000V is the edge switch for virtual environments, bringing the network edge right up to the virtual machine, by residing in the hypervisors and connecting virtual ports to the physical network and beyond. The Nexus 1000V is the foundation for our entire virtual network overlay portfolio, including all of our virtual L4-7 application and security services, our cloud orchestration software, VXLANs and more.
The new release supports the latest version of VMware's vSphere hypervisor, and includes vPath 2.0 with service chaining between virtual services. I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago about the importance of vPath in inserting virtual services into data center networks, and now we also have a great new white paper available on vPath service insertion technology. The most important enhancement in vPath 2.0 is that you can now insert multiple services in the path between the source and destination addresses in your virtual network.
For example, you could create a routing path from a source to a VM that first goes through the ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall, and then through the Virtual Security Gateway (VSG). The ASA 1000V would enforce tenant edge policies for traffic emanating from outside the tenant network, while VSG enforced security policies between trust zones and applications running within the tenant.
A service path routing technology to insert the right services and policies into the right traffic flows is especially important in virtual environments where VM's can be constantly in motion and change location relative to the security and application services they depend on. vPath is designed to support just this kind of workload mobility transparently, with the ability to assign service path chains based on application policies. With vPath automating the service paths to virtual services, no administrative overhead or changes to the physical network are required. This increases operational simplicity, and increases network agility with the rapid deployment of new applications, network services and tenants.
With VMworld coming up next week in San Francisco (love it when I don't have to get on a plane to go to a major show!), we'll have plenty more to talk about regarding enhancements in our network virtualization portfolio in the coming days. Make sure to watch this space!
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When will be config guides/examples available for ASA 1000V and the VSG?
vPath 2.0 and service chaining support ? This is new on 1.5.2? According to the release notes there are no new software features in this release, what gives?


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Well this is about as much fun as shoveling after a blizzard or maybe even during the blizzard. No progress !! lol
I have city select v6 installed on my pc and also mapsource nroute and trip-waypoint manager. I can see the detail on the pc but when I go to load them to my gps in says they are not unlocked for it.
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Woman tied to Philippine graft scandal surrenders
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A wealthy businesswoman at the center of a corruption scandal has surrendered to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III three days after a large protest in Manila to condemn large-scale graft allegations in a country long mired in poverty.
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said he fetched Janet Lim-Napoles, accompanied by her lawyer, late Wednesday in a cemetery. She was then brought to the Malacanang presidential palace to briefly meet Aquino before she was turned over to police. Her lawyer said she had received death threats and wanted to be assured of her safety.
Napoles has been accused of illegally detaining a former aide who accused her of stealing huge amounts of government development funds, derisively called pork-barrel funds, in conspiracy with powerful lawmakers. She has denied any wrongdoing but was ordered arrested by authorities, with Aquino announcing a 10 million peso ($227,000) bounty for her capture.
Philippine media reports of her lavish lifestyle, including the alleged ownership of an array of elegant houses and condominiums, have angered many Filipinos in a country where nearly a third of the 97 million people live on a little over a dollar a day and about a tenth have left the country in search of jobs and better opportunities abroad.
Amid an outrage expressed on social media, tens of thousands of Filipinos massed up at Manila's Rizal Park Monday to demand the scrapping of the corruption-tainted development fund and called on Aquino to crack down harder on corruption. Aquino, son of revered pro-democracy champions, rose to power in 2010 with a landslide victory on a promise to fight corruption and poverty.
It was one of the largest rallies seen in the Philippines since the huge protests that hounded Aquino's predecessor Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who faced allegations of massive corruption. Arroyo has denied any wrongdoing but has been detained in a hospital on corruption and election fraud charges.